cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Implications of Chinese farmers adaptation to climate change from the perspective of time discounting and risk preference
Creators: name: Ding, Yihong
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2022

description: Xinjiang grape farmers’ livelihoods have been severely affected by an upward 
trend in precipitation. The local government is providing some policy supports to 
encourage them to spontaneously adapt to the climate variability. Although the proven
effectiveness of the new technology and financial supports from local government, few 
farmers are adopting rain covers to responding the regionally increasing trend of the 
rainfall. This thesis explores the possible reasons for the lower adoption rates from the 
perspective of farmers’ time discounting of future benefits and their preference of future 
risks. 
This study designs three novel choice experiments to obtain farmers’ attitudes 
towards time and risks. Using hierarchical Bayesian approaches and classical 
econometric methods, this research mainly finds that (1) Xinjiang grape growers 
discount the future very heavily, with a discount rate of 0.17 per year, which is almost 
four times higher than the Chinese market interest rate. This high discount rates implies 
that farmers pay less attention towards events far off in the future. Meanwhile, farmers’ 
adoption decisions largely depend on their past actual losses rather than anticipated 
future losses. (2) Targeting farmers show highly risk aversion in the gain domain and 
highly risk-seeking in the loss domain. Respondents with greater risk aversion and loss 
aversion have a relatively higher likelihood to adopt rain covers. (3) Human subjective 
evaluations towards past experience may be different from the actual experience that 
they have had. People’s personal characteristics may help to explain the memory or 
self-report bias. This study finds that people who are more aversion to risks and losses 
tend to believe they have suffered more serious outcomes. This research also found that 
more optimistic respondents largely believe they have experienced fewer economic 
losses in the past. (4) The findings also concludes that Chinese grape farmers’ risk 
preferences arguably better follow prospect theory compared to expected utility theory. 
This research also supports the contention that people may have special responses to 
prospects with a payoff boundary at zero. This thesis analyses the rainfall pattern in Xinjiang and explores the possible 
psychological factors that may hinder local grape farmers’ adaptation intention and 
behavior. In addition, this thesis also studies other scientific problems related to 
prospect theory and expected utility theory. In conclusion, this thesis hopes to provide 
theoretical and practical implications for individual adaptation to climate change and 
the application of choice theory under risk and uncertainty.
Sphallenum tuberosum Bates 1870
Creators: name: Martins, Ubirajara R.
name: Galileo, Maria Helena M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Sphallenum
Sphallenum tuberosum

