cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SUSPENSIONS
Creators: name: BULLIVANT, SUSAN ANNE
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1977

description: The aim of this research is to obtain a meaningful rheological characterization of deflocculated china clay suspensions. It is generally true that in the study of suspensions relatively little successful work has been carried out on the flow properties of highly concentrated suspensions as compared with dilute suspensions; it was decided therefore that the work, presented in this thesis, should be confined to the study of higher concentration suspensions. A survey is given of previous work on the rheological characterization of suspensions and the reasons for choosing the clay suspensions in particular, are discussed. Since a knowledge of the microscopic nature of the particles in suspension is important for the understanding of the macroscopic behaviour of the suspensions, a detailed account of the relevant aspects of clay and its rheological behaviour is presented. The investigation consists of a theoretical and experimental study of the suspensions. The experimental results are obtained by using a commercial rheometer, the Weissenberg Rheogoniometer. Experiments are performed which include steady shear studies, oscillatory shear studies and studies of a combined steady and low-amplitude oscillatory shear flow. A theory is developed for this latter flow situation and expressions for the percentage increase in couple are obtained based on different rheological equations of state. Concentration effects are examined and it is shown that, with increasing concentration, an initial shear thinning region is followed by a shear thickening one. It is also found that marked elastic properties are exhibited by these highly concentrated clay suspensions. Qualitative agreement is obtained between theory and experiment for all suspensions considered and at the highest concentrations it is shown (for the first time) that it is possible to characterize shear thinning and shear thickening properties of a fluid using one equation of state. The experimental results indicate that this programme of work may have important implications for certain industrial nearly viscometric flow situations as well as the whole approach being applicable to other concentrated suspension systems.
Diploprora championii Hook.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Diploprora
Diploprora championii

description: Diploprora championii (Lindl.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 26, 1890
 Basionym: Cottonia championii Lindl., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 35, 1855.
 Homotypic synonym: Stauropsis championii (Lindl.) Tang & F.T.Wang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 1: 93, 1951.
 Specimen examined:— KACHIN. Putao District: fide Aung et al. (2020: 83). MON. Mawlamyine District: 1868, Parish 277 (K). Also reported from Tanintharyi Region by Kress et al. (2003: 76), but we have not seen material from this area.
 Distribution:— Sri Lanka, India, the eastern Himalayas, southern Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, southwestern and southern China and Taiwan.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on page 125, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
Model wave impulse loads on caisson breakwater aeration, scale and structural response
Creators: name: Walkden, Michael James Alexis
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1999

description: Merged with duplicate record 10026.1/834 on 22.03.2017 by CS (TIS)
description: The prediction of wave impact loads on prototype caisson breakwaters from the results of physical model tests is considered, with particular attention given to the effects of air, breaker shape, structural response and scale. A review of related literature is presented from which it is concluded that the different aspects of the problem may be related through the force impulse. Large scale soliton impacts are used to show the importance of entrapped air in determining the form of the load time history. Small scale waves with artificially high levels of entrained air and highly controlled drop impacts are used to show and quantify an inverse relationship between entrained air and impact load maxima. Specially developed aeration probes and analysis techniques are used to show the influence of entrapped air on pressure maxima and quantify entrained air levels in small scale fresh water breaking waves. A definition of the force impulse is proposed and used to investigate its variation with breaker shape. The impulse magnitude is shown to be relatively invariant for regular wave impacts compared to a large scatter in impulse form. A numerical model of caisson dynamics is used to predict structural motion and to calculate a series of dynamic amplification factors. The prediction of structural response to obtain effective static loads through the use of these factors is investigated and achieved through the adoption of an 'equivalent impulse' concept. The scatter in impulse form is found to cause large variations in effective static loads between nominally identical impact events. The equivalent impulse concept is used to solve this problem. A comparison is made between the form and magnitude of the force impulses of the small and large scale waves. The results indicate that the impulse magnitude may be relatively free of scale effects. An example is given in which the results of a small scale test are interpreted, scaled and processed to account for the effects of entrained air and structural response in order to predict large scale effective static loads. These are shown to compare well with predictions made using measured large scale force time histories and the numerical caisson model.
Erythrodes hirsuta Ormerod
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Erythrodes
Erythrodes hirsuta

