cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Crust and Upper Mantle Velocity Structure of the Yellowstone Hot Spot and Surroundings
Creators: name: Schutt, D. L.
name: Dueker, Ken
name: Yuan, H.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: The Yellowstone hot spot has recently been shown to be a plume that extends into the transition zone. At roughly 60-120 km depth, the plume material rising beneath Yellowstone Park is sheared SW by North America Plate motion, producing a profound low velocity layer emplaced beneath the thin lithosphere. To constrain the absolute seismic velocity of the plate-sheared plume layer, fundamental mode Rayleigh wave observations have been inverted for phase velocity using the two plane wave technique. The resulting phase velocity models are inverted with Moho-converted P to S arrival times to better constrain crustal thickness and absolute S wave velocity structure to similar to 120 km depth. A regionalized S wave velocity model has an extremely low velocity minimum of 3.8 ± 0.1 km/s at 80 km depth beneath the hot spot track. Nonregionalized 3-D velocity models find a velocity minimum of 3.9 km/s beneath the hot spot track. Below 120 km depth, our resolution diminishes such that the lateral spreading of the plume track is not resolved. The volume of the low velocity plume layer is small and the estimated buoyancy flux for the Yellowstone plume is < 0.1 Mg/s which contrasts with the similar to 9 Mg/s value for Hawaii. In addition, a notable region of thick crust and high lower crustal velocities is found around Billings, Montana, consistent with previous refraction and receiver function studies that interpret this as evidence for a massive Precambrian underplating event.
Clinitrachus argentatus
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Clinidae
Clinitrachus
Clinitrachus argentatus

description: Clinitrachus argentatus (Risso 1810) —Cline
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Cristiceps argentatus Risso 1810 by George et al. (1964: 22); subsequently recorded as Clinitrachus argenteus (Risso) by Mouneimné (1977: 65); as Clinitrachus argentatus (Risso 1810) by Mouneimné (2002: 210). Recent unpublished records from Beirut (23 October 2003). Material in collection: AUBM, FMNH and USNM (as C. variabilis).
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, eastern Atlantic: Portugal and southern Spain south to northern Morocco.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 15 November 2007); Med. (LC: 15 November 2007). Capture and threats: HAB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Significant decline in the last two decades. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Microsatellite Dna Evidence for Gene Flow in Neotropical Lek-Mating Long-Tailed Manakins
Creators: name: McDonald, David
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: allelic absence test
subject: asymmetric gene flow
subject: genetic distance
subject: microsatellite
subject: sexual selection
subject: speciation
subject: Zoology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: I genotyped lek-mating Long-tailed Manakins (Chiroxiphia linearis) at Monteverde and Santa Rosa, Costa Rica, 115 km apart. Cavalli-Sforza distance was 0.04, DLR was 0.18, and RST and ϴ were both 0.02. Bayesian clustering analysis indicated that both populations were part of a single cluster rather than from distinct clusters. I present a binomial test for probability of allelic absence as a function of sample size. Genotypic likelihood tests assigned 50% of Monteverde birds to Santa Rosa, versus 26% of Santa Rosa birds to Monteverde. Two lines of evidence supported the idea of asymmetric gene flow up the elevational gradient from Santa Rosa to Monteverde. Low differentiation at this spatial scale, despite intense sexual selection, suggests that sexual selection alone is unlikely to promote rapid divergence leading to speciation. Reduced gene flow, produced by geographic barriers or behavioral factors, may also be required.
Particle Method and Numerical Study of a Quasilinear Partial Differential Equation, A
Creators: name: Camassa, R.
name: Chiu, P. H.
name: Lee, Long
name: Sheu, T. W. H.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quasilinear partial differential equation
subject: particle method
subject: Helmholtz operator
subject: regularization
subject: inviscid Burgers
subject: Hopf equation
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We present a particle method for studying a quasilinear partial differential equation (PDE) in a class proposed for the regularization of the Hopf (inviscid Burger) equation via nonlinear dispersion-like terms. These are obtained in an advection equation by coupling the advecting field to the advected one through a Helmholtz operator. Solutions of this PDE are "regularized" in the sense that the additional terms generated by the coupling prevent solution multivaluedness from occurring. We propose a particle algorithm to solve the quasilinear PDE. "Particles" in this algorithm travel along characteristic curves of the equation, and their positions and momenta determine the solution of the PDE. The algorithm follows the particle trajectories by integrating a pair of integro-differential equations that govern the evolution of particle positions and momenta. We introduce a fast summation algorithm that reduces the computational cost from O(N2) to O(N), where N is the number of particles, and illustrate the relation between dynamics of the momentum-like characteristic variable and the behavior of the solution of the PDE.
RHYTHMICAL AND BALANCED EDUCATION – A MATTER OF TRUST AND BOUNDARIES. – a Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study about Pedagogic Practice in Swedish Waldorf-Steiner Schools
Creators: name: Selsfors, Helena
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Waldorf-Steiner pedagogy, trust, power and control, classification and framing, Basil Bernstein, Relational pedagogy
subject: PhD

