cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Causal potency of consciousness in the physical world
Creators: name: Georgiev, Danko D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The evolution of the human mind through natural selection mandates that our conscious experiences are causally potent in order to leave a tangible impact upon the surrounding physical world. Any attempt to construct a functional theory of the conscious mind within the framework of classical physics, however, inevitably leads to causally impotent conscious experiences in direct contradiction to evolution theory. Here, we derive several rigorous theorems that identify the origin of the latter impasse in the mathematical properties of ordinary differential equations employed in combination with the alleged functional production of the mind by the brain. Then, we demonstrate that a mind--brain theory consistent with causally potent conscious experiences is provided by modern quantum physics, in which the unobservable conscious mind is reductively identified with the quantum state of the brain and the observable brain is constructed by the physical measurement of quantum brain observables. The resulting quantum stochastic dynamics obtained from sequential quantum measurements of the brain is governed by stochastic differential equations, which permit genuine free will exercised through sequential conscious choices of future courses of action. Thus, quantum reductionism provides a solid theoretical foundation for the causal potency of consciousness, free will and cultural transmission.
description: 47 pages, 7 figures. International Journal of Modern Physics B (2023)
Gynodiastylidae Stebbing 1912
Creators: name: Gerken, Sarah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Cumacea
Gynodiastylidae

description: Gynodiastylidae Stebbing, 1912
Remarks. The only diastylid genus that is likely to be confused for a gynodiastylid is Colurostylis. However, the 2 pairs of pleopods and the long antenna in the male are distinctive, in comparison with the lack of pleopods and the very short antenna in gynodiastylid males. Also, the only New Zealand gynodiastylid with a simple pereopod 1, lacking the brush of long setae on the propodus, is Litogynodiastylis laevis, which has the telson longer than the uropod peduncles, and the telson of Colurostylis is much shorter than the uropod peduncles.
description: Published as part of Gerken, Sarah, 2015, New Zealand Diastylidae and Gynodiastylidae (Crustacea: Cumacea), pp. 1-77 in Zootaxa 4031 (1) on page 69, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4031.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289704
Praon abjectum
Creators: name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Barahoei, Hossein
name: Ahmad, Zubair
name: Starý, Petr
name: Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa
name: Mehrparvar, Mohsen
name: Kavallieratos, Nickolas G.
name: Čkrkić, Jelisaveta
name: Tomanović, Željko
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Praon
Praon abjectum

description: Praon abjectum (Haliday, 1833)
Figs 47, 146, 246, 345, 446, 583
Host records
Aphis craccivora Koch, Aphis punicae Passerini, Aphis solanella Theobald, Aphis viticis Ferrari, Aphis sp. (Starý & Kaddou 1971; Starý 1976); Brachycaudus cardui (L.) (Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Rakhshani 2012)
Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa
Iran (Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Rakhshani 2012); Iraq (Starý 1969a, 1976; Starý & Kaddou 1971); Turkey (Western part – Tomanović et al. 2008; Akar & Erdoğan 2017).
General distribution
Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Nearctic, Oriental.
description: Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 41, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562
Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Optimizing reproducibility of operant testing through reinforcer standardization: identification of key nutritional constituents determining reward strength in touchscreens
Creators: name: Kim, Eun
name: Phillips, Benjamin
name: Heath, Christopher
name: Cho, So
name: Hyunjeong Kim
name: Jemeen Sreedharan
name: Ho-Taek Song
name: Lee, Jong
name: Bussey, Timothy
name: Kim, Chul
name: Eosu Kim
name: Saksida, Lisa
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Weights of animals between groups during the tasks. a. Average weight of animals during the unrestricted FR5 and PR4 schedules (one-way ANOVA; FR, F = 1.62, df = 2,11, p = 0.24; PR, F = 0.96, df = 2,11, p = 0.412). n = 4-7 per group. b. Average weight of animals between the UK and Korea during the probe session of 5-CSRTT (t = 5.98, df = 29, *p < 0.001). FR, fixed-ratio; PR, progressive-ratio; 5-CSRTT, 5-choice serial reaction time task; LM, low-fat milk; SM, strawberry-flavored milk; PM, plain white milk; YZ, Yazoo® strawberry milkshake (UK cohort); SS, Seoul Strawberry milk® (Korea cohort). n = 15-16 per group. Error bar indicates mean ± SE. Figure S2. Accumulated number of sessions required in each stage of FR training. The accumulated number of sessions required to reach the criterion in each stage of FR training revealed significantly reduced speed of learning in LM condition than other conditions (mixed-effect model; main effect of reinforcer, F = 11.3, df = 2,12, p = 0.002; main effect of stage, F = 219.4, df = 3,36, p < 0.0001; reinforcer by stage interaction, F = 33.2, df = 6,36, p < 0.0001). FR, fixed-ratio; LM, low-fat milk; SM, strawberry-flavored milk; PM, plain white milk. n = 4-7 per group. Error bar indicates mean ± SE. *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.0001 in simple main effect of reinforcer at each stage. (DOCX 1595 kb)
Valdiviomyia camrasi
Creators: name: Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M.
name: Riera, Pamela
name: Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura
name: Guzmán, Vicente Valdés
name: Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Valdiviomyia
Valdiviomyia camrasi