description: Sphallenum tuberosum Bates, 1870
 Sphallenum tuberosum Bates, 1870:255.
 Material examinado: (500 m), macho, 15.XI.1995, V.O. Becker col. (CVOB).
description: Published as part of Martins, Ubirajara R. & Galileo, Maria Helena M., 2010, Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) Da Serra Bonita, Camacan, Bahia, Brasil, pp. 435-443 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 50 (28) on pages 435-443, DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492010002800001, http://zenodo.org/record/13307892
title: Tone in the phonology, lexicon and grammar of Ikaan.
Creators: name: Salffner, Sophie
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: This thesis investigates the forms, functions and behaviour of tone in the phonology, lexicon, morphosyntax and the phonology-grammar interfaces in Ikaan (Benue-Congo, Nigeria). The analysis is based on an annotated audio corpus of recordings from 29 speakers collected during ten months of fieldwork complemented with participant observation and informally collected data. The study demonstrates that tone operates at a wide range of levels of linguistic analysis in Ikaan. As phonemes, tones distinguish meaning in minimal pairs and are subject to phonological rules. As morphemes, tones and tonal melodies bear meaning in inflection, derivation and reduplication. In the syntax, tones mark phrase boundaries. At the phonology-semantics interface, construction- specific constraints on the tonal representation distinguish between predicating and referential nominal modifiers. Combined with intonation and voicing, tones distinguish between statements and morphosyntactically identical yes/no questions. The research identifies a range of unusual tonal behaviours in Ikaan. The two tones H and L follow markedly different phonologies. In the association of lexical and grammatical tonal melodies, H must be realised whereas non-associated L are deleted. Formerly associated but de-linked L however are not deleted but remain floating. The OCP is found to apply to L but not to H. H is downstepped after floating L but not after overt L. In addition, three different locations of downstep are attested which correlate with different syntactic and semantic properties of the respective constructions. In two of these downstep locations, a leftward copying process occurs in addition to a generally applicable rightward copying process so that two directions of copying occur. The thesis concludes by discussing the implications of the Ikaan findings for the wider theoretical discourse with respect to the status of the OCP, the directionality of spreading and the modelling of downstep.
Supplemental Material, HF_Manuscript_(Journal_of_Comorbidity)_-_Appendix_A_NEW_Jan28,2020 - Improving the design of heart failure care from the perspective of frontline providers and administrators: A qualitative case study of a large, urban health system
Creators: name: Marani, Husayn
name: Baranek, Hayley
name: Abrams, Howard
name: McDonald, Michael
name: Nguyen, Megan
name: Posada, Juan Duero
name: Ross, Heather
name: Schofield, Toni
name: Shaw, James
name: R Sacha Bhatia
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental Material, HF_Manuscript_(Journal_of_Comorbidity)_-_Appendix_A_NEW_Jan28,2020 for Improving the design of heart failure care from the perspective of frontline providers and administrators: A qualitative case study of a large, urban health system by Husayn Marani, Hayley Baranek, Howard Abrams, Michael McDonald, Megan Nguyen, Juan Duero Posada, Heather Ross, Toni Schofield, James Shaw and R Sacha Bhatia in Journal of Comorbidity
title: Indigenous Efforts and Dimensions of Mongolian Buddhism Exemplified by the Mergen Tradition.
Creators: name: Ujeed, Uranchimeg Borjigin
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: This thesis investigates the indigenous efforts and dimensions of Mongolian Buddhism on the local and practical levels exemplified by the Mergen Tradition of Inner Mongolia, China. The Mergen Tradition is a set of local Buddhist practices centred in Mergen Monastery, in which Buddhism was practised purely in the Mongolian language. The Mergen Tradition of Mongolian Buddhism has survived until the present and its influence has been disseminating to other parts of both Inner Mongolia and Mongolia. The thesis proceeds from general discussion to specific studies, as follows: Chapter 1 provides a historical overview of the influence and development of Buddhism in Mongolia. It proceeds from Mongols' different levels of interaction with Buddhism to their two national conversions to Tibetan Buddhism. Chapter 2 examines the most common overarching features of Mongolian Buddhism from two main perspectives: single school Gelukpa Buddhism established under Manchu political control and Tibetan spiritual dominance, and the Mongolisation of Buddhist doctrine through Mongolian literary works. Chapter 3 describes the initiation of the Neichi Toyin Line in eastern Mongolia and its use of the Mongolian language instead of Tibetan. Chapter 4 explores the origin, formation and institutionalisation of the Mergen Tradition. Chapter 5 investigates the reasons why such a unique tradition was able to form and persevere under Manchu political control and Tibetan religious dominance. Chapter 6 introduces the practices of the Mergen Tradition by examining Mergen Gegen's publications, including the monastic services he regulated, his liturgical texts, and his works on Vajrabhairava Tantra. Chapter 7 investigates Mergen Gegen's popularisation of Buddhism in the lay community, which became an important element in the Mergen Tradition. This thesis illustrates the Mongols' efforts and achievements in indigenising Buddhism while not corrupting it.
title: Manga - lost in translation? : A study of American and German manga localisation.
Creators: name: Niehusmann, Silke
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: While it has been argued in the past that organisational (re-)production of (foreign) media texts leads to a loss of creative value and that the translation robs the originals of their artistic status, this thesis argues that media are socially constructed entities that carry a multitude of voices encoded in their content and format. It thus does not focus on translation of a media text, in which a translator, re-writer and editors are involved, in terms of a textual comparison but as a practice carried out as integral part of the process of production. So are a multitude of other internal (marketing, public relations and sales) and external (laws, audiences, business environment) factors and voices. The thesis thus employes notions of polysemy to reflect on the different aspects encoded within the medium due the different approaches and interest the various areas of localisation are bound by. It thus breaks down the workflow into three different localisation stages: divided stages, during which specialists focus on singular aspects of production; the recreation of context, both in terms of the physical medium itself and the placement of it in a larger meta text; and finally the active framing and placing of the product in the local marketplace. At the end this internal focus is juxtaposed with those of external stakeholders. This approach will be framed by using organisational localisation of manga in Germany and the USA as an examplar. Following a print medium through production allows the steps to become visible since every step is accompanied by a tangible object reflecting said stage.
Reviewer_2_v.1 – Supplemental material for Combination therapy of gefitinib and miR-30a-5p may overcome acquired drug resistance through regulating the PI3K/AKT pathway in non-small cell lung cancer
Creators: name: Fengfeng Wang
name: Meng, Fei
name: Sze Chuen Cesar Wong
name: Cho, William C.S.
name: Sijun Yang
name: Chan, Lawrence W.C.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, Reviewer_2_v.1 for Combination therapy of gefitinib and miR-30a-5p may overcome acquired drug resistance through regulating the PI3K/AKT pathway in non-small cell lung cancer by Fengfeng Wang, Fei Meng, Sze Chuen Cesar Wong, William C.S. Cho, Sijun Yang and Lawrence W.C. Chan in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
title: The experience of exile in modern Arab poetry.
Creators: name: O'Rourke, Maureen
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: This thesis is a study of how exile has affected the work of several Arab poets of the latter half of the twentieth century, set against the political background of nationalism, the end of colonialism and the resultant Arab regimes, the effects of modernisation and globalisation, and the ramifications of the establishment of Israel. It also makes comparisons with recent theories of exile literature and of literary movements. The analysis is structured in three sometimes overlapping areas: firstly, depiction of the pain, insecurity and dangers of exile and of its causes, including elements of committed and resistance poetry; secondly, the search for affiliation, both through nostalgia and the Palestinians' claim to their country, and in substituting for old linkages a 'poetic terrain' or networks of real or virtual connections; and, thirdly, the creation of new poetics by changes in the form, content and philosophy of Arabic poetry, through fruitful interaction with the Arab heritage - the use of historical figures and genres, creative use of classical forms and metres, and, often by inversions, of classical topoi - in conjunction with, but not subsumed by, interaction with both the European heritage and with the contemporary avant-garde. The psychological effects of the disruptions of exile, and attempts to create meaning and identity are also taken into account, as well as the question of how poetry can be a vehicle for the expression of suffering and/or for raising political issues. Exiled Arab poets of the last half century, like other exiled poets, have made a significant contribution to their culture, especially in the field of modernist poetry, and have begun to establish it in world literature. And, because they have experienced so much, they have had much to say.
title: Against the stream of desire: A psychoanalytical interpretation on woman characters in Gao Xingjian's novels.
Creators: name: Ran, Liping
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: This paper contains an introduction, four main chapters, and a conclusion. The introduction introduces into preparatory discussions on background, questions, proposal, aim, method, theories, and division of content. Chapter one interprets Gao's earlier novel collection Geiwo laoye mai yugan (Buying my Grandpa a Fishing Rod) (1989) as woman's repressed desire under the ruling of the patriarchy. Chapter two reveals the protagonist's self-awakening under the influence of a culture with natual intelligence in Lingshan (Soul Mountain) (2001). Chapter three discusses Gao's Yige ren de shengjing (One Man's Bible) (1999) to reconstruct the personality at post-modern stage. Chapter four constructs the aesthetics of desire for life by discussing Gao's style of language and interpreting his later novel Shunjian (A Moment) (1999). The conclusion summarizes what have been discussed and promotes life to a higher level by Wang Guowei's "Jingjie," which enables the "poetics of life." The 1-19 parts form an integral whole, showing their interactivity using the structure of summation-division-summation. In theme, this study opens up a literary topic that everybody can reach-life. In the depth of the theme, it explores the development of human personality by analyzing the transmutation of the protagonist's inner world. In the width of knowledge involved, it contains literature, philosophy, psychology, religion, science, art, poetics, and aesthetics. The psychoanalysis as methodology traces and realizes a psychological progression of philosophical meditations on life. The use of symbolism, analogy, sense perception, artistic analysis jointly gives this thesis a poetical disposition with natural sensuousness and aesthetic connotation. In the choice of materials, it encompasses those that can both suit the topic and reflect the voices of different levels. To sum up, life's positive potential may bring fragile mind out of nihilistic state and give it a positive meaning. Thus the development of a positive personality must be the right path to the wholeness of human personality.
Rapporti tra Cenopalpus wainsteini (Livsh. e Mitrof.) ed alterazioni morfo-fisiologiche di Pinus halepensis Mill. nei rimboschimenti delle Murge pugliesi di nord ovest
Creators: name: Macchia, Franco
name: Nuzzaci, Giorgio
name: Triggiani, Oreste
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN Cenopalpus wainsteini (LIVSH. AND MITROF.) (Acarina: Tenuipalpidae) AND MORPHOPHYSIOLOGICAL ALTERATIONS OF Pinus balepensis IN REPLANTING WITH TREES THE APULIAN MURGE OF THE NORTH WEST

