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title: The technique and imagery of Yuan san-ch'u.
Creators: name: Schlepp, Wayne
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1964

description: In the following analysis of forty-six songs I have attempted to describe the genre of san-ch'u as it was practised by writers of the Yuan Dynasty. To accomplish this I felt the most significant points were technique of composition and the manner in which it produced effective imagery. Although critical appraisal is an inevitable part of any analysis, here it is used as often to shed light on the appreciation of a song within the original circum-stances of its composition and performance as it is to make general comparisons with other poetry. I felt it legitimate to praise songs that are interesting as poems but have usually qualified any criticism of those that are not good by modern critical standards because it is often our lack of essential information, specifically the music to which it was written, that makes some san-ch'u appear mediocre to us now. To have judged the songs solely as poetry would have given a distorted view of the genre as it existed in the Yuan Dynasty. In every way as essential as the description of san-ch'u is the need to outline certain aspects of poetic composition that are characteristic of san-ch'u and Chinese poetry in general, aspects that a Chinese reader is able to take for granted but without an understanding of which a foreign student of Chinese poetry can hardly progress beyond the meanings of words alone. Although a great share of the work has taken the form of studies in technique, i.e. metre, rhyme, colour, repetition patterning and figuration, I have aimed at seeking out and remarking on the poetic effects and imagery that the various techniques are able to produce.
NOTE BIO-ECOLOGICHE SULLA TRABUTINA LEONARDII SILV. :(RHYNCHOTA- HOM.- COCCIDAE) E SUOI PREDATORI
Creators: name: Monaco, Raffaele
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: BIO-ECOLOGICAL NOTES ON Trabutina leonardii SILV. (Rhynchota, Hom.- Coccidae) AND ITS PREDATORS

A heavy infestation of Trabutina leonardii Silv. (Rhynchota, Hom.-Coccidae) was found in October 1975 on Tamarix africana Poiret, near the see side. Bio-etho-ecological observations showed that T. leonardii (endemie in Southern Italy) overwinter as inactive tiecond instar neanide; it become fix on new twiggs in April-May.

Some specimens have two generations, but others have only one. The last females with eggs have been found late in November-December. This Coccid is very much protected by ants, mainly by Crematogaster scutellaris Oliv., except in winter.

Predators of T. leonardii are Scymnus (Nephus) kiesenwetteri Muls. (Col.-Coccinellidae) (this has one generation per yeaur); Leucopis alticeps Czerny (Dipt.-Chamaemyiidae); and Sympherobius pygmaeus (Rambur) (Neur., Hemerobiidae). The larvae of these predators feed on Trabutina eggs and neanides.

A Pachyneuron sp . parasitizes puparia of L. alticeps .

In occasione di una forte intestazione da Trabutina leonardii Silv. (Rhynchota, Hom. Coccidae) su Tamarix africana Poiret riscontrata vicino Brindisi, sono state raccolte notizie bio-ero-ecologiche sia sulla cocciniglia sia sui suoi nemici naturali.

La cocciniglia sverna come neanide di seconda età dentro o tra i follicoli materni, e si fissa sui rametti in aprile-maggio. Gli individui che si fissano per primi e sono isolati, normalmente muoiono entro agosto dopo aver deposto le uova, di una seconda genera- zione; gli altri compiono una sola generazione.

L'intestazione in un anno circa, è scomparsa per l'intervento dei predatori, tra i quali si annoverano:

Scymnus (Nephus) kiesenwetteri Muls. (Col., Coccinellidae). È la specie più attiva; sverna da adulto e compie una sola generazione per anno. Le larve vivono nel follicolo della cocciniglia, e si cibano di uova e neanidi di questa; arrivano ad interessante 1'80-90% dei follicoli. Anche l'adulto svolge azione predatrice;

Leucopis alticeps Czerny (Dipt., Chamaemyiidae). La sua larva vive entro i follicoli della cocciniglia, e si comporta come quella della specie precedente;

Sympherobius pygmaeus (Rambur) (Neur., Hemerobiidae). Da larva è predatore di uova e di neanidi.

La T. leonardii, specialmente a basso livello di popolazione, è protetta dalle formiche; la specie più efficace in questa azione è il Crematogaster scutellaris Oliv.
description: Entomologica, Vol 13 (1977)
COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY OF THE ANAL TUBERCLE AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES OF SOME LAC INSECTS (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA: KERRIIDAE)
Creators: name: Lit, I.L.
name: Gullan, P.J.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY OF THE ANAL TUBERCLE AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES OF SOME LAC INSECTS (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA: KERRIIDAE)

Specimens of Austrotachardia acaciae (Maskell), Austrotachardia sp. ex Cassinia spp., Kerria lacca (Kerr) and Paratachardina decorella (Maskell) were examined under the scanning electron microscope (SEM). SEM images were compared with observations under the light microscope. The anal tubercles and associated structures of each species are described and compared. The presence of what appears to be vestiges of an anal cleft in Paratachardina is interpreted as suggesting the possible evolution of the lac insects from a lecanoid ancestor that possessed an anal cleft. The results provide an easier interpretation of these characters under the light microscope.

