cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Runaway BN supergiant star HD 93840: Progenitor of an imminent core-collapse supernova above the Galactic plane
Creators: name: Weßmayer, D.
name: Urbaneja, M. A.
name: Butler, K.
name: Przybilla, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a quantitative spectral analysis of the extreme nitrogen-enhanced supergiant HD 93840 (BN1 Ib) at an intermediate galactic latitude. Based on an optical high-resolution spectrum and complementary ultraviolet and infrared (spectro-)photometry, in addition to Gaia data, we carried out a full characterisation of the star's properties. We used both hydrostatic and unified (photosphere+wind) model atmospheres that account for deviations from local thermodynamic equilibrium. A highly unusual surface CNO-mixing signature and a marked stellar overluminosity compared to the mass imply a binary channel for the star's past evolution. The kinematics shows that it has reached its current position above the Galactic plane as a runaway star, likely ejected by the supernova explosion of its former companion star. Its current bulk composition, with a notably increased mean molecular weight due to core He- and progressed shell H-burning, suggests an advanced evolutionary stage. It is poised to yield a rare core-collapse supernova of a blue supergiant about ten OB star population scale heights above the Galactic disk relatively soon, contributing to the metal enrichment of the circumgalactic medium.
description: 19 pages, 14 figures, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ariosoma balearicum
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Congridae
Ariosoma
Ariosoma balearicum

description: Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) —Bandtooth conger
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Ariosoma balearica (De La Roche 1809) by George et al. (1964: 13); subsequently recorded as Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche) by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche 1809) by Mouneimné (2002: 77–78); recently recorded as Ariosoma balearicum by Bariche et al. (2009: 3). Material in collection: AUBM and USNM.
Distribution. Western Atlantic: North Carolina (U.S.A.) south to Uruguay, including Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea; Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, eastern Atlantic: Portugal south to Angola, including Madeira, Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 21 October 2014); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 31-32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Conger conger conger (Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Congridae
Conger
Conger conger

description: Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758) —European conger
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Conger vulgaris, Cuv. = Conger conger, L. by Gruvel (1931: 79); subsequently recorded as Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758) by George et al. (1964: 13); as Conger conger (Linnaeus) by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Conger conger (Linnaeus 1758) by Mouneimné (2002: 77); recently recorded as Conger conger by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81). Material in collection: AUBM.
Distribution. Western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Iceland and Norway south to Senegal, including Madeira and Canary Islands.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 20 October 2011); Med. (NE). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Creation, Control, and Modeling of NV Centers in Nanodiamonds
Creators: name: Aprà, Pietro
name: Amine, Nour Hanne
name: Britel, Adam
name: Sturari, Sofia
name: Varzi, Veronica
name: Ziino, Matteo
name: Mino, Lorenzo
name: Olivero, Paolo
name: Picollo, Federico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Sensing based on Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers in nanodiamonds (NDs) offers significant potential across various applications. However, optimizing their quantum-optical properties remains challenging. This study focuses on enhancing and controlling the optical properties of NV centers in NDs through surface chemistry tuning and proton beam irradiation. Systematic thermal oxidations were performed to investigate the evolution of surface chemical groups using IR spectroscopy and their influence on optical properties using photoluminescence spectroscopy and PL decay measurements. Proton irradiation was explored over a wide range of fluences (10^14 to 10^17 cm^-2) to precisely control the NV center concentration, identifying conditions that maximize creation and emission intensity. Furthermore, NV center charge state control was achieved by analyzing the NV-/NV0 ratio with varying surface terminations and NV center concentrations. A novel predictive mathematical model was developed to evaluate the efficiencies of forming NV- and NV0. Although tested specifically with proton-irradiated NDs, this model has broad applicability, representing a significant advancement in predicting the outcomes of ion-beam-based color center generation in diamond.
Bridging RQF and MQF for Academic Excellence: “Harmonizing Horizons”
Creators: name: SUBRAMANIAM, SM MAHENDRAN
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education