description: Helena Selsfors, School of Society and Culture, Faculty of Education, Plymouth University Title of the study: Rhythmical and Balanced Education – a Matter of Trust and Boundaries; a Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study about Pedagogic Practice in Swedish Waldorf-Steiner Schools. This study investigates pedagogic practice in Swedish Waldorf-Steiner schools by using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Focus is on lived experiences of rhythms and balance, interpersonal processes, interaction and trust between teachers and students – connected to the mechanisms of power and control. It also investigates the experience of being part of a strong pedagogic tradition. In this study, cognition and experience are understood as social phenomena, shared by participants in a context. Ideas from theories and research studies are connected to general questions about education, to the Swedish context and specifically to the practice in Waldorf-Steiner schools. Together with the data, this constructs a narrative that helps to better understand certain aspects of Waldorf-Steiner pedagogy in Sweden. The data has been constructed from written protocols, observations, and semi-structured interviews with 10 Waldorf-Steiner teachers. The analysis was done by using a thematic analysis complemented with concepts from literature, focusing on ideas from Basil Bernstein and relational pedagogy. This study contributes with new insights about Waldorf-Steiner pedagogic practice in Sweden. It concludes that the practice is permeated by a visible pedagogy with a clear rhythmical structure. Rhythmical and balanced methods are connected to the education and to interaction between teachers and students. During main lesson, classification and framing are strong but can shift to an apparently weaker and interpersonal approach – a condition for this to work is trust between teachers and students. Waldorf-Steiner schools in Sweden have been forced to adjust the practice to the Swedish national curriculum. The participating teachers claim that this has made the practice more transparent and professional although the autonomy has decreased which affects the aesthetical elements in the pedagogy. Despite many compromises, the Waldorf-Steiner pedagogic tradition is still strong, the teachers are keepers of the specific methods, but also challenge the tradition, pointing to areas for development.
CRCL at SemEval-2024 Task 2: Simple prompt optimizations
Creators: name: Brutti-Mairesse, Clément
name: Verlingue, Loïc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present a baseline for the SemEval 2024 task 2 challenge, whose objective is to ascertain the inference relationship between pairs of clinical trial report sections and statements. We apply prompt optimization techniques with LLM Instruct models provided as a Language Model-as-a-Service (LMaaS). We observed, in line with recent findings, that synthetic CoT prompts significantly enhance manually crafted ones.
The Representation of the Outlaw Biker in California, 1953-1969: Film, Counterculture and Commodity
Creators: name: Masters, Stacey
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: counterculture
subject: outlaw biker
subject: motorcycle studies
subject: ResM