description: Valdiviomyia camrasi (Sedman, 1965)
Valdivia camrasi Sedman, 1965: 199
Type locality and data. “ Icalma, Chile ” (T, ♂, USNM).
Material examined. La Araucanía: 2♂, Icalma, 29.XII.1989, Leg. L. E. Peña (MNHNCL; BMNH); Los Ríos: 1♂, Valdivia, 16.III.1962, Leg. W. Ruhm (MZUC); Los Lagos: 1♂, Estación Biológica Senda Darwin, 12.I.2014, Leg. Lorena Vieli & C. Smith-Ramírez (CSD).
References. Sedman, 1965: 199, fig. 5 (head, lateral, male), fig. 6 (axial system of male genitalia), fig. 7 (dorsal view of pennis), fig. 8 (male genitalia) (desc.); Thompson, 1972b: 161 (Milesiinae rev.); Thompson et al., 1976: 118 (cat.); Thompson, 1999a: 335 (key); Thompson & Thompson, 2017: 16 (rev. & key); Mengual, 2017: 436, Figs 8–9 (key).
World distribution. Chile.
Chilean distribution. From La Araucania to Los Lagos region (Fig. 103).
Altitudinal range. From coastal to precordillera ecosystems (5– 1,350 m.a.s.l.).
Biology and notes. Valdiviomyia camrasi is associated mainly with the Valdivian evergreen forest, which has been extensely fragmented by urbanization, croplands and forestry (Miranda et al., 2017). This species has been recorded visiting M. planipes in Chiloé (Cecilia Smith-Ramírez, com. pers.). Other data about the biology or ecology are unknown.
Conservation status. EN under B2ab (iii) using AOO = 12 km 2 and three localities (or subpopulations); EOO = 18,170 km 2.
description: Published as part of Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Riera, Pamela, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura, Guzmán, Vicente Valdés & Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia, 2021, Updating the knowledge of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Chile: Illustrated catalog, extinction risk and biological notes, pp. 1-178 in Zootaxa 4959 (1) on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4959.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4693464
Praon absinthii Bignell 1894
Creators: name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Barahoei, Hossein
name: Ahmad, Zubair
name: Starý, Petr
name: Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa
name: Mehrparvar, Mohsen
name: Kavallieratos, Nickolas G.
name: Čkrkić, Jelisaveta
name: Tomanović, Željko
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Praon
Praon absinthii

description: Praon absinthii Bignell, 1894
Figs 48, 147, 247, 346, 447, 584
Host records
Macrosiphoniella absinthii (L.) (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2011); Macrosiphoniella oblonga (Mordvilko) (Rakhshani et al. 2007 a, 2011; Talebi et al. 2009); Macrosiphoniella sanborni (Gillette) (Rakhshani et al. 2007 a, 2011).
Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa
Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Talebi et al. 2009).
General distribution
Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Oriental.
description: Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on pages 41-42, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562
Allodiastylis Hale 1936
Creators: name: Gerken, Sarah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Cumacea
Gynodiastylidae
Allodiastylis

description: Allodiastylis Hale, 1936
Type species. Allodiastylis cretatus Hale, 1936.
Diagnosis. Female and subadult male. Pseudorostrum long, slender, distinctly dorsally directed. Eyelobe short, broad, without lenses. Antennule long, more than 0.5 times carapace length, peduncle articles 1–2 expanded, more than twice width of article 3, article 3 longer than articles 1–2 together. Pereopod 1 simple. Female entirely without exopods. Uropod endopod biarticulate. Telson at least 1.5 times pleonite 6 length, tubular, with no post-anal section, with pair of terminal setae.
Adult male. Pseudorostrum robust, distinctly ventrally directed. Eyelobe long, very broad, with multiple lenses. Antenna with 3–4 article peduncle and 11 article flagellum. Exopods present maxilliped 3–pereopod 4. Telson terminal setae long.
Remarks. Only one species is known from New Zealand waters, Allodiastylis acanthanasillos from the Chatham Rise. This genus is notable within the Cumacea for the extreme degree of sexual dimorphism, particularly unusual within the Gynodiastylidae.
description: Published as part of Gerken, Sarah, 2015, New Zealand Diastylidae and Gynodiastylidae (Crustacea: Cumacea), pp. 1-77 in Zootaxa 4031 (1) on page 69, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4031.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289704
Valdiviomyia darwini
Creators: name: Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M.
name: Riera, Pamela
name: Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura
name: Guzmán, Vicente Valdés
name: Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Valdiviomyia
Valdiviomyia darwini