description: The global landscape of higher education is undergoing a transformative shift, marked by an increasing emphasis on international collaboration and the recognition of qualifications that transcend geographical boundaries. This study delves into a comprehensive analysis of the Malaysian Qualifications Framework (MQF) and the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) in the United Kingdom. The primary aim is to discern the similarities between these regulatory frameworks and advocate for credit exemptions for Malaysian universities within MQA-related pathways. Through a comparative analysis, the research identifies structural and procedural commonalities, explores the potential for enhanced academic mobility, and provides a robust rationale for integrating these frameworks to foster educational excellence. This paper contributes to the broader discourse on globalizing higher education, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and international academic recognition.
Bounds to strong gravity from electron-positron annihilations near threshold
Creators: name: Alden, Nathaniel
name: Onofrio, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss bounds to strong gravity arising from annihilation of electron and positrons and the corresponding enhancement of the cross section for the production of massive particles. Two complementary examples are discussed, the case of the $e^+e^- \to W^+ W^-$ processes, with maximum mass and short lifetime for the particle pairs in the final state, and the case of electron positron annihilation into heavier charged lepton pairs, $e^+ e^- \to μ^+ μ^-$ and $e^+ e^- \to τ^+ τ^-$. These bounds may be improved by the next generation of electron-positron colliders, and are complementary to bounds arising from direct graviton searches.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures
Tarmac cowboys : an ethnographic study of the cultural world of boy racers
Creators: name: Hatton, Zannagh
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2007
Subjects: Boy Racers
Street culture
Cornwall
Car
Social capital
Masculine identity

description: Through my varying degrees of engagement with the street car culture which existed around the area where I lived in Cornwall, I had become aware of the extent to which cars played an important role and represented the norm of daily discourse, entered into by others, and particularly young men. Yet as one of the dominant forms of mobility, the car appears to have been a neglected topic within sociology, cultural studies and related disciplines. Furthermore, I was unable to find a great deal of academic literature on the combined subjects of young men and motorcars, and in particular how consumption of the car and car related activities are used by some young men to express self-definition. This ethnographic study which has examined the cultural world of boy racers aged between 17 and 24 years is the result of my enquiry. My research will provide a detailed picture of how young working class men have used ownership of their cars to define who they are, and the sort of life they lead, something that other strains of social enquiry have largely ignored. It will also examine how boy racers have utilised consumption of the car and car-related practices as social capital within their own lived experiences and have used car ownership not only for mobility, but rather as a medium through which they have been able to acquire through performance with their cars, status, self realisation, and an 'appropriate' masculine identity, something which they perceived has been denied them through other means.
Gnathophis mystax
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Congridae
Gnathophis
Gnathophis mystax

description: Gnathophis mystax (Delaroche 1809) —Thinlip conger
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Gnathophis mystax by Colloca & Lelli (2012: 13).
Distribution. Southwestern Atlantic; Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: southern Portugal south to Morocco.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 7 November 2011); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Synthesis of N-acetylmannosamine-6-phosphate derivatives to investigate the mechanism of N-acetylmannosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase
Creators: name: Arif, Tanzeel
name: Currie, MJ
name: Dobson, RCJ
name: Newson, HL
name: Poonthiyil, V
name: Fairbanks, AJ
name: North, RA
name: Rendle, Phillip
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 31
subject: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 3101
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology
classificationCode: 34
subject: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
classificationCode: 3405
subject: Organic chemistry
classificationCode: 3404
subject: Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry

description: The synthesis of analogues of natural enzyme substrates can be used to help deduce enzymatic mechanisms. N-Acetylmannosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase is an enzyme in the bacterial sialic acid catabolic pathway. To investigate whether the mechanism of this enzyme involves a re-protonation mechanism by the same neighbouring lysine that performed the deprotonation or a unique substrate-assisted proton displacement mechanism involving the substrate C5 hydroxyl, the syntheses of two analogues of the natural substrate, N-acetylmannosamine-6-phosphate, are described. In these novel analogues, the C5 hydroxyl has been replaced with a proton and a methyl ether respectively. As recently reported, Staphylococcus aureus N-acetylmannosamine-6-phosphate 2-epimerase was co-crystallized with these two compounds. The 5-deoxy variant bound to the enzyme active site in a different orientation to the natural substrate, while the 5-methoxy variant did not bind, adding to the evidence that this enzyme uses a substrate-assisted proton displacement mechanism. This mechanistic information may help in the design of potential antibacterial drug candidates.
Panturichthys fowleri
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Heterenchelyidae
Panturichthys
Panturichthys fowleri