In the present paper the presence of Cenopalpus wainsteini has been reported with its damages to the re-afforest of Pinus halepensis in the Apulian Murge of the N.W. (Gravina). The spread of the species in examining the re-afforest should be tied to the difficulty in vegetation of P. halepensis.
 The difficult exists due to an insufficient amount of the water supply in the ground when the temperature of plant growth is excellent.

Nella presente nota viene riportata la presenza, con relativi danni, del Cenopalpus weinsteini (Acarina: Tenuipalpidae) nei rimboschimenti a Pinus halepensis nelle Murge di nord ovest (Gravina).

La diffusione di questa specie nel rimboschimento in esame sarebbe legata alle particolari difficoltà vegetative del Pinus halepensis dovute al fatto che, quando la temperatura per la crescita dalla pianta è ottimale, le riserve idriche del suolo sono insufficienti.
description: Entomologica, Vol 18 (1983)
title: Subjectivity in women writers' contemporary Arabic short stories.
Creators: name: Minunno, Marisa
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2009

description: This thesis examines the development of female subjectivities as presented in the short stories of women writers who started writing In Arabic in the second half of the 20th century in Egypt and the Levant (represented by Lebanon, Syria and Palestine), Iraq and the Gulf (represented by United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia) and North Africa (represented by Morocco and Tunisia). My theoretical approach draws on the theories of subjectivity elaborated by Michel Foucault, Simone de Beauvoir and other critical re-elaborations of Foucauldian concepts by several feminist theorists. This thesis aims at filling some of the lacunae in the available studies of Arab women literary achievements, which tend to be scarce, geographically limited, and concentrated on few famous names, dealing mostly with the novel and history of literature. Therefore the geographical area covered is extensive, showing the cultural, social and political variety of Arab countries against its mass media image of a monolithic whole. Whenever possible the authors have been selected among the younger, little known or translated women writers. The focus on the short story rather than the novel provides an insight into a dynamic area of Arab women's literary production which is widely understudied. Selecting subjectivity enables the study to move from the phase of history of literature to a deeper critical appreciation of women's literary achievements. Moreover subjectivity allows one to meet and hear the voices of female subjects with differences, opinions, sexualities, and so forth, and hence overcomes the many stereotypes diffused by mass media about 'Muslim women', transformed into a homogeneous, ahistorical and universalised category.
Neoclytus impar
Creators: name: Martins, Ubirajara R.
name: Galileo, Maria Helena M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Neoclytus
Neoclytus impar