description: Valdiviomyia darwini (Shannon, 1927)
Figs 91–92
Valdivia darwini Shannon, 1927: 32
Type locality and data. “ Valdivia, Chile ” (T, ♂, BMNH).
Material examined. Biobío: 1♂, 1♀, Pemehue, 13.III.1955, Leg. L. E. Peña (CNC); La Araucanía: 1♂, Sierra de Nahuelbuta, west of Angol, 2.II.1951, Leg. Ross & Michelbacker (CAS); 32♂, 25♀, Termas de Río Blanco, 19.II.1973, Leg. NN (IEUMCE); 1♀, Cordillera Las Raíces, 7–8.II.1979, Leg. D. & M. Davis & B. Ackelbergs (USNM); 1♂, 1♀, Lonquimay, V.1994. Leg. L.E. Peña & A. Ugarte (MEUC); 1♂, Termas de Palguin, 22.IX.1966, Leg. NN (IEUMCE); Los Ríos: 3♀, Valdivia, 4.X.1972, 4.V.1969, 23.IV.1978, Leg. E. Krahmer (UACH); Los La- gos: 1♂, Remehue, 20.I.1976, Leg. NN (IEUMCE); 1♂, Lago Chapo, 28.II.1983, Leg. Arriagada (MNHNCL); 2♀, Dalcahue, 17-22.I.1962, Leg. L. Peña (CNC).
References. Shannon, 1927: 32 (key & desc.); Shannon & Aubertin, 1933: 149 (desc. & key); Stuardo, 1946: 126 (cat.); Hull, 1949b: 339 (desc.); Fluke, 1957: 55 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1963: 91 (cat.); Sedman, 1965: 198, fig. 1 (head, lateral, female), fig. 2 (head, lateral, male), fig. 3 (male genitalia), fig. 4 (axial system of male genitalia) (figures); Thompson, 1972b: 160–161, fig. 63 (male genitalia), 63a (aedeagus and apodeme), 63e (ejaculatory apodeme), 63s (sternum), 63t (tergum) (Milesiinae rev.); Thompson et al., 1976: 118 (cat.); González & Coscarón, 2005: 347 (distr.); Miličić et al., 2011: 523 (cat. of species dedicated to Darwin); Thompson & Thompson, 2017: 16 (rev. & key); Mengual, 2017: 436, figs 4–5 (key).
World distribution. Chile.
Chilean distribution. From Biobío to Los Lagos region (Fig. 103).
Altitudinal range. From coastal to precordillera ecosystems (5– 1,390 m.a.s.l.).
Biology and notes. Valdiviomyia darwini is associated mainly with the Valdivian evergreen forest, which has been extensely fragmented by urbanization, croplands and forestry (Miranda et al., 2017). All basic aspects of its biology and ecology remain unknown.
Conservation status. VU under B2ab (iii) using AOO = 36 km 2 and nine localities (or subpopulations); EOO = 69,550 km 2.
description: Published as part of Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Riera, Pamela, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura, Guzmán, Vicente Valdés & Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia, 2021, Updating the knowledge of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Chile: Illustrated catalog, extinction risk and biological notes, pp. 1-178 in Zootaxa 4959 (1) on page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4959.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4693464
Praon athenaeum Kavallieratos & Lykouressis 2000
Creators: name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Barahoei, Hossein
name: Ahmad, Zubair
name: Starý, Petr
name: Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa
name: Mehrparvar, Mohsen
name: Kavallieratos, Nickolas G.
name: Čkrkić, Jelisaveta
name: Tomanović, Željko
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Praon
Praon athenaeum

description: Praon athenaeum Kavallieratos & Lykouressis, 2000
Figs 148, 248, 347, 448, 585
Host records
Lacking host data (Akar & Erdoğan 2017)
Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa
Turkey (Western part – Akar & Erdoğan 2017).
General distribution
Western Palaearctic (Europe).
description: Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 42, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562
Changes in cortical slow wave activity in healthy aging
Creators: name: Kolassa, Iris-Tatjana
name: Leirer, Vera Maria
name: Wienbruch, Christian
name: Kolassa, Stephan
name: Schlee, Winfried
name: Elbert, Thomas
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cognitive performance
subject: Delta slow waves
subject: Healthy aging
subject: Magnetic source imaging
subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: Magnetoencephalography
subject: Intelligenzleistung

description: Enhanced slow wave activity has been found in stroke patients, schizophrenia, depression, Alzheimer´s disease and post-traumatic stress disorder, but the relationship between slow wave activity and healthy aging is as yet unclear. We investigated the relationship between age and the frequency at which focal generators of delta waves appear in the healthy cerebral cortex, as well as whether this measure is associated with cognitive performance. Resting MEG was assessed in 53 healthy individuals aged 18 - 53. Focal slow wave generator dipole density decreased with age, but there was no relationship between dipole density and cognitive performance. These results emphasize the necessity of controlling for age in studies of slow wave activity in psychopathology. The final publication is available at www.springerlink.com.
Additional file 1: Figure S1. of Optimizing reproducibility of operant testing through reinforcer standardization: identification of key nutritional constituents determining reward strength in touchscreens
Creators: name: Kim, Eun
name: Phillips, Benjamin
name: Heath, Christopher
name: Cho, So
name: Hyunjeong Kim
name: Jemeen Sreedharan
name: Ho-Taek Song
name: Lee, Jong
name: Bussey, Timothy
name: Kim, Chul
name: Eosu Kim
name: Saksida, Lisa
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Computational Biology