Key words: morphology, pre-anal plate, supra-anal plate, tubular plate, anal fringe, anal ring, anal collar, anal ring wax-pores, anal tube, perisetal micropores, homology, Coccidae, Pseudococcidae, Acacia, Callitris, Australia, Thailand.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
IS THE GENUS LUSITANOCOCCUS NEVES A JUNIOR SYNONYM OF CUCULLOCOCCUS FERRIS (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE)?
Creators: name: Marotta, Salvatore
name: Franco, J.C.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: IS THE GENUS LUSITANOCOCCUS NEVES A JUNIOR SYNONYM OF CUCULLOCOCCUS FERRIS (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA: PSEUDOCOCCIDAE)?

The genus Lusitanococcus was established by Neves in 1954 to include arrabidensis, a new species of mealybug collected in Portugal on Erica arborea and E. lusitanica. Later, on the basis of the original illustration and description, some workers considered that Lusitanococcus was a subjective synonym of Cucullococcus Ferris, 1941, while others considered it a valid genus.

Specimens were collected in the topotypic locality in Portugal off the same species of host plant and compared with the type specimens of Lusitanococcus arrabidensis Neves and with C. vaccinii Ferris, the type species of Cucullococcus. From this study, we have concluded that: (i) the genus Lusitanococcus is a junior subjective synonym of Cucullococcus, and that (ii) arrabidensis is a valid species. Some points with regard to generic characters of Cucullococcus are discussed.

Key words: Portugal, Spain, California, generic description, morphology, type, Erica, Vaccinium.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
title: Early Indian Bhakti with special reference to Kabir, a historical analysis and re-interpretation.
Creators: name: Sharma, Krishna
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1964

description: This thesis rejects the current definition of bhakti and seeks a reorientation of the present academic opinion about bhakti and the Bhakti Movement. It questions the basic assumptions responsible for the existing views, and points out the error of treating bhakti as a cult and a doctrine, and of its identification with Vaishnavism. The present study suggests that bhakti cannot be confined to Vaishnavism and that a personal concept of God, a dualistic view of Reality, and an antagonism to jnana are not its necessary concomitants. It brings forth evidence to show that the concept of an impersonal God, a non-dualistic view of Reality, and an emphasis on jnana can also be the legitimate constituents of a bhakti tradition. Taking this position it prepares the ground for a re-evaluation of the Bhakti Movement and suggests a new approach to the study of Kabir and his nirguna school. Chapter I examines the existing opinion on the subject. Tracing its origin, growth, and perpetuation it shows the western bias which shaped It. Pointing out the inapplicability of the western standards of judgement in the Hindu context, the nature of Hindu Theism and Monotheism has been reassessed and a new approach to bhakti is suggested. Chapter II is a study of the classical texts which are invariably cited to substantiate the current theories. It shows that the bhakti of the Bhagavad-Gita, the Bhagavata-Purana and the Bhakti-Sutras of Narada and Sandliya is in fact incompatible with the present definition of bhakti. Chapter III shows that the difference between Sankara and the Vaishnava acharyas does not rest on bhakti, but is caused by Sankara's challenge to Vaishnavism and the Vaishnava loyalties of the Vaishnava acharyas. Chapter IV re-evaluates Kabir and attempts to trace his antecedents. The conclusion sums up the main arguments advanced in this thesis.
A NEW MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE ON KERMES VERMILIO (PLANCHON) (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA: KERMESIDAE)
Creators: name: Marotta, Salvatore
name: Tranfaglia, Antonio
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: A NEW MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURE ON KERMES VERMILIO (PLANCHON) (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA: KERMESIDAE).

Kermes vermilio (Planchon) is a common scale insect living on Quercus ilex L. in urban environments in Southern Italy. Morphological studies on the nymphs and prepupae showed the presence of a pair of membranous ventral frontal lobes, situated just antero-medially to each basal antennal segment. Similar lobes are only currently known in the family Eriococcidae. These structures are therefore here recorded in the Kermesidae for the first time, although it is thought probable that they are present on other species of the family. Their function is unknown.

Key words: phylogenetic relationships, Pseudococcidae, Dactylopiidae, Coccidae, Lecanodiaspididae.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE FIRST- AND SECOND-NYMPHAL INSTARS OF QUADRASPIDIOTUS ZONATUS (FRAUENFELD) (HEMIPTERA: COCCINEA: DIASPIDIDAE)
Creators: name: Podsialdo, E.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE FIRST- AND SECOND-NYMPHAL INSTARS OF QUADRASPIDIOTUS ZONATUS (FRAUENFELD) (HEMIPTERA: COCCINEA: DIASPIDIDAE).

Morphological characters separating male and female 1st- and 2nd-instar nymphs of Quadraspidiotus zonatus are discussed. In the 1st instar, male nymphs possess a campaniform sensillum on each tarsus and dorsal submedian setae on the 1st abdominal segment; these characters are absent on the female. There is also a slight difference in the body shape.

In the 2nd-instar nymphs, the differences are greater. In the male nymph, the number of glandular ducts is much greater than in the female and there is a pair of setae present on the 1st abdominal segment and three pairs of ventral submedian setae on the head (absent on the female). There is also a greater difference in body shape than in the 1st-instar nymphs.

Key words: macroducts, setal distribution, Aspidiotini, scale cover.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
title: Studies on the "Ta'rikh-i-Jahan-Gusha" of Juvayni.
Creators: name: Boyle, J. A.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1947

description: 1. The attitude of Juvayni towards the Mongols. I. Introduction. II. Anti-Mongol feelings evident in (a) his candid recital of the atrocities and acts of sacrilege committed at the time of the invasion, as also his references to the devastated condition of Khorasan; (b) his lament on the decline of learning under the Mongols and his bitter attacks on the new generation of officials which had sprung up as a consequence of the invasion; (c) isolated Instances of abuse of the Mongols and perhaps also his references to their drunkenness; (d) the strong language which he employs in speaking of Buddhist and Christian nations, language which, it Is to be presumed, he would have applied in other circumstances to the heathen Mongols also; (e) his sympathetic attitude towards the Mongols' defeated opponents, Muhammad Khwarazmshah and his son Jalal ad-Din, particularly the latter; (f) his identification of Chingi Khan with Afrasiyab, the legendary enemy of Iran, and of Jalal ad-Din with Rustam, the Iranian national hero. III. Admiration of the Mongols evident in his remarks on (a) their military genius; (b) the discipline and efficiency of their armies; (c) the spirit of harmony that prevailed among them; (d) their avoidance of pomp and ceremony; (e) their religioue toleration; (f) their protection and patronage of the Mongol, Justification of the Mongol Invasion as an act of divine grace, in support of which argument Juvayni adduces (a) certain of the Traditions of Kohaismed; (h) Chingiz Khan's own words in a speech to the people of Bokhara; (c) the Mongols' destruction of Kuchluk the Nayman, a persecutor of Islam, and their extirpation of the heretic Isma' ilis of Alanut; (d) the spread of Islam towards the Mast as a result of their conquests; (e) the glory of martyrdom that was vouchsafed to so many thousands. V. Conclusion. The seeming contradictions in Juvayni's attitude explained by the fact that while his sympathies lay with the Moslem past it was necessary to find a modus vivendi with the Mongol present. 2. Juvayni's sources. A list of sources specifically referred to in the "Ta'rikh-i-Jahan-Gusha" and consisting of (a) previous' historical works; (b) official and other documents; (c) oral information. 3. The unfinished state of the text. Evidence that the "Ta'rikh-i-Jahan-Gusha" was never finally revised afforded by (a) blanks in the MSS.; (b) references to non-existent chapters; (c) inconsistencies in the narration; (d) the division of the text Into two uneven volumes; (e) the absence of any reference to events subsequent to the destruction of the Assessins. 4. Grammar. Notes on certain grammatical peculiarities of the text being a supplement to Muhammad Qazvini's remarks on this subject in his introductions to Vols. I and II. I. Orthography. II. Accidence. III. Syntax. 5. Glossary. A list of the rare and unusual words in the "Ta'rlkh-i-Jahan-Gusha." 6. Translation of Vol. I. 7. Notes on Vol. I. A translation of footnotes by Muhammad Qazvini together with some additions.
title: A study of Muslim polemics directed against Jews.
Creators: name: Perlmann, Moshe
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1940

description: A study of Muslim polemics directed against Jews. A survey of the anti-Jewish literature of Islam shows that whilst parts of the Koran are violently anti-Jewish, later Islam tends to ignore the Jews, and when it treats of them, appears to draw considerably on Christian sources. In this connection, the authenticity of Ali fabari's work can be established. An outstanding polemist was Ibn Hazm, but his contention that the Bible is a forgery is quoted in detail in works of a century before, as the opinion of still earlier Mu'tazilis. Samau'al al-Maghribi, a convert from Judaism, a century later, marks a further stage in the polemic. The later writers who quarried from his works are discussed, and the connection between them made clear. In particular, the connections between his tract and Ibn Kammuna's work axe traced. Abrogation of one revelation by a later is the pivot of this controversy, and had a large share in developing the Muslim theory. The charge of anthropomorphism was brought against the Jews, and particular emphasis laid on their inferiority.
title: History and doctrines of the Ajivikas: A study in ancient Indian heterodoxy.
Creators: name: Basham, A. L.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1949

description: This work is a detailed study of the surviving references to the ancient Indian sect of Ajlvikas, It is divided into two parts, the first dealing with the history and the second with the doctrines of the sect. In the first part, after an introduction in which the historical background to the rise of Ajivikism is considered, the thesis deals with the six heretics of the Pali scriptures, and with the life story of Makkhali Gosala, the traditional founder of Ajvikism. Other contemporary heretical leaders who contributed something to Ajivika doctrine are also considered. These chapters are followed by two on the customs and practices of the early Ajivika community, and its relations with Buddhism and Jainism. After a chapter on the sect during the Nanda and Maurya periods, the fleeting references to the Ajivikas in later Sanskrit literature are examined. The final chapter of the first part treats of the Tamil evidence for the survival of Ajivikism in South India. The second part of the thesis commences with a study of quotations from Pali texts and from Jaina commentaries, which may emanate from Ajivika sources. The determinist doctrine which was the central feature of Ajivika philosophy is then considered, together with the development of this doctrine in the later period of Ajivikism. This is followed by a study of the cosmology of the Ajivikas and of their interpretation of the Indian doctrine of transmigration, Ajivika atomic theory , unnoticed by previous workers on the subject, is recona structed as far as possible from the available sources, together with other points of Ajivika doctrine. The thesis concludes with a consideration of the causes of the decline and disappearance of the Ajivikas, possible Ajivika influence on later Indian religious thought, and the significance of Ajivikism in Indian history.
title: The development of Ghazal in Arabic literature (pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods).
Creators: name: Kinany, A. K.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1948

description: Though the characteristics of pre-Islamic ghazal have often been summarily discussed, its development and evolution in the early period of Islam and the Umayyad age have not hitherto received the attention they deserve and it is hoped that this thesis will form a contribution to the subject and to the study of Arabic literature generally. It is claimed, despite objections which have been raised, that pre-Islamic poetry is authentic. This study shows that pagan ghazal reflected the life of its composers, their environment and the social life of the time. It was composed by people whose personality was not divided by religion into soul and body; who understood love as youthful dalliance, who did not separate it from pleasure, and who enjoyed it as much as their desert, tribal life, and lack of culture allowed. Islam brought about great changes. As far as emotional life was concerned, it became richer, deeper, and more intense. Conversly it brought about a strict morality which stopped the development of ghazal for a while. Thereafter ghazal could not begin developing again before the Omayyad period when the grasp of religion relaxed somewhat. Then the traditional ghazal flourished again over the Arabian country, except in Hijaz where wealth, idleness, and particular political and social conditions gave birth to the Omarit ghazal which sacrificed true love for pleasure, and united music to poetry. As a reaction against this tendency and as a compromise between love and religion, the 'Udhri ghazal came to life. Its authors took a sacrificial pleasure in unrequited love. These and other features are illustrated and discussed. This study, in a way, shows the development of women's status before and after Islam and the development of the emotional life of the Arabs during the three early periods of their history.
FINE MORPHOLOGY OF THE ANTENNAE OF DIASPIS ECHINOCACTI (BOUCHÉ) 1833 (HEMIPTERA: DIASPIDIDAE)
Creators: name: Porcelli, Francesco
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: FINE MORPHOLOGY OF THE ANTENNAE OF DIASPIS ECHINOCACTI (BOUCHÉ) 1833 (HEMIPTERA: DIASPIDIDAE).

The antennae in the Diaspididae are reduced to minute appendages composed of one antennomere called the “antennal tubercle”. Few or no setae can be found on the antennal tubercle, although some small pegs in cuticular invaginations can be seen. In Diaspis echinocacti, the single antennal seta arises from two fused sensilla at its base. The chemoreceptive (olfactory) function of these multiporous sensilla was demonstrated using crystal violet and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), while further information was obtained using light microscopy (LM), confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Some hypotheses on the possible function of these sensilla are discussed: (a) a feedback system to regulate the production of the female pheromone; (b) for detecting a male pheromone (postulated), or (c) for detecting a pheromone (postulated) produced by the crawlers. The possible evolutionary reduction in the number of antennal sensilla by fusion is evaluated. The lowest number of setae is accepted as the derived status for the character.