description: My thesis is an exploration of the representation of the outlaw biker from 1953-1969. I will use three films to anchor my work: Easy Rider (1969), The Wild One (1953), The Wild Angels (1965). Each of these films will be the anchor of its own chapter, but I will also be using various imagery to explore the tensions surrounding the depictions presented, and subsequent social themes. Each film addresses different aspects of the biker, making them all important, therefore the thesis will be a visual exploration into the social and cultural history of the biker. Easy Rider is the defining biker movie. Merging counterculture values with a cowboy themed outlaw biker image, this film defined both the mentality and imagery of what is associated with the biker lifestyle. A key addition to the New Hollywood cinematic movement, the film questioned the authoritative system by having the main characters killed by those who hold outdated values. The Wild One began the visual and cultural journey of the biker, by creating the leather-clad image of the outlaw motorcyclist for the foreseeable future and cultivating his masculinity through aggressive behaviour. Based on true events of the Hollister riot of 1947, The Wild One began the complex relationship between outlaw biker and the counterculture by presenting the main character as a beatnik, a precursor to the hippy. With the rise of the biker in popular culture in the 1960s, this proved to confuse ideological boundaries between the outlaw biker and the counterculture, especially concerning the Vietnam war. The Wild Angels was released during the peak popularity of the biker in America. With actual members of the Hells Angels starring in the film, and mimicking -- and sensationalising -- headlines of the time, it was aimed at teenage audiences who craved shocking entertainment. Unfortunately for the female characters, this was often at their expense. When discussing the wider visual realm of each chapter, I will cross reference manufacturer advertisements, newspaper and television stories, first hand accounts and documentary photographs with the films to highlight the importance of the image as culture industry. To complete my thesis, I will draw attention to the 1996 Guggenheim exhibition “The Art of the Motorcycle” and how corporate and institutional influence sanitised the visual history of motorcycling for the masses, commodifying the image of the outlaw biker. Since the history of motorcycling has been defined by images, the thesis discusses how the image has been appropriated numerous times, in different ways, for various reasons.
LITERATUR REVIEW TERAPI INHALASI LAVENDER PADA PASIEN HEMODIALISIS YANG MENGALAMI KELELAHAN
Creators: name: Mawaddah, Aini Zahratul
name: Amzal Mortin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111004 Clinical Nursing: Tertiary (Rehabilitative)
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Hemodialysis can cause various kinds of problems one of which is fatigue, on average 60-97% of patients experience fatigue in hemodialysis patients.Therefore, these complications need to be controlled and overcome so that the quality of life of patients remains optimal and worse conditions do not occur. One of the non-pharmacological measures is to provide inhalation aromatherapy lavender This literature review aims to determine the effect of lavender inhalation on hemodialysis patients with fatigue problems. In scientific papers this is a literature review of searches using electronic databases namely google schoolar and pubmed. The keywords used with search are hemodialysis, aromatherapy, fatigue. inclusion criteria used in the article are accessible full text, not paid available in English and Indonesian in the year of the journal used is limited to the last 5 years, the results found each of 1 journals from google schoolar and 4 pubmed, from the 5 articles discuss the effectiveness of inhalation lavender for decreased fatigue in hemodialysis patients. literature review of the 5 articles showed that 4 lavender inhalation articles were effective in reducing fatigue levels in hemodialysis patients, but there were 1 article that was not effective in reducing fatigue levels in hemodialysis patients. the results of a literature review review indicate that aromatherapy inhalation reduces fatigue in hemodialysis patients.
EPOXI: Comet 103P/Hartley 2 observations from a worldwide campaign
Creators: name: Howell, Robert R.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2011
Subjects: comets: individual (103P/Hartley 2)

description: Earth- and space-based observations provide synergistic information for space mission encounters by providing data over longer timescales, at different wavelengths and using techniques that are impossible with an in situ flyby. We report here such observations in support of the EPOXI spacecraft flyby of comet 103P/Hartley 2. The nucleus is small and dark, and exhibited a very rapidly changing rotation period. Prior to the onset of activity, the period was 16.4hr. Starting in 2010 August the period changed from 16.6hr to near 19hr in December. With respect to dust composition, most volatiles and carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios, the comet is similar to other Jupiter-family comets. What is unusual is the dominance of CO2-driven activity near perihelion, which likely persists out to aphelion. Near perihelion the comet nucleus was surrounded by a large halo of water-ice grains that contributed significantly to the total water production.
Sage-Grouse and Indirect Interactions: Potential Implications of Coyote Control on Sage-Grouse Populations
Creators: name: Mezquida, E. T.
name: Slater, S. J.
name: Benkman, Craig
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: apparent competition
subject: Canis latrans
subject: Centrocercus urophasianus
subject: exploitative competition
subject: indirect effects
subject: mesopredator release
subject: predator control
subject: Zoology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Coyotes (Canis latrans) are lethally controlled throughout the range of Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) and it has been suggested that such control may benefit sage-grouse. However, the perceived benefits of control are based on the direct effects of coyotes on sage-grouse and largely ignore potential indirect interactions. Here, we summarize some of the evidence for direct effects in a simplified food web including coyotes and sage-grouse. There is very little evidence to suggest that coyotes have much of a direct negative effect on sage-grouse, but there is considerable evidence supporting direct interactions that would lead to positive indirect effects between coyotes and sage-grouse. The three likely forms of positive indirect effects arise because coyotes reduce the potential negative effects resulting from mesopredator release and apparent and exploitative competition. Mesopredator release would adversely affect sage-grouse if a decrease in coyotes allowed an increase in foxes (especially Vulpes vulpes), badgers (Taxidea taxus), and Common Ravens (Corvus corax), mesopredators that prey on sage-grouse eggs and young. A decrease in coyotes is likely to allow jackrabbits (Lepus spp.) to increase, which would cause sage-grouse to suffer from apparent competition if Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos), which are perhaps the most important predator of adult sage-grouse, then increase in response to the increase in jackrabbits. This increase in jackrabbits may also depress the availability of sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) and forbs, leading to an increase in exploitative competition with sage-grouse. For these reasons, we argue that intense and extended lethal coyote control is likely detrimental to sage-grouse conservation.
Future Declines of the Binational Laurentian Great Lakes Fisheries: the Importance of Environmental and Cultural Change
Creators: name: Rothlisberge, John D.
name: Lodge, David M.
name: Cooke, Roger M.
name: Finnoff, David C.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2010
Subjects: FISH COMMUNITY; SUSTAINABILITY; INVASION; STOCK
Business

description: It is increasingly clear that future long-term environmental challenges (e.g. climate change) are being driven by economic and cultural choices, as well as by physical and biological mechanisms. We looked at the extent to which these apply to potential future changes in fisheries in the Laurentian Great Lakes. These fisheries rank among the most valuable freshwater fisheries in the world, but have declined markedly in recent decades. To investigate how these fisheries might develop in the future, we elicited projections from experts in fisheries and related fields. Experts provided assessments on variables relating to US and Canadian commercial (pounds landed) and sport (participation and expenditures) fisheries for the years 2006 and 2025. We measured each expert's ability to quantify their uncertainty, producing performance-weighted combinations of expert estimates. All experts expected commercial fisheries to decline from 2006 to 2025, with greater declines in the US (25%) than in Canada (9%). Expectations for sport fishing differed more between lakes and less between countries, with median expected declines ranging from 1% to 13%. Experts attributed expected declines primarily to changes in economic market demands and shifts in societal interests. Increased attention to social and economic trends could aid Laurentian Great Lakes fishery policy and management.
Trachurus mediterraneus
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Carangidae
Trachurus
Trachurus mediterraneus

description: Trachurus mediterraneus (Steindachner 1868) —Mediterranean horse mackerel
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Trachurus mediterraneus Steindachner 1868 by George et al. (1964: 19); subsequently recorded as Trachurus mediterraneus mediterraneus (Steindachner) by Mouneimné (1977: 63); as Trachurus mediterraeneus mediterraeneus (Steindachner 1868) by Mouneimné (2002: 147); recently recorded as Trachurus mediterraneus by Bariche et al. (2007: 112). Material in collection: ANSP, AUBM, BMNH, CAS, MCZ, UF, USNM and YPM.
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Bay of Biscay south to Senegal.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 10 May 2013); Med. (LC: 17 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
The match demands and physical qualities of elite women's rugby union players
Creators: name: Gallagher, Caitlin
Publisher: name: Leeds Beckett University
Year: 2024

description: Women’s rugby union is growing in popularity and participation internationally. However, there are still large gaps in the female evidence base, which means training and development are informed by male research despite the distinct physical and physiological differences between sexes. Information on the physical qualities and match demands of women’s rugby union players is crucial for both researchers and practitioners to aid the development of women’s rugby union. The Celtic Challenge competition was created to help develop women’s rugby in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, and to provide their international players with an alternative elite domestic league to England’s Premier 15s. This study aimed to profile the physical qualities, movement demands and match characteristics of elite women’s domestic rugby in the British Isles and to compare the profile of the Premier 15s and the inaugural Celtic Challenge. Secondary fitness testing, GPS and video match data was collected from three teams in the Celtic Challenge and three teams in the 2022/23 season of the Premier 15s. Premier 15s players were found to be significantly older, more experienced, and faster than Celtic Challenge players during fitness testing and match play. The match characteristics of the two competitions were similar, aside from the number of mauls, which there were significantly more of in the Premier 15s. Findings suggest that Premier 15s players are faster than their CC counterparts; however, despite tactical differences, match characteristics are similar between the two competitions.
Schedophilus ovalis
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Centrolophidae
Schedophilus
Schedophilus ovalis