description: Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia 1953) —no name
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia 1953) by George et al. (1964: 13); subsequently recorded as Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia) by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia 1953) by Mouneimné (2002: 81). Recent unpublished record from Batroun (6 May 2008). Material in collection: AUBM (OS3794), BMNH, MNHN and USNM.
Distribution. Eastern Mediterranean Sea endemic.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (DD: 9 May 2014); Med. (DD: 9 May 2014). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 32-33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Efficiency evaluation of an automated mango harvesting unit.
Creators: name: Goulart Nogueira Da Silva, Rafael
Publisher: name: CQUniversity
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 409901
subject: Agricultural engineering

description: Shortages and high labour cost are constraints to labour-intensive agricultural operations such as soft tree-fruit harvesting. Mechanical solutions have been developed for heavy produce (e.g., potato) and dry fruit (e.g., macadamia), but solutions for soft fruit are nascent and no solution exists for mango fruit. Three activities were undertaken to improve the performance of a prototype mango harvesting solution involving a horizontal array of picking arms that is moved vertically across the face of the tree. 
A method was developed for the low-cost ($20 per piece) production of non-perishable fruit phantoms using silicone (polydimethylsiloxane), along with a preliminary consideration of a phantom fruit stalk for comparative assessment of harvester hardware. Both phantoms achieved comparable characteristics to their real counterparts, in terms of shape, density and firmness for fruit, and required breaking force for stalk. 
The second activity developed a set of performance metrics for evaluation of end effectors designs and harvest strategies, based on: (i) laboratory trials employing fruit phantoms, using metrics termed ‘picking area’, being the cross-sectional area in a plane normal to the direction of approach of the gripper to the fruit in which a fruit was successfully harvested by the gripper, and ‘picking volume’, being the volume of space in which a fruit was successfully harvested by the gripper; (ii) orchard based trials, using metrics termed ‘detachment success’ and ‘harvest success’, i.e., the % of harvest attempts of fruit on tree which resulted in stalk breakage and return of fruit to a receiving area, respectively, and (iii) post-harvest damage, in terms of a score based on the percentage of fruit and severity of damage. The metrics were used in an empirical evaluation of nine gripper designs in the harvest of mango fruit. A design using six flexible fingers achieved a picking area of ~150 cm2 and a picking volume of 467 cm3 in laboratory trials involving a 636 g phantom fruit, and a detachment and harvest efficiency rate of 74 and 65%, respectively, in orchard trials, with no post-harvest damage associated with harvest of unripe fruit. 
The third activity compared strategies involving the coordination of manipulators and fruit picking prioritisation. Cycle time per harvested tree was reduced by picking while the elevator continued movement (51% decrease), with fruit tracking used to anticipate fruit position. Cycle time per harvested fruit was reduced by splitting arm extension into a fast and slow stage (40% decrease). Improved placement of the gripper with the continuous movement of the platform, the collaborative use of adjacent grippers for fruit positioned near the edge of the picking area of a gripper and pushing fruit by up to 15 cm when fruit centre was lower than that of the gripper increased harvest success by up to 24%.
Enchelycore anatina
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
Enchelycore
Enchelycore anatina

description: Enchelycore anatina (Lowe 1838) —Fangtooth moray
Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon based on personal underwater observations and several photos available.
Distribution. Southern Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Azores, Madeira, Canary, Cape Verde and St. Helena islands.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 16 August 2011). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Common. Significant increase in the last two decades. Non-indigenous species, no conservation action needed.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Unconventional Computing and Music: An Investigation into Harnessing Physarum polycephalum
Creators: name: Braund, Edward
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Computer Music
subject: Unconventional Computing
subject: Music
subject: Physarum polycephalum
subject: Memristor
subject: Music Technology
subject: PhD