Key words: host-plant kairomones; mass-rearing; Opuntia ficus-indica, prickly pear, morphology.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
Optical Extinctions of Inter-Arm Molecular Clouds in M31: A Pilot Study for the Upcoming CSST Observations
Creators: name: Chen, Cailing
name: Zheng, Zheng
name: Tsai, Chao-Wei
name: Jiao, Sihan
name: Tang, Jing
name: Wu, Jingwen
name: Li, Di
name: Zheng, Yun
name: Feng, Linjing
name: Yang, Yujiao
name: Liang, Yuan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent sub-millimeter dust thermal emission observations have unveiled a significant number of inter-arm massive molecular clouds in M31.However,the effectiveness of this technique is limited to its sensitivity,making it challenging to study more distant galaxies.This study introduces an alternative approach,utilizing optical extinctions derived from space-based telescopes,with a focus on the forthcoming China Space Station Telescope(CSST).We first demonstrate the capability of this method by constructing dust extinction maps for 17 inter-arm massive molecular clouds in M31 using the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury(PHAT) data.Our analysis reveals that inter-arm massive molecular clouds with an optical extinction(AV) greater than 1.6 mag exhibit a notable AV excess,facilitating their identification.The majority of these inter-arm massive molecular clouds show an AV around 1 mag,aligning with measurements from our JCMT data.Further validation using a mock CSST RGB star catalog confirms the method's effectiveness.We show that the derived AV values using CSST z and y photometries align more closely with the input values.Molecular clouds with AV>1.6 mag can also be identified using the CSST mock data.We thus claim that future CSST observation could provide an effective way for the detection of inter-arm massive molecular clouds with significant optical extinction in nearby galaxies.
description: 15 pages,9 figures
title: The relations between the home and Indian governments, 1858-1870.
Creators: name: Zoberi, Zahinuddin H.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1949

description: This thesis presents a study of the working of the home and Indian Governments and their mutual relationship during the period immediately following the Mutiny. In fact the Governments in London and India were parts of one mechanism, the several organs of which were constantly eating and reacting upon one another. It has, therefore, been found necessary to assess the pert played by each in evolving the various policies and in their actual execution. The scope of the subject covers the entire field of the Indian administration as it was reorganised after the Mutiny. The main sources on which the study is based comprise the original proceedings of the home and Indian Governments and the private correspondence of Sir Charles Wood during the period in which he remained the Secretary of state for India. A close study of these sources has produced considerable new material hitherto unknown to scholars. Sir Charles wood's private papers, which are in the possession of the Right Honourable The Earl of Halifax, contain a vast amount of information which could not be gleaned from the official sources. When both the official proceedings and private correspondence are road together a new and more complete picture is obtained. For example the "Minutes of the Council of India", in which the proceedings of that body have been recorded, and which have been made use of for the first time in this thesis, contain only the summary of the despatches and of the reports of its several Committees and the number of votes given for their approval or disapproval. But Wood's private letters tell how he managed his Council and reveal the views held on various questions by its members. It is still more interesting to find how secret instructions, contrary to those officially communicated, were sent privately by the Secretary of State to the Indian authorities. It is clear, then, that no study of the working of the home and Indian Governments can be complete unless based on both official and private sources combined; in this thesis the whole range of governmental policy during the period has been investigated on this principle.
title: Al-Junayd: A study of a third/ninth century mystic, with an edition and annotated translation of his writings.
Creators: name: Abdel-Kader, Ali H.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1948

description: Up to the present a separate study on al-Junayd has not been undertaken, although his personality and his thoughts are outstanding in Islamic Mysticism, as everyone who is versed in this subject is bound to know. If the study of Hallaj, a pupil of Junayd, has attracted the attention of Orientalists - to mention Massignon's remarkable studies - it is an obvious task to shed light on a personality which has largely formed the ideas of succeeding. mystics, one of whom was Hallaj. A detailed study of Junayd reveals that he has been the central thinker of early Islamic Mysticism and that his ideas are much more balanced, well-grounded and systematic than what is known of the thoughts of his pupil Halaj. Thus in the first part, devoted to Junayd's personality and life, I have tried to draw a picture of his origins, his environment, his studies, his way of trading, and his style as a writer; also of his teachers, his friends, and his pupils re 'resenting the Sufi School of Baghdad. I have given a critical survey of Junayd's writings, preserved and not preserved, sifting the works attributed to him and separating all those that are genuinely his from the pseudo-epigrapha. In the second part I have tried to give the main doctrines which form the system of Junayd for the first time from his original writings, so that the result I was able to achieve may mean a new contribution to the study of Islamic Mysticism. 2.EDITION OF JUNAYD'S RASAIL. I have tried to edit the text of the Rasail from the manuscript, correcting it where necessary. It was a difficult task as the author writes a rather enigmatic style, sometimes not easy to understand. Junayd, in fact, speaks a special language, often trying to hide the meaning. He writes in an elevated esoteric style which is difficult to follow until one becomes accustomed to it. One has to be well-read in mystical literature to comprehend it. 3. TRANSLATION OF THE RASAIL. But the most difficult of all the tasks has been to put such a text into English - an English that would make sense. Confronted by this staggering difficulty, I have tried with all my strength and according to my ability, to do my best to put these seventeen risala into English, and to make the reader comprehend the thoughts without losing, at the same time, the atmosphere and the spirit. For this reason I have sometimes given a free translation. Sometimes I had to supplement a few words. I have made only the most necessary notes in order not to disturb the reader, nor to interrupt the sequence of the language.
A COMPARISON OF THE PIT SCALE GENERA OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA: ASTEROLECANIIDAE)
Creators: name: Stumpf, F.C.
name: Lambdin, P.L.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: A COMPARISON OF THE PIT SCALE GENERA OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA: ASTEROLECANIIDAE).

Of the 12 asterolecaniid genera known from the New World, six are believed to have been introduced from other faunal regions. The distinctive morphological characters and generic relationships of the New World species are discussed, along with their biogeography and host plant affinities.

Key Words: Asterodiaspis, Asterolecanium, Bambusaspis, Grammococcus, Mycetococcus, Mycococcus, Neoasterodiaspis, Palmaspis, Planchonia, Pollinia, Russellaspis, Sclerosococcus.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
Development of plantain use within New Zealand pastoral systems
Creators: name: Dodd, Mike
name: Alfaro Valenzuela, Marta
name: Luo, Jiafa
Publisher: name: AgResearch
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3004
subject: Crop and pasture production

description: OutlineNew Zealand grazing systemsAgronomic implications of plantain useMitigating N lossesClosing remarks
title: The form and content of traditional Swahili literature.
Creators: name: Harries, Lyndon
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1953

description: An investigation of Swahili verse-forms as evidenced in existing manuscripts, mostly in the Swahili-Arabic script. The types of verse-forms are exemplified and wherever possible related to Arabian sources. The earliest known poems are studied, including the Liyongo poems, and the general conclusion is reached that no satisfactory evidence of their early origin or linguistic development can be established.
ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS ON SYMBIONT DEGENERATION IN THE MALE LINE OF PSEUDAULACASPIS PENTAGONA (TARGIONI TOZZETTI) (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA: DIASPIDIDAE)
Creators: name: Tremblay, Ermenegildo
name: Ponzi, R.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: ULTRASTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS ON SYMBIONT DEGENERATION IN THE MALE LINE OF PSEUDAULACASPIS PENTAGONA (TARGIONI TOZZETTI) (HEMIPTERA: COCCOIDEA: DIASPIDIDAE).

During the development of the immature stages of male scale insects, the mouthparts become lost at the prepupal stage and this is paralleled by the degeneration of the symbiont microorganisms inhabiting the mycetocytes. This degenerative process has been studied in the male line of the white peach scale, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni Tozzetti). In the first two feeding instars, the mycetocytes appear as spherical cells, 30-40μm in diameter, filled with normal micro-organisms, round or oval in shape, 3-5μm long. In the prepupal and pupal stages, some symbionts undergo degeneration by a dissolution of the dense ribosomal granulations which characterize the microorganisms in the two feeding instars. In these symbionts, the fusing of the small vacuoles results in the appearance of larger, more centrally-placed, vacuoles. Other symbionts become loosely reticulated or, alternatively, condensed or contracted, to form regular or irregular bodies. The mycetocytes seem to undergo no reduction in size but their cytoplasm shows signs of dissolution as well. A great number of dense, crystalline-like granulations were found in their proximity. The nature and derivation of these granulations remains to be investigated.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
Supplementary_material – Supplemental material for Improving Tourism Innovation Performance: Linking Perspectives of Asset Specificity, Intellectual Capital, and Absorptive Capacity
Creators: name: Wu, AiHua
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150402 Hospitality Management

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_material for Improving Tourism Innovation Performance: Linking Perspectives of Asset Specificity, Intellectual Capital, and Absorptive Capacity by AiHua Wu in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research
title: Serowe: A distinctive form of African urbanism?
Creators: name: Gardner, Roy
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1986

