cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno, & Didier 2010
Creators: name: Ebert, David A.
name: Wintner, Sabine P.
name: Kyne, Peter M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Holocephali
Chimaeriformes
Chimaeridae
Chimaera
Chimaera notafricana

description: Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno, & Didier, 2010
Cape Chimaera
Chimaera notafricana Kemper, Ebert, Compagno, & Didier, 2010: 56, fig. 1. Holotype: SAM 34517. Type locality: Cape Agulhas, South Africa, 34°49'09''S, 20°00'00''E.
Local synonymy: Chimaera monstrosa: Duméril, 1865: 688; Gilchrist, 1902: 162; Thompson, 1914: 166; Gilchrist, 1922b: 51, pl. 8; Barnard, 1925: 94; Fowler, 1936: 143; Fowler, 1941: 489; Barnard, 1947: 30, probably not pl. 5, fig. 3 = C. monstrosa from European seas; Smith, 1949a: 76; Smith, 1965: 76; Compagno, 1986: 144, not fig. 32.1, which is European C. monstrosa. Chimaera vaillanti: Dean, 1906: 7, nomen nudnum. Chimaera sp.: Compagno et al., 1989: 120, pl.; Compagno et al., 1991: 112; Compagno, 1999: 120. Chimaera notafricana: Kemper et al., 2010: 56, fig. 1; Didier et al., 2012: 100; Ebert, 2014: 94, fig. 147; Ebert, 2015: 196, fig. 222; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148; Walovich et al., 2015: 163; Weigmann, 2016: 1001.
South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAM 34517. Paratypes (4): SAIAB 27132, SAIAB 27133, SAM 34428, SAM 34429. Non-types: SAIAB 27132, SAIAB 27133, SAIAB 27134, SAIAB 27135, SAIAB 34834, SAIAB 54450.
South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to Algoa Bay (EC).
Remarks: A regional endemic occurring from about L̹deritz, Namibia to Algoa Bay (EC). It had previously been referred to as the European C. monstrosa, but it is quite distinct from that species.
Conservation status: LC (2020).
description: Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567
Beneficial effects of folic acid on inflammatory markers in the patients with metabolic syndrome: Meta-analysis and meta-regression of data from 511 participants in 10 randomized controlled trials
Creators: name: Jiang, Zhonghui
name: Qu, Hua
name: Chen, Keji
name: Gao, Zhuye
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Previous clinical studies on the anti-inflammatory effects of folic acid (FA) in patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS) have shown controversial results. This study aimed to synthesize the evidence on the effect of FA on inflammatory marker levels in MetS patients. We screened PubMed, Embase, Medline, and the Cochrane Library (from inception to March 2022) to identify relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs). DerSimonian and Laird random effects were used to estimate the pooled weighted mean difference (WMD) with 95% confidence interval (CI). Funnel plot, Egger’s test, and the Begg-Mazumdar correlation test was used to assess publication bias. Subgroup analysis, meta-regression and sensitivity analysis were performed to find out possible sources of between-study heterogeneity. Ten RCTs with a total of 511 participants were included. The analysis showed that FA reduced high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) (WMD, −0.94; 95% CI, −1.56 to −0.32; P = 0.00), interleukin-6 (IL-6) (WMD, −0.39; 95% CI, −0.51 to −0.28; P = 0.00), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) (WMD, −1.28; 95% CI, −1.88 to −0.68; P = 0.00), but did not decrease the C-reactive protein (CRP) (WMD, 0.10; 95% CI, −0.13 to 0.33; P = 0.38). Sensitivity analysis, subgroup analysis, and meta-regression showed that the effect sizes remained stable. Our findings suggest that FA supplementation could reduce inflammatory markers, such as hs-CRP, IL-6, TNF-α in patients with MetS. This study is registered with PROSPERO (CRD42021223843).
Bensonella wangviangensis
Creators: name: Gojšina, Vukašin
name: Hunyadi, András
name: Sutcharit, Chirasak
name: Tongkerd, Piyoros
name: Auffenberg, Kurt
name: Grego, Jozef
name: Vermeulen, Jaap J.
name: Reischütz, Alexander
name: Páll-Gergely, Barna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Hypselostomatidae
Bensonella
Bensonella wangviangensis