description: Neoclytus impar (Germar, 1824) *
 Callidium (Clytus) impar Germar, 1824:517.
 Material examinado: (500 m), fêmea, 15.XI.1995, V.O. Becker col. (CVOB).
description: Published as part of Martins, Ubirajara R. & Galileo, Maria Helena M., 2010, Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) Da Serra Bonita, Camacan, Bahia, Brasil, pp. 435-443 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 50 (28) on pages 435-443, DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492010002800001, http://zenodo.org/record/13307892
Descrizione di 13 specie nuove di Anisotomini dell'Asia sudorientale (Coleoptera, Leiodidae)0
Creators: name: Angelini, Fernando
name: De Marzo, Luigi
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: DESCRIPTION OF 13 NEW SPECIES OF Anisotomini FROM S/E ASIA (Coleoptera, Leiodidae)

On the basis of material collected by different researchers in Sri Lanka, Viet Nam, Kampuchea, Birmania, Malaysia, Sumatra, China, Tai Wan and Philippines, descriptive and collecting data are presented on the following new species: Liodopria taiwanensis n. sp., L. cambogensis n. sp., Agathidium unicolorum n. sp., A. bonzi n. sp., A. hlisnikovskyi n. sp., A. formosum n. sp., A. fukiense n. sp., A. cooteri n. sp., A. klapperichi n. sp., A. taiwanensis n. sp., A. Topali n. sp., A. sumatrense n. sp., Afroagathidium orientale n. sp.

Moreover, Agathidium faticarne Port. is recorded for the first time from Malaya and Sumatra, and Agathidium grouvellei Port. is redescribed.

Sulla base di materiale proveniente da Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Viet Nam, Kampuchea (Cambogia), Birmania, Malaysia, Sumatra, Cina, Tai Wan (Formosa) e Isole Filippine, ven- gono descritte le seguenti specie nuove: Liodopria taiwanensis n. sp., L. cambogensis n. sp., Agathidium unicolorum n. sp., A. bonzi n. sp., A. hlisnikovskyi n. sp., A. formosum n. sp., A. fukiense n. sp., A. cooteri n. sp., A. klapperichi n. sp., A. taiwanense n. sp., A . topali n. sp., A. sumatrense n. sp., Afroagathidium orientale n. sp.

Inoltre, viene segnalato Agathidium faticarne Port. di Malaya e Sumatra e viene ridescritto Agathidium grouvellei Port.
description: Entomologica, Vol 19 (1984)
Eburodacrys sexmaculata
Creators: name: Martins, Ubirajara R.
name: Galileo, Maria Helena M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Eburodacrys
Eburodacrys sexmaculata

description: Eburodacrys sexmaculata (Olivier, 1790)
 Cerambyx sex-maculatus Olivier, 1790:305.
 Material examinado: (500 m), fêmea, 15.XI.1995, V.O. Becker col. (CVOB).
description: Published as part of Martins, Ubirajara R. & Galileo, Maria Helena M., 2010, Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) Da Serra Bonita, Camacan, Bahia, Brasil, pp. 435-443 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 50 (28) on pages 435-443, DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492010002800001, http://zenodo.org/record/13307892
Characterizing dynamical phase transitions in a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate via quantum and semiclassical analyses
Creators: name: Niu, Zhen-Xia
name: Wang, Qian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Phase transitions in nonequilibrium dynamics of many body quantum systems,the so-called dynamical phases transition (DPTs), play an important role for understanding various dynamical phenomena observed in different branches of physics.In general, there have two types of DPTs, the first one refers to the phase transition that is characterized by distinct evolution behaviors of a physical observable, while the second one is marked by the nonanalyticities in the rate function of the initial state survival probability. Here, we focus on such DPTs from both quantum and semiclassical perspectives in a spinor Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC), an ideal platform to investigate nonequilibrium dynamics.By using the sudden quench process, we demonstrate that the system exhibits both types of DPTs as the control parameter quenches through the critical one, referring to as the critical quench. We show analytically how to determine the critical quenches by means of the semiclassical approach and carry out a detailed examination on both semiclassical and quantum signatures of two types of DPTs. Moreover, we further reveal that the occurrence of DPTs is closely connected to the separatrix in the underlying classical system. Our findings provide more insights into the properties of DPTs and verify the usefulness of semiclassical analysis for understanding DPTs in quantum systems with well-defined semiclassical limit.
description: 22 pages, 14 figures
Morfologia della larva matura e della pupa in Agathidium varians Beck (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Anisotomini)
Creators: name: Angelini, Fernando
name: De Marzo, Luigi
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: DESCRIPTION OF THE FULL-GROWN LARVA AND PUPA OF Agathidium varians BECK(Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Anisotomini)

Literature includes descriptions and/or drawings of the full-grown larvae of the following Anisotomini: Anisotoma humeralis (F.), A. glabra (Kugel), A. castanea (Herbst), Agathidium mandibulare Sturm, (?) A. nigripenne (F.), (?) A. badium Er., A. seminulum (L.), A. rotun- datum Gyll., A. sp., but nothing about the pupae of this tribe.

Here, full-grown larva and pupa are described, and data on pupation are reported, about Agathidium varians Beck.

The larvae were collected under the bark of an old dead oak. They pupated in spherical cocoons, made of substrate particles, agglomerateci with an internai silk layer. In laboratory conditions, the pupation stage was 11-12 days long, and the adults emerged in autumn.