description: Erythrodes hirsuta (Griff.) Ormerod in G.Seidenfaden, Contr. Orchid Fl. Thailand 13: 12, 1997
 Basionym: Goodyera hirsuta Griff., Not. Pl. Asiat. 3: 393, 1851.
 Homotypic synonym: Physurus hirsutus (Griff.) Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 180, 1857.
 Specimen examined:— SAGAING. Mawlaik District: 305 m, 15 Mar 1927, Chin 5762 (K). Also reported from Chin State by Kress et al. (2003: 78), but we have not seen material from this area.
 Distribution:— The eastern Himalayas, northeastern India, northwestern Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and southern China.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on pages 128-129, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
Cocculus hirsutus Diels 1910
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ranunculales
Menispermaceae
Cocculus
Cocculus hirsutus

description: Menispermum hirsutum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 341. 1753.
"Habitat in India." RCN: 7492.
 Lectotype (Troupin, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Menispermaceae: 12. 1956): [icon] " Cocculi Indi altera species minor, scandens Vincae pervincae foliis villosis " in Plukenet, Amalth. Bot.: 61, t. 384, f. 7. 1705. - Typotype: Herb. Sloane 93: 107 (BM-SL).
 Current name:  Cocculus hirsutus  (L.) Diels (Menispermaceae).
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 665, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Erythrodes chinensis Schltr., Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Erythrodes
Erythrodes chinensis

description: Erythrodes chinensis (Rolfe) Schltr., Orchideen Beschreib. Kult. Zücht.: 117, 1914
 Basionym: Physurus chinensis Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896: 200, 1896.
 Specimen examined:— KACHIN. Putao District: 455−610 m, 23 Apr 1926, Kingdon-Ward 6643 (K).
 Distribution:— Northern Myanmar, southwestern and southern China and Taiwan.
 Note:— In Flora of China, this entity was considered conspecific with E. blumei (Lindl.) Schltr. because variation among the two in spur length and epichile shape were apparently continuous (Chen et al. 2009: 56−57). Further study to confirm this is needed.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on page 128, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
La valutazione della qualità della destinazione turistica: una applicazione al turismo tedesco in Provincia di Varese
Creators: name: Grechi, Daniele
name: Minazzi, Roberta
name: Bogni, Roberta
name: Sonzini, Irene
Publisher: name: ----
Year: 2024
Subjects: Turismo, Territorio, Profilo del Turista, Soddisfazione del Turista

description: Negli ultimi decenni, il settore turistico ha svolto un ruolo cruciale nello sviluppo economico e culturale di numerosi territori in tutto il mondo. In particolare, la competitività di una destinazione turistica dipende dalla sua capacità di offrire un'esperienza unica e memorabile, combinando elementi come l'accessibilità, l'offerta di servizi, la qualità dell'ospitalità e la diversità delle attrazioni. In un mercato globale sempre più competitivo, le destinazioni turistiche devono costantemente innovare e adattarsi per attirare nuovi viaggiatori e distinguersi dalla concorrenza. Il territorio italiano, grazie alla ricchezza di risorse naturali, storiche, culturali e artistiche rappresenta una meta di particolare interessante per i viaggiatori internazionali. La componente di turisti stranieri è infatti prevalente nei flussi turistici italiani, fra i quali emergono in modo significativo i turisti provenienti dalla Germania. Questo segmento di clientela visita in particolare alcuni territori italiani: uno di questi è la Provincia di Varese, territorio rappresentativo delle principali peculiarità dell’offerta turistica italiana. Il presente studio si propone di analizzare le preferenze turistiche dei viaggiatori tedeschi, con un focus sulla provincia di Varese con l’obiettivo delineare un profilo del turista tedesco che sceglie il territorio italiano come destinazione, dal punto di vista demografico, sociale e turistico.  La ricerca è stata sviluppata mediante un questionario strutturato, somministrato ai viaggiatori tedeschi nel periodo luglio-agosto 2023, indipendentemente dal fatto che essi abbiano visitato la provincia di Varese, o che non vi si siano ancora recati, con lo scopo di comprendere le opportunità di sviluppo e le strategie di miglioramento dell’offerta turistica verso questo mercato. I risultati dello studio sono in grado di identificare il profilo del turista tedesco che visita la provincia di Varese e il grado di soddisfazione da essi mostrato nei confronti della propria esperienza. Inoltre, l’analisi offre informazioni preziose alle autorità locali, ai soggetti operanti nella filiera turistica e agli enti di promozione del territorio al fine di sviluppare strategie più efficaci per attirare i visitatori tedeschi e soddisfare al meglio le loro specifiche esigenze, contribuendo a consolidare il posizionamento della Provincia di Varese come destinazione turistica di primo piano nel nord Italia.
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Epipogium roseum Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Epipogium
Epipogium roseum