description: Bensonella wangviangensis (Panha & Tongkerd, 2003)
Figs 103 D, 106, 107
Paraboysidia wangviangensis Panha & Tongkerd in Panha et al. 2003: 123–128, figs 2–3.
Paraboysidia wangviangensis — Inkhavilay et al. 2019: 62.
Type material examined.
Laos • 1 paratype; from the type locality; 1998; S. Panha leg.; CUMZ ver. 089.
Type locality.
“ Tam Chang Cave, Wangviang, Laos, 18°54′47″N, 102°26′33″E, 140 meters elevation … ” (Laos).
Differential diagnosis.
This species differs from B. cardiostoma sp. nov. and B. mitochondria sp. nov. by the more elongated shell, larger size as well as depressed and more elongated aperture. Additionally, B. cardiostoma sp. nov. is not spirally striated. Apart from the clearly smaller size, this species can further be separated from B. fracta sp. nov. by the shouldered last whorl, which is rounded in B. fracta sp. nov.
Distribution.
This species is known only from the type locality.
Remarks.
We examined the types of this species and could add several notes to the original description. This species is originally described as having six apertural barriers (angular, parietal, infraparietal, two upper palatals and a lower palatal). From the Fig. 106, it can be clearly seen that there are eight barriers, the ones already described and additionally one interpalatal and a columellar lamella. The “ second upper palatal plica ” from the original description is in the position of usually mentioned palatal tubercle (typical for Bensonella), although it does not look like a tubercle but more like a proper lamella. Nevertheless, we treat them homologous.
description: Published as part of Gojšina, Vukašin, Hunyadi, András, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Auffenberg, Kurt, Grego, Jozef, Vermeulen, Jaap J., Reischütz, Alexander & Páll-Gergely, Barna, 2025, A new start? Revision of the genera Anauchen, Bensonella, Gyliotrachela and Hypselostoma (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Hypselostomatidae) of Southeast Asia with description of 46 new species, pp. 1-338 in ZooKeys 1235 on pages 1-338, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1235.145281
Hydrolagus Gill 1862
Creators: name: Ebert, David A.
name: Wintner, Sabine P.
name: Kyne, Peter M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Holocephali
Chimaeriformes
Chimaeridae
Hydrolagus

description: Genus Hydrolagus Gill, 1862
Ghostsharks
Hydrolagus Gill, 1862: 331. Type species: Chimaera colliei Lay & Bennett, 1839, by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567
What can we learn from quantum convolutional neural networks?
Creators: name: Umeano, Chukwudubem
name: Paine, Annie E.
name: Elfving, Vincent E.
name: Kyriienko, Oleksandr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Quantum machine learning (QML) shows promise for analyzing quantum data. A notable example is the use of quantum convolutional neural networks (QCNNs), implemented as specific types of quantum circuits, to recognize phases of matter. In this approach, ground states of many-body Hamiltonians are prepared to form a quantum dataset and classified in a supervised manner using only a few labeled examples. However, this type of dataset and model differs fundamentally from typical QML paradigms based on feature maps and parameterized circuits. In this study, we demonstrate how models utilizing quantum data can be interpreted through hidden feature maps, where physical features are implicitly embedded via ground-state feature maps. By analyzing selected examples previously explored with QCNNs, we show that high performance in quantum phase recognition comes from generating a highly effective basis set with sharp features at critical points. The learning process adapts the measurement to create sharp decision boundaries. Our analysis highlights improved generalization when working with quantum data, particularly in the limited-shots regime. Furthermore, translating these insights into the domain of quantum scientific machine learning, we demonstrate that ground-state feature maps can be applied to fluid dynamics problems, expressing shock wave solutions with good generalization and proven trainability.
description: 15 pages, 9 figures
Hydrolagus affinis
Creators: name: Ebert, David A.
name: Wintner, Sabine P.
name: Kyne, Peter M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Holocephali
Chimaeriformes
Chimaeridae
Hydrolagus
Hydrolagus affinis