The larva! morphology of Agathidium varians recalls that of other Agathidium. A generic feature may be the length ratio between 2nd and 1st segments of the urogonphi: it usually seems to be lower than l in Agathidium, but higher in Anisotoma.
description: Entomologica, Vol 19 (1984)
Morfologia delle larve e della pupa in Mastigus pilifer Kraatz (Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae)
Creators: name: De Marzo, Luigi
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: MORPHOLOGY OF LARVAE AND PUPA OF Mastigus pilifer KRAATZ (Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae)

Morphology of each the three instar larvae of Mastigus pilifer is examined, and the description of the relative pupa is added.

The full-grown larvae sensibly differ from those of 1st and 2nd instars in colour, body shape and antennal segmentation. A glandular area on the head disc is well developed in 2nd and 3rd instar larvae, whereas there are only slight traces of it in the 1st instar.

The list of the general features of Scydmaenid larvae, presented by BROWN & CROWSON (1979), is revised in the light of what has been observed in Mastigus, and an attempt is made in this paper to include this genus in the key of the mentioned Authors.

Viene trattata la morfologia dei tre stadi larvali e della pupa di Mastigus pilifer Kraatz. Le larve presentano un cospicuo dimorfismo tra stadio e stadio, consistente, fra l'altro, nella comparsa di segmentazione secondaria del secondo antennomero nella larva matura e nella presenza di un particolare organo ghiandolare cefalico a partire dalla larva di II età.

Le caratteristiche generali delle larve degli Scidmenidi, stabilite da BROWN & CROWSON, vengono integrate per tener conto di quanto osservato nella specie in esame.
description: Entomologica, Vol 19 (1984)
L'Opius magnus Fischer (Braconidae) parassita di Rhagoletis cerasi L. su Prunus mahaleb
Creators: name: Monaco, Raffaele
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: Opius magnus FISCHER (Braconidae) PARASITE OF Rhagoletis cerasi L. ON Prunus mahaleb

Prunus mahaleb L. in Bari province (Southern ltaly) grows mainly wild, and is the most common root-stock for Prunus avium L. (sweet cherry). During three years of observations, 20-30% of its fruits were found to be infested by Rhagoletis cerasi L. Full-grown larvae of this pest on P. mahaleb are parasitized by Opius magnus Fischer, an endophagous parasite, frequently at the rate of 10-30%. No parasitization occurs when R. cerasi larvae live in sweet cherries.

P. mahaleb seems to be the only alternative host of Rhagoletis because Lonicera spp. were not found to be infested. lnfestations by R. cerasi on P. mahaleb occur mostly in June, or at the beginning of July, about one month later than the infestations on P. avium. The first adults of O. magnus appear towards the middle of May. The first generation lasts one month; the second starts in July and hibernates underground in the puparia of the host until May of the following year.

In Puglia il Prunus mahaleb o Magaleppo è diffusissimo e fruttifica abbondantemente; i suoi frutti vengono infestati fino al 20-30% dalla Rhagoletis cerasi le cui larve, su detto ospite, vengono parassitizzate dall'Opius magnus (Hym. Braconidae) fino al 40% circa. Questo parassita non attacca le larve della mosca che vivono nei frutti del ciliegio dolce. Al contrario di quanto si verifica in molti Paesi europei, le diverse specie di Lonicera viventi nel nostro ambiente non ospitano la R. cerasi. Si ritiene che la funzione di ospite alternativo sia stata interamente assunta dal P. mahaleb in virtù della sua frequenza e dell'ampio periodo di maturazione dei suoi frutti. L'Opius magnus emerge dal terreno nella prima metà di maggio, compie una prima generazione in giugno, e ne inizia una seconda che estiva e sverna nel ter- reno dentro il pupario della mosca, per dare l'adulto a maggio dell'anno successivo.
description: Entomologica, Vol 19 (1984)
title: Toward a definitve grammar of Bengali: A practical study and critique of research on selected grammatical structures.
Creators: name: Thompson, Hanne-Ruth
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2004

description: This thesis is a contribution to a deeper understanding of selected Bengali grammatical structures as far as their syntactic and semantic properties are concerned. It questions traditional interpretations and takes a practical approach in the detailed investigation of actual language use. My methodology is based on the belief that clarity and inquisitiveness should take precedence over alliance to particular grammar theories and that there is still much to discover about the way the Bengali language works. Chapter 1 This chapter on non-finite verb forms discusses the occurrences and functions of Bengali non-finite verb forms and concentrates particularly on the overlap of infinitives and verbal nouns, the distinguishing features between infinitives and present participles, the semantic properties of verbal adjectives and the syntactic restrictions of perfective participles. Chapter 2 In the attempt to define Bengali compound verbs I question the appropriateness of purely semantic criteria, which have prevailed in previous analyses. If syntactic criteria are taken into account we arrive at a more diverse and more accurate picture of the relationship between the two combined verb forms. Chapter 3 The majority of Bengali so-called postpositions are locative noun forms (spatial postpositions) or non-finite verb forms, which can function as postpositions. I have tried to develop some syntactic and semantic criteria in order to define the 'wordclass' of postpositions. Chapter 4 Bengali tenses are remarkably flexible in their uses. In order to gain a clearer picture of their parameters I have examined the co-occurrence of tenses and of tense restrictions in sentences with particular time adverbials. Chapter 5 Verbs of being and having are analysed according to their syntactic uses, restrictions, semantic features and overlap with one another, taking into account negative and non-present tense sentences. The chapter also establishes the importance of the zero verb as the main copula in Bengali. Chapter 6 This chapter looks at word order and selected sentence structures. The discussion focusses on the features and parameters of Bengali passive and impersonal structures. Findings from previous chapters have been taken into account. All chapters suggest areas of further research.
Contributo alla conoscenza dei Cryptophagidae italiani (Coleoptera)
Creators: name: Otero, José Carlos
name: Angelini, Fernando
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ITALIAN Cryptophagidae