description: Schedophilus ovalis (Cuvier 1833) —Imperial blackfish
Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on a specimen landed from off Beirut (8 May 2008) and another one landed in Batroun (1 July 2013). Material in collection: AUBM (OS3513; OS3967).
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Galicia (Spain) south to South Africa, including Azores and Canary Islands; straying to Bermuda (western Atlantic).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (NE); Med. (LC: 15 November 2007). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 64-66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Engineering Accident Analysis Through Memetic Decision Tree Mapping
Creators: name: Koch, David Alexander
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Accident Analysis
Causal Analysis
Cognition
Decision Making
Knowledge Structures
Root Cause Analysis
Cognitive Psychology

description: This work reports the creation of a new causal analysis tool for investigating human factors. The evaluation process maps the human aspect of engineering decisions against a model of human cognition. This is accomplished through a novel investigatory tool called a Memetic Decision Tree, which maps specific, externally identifiable human factors with their most likely internal cognitive value state. By comparing the cognitive value states used to construct hundreds of engineering decisions, underlying patterns of thought can be identified in the decisions preceding engineering disasters. Four case studies were evaluated with this tool: the twin Space Shuttle disasters of Challenger and Columbia, US Airways FT 1549 emergency landing, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. This tool enabled identification of cognitive trends underpinning decisions for each case study, individually as well as collectively. These trends suggest a previously uninvestigated link between complexity of group thinking and the ability to identify the critical aspects of a developing crisis.
Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Coryphaenidae
Coryphaena
Coryphaena hippurus

description: Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 —Common dolphinfish
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 by George et al. (1964: 19); subse- quently recorded as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus by Mouneimné (1977: 63); as Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus 1758 by Mouneimné (2002: 150). Recent unpublished records from Tyre, Sarafand, Saida, Beirut, Batroun, Tripoli (1998–2019).
Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Red Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 17 September 2010); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Echeneidae
Echeneis
Echeneis naucrates

description: Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus 1758 —Live sharksucker
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Echeneis naucrates, L. by Gruvel (1931: 110); subsequently recorded as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus 1758 by George et al. (1964: 24); as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus by Mouneimné (1977: 66); as Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus 1758 by Mouneimné (2002: 139). Recent unpublished records from Tyre, Sarafand, Saida, Beirut, Batroun, Tripoli (1998–2019). Material in collection: BMNH, FMNH and USNM.
Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and subtropical seas (including Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of California).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 23 August 2012); Med. (NE). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Remora remora remora (Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Echeneidae
Remora
Remora remora

description: Remora remora (Linnaeus 1758) —Shark sucker
Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on photos of a specimen landed from off Beirut, observed on the market (18 May 2012).
Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas (including western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Red Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 23 August 2012); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Transformer-based Reasoning for Learning Evolutionary Chain of Events on Temporal Knowledge Graph
Creators: name: Fang, Zhiyu
name: Lei, Shuai-Long
name: Zhu, Xiaobin
name: Yang, Chun
name: Zhang, Shi-Xue
name: Yin, Xu-Cheng
name: Qin, Jingyan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Temporal Knowledge Graph (TKG) reasoning often involves completing missing factual elements along the timeline. Although existing methods can learn good embeddings for each factual element in quadruples by integrating temporal information, they often fail to infer the evolution of temporal facts. This is mainly because of (1) insufficiently exploring the internal structure and semantic relationships within individual quadruples and (2) inadequately learning a unified representation of the contextual and temporal correlations among different quadruples. To overcome these limitations, we propose a novel Transformer-based reasoning model (dubbed ECEformer) for TKG to learn the Evolutionary Chain of Events (ECE). Specifically, we unfold the neighborhood subgraph of an entity node in chronological order, forming an evolutionary chain of events as the input for our model. Subsequently, we utilize a Transformer encoder to learn the embeddings of intra-quadruples for ECE. We then craft a mixed-context reasoning module based on the multi-layer perceptron (MLP) to learn the unified representations of inter-quadruples for ECE while accomplishing temporal knowledge reasoning. In addition, to enhance the timeliness of the events, we devise an additional time prediction task to complete effective temporal information within the learned unified representation. Extensive experiments on six benchmark datasets verify the state-of-the-art performance and the effectiveness of our method.
description: Accepted by SIGIR 2024 (the Full paper track, camera ready version)
Epigonus constanciae
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Epigonidae
Epigonus
Epigonus constanciae

