cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Debus hatanakai Smith & Beaver & Sittichaya 2022, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Smith, Sarah M.
name: Beaver, Roger A.
name: Sittichaya, Wisut
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Debus
Debus hatanakai

description: Debus hatanakai (Browne, 1983) comb. nov.
Xyleborus hatanakai Browne, 1983: 559.
Remarks. The holotype (NHMUK) and a paratype (NUFM) were examined. The species has the characteristics of Debus given above for D. abscissus and is here transferred to that genus.
Distribution. East Malaysia.
Debus insitivus (Schedl, 1959) comb. nov.
Xyleborus insitivus Schedl, 1959: 509.
Remarks. The holotype (NHMUK) was examined. The species has the characteristics of Debus given above for D. abscissus and is here transferred to that genus.
Distribution. Sri Lanka.
description: Published as part of Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Sittichaya, Wisut, 2022, One hundred eighteen taxonomic changes among Xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), pp. 151-175 in Zootaxa 5194 (2) on page 160, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7147098
Multisensory planetarium. The Universe as You Never Sensed It
Creators: name: Di Giacomo, Federico
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This is a poster presented at the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education, organised by the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education (OAE, http//astro4edu.org).

Title: Multisensory planetarium. The Universe as You Never Sensed It

Presenter:Di Giacomo, Federico (National Institute for Astrophysics)

What if anyone could observe the night sky regardless of their physical abilities? This project means to offer a common perceptual and cognitive framework to all users, sighted, deaf and blind or visually impaired (BVI) alike. The planetarium consists of a plexiglass hemisphere on which stars up to the fourth magnitude are represented by metal bars that, when touched, activate visual, tactile and acoustic stimuli. The acoustic stimuli (used to represent magnitude) are intended to introduce a perceptive equivalent for BVI users, while the haptic ones introduce quantitative features (distance and magnitude) that can only be known through instrumental observations. The multisensory planetarium opens new perspectives for inclusive education, offering everyone the opportunity to explore the sky.

 

About the 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop:The 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop took place:12 - 15 November 2024. The Shaw-IAU workshops focus on astronomy education for primary and secondary school students and teacher training both in universities and in service. This year's workshop featured two special topics: an exploration of the first two years of the James Webb Space Telescope for the scientific topic, and the crucial aspect of evaluation in educational contexts as the non-scientific topic.More details can be found on: https://astro4edu.org/shaw-iau/Keep up to date with future Shaw-IAU Workshops and other opportunities at the IAU Office of Astronomy for Education by joining our mailing list https://astro4edu.org/mailing-list/Follow the IAU OAE on Bluesky and Facebook under @astro4edu
Additional file 1: of A phase I dose-escalation study of selumetinib in combination with docetaxel or dacarbazine in patients with advanced solid tumors
Creators: name: LoRusso, Patricia
name: Infante, Jeffrey
name: Kim, Kevin
name: Burris, Howard
name: Curt, Gregory
name: Ugochi Emeribe
name: Clemett, Delyth
name: Tomkinson, Helen
name: Cohen, Roger
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Table S1. Independent Ethics Committees/Institutional Review Boards consulted (DOCX 42Â kb)
What algorithms could not be
Creators: name: Dean, Walter H.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2007

description: This dissertation addresses a variety of foundational issues pertaining to the notion of algorithm employed in mathematics and computer science.  In these settings, an algorithm is taken to be an effective mathematical procedure for solving a previously stated mathematical problem.  Procedures of this sort comprise the notional subject matter of the subfield of computer science known asalgorithmic analysis.  In this context, algorithms are referred to via proper names (e.g. Mergesort) of which computational properties are directly predicated (e.g. Mergesort has running timeO(n log(n))).  Moreover, many formal results are traditionally stated by explicitly quantifying over algorithms (e.g. there is a polynomial time primality algorithm; there is no linear time comparison sorting algorithm).These observations motivate the view that algorithms are themselves abstract mathematical objects -- a view I refer to asalgorithmic realism.  The status of this view is clearly related to that of Church's Thesis -- i.e. the claim that a function is computable by an algorithm just in case it is partial recursive.But whereas Church's Thesis is widely accepted on the basis of several well-known mathematical analyses of algorithmic computability, there is presently no consensus on how (or if) we can uniformly identify individual algorithms with mathematical objects.In the first chapter of this work, I attempt to illustrate the theoretical significance of algorithmic realism.  I suggest that this view is not only of foundational significance to computer science, but also worth highlighting due to the role algorithms play in the fixation of mathematical knowledge and their relationship to intensional entities such as propositions and properties.  Chapter Two presents a formal framework for reducing computational discourse to mathematical discourse modeled on contemporary discussion of mathematical nominalism.  Chapter Three is centered on a case study intended to illustrate the technical exigencies involved with defending algorithmic realism.  Chapter Four explores various ways inwhich algorithms might be identified with models of computation.  And finally, Chapter Five argues that no such identification can uniformly satisfy all statements of algorithmic identity and non-identity affirmed by computational practice.  I suggest that the technical crux of algorithmic realism lies in the necessity of reducing recursive specifications of algorithms to iterative models of computation in a manner which preserves algorithmic identity.
Hyperolius torrentis Schiotz 1967
Creators: name: Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé
name: Ohler, Annemarie
name: Rödel, Mark-Oliver
name: Luiselli, Luca
name: Dubois, Alain
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Hyperoliidae
Hyperolius
Hyperolius torrentis