description: Weights of animals between groups during the tasks. a. Average weight of animals during the unrestricted FR5 and PR4 schedules (one-way ANOVA; FR, F = 1.62, df = 2,11, p = 0.24; PR, F = 0.96, df = 2,11, p = 0.412). n = 4-7 per group. b. Average weight of animals between the UK and Korea during the probe session of 5-CSRTT (t = 5.98, df = 29, *p < 0.001). FR, fixed-ratio; PR, progressive-ratio; 5-CSRTT, 5-choice serial reaction time task; LM, low-fat milk; SM, strawberry-flavored milk; PM, plain white milk; YZ, Yazoo® strawberry milkshake (UK cohort); SS, Seoul Strawberry milk® (Korea cohort). n = 15-16 per group. Error bar indicates mean ± SE. Figure S2. Accumulated number of sessions required in each stage of FR training. The accumulated number of sessions required to reach the criterion in each stage of FR training revealed significantly reduced speed of learning in LM condition than other conditions (mixed-effect model; main effect of reinforcer, F = 11.3, df = 2,12, p = 0.002; main effect of stage, F = 219.4, df = 3,36, p < 0.0001; reinforcer by stage interaction, F = 33.2, df = 6,36, p < 0.0001). FR, fixed-ratio; LM, low-fat milk; SM, strawberry-flavored milk; PM, plain white milk. n = 4-7 per group. Error bar indicates mean ± SE. *p < 0.05, ***p < 0.0001 in simple main effect of reinforcer at each stage. (DOCX 1595 kb)
Valdiviomyia edwardsi
Creators: name: Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M.
name: Riera, Pamela
name: Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura
name: Guzmán, Vicente Valdés
name: Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Valdiviomyia
Valdiviomyia edwardsi

description: Valdiviomyia edwardsi (Shannon & Aubertin, 1933)
Valdivia edwardsi Shannon & Aubertin, 1933: 150
Type locality and data. “ Puerto Blest, Argentina ” (T, ♂, BMNH).
Material examined. La Araucanía: (sex undetermined) Termas de Palguin, 22.II.1966, Leg. M. Etcheverry (IEUMCE).
References. Shannon & Aubertin, 1933: 150 (desc. & key); Stuardo, 1946: 126 (cat.); Fluke, 1957: 55 (cat.); Etcheverry, 1963: 92 (cat.); Thompson, 1972b: 161 (Milesiinae rev.); Thompson et al., 1976: 118 (cat.); Thompson & Thompson, 2017: 16 (rev. & key); Mengual, 2017: 436, figs 6–7 (key).
World distribution. Argentina and Chile.
Chilean distribution. Only recorded from La Araucanía region (Fig. 103).
Altitudinal range. This species inhabits native forests in precordillera ecosystems at 1500 m.a.s.l.
Biology and notes. Valdiviomyia edwardsi is associated with native forests. Systema Dipterorum (Thompson & Pape 2010) only describes this species distribution in Argentina, however, Etcheverry (1963) determined that it can also be found in Chile. Thus, this species has been reclassified as native to Argentina and Chile. All biological and ecological aspects of this species are unknown.
Conservation status. DD; AOO = 2 km 2 and one locality (or subpopulation).
description: Published as part of Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Riera, Pamela, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura, Guzmán, Vicente Valdés & Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia, 2021, Updating the knowledge of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Chile: Illustrated catalog, extinction risk and biological notes, pp. 1-178 in Zootaxa 4959 (1) on pages 67-68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4959.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4693464
Improvement of cognitive function after physical movement training in institutionalized very frail older adults with dementia
Creators: name: Kolassa, Iris-Tatjana
name: Thurm, Franka
name: Scharpf, Andrea
name: Liebermann, Nadine
name: Kolassa, Stephan
name: Elbert, Thomas
name: Lüchtenberg, Dietmar
name: Woll, Alexander
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: Cognition
subject: Dementia; Etiology
subject: Exercise
subject: Mobility limitation
subject: Nursing homes
subject: Fitnesstraining
subject: Kognitive Kompetenz

description: It is known that physical exercise improves cognitive functioning in older adults who can still walk (if necessary, with assistance). We investigated whether a physical fitness program conducted while sitting has similar benefits for demented and physically very frail seniors. Results show that participants in the fitness program showed no further cognitive decline and even an improvement in orientation/praxis, while a waiting list control group exhibited further cognitive deterioration. Thus, even physically very frail dementia patients can benefit from a non-demanding physical fitness program.
Allodiastylis acanthanasillos Gerken 2001
Creators: name: Gerken, Sarah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Cumacea
Gynodiastylidae
Allodiastylis
Allodiastylis acanthanasillos

description: Allodiastylis acanthanasillos Gerken, 2001
Allodiastylis acanthanasillos Gerken, 2001: 7, Figs. 4–5.
Material examined. 1 specimen, NIWA 0 94894, TAN0705/49, 44.4862°S, 177.1413°E – 44.4841°S, 177.1416°E, 1235–1239 m, 6 April 2007; 1 specimen, NIWA 0 94899, TAN0705/49, 44.4862°S, 177.1413°E – 44.4841°S, 177.1416°E, 1235–1239 m, 6 April 2007; 2 specimens, NIWA 0 94918, TAN0705/99, 44.5607°S, 178.4762°W – 44.5592°S, 178.4830°W, 1076–1103 m, 10 April 2007; 9 specimens, NIWA 0 94919, TAN0705/99, 44.5607°S, 178.4762°W – 44.5592°S, 178.4830°W, 1076–1103 m, 10 April 2007.
Diagnosis. Female and subadult male. Carapace with many scattered spines and long setae. Antennule articles 1–2 not dilated. Pereopods without long setae. Telson with scattered spines and setae, slightly shorter than uropod peduncles.
Adult male. Unknown.
Remarks. Allodiastylis acanthanasillos is the only species in this genus known from New Zealand. The female is unique in the telson bearing genera in New Zealand in having no exopods. The additional records listed here are also from Chatham Rise, the place of collection of the holotype, and expand the depth range for this species from 1065 m to 1065–1239 m.
description: Published as part of Gerken, Sarah, 2015, New Zealand Diastylidae and Gynodiastylidae (Crustacea: Cumacea), pp. 1-77 in Zootaxa 4031 (1) on pages 69-70, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4031.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289704
Praon barbatum Mackauer 1967
Creators: name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Barahoei, Hossein
name: Ahmad, Zubair
name: Starý, Petr
name: Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa
name: Mehrparvar, Mohsen
name: Kavallieratos, Nickolas G.
name: Čkrkić, Jelisaveta
name: Tomanović, Željko
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Praon
Praon barbatum