description: Epigonus constanciae (Giglioli 1880) —no name
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Epigonus constanciae by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81). Recent unpublished records from Beirut (26 June 2009) and Batroun (4 April 2012). Material in collection: AUBM (OS3864; OS3852).
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Madeira south to Gulf of Guinea and Angola and Namibia.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 11 July 2012); Med. (DD: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
A Sonar-based AUV Positioning System for Underwater Environments with Low Infrastructure Density
Creators: name: Olivastri, Emilio
name: Fusaro, Daniel
name: Li, Wanmeng
name: Mosco, Simone
name: Pretto, Alberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The increasing demand for underwater vehicles highlights the necessity for robust localization solutions in inspection missions. In this work, we present a novel real-time sonar-based underwater global positioning algorithm for AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) designed for environments with a sparse distribution of human-made assets. Our approach exploits two synergistic data interpretation frontends applied to the same stream of sonar data acquired by a multibeam Forward-Looking Sonar (FSD). These observations are fused within a Particle Filter (PF) either to weigh more particles that belong to high-likelihood regions or to solve symmetric ambiguities. Preliminary experiments carried out on a simulated environment resembling a real underwater plant provided promising results. This work represents a starting point towards future developments of the method and consequent exhaustive evaluations also in real-world scenarios.
description: Accepted to the IEEE ICRA Workshop on Field Robotics 2024
Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide 1950
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Epigonidae
Epigonus
Epigonus denticulatus

description: Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide 1950 —Pencil cardinal
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide by Mouneimné (1977: 62); subsequently recorded as Epigonus denticulatus Dieuzeide 1950 by Mouneimné (2002: 138).
Distribution. Circumglobal in warm seas (including Mediterranean Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 11 July 2012); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 68, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
title: Kinematic Differences Between Baseball Batting Training Conditions in Collegiate Players Using Statistical Parametric Mapping
title: A Preliminary Study
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Thompson, Devin Jeffrey
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Kinesiology

description: Hitting a baseball is a complicated task that is trained and studied under simplified conditions due to the practical limitations of using live pitchers. For this reason, current literature is lacking in studies that provide an interpretation of results under a game-like context, and hitters continue to train under non-ideal situations. Statistical techniques and non-standardized measurements have further limited their interpretability. These limitations are addressed by examining selected kinematics during the swing from four common training methods using Statistical Parametric Mapping. Players hit off a tee, a batting practice pitcher, a robotic pitching machine, and a live pitcher. The robotic pitching machine was made as life-like as possible to simulate a live pitcher. Kinematics of the lead and rear elbow and knee joints, pelvis, trunk, and bat were measured during the swing, and a one-way repeated-measures ANOVA test using Statistical Parametric Mapping was performed for each normalized kinematic signal.
description: Most differences occurred between hitting off a tee and a live pitcher. Few differences were seen between hitting off the tee and robotic pitching machine, and the batting practice pitcher and robotic pitching machine. Surprisingly, many differences were observed between the robotic pitching machine and the live pitcher.
description: These results suggest that no two training methods are equivalent for all hitters, as different results in at least a few kinematic variables will be observed. Additionally, hitters’ behavior while hitting off the robotic pitching machine was not the same as a live pitcher, indicating that the robotic pitching machine is not an analogous training method to a live pitcher. For the most important outcome, bat velocity, hitters produced similar results during the three pitched ball conditions, which was slower than hitting off a tee. Researchers, hitters, trainers, and coaches should be aware of the condition that the data was collected under so that it can be properly interpreted and disseminated. Additionally, hitting off a live pitcher still appears to be the only way to achieve similar behavior from hitters. Finally, Statistical Parametric Mapping is a promising tool, but it also has limitations.
Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco 1833
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Gempylidae
Ruvettus
Ruvettus pretiosus

description: Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco 1833 —Oilfish
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco 1829 by George et al. (1964: 20); subsequently recorded as Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco by Mouneimné (1977: 64); as Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco 1829 by Mouneimné (2002: 229). Recent unpublished records from Tyre, Sarafand, Saida, Beirut, Batroun, Tripoli (1998–2019). Material in collection: AUBM (OS3509).
Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Mediterranean Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 22 August 2012); Med. (LC: 16 November 2007). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 68-69, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Aphia minuta
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Gobiidae
Aphia
Aphia minuta

description: Aphia minuta (Risso 1810) —Transparent goby
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Aphia minuta (Risso) by Mouneimné (1977: 65); subsequently recorded as Aphia minuta (Risso 1810) by Mouneimné (2002: 218). Recent unpublished records from Tripoli (16 October 2010). Material in collection: AUBM (OS3797).
Distribution. Western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic: Norway south to Morocco.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 11 March 2014); Med. (NE). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 69, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Implicit Swept Volume SDF: Enabling Continuous Collision-Free Trajectory Generation for Arbitrary Shapes
Creators: name: Wang, Jingping
name: Zhang, Tingrui
name: Zhang, Qixuan
name: Zeng, Chuxiao
name: Yu, Jingyi
name: Xu, Chao
name: Xu, Lan
name: Gao, Fei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the field of trajectory generation for objects, ensuring continuous collision-free motion remains a huge challenge, especially for non-convex geometries and complex environments. Previous methods either oversimplify object shapes, which results in a sacrifice of feasible space or rely on discrete sampling, which suffers from the "tunnel effect". To address these limitations, we propose a novel hierarchical trajectory generation pipeline, which utilizes the Swept Volume Signed Distance Field (SVSDF) to guide trajectory optimization for Continuous Collision Avoidance (CCA). Our interdisciplinary approach, blending techniques from graphics and robotics, exhibits outstanding effectiveness in solving this problem. We formulate the computation of the SVSDF as a Generalized Semi-Infinite Programming model, and we solve for the numerical solutions at query points implicitly, thereby eliminating the need for explicit reconstruction of the surface. Our algorithm has been validated in a variety of complex scenarios and applies to robots of various dynamics, including both rigid and deformable shapes. It demonstrates exceptional universality and superior CCA performance compared to typical algorithms. The code will be released at https://github.com/ZJU-FAST-Lab/Implicit-SVSDF-Planner for the benefit of the community.
description: accecpted by SIGGRAPH2024&TOG. Joint First Authors: Jingping Wang,Tingrui Zhang, Joint Corresponding authors: Fei Gao, Lan Xu
Comparative Plasma and Urine Chemistry of Fasting White-Tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys-Leucurus) and American Martens (Martes-Americana): Representative Fat-Bodied and Lean-Bodied Animals
Creators: name: Harlow, Henry
name: Buskirk, Steven
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 1991
Subjects: subject: Zoology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: American martens and white-tailed prairie dogs are mammals of similar body mass, exposed to periods of food deprivation, but of vastly different body fat content. While both species demonstrated a protein conservation phase during a short-term fast, martens had a greater reliance on protein as depicted by greater loss of body weight, higher daily urine volume, and glomerular clearance rates, as well as higher daily urinary urea excretion. Protein use was calculated to be 3.15 and 1.23 g/d for martens and prairie dogs, respectively. Martens did not hydrolyze a greater amount of urea as they were hypothesized to do in order to conserve water. Urinary beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHBA) excretion decreased during the fast in both species but prairie dogs had higher plasma levels of BHBA, which suggests that regulation of protein catabolism may be in part from ketone bodies. By using fat and protein in a ratio of about 2:1, martens may maintain sufficient hydration, extend their fat stores, and retain muscle integrity during short-term fasts.
title: Patterns of dissertation dissemination: publication‑based outcomes of doctoral theses in the social sciences
Creators: name: Asanov, Anastasiya-Mariya
name: Asanov, Igor
name: Buenstorf, Guido
name: Kadriu, Valon
name: Schoch, Pia
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Ph.D. thesis
subject: Doctoral students
subject: Citation analysis
subject: Research performance
subject: Knowledge dissemination
subject: 020
subject: 300
subject: Dissertation
subject: Doktorand
subject: Zitatenanalyse
subject: Forschungsleistung

description: Gefördert im Rahmen des Projekts DEAL
Dacite Formation at Ilopango Caldera, El Salvador: U-Series Disequilibrium and Implications for Petrogenetic Processes and Magma Storage Time
Creators: name: Sims, Kenneth W.
name: Garrison, Jennifer M.
name: Reagan, Mark K.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2012
Subjects: caldera
dacite
El Salvador
subduction
timescales
U-series