description: Hyperolius torrentis SchiØtz, 1967
(Fig. 10A, B)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Togo • 4 ♂; Akloa; MNHN-RA-2008.0116, ZMB 77905 -77907 • 1 ♂; Kouma Tokpli; Coll. GHS-W 0805 • 2 ♂; Missahohé; MNHN-RA-2008.0117; Coll. GHS-W 0827 • 1 ♂; Yégué; Coll. GHS-W 1149 • 2 ♂; Diguengué; ZMB 77908, ZMB 77909 • 2 ♂; Kalaré (Fazao National Park); Coll. GHS-W 1917, Coll. GHS-W 1918.
DESCRIPTION. — Fairly robust, but elongate frog (SVL 33-35 mm ♂, 41 mm ♀) (SchiØtz 1967). Snout rounded or oval. Head longer than broad (HW 33-34% SVL; HL 34-36% SVL). Tympanum distinct (TYD 4-5% SVL).Tibia moderately long (TL 48-50% SVL). Webbing large; webbing formula: I 1 – 1 II 0 – 1 III 0 – 1 IV 1 – 0 V. Toes and fingers terminated by disks. Skin uniformly smooth over the entire dorsal part and on the flanks; belly and chest granular.
COLOURATION. — The dorsal colouration is yellow to green in life, gray or brownish in alcohol. The flanks are yellow often with brown band or spots. The canthus rostralis is marked by a light-yellow line. The hidden parts of shanks, tips of fingers and toes and web are reddish. The ventral side is yellowish.
SEXUAL DIMORPHISM. — Males have a subgular vocal sac with a gland.
HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species is found around waterfalls areas in gallery forests of varying density, in montane areas. It becomes active only at very late hours during the night, later than other syntopic frog species. The holotype (ZMUC R074376) described by SchiØtz (1967: 218) originated from the forest area of Togo. This species has long been considered endemic to this area (SchiØtz 1967; Rödel & Agyei 2003; Leaché et al. 2006), but a paper by Nago et al. (2006) showed its presence in cascades of a forest at Kota, northern Benin. It is likely to have a wider distribution across the Atacora chain.
description: Published as part of Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé, Ohler, Annemarie, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Luiselli, Luca & Dubois, Alain, 2024, Amphibians of Togo: taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 631-670 in Zoosystema 46 (25) on page 649, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a25, http://zenodo.org/record/13907152
Ranks of random matrices and graphs
Creators: name: Costello, Kevin
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2007

description: Let Q_n be a random symmetric matrix whose entries on and above the main diagonal are independent random variables (e.g. the adjacency matrix of an Erdos-Renyi random graph).  In this thesis we study the behavior of the rank of the matrix in terms of the probability distribution of the entries.  One main result is that if the entries of the matrix are not too concentrated on any particular value, then the matrix will with high probability (probability tending to 1 as the size of the matrix tends to infinity) have full rank.  Other results concern the case where Q_n is sparse (each entry is 0 with high probability), and in particular on the adjacency matrix of sparse random graphs.  In this case, we show that if the matrix is not too sparse than with high probability any dependency among the rows of Q_n will come from a dependency involving very few rows.
Additional file 1: of Genetic basis of allochronic differentiation in the fall armyworm
Creators: name: HĂ¤Nniger, Sabine
name: Dumas, Pascaline
name: SchĂśfl, Gerhard
name: Gebauer-Jung, Steffi
name: Vogel, Heiko
name: Unbehend, Melanie
name: Heckel, David
name: Groot, Astrid
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Chronological outline of experiments. (PDF 86 kb)
Agelanius aquila
Creators: name: González, Christian R.
name: Elgueta, Mario
name: Krolow, Tiago K.
name: Henriques, Augusto L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tabanidae
Agelanius
Agelanius aquila

description: Agelanius aquila (Coscarón & Philip, 1967a)
Dasybasis (Agelanius) aquila Coscarón & Philip, 1967a: 98 (in key).
Holotype. Female, paratypes 2 females (FSCA), female (MACN). Type-locality: Chile, río Aysén.
Distribution. Argentina: Provincias de Río Negro to Santa Cruz. Chile: Región de Los Lagos (Osorno); Región de Aysén (Aysén).
References. Coscarón, 1967b: 117 (Argentina spp., Dasybasis); Coscarón & Philip, 1967b: 238 (rev., figs. 107A–H Dasybasis (Agelanius )); Fairchild, 1971: 43 (cat., Dasybasis (Agelanius )); Pino, 1975b: 192 (list, Dasybasis (Agelanius )); Moucha, 1976: 223 (cat., Dasybasis (Agelanius )); Arnaud, 1985: 99 (Philip’s species); Coscarón & González, 1991: 131 (Chile spp., Dasybasis (Agelanius )); Fairchild & Burger, 1994: 70 (cat., Dasybasis (Agelanius )); Coscarón, 1998: 350 (list, dist., Dasybasis (Agelanius )); González, 1999: 142 (in key), 144 (redes., figs. 14–18, Agelanius); Coscarón & Papavero, 2009b: 58 (cat., Agelanius); Bachmann, 2012: 99 (typ., Dasybasis (Agelanius )).
description: Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario, Krolow, Tiago K. & Henriques, Augusto L., 2022, Catalog of the horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Chile, pp. 201-257 in Zootaxa 5091 (2) on page 229, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5843635
Debus persimilis Smith & Beaver & Sittichaya 2022, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Smith, Sarah M.
name: Beaver, Roger A.
name: Sittichaya, Wisut
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Debus
Debus persimilis

description: Debus persimilis (Eggers, 1927) comb. nov.
Xyleborus persimilis Eggers, 1927b: 97.
Xyleborus subdolosus Schedl, 1942c: 44. syn. nov.
Xyleborus balanocarpi Nunberg, 1961: 619. Schedl, 1962: 699.
Remarks. Images of the X. persimilis lectotype (NMNH) and a paralectotype (NHMW) were examined. The species has the characteristics of Debus given above for D. abscissus and is here transferred to that genus. An image of the X. subdolosus lectotype (NHMW) was examined and found to be conspecific with those of X. persimilis.
Distribution. East & West Malaysia, Philippines.
description: Published as part of Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Sittichaya, Wisut, 2022, One hundred eighteen taxonomic changes among Xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), pp. 151-175 in Zootaxa 5194 (2) on page 160, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7147098
Evolutionary arguments and the mind-body problem
Creators: name: Corabi, Joseph
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2007

description: Imagine slicing your hand with a steak knife.  Inevitably, this leads to a characteristic unpleasant sensation, and just as reliably, to a withdrawal of the wounded limb.  But can this rather mundane fact--and other similar facts--shed any light on the mind-body problem or the issue of the role of experience in causing behavior?  In my dissertation, I explore this issue head on, and in the process clarify and criticize the arguments of philosophers who have given an affirmative answer to this question--philosophers such as William James and Herbert Spencer.  These arguments have coupled evidence like the above with the fact that human beings have evolved, in order to make the case that epiphenomenalism with respect to qualia is false.My first task will be to formulate a rigorous version of a James-Spencer style argument, which will occupy us in Chapter 1.  Chapter 2 is dedicated to answering a number of objections to the argument, in an effort to show that if there is a problem with it, this problem lies elsewhere.  Chapter 3 explores alternative arguments in the spirit of the original one formulated in Chapter 1, and discusses any resulting effects on the plausibility of the conclusion.  Chapter 4 is the capstone chapter of the dissertation.  In it, I discuss a crucial objection to all arguments in the spirit of that given in the first chapter--namely, that physicalism has analogous flaws to epiphenomenalism where accommodating the relevant evidence is concerned.  My conclusions in this final chapter are twofold.  First, that even if there is no fatal flaw in the general strategy the evolutionary argument employs, it works against all forms of dualism, not just epiphenomenalism.  And second, the accusations made in the objection are correct; physicalism suffers from problems analogous to those faced by epiphenomenalism (and, indeed, interactionism as well).     Although the primary findings of the dissertation are negative, there are many lessons we can take from them along the way.  Most prominent among them is an improved perspective on the appropriate roles of empirical findings and armchair philosophical theorizing in debate over the mind-body problem.
A practical method for developing context-sensitive residential parking standards
Creators: name: Cuddy, Matthew R.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2007

description: Responsibility for establishing minimum parking requirements for new development largely falls on local governments.  Unfortunately, many municipalities do not create parking standards that are appropriate to the various uses and locations that they regulate.  Local parking standards are rarely derived from parking utilization studies, and are instead based on small, nationwide samples drawn from varying land use contexts offering varying transportation options.  The standards applied to a particular development often do not depend on its physical environment.The present research takes an important step in improving parking regulation:  it develops a method for computing context-sensitive residential parking standards.  First, it reviews transportation analysis literature to discern the latest thinking on the relationship between vehicle ownership-the main component of residential parking demand-and environmental and demographic variables.  Second, it translates these lessons into a form appropriate for land use regulation.  Third, it proposes and validates a method for estimating household vehicle ownership using only regulation-appropriate variables.The proposed method, called the VULO method, for Vehicles from Unit choice with a Location-based Offset, is a useful tool for evaluating current residential parking standards and developing new standards.  It is based in the latest understanding of the relationships between residential unit choice and vehicle ownership.  It is procedurally simple:  use microdata to estimate household vehicle ownership, and correct that estimate to align the estimated and actual average vehicle ownership at the Census block group level.  It is designed to use only publicly available data, allowing planners throughout the US to implement it immediately.  Finally, it offers better estimates of household vehicle ownership than alternative methods.The VULO method offers the promise of rationalizing residential parking standards throughout the US.  If implemented, it could reduce residential parking oversupply, especially in infill situations.  In turn, this should result in accelerated infill development, less expensive housing, and more pleasant urban environments.  At a minimum, it will advance the discussion of whether and how to improve parking standards.
Kassina cassinoides
Creators: name: Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé
name: Ohler, Annemarie
name: Rödel, Mark-Oliver
name: Luiselli, Luca
name: Dubois, Alain
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Hyperoliidae
Kassina
Kassina cassinoides

description: Kassina cassinoides (Boulenger, 1903)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Togo • 1 ♂; Kara; MNHN-RA-1998.2304, MNHN-RA-1998.2305.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂; Lay; MNHN-RA-1998.2309 • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Samba; MNHN-RA-1998.2307, MNHN-RA-1998.2308.
DESCRIPTION. — Medium sized frog (SVL 44-45.3 mm ♂, 50.8- 52.7 mm ♀), with elongated and robust body. Snout rounded. Head wider than long (HW 29-34% SVL; HL 27-30% SVL). Tympanum distinct (TYD 56% SVL). Tibia very short (TL 29- 33% SVL). Webbing absent, phalanges all free. Tips of fingers and toes without discs. Skin uniformly smooth, only the lower parts of the flanks with some glandular warts; belly and chest strongly granular.
COLOURATION. — Dorsal colouration with four continuous longitudinal black stripes alternating, two of which are closer to each other, parallel to the vertebral line. The whole belly is white in females. In males the throat is black.
SEXUAL DIMORPHISM. — The male has a black throat with welldeveloped glandular folds on the subgular vocal sac. Females are distinctly larger than males.
HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species occurs in Sudanian savannah (Rödel 2000; Böhme 2005; Amiet 2012). We recently observed this species in Bounako and Kanté, in ecological zone II. Segniagbeto et al. (2022) reported the presence of this species in ecological zone III. Bourgat (1979) found it in northern Togo.
description: Published as part of Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé, Ohler, Annemarie, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Luiselli, Luca & Dubois, Alain, 2024, Amphibians of Togo: taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 631-670 in Zoosystema 46 (25) on page 650, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a25, http://zenodo.org/record/13907152
Horizontal transfer of vanA-mediated resistance among commensal and streptogramin-resistant enterococci derived from multi-component food systems
Creators: name: Christensen, Erin A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2007

description: The enterococci are commensal lactic acid bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract of humans and animals, and are ubiquitous in nature.  They have a long history of use as starter cultures in European fermented foods and are used commercially as probiotics.  Within the past two decades, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have emerged as significant nosocomial pathogens, treatable with few antibiotics.  In the US, the agricultural use of virginiamycin, a streptogramin growth promoter, has raised concern regarding cross-resistance among VRE to the clinical streptogramin quinupristin-dalfopristin.  Horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes is mediated by aggregation substances and sex pheromones that induce conjugation, but the role of these virulence factors in enterococci of food origin is largely unknown.   The potential for enterococci isolated from multi-component creamy deli salads (including macaroni, potato, chicken, and seafood) to harbor and disseminate the high-level vancomycin resistance gene vanA among more virulent native enterococci was investigated.  Initial filter mating between a clinical Enterococcus faecalis isolate carrying vanA and a commensal, vancomycin susceptible E. faecium salad recipient that harbored no virulence genes was demonstrated at a frequency of 10-8 per recipient.  The rate of secondary transfer of vanA by this transconjugant to both food and animal enterococci carrying the streptogramin resistance genes vatE or vatD and/or the selected virulence genes agg, gelE, cpd, and efa increased three log-fold.  In primary and secondary matings, multiple antibiotic resistance patterns increased for all transconjugants.  Additionally, expression of vanA in the absence of selective antibiotic pressure was determined by reverse transcriptase-PCR and found to occur in the primary transconjugant but not in the donor. Results demonstrate that foodborne commensal enterococci from multi-component foods can receive and disseminate vanA to food and animal enterococci that harbor streptogramin resistance and/or virulence genes.  The potential for transfer events to occur among commensal and virulent enterococci in foods must be considered for the safe use of Enterococcus in starter cultures and probiotics.
Causal beliefs in educational leadership and implications for problem solving
Creators: name: DaCosta, Maria
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2007

description: This exploratory study investigated the impact of causal beliefs on how educational leaders explain and solve a complex problem (the mathematics achievement gap). In the first part of the study, individuals' causal beliefs were examined from a systems perspective and patterns of causal understanding, ranging from less to more systemic, were defined. Causal understanding was defined as a function of beliefs about causal agency, breadth of causation, system levels and connectedness among levels, and some system archetypes. In the second part of the study, variations in problem solving as a function of individuals' different levels of causal understanding were examined. The study sample involved educational leaders (district leaders and school principals) and teachers (no leadership position). Data collection employed a structured interview protocol, allowing for verbal and pictorial representation of thought. Data analysis involved the use of quantitative and qualitative methods. Qualitative analyses defined major categories and themes of answers as well as different levels of systematicity in participants' causal beliefs, which in turn served to determine different patterns of causal understanding (from less to more systemic). Quantitative analyses employed causal beliefs and patterns of causal understanding as independent variables to investigate implications for problem solving. In terms of causal beliefs, findings from this study corroborated much of what has been documented in the science education literature regarding individuals' failure to understand causality in a system, suggesting that major barriers to systemic causal understanding may be pervasive across different age groups and fields of knowledge and experience. In terms of problem solving, causal thinking patterns were correlated with types of solutions and ways to involve others. More systems-oriented causal thinking was associated with system change and empowering ways to involve others. Other findings also described (a) individuals' dispositions to change their mental models when faced with contradiction and (b) which pedagogical changes individuals believed were necessary to improve math achievement. These descriptions supported discussions on how individuals' beliefs and problem-orientations might create self-reinforcing loops that worsen the problem and prevent productive system change. Implications for instruction and educational leadership training were discussed.
MOESM1 of The synergistic effect of Selenium (selenite, –SeO3
                     2−) dose and irradiance intensity in Chlorella cultures
Creators: name: Azadeh Babaei
name: Ranglová, Karolína
name: Malapascua, Jose
name: Jiří Masojídek
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. Examples of rapid light-response curves of rETR recorded in Chlorella cultures on Day 1, 4 and 7 during the outdoor trials. Fig. S2. Examples of fast fluorescence induction kinetics (OJIP curves) recorded in Chlorella cultures on Day 1, 4 and 7 during the outdoor trials
Debus robustipennis
Creators: name: Smith, Sarah M.
name: Beaver, Roger A.
name: Sittichaya, Wisut
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Debus
Debus robustipennis

description: Debus robustipennis (Schedl, 1954)
Xyleborus robustipennis Schedl, 1954: 159.
Debus robustipennis (Schedl): Hulcr 2010: 107.
Xyleborus interponens Schedl, 1954: 160. syn. nov.
Remarks. The lectotypes (NHMW), and a paralectotype of each species (NHMUK), have been compared by RAB. The species differ only in size (D. robustipennis 5.1 mm long, X. interponens 4.4 mm long), and no other morphological characters of taxonomic significance. We consider them to be synonymous. The case is similar to that of Debus amphicranoides (Hagedorn, 1908), a closely related species to D. robustipennis, and Xyleborus amphicranoides parvior Browne, which again differ only in size (amphicranoides 4.8–5.4 mm, parvior 3.3–3.8 mm), and have similarly been considered synonymous (Smith et al. 2020a).
Distribution. ‘Borneo’, East Malaysia.
description: Published as part of Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Sittichaya, Wisut, 2022, One hundred eighteen taxonomic changes among Xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), pp. 151-175 in Zootaxa 5194 (2) on pages 160-161, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7147098
Agelanius burgeri Gonzalez 2006
Creators: name: González, Christian R.
name: Elgueta, Mario
name: Krolow, Tiago K.
name: Henriques, Augusto L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tabanidae
Agelanius
Agelanius burgeri

description: Agelanius burgeri González, 2006: 59, figs. 1–13.
Holotype. Female (UMCE). Type-locality: Chile, Cautín, Nueva Imperial.
Distribution. Chile: Región de La Araucanía (Cautín).
References. Coscarón & Papavero, 2009b: 58 (cat.).
description: Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario, Krolow, Tiago K. & Henriques, Augusto L., 2022, Catalog of the horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Chile, pp. 201-257 in Zootaxa 5091 (2) on page 230, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5843635
Additional file 2: of Mobile Exergaming for Health—Effects of a serious game application for smartphones on physical activity and exercise adherence in type 2 diabetes mellitus—study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Höchsmann, Christoph
name: Walz, Steffen
name: Schäfer, Juliane
name: Holopainen, Jussi
name: Hanssen, Henner
name: Schmidt-Trucksäss, Arno
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Study data – further outcomes. (DOCX 49 kb)
Debus subdentatus Smith & Beaver & Sittichaya 2022, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Smith, Sarah M.
name: Beaver, Roger A.
name: Sittichaya, Wisut
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Debus
Debus subdentatus

description: Debus subdentatus (Browne, 1974) comb. nov.
Xyleborus subdentatus Browne, 1974: 539.
Xyleborus katoi Browne, 1986b: 666. Beaver 1995: 199.
Remarks. The holotype (NHMUK) was examined. The species has the characteristics of Debus given above for D. abscissus and is here transferred to that genus.
Distribution. East & West Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra).
description: Published as part of Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Sittichaya, Wisut, 2022, One hundred eighteen taxonomic changes among Xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), pp. 151-175 in Zootaxa 5194 (2) on page 161, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7147098
Climatology and variability of Northern Hemisphere seasons
Creators: name: Choi, Gwangyong
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2007