description: This thesis presents an investigation into developing musical systems with an Unconventional Computing substrate. Computer musicians have found it difficult to access the field of Unconventional Computing, which is likely due to its resource-intensive and complex nature. However, ongoing research is establishing the myxomycete Physarum polycephalum as a universally-accessible and versatile biological computing substrate. As such, the organism is a potential gateway for computer musicians to begin experimenting with aspects of Unconventional Computing. Physarum polycephalum, in its vegetative plasmodium form, is an amorphous unicellular organism that can respond with natural parallelism to the environmental conditions that surround it. This thesis explores the challenges and opportunities related to developing musical systems with Physarum polycephalum. As this area of inquiry is in its infancy, the research took inspiration from a common approach in Unconventional Computing: a journey of exploration and discovery. This journey consisted of a selection of waypoints that provided direction while allowing the research to explore applications of Physarum polycephalum in order to establish how it may be useful in Computer Music. These waypoints guided the research from adapting established prototypes for musical application to developing purpose-made musical demonstrators for use outside of the laboratory. Thus, the thesis reports on a series of Computer Music systems that explore one or more features of Physarum polycephalum's behaviour and physiology. First, the text presents an approach to algorithmic composition that exploits the organism's ability to form and reconfigure graph-like structures. Next, the thesis reports on systems that harness the plasmodium's electrical potential oscillations for sound synthesis and compositional tools. Finally, the thesis presents musical devices that encompass living plasmodium as electrical components. Where applicable, the thesis includes artefacts from demonstrations of these systems, some of which were developed in collaboration with a composer. The findings from this journey demonstrate that Physarum polycephalum is an appropriate substrate for computer musicians wanting to explore Unconventional Computing approaches creatively. Although Physarum polycephalum is relatively robust as a biological substrate, several obstacles arose during this project. This research addressed such obstacles by reviewing and selecting approaches that maintained the organism's accessibility to computer musicians. As a result, the work suggests methods for developing systems with the organism that are practical for the average music technologist and also beneficial to the wider group of scientists investigating Physarum polycephalum for other purposes.
Gymnothorax unicolor
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
Gymnothorax
Gymnothorax unicolor

description: Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche 1809) —Brown moray
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Gymnothorox unicolor (De la Roche 1809) by George et al. (1964: 13); subsequently recorded as Lycodontis unicolor (Delaroche) by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Gymnothorax unicolor (Delaroche 1809) by Mouneimné (2002: 76). Material in collection: AUBM, FMNH (as Muraena unicolor) and USNM.
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands; southern central Atlantic: Saint Helena.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 20 October 2011); Med. (DD: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Muraena helena Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Muraenidae
Muraena
Muraena helena

description: Muraena helena Linnaeus 1758 —Mediterranean moray
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Muraena helena, L. by Gruvel (1931: 80); subsequently recorded as Muraena helena (Linnaeus 1758) by George et al. (1964: 13); as Muraena helena (Linnaeus) by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Muraena helena Linnaeus 1758 by Mouneimné (2002: 75–76); recently recorded as Muraena helena by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 629) and Aguillar et al. (2018: 81). Material in collection: AUBM.
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, eastern Atlantic: British Isles to Cape Verde Islands; recorded as NIS from the Red Sea.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 18 August 2011); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson 1848
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Nemichthyidae
Nemichthys
Nemichthys scolopaceus

description: Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson 1848 —Slender snipe eel
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Nemichthys scolopaceus by Aguillar et al. (2018: 82).
Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Mediterranean Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 14 July 2014); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Facciolella oxyrhynchus
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Nettastomatidae
Facciolella
Facciolella oxyrhynchus

description: Facciolella oxyrhynchus (Bellotti 1883) —Facciola’s sorcerer
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Facciolella oxyrhyncha by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81).
Distribution. Western Atlantic; Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: southern Portugal south to Angola, including Madeira.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (NE); Med. (DD: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
From here to diversity : ethnicity in the national health service
Creators: name: Johns, Nicholas Richard
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2002

description: Nearly twenty years after the ground-breaking report by Brent Community Health Council (CHC) (1981) into the standard of health care provided to minority ethnic communities, there is continuing evidence of failure on the part of the National Health Service (NHS). One of the ways in which the New Labour government has sought to address such inadequacies in public services has been to increase the numbers of minority ethnic people in the workforce. The central argument of this thesis is that the notion of 'ethnic diversity' has not been adequately defined, and that the practical implications of diversity may be the creation of new'ethnic specialisms' and the consequent marginalisation of minority ethnic individuals. The means by which the government are seeking to achieve ethnic diversity, i. e. mainstreaming 'race' equality issues and using strong positive action (PA), have no tradition in the NHS and are likely to be resisted. Even those who might be considered natural allies of the government, personnel and human resources professionals, undermined to some extent by new public management, may prove obstructive. They appear to have developed a fairly new equality practice, managing diversity (and in particular the model promoted by Kandola eta! 1995; Kandola & Fullerton 1998) to overcome their relative loss of influence. This is an individualistic tool wholly antithetical to the use of PA, which works on the basis of group identities. The research findings presented here are drawn from a national mail survey of NHS trusts, and a semistructured interview survey carried out with various actors involved in minority ethnic health issues in a major city in the south west of England. Its primary contribution is to conceptualise explicitly the notion of ethnic diversity, establishing its practical implications, and testing empirically the possibility of redefining the merit principle to include group identities.
Nettastoma melanura Rafinesque 1810
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Nettastomatidae
Nettastoma
Nettastoma melanura