description: Ilopango Caldera was formed ~1810 years ago by eruption of the Tierra Blanca Joven (TBJ) dacite (70 km3) in central El Salvador. A subsequent eruption in 1880 produced a cluster of dacite domes in the center of Lago Ilopango that contain olive-bearing enclaves of basaltic andesite. The purpose of this study is to use trace element, isotope, and U-series data from the TBJ and 1880 eruptions to assess petrogenesis and the timescale of magma storage. We find that although the range of trace element data in the TBJ dacite can be reproduced by simple crystal fractionation of a plagioclase- and amphibole-rich mineral assemblage, the 87Sr/86Sr and 207Pb/204Pb data suggest that the 1880 basaltic andesite enclave has a different source than the dacites. This is consistent with U-series data that show the TBJ dacites have lower (230Th/232Th) than the 1880 basaltic andesite enclave (1.5 versus 1.6, respectively). All Ilopango rocks have 230Th excesses, and the range in (238U/232Th) of the TBJ dacites can be modeled by crystal fractionation of a mineral assemblage including accessory zircon and allanite from a magma that is similar in composition to the enclave. Mineral isochrons yield crystallization ages of <10,000 years, and disequilibrium (226Ra/230Th) values suggest a similarly short residence time. Our data suggest that the large volumes of erupted dacite at Ilopango Caldera are generated very rapidly.
The Relationship Between Children's Free Play Activities and Executive Function
Creators: name: Bayly, Daniel J
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: children
children's play
executive function
free play
Behavioral sciences
Child Development
Play

description: The link between play and Executive Function is a generally accepted relationship. However, beyond this general agreement, little is definitively known regarding the mechanisms by which play seems to influence this important ability. The field of play research has several entrenched problematic patterns which have hampered the understanding of this relationship. This paper attempts to define and describe common problems in the field of play research and demonstrates a new paradigm for observing and categorizing play behaviours in children using Exploratory Factor Analysis. The resulting groups of play behaviours, or play profiles, are utilized to demonstrate that this is an effective way to explore relationships between play behaviours, EF related behaviours, and changes in EF performance.
Parent-Infant Interactions As a Moderator for Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
Creators: name: Pham, Christie
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022

description: Electroencephalography (EEG) allows a researcher to non-invasively obtain neural correlates of temperament. In particular, frontal EEG asymmetry (across the left frontal electrode F3 and the right frontal electrode F4) reflects individual differences, with greater right hemisphere activation linked to withdrawal motivation/negative emotions and greater left asymmetry associated with approach/positive affectivity. The interaction between an infant’s environment and neuroplasticity in infancy (Tierney & Nelson, 2009) should be thoroughly examined as it has been shown to play an important role in shaping the nature of the infant’s development (i.e., toward adjustment or risk; Fox et al., 1994). The current study aims to examine the impact of particular aspects of parent-infant interactions: tempo, intensity, and directiveness, on the relationship between the infant temperament, particularly Negative Emotionality and Surgency/Positive Affectivity, and frontal EEG asymmetry measured during a laboratory task designed to elicit responses to novelty: the Masks episode. It is hypothesized that infants whose mothers exhibit higher tempo, but lower intensity and maternal directiveness, will demonstrate relative left frontal activation during the Masks episode, even in the context of greater Negative Emotionality. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine associations between maternal tempo, intensity, directiveness and infant EEG asymmetry during the Masks episode. Specifically, Negative Emotionality and Surgency/Positive Affectivity, linked with relative right and left frontal EEG asymmetry, respectively, were considered as predictors of EEG markers, with parent-infant interaction scales considered as moderators of these links. Analyses related to Effortful Control/Regulatory Capacity should be considered exploratory in nature, due to a dearth of related research. Though main effect hypotheses surrounding Surgency/Positive Affectivity were supported, hypothesis concerning Negative Emotionality and overall interactions with parent-infant interaction scales were not significant. It is suggested that in response to the fear-inducing Masks episode, biologically based predispositions remained a stronger predictor of neurological outcomes in comparison to environmental factors. Future research should expand upon the current study by using a larger, more diverse sample to assess the role different parent-infant interaction scales play in influencing infant responses to their environment.