description: This dissertation is the first comprehensive study to define climatological seasons for temperature, snow, vegetation, and carbon dioxide on a hemispheric scale. The spatial propagation of climatological seasonal onsets and offsets as defined in this study differentiates the dynamical characteristics of empirical floating seasons from conventional static seasons such as the three month interval meteorological seasons. Spatial patterns of dynamical seasonal progression and its association with static and dynamic geographical factors are examined. Long-term trends and spatial patterns of identified changes in the dynamical floating onsets/offsets and durations are also discussed based on the past 40 years of observational data. The coherences and/or differences amongst various floating seasons and their potential linkages with large scale atmospheric circulation patterns are examined to develop seasonal prediction models. Finally, directions of future changes in seasonal onset/offset and duration are predicted by comparing current (1981-2000) and future (2081-2100) seasons derived from climate models.Various temporal and spatial patterns of floating climatological seasons - thermal, snow, vegetation, and carbon dioxide - show significant associations with dynamic factors such as oceanic and atmospheric circulation, as well as static factors such as latitude, elevation, topography, surface condition, and proximity to water bodies. Various floating seasonal onsets/offsets and durations show coherences at mid-latitudes but differences in the circumpolar regions or in lower mid-latitude regions. A consistent temporal trend exhibited in time series analyses of various floating seasons is the reduction of winter duration, primarily due to an earlier spring onset. In particular, the earlier spring onset observed in Europe, East Asia, and the southwestern United States shows significant associations with the hemispheric circulation pattern driven by a positive winter AO phase. Observed and modeled seasonal data suggest that the reduction of thermal winter duration is predicted to continue in the future over continents mainly due to an earlier winter offset. It is also predicted that, primarily due to an earlier summer onset, thermal summer duration will continue to increase along 30° N over oceans, suggesting potential changes in low latitude atmospheric circulation.
Crisp - a fault localization tool for Java programs
Creators: name: Chesley, Ophelia
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2007

description: Crisp is a tool (i.e., an Eclipse plug-in) for constructing intermediate versions of a Javaprogram that is being edited in an IDE such as Eclipse. After a long editing session, a programmer usually will run regression tests to make sure she has not invalidated previously checked functionality. If a test fails unexpectedly, Crisp uses input from Chianti, a tool for semantic change impact analysis [13], to allow the programmer to select parts of the edit that affected the failing test and to add them to the original program, creating an intermediate version guaranteed to compile. Then the programmer can re-execute the test in order to locate the exact reasons for the failure by concentrating on those affecting changes that were applied. Using Crisp, a programmer can 1) iteratively select, apply, and undo individual (or sets of) affecting changes and, thus effectively find a small set of failure-inducing changes, or 2) request Crisp to automatically suggest a set of failure-inducing changes.
What infants track when they track multiple objects
Creators: name: Chen, Marian L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2007

description: Many studies have found that infants in the first year of life use continuous amount, rather than discrete number, to represent small sets of objects. Using a looking-time paradigm, we show that twelve-month-olds use discrete quantity representations even when continuous quantity information is available, while nine-month-olds are just beginning to attend to discrete quantity. In the first study, twelve-month-old infants were required to track the changing locations of objects and sets of objects on a trial-by-trial basis. Infants were surprised to see both one and three objects when two were expected, despite the total surface area of the sets remaining constant. A second study found that twelve-month-old infants tracked the locations of a singleton and a pair and were surprised when the sets unexpectedly swapped positions. In a third study using the same methodology as the first, nine-month-old infants detected changes from two to three objects, but fail to detect changes from two to one. A fourth study investigated whether twelve-month-old objects can track sets adding up to more than three objects. Twelve-month-olds infants used shape information to individuate across pairs and track a total of four objects. Infants who were familiarized to two distinct pairs (for a total of four objects) looked longer at an outcome of only two objects, while infants who were familiarized to two mixed pairs (for what appeared to be a total of two objects) did not look longer. Finally, twelve-month-old infants were tested on their ability to represent sets of two and three, for a total of five objects. Pilot data suggest that infants can do so. These studies suggest that by twelve months of age, infants can reason about discrete quantity in addition to tracking continuous quantity. We propose that even young infants may have access to mechanisms of innate number, and represent at least small numbers using integer concepts.
Agelanius chiloensis Gonzalez 2009
Creators: name: González, Christian R.
name: Elgueta, Mario
name: Krolow, Tiago K.
name: Henriques, Augusto L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tabanidae
Agelanius
Agelanius chiloensis

description: Agelanius chiloensis González, 2009: 11–15, fig. 1A-H.
Holotype. Female (UMCE). Type-locality: Chile, Chiloé Province, Isla Surgidero, Archipiélago Guapiquilan.
Distribution. Chile: Región de La Araucanía (Cautín); Región de Los Lagos (Chiloé, Osorno).
References. Coscarón & Papavero, 2009b: 58 (cat.); Henriques et al., 2012: 279 (list).
description: Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario, Krolow, Tiago K. & Henriques, Augusto L., 2022, Catalog of the horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Chile, pp. 201-257 in Zootaxa 5091 (2) on page 230, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5843635
Adaptation of the Drosophila circadian clock to seasonal changes in temperature and photoperiod
Creators: name: Chen, Wen-Feng
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2007