description: Hydrolagus affinis (de Brito Capello, 1868)
Smalleyed Rabbitfish
Chimaera affinis de Brito Capello, 1868: 314, fig. 1, pl. 3. Holotype (unique): type lost in fire. Type location: Setubal, Portugal.
Local synonymy: Hydrolagus sp. (?): Smith, 1964: 145; Compagno, 1986: 145, fig. 32.3; Compagno et al., 1991: 113 (in part). Hydrolagus sp. nov.: Compagno, 1999: 120. Hydrolagus trolli: Ebert, 2014: 96, fig. 153. Hydrolagus cf. trolli: Ebert, 2015: 195, 197, fig. 224; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148; Walovich et al., 2015: 162; Walovich et al., 2017: 509; Weigmann, 2016: 1004. Hydrolagus affinis: Walovich, 2017: 54, fig. 12.
South Africa voucher material: SAM 33063 (2), SAM 33198, SAM 33205, SAM 33297 (3 specimens), SAM 34238, SAM 34435, SAM 34933, SAM 34934.
South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to Algoa Bay off Port Elizabeth (EC). Compagno (1986) illustrates a specimen from off Durban (KZN) that may be this species.
Remarks: This large species had long been considered to be close to southwestern Pacific Hydrolagus trolli, but in a morphological and molecular study, Walovich (2017) found it to be identical to the north Atlantic H. affinis. This finding extends its known range to at least Algoa Bay (EC) in the WIO.
Conservation status: LC (2020).
description: Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 103, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567
Time delays in anisotropic systems
Creators: name: Saalmann, Ulf
name: Rost, Jan M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Scattering properties and time delays for general (non-symmetric) potentials in terms of the respective S-matrices are discussed paradigmatically in one dimension and in comparison to symmetric potentials. Only for the latter the Wigner and Smith time delays coincide. Considering asymmetric potentials also reveals that only one version of S-matrices used in the literature (the one with reflection coefficients on the diagonal) generalizes to the asymmetric case. Finally, we give a criterion how to identify a potential with intrinsic symmetry which behaves like an asymmetric one if it is merely offset from the scattering center.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures
Hydrolagus africanus
Creators: name: Ebert, David A.
name: Wintner, Sabine P.
name: Kyne, Peter M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Holocephali
Chimaeriformes
Chimaeridae
Hydrolagus
Hydrolagus africanus

description: Hydrolagus africanus (Gilchrist, 1922b)
African Ghostshark
Chimaera africanus Gilchrist, 1922b: 51, pl. 8. Syntypes: several, all lost. Type locality: deepwater off KZN. Neotype: SAM 34420. Neotype designated by Walovich et al. 2015:158, fig. 1. Type locality: west coast of WC, Southeast Atlantic Ocean, 30°04'59.88''S, 14°54'6.12''E.
Local synonymy: Chimaera africanus: Gilchrist, 1922b: 51, pl. 8; Barnard, 1925: 95; Norman, 1935: 47; Fowler, 1941: 499; Smith, 1949a: 79, fig. 94; Bigelow & Schroeder, 1953: 543; Smith, 1961a: 76, fig, 94; Smith, 1965, 76, fig. 94. Hydrolagus sp.: Compagno et al., 1991: 113. Hydrolagus africanus: Smith, 1968: 3, pl. 1a; Compagno, 1986: 145, fig. 32.2; Compagno et al., 1989: 120, pl. (in part); Compagno, 1999: 120; Kemper et al., 2010: 55; Didier et al., 2012: 101; Ebert, 2014: 96, fig. 151; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148; Walovich et al., 2015: 158, fig. 1; Weigmann, 2016: 1002. Hydrolagus cf. africanus: Ebert, 2015: 198, fig. 225.
South Africa voucher material: Neotype: SAM 34420. Non-types: CAS 241488 (4 specimens), CAS 241490 (2 specimens), CAS 241491, CAS 241492 (2 specimens), CAS 241493, SAIAB 14040 (2 specimens), SAIAB 17324, SAIAB 17325, SAIAB 25211, SAIAB 25712, SAIAB 81688, SAIAB 186459, SAM 33058, SAM 33412, USNM 438927, USNM 438929, USNM 438930, USNM 438931, USNM 438932.
South African distribution: Entire coastline from the Orange River (NC) to KZN border with Mozambique.
Remarks: Hydrolagus africanus has long been misidentified with other regional Hydrolagus species including H. affinis in South African and Namibian waters and with H. mirabilis in Angolan waters. However, Walovich et al. (2015) reviewed the issue and designated a neotype clarifying the external morphology and providing a key to regional species.
Conservation status: LC (2020).
description: Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on pages 103-104, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567
Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert, & Kemper 2017
Creators: name: Ebert, David A.
name: Wintner, Sabine P.
name: Kyne, Peter M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Holocephali
Chimaeriformes
Chimaeridae
Hydrolagus
Hydrolagus erithacus