description: This thesis details the establishment, organisation and development of Serowe from 1902 to 1972 and through the analysis of the nature of Serowe society seeks to show that Serowe represents a distinctive form of African urbanism. Chapter I reviews the nature of urban settlements. Chapter II summarises major changes that have taken place in the field of urban geography and in particular considers the impact of the urban environment on ways of living. Chapter II concludes with a consideration of alternative conceptualisations of urbanism and illustrates the process of urban transformation. Chapter III focuses upon urbanisation in Africa with a broad overview of movements in African urbanism, using Yoruba urbanism as a case study. Chapter III concludes with descriptions of five selected aspects of African urbanism, namely primacy, ethnicity, occupational development, spatial arrangements and housing types. Chapters IV to VIII provide a detailed description of Serowe and are based on field work carried out in 1965 and 1966, Chapter IV traces the origin of the nucleus of the baNgwato of Botswana and the early history of Serowe. Chapter V reviews the sociological factors affecting the organisation of Serowe and stresses the importance of the Chief and the ward in the layout and development of the settlement. Chapter VI considers the impact of the geology of the Serowe area on the growth of Serowe and demonstrates the importance of water. Chapter VII traces the growth in size of Serowe in the context of national and regional totals and concludes with a summary of the major periods of growth. Chapter VIII provides a detailed description of Serowe in 1972. Chapter IX identifies the unique features of Serowe, traces changes in the social organisation resulting from non-indigenous influences, relates Serowe to the theories of urbanism and concludes that Serowe can be classified as urban.
Visualizing Causality in Mixed Reality for Manual Task Learning: An Exploratory Study
Creators: name: Jain, Rahul
name: Shi, Jingyu
name: Benton, Andrew
name: Rasheed, Moiz
name: Doh, Hyungjun
name: Chidambaram, Subramanian
name: Ramani, Karthik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Mixed Reality (MR) is gaining prominence in manual task skill learning due to its in-situ, embodied, and immersive experience. To teach manual tasks, current methodologies break the task into hierarchies (tasks into subtasks) and visualize the current subtask and future in terms of causality. Existing psychology literature also shows that humans learn tasks by breaking them into hierarchies. In order to understand the design space of information visualized to the learner for better task understanding, we conducted a user study with 48 users. The study was conducted using a complex assembly task, which involves learning of both actions and tool usage. We aim to explore the effect of visualization of causality in the hierarchy for manual task learning in MR by four options: no causality, event level causality, interaction level causality, and gesture level causality. The results show that the user understands and performs best when all the level of causality is shown to the user. Based on the results, we further provide design recommendations and in-depth discussions for future manual task learning systems.
description: TVCG https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10901853
SYSTEMATICS AND MORPHOLOGY: Posters and Abstracts: THE TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP OF SOME COCCOIDEA (HEMIPTERA) BASED ON MALE CHARACTERISTICS
Creators: name: Boidar, K.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: Male characters of species from five different families were studied and the taxonomic status of the families are described. A key of characters was presented for adult males. The quantitative evaluation method was applied to assess the relationship between the families. All the characters included were regarded as being of equal importance and those shared by any one family exhibited some differences, justifying the recognition of the taxon as a distinct family. It was found that the Margarodidae were the most primitive group followed by Pseudococcidae. The Diaspididae showed the maximum number of specialised characters, with the Coccidae and Dactylopiidae falling between the Diaspididae and the Pseudococcidae. The Coccidae and Dactylopiidae shared an equal number of characters with the Pseudococcidae and are considered to be close to each other.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
Are observed rates of productivity compared to model predictions indicating negative climate impacts in perennial plants?
Creators: name: Mackay, Alec
name: Hutchinson, Kathryn
name: Moore, John
name: Dodd, Mike
name: Lin, Yue
name: Muir, Paul
name: Smith, Chris
name: Vibart, Ronaldo
name: Bilotto, Franco
Publisher: name: AgResearch
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3004
subject: Crop and pasture production

description: Understanding the apparent discrepancy between observed and modelled primary production is explored in this paper using long-term pasture and radiata pine (Pinus radiata) growth data sets and relevant biophysical models. To better understand the historical trends on primary production from pastoral agriculture and forestry, annual net herbage accumulation (NHA) and total volume yield was modelled (APSIM and PPM88) and compared with long-term pasture and forestry data sets from key regions in New Zealand.Ballantrae and Poukawa (Southern and Central Hawke’s Bay) showed declining trends in NHA (observed and modelled), over the last 20 years. In contrast, Woodlands and Waikato have shown no changes or a slightly increase in NHA despite large changes in management practices and nutrient inputs, particularly at the Waikato site. In Kaingaroa Forest in the central North Island empirical models have overestimated tree growth and volume production in recent years relative to observations. The minimal changes or decline in vegetation growth challenge the prevailing notion of expected increases in vegetation growth under future climate scenarios.
RR_Memo – Supplemental material for Voter Purges After Shelby
Creators: name: Feder, Catalina
name: Miller, Michael G.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Supplemental material, RR_Memo for Voter Purges After Shelby by Catalina Feder and Michael G. Miller in American Politics Research
title: The idea of Manzur: The process of creating pictorial space in Islamic painting.
Creators: name: Safwat, Nabil F.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1986

description: The approach followed by this study considers the paintings themselves as documents of visual activity rendered with its own grammar for painting. It is suggested here that one has to learn to read paintings as one has to read a text from another culture. Emphasis is laid on the Islamic concept of pictorial space, especially as it differs from the "Renaissance" interpretation of spatial representation. This dissertation is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is basically a survey of the general characteristics of Islamic painting. The second chapter is devoted to the identification of the problem: it will be shown here that understanding the perspective of time and place rather than the photographic accuracy, is the perennial problem facing the art historian. The third chapter points out the current conceptions of applying "principles" of interpretation which are, on the whole, quite alien to the environment in which Islamic paintings were conceived. The fourth chapter concerns the nature of images, and how they become a language, unique and recognizable to others within a culture. This chapter also deals with the idea of Manzur, a more descriptive and correct term that is extremely important in the analysis and study of Islamic painting; and why it is vital to present it as autonomous and not parasitic on another system of interpretation.
PARASITOIDS ATTACKING THE MEDITERRANEAN BLACK SCALE, SAISSETIA OLEAE (HEMIPTERA: COCCIDAE) ON OLIVE IN EGYPT
Creators: name: Abd-Rabou, S.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: PARASITOIDS ATTACKING THE MEDITERRANEAN BLACK SCALE, SAISSETIA OLEAE (HEMIPTERA: COCCIDAE) ON OLIVE IN EGYPT.