description: Epipogium roseum (D.Don) Lindl., J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1: 177, 1857
 Basionym: Limodorum roseum D.Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 30, 1825.
 Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Unspecified: fide Saw Lwin (2003: 16); Putao District: fide Aung et al. (2020: 83); Mohnyin District: 495 m, 7 May 2010, Kurzweil & Saw Lwin KL 2822 (SING [s]). CHIN. Mindat District: 1924, Cooper 5951A (E, SING); same loc., 1270 m, 27 May 2007, Kuroiwa et al. 051335 (MBK); same loc., 6 Dec 2008, Matsumoto 053821 (MBK). MANDALAY. Myingyan District: fide Tanaka et al. (2011: 164), photos. KAYAH. Loikaw District: Tanaka et al. MY4766 (TNS, photos). TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: 28 Feb 2015, Saw Lwin et al. TNRO 268 (RAF).
 Distribution:— Tropical Africa to India, and throughout Asia to the islands of the southwestern Pacific.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on page 127, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
Cocculus hirsutus Diels 1910
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ranunculales
Menispermaceae
Cocculus
Cocculus hirsutus

description: Menispermum myosotoides Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 341. 1753.
"Habitat in India." RCN: 7492.
Type not designated.
Original material: [icon] in Plukenet, Amalth. Bot.: 62, t. 384, f. 3. 1705 - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 94: 182 (BM-SL).
 Current name:  Cocculus hirsutus  (L.) Diels (Menispermaceae).
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 665, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
PNEUMATIC HYDROPOWER SYSTEMS
Creators: name: PARMEE, IAN CHRISTOPHER
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1990

description: The following thesis investigates the performance and economics of a Pneumatic Water Engine capable of extracting energy from differential heads of water in the two to three metre range. Initial concepts are discussed and a system configuration is physically modelled at a laboratory scale. Outline designs using a variety of materials are developed and these provide a basis for the estimation of a probable capital cost using standard Civil Engineering methods. The proposed system is mathematically modelled using a lumped mass approach to the complex hydrodynamics. The resultant differential equations are solved by means of a variable Runge Kutta numerical analysis. The model includes the thermodynamic aspects of the system's compressible airflow. A computer program has been developed from the mathematical model and Is utilized in a series of parametric studies. An economic assessment based upon both the average power output achieved during the parametric studies and the probable capital cost of the system is presented, together with an estimate of the cost per kilowatt-hour of the electricity produced. This assessment takes into account maintenance costs, expected value of the energy produced and the possible effects of both Water Abstraction Charges and Local Authority Rating. In addition to the parametric studies a final, more rigorous optimization of the system involving a number of the many interacting variables has been undertaken. This optimization is achieved via Cumulative Evolutionary Design techniques involving the use of Genetic Algorithms. An optimal design of the chamber shape is achieved in the same manner.
The Flow of Liquid Polymers Through Fibrous Reinforcements
Creators: name: Griffin, Patrick Robert
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1995

description: Merged with duplicate record 10026.1/1275 on 14.02.2017 by CS (TIS)
description: Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM), at present, is a semi-automated, low volume production process for fibre reinforced plastics with much work being undertaken to achieve full automation and medium volume production. The efficient and consistent impregnation of thermosetting resin into a reinforcement pack are key requirements in the development of RTM. For mass production and automation accurate predictions of mould fill times are critical in order to plan production. At present, the fill times are predicted by assuming Darcy's law and using experimentally determined permeability value. Permeability measurements display a large amount of scatter which affects the accuracy of simulations of mould filling. Commercial fabrics such as 'Injectex' are now available which achieve high permeability to resin flow through a modified microstructural architecture of fibre tows. This thesis seeks to examine the relationship between microstructure and permeability in these fabrics in the context of possible decreases in mechanical properties which may result from non-uniform fibre distribution. An image analysis technique is used to characterise and quantify the regions of flow within the fabric architecture which are then correlated with a series of permeability measurements determined experimentally. This then leads onto a mathematical model for the prediction of the permeability of the fibre pack.
Quality Assurance of Cervical Smear Slide Inspection Using a Novel Eye-Tracking Technique
Creators: name: Coombes, Lee Roy
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2004