Systematic and/or zoogeographic data are presented on 42 species from Italy, including one new description, Cryptophagus montemurroi n. sp. (Apulia), and two new records far Italy, Cryptophagus sporadum Bruce (Apulia) and Atomaria slavonica Johnson (Lucania).

Sono trattate 42 specie di Cryptophagidae reperite in varie regioni italiane, con notizie di carattere sistematico e zoogeografico, comprendenti la descrizione di una nuova specie, Cryptophagus montemurroi n. sp. (Puglia), e la citazione di due specie nuove per l'Italia, Cryptophagus sporadum Bruce (Puglia) e Atomaria slavonica Johnson (Lucania).
description: Entomologica, Vol 19 (1984)
Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Heterocera) dell'Italia meridionale (addenda)
Creators: name: Parezan, Paolo
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Heterocera) OF SOUTHERN ITALY (ADDENDA)

(Contributions to the knowledge of Lepidoptera in Southern Italy: XII)

This paper revises the species list of the Noctuidae occurring in Southern Italy (PARENZAN, 1979). It reports new data on certain species which had been sporadically found in the past, and confìrms the presence in Southern Italy of some taxa which had already been reported, but without detailed data.

40 new species from Southern Italy are recorded, 3 of which: Noctua tirrenica Bieb., Amphipyra berbera Rgs. and Mesapamea secalella Remm, had not previously been found in Italy.

Consequently, at present the species list of Noctuidae from Southern Italy is composed of 459 taxa, including: a) 398 species known up to 1979; b) 3 recent new descriptions (PARENZAN, 1980; 1981; 1982 a); c) 8 preceding records of the author himself (PARENZAN, 1982 a; 1982 b) ; d) 10 recent records of other authors (MARINI & Russo, 1980; MAFFEI, 1981); e) the 40 new records reported here.

La presente nota contiene un aggiornamento dell'elenco dei Nottuidi presenti nell'Italia meridionale (PARENZAN, 1979). Vengono forniti nuovi dati su specie reperite in passato raramente, e viene confermata la presenza di entità già segnalate senza precise indicazioni.

Sono citate per la prima volta per l'Italia meridionale 40 specie, fra cui tre: Noctua tirrenica Bieb., Amphipyra berbera Rgs. e Mesapamea secalella Remm, risultano nuove per l'Italia.

Di queste tre specie, di Apamea sicula Trti. e delle rispettive specie gemelle (N. fimbriata Schreb., A. pyramidea L., M. secalis L. e A. monoglypha Hfn.) vengono illustrati gli adulti e gli apparati genitali maschili e femminili .

Pertanto, allo stato attuale, la fauna di Noctuidae dell'Italia meridionale risulta composta da 459 specie.
description: Entomologica, Vol 19 (1984)
Functional anatomy of Dacus oleae Gmel. female genitalia in relation to insemination and fertilization processes
Creators: name: Solinas, Mario
name: Nuzzaci, Giorgio
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: In Dacus oleae the spermatozoa are transported free from male to female by direct injection of the semen into an « insemination pocket » located as an atrium at the entrance of the spermathecal ducts on the inner dorsal wall (roof) of the vagina. Also the ducts of the accessory glands debouche into this pocket. Sperm migration to the receptaculum seminis takes piace almost passively, helped by injection movements of the endophallum and by peristaltic contractions of the strong muscular sheath of the spermathecal ducts. Some chemotactic action on spermatozoa also seems to be performed by the spermathecal epithelial secretions. Just prior to ovulation, a limited number of spermatozoa are transported from the spermathecae to the «fertilization chamber », located in front of the insemination pocket on the ventral wall (floor) of the vagina. Functional anatomy, sperm movements (insemination and fertilization) and storage, and the conceivable role played in these processes by the secretions of the spermathecal secretory cells and the reproductive accessory glands have been investigated by direct observations in fresh saline (or after fixing and staining) whole mounts as well as through sections (from female just emerged, after copulation and during ovulation-fertilization) examined in light-and transmission and scanning electron microscopy.

ANATOMIA FUNZIONALE DELL'APPARATO GENITALE FEMMINILE DI Dacus oleae GMEL. IN RELAZIONE AI PROCESSI D'INSEMINAZIONE E FECONDAZIONE

Nel Dacus oleae, come in molti altri insetti, l'incontro tra i pronuclei maschile e fem- minile richiede il superamento preliminare di vari problemi legati al trasferimento dello sperma dal maschio alla femmina (accoppiamento e inseminazione), alla conservazione in vita degli spermatozoi per un periodo di attesa più o meno lungo, di solito in una spermateca, al prelevamento degli spermatozoi dalla spermateca al momento dell'uso e alla penetrazione dello spermio nell'uovo attraverso il micropilo (fecondazione p.d.).

Gli spermatozoi vengono trasmessi dal maschio alla femmina del Dacus per inoculazione diretta del seme in una << tasca d'inseminazione >, situata come un atrio all'ingresso dei dotti delle spermateche, sulla parete interna dorsale della vagina, dove sboccano anche i dotti delle due ghiandole accessorie. Il trasferimento degli spermatozoi dalla tasca d'inseminazione al receptaculum seminis avviene principalmente per azione peristaltica della potente tunica muscolare dei dotti delle spermateche; ma una azione chemiotattica importante nei confronti degli spermatozoi sembra da attribuirsi ai secreti dell'epitelio ghiandolare del receptaculum seminis. Prima che l'uovo scenda nella vagina, un numero relativamente modesto di spermatozoi raggiunge la <
description: Entomologica, Vol 19 (1984)
Mephritus serius
Creators: name: Martins, Ubirajara R.
name: Galileo, Maria Helena M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Mephritus
Mephritus serius

description: Mephritus serius (Newman, 1841) *
 Nephalius serius Newman, 1841:93.
 Material examinado: (500 m), fêmea, 15.XI.1995, V.O. Becker col. (CVOB).
description: Published as part of Martins, Ubirajara R. & Galileo, Maria Helena M., 2010, Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) Da Serra Bonita, Camacan, Bahia, Brasil, pp. 435-443 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 50 (28) on pages 435-443, DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492010002800001, http://zenodo.org/record/13307892
The Instantaneous Response of Geomagnetic Field, near-Earth IMF and Cosmic-Ray Intensity to Solar Flares
Creators: name: Takalo, Jouni J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show using superposed epoch analysis (SEA) that the most energetic protons (greater than 60 MeV) in near-Earth IMF have a peak almost immediately (less than a day) after peak in solar flare index (SFI), while protons greater than 10 MeV peak one day after the SFI and protons greater than 1 MeV two days after the SFI. The geomagnetic indices AU, -AL, PC, Ap and -Dst peak after two to three days in SEAs after the peak in SFI. The auroral electrojet indices AU and -AL, however, have only low peaks. Especially, the response of the eastward electrojet, AU, to SFI is negligible compared to other geomagnetic indices. The SEAs of the SFI and cosmic ray counts (CR) show that the deepest decline in the CR intensity follows also with 2-3 day lag the maximum of the SFI for the Solar Cycles 20-24. The depth of the declines are related to the SFI strength of each cycle, i.e, the average decline is about 5% for the Cycles 21 and 22, but only 3% for the Cycle 24. The strongest Cycle 19, however, differs from the other cycles such that it has double-peaked decline and lasts longer than the decline of the other cycles. The double superposed epoch analyses show that the response of IMF Bv2, which is about two days, and CR to SFI are quite simultaneous, but sometimes Bv2 may peak somewhat earlier than the decline existing in CR.
description: 16 pages, 12 figures, published in Sol. Phys
title: Britain and Algeria, 1945-1965.
Creators: name: Barei, Geoffrey
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2003

description: Algeria's achievement of independence in 1962, after a bloody war served as an inspiration to the rest of Africa still under colonial rule. As a result, many studies have been done on French colonial rule in Algeria, and the latter's resistance to it. But, these studies have not fully attempted to link the implications of French decolonisation of Algeria to British decolonisation of her African territories, hence this study attempts to fill this gap. The thesis is about Britain and the Algerian war, with particular reference to Britain in Africa. It deals with decolonisation and the "wind of change" and presents the history of North Africa in the context of Africa as a whole. From its beginning in 1954, the Algerian war has occupied a unique place in the history of decolonisation. Its repercussions for French colonial policy were followed with keen interest by the British, who like the French had a huge empire in Africa, and also had potential trouble spots of the magnitude of the Algerian quagmire. The thesis begins with a description of the post-war international situation, in which America and the Soviet Union emerged as the two super-powers, while the resources of the old imperial powers of Britain and France did not match the growing needs of government in their colonial possessions. They were put on the defensive by nationalism in Asia and Africa, supported by American anti-colonialism. The outbreak of the Cold War and the fear of communism seemed to provide them with some justification for resisting demands for independence, but made America all the more anxious for the "end of empire," to win the battle of third world "hearts and minds." The thesis investigates the extent to which British and French colonial policies had an influence on each other during the period of decolonisation. Against this background, the thesis traces the history of the war in Algeria, 1954-62, and the post-war settlement down to 1965, together with the histories of French and British decolonisation in Africa over the same period, in order to follow the history of British concern with the problem. It shows how this concern was at its height under the Macmillan government, but came down to the promotion of British business interests after the end of the war, when Algeria's internal problems and continued dependence on France reduced the fear that it would seek to cause difficulties for the colonial powers in Africa.
Implementation of Bourbaki's Elements of   Mathematics in Coq:  Part Two, From Natural Numbers to Real Numbers
Creators: name: Grimm, José
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna
Year: 2016
Subjects: Coq; Bourbaki; sets; integers; rational numbers; real numbers