Saissetia oleae is an important pest of olive trees in Egypt. A survey of the parasitoids of S. oleae was carried out monthly between April 1995 and March 1997 in three different locations in Egypt. Five species of Encyrtidae, a species of Pteromalidae and an aphelinid hyperparasite were found. Three of these records were new for Egypt.

Key words: survey, rearing methods, percentage parasitism, Diversinervus elegans, Metaphycus flavus, M. zebratus, Metaphycus spp., Scutellista caerulea, Marietta leopardina.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
Supplementary_Table_1 - Long Noncoding RNA LINC00460 Promotes Cell Progression by Sponging miR-4443 in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Creators: name: Li, Meng
name: Zhang, Xiaomin
name: Ding, Xu
name: Zheng, Yang
name: Du, Hongming
name: Li, Huaiqi
name: Ji, Huan
name: Wang, Zeyu
name: Jiao, Pengfei
name: Song, Xiaomeng
name: Zhong, Yi
name: Wu, HeMing
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology

description: Supplementary_Table_1 for Long Noncoding RNA LINC00460 Promotes Cell Progression by Sponging miR-4443 in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Meng Li, Xiaomin Zhang, Xu Ding, Yang Zheng, Hongming Du, Huaiqi Li, Huan Ji, Zeyu Wang, Pengfei Jiao, Xiaomeng Song, Yi Zhong and HeMing Wu in Cell Transplantation
title: Development and institutional change in Chinese agriculture: A case study of Kiangsu Province, 1946-1957.
Creators: name: Ash, R.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1975

description: Before 1949 tenancy existed in various forms and degrees in Kiangsu. Although such relationships were eliminated by the land reform of 1950-52 and despite the sacrifice of social gains in the interest of economic advance, the economic impact of this first stage of agrarian reform was minimal. The Mutual Aid Team Movement was the first attempt to achieve greater co-operation in agriculture. However, because of its inherent limitations its appeal was confined to the poorer peasants and it failed to attract those whose potential contribution to agricultural growth was greatest. A more radical change was the creation of agricultural producers' co-operatives. Until 1955 these existed in relatively small numbers, but between mid-1955 and mid-1956 an extraordinary upsurge of activity occurred which led not merely to the rapid semi-socialist co-operativization of agriculture but indeed to its fully-socialist collectivization. An examination of quantitative indicators of agriculture's performance in Kiangsu during these years suggests that institutional change failed to generate the growth that had been hoped for. The rate of growth of output of the most important crops during the 1950's (especially the First Five Year Plan period) was extremely disappointing. Productivity levels remained low and there continued to exist alarming gaps in both production and consumption between different parts of the province. At the most general level there was a clear economic dichotomy between the relatively prosperous areas of south Kiangsu and the more backward and depressed regions of the north. More surprising is the evidence of declining production over the longer run. Output of a number of major crops, particularly when viewed in per capita terms, was lower in the 1950's than in the 1930's. In this case there were however two successes to be set against the failures; a more rational cropping pattern was introduced throughout the province and the production of rice, the most important food crop, showed an upward trend.
Knowledge Gradient for Multi-Objective Bayesian Optimization with Decoupled Evaluations
Creators: name: Buckingham, Jack M.
name: Gonzalez, Sebastian Rojas
name: Branke, Juergen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Multi-objective Bayesian optimization aims to find the Pareto front of trade-offs between a set of expensive objectives while collecting as few samples as possible. In some cases, it is possible to evaluate the objectives separately, and a different latency or evaluation cost can be associated with each objective. This decoupling of the objectives presents an opportunity to learn the Pareto front faster by avoiding unnecessary, expensive evaluations. We propose a scalarization based knowledge gradient acquisition function which accounts for the different evaluation costs of the objectives. We prove asymptotic consistency of the estimator of the optimum for an arbitrary, D-dimensional, real compact search space and show empirically that the algorithm performs comparably with the state of the art and significantly outperforms versions which always evaluate both objectives.
description: 36 pages. This preprint has not undergone peer review (when applicable) or any post-submission improvements or corrections. The Version of Record of this contribution is published in 'Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization', LNCS 15513, and is available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-3538-2_9
Supplementary_Table_1_DVDRes3824 – Supplemental material for Impact of low fasting plasma glucose on mortality in the general population
Creators: name: Parag A Chevli
name: Ahmad, Muhammad Imtiaz
name: Krupal Hari
name: Anees, Muhammad Ali
name: Elsayed Z Soliman
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cardiology
subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_Table_1_DVDRes3824 for Impact of low fasting plasma glucose on mortality in the general population by Parag A Chevli, Muhammad Imtiaz Ahmad, Krupal Hari, Muhammad Ali Anees and Elsayed Z Soliman in Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research