description: Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert, & Kemper, 2017
Robin’s Ghostshark
Hydrolagus erithacus Walovich, Ebert, & Kemper, 2017: 511, figs. 1–2. Holotype: SAIAB 200578. Type locality: Discovery Seamount, Southeast Atlantic Ocean, 43°46'S, 01°21'E.
Local synonymy: Hydrolagus sp. nov.: Compagno, 1999: 120. Hydrolagus erithacus: Walovich et al., 2017: 511, figs. 1–2.
South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAIAB 200578. Paratypes (8): SAIAB 200579, SAM 34432, SAM 34434, SAM 34723, SAM 34724, SAM 35442, SAM 35446, SAM 35447.
South African distribution: Known from the Southeast Atlantic and Southwest Indian oceans, including near Marion Island and Prince Edward Island within the South African exclusive economic zone.
Remarks: Hydrolagus erithacus is the largest known ghostshark to date, exceeding that of H. trolli in length. The species was thought to be similar to what is now known to be H. affinis in South African waters. Presently, it is known from several seamounts in the southeast Atlantic and southwest Indian oceans, but it may prove to be much wider ranging in the Southern Ocean.
Conservation status: DD (2020).
description: Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 104, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567
ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ ПОЗНАВАТЕЛЬНОЙ АКТИВНОСТИ МЛАДШИХ ШКОЛЬНИКОВ В ПРОЦЕССЕ ПРОВЕДЕНИЯ ПРАКТИЧЕСКИХ РАБОТ ПРИ ИЗУЧЕНИИ КУРСА «ОКРУЖАЮЩИЙ МИР»
Creators: name: Т.А. Федорова
name: О.А. Бутонаева
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Каждый уровень образования определяет свои задачи в работе с детьми. На этапе младшего школьного возраста важным становится формирование познавательной активности. Младший школьник с высокоразвитой познавательной активностью может формироваться в рамках уроков по окружающему миру. На уроках по окружающему миру изучается природа и ее закономерности. Это невозможно без применения практических методов обучения: наблюдений, опытов и экспериментов, моделирования, практических работ. Эти методы применяются на уроках по окружающему миру в начальной школе. Их использование позволяет формировать познавательную активность учащихся начальной школы.
Harriotta Garman 1901
Creators: name: Ebert, David A.
name: Wintner, Sabine P.
name: Kyne, Peter M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Holocephali
Chimaeriformes
Rhinochimaeridae
Harriotta

description: Genus Harriotta Garman, 1901
Narrownose Chimaeras
Harriotta Goode & Bean, 1895: 471. Type species: Harriotta raleighana Goode & Bean, 1895, type by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 104, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567
Taeniura Muller & Henle 1837
Creators: name: Ebert, David A.
name: Wintner, Sabine P.
name: Kyne, Peter M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Myliobatiformes
Dasyatidae
Taeniura

description: Genus Taeniura Müller & Henle, 1837a
Fantail Rays
Taeniura M̹ller & Henle, 1837a: 117. Type species: Trygon ornatus Gray, 1830, by monotypy, synonym of T. lymma.
description: Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567
Forward simulation of coherent beams on grating structures for coherent scatterometry
Creators: name: Hammerschmidt, Martin
name: Zschiedrich, Lin
name: Siaudinyté, Lauryna
name: Manley, Phillip
name: Schneider, Philipp-Immanuel
name: Burger, Sven
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Modelling the scattering of focused, coherent light by nano-scale structures is oftentimes used to reconstruct or infer geometrical or material properties of structures under investigation in optical scatterometry. This comprises both periodic and aperiodic nano-structures. Coherent Fourier scatterometry with focused light exploits the diffraction pattern formed by the nano-structures in Fourier plane. While the scattering of a focused beam by a spatially isolated scatterer is a standard modelling task for state-of-the art electromagnetic solvers based, e.g., on the finite element method, the case of periodically structured samples is more involved. In particular when the focused light covers several grating periods of as it is commonly the case. We will present a coherent illumination model for scattering of focused beams such as Gaussian -- and Bessel -- beams by periodic structures such as line gratings. The model allows to take into account optical wavefront aberrations in optical systems used for both, the illumination and detection of the scattered fields. We compare the model with strategies implemented on large-scale super-cells and inverse Floquet-transform strategies to superimpose both near- and far- fields coherently.
description: Proceedings article, SPIE conference "Modeling Aspects in Optical Metrology IX"
Rhinochimaera Garman 1901
Creators: name: Ebert, David A.
name: