cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Beyond the paycheck
Creators: name: Schick, Jasmin
Year: 2024

description: Geht es um die finanzielle Entlohnung, so stellt sich die Frage nach Einflussfaktoren, die beispielsweise regionale Gehaltsunterschiede hervorrufen. Neben den Lebenshaltungskosten spielt hierbei auch die Lebensqualität eine Rolle – ein nicht-monetärer Anreiz, für den Mitarbeiter möglicherweise einen Preis zahlen könnten. Die Thesis untersucht den Einfluss der Lebensqualität auf das Gehalt in Unternehmen. Das Forschungsfeld berücksichtigt sowohl wirtschaftliche wie auch gesellschaftliche Aspekte, die für Unternehmen und Arbeitnehmer von Relevanz sind. Zur Durchführung der Analyse wird ein Lebensqualitäts-Index für die Vereinigten Staaten in Python berechnet, der die Lebensqualität nach Vorbild des amerikanischen Instituts AARP anhand von sieben Kategorien misst. Anhand dessen wird der Einfluss auf Gehälter auf Unternehmensebene analysiert, wobei die Jahre 2015-2019 untersucht werden. Die Ergebnisse zeigen keinen signifikanten Einfluss der Lebensqualität auf das Gehalt. Bei detaillierter Analyse der einzelnen Kategorien werden allerdings Auswirkungen ersichtlich. Dies deutet darauf hin, dass eine differenzierte Betrachtung des komplexen Felds der Lebensqualität wertvolle Beiträge zur Forschung leisten kann. Die Thesis bietet damit neue Einblicke in die Einflussfaktoren der Vergütung und schafft Ansatzpunkte für zukünftige Untersuchungen.
description: In the context of financial compensation, it is of interest to ascertain the factors that influence salary differences, such as those observed between regions. In addition to the cost of living, the question of the area's livability also plays a role – a non-monetary incentive for which employees could potentially pay a price. The thesis examines the influence of the livability on salaries. The research field considers both economic and social aspects that are of relevance for companies and employees. In order to facilitate the analysis, a Livability Index for the United States is calculated in Python. This index measures the level of livability in counties of the United States based on seven categories, following the model of the American Institute AARP. The influence of the index on salaries at the company-level is analyzed for the period 2015-2019. The results show no significant influence of livability on salary, although influences become apparent when examining the individual categories. These findings suggest that a differentiated consideration of the complex field of livability can contribute valuable insights to research. Thus, the thesis provides new insights into the factors influencing compensation and creates starting points for future investigations.
The South Pacific Commission
Creators: name: Umbarger, Mary Withers
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Evidence of an intensified interest in dependent peoples, of an increased sense of responsibility of administering powers for their economic and social advancement and of the feasibility of international cooperation to this end is to be found in the establishment of the South Pacific Commission. The membership of the Commission is made up of six governments which administer or non-self-governing territories in the South Pacific region--Australia, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Gueriniella Fernald
Creators: name: Moghaddam, Masumeh
name: Watson, Gillian W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Margarodidae
Gueriniella

description: Genus GUERINIELLA Fernald
Guerinia Targioni Tozzetti, 1868: 724. Type species: Guerinia tinctoria Targioni Tozzetti 1868 by monotypy (= Coccus serratulae Fabricius, 1775), junior homonym. Gueriniella Fernald, 1903: 331 (replacement name).
Diagnostic characters of the adult female: Slide-mounted adult females of this genus are recognized by: (i) adult female elongate oval, with membranous derm and covered with numerous hairs; (ii) labium long conical, 3 segmented, with basal segment very narrow; (iii) antennae each with 11 segments; (iv) legs well developed, usually covered with stout setae; (v) thoracic spiracles large, without pores present near atrium; (vi) abdominal spiracles in 4 pairs on abdominal segments V–VIII; (vii) anal opening simple, lacking specialized pores; (viii) inner ring of anal tube with pores; (ix) cicatrices circular to slightly elliptical, numbering 3–5; (x) marsupium absent; (xi) ovisac band absent; (xii) vulvar opening surrounded by pores each with bilocular center and 10–12 outer loculi, and hair-like setae.
Comments: The genus contains only two species, G. decorata Borchsenius and G. serratulae (Fabricius) (García Morales et al. 2016); only G. serratulae has been recorded from Iran (Moghaddam & Tavakoli 2009).
description: Published as part of Moghaddam, Masumeh & Watson, Gillian W., 2024, The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 3 The Soft Scales (Coccidae) And Other Families, pp. 1-202 in Zootaxa 5542 (1) on page 164, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5542.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14385386
Whole-Body Hyperthermia (WBH) in Psychiatry
Creators: name: Knobel, A.
name: Hanusch, Kay
name: Auen, N.
name: Rübener, F.
name: Fischer, S.
name: Borzim, C.
name: Heinz, A.
name: Schäfer, M.
Publisher: name: Springer
Year: 2022

description: New effective therapies for managing and treating psychiatric disorders such as major depression are urgently needed. Mood-enhancing effects have repeatedly been observed after whole-body hyperthermia (WBH) treatment in other medical disciplines, and there is promising evidence that WBH may be used in psychiatry for patients suffering from depressive disorders. Most importantly, a recent study demonstrated a significant, rapid, and partially lasting reduction of depressive symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder following a single session of water-filtered infrared-A induced whole-body hyperthermia (wIRA-WBH). Underlying mechanisms of actions may include immune modulation and serotonergic neurotransmission via warm-sensitive afferent thermosensory pathways to the midbrain. Current studies are focused on verifying these earlier findings and clarifying the mechanisms involved. Herein, we report on the establishment of WBH methodology in the psychiatry setting and provide our opinions on necessary future research.
title: Adversarial examples in machine learning
Creators: name: Schuhmann, Jonas
Year: 2024

description: Diese Arbeit untersucht die mathematischen Grundlagen zur Generierung sogenannter Adversarial Examples und entwickelt Methoden zum Schutz von Modellen des maschinellen Lernens gegen solche gezielten Störungen. Das Konzept, bekannt als Adversarial Risk, beschreibt die Robustheit eines Modells als Min-Max-Optimierungsproblem. Adversarial Training wird als primäre Abwehrstrategie analysiert und experimentell bewertet. Um die Robustheit weiter zu verbessern, wird eine Schranke für das Adversarial Risk eingeführt. Basierend auf diesen theoretischen Erkenntnissen wird die TRADES-Methode als eine optimierte Variante des Adversarial Trainings vorgestellt. Darüber hinaus wird eine neue Klasse von Adversarial Examples eingeführt, die als Regular Adversarial Examples bezeichnet wird. Es wird ein Algorithmus entwickelt und experimentell getestet, der die Abwesenheit dieser Regular Adversarial Examples innerhalb eines bestimmten Störbereichs für neuronale Netzwerke bestätigt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass dieser Ansatz moderate Robustheitsgarantien bietet, insbesondere für einfachere Netzwerkarchitekturen.
description: This work explores the mathematical foundations for generating adversarial examples and develops methods to safeguard machine learning models against such targeted perturbations. Central to this is the concept of adversarial risk, which allows the robustness of a model to be formulated as a Min-Max problem. Adversarial training is analyzed and experimentally evaluated as the primary defense strategy. To further enhance robustness, a bound for adversarial risk is introduced. Based on these theoretical insights, the TRADES method is presented as an optimized variant of adversarial training. Additionally, we introduce a new class of adversarial examples, referred to as regular adversarial examples. We also develop and experimentally test an algorithm designed to certify the absence of these regular adversarial examples within a specified perturbation range for neural networks. The results demonstrate that this approach provides moderate robustness guarantees, particularly for simpler network architectures.
Pflegeethik und ärztliche Ethik: gemeinsame Fragen – unterschiedliche Antworten?
Creators: name: Monteverde, Settimio
Publisher: name: Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Biomedizinische Ethik
Year: 2009

description: Die ethische Reflexion beruflichen Handelns am kranken und pflegebedürftigen Menschen ist so alt wie die Kunst des Heilens und Sorgens selbst. Vergleicht man Publikationen zur ärztlichen und pflegerischen Ethik, fällt auf, dass erstere in den letzten 60 Jahren verstärkt thematisiert wurde, währenddessen die explizite Reflexion über Ethik in der Pflege vergleichsweise zögerlich vorankam. Dort, wo Entwicklungen und Erwartungen an die Medizin vor allem ärztliches Handeln betrafen, leuchtet dies auch ein. Trotzdem kann Pflegeethik nicht einfach als „jüngere Schwester“ ärztlicher Ethik bezeichnet werden, denn sie schöpft aus grundlegend anderen Traditionen, wie etwa die kommunale und karitative Fürsorge und Visionen einer Solidargemeinschaft von Gesunden und Kranken. Heutzutage sind es genau diese Traditionen, die angesichts der Umverteilung von Ressourcen, der Rationalisierung und Rationierung von Gesundheitsleistungen neu thematisiert werden. Die „heilende“ und die „sorgende“ Zuwendung zum kranken Menschen zusammen zu betrachten sowie Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten von ärztlicher Ethik und Pflegeethik zu beleuchten, war das Ziel des Kolloquiums der SGBE, das am 4. Dezember 2008 im Wildt’schen Haus in Basel stattfand. Konsens bestand unter den Teilnehmenden des Kolloquiums darin, dass ärztliche Ethik und Pflegeethik keine exklusiven Sichtweisen sind, sondern für unterschiedliche Zugänge zum Menschen stehen, die nicht an Berufsgruppen „fixiert“ werden dürfen. Die „heilende“ und die „sorgende“ Zuwendung stellen vielmehr komplementäre Perspektiven dar. Diese Ausgabe des SGBE-Bulletins vereinigt verschiedene Stimmen, welche am Kolloquium zu Wort kamen, aber auch weitere. Im 1. Teil (interdisziplinäre Grundlagen) beleuchten Nikola Biller-Andorno (Zürich) und Settimio Monteverde (Basel) konzeptionelle Aspekte ärztlicher und pflegerischer Ethik, Chris Gastmans (Leuven) geht der Frage nach, wie sich eine integrierte health care ethics implementieren lässt. Im 2. Teil (Reflexionen aus der Praxis) zeigen Regula Spreyermann und Mark Mäder (Basel) auf, welche konkreten Implikationen das tradierte ärztliche Ethos auf den beruflichen Alltag hat. Brigitte Garessus (Basel) beleuchtet die berufspolitische Dimension von Pflegeethik, Claudine Braissant (Belmont) und Bianca Schaffert-Witvliet (Mägenwil) stellen die Entwicklung von Pflegeethik in der Schweiz anhand der Tätigkeit der Ethikkommission des Schweizer Berufsverbandes der Pflegefachfrauen und -männer (SBK) dar. Konkretionen interdisziplinärer ethischer Entscheidungsfindung beschreiben Ursi Barandun Schäfer und Reto Paganoni (Olten) im Bezug auf die Intensivmedizin, Norbert Steinkamp und Maarten Van Woelderen (Nijmwegen) im Bezug auf die Psychiatrie.
Pyrrhula cineracea Cabanis
Creators: name: Mlíkovský, Jiří
name: Frahnert, Sylke
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Fringillidae
Pyrrhula
Pyrrhula cineracea

description: Pyrrhula cineracea Cabanis
Pyrrhula cineracea Cabanis, 1872b: 316.
Now: Pyrrhula pyrrhula cineracea Cabanis, 1872. See Hartert (1903: 96).
Type series: Cabanis (1872b: 316) described this species at the 45th Monthly Meeting of the German Ornithological Society held on 3 June 1872 on the basis of a male, stating that he had already presented this specimen at the 35th monthly meeting of the same Society held on 5 June 1871 (Cabanis 1871c: 318). At the latter meeting, however, both a male and female Siberian bullfinch were mentioned, and both could thus belong to the type series of P. cineracea (see ICZN 1999, Art. 72.4.1). Nonetheless, Cabanis (1872b) described only the male, while the female (B7850, ZMB 20348; not found in 2008) was catalogued by him in the ZMB as Pyrrhula Cassini. Hence, the male is to be considered a holotype of the nominal species, while the female has no type status.
Taczanowski (1889: 32) listed three males in the MIZ as types of P. cineracea (see also Mlíkovský 2007a: 69), but it follows from the present results that Cabanis did not have them at his disposal when he described the species. They thus have no type status.
Holotype: ZMB 20347, ♂, collected by an unknown person [= W. Godlewski] on 27 October 1869 [= 8 November 1869] at “Lac Baical, pars meridionalis” (field label). Dybowski was on the expedition to easternmost Asia in November 1869 (NS), but his fellow exile and coworker W. Godlewski continued to work at Kultuk during this time (see Mlíkovský 2007a: 35–36). The specimen thus must have been collected by Godlewski.
Type locality: The holotype was collected at “Lac Baical, pars meridionalis” (Cabanis 1871c, and label; see also Hartert 1903: 96; Dement’ev 1954: 347; Vaurie 1959: 663). Considering its date of collection, and the known itinerary of B. Dybowski and his fellows (see Mlíkovský 2007a: 35–36), we here restrict the type locality of P. cineracea to Kultuk, Irkutskaâ Province, Russia [51.72˚N, 103.68˚E].
Remarks: In addition to the holotype listed above, the ZMB held or holds several other Dybowski specimens (B.10010, B.10212, B.10213), all of which were received after 1872. They were thus received too late to be used by Cabanis in June 1871, and consequently have no type status.
description: Published as part of Mlíkovský, Jiří & Frahnert, Sylke, 2009, Type specimens and type localities of Siberian birds (Aves) described by Jean Cabanis, pp. 64-68 in Zootaxa 2297 on page 67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191613
Schoengastia equina Vercammen-Grandjean 1971
Creators: name: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Trombiculidae
Schoengastia
Schoengastia equina

description: Schoengastia equina Vercammen-Grandjean, 1971
Schoengastia (Schoengastia) equina Vercammen-Grandjean, 1971a: 173, figs 1–6.
Declared deposition: SAIMR.
Name on slide: Schoengastia equina.
Handwritten catalogue: absent.
Inscription: HOLOTYPE.
Collection data: K[ruger] N[ational] P[ark],Transvaal (South Africa, Kruger National Park, 24°00'41''S, 31°29'07''E); ex “ Equus burchelli ” – Equus burchellii (Gray); Feb. 1969.
Number(s): # 000269-1.
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2019, A catalogue of the holotypes of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) at the Natural History Museum of Geneva, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4620 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4620.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3257181
Gueriniella serratulae
Creators: name: Moghaddam, Masumeh
name: Watson, Gillian W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Margarodidae
Gueriniella
Gueriniella serratulae

description: Gueriniella serratulae (Fabricius)
(Fig. 80, Plate 4H, distribution map Fig. 90I)
Coccus serratulae Fabricius, 1775: 744. Monophlebus serratulae (Fabricius); Cockerell 1902: 232. Gueriniella serratulae (Fabricius); Fernald 1903: 331.
Field characteristics (adapted from Morrison 1928): In life, found on stems of host, protected by wax coating; producing a conspicuous mass of white cottony secretion at time of oviposition, this surrounding adult female and eggs.
Microscopic diagnosis (derived from Unruh & Gullan 2008a): Slide-mounted adult female elongate oval, covered in hair-like and flagellate setae, longest setae present in marginal clusters and between antennae, setae clustered ventromedially on thoracic segments, and forming medial to submedial transverse segmental rows across abdomen. Cicatrices situated posterior to vulva, each circular to oval, central cicatrix largest. Internal anal tube with inner sclerotized ring of pores, each with 1 or 2 circular central loculi and 6 or 7 circular outer loculi; external anal opening with 2 or 3 rings of multilocular disc-pores, each with trilocular center and 5–8 outer loculi. Ovisac band absent. Marsupium and marsupial band absent. Simple multilocular disc-pores on dorsum, each with a bilocular or trilocular centre and 6–10 outer loculi, forming transverse rows and marginal and medial clusters on each segment. Simple multilocular disc-pores on venter of 2 types: (i) pores each with bilocular center and 4–8 outer loculi, scattered on medial head and thorax and forming transverse rows on medial to submedial abdomen; and (ii) pores with same structure as those on dorsum, scattered amongst setae on head, thorax and marginally on all segments. Area around vulva with larger, oval multilocular disc-pores, each with two central loculi and outer ring of about 12 peripheral loculi.
Distribution: Gueriniella serratulae is known from 12 countries in the Mediterranean region, and Republic of Georgia and Iran (García Morales et al. 2016), where it has been recorded from Kermanshah, Kerman and Lorestan provinces (Moghaddam & Tavakoli 2010).
Host-plants: The species is fairly polyphagous, having been recorded from host-plants in 32 genera belonging to 13 families (García Morales et al. 2016); in Iran, the host-plant was not identified.
Economic importance: None recorded.
Natural enemies: None recorded in Iran.
description: Published as part of Moghaddam, Masumeh & Watson, Gillian W., 2024, The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 3 The Soft Scales (Coccidae) And Other Families, pp. 1-202 in Zootaxa 5542 (1) on page 164, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5542.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14385386
Dactylogyridae Bychowsky 1933
Creators: name: Silva, Marciara Lopes
name: Cohen, Simone Chinicz
name: Ottoni, Felipe Polivanov
name: Viana, Diego Carvalho
name: Meneses, Yuri Costa De
name: Justo, Marcia Cristina Nascimento
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Monogenea
Dactylogyridea
Dactylogyridae

description: Dactylogyridae Bychowsky, 1933
Diaphorocleidus Jogunoori, Kritsky & Venkatanarasaiah, 2004
description: Published as part of Silva, Marciara Lopes, Cohen, Simone Chinicz, Ottoni, Felipe Polivanov, Viana, Diego Carvalho, Meneses, Yuri Costa De & Justo, Marcia Cristina Nascimento, 2024, Two new species of Diaphorocleidus and new data on D. affinis (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing Bryconops cf. affinis (Characiformes: Iguanodectidae) from the Munim River basin, State of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil, pp. 91-103 in Zootaxa 5403 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/10561629
"Nachhaltigkeit muss ein Kriterium für Qualität werden": eine Podcastfolge über nachhaltige Beschaffungen
Creators: name: Stoltze-Siebmann, Anne-Careen
Publisher: name: Berner Fachhochschule, Wirtschaft
Year: 2023

description: Während die Berner Polizei korrekt ihre neue Flotte an Elektroautos beschafft hat, patzte ein anderer Kanton, weil er sich auf Tesla fokussierte. In der 13. Episode des Podcasts der BFH Wirtschaft sprechen die Beschaffungsrecht-Expertin Rika Koch und Thomas Fischer, Leiter Recht des KAIO Bern, darüber wie öffentliche Beschaffungen nachhaltiger werden und warum man nicht nur einen Anbieter anfragen darf. Rika, du untersuchst die praktische Umsetzung der öffentlichen Beschaffung und schaust besonders auf die nachhaltige Komponente sowie den Wettbewerb. Seit der Gesetzesrevision des Beschaffungsrechts ist vorgegeben, dass die soziale und die ökologische Nachhaltigkeit berücksichtigt werden sollen. Geht das Gesetz aus deiner Sicht weit genug?
An analysis of policies and programs for the unification of Korea as proposed at the Geneva Conference of 1954
Creators: name: Lee-Chon, Seung Hi
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: It was the purpose of this study (1) to investigate the developments of the alleged unification programs advanced by directly interested parties (North and South Korea) and by the major powers, namely, United States and the Soviet Union; (2) to compare the policies and programs, analyzing them within a chronological framework, of the powers for the unification of Korea and their respective impact in Korea; (3) to evaluate the policies and programs advanced by the parties involved in an attempt to reveal the virtues and faults of each; and (4) to endeavour to conceive prospects for success of Korean unification.
Icerya Signoret
Creators: name: Moghaddam, Masumeh
name: Watson, Gillian W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Margarodidae
Icerya

description: Genus ICERYA Signoret
Icerya Signoret, 1876a: 351. Type species: Coccus sacchari Guérin - Meneville 1867 by monotypy. Newsteadiella MacGillivray, 1921: 75. Auloicerya Morrison, H. in Morrison & Morrison, 1923: 22. Pericerya Silvestri, 1939: 648.
Diagnostic characters of the adult female: Slide-mounted specimens of Icerya are recognized by: (i) body elongate, elliptical or subcircular; (ii) hair-like setae scattered over entire surface, longest medially and marginally, sometimes forming marginal clusters; (iii) labium 3 segmented; (iv) antennae usually each with 9–11 segments; (v) legs well developed; (vi) abdominal spiracles numbering 2 or 3 pairs, situated on abdominal segments VII–VIII or VI–VIII; (vii) anal opening simple, opening into a short anal tube with a sclerotized ring at the inner end; (viii) cicatrices circular to elliptical, numbering 1 or 3, usually situated posterior to vulva; (ix) marsupium absent or, if present, marsupial band forming a complete circle of setae and multilocular disc-pores each with a bilocular center; (x) ovisac band absent or present; (xi) in life, producing an ovisac at posterior end of body, secreted by ovisac band of pores.
Comments: Worldwide, 38 species are included in Icerya (García Morales et al. 2016); I. purchasi and I. aegyptiaca have been recorded from Iran (Moghaddam et al. 2015).
Key to species of Icerya in Iran, based on slide-mounted adult females.
1(0) Setae on abdominal margin black. Abdominal spiracles numbering 2 pairs. With 3 cicatrices. Open-center pores present, each with 1 notch in inner margin of ring........................................................ purchasi Maskell
- Setae on abdominal margin staining red.Abdominal spiracles numbering 3 pairs. With only 1 cicatrix. Open-center pores absent................................................................................... aegyptiaca (Douglas)
description: Published as part of Moghaddam, Masumeh & Watson, Gillian W., 2024, The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 3 The Soft Scales (Coccidae) And Other Families, pp. 1-202 in Zootaxa 5542 (1) on pages 165-166, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5542.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14385386
Effect of cold ambient temperature on heat flux, skin temperature, and thermal sensation at different body parts in elite biathletes.
Creators: name: Blokker, Thomas
name: Bucher, Elias
name: Steiner, Thomas
name: Wehrlin, Jon
Publisher: name: Frontiers Research Foundation
Year: 2022
Subjects: Cold stress Cross-country skiing Field measurement Heat flux Heat loss Skin temperature Thermoregulation Sportphysiologie Ausdauer

description: Introduction: When exercising in the cold, optimizing thermoregulation is essential to maintain performance. However, no study has investigated thermal parameters with wearable-based measurements in a field setting among elite Nordic skiers. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the thermal response and sensation measured at different body parts during exercise in a cold environment in biathletes. Methods: Thirteen Swiss national team biathletes (6 females, 7 males) performed two skiing bouts in the skating technique on two consecutive days (ambient temperature: -3.74 ± 2.32 °C) at 78 ± 4% of maximal heart rate. Heat flux (HF), core (Tcore) and skin (Tskin) temperature were measured with sensors placed on the thigh, back, anterior and lateral thorax. Thermal sensation (TS) was assessed three times for different body parts: in protective winter clothing, in a race suit before (PRE) and after exercise (POST). Results: HF demonstrated differences (p < 0.001) between sensor locations, with the thigh showing the highest heat loss (344 ± 37 kJ/m2), followed by the back (269 ± 6 kJ/m2), the lateral thorax (220 ± 47 kJ/m2), and the anterior thorax (192 ± 37 kJ/m2). Tcore increased (p < 0.001). Tskin decreased for all body parts (p < 0.001). Thigh Tskin decreased more than for other body parts (p < 0.001). From PRE to POST, TS of the hands decreased (p < 0.01). Conclusion: Biathletes skiing in a race suit at moderate intensity experience significant heat loss and a large drop in Tskin, particularly at the quadriceps muscle. To support the optimal functioning of working muscles, body-part dependent differences in the thermal response should be considered for clothing strategy and for race suit design.
Icerya aegyptiaca
Creators: name: Moghaddam, Masumeh
name: Watson, Gillian W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Margarodidae
Icerya
Icerya aegyptiaca

description: Icerya aegyptiaca (Douglas)
(Fig. 81, Plate 5 A-1 and A-2, distribution map Fig. 90K)
Crossotosoma aegyptiacum Douglas, 1890a: 79. Icerya aegyptiacum (Douglas); Riley & Howard 1890: 256. Icerya aegyptiaca (Douglas); Maskell 1893: 247.
Field characteristics: Live adult female orange-red, antennae and legs black, covered in sculpted white wax; margin with a fringe of elongate wax processes, these processes broader and shorter on head and thorax, those on abdomen narrower and more elongate, covering ovisac, giving it a fluted appearance.
Microscopic diagnosis (based on Unruh & Gullan 2008b): Slide-mounted adult female oval, covered in hair-like and flagellate setae that take up red stain. Antennae each with 10 or 11 segments. Derm near atrial opening of thoracic spiracles with simple multilocular disc-pores, each with bilocular center and 6–8 outer loculi (not shown in Fig. 80). Abdominal spiracles numbering 3 pairs. Cicatrice single, conspicuous, situated posterior to vulva. Anal opening surrounded by a group of long setae and oval pores, each with a bilocular center and 8–12 outer loculi. Vulva surrounded by multilocular disc-pores, each with 13–24 outer loculi; these pores forming medial to submedial band across 1 or 2 abdominal segments anterior to vulvar opening (abdominal segment VI and sometimes V). Ovisac band of simple multilocular disc-pores, 2–4 pores wide, each pore with bilocular / trilocular (sometimes quadrilocular) center and 6–8 outer loculi. Simple multilocular disc-pores, similar to pores in ovisac band, each with a bilocular or trilocular center and 6–8 outer loculi, forming marginal clusters and covering derm on dorsal surface around other dorsal pores. Open center pores absent.
Distribution: Icerya aegyptiaca is quite cosmopolitan, being known from 29 countries in the Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions (García Morales et al. 2016); in Iran, it has been recorded from Sistan & Balouchestan province (Moghaddam et al. 2015).
Host-plants: The species is highly polyphagous, having been recorded on host-plants belonging to 65 families (García Morales et al. 2016). In Iran, it has been found on Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae) (Moghaddam et al. 2015).
Economic importance: Currently, the damage caused by I. aegyptiaca in Iran is limited and no other infested localities have been reported so far.
Natural enemies: None recorded in Iran.
description: Published as part of Moghaddam, Masumeh & Watson, Gillian W., 2024, The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 3 The Soft Scales (Coccidae) And Other Families, pp. 1-202 in Zootaxa 5542 (1) on page 167, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5542.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14385386
Properties and chemical changes of surface densified wood
Creators: name: Rautkari, Lauri
name: Hughes, Mark
name: Properzi, Milena
name: Pichelin, Frédéric
Year: 2010
Subjects: Contact angle Densification FT-IR Friction Surface Wood

description: Recently it has been discovered that only surface of solid wood can be densified using friction. It has been seen that the hardness of the surface can be increased significantly. This paper reports on the latest progresses made in the chemistry and Wetting behaviour of surface densified wood, which were investigated using FT-IR spectroscopy and contact angle analyses. FT-IR indicated that no significant chemical changes took place during the densification process. However, the wettability of the densified surfaces was significantly lower than unmodified surfaces, which means that water does not penetrate inside the wood.
National Trust Arts, Buildings & Collections Bulletin, Spring 2014
Creators: name: National Trust
Publisher: name: National Trust
Year: 2014
Subjects: Osterley Park
Ickworth
The Vyne
art
Chinese wallpaper
architecture
graffiti
Conservation
Waddesdon
Oxburgh Hall
wallpaper
collections
George Quinton
watercolour
architectural history
Knole

description: The Arts, Buildings & Collections (ABC) Bulletin was published between 2006 and 2022, aimed at external readers with an interest in conservation and curatorial work. ABC was distributed in PDF format as an email attachment to direct subscribers, relevant National Trust staff and volunteers, and was available to download from the Trust website. Each issue was around 35 pages, colour-illustrated, with around five scholarly articles and three shorter features covering NT exhibitions and events, new publications, conservation news, acquisitions, loans, etc. Publication continued until 2022, when the Bulletin was replaced by the Cultural Heritage Magazine.
description: Swindon, UK
Schoengastia nottei Vercammen-Grandjean 1958
Creators: name: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Trombiculidae
Schoengastia
Schoengastia nottei

description: Schoengastia nottei Vercammen-Grandjean, 1958
Schöngastia radfordi nottei Vercammen-Grandjean, 1958b: 635, pls 1, 8.
Declared deposition: RMCA.
Name on slide: Schöngastia nottei.
Handwritten catalogue: Schoengastia.
Inscription: TYPE.
Collection data: Luvungi, Pl[aine] Ruzizi, C[ongo]-B[elge] (DR Congo, Luvungi, 2°52'S, 29°02'E); ex “ Centropus grilli ” – Centropus grillii Hartlaub; skin; 23 May 1954; Notté.
Number(s): L: 23554/1.
Remarks: One more slide labelled as “TYPE” is preserved in RMCA (113921). It includes one larva, one nymph and one larval exuvium (Stekolnikov 2018). This slide was obviously destined to present “Nymph-type”, as evident from its number N: 6654/1. The larval number L: 23554 is also given on that slide, but in small letters, to present the source from which the nymph was incubated. Thus, I prefer to regard the slide from MHNG as holotype, since the original description of Schoengastia nottei begins with larval characters, as usual in chigger mite taxonomy, while nymphal characters are only an optional addition. Consequently, all specimens of Schoengastia nottei from RMCA are paratypes.
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2019, A catalogue of the holotypes of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) at the Natural History Museum of Geneva, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4620 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4620.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3257181
"Wir wollen Leute ausbilden, die anders denken"
Creators: name: Pichelin, Frédéric
Publisher: name: Berner Fachhochschule BFH, Architektur, Holz und Bau/Technik und Informatik
Year: 2022

description: Ab September 2022 gibt es an der BFH den Master «Circular Innovation and Sustainability». Damit werden Manager*innen ausgebildet, welche die Entwicklung der Kreislaufwirtschaft vorantreiben sollen. Ein Gespräch mit Frédéric Pichelin, Mitglied des Kernteams Master CIS über die Schwerpunkte des Studiengangs und die grosse Bedeutung der Kreislaufwirtschaft.
Free play in relation to Caregiver-Infant interactions
Creators: name: Egmose, Ida
name: Begus, Katarina
name: Gal, Cécile
name: Kopp, Sarah
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Developmental Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: caregiver-infant interaction
subject: cognitive development
subject: exploration
subject: infant
subject: play

description: The dataset is part of a larger longitudinal project with multiple measures collected at each visit. The sample consists of 124 families, with data collection happening at infant age 12, 18 and 24 months. 12-month-old data was collected between June and November 2023, data collection is ongoing for 18-month-old visit (expected completion June 2024) and planned for 24-month visit (between July and December 2024).

The broader aims of the project are to investigate the mechanisms driving information seeking in infancy, to track the development of these mechanisms during the second year of life, and to investigate what factors may shape individual differences in measures of infant curiosity. To address the latter, the project collects video recordings of unstructured solitary play (Solo Play), interaction videos (Caregiver-Infant Interactions), and questionnaires about the infants’ development, temperament, and demographics.

This registration concerns a subset of questions addressed in the project, namely how infant exploration and gathering of information, when playing on their own (Solo Play), relates to measures of caregiver behaviour in interactive play (Caregiver-Infant Interactions), at 12-months of age. Furthermore, both Solo Play and Caregiver-Infant Interaction measures will be used to predict developmental outcomes at 18 months of age, using parent-report questionnaire measures of developmental progress. Questionnaire data collected at 12 months will be used as control variables, to account for any differences in infant cognitive development, temperament, or demographics, which may explain some of the variability in the measures.
Pseudaspidoproctus Morrison
Creators: name: Moghaddam, Masumeh
name: Watson, Gillian W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Margarodidae
Pseudaspidoproctus

description: Genus PSEUDASPIDOPROCTUS Morrison
Pseudaspidoproctus Morrison, 1927: 104. Type species: Aspidoproctus hypheniacus Hall by monotypy and original designation.
Diagnostic characters of the adult female: Live Pseudaspidoproctus are recognized by having: (i) broadly oval bodies, with dorsum strongly convex; and in slide-mounted specimens, (ii) a ventral internal marsupium where the eggs are deposited until they hatch; (iii) antennae usually each with 8‒11 segments; (iv) legs well developed, with some setae on undersides of femur, tibia and tarsus stout and spine-like; claw stout, almost denticulate; claw digitules stout at base, with slender tips (not illustrated); (v) abdominal spiracles numbering 7 pairs (not illustrated), each without disc-pores in atrium; (vi) anal tube well developed, with a rim of pores (not illustrated); (vii) cicatrices numbering 3, situated posterior to vulva; (viii) spines of body thin, elongated, with rounded apex, often curved, located on both surfaces of the body but especially numerous on dorsal surface; (ix) setae robust, of various lengths, numerous; (x) multilocular disc-pores with 1‒4 central loculi and 5‒10 loculi in outer ring; (xi) in addition to setae, numerous thin, small cylindrical spines covering both surfaces; and (xii) without elongate tubular bilocular pores at margin.
Comments: Worldwide, eight species are included in Pseudaspidoproctus Hall (García Morales et al. 2016); the species P. gramineus and P. hyphaeniacus have been recorded from Iran (Moghaddam 2013).
Key to species of Pseudaspidoproctus in Iran, based on slide-mounted adult females.
1(0) Dorsum with very few multilocular disc-pores, each pore with 3 central loculi............ gramineus Jashenko & Danzig
- Dorsum with multilocular disc-pores numerous, each pore with 1‒4 central loculi.................. hyphaeniacus (Hall)
description: Published as part of Moghaddam, Masumeh & Watson, Gillian W., 2024, The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 3 The Soft Scales (Coccidae) And Other Families, pp. 1-202 in Zootaxa 5542 (1) on page 169, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5542.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14385386
Health economic evaluations of interventions to increase physical activity and decrease sedentary behavior at the workplace: a systematic review
Creators: name: Lutz, Nathanael
name: Clarys, Peter
name: König, Irène
name: Deliens, Tom
name: Taeymans, Jan
name: Verhaeghe, Nick
Publisher: name: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Year: 2019

description: Objective The workplace is an ideal setting to implement public health strategies, but economic justification for such interventions is needed. Therefore, we performed a critical appraisal and synthesis of health economic evaluations (HEE) of workplace interventions aiming to increase physical activity (PA) and/or decrease sedentary behavior (SB). Methods A comprehensive search filter was developed using appropriate guidelines, such as the Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS) checklist, and published search algorithms. Six databases and hand searches were used to identify eligible studies. Full HEE of workplace interventions targeting PA/SB were included. Methodological quality was assessed using the Consensus Health Economic Criteria (CHEC) list. Two researchers independently performed all procedures. Hedges’ g was calculated to compare intervention effects. Outcomes from HEE were recalculated in 2017 euros and benefit-standardized. Results Eighteen HEE were identified that fulfilled on average 68% of the CHEC list criteria. Most studies showed improvements in PA/SB, but effects were small and thus, their relevance is questionable. Interventions were heterogeneous, no particular intervention type was found to be more effective. HEE were heterogeneous regarding methodological approaches and the selection of cost categories was inconsistent. Indirect costs were the main cost driver. In all studies, effects on costs were subject to substantial uncertainty. Conclusions Due to small effects and uncertain impact on costs, the economic evidence of worksite PA/SBinterventions remains unclear. Future studies are needed to determine effective strategies. The HEE of such interventions should be developed using guidelines and validated measures for productivity costs. Additionally, studies should model the long-term costs and effects because of the long pay-back time of PA/SB interventions. Key terms cost-benefit; cost-effectiveness; public health; worksite health promotion
Pseudaspidoproctus gramineus Jashenko & Danzig
Creators: name: Moghaddam, Masumeh
name: Watson, Gillian W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Margarodidae
Pseudaspidoproctus
Pseudaspidoproctus gramineus

description: Pseudaspidoproctus gramineus Jashenko & Danzig
(Fig. 83)
Pseudaspidoproctus gramineus Jashenko & Danzig, 1992: 89.
Field characteristics: Live adult female exposed on host-plant during growing period; body elongate ovoid, with dorsum strongly convex and venter flattened; eggs deposited within an internal ventral marsupium with a U- or Vshaped opening (Jashenko & Danzig 1992).
Microscopic diagnosis: Slide-mounted adult female oval, about 4–5 mm long. Antennae each with 8‒10 segments, each sparsely covered with setae. Legs well developed, covered with long setae; inner margin of tibia and tarsus with 1 or 2 rows of short, thick spines; tarsus apparently partly divided, with a small second pseudosegment present near claw, almost completely merged with long first segment. Cicatrices situated posterior to vulva, numbering 3, each usually elongate oval, median one much larger than lateral ones. Abdominal spiracles probably numbering 7 pairs, but difficult to see. Multilocular pores of 2 types: (i) with 1 central circular or oval loculus and 9‒12 peripheral loculi; (ii) with 3 central loculi and 7‒9 peripheral loculi; multilocular disc-pores few on dorsum, occurring singly; more numerous on venter, in groups on thoracic segments; on abdomen, concentrated around vulva.
Distribution: Pseudaspidoproctus gramineus is known only from Yemen (Afrotropical region), Afghanistan and Iran (Palaearctic region) (García Morales et al. 2016), where Kozár et al. (1996) recorded it, without specifying in which province it was found.
Host-plants: The species has been recorded on host-plants in the family Poaceae in Afghanistan (Jashenko & Danzig 1992), and on Odyssea mucronata (Poaceae) in Yemen, but its host in Iran was not determined.
Economic importance: None recorded.
Natural enemies: None recorded in Iran.
description: Published as part of Moghaddam, Masumeh & Watson, Gillian W., 2024, The Scale Insects Of Iran (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) Part 3 The Soft Scales (Coccidae) And Other Families, pp. 1-202 in Zootaxa 5542 (1) on pages 169-171, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5542.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14385386
Seasonal dynamics in wheel load-carrying capacity of a loam soil in the Swiss Plateau
Creators: name: Gut, S.
name: Chervet, A.
name: Stettler, Matthias
name: Weisskopf, P.
name: Sturny, W. G.
name: Lamandé, M.
name: Schjønning, P.
name: Keller, T.
Publisher: name: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2014

description: Subsoil compaction is a major problem in modern agriculture caused by the intensification of agricultural production and the increase in weight of agricultural machinery. Compaction in the subsoil is highly persistent and leads to deterioration of soil functions. Wheel load‐carrying capacity (WLCC) is defined as the maximum wheel load for a specific tyre and inflation pressure that does not result in soil stress in excess of soil strength. The soil strength and hence WLCC is strongly influenced by soil matric potential (h). The aim of this study was to estimate the seasonal dynamics in WLCC based on in situ measurements of h, measurements of precompression stress at various h and simulations of soil stress. In this work, we concentrated on prevention of subsoil compaction. Calculations were made for different tyres (standard and low‐pressure top tyres) and for soil under different tillage and cropping systems (mouldboard ploughing, direct drilling, permanent grassland), and the computed WLCC was compared with real wheel loads to obtain the number of trafficable days (NTD) for various agricultural machines. Wheel load‐carrying capacity was higher for the top than the standard tyres, demonstrating the potential of tyre equipment in reducing compaction risks. The NTD varied between years and generally decreased with increasing wheel load of the machinery. The WLCC simulations presented here provide a useful and easily interpreted tool to guide the avoidance of soil compaction.
Schoutedenichia (Brennanichia) evansi Vercammen-Grandjean 1958
Creators: name: Stekolnikov, Alexandr A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Prostigmata
Trombiculidae
Schoutedenichia
Schoutedenichia evansi

description: Schoutedenichia (Brennanichia) evansi Vercammen-Grandjean, 1958
Schoutedenichia (Brennanichia) evansi Vercammen-Grandjean, 1958a: 30, fig. 8.
Declared deposition: VGPC.
Name on slide: Schoutedenichia evansi.
Handwritten catalogue: Schoutedenichia.
Inscription: Type.
Collection data: Nambungo, Newala Distr[ict], Tanganika (Tanzania, Nambunga, 10°52'S, 39°16'E); ex Galago senegalensis É. Geoffroy; 21 Mar. 1953; Lumsden (sent by B.M. Evans).
Number(s): L: 21353/S/1.
description: Published as part of Stekolnikov, Alexandr A., 2019, A catalogue of the holotypes of chigger mites (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) at the Natural History Museum of Geneva, pp. 1-71 in Zootaxa 4620 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4620.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3257181
SystemC AMS Based Frameworks for Virtual Prototyping of Heterogeneous Systems
Creators: name: Pêcheux, François
name: Grimm, Christoph
name: Mähne, Torsten
name: Barnasconi, Martin
name: Einwich, Karsten
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2018

description: This paper presents the past, present, and perspectives of the SystemC AMS standard as well as several commercial and academic frameworks gravitating around it that have been used to develop use cases in various cyber physical domains. After an overview of the standard, two frameworks are described: the COSIDE environment that supports the virtual prototyping of embedded HW/SW systems and its interaction with AMS circuits. Second, the SICYPHOS framework that integrates SystemC AMS into the overall system development ecosystem. By an example we give details how SystemC AMS can be coupled with other simulation tools (OpenModelica) while keeping simulation speed and accuracy high. Another example shows how SystemC AMS can be used as foundation technology to create specialized user-defined models of computation (MoC).
Uralaphorura schilovi Martynova 1976
Creators: name: Babenko, Anatoly
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Entognatha
Collembola
Onychiuridae
Uralaphorura
Uralaphorura schilovi

description: Uralaphorura schilovi (Martynova, 1976)
Remarks. In the original description of the species Martynova (1976) gave the pseudocellar formula as 32/ 033/33332. A study of the type material showed that a median pair of pseudocelli on Abd.III is always absent (the total formula as 32/033/33232) as well as in other specimens from the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago (Babenko & Bulavintsev 1993), Northern Norway (Fjellberg 1998), Ural Mts., and Dolgii Island in Pechora Sea. The only addition which can be made to the most recent re-description of the species by Fjellberg (1998) is the number of parapseudocelli (see Table 1).
Material examined. Holotype and 7 paratypes, labeled as “Komi ASSR, Polar Ural, Khoidype Mt., 1000 m alt., 16.viii.1974, Shilov leg.”, in ZIN; 2 specimens, Russia, Komi Republic, cape Bolvanskii Nos, tundra, 9.vii.2000, A. Taskaeva leg., in AB; 6 specimens, Russia, Komi Republic, vicinity of Vorkuta, shrub tundra, 18.viii.2007, A. Taskaeva leg., in AB; 10 specimens, Russia, Komi Republic, Ural Mts., State Nature Reserve ‘Khrebtovyi’, lichen on cliff, 13.vii.2008, A. Taskaeva leg., in AB; 6 specimens, Russia, Yamalo-Nenetskii Autonomous District, Ural Mts., Bolshoi Paipudynskii Mt. Range, 450 m alt. July 2006, E. Sidorchuk leg., in AB; 26 specimens, Russia, Komi Republic, Pechora Gulf, Dolgii Island, various tundra sites, July 2004, O. Makarova leg., in AB.
description: Published as part of Babenko, Anatoly, 2009, Two new species of the genus Uralaphorura Martynova, 1978 (Collembola: Onychiuridae) from Siberia, pp. 37-44 in Zootaxa 2108 on page 38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187822