description: A novel objective quality assurance system for smear slide screening is investigated in this thesis. A method of data validation was developed that compares data from an eye tracked image display, machine image colour texture analysis and expert judgements in a statistical manner to identify salient areas of cervical cytological images. These data are used to construct screener performance profiles, which have been compared to screener experience. The experimental methodology is described and how the screener performance profile is constructed. Results from a study of 10 screeners, checkers and pathologists are presented showing predicted trends of human performance. Relations to experience and strategy are also shown, though these relationships are not statistically significant. A standardised quality assurance test is developed that profiles screeners across many performance measures. Highly significant correlations were found between fixation saliency and machine colour texture (maxima density), though fixation saliency suffers from a lack of a significant statistical basis. Further fixation data is needed, however if it conforms to the existing trends then the results would support the new data validation method as a framework from which image analysis techniques applied to cytology may be objectively tested. Furthermore, this new approach to cervical cytology quality assurance would have the potential to further reduce human errors in the cervical smear inspection process by lowering levels of observer variation found in all aspects of the cervical screening process.
FEEDFORWARD ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK DESIGN UTILISING SUBTHRESHOLD MODE CMOS DEVICES
Creators: name: COUE, Dominique Xavier Henri Leon
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1997

description: This thesis reviews various previously reported techniques for simulating artificial neural networks and investigates the design of fully-connected feedforward networks based on MOS transistors operating in the subthreshold mode of conduction as they are suitable for performing compact, low power, implantable pattern recognition systems. The principal objective is to demonstrate that the transfer characteristic of the devices can be fully exploited to design basic processing modules which overcome the linearity range, weight resolution, processing speed, noise and mismatch of components problems associated with weak inversion conduction, and so be used to implement networks which can be trained to perform practical tasks. A new four-quadrant analogue multiplier, one of the most important cells in the design of artificial neural networks, is developed. Analytical as well as simulation results suggest that the new scheme can efficiently be used to emulate both the synaptic and thresholding functions. To complement this thresholding-synapse, a novel current-to-voltage converter is also introduced. The characteristics of the well known sample-and-hold circuit as a weight memory scheme are analytically derived and simulation results suggest that a dummy compensated technique is required to obtain the required minimum of 8 bits weight resolution. Performance of the combined load and thresholding-synapse arrangement as well as an on-chip update/refresh mechanism are analytically evaluated and simulation studies on the Exclusive OR network as a benchmark problem are provided and indicate a useful level of functionality. Experimental results on the Exclusive OR network and a 'QRS' complex detector based on a 10:6:3 multilayer perceptron are also presented and demonstrate the potential of the proposed design techniques in emulating feedforward neural networks.
Autonomous decentralised M2M Application Service Provision
Creators: name: Steinheimer, Michael
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: PhD

description: Machine-to-Machine Communication (M2M) service platforms integrate M2M devices and enable realisation of applications using the M2M devices to support processes, mostly in the business domain. Many application-specific vertical implementations of M2M service platforms exist as well as efforts to define horizontal M2M service platforms. Both approaches usually have central components or stakeholders of which the entire M2M system or the user depends. With regards to the end-user, more and more M2M devices provide resources, such as environmental information (e.g. energy consumption data) or control options (e.g. switching energy consumer). These resources offer great potential for supporting smart environments and it would be advantageous if these resources could be used by end-users to create individual smart environments or be accessible for other users to integrate these resources into their processes. Furthermore, it would be advantageous to avoid centralised or domain-specific solutions in order to realise flexible and independent M2M service platforms. This thesis proposes a novel framework for autonomous and decentralised M2M application service provision based on native end-user integration and a distributed M2M system architecture. In order to actively involve end-users in M2M application development, an intuitive methodology for graphical application design through state machine-based application modelling is proposed. To achieve independence from the execution environments, a formal language for modelling M2M applications is introduced enabling a graphically designed M2M application to be represented by a formally described application model, which can be processed automatically and platform-independently. The design of a generalised interface definition enables local M2M applications to be provided as a service to other users. Based on this, an approach is introduced allowing end-users to combine the resources available in their personal environments in order to realise cooperative M2M applications and act as service providers. The M2M service platform architecture presented does not contain any central components or stakeholders. The distributive nature of central entities and stakeholders is realised by a decentralised system architecture being implemented in the end-user domain. The various M2M service providers and consumers link via a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network on both the communication level (using communication protocols Constrained Application Protocol, CoAP or Session Initiation Protocol, SIP) and on the data storage level (using structured or unstructured P2P overlay networks). An M2M Community concept complements the P2P network to enable a social network between different M2M service providers and consumers. The thesis also presents a prototypical proof-of-concept implementation used to verify the proposed framework components.
Galearis wardii P. F. Hunt, Kew Bull.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Galearis
Galearis wardii