description: In Drosophila melanogaster, splicing of an intron in the 3' untranslated region of the period (per) mRNA (herein referred to as dmpi8) is enhanced at cold temperatures, leading to more rapid daily increases in per transcript levels and earlier "evening" activity.  We show that shortening the photoperiod (day-length) enhances daily fluctuations in the splicing of dmpi8 and advances its cycle, whereas the amplitude of the clock-regulated daytime decline in splicing increases as temperatures rise.  Our results identify a novel non-photic role for NORPA in the temperature regulated repression of dmpi8 splicing. In related work I found that two haplotypes (termed VT1.1 and VT1.2) in the per 3' UTR with six natural polymorphisms showed differential splicing efficiency in inbred flies, transgenic flies, and S2 cells.  The VT1.1 haplotype leads to better dmpi8 splicing and earlier evening activity.  Splicing assays in S2 cells also suggest that efficient dmpi8 splicing promotes per mRNA export.  Our results suggest that splicing of dmpi8 plays a major role for Drosophila in adapting to local climates.  This dissertation also shows that light acutely stimulates the expression of tim at cold but not warm temperatures and that this is regulated at the transcriptional level.  Cold-specific stimulation of tim RNA abundance requires CLK or CYC but not PER, TIM, CRY, or the canonical phototransduction pathway.  The photoinduction of tim is temporally restricted to the daily rising phase in tim mRNA levels, likely ensuring that sunrise does not prematurely stimulate tim expression during unseasonably cold long days.My work suggests a model whereby temperature and day-length are integrated to set the phase of the clock in a seasonably appropriate manner.  Namely, during cold short days, stimulation of per dmpi8 splicing and photoinduction of tim mRNA transcription ensures that both per and tim transcripts accumulate more rapidly, leading to Drosophila exhibiting preferential activity during the warmer daytime hours despite the earlier onset of dusk.  Conversely, during warm long days, the inefficient splicing of dmpi8 and lack of light stimulated tim transcription delay evening activity such that flies avoid the deleterious effects of the hot midday hours.
Functional analysis of RAB-10 and its interacting partner EHBP-1 during endocytosis in the Caenorhabditis elegans intestine
Creators: name: Chen, Chih-Hsiung
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Year: 2007

description: The endocytic pathway of eukaryotes is essential for the internalization and trafficking of macromolecules, fluid, membranes, and membrane proteins. One of the most enigmatic aspects of this process is endocytic recycling, the return of macromolecules (often receptors) and fluid from endosomes to the plasma membrane.  It has been previously shown that the EH-domain protein RME-1 is a critical regulator of endocytic recycling in worms and mammals.  In my studies, the RAB-10 protein was identified as a key regulator of endocytic recycling upstream of RME-1 in polarized epithelial cells of the Caenorhabditis elegans intestine.  rab-10 null mutant intestinal cells accumulate abnormally abundant RAB-5-positive early endosomes, some of which are enlarged by more than 10-fold. Conversely most RME-1-positive recycling endosomes are lost in rab-10 mutants.  The abnormal early endosomes in rab-10 mutants accumulate basolaterally recycling transmembrane cargo molecules and basolaterally recycling fluid, consistent with a block in basolateral transport.  These results indicate a role for RAB-10 in basolateral recycling upstream of RME-1. In a yeast two-hybrid screen for RAB-10-interacting proteins, eight candidates with RAB-10-interacting ability were identified.  They are EHBP-1, HUM-2, GCK-2, CNT-1, F52E1.13, Y82E9BR.21, ZK1248.10, and F20D1.2.  In addition, 5/8 candidates identified interacted with RAB-8 and RAB-10 but not with RAB-5, -7, -11, or -35 in the two-hybrid assay.  One of the RAB-10-interacting candidates, EHBP-1, an actin-cyskeleton bundling protein, was revealed to function together with RAB-10 in vivo.  Knockdown of EHBP-1 function by RNAi produced a rab-10-like phenotype in the intestine.  In addition, EHBP-1 was found to be required for endosomal membrane association of RAB-10 and actin association with the enlarged endosomes of rab-10 mutants.   I conclude that RAB-10 and EHBP-1 likely function together in basolateral endocytic recycling pathway of the C. elegans intestine.
Agelanius cortesi
Creators: name: González, Christian R.
name: Elgueta, Mario
name: Krolow, Tiago K.
name: Henriques, Augusto L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tabanidae
Agelanius
Agelanius cortesi

description: Agelanius cortesi (González & Henry, 1996)
Dasybasis (Agelanius) cortesi González & Henry, 1996: 733–736, figs. 1–11.
Holotype. Female (UMCE). Type-locality: Chile, Cordillera Province, Reserva Nacional Río Clarillo (Qda. Los Almendros).
Distribution. Chile: Región Metropolitana (Cordillera).
References. Coscarón, 1998: 350 (list, dist., Dasybasis (Agelanius )); González, 1999: 143 (key), 145–146 (redes., figs. 19–23); González, 2007: 5 (desc. imm. sta., figs. 1–8); Coscarón & Papavero, 2009a: 3 (man., list); Coscarón & Papavero, 2009b: 58 (cat.); Coscarón & Papavero, 2014: 2 (imm. sta., list).
description: Published as part of González, Christian R., Elgueta, Mario, Krolow, Tiago K. & Henriques, Augusto L., 2022, Catalog of the horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Chile, pp. 201-257 in Zootaxa 5091 (2) on page 230, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5843635
Kassina fusca SchiOtz 1967
Creators: name: Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé
name: Ohler, Annemarie
name: Rödel, Mark-Oliver
name: Luiselli, Luca
name: Dubois, Alain
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Amphibia
Anura
Hyperoliidae
Kassina
Kassina fusca

description: Kassina fusca SchiØtz, 1967
(Fig. 10D)
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Togo • 1 ♂; Kanté; MNHN-RA-1998.2012.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL. — Burkina Faso • 1 ♂; Lay; MNHN-RA-1998.2302 • 1 ♀; origin unknown; MNHN-RA-1998.2301.
DESCRIPTION. — Small to medium sized frog (SVL 31.5- 37.5 mm ♂, 62.0 mm ♀), with a fairly robust and stocky body. Snout oval or rounded. Head as wide as long (HW 26-37% SVL; HL 26-34% SVL). Tympanum distinct (TYD 4-5% SVL).Tibia short (TL 30-39% SVL). Webbing absent, phalanges all free. Skin smooth on back, flank with glandular warts; very granular chest and belly.
COLOURATION. — Dorsal pattern with large brown, dark, light or white spots of irregular shape. The dorsal surfaces of the forearm, thigh and tibia have the same pattern as the back. The belly, chest and throat are white.
SEXUAL DIMORPHISM. — In males, the throat is black, with welldeveloped glandular disc on subgular vocal sac.
HABITATS AND DISTRIBUTION. — This species is mainly a Sudanian savannah species (Hughes 1988; Böhme et al. 1996; Rödel 2000). Its distribution in Togo is limited to ecological zones I and II, similar to the species distribution in neighbouring Benin (Nago et al. 2006). The species was reported in Togo by Bourgat (1979) from Kanté. We observed this species in Bounaka and the northern Fazao Malfakassa National Park.
description: Published as part of Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoudé, Ohler, Annemarie, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Luiselli, Luca & Dubois, Alain, 2024, Amphibians of Togo: taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, pp. 631-670 in Zoosystema 46 (25) on page 650, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a25, http://zenodo.org/record/13907152
Debus trispinatus Smith & Beaver & Sittichaya 2022, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Smith, Sarah M.
name: Beaver, Roger A.
name: Sittichaya, Wisut
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Debus
Debus trispinatus

description: Debus trispinatus (Browne, 1981) comb. nov.
Xyleborus trispinatus Browne, 1981: 130.
Remarks. The holotype (NHMUK) and a paratype (NUFM) were examined. The species has the characteristics of Debus given above for D. abscissus and is here transferred to that genus.
Distribution. Philippines.
description: Published as part of Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Sittichaya, Wisut, 2022, One hundred eighteen taxonomic changes among Xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), pp. 151-175 in Zootaxa 5194 (2) on page 161, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7147098
The Effect of total sleep deprivation on the cognitive and in-game performance of rocket league esport players
Creators: name: Smithies, Tim David
name: Toth, Adam
name: Campbell, Mark
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 4207
subject: Sports science and exercise

description: Purpose: It is presumed by many that acute sleep loss results in degraded in-game esports (competitive, organized video game play) performance. However, this has not been experimentally investigated to date. The objective of the current experiment was to elucidate whether ~29hrs of total sleep deprivation impacts in-game performance for the popular esport Rocket League. Patients and Methods: Twenty skill-matched pairs (N = 40 total) were recruited. Within each pair, one participant was assigned to an intervention group (TSD), while the other was assigned to a control group (CON). Two test sessions occurred; one while both participants were rested (baseline), and the other while the CON participant was rested but the TSD participant was sleep deprived (experimental). Results: Following total sleep deprivation, TSD participants reported higher Karolinska Sleepiness Scale-measured subjective sleepiness and lower subjective alertness and motivation, as well as worsened PVT response speed and ~5 times greater PVT lapse incidence, and worsened response speed on a two-choice categorization task. However, overall in-game Rocket League performance did not worsen due to total sleep deprivation. Exploratory analyses of performance indicators suggest a potential shift toward a simpler and safer strategy following sleep deprivation. Conclusion: Following a bout of ~29hrs total sleep deprivation, overall in-game Rocket League performance remained unaffected. This presents as a promising finding given the high potential for acute pre-competition sleep disturbance in esports, though habitual sleep remains a concern for esport athletes. Plain Language Summary: Esports are quite comfortably the fastest growing competitive activity worldwide. We performed the first experimental study exploring how an acute bout of sleep loss impacts in-game performance in any esport. We found 29 hours without sleep to have no impact on in-game outcome. This presents as a positive finding for esport athletes and coaches alike but certainly does not absolve sleep from being an impactful human factor within esports. Future studies should explore other esports with characteristics (ie, longer bouts of sustained attention, such as Multiplayer Online Battle Arena or MOBA esports) purportedly sensitive to sleep loss to see if the impact of sleep loss on esports performance is specific or agnostic to esport genre.