description: Nettastoma melanura Rafinesque 1810 —Blackfin sorcerer
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Nettastoma melanurum by Aguillar et al. (2018: 82). Recent unpublished record from Sarafand (5 June 2018).
Distribution. Western and eastern Atlantic (including Mediterranean Sea),? western Pacific.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 20 October 2011); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Kaolinite and Silica Dispersions in Low-Salinity Environments: Impact on a Water-in-Crude Oil Emulsion Stability
Creators: name: Wang, Xinya
name: Alvarado, Vladimir
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2011
Subjects: SOLID PARTICLES
Engineering

description: This research aims at providing evidence of particle suspension contributions to emulsion stability, which has been cited as a contributing factor in crude oil recovery by low-salinity waterflooding. Kaolinite and silica particle dispersions were characterized as functions of brine salinity. A reference aqueous phase, representing reservoir brine, was used and then diluted with distilled water to obtain brines at 10 and 100 times lower Total Dissolved Solid (TDS). Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and X-ray Diffraction (XRD) were used to examine at the morphology and composition of clays. The zeta potential and particle size distribution were also measured. Emulsions were prepared by mixing a crude oil with brine, with and without dispersed particles to investigate emulsion stability. The clay zeta potential as a function of pH was used to investigate the effect of particle charge on emulsion stability. The stability was determined through bottle tests and optical microscopy. Results show that both kaolinite and silica promote emulsion stability. Also, kaolinite, roughly 1 μm in size, stabilizes emulsions better than larger clay particles. Silica particles of larger size (5 μm) yielded more stable emulsions than smaller silica particles do. Test results show that clay particles with zero point of charge (ZPC) at low pH become less effective at stabilizing emulsions, while silica stabilizes emulsions better at ZPC. These result shed light on emulsion stabilization in low-salinity waterflooding.
Competition for Light Between Individual Trees Lowers Reference Canopy Stomatal Conductance: Results from a Model
Creators: name: Loranty, M. M.
name: Mackay, D. S.
name: Ewers, Brent E.
name: Traver, E.
name: Kruger, E. L.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2024
Subjects: Botany

description: We have used an ecosystem model, TREES (Terrestrial Regional Ecosystem Exchange Simulator), to test the hypothesis that competition for light limits reference canopy stomatal conductance (GSref; conductance at 1 kPa vapor pressure deficit) for individual tree crowns. Sap flux (JS) data was collected at an aspen-dominated unmanaged early successional site, and at a sugar maple dominated midsuccessional site managed for timber production. Using a Monte Carlo approach, JS scaled canopy transpiration (EC) estimates were used to parameterize two versions of the model for each tree individually; a control model treated trees as isolated individuals, and a modified version incorporated the shading effects of neighboring individuals on incident radiation. Agreement between simulated and observed EC was better for maple than for aspen using the control model. Accounting for canopy heterogeneity using a three-dimensional canopy representation had minimal effects on estimates of GSref or model performance for individual maples. At the Aspen site the modified model resulted in improved EC estimates, particularly for trees with lower GSref and more shading by neighboring individuals. Our results imply a link between photosynthetic capacity, as mediated by competitive light environment, and GSref. We conclude that accounting for the effects of canopy heterogeneity on incident radiation improves modeled estimates of canopy carbon and water fluxes, especially for shade intolerant species. Furthermore our results imply a link between ecosystem structure and function that may be exploited to elucidate the impacts of forest structural heterogeneity on ecosystem fluxes of carbon and water via LiDAR remote sensing.
Echelus myrus
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Ophichthidae
Echelus
Echelus myrus

description: Echelus myrus (Linnaeus 1758) —Painted eel
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Echelus myrus (Linnaeus 1758) by Mouneimné (1979: 108); subsequently recorded as Echelus myrus (Linnaeus 1758) by Mouneimné (2002: 80). Recent unpublished records from Tripoli (3 September 2013 and 15 September 2017). Material in collection: AUBM (OS3973).
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay south to Congo.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 20 October 2011); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Ophisurus serpens
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Ophichthidae
Ophisurus
Ophisurus serpens