description: Galearis wardii (W.W.Sm.) P.F.Hunt, Kew Bull. 26: 173, 1971
 Basionym: Orchis wardii W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 13: 215, 1921.
 Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Putao District: 3660 m, 28 Jun 1926, Kingdon-Ward 7007 (K); same loc., 3655– 3960 m, 22 Jun 1931, Kingdon-Ward 9678 (BM).
 Distribution:— Northern Myanmar and southwestern China.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on page 132, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
Cocculus orbiculatus
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ranunculales
Menispermaceae
Cocculus
Cocculus orbiculatus

description: Menispermum orbiculatum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 341. 1753.
"Habitat in insula Crocodilorum Asiae." RCN: 7491.
 Lectotype (Troupin in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles  25: 141. 1955): [icon] " Cocculi Orientalis Frutex, convolvulaceus, orbiculatis foliis, prona parte villosis, ex una de Insulis Crocodilorum " in Plukenet, Amalth. Bot.: 61, t. 384, f. 6. 1705. - Typotype: Cuninghame in Herb. Sloane 93: 107 (BM-SL).
 Current name:  Cocculus orbiculatus  (L.) DC. (Menispermaceae).
 Note: See Forman (in Kew Bull. 22: 349-374. 1968) for comments on the identity of the typotype collection.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 665, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
AN INTELLIGENT NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR AN AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE
Creators: name: Loebis, Dedy
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2004

description: The work in this thesis concerns with the development of a novel multisensor data fusion (MSDF) technique, which combines synergistically Kalman filtering, fuzzy logic and genetic algorithm approaches, aimed to enhance the accuracy of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) navigation system, formed by an integration of global positioning system and inertial navigation system (GPS/INS). The Kalman filter has been a popular method for integrating the data produced by the GPS and INS to provide optimal estimates of AUVs position and attitude. In this thesis, a sequential use of a linear Kalman filter and extended Kalman filter is proposed. The former is used to fuse the data from a variety of INS sensors whose output is used as an input to the later where integration with GPS data takes place. The use of an adaptation scheme based on fuzzy logic approaches to cope with the divergence problem caused by the insufficiently known a priori filter statistics is also explored. The choice of fuzzy membership functions for the adaptation scheme is first carried out using a heuristic approach. Single objective and multiobjective genetic algorithm techniques are then used to optimize the parameters of the membership functions with respect to a certain performance criteria in order to improve the overall accuracy of the integrated navigation system. Results are presented that show that the proposed algorithms can provide a significant improvement in the overall navigation performance of an autonomous underwater vehicle navigation. The proposed technique is known to be the first method used in relation to AUV navigation technology and is thus considered as a major contribution thereof.
Gastrochilus corymbosus A. P. Das & Chanda, J. Econ.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Gastrochilus
Gastrochilus corymbosus

description: Gastrochilus corymbosus A.P.Das & Chanda, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 12: 401, 1988 (publ. 1989)
 Specimens examined:— CHIN (both fide Liu et al. 2020b: 116). Mindat District: 2750 m, 9 Jan 2017, Liu 414 (HITBC); same loc., 2900 m, 30 Apr 2017, Tan M1271 (HITBC).
 Distribution:— The eastern Himalayas and northern Myanmar.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED APPROACH TO MODELLING OF PIPE ORGANS
Creators: name: Hamadicharef, Brahim
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2005

description: The aim of the project was to develop a new Artificial Intelligence-based method to aid modeling of musical instruments and sound design. Despite significant advances in music technology, sound design and synthesis of complex musical instruments is still time consuming, error prone and requires expert understanding of the instrument attributes and significant expertise to produce high quality synthesised sounds to meet the needs of musicians and musical instrument builders. Artificial Intelligence (Al) offers an effective means of capturing this expertise and for handling the imprecision and uncertainty inherent in audio knowledge and data. This thesis presents new techniques to capture and exploit audio expertise, following extended knowledge elicitation with two renowned music technologist/audio experts, developed and embodied into an intelligent audio system. The Al combined with perceptual auditory modeling ba.sed techniques (ITU-R BS 1387) make a generic modeling framework providing a robust methodology for sound synthesis parameters optimisation with objective prediction of sound synthesis quality. The evaluation, carried out using typical pipe organ sounds, has shown that the intelligent audio system can automatically design sounds judged by the experts to be of very good quality, while significantly reducing the expert's work-load by up to a factor of three and need for extensive subjective tests. This research work, the first initiative to capture explicitly knowledge from audio experts for sound design, represents an important contribution for future design of electronic musical instruments based on perceptual sound quality will help to develop a new sound quality index for benchmarking sound synthesis techniques and serve as a research framework for modeling of a wide range of musical instruments.
Effective information assurance with risk management
Creators: name: Dimopoulos, Vassileios Andreas
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2007

description: Today's businesses base their operation on their IT infrastructure, which consequently demands that it should be protected accordingly. Nevertheless, surveys tend to indicate that the number of IT security incidents is increasing, resulting in significant losses for the organisations concerned. Leading in poor security practices, and therefore frequent victims of related security incidents, are Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Even though there are a number of solutions, ranging from baseline guidelines to a detailed Risk Assessment (which can be followed to guide organisations through systematically selecting appropriate controls and practices to properly secure their networked assets), evidence suggests that these are not being employed by SMEs. Constraints such as lack of budget, security personnel and awareness are amongst the factors that are deterring SMEs from adopting such solutions, and therefore contributing to their continued problem with security incidents. This thesis specifically targets the problem of security risk assessment within SME environments. Following an examination of the aforementioned constraints, the investigation considers the existing solutions, establishing the reasons that they are not appropriate for SME users. The research identifies that SMEs are in need of a solution that represents a progression of current guidelines, but without being as complicated as existing forms of Risk Analysis. Therefore a new methodology is designed, known as PRAM (Profile-based Risk Analysis and Management), which enables SMEs to analyse and manage their risks in a way that is simple to use and understand, as well as providing economic considerations on threats, their likelihood, effect and the spending required to reduce them to an acceptable level. The methodology is then implemented within a working prototype, which is evaluated using a series of test scenarios. These scenarios are also used as the basis for evaluating existing SME-oriented Risk Analysis solutions, and the findings determine that the PRAM approach is able to deliver a more comprehensive solution. In addition, an evaluation of the PRAM prototype by a series of end-users suggests that it also succeeds in providing a more user-friendly solution than the current alternatives. Overall, this thesis presents a solution that can be adopted by SMEs lacking in-house security expertise. It can assist them in understanding the threats they are under, while at the same time presenting appropriate information to enable management to evaluate their organisation's current IT security situation and select appropriate countermeasures.
Gastrochilus arunachalensis A. N. Rao, J. Econ.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Gastrochilus
Gastrochilus arunachalensis

description: Gastrochilus arunachalensis A.N.Rao, J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 16: 723, 1992
 Specimens examined:— KACHIN (both fide Liu et al. 2020b: 114). Putao District: 750 m, 14 Sep 2016, Liu 408 (HITBC); same loc., 600 m, 29 Nov 2017, Tan M2965 (HITBC).
 Distribution:— The eastern Himalayas and northern Myanmar.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on page 133, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
Cocculus carolinus
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ranunculales
Menispermaceae
Cocculus
Cocculus carolinus

description: Menispermum virginicum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 340. 1753.
"Habitat in Virginiae & Caroliniae maritimis." RCN: 7486.
 Lectotype (designated here by Reveal): [icon] " Menispermum folio hederaceo " in Dillenius, Hort. Eltham. 2: 223, t. 178, f. 219. 1732.
 Current name:  Cocculus carolinus  (L.) DC. (Menispermaceae).
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 665, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Gastrochilus pseudodistichus Schltr., Repert. 2021, Spec. Nov.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Gastrochilus
Gastrochilus pseudodistichus

description: Gastrochilus pseudodistichus (King & Pantl.) Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 315, 1913
 Basionym: Saccolabium pseudodistichum King & Pantl., J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 64: 341, 1895.
 Homotypic synonym: Saccolabium distichum Lindl. var. pseudodistichum (King & Pantl.) Finet in H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 6: 506, 1933.
 Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Putao District: 1830–2135 m, 16 Nov 1937, Kingdon-Ward 13465 (BM). CHIN. Mindat District: 2440−2745 m, Apr 1956, Maung Gale-2 & Chit Ko Ko 5559 (RAF). KAYIN. Border area Hpa-An and Hpapun districts: 1920 m, Oct 1931, Dickason 9476 (AMES), ident. uncertain [without flowers].
 Distribution:— The eastern Himalayas, northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and southwestern China.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on page 136, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
FINITE DEFORMATIONS OF A GENERALIZED BLATZ-KO MATERIAL
Creators: name: WANG, YI
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1996

description: In this dissertation, the finite deformations of a certain class of compressible, isotropic elastic materials are investigated. The class is characterized by a two-parameter family of strain energy functions which includes the well-known Blatz-Ko material model for foam rubbers. The Blatz-Ko material, which has been arrived at by experiment and whose deformations have been studied previously, is obtained from the considered class of materials by specifying one of the two parameters involved in the definition of the class. On employing the semi-inverse method, according to which the form of the solution is given at the outset in terms of functions which are then determined from the equilibrium equations and boundary conditions, closed-form solutions to the equilibrium equations are obtained for the non-homogeneous deformations describing the straightening of a sector of a circular tube, the bending of a rectangular block into a sector of a circular tube, the eversion of cylindrical and spherical shells, and the cylindrical and spherical expansions, and a number of associated boundary value problems are investigated using both analytical and numerical methods. Certain situations in which solutions of the pre-assigned form cannot exist are identified and cases of non-uniqueness are dealt with by discriminating between the different solutions on physical grounds. The homogeneous deformations of the materials in this class are also examined and, throughout, comparison is being made with the behaviour of the Blatz-Ko material. For the whole range of deformations examined, it is found that the materials for which one of the parameters is greater than, or equal to, two (the case when this parameter equals to two corresponds to the Blatz-Ko material) become harder as this parameter increases, but that otherwise they all behave in a similar manner. Consequently, it is concluded that the materials in this particular subclass will also represent foam rubbers of the type described by the Blatz-Ko material. In order to describe the situations in which the solutions become unstable, the conditions for the strong ellipticity of the equilibrium equations for non-linearly elastic materials are reformulated so as to be expressible in terms of the derivatives of the strain-energy function regarded as a function of the principal stretches. Use of these conditions reveals that the solutions to the considered boundary value problems become unstable at certain critical values of the applied loads.
Delay Hierarchy Propagation Model
Creators: name: Soliman, Ehab Mohammed
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2005

description: Construction projects are always exposed to delay. Research has shown that most projects encounter delays and this problem is a global one. Previous research related to delays in construction projects have been dedicated to measuring and ranking the direct delays that have occurred. These types of delay are past delays and have already affected many aspects of the project's performance. This type of research is of the reactive type and handles delays after they have happened. The objective of this research is to model the construction project delays that can be used to predict the level of delays that the project could face during its future life. The proposed Delay Hierarchy Propagation Model (DHPM) is the first attempt to model delays in the construction project. This model is an innovative predictive approach to anticipate the future encountered delays before they become real. The model assumes that the direct delay is generated from earlier events or aspects that are found before the direct delay occurs; these events are called the root delay causes. These root delay causes need to be analysed, measured and managed in order to prevent or mitigate the effect of a later direct delay in the project life. The direct delays were analysed by a cause-effect technique to extract a set of root delay causes. The model assumes that the root delay causes will influence the project resources supply rate. The resource shortage then leads to activity delay and, hence possible delay to the whole project. The DHPM consists of two interrelated models: a Resource Shortage Possibility (RSP) model and the Predicting Project Delay model (PPD) model. The RSP model objective is to predict the possibility of resource shortage, whilst the PPD model objectives are to predict the project finish time and to define the critical areas for the project to delay using the output of the RSP model as input. The RSP model was verified through interview questionnaires with a number of selected personnel from the construction industry. The Delphi method was used to enhance the questionnaire results. The RSP model calculations used a combination of fuzzy logic, analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and multi-attribute theory to obtain the model output. A prototype computer program was introduced. The prototype computer program was then tested on a real construction project. The application of the RSP model showed that it is viable. The PPD model used probabilistic networking to predict the finish time of the project. The model introduced two new terms that can be used to define the most critical activities and the possible resource influence to delay. The comparison between PPD and the classical critical path method (CPM), programme evaluation and review technique (PERT) and Monte Carlo simulation revealed that the proposed model provides new information required to enhance delay management by project management staff.
Mentha aquatica Linnaeus 1753
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Lamiaceae
Mentha
Mentha aquatica

description: Mentha aquatica Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 576. 1753.
"Habitat in Europa ad aquas." RCN: 4204.
 Lectotype (Tucker & al. in Taxon 29: 235, f. 5. 1980): Herb. Clifford: 306, Mentha 4 (BM-000646007).
 Current name:  Mentha aquatica  L. (Lamiaceae).
 Note: Graham (in Watsonia 3: 109. 1954) provided an extensive appraisal of 730.9 (LINN), concluding that it conflicts with Linnaeus’ protologue.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 665, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
3D Object Recognition Based On Constrained 2D Views
Creators: name: Toth, Levente
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1998

description: The aim of the present work was to build a novel 3D object recognition system capable of classifying man-made and natural objects based on single 2D views. The approach to this problem has been one motivated by recent theories on biological vision and multiresolution analysis. The project's objectives were the implementation of a system that is able to deal with simple 3D scenes and constitutes an engineering solution to the problem of 3D object recognition, allowing the proposed recognition system to operate in a practically acceptable time frame. The developed system takes further the work on automatic classification of marine phytoplank- (ons, carried out at the Centre for Intelligent Systems, University of Plymouth. The thesis discusses the main theoretical issues that prompted the fundamental system design options. The principles and the implementation of the coarse data channels used in the system are described. A new multiresolution representation of 2D views is presented, which provides the classifier module of the system with coarse-coded descriptions of the scale-space distribution of potentially interesting features. A multiresolution analysis-based mechanism is proposed, which directs the system's attention towards potentially salient features. Unsupervised similarity-based feature grouping is introduced, which is used in coarse data channels to yield feature signatures that are not spatially coherent and provide the classifier module with salient descriptions of object views. A simple texture descriptor is described, which is based on properties of a special wavelet transform. The system has been tested on computer-generated and natural image data sets, in conditions where the inter-object similarity was monitored and quantitatively assessed by human subjects, or the analysed objects were very similar and their discrimination constituted a difficult task even for human experts. The validity of the above described approaches has been proven. The studies conducted with various statistical and artificial neural network-based classifiers have shown that the system is able to perform well in all of the above mentioned situations. These investigations also made possible to take further and generalise a number of important conclusions drawn during previous work carried out in the field of 2D shape (plankton) recognition, regarding the behaviour of multiple coarse data channels-based pattern recognition systems and various classifier architectures. The system possesses the ability of dealing with difficult field-collected images of objects and the techniques employed by its component modules make possible its extension to the domain of complex multiple-object 3D scene recognition. The system is expected to find immediate applicability in the field of marine biota classification.
Geodorum Jacks.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Geodorum

description: GEODORUM Jacks., Bot. Repos. 10: pl. 626, 1811
 The taxonomy of the mainland Asian species of this genus is unsatisfactorily understood, as indicated by the deeply contrasting concepts published in in the last few decades (Seidenfaden 1983, Chen et al. 2009, Pedersen et al. 2014). A thorough revision is much needed.
 Geodorum attenuatum Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 5: 358, 1845. Type:— MYANMAR. Without locality: imp. & cult. Calcutta Bot. Gard. s.n. (holotype: not located; icon. CAL; copy K)
 Geodorum candidum auct. non (Roxb.) Wall. ex Lindl., Fol. Orch. 6: 3, 1854 p.p.
 Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Unspecified: 1897, Mokim s.n. (CAL). NAY PYI TAW. 600 m, 28 May 2016, Tanaka et al. MY40 (TNS). SHAN, KAYAH or KAYIN. Karen Hills, Kurz 356 (CAL). BAGO. Bago District: 2 May 1871, Kurz 3260 (CAL). MON. Thaton District: Kurz 356 (CAL); Mawlamyine District: 22 May 1827, Wallich, Numer. List: no. 7374 (K-LINDL, K-W); same loc., 1835, Griffith s.n. (K-LINDL); same loc., Parish 111 (icon. K). TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: 130 m, 10 Jun 2016, Tanaka et al. MY550 (TNS). WITHOUT LOCALITY. Type.
 Distribution:— Northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and southwestern and southern China.
 Note:— Kurz apparently used the number 356 twice.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on page 136, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592