description: Praon barbatum Mackauer, 1967
Figs 49, 149, 249, 348, 449, 586
Material examined
SAUDI ARABIA • 4 ♀♀; Abha; Jun. 2012; Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) on Trifolium alexandrinum; Z. Ahmad leg. (DPPZ).
Host records
Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (González et al. 1978; Starý & González 1978; Starý 1979; Tremblay et al. 1985; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Nearctaphis bakeri (Cowen) (Barahoei et al. 2013).
Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa
Iran (Starý 1979; Starý et al. 2000; Rakhshani et al. 2007a; Nazari et al. 2012; Barahoei et al. 2013; Taheri & Rakhshani 2013); Lebanon (Tremblay et al. 1985); Morocco (Starý 1976); Saudi Arabia (new record).
General distribution
Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Nearctic (imported).
description: Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 42, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562
Additional file 5: of A patient-safety and professional perspective on non-conveyance in ambulance care: a systematic review
Creators: name: Ebben, Remco
name: Vloet, Lilian
name: Speijers, Renate
name: TĂśnjes, Nico
name: Loef, Jorik
name: Pelgrim, Thomas
name: Hoogeveen, Margreet
name: Sivera Berben
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: Medicine
Developmental Biology
Science Policy

description: Appendix 4 Quality of experimental studies (nÂ =Â 4) (DOC 425 kb)
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park development guide
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1985

description: In 1974, the Legislature recognized the potential as a resource of the Delaware and Raritan Canal and established the canal as a State Park. To 1985, the date of the report, however, there was no single State-funded development project of any significance within the Canal Park. The Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission prepared this document to propose a development program that would allow the Canal Park to reach its potential. It proposed $12,817,600 over a ten year period for development purposes and a consequent increase in the maintenance and administration budgets.
Is there really a Jersey Shore: Explorations in geographical determinism
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1967

description: The Jersey Shore is a strip of beach front and its related development that extends from Monmouth to Cape May Counties. The necessity of a survey is to analyze the particular nature of the flow of materials into the region and of the stock of products which are distributed within, and outside of, the region. This information can give a better description of the current state of, and of the future development of the Shore economy with in the context of the Megalopolitan Region and, particularly, that of the South Jersey Area. There are two distinct classes of activity considered: (1) the seasonal, tourist and resort-oriented activities to serve the summer vacationers, and (2) the year-round, and non-resort, economic activity.
Genetic Variation in Jamaican Populations of the Coffee Berry Borer, Hypothenemus hampei
Creators: name: Errbii, Mohammed
name: Myrie, Ameka
name: Robinson, Dwight
name: Schultner, Eva
name: Schrader, Lukas
name: Oettler, Jan
name: Ortega-Del Vecchyo, Diego
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: genome evolution, transposable elements, population bottleneck, pest insect, bark beetles
subject: 590 Tiere (Zoologie)

description: The coffee berry borer (CBB) Hypothenemus hampei was first described in Africa in 1867 and has spread to all major coffee-producing regions worldwide, including Jamaica. Using long-read sequencing, we produced a new high-quality reference genome (172.7 Mb) for the Jamaican strain of the CBB, with 93% of the genome assembled into 14 scaffolds. Whole genome sequencing of pooled samples from different populations across Jamaica showed that the CBB harbors low levels of genetic diversity alongside an excess of low-frequency alleles, indicative of a recent genetic bottleneck. The analyses also showed a recent surge in the activity of transposable elements (TEs), particularly LINE/R1 and LTR/Gypsy elements, within CBB populations. Our findings offer first insights into the evolutionary genomics of CBB populations in Jamaica, highlighting the potential role of TEs in shaping the genome of this important pest species.
PKCalpha is genetically linked to memory capacity in healthy subjects and to risk for posttraumatic stress disorder in genocide survivors
Creators: name: Quervain, Dominique J.-F. De
name: Ackermann, Sandra
name: Aerni, Amanda
name: Boesiger, Peter
name: Demougin, Philippe
name: Elbert, Thomas
name: Ertl, Verena
name: Gschwind, Leo
name: Kolassa, Iris-Tatjana
name: Hadziselimovic, Nils
name: Heck, Angela
name: Hieber, Petra
name: Huynh, Kim-Dung
name: Klarhöfer, Markus
name: Luechinger, Roger
name: Rasch, Björn
name: Scheffler, Klaus
name: Spalek, Klara
name: Stippich, Christoph
name: Vogler, Christian
name: Vukojevic, Vanja
name: Stetak, Attila
name: Papassotiropoulos, Andreas
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: Emotions
subject: Polymorphism, single nucleotide
subject: Wounds and injuries