description: Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus 1758) —Serpent eel
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Ophisurus serpens by Crocetta & Bariche in Dailianis et al. (2016: 620); subsequently recorded as Ophisurus serpens by Aguillar et al. (2018: 82).
Distribution. Widespread (but not eastern Pacific or western Atlantic), in eastern Atlantic from Spain south to South Africa, including Mediterranean Sea.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 20 October 2011); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Pisodonophis semicinctus
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Anguilliformes
Ophichthidae
Pisodonophis
Pisodonophis semicinctus

description: Pisodonophis semicinctus (Richardson 1848) —Saddled snake eel
Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on a specimen collected from off Tripoli (11 October 2017). Material in collection: AUBM (OS3972).
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 14 March 2011); Med. (NE). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Atherina boyeri Risso 1810
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Atheriniformes
Atherinidae
Atherina
Atherina boyeri

description: Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 —Big-scale sand smelt
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Atherina mochon Cuvier 1829 by George et al. (1964: 16); subsequently recorded as Atherina boyeri Risso by Mouneimné (1977: 65); as Atherina boyeri Risso 1810 by Mouneimné (2002: 106); recently recorded as Atherina boyeri by Bariche et al. (2009: 3). Material in collection: AMNH, AUBM and USNM.
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, Sea of Azov, eastern Atlantic: southern North Sea to Mauritania including Canary Islands; introduced into lakes in Turkey.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 1 January 2008); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, NIS, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action.
Aulopiformes
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Internal Structure of an Oceanic Core Complex: An Integrated Analysis of Oriented Borehole Imagery from IODP Hole U1309D (Atlantis Massif), The
Creators: name: Pressling, Nicola
name: Morris, Antony
name: John, Barbara E.
name: MacLeod, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2012
Subjects: Atlantis Massif
Detachment fault
FMS wireline logging
Oceanic core complex.

description: Oceanic core complexes at slow-spreading ridges represent the uplifted footwalls of large-offset 'detachment' faults that initiate at steep dips, and rotate to flatten via a 'rolling hinge' mechanism in response to flexural unloading. A key question is whether oceanic core complex development is accommodated entirely by displacement on the detachment fault zone, or if significant internal deformation of the footwall occurs during flexure and rotation. We investigate this by constraining the internal architecture of the Atlantis Massif oceanic core complex (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 30°N) using Formation MicroScanner borehole wall images and cores from the 1416 m-deep Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Hole U1309D. Two distinct sets of structures are observed. N-S-striking, E-dipping structures dominating the upper 385 m are interpreted as a brittle to semi-brittle zone of fracturing in the footwall. Structures with this geometry occur down to 750 m below seafloor, suggesting that the detachment damage zone extends deep into the footwall. The nature of this deformation is, however, enigmatic: several cataclastic shear zones with reverse geometry in their current orientations may be rotated extensional faults or relate to shortening at the base of the flexing beam of a very weak footwall. By contrast, E-W-striking, N- and S-dipping structures dominate the lowermost kilometer of the borehole. They likely represent conjugate fractures formed in the hanging wall of a late, E-W normal fault zone, separating gabbroic rocks of the central dome of Atlantis Massif from serpentinized peridotite to the south, responsible for post-detachment uplift of the southern margin of the massif.
Aulopus filamentosus
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Aulopiformes
Aulopidae
Aulopus
Aulopus filamentosus

description: Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch 1792) —Royal flagfin
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Aulopus filamentosus Cloquet by Mouneimné (1977: 39–40); subsequently recorded as Aulopus filamentosus Cloquet 1816 by Mouneimné (2002: 85–86); recently recorded as Aulopus filamentosus by Aguillar et al. (2018: 80). Recent unpublished records from Batroun (11 November 2005). Material in collection: AUBM.
Distribution. Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea south to Brazil; Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands south to Gulf of Guinea.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 20 October 2013); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte 1840
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Aulopiformes
Chlorophthalmidae
Chlorophthalmus
Chlorophthalmus agassizi

description: Chlorophthalmus agassizi Bonaparte 1840 —Shortnose greeneye
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Chlorophthalmus agassizi by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81). Recent unpublished records from Beirut (7 December 2010). Material in collection: AUBM (OS3840).
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 13 April 2015); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 38-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Magnetotransport and micro-x-ray absorption near-edge structure studies of glass-coated Fe–Ni–Cu microwires
Creators: name: Wang, Kai-Ying
name: Tang, Jinke
name: Schilling, Paul J.
name: Moelders, Nicholas
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2000
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics

description: Magnetotransport and micro-x-ray absorption near-edge structure (micro-XANES) studies of glass-coated 20Fe–20Ni–60Cu microwires have been carried out on both as-cast and heat-treated samples. The micro-XANES spectroscopy data were collected at the K edges of Cu, Ni, and Fe with the x-ray microprobe beamline at the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices. Comparison of the Fe K-edge spectra from the microwires to standard spectra reveals that the Fe atoms in the as-cast sample are in a face-centered cubic (fcc) configuration and they remain in the fcc phase throughout the annealing processes. Giant magnetoresistance (GMR) has been observed in the microwires and it reaches ~6.5% at 300 K in a field of 9 T. The MR decreases to ~2.5% as the annealing temperature increases to 500 °C. The loss of GMR upon annealing is attributed to the growth of Fe–Ni rich magnetic particles. Significant reduction in the number of extremely small particles is obtained after annealing at 500 °C, which shows MR characteristics that are different from the as-cast and 300 °C annealed microwires.
ЧИМЁН ПИЁЗИНИ(ALLIUM TSCHIMGANICUM B. FEDTSCH.) МАДАНИЙ ҲОЛДА КЎПАЙТИРИШНИНГ УРУҒ МАҲСУЛДОРЛИГИГА ТАЪСИРИ
Creators: name: Якубов, Шамшод
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ҳар бир ўсимлик ўсиб ва ривожланишида уруғ бериш маҳсулдорлигини аниқлаш муҳим ҳисобланиб, Тошкент воҳаси иқлим ва тупроқ шароитларида чимён пиёзини кўпайтириш учун уруғ маҳсулдорлигини аниқлаш жуда керакли вазифалардан бири ҳисобланади. Олиб борилган изланишларнинг натижаларига кўра, мазкур ўсимликни табий, ярим соя, очиқ майдон шароитларида потенциал уруғ маҳсулдорлиги ва ҳақиқий уруғ маҳсулдорлиги ҳамда маҳсулдорлик коэффицентлари аниқланган.
Evermannella balbo
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Aulopiformes
Evermannellidae
Evermannella
Evermannella balbo

description: Evermannella balbo (Risso 1820) —Balbo sabretooth
Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on a specimen collected from off Beirut (6 March 2003) and another from off Batroun (5 June 2010). Material in collection: AUBM (OS3837; OS3848).
Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Mediterranean Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 12 May 2013); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Bathypterois dubius Vaillant 1888
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Aulopiformes
Ipnopidae
Bathypterois
Bathypterois dubius

description: Bathypterois dubius Vaillant 1888 —Spiderfish
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Bathypterois dubius by Aguillar et al. (2018: 80).
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: British Isles south to Sierra Leone, including Azores; one record from the northwestern Atlantic.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 15 May 2013); Med. (NE). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Ultrafine NiFe2O4 powder fabricated from reverse microemulsion process
Creators: name: Fang, Jiye
name: Shama, Narayan
name: Tung, Le Duc
name: Shin, Eun Young
name: O’Connor, Charles J.
name: Stokes, Kevin L.
name: Caruntu, Gabriel
name: Wiley, John B.
name: Spinu, Leonard
name: Tang, Jinke
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2003
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics

description: NiFe2O4 ultrafine powder with high crystallinity has been prepared through a reverse microemulsion route. The composition in starting solution was optimized, and the resulting NiFe2O4 was formed at temperature of around 550–600 °C, which is much lower than that observed from the solid-state reaction. Magnetic investigation indicates that samples are soft magnetic materials with low coercivity and with the saturation magnetization close to the bulk value of Ni ferrite.
Lestidiops sphyrenoides
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Aulopiformes
Paralepididae
Lestidiops
Lestidiops sphyrenoides

description: Lestidiops sphyrenoides (Risso 1820) —Barracuda barracudina
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Lestidium sphyraenoides (Risso 1832) by George et al. (1964: 13); subsequently recorded as Lestidiops sphyrenoides (Risso) by Mouneimné (1977: 61); as Lestidiops sphyraenoides (Risso 1820) by Mouneimné (2002: 89). Recent unpublished records from Beirut (3 March 2006). Material in collection: AUBM (OS1243; OS1244; OS3693).
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 23 January 2013); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 40-41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887