description: This paper describes  a formalization of the first book of the series ``Elements  of Mathematics'' by Nicolas Bourbaki, using the Coq proof assistant. In a first paper published in this journal, we presented the axioms and basic constructions (corresponding to a part of the first two chapters of book I, theory of sets). We discuss here the set of integers (third chapter of  book I, theory of set), the sets Z and Q (first chapter of book II, Algebra) and the set of real numbers (Chapter 4 of  book III, General topology). We start with a comparison of the Bourbaki  approach, the Coq standard library, and the Ssreflect library, then present our implementation.
description: Journal of Formalized Reasoning, Vol 9, No 2 (2016)
Real Time Building Crack Detection and Prevention Using Unmanned Aerial System
Creators: name: Arafath Emon, Md.Yeasin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 460299
subject: Artificial intelligence not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 400706
subject: Field robotics

description: Concrete often develops cracks, which can affect the appearance, structural integrity, and safety of a building, as well as the long-term reliability of the structure. The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for inspection involves two phases: developing a modern crack detection system using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and wireless data transfer, and utilizing advanced crack detection algorithms. The first phase involves designing and testing hardware, followed by designing algorithms and implementing software. UAS allows for quick and accurate capture of crack photos without causing damage to the surroundings. This eliminates the need for manual inspection, allowing for rapid deployment. Additionally, it incorporates wireless data transfer, enabling real-time identification through live video feed, which can be accessed on a smartphone. By using image processing techniques to analyze the captured photos and measure the crack diameters, a Faster Region-Based Convolutional Neural Network (Faster R-CNN) can accurately and efficiently record the data and confirm the system’s performance when applied to structures with cracks.
On the modelling of short and intermediate water waves
Creators: name: Ivanov, Rossen I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 76B15, 35Q35, 37K05

description: The propagation of water waves of finite depth and flat bottom is studied in the case when the depth is not small in comparison to the wavelength. This propagation regime is complementary to the long-wave regime described by the famous KdV equation. The Hamiltonian approach is employed in the derivation of a model equation in evolutionary form, which is both nonlinear and nonlocal, and most likely not integrable. Possible implications for the numerical solutions are discussed.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure
title: Die Nachhaltigkeitsberichtserstattung an österreichischen Fachhochschulen gemäß Fachhochschulgesetz und Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive in Anwendung der European Sustainability Reporting Standards
Creators: name: Cadek, Andreas
Publisher: name: FH CAMPUS 02 (CAMPUS 02 Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft)
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: 658 Allgemeines Management

description: Nachhaltigkeit ist in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung zum Synonym für ein umweltfreundliches, ökonomisches, die endlichen Ressourcen schonendes Wirtschaften geworden. Das ist für viele Unternehmen der Grund, sich an diesen Werten zu orientieren und sich so in der Öffentlichkeit darzustellen. 
Produktionsprozesse werden seit vielen Jahren am Prinzip der Nachhaltigkeit ausgerichtet, weil sich die Ziele zumeist auch mit dem Prinzip der Sparsamkeit und Wirtschaftlichkeit decken. Letztlich dient das auch der Maximierung der Gewinne, solange Nachhaltigkeit mit eben diesen Zielen, Sparsamkeit und Wirtschaftlichkeit, deckungsgleich ist. Neu ist in den letzten Jahren geworden, dass Nachhaltigkeit an sich zum eigenständigen Ziel mutiert und im Extremfall sogar Priorität gegenüber anderen Zielen erlangt. Dementsprechend hat sich auch die Gesetzgebung auf lokaler und europäischer Ebene dieser Entwicklung nicht verschlossen und durch die Erlassung von Regeln und Standards in die Legung von diesbezüglichen Berichten eingegriffen. 
Diese Arbeit versucht, die derzeitige im Fluss befindliche Situation der nichtfinanziellen Berichterstattung an österreichischen Fachhochschulen im theoretischen Teil zu beleuchten, um im Span-nungsfeld zwischen Pflicht und Freiwilligkeit einen Leitfaden zu bilden. Deutlich kommt aber auch die Schwierigkeit bei der Festlegung der Berichtsthemen zum Ausdruck, sowohl die Findung der Bewertungsgremien betreffend als auch bei der Festlegung objektivierter Verfahren und Metho-den für die Auswahl der Themenbereiche zu finden. Letztlich findet die Arbeit ihr Limit im Aufzei-gen der Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten, ohne eine singuläre Lösung anbieten zu können. 
Schließlich wird im empirischen Teil die aktuelle Situation an den österreichischen Fachhoch-schulen erhoben und den theoretischen Ergebnissen gegenübergestellt. Die qualitative Unter-suchung hat gezeigt, dass die Fachhochschulen bedacht sind bei der Umsetzung Ihrer Nachhaltigkeitsberichtserstattung Ihre unterschiedlichen Ausrichtungen und Schwerpunkte entsprechend zu berücksichtigen. 
Die Nachhaltigkeitsberichtserstattung ist gekommen, um zu bleiben. Die Fachhochschulen mit Berichtspflicht sind bereits gut aufgestellt für die vorgesehene Umsetzung. An Fachhochschulen mit einer Berichtsoption wird die Themenstellung bearbeitet, um eine freiwillige Berichter-stellung einzuführen oder für eine zukünftige Berichtspflicht bestens vorbereitet zu sein.