description: Strong memory of a traumatic event is thought to contribute to the development and symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder.
Age-related changes in neural functional connectivity and its behavioral relevance
Creators: name: Kolassa, Iris-Tatjana
name: Schlee, Winfried
name: Leirer, Vera
name: Weisz, Nathan
name: Elbert, Thomas
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: DDC 150 / Psychology
subject: Neural networks: Neurobiology
subject: Verhaltensausformung

description: Background: Resting-state recordings are characterized by widely distributed networks of coherent brain activations. Disturbances of the default network - a set of regions that are deactivated by cognitive tasks and activated during passive states - have been detected in age-related disorders such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease but alterations in the course of healthy aging still need to be explored. Results: Using magnetoencephalography (MEG), the present study investigated how age-related functional resting-state brain connectivity links to cognitive performance in healthy aging in fifty-three participants ranging in age from 18 to 89 years. A beamforming technique was used to reconstruct the brain activity in source space and the interregional coupling was investigated using partial directed coherence (PDC). We found significant age-related alterations of functional resting-state connectivity. These are mainly characterized by reduced information input into the posterior cingulum/precuneus region together with an enhanced information flow to the medial temporal lobe. Furthermore, higher inflow in the medial temporal lobe subsystem was associated with weaker cognitive performance whereas stronger inflow in the posterior cluster was related to better cognitive performance. Conclusion: This is the first study to show age-related alterations in subsystems of the resting-state network that are furthermore associated with cognitive performance.
Valdiviomyia gigantea Thompson
Creators: name: Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M.
name: Riera, Pamela
name: Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura
name: Guzmán, Vicente Valdés
name: Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Syrphidae
Valdiviomyia
Valdiviomyia gigantea

description: Valdiviomyia gigantea Thompson in Thompson & Thompson (2017)
Figs 93–96
Valdiviomyia gigantea Thompson in Thompson & Thompson 2017: 17
Type locality and data. “ Valdivia, Chile ” (H, ♀, MNHNCL).
Material examined. La Araucanía: 1♂, Condominio Amulafquen, Pucón, 15.X.2019, Leg. Miguel Mellado (ZFMK); Los Ríos: 1♂, Province of Valdivia, Valdivia, 29.IX.1989, Leg. E. Krahmer (PCBRS); 1♀, Province of Valdivia, Valdivia, 1.X.1990, Leg. E. Krahmer (UACH); 1♀, Santo Domingo, Valdivia, 9.X.1982, Leg. E. Krahmer (UACH); 1♂, 1♀, Santo Domingo, Valdivia, 1.XI.1983, Leg. E. Krahmer (PCRBS); 2♂, 4♀, Santo Domingo, Valdivia, 1.XI.1983, Leg. E. Krahmer (UACH); 2♂, Valdivia. 18. IX.1980, Leg. Ramón Rebolledo (PCRR).
References. Thompson & Thompson, 2017: 16 (desc. & key).
World distribution. Chile.
Chilean distribution. From La Araucanía to Los Ríos region (Fig. 103).
Altitudinal range. From coastal to inland valley ecosystems (5– 250 m.a.s.l.).
Biology and notes. Valdiviomyia gigantea is the second-largest flower fly of Chile and associated with Valdivian evergreen and Nothofogus forests. Other data of its biology and ecology remain unknown.
Conservation status. EN under B1ab (iii) + 2ab (iii) using EOO = 217 km 2, AOO = 12 km 2 and three localities (or subpopulations).
description: Published as part of Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Riera, Pamela, Pañinao-Monsálvez, Laura, Guzmán, Vicente Valdés & Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia, 2021, Updating the knowledge of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Chile: Illustrated catalog, extinction risk and biological notes, pp. 1-178 in Zootaxa 4959 (1) on pages 68-69, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4959.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4693464
Relative termination
Creators: name: Geser, Alfons
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: DDC 004 / Data processing & computer science
subject: Rewriting systems (Computer science)
subject: Termersetzungssystem

description: "Relative termination" is a property that generalizes both termination and "termination modulo". In order to prove that a term rewrite system relatively terminates, one may reuse the common termination quasiorderings. Further proof methods become available by the cooperation property. Relative termination sets up new proof techniques for termination and confluence. The usefulness of the notion of relative termination is finally demonstrated by a proof of completeness for "reduced narrowing" and "normal narrowing", two attractive variants of the narrowing procedure.
Forensic License Plate Recognition with Compression-Informed Transformers
Creators: name: Moussa, Denise
name: Maier, Anatol
name: Spruck, Andreas
name: Seiler, Jürgen
name: Riess, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Forensic license plate recognition (FLPR) remains an open challenge in legal contexts such as criminal investigations, where unreadable license plates (LPs) need to be deciphered from highly compressed and/or low resolution footage, e.g., from surveillance cameras. In this work, we propose a side-informed Transformer architecture that embeds knowledge on the input compression level to improve recognition under strong compression. We show the effectiveness of Transformers for license plate recognition (LPR) on a low-quality real-world dataset. We also provide a synthetic dataset that includes strongly degraded, illegible LP images and analyze the impact of knowledge embedding on it. The network outperforms existing FLPR methods and standard state-of-the art image recognition models while requiring less parameters. For the severest degraded images, we can improve recognition by up to 8.9 percent points.
description: Published at ICIP 2022, Code: https://faui1-gitlab.cs.fau.de/denise.moussa/forensic-license-plate-transformer/
U- and V-band signal sources in Si/SiGe technology
Creators: name: Su, Yinmei
name: Liu, Gang
name: Trasser, Andreas
name: Schumacher, Hermann
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Signals and signaling; Congresses
subject: Signalquelle

description: A U-band VCO and a V-band push-push frequency doubler are designed in a 0.25 mym SiGe:C BiCMOS technology. The VCO oscillates from 48 GHz to 55 GHz, with an output power of around - 1 dBm and a phase noise of - 84 dBc/Hz at 1 MHz offset. The push-push frequency doubler has a minimum loss of 12 dB at 50 GHz for an input power of 6 dBm. It achieves an output power of - 2.4 dBm at 50 GHz and - 5.8 dBm at 75 GHz for an input power of 10 dBm. The VCO is biased at 4 V consuming 36 mA, and the push-push doubler draws 9.4 mA from a 2 V supply.
Modeling Extremal Streamflow using Deep Learning Approximations and a Flexible Spatial Process
Creators: name: Majumder, Reetam
name: Reich, Brian J.
name: Shaby, Benjamin A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Quantifying changes in the probability and magnitude of extreme flooding events is key to mitigating their impacts. While hydrodynamic data are inherently spatially dependent, traditional spatial models such as Gaussian processes are poorly suited for modeling extreme events. Spatial extreme value models with more realistic tail dependence characteristics are under active development. They are theoretically justified, but give intractable likelihoods, making computation challenging for small datasets and prohibitive for continental-scale studies. We propose a process mixture model (PMM) which specifies spatial dependence in extreme values as a convex combination of a Gaussian process and a max-stable process, yielding desirable tail dependence properties but intractable likelihoods. To address this, we employ a unique computational strategy where a feed-forward neural network is embedded in a density regression model to approximate the conditional distribution at one spatial location given a set of neighbors. We then use this univariate density function to approximate the joint likelihood for all locations by way of a Vecchia approximation. The PMM is used to analyze changes in annual maximum streamflow within the US over the last 50 years, and is able to detect areas which show increases in extreme streamflow over time.
A 64-84-GHz PLL with low phase noise in an 80 GHz SiGe HBT technology
Creators: name: Liu, Gang
name: Trasser, Andreas
name: Schumacher, Hermann
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs)
subject: Millimeter-wave (mm-wave) integrated circuits (ICs)
subject: PLLs
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Phase-locked loops
subject: Heterobipolartransistor
subject: Phasenregelkreis

description: This paper presents a 64-84 GHz phase-locked loop (PLL) realized in a low-cost 80-GHz HBT technology. The circuit consists of a wide tuning-range voltage-controlled oscillator, a push-push frequency doubler, a divide-by-32 frequency divider, a phase detector and an active loop filter. The measured phase noise at 1 MHz offset is -106 dBc/Hz. The output power is -2.5 dBm at 64 GHz, and it slowly decreases to -8.1 dBm at 84 GHz, with a maximum dc power consumption of 517 mW. To the authors’ knowledge, the circuit achieves the widest frequency tuning range and its in-band phase noise is the lowest among the fully integrated V/W-band PLLs reported to date.
Performance evaluation of a class E power amplifier loaded by a high-isolation duplexer
Creators: name: Bahi, Ajib
name: Villegas, Martine
name: Diet, Antoine
name: Baudoin, Geneviève
name: Valenta, Václav
name: Tsutsumi, Jun
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Class E
subject: Duplexer
subject: FBAR
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Power amplifiers
subject: Leistungsverstärker

description: This paper presents a performance evaluation of a class-E switched-mode power amplifier, designed in pHEMT GaAs technology, loaded by a high-isolation and low-Insertion Loss (IL) duplexer. This duplexer is based on Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) technology. Measurements of the duplexer and layout of the class E PA are simulated under Agilent-ADS with a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access signal (WCDMA) in the 1.92 - 1.98 GHz band, for transmission scenario. In this band the amplifier alone achieved 75 % to 82 % efficiency and 23.5 dBm to 24.2 dBm output power. The association of the amplifier and the duplexer permitted to reach a drain efficiency of 78 % while the output power is 22.7 dBm at the central frequency, in the WCDMA band a minimum of 60 % efficiency and 21 dBm output power is maintained.
Additional file 5: of Development of a theory-informed implementation intervention to improve the triage, treatment and transfer of stroke patients in emergency departments using the Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF): the T3 Trial
Creators: name: Craig, Louise
name: Taylor, Natalie
name: Grimley, Rohan
name: Cadilhac, Dominique
name: McInnes, Elizabeth
name: Phillips, Rosemary
name: Dale, Simeon
name: OâConnor, Denise
name: Levi, Chris
name: Fitzgerald, Mark
name: Considine, Julie
name: Grimshaw, Jeremy
name: Gerraty, Richard
name: N. Cheung
name: Ward, Jeanette
name: Middleton, Sandy
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Resource 5: Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care [EPOC] reviews. (DOCX 25 kb)
Praon bicolor Mackauer 1959
Creators: name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Barahoei, Hossein
name: Ahmad, Zubair
name: Starý, Petr
name: Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa
name: Mehrparvar, Mohsen
name: Kavallieratos, Nickolas G.
name: Čkrkić, Jelisaveta
name: Tomanović, Željko
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Praon
Praon bicolor

description: Praon bicolor Mackauer, 1959
Figs 50, 150, 250, 349, 450, 587
Host records
Lacking host data (Farahani et al. 2015).
Distribution in the Middle East and North Africa
Iran (Farahani et al. 2015).
General distribution
Eastern (Iran) and Western Palaearctic.
description: Published as part of Rakhshani, Ehsan, Barahoei, Hossein, Ahmad, Zubair, Starý, Petr, Ghafouri-Moghaddam, Mostafa, Mehrparvar, Mohsen, Kavallieratos, Nickolas G., Čkrkić, Jelisaveta & Tomanović, Željko, 2019, Review of Aphidiinae parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of the Middle East and North Africa: key to species and host associations, pp. 1-132 in European Journal of Taxonomy 552 on page 42, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.552, http://zenodo.org/record/3476562
An ecological history of New Jersey
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1996

description: This is a study of the ecological history of New Jersey from the time of the Amerindians before European discovery to the present. This book focuses on some typical ecological situations and problems within a series of representative time frames: the Lenape Indian period; the colonial period; the mid-nineteenth century and early twentieth century; and the modern era.
MEMS module integration into SiGe BiCMOS technology for embedded system applications
Creators: name: Kaynak, Mehmet
name: Valenta, Václav
name: Schumacher, Hermann
name: Tillack, Bernd
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: mm-wave ICs
subject: On-chip antennas
subject: Reconfigurable ICs
subject: RFMEMS switch
subject: RFMEMS
subject: Silicon bipolar/BiCMOS process technology
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Embedded computer systems
subject: MEMS

description: The introduction of radio frequency micro-electro-mechanical systems (RFMEMS) as a monolithic option into state-of-the-art Si/SiGe BiCMOS foundry processes has paved the way for single chip radio frequency microsystems at millimeter wave frequencies. Deep silicon substrate etch techniques have also been developed to prevent high substrate losses which help in achieving high performance passive components at mm-wave frequencies. Using the same process techniques, realization of highly efficient on-chip antennas has become feasible, which in the millimeter-wave range no longer come with a hefty chip real estate penalty. In this paper, the current status of embedded BiCMOS+MEMS technology development is presented. Reconfigurable circuits using embedded RFMEMS switches and mm-wave transceivers with on-chip antennas are also discussed as application examples.
Axiogynodiastylis Gerken 2001
Creators: name: Gerken, Sarah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Cumacea
Gynodiastylidae
Axiogynodiastylis

description: Axiogynodiastylis Gerken, 2001
Type species. Gynodiastylis rochfordi Hale, 1946.
Diagnosis. Female and subadult male. Female with fully developed exopods on pereopods 1–2 and rudimentary exopods in female on pereopods 3–4.
Adult male. Antenna with peduncle of 3–4 articles, flagellum of 11 articles. Exopods present on maxilliped 3– pereopod 4.
Remarks. Axiogynodiastylis may be difficult to differentiate from Gynodiastylis without a compound microscope, as the rudimentary exopods present in the females are very small and may be difficult to see at low magnifications. However, the key to the Gynodiastylidae of New Zealand does not rely on the generic characters to differentiate the species.
New Zealand species. Axiogynodiastylis fimbriata Gerken, 2001, A. kopua Gerken, 2001.
description: Published as part of Gerken, Sarah, 2015, New Zealand Diastylidae and Gynodiastylidae (Crustacea: Cumacea), pp. 1-77 in Zootaxa 4031 (1) on page 70, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4031.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289704
Towards a highly flexible spectrum sensing platform for cognitive radio networks
Creators: name: Lohmiller, Peter
name: Elsokary, Ahmed
name: Valenta, Václav
name: Gai, Xiaolei
name: Trasser, Andreas
name: Schumacher, Hermann
name: Chartier, Sébastien
Publisher: name: Universität Ulm
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Dynamic spectrum access
subject: Reconfigurable RFIC
subject: RF front-end
subject: Spectrum sensing
subject: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
subject: Cognitive radio networks
subject: Hochfrequenzschaltung

description: Multi-nodal spectrum sensing is a promising approach to robust cognitive radio networks, which provides increased adaptability to database-anchored sharing approaches. Yet its commercially viable implementation requires compact, low-cost, flexible sensing receivers. This paper describes an implementation approach relying on a fully differential 0.25 mym SiGe:C BiCMOS low-noise down-converter RFIC in the front-end, which covers 0.3 - 6 GHz. Its quadrature outputs are processed in a commercially available baseband processor that combines dual channel 14-bit, 250 MS/s analog to digital converters (ADC) with a Virtex 6 FPGA. The design and implementation status of the system will be described, as well as its validation under realistic noise and interference conditions, sensing white spaces in the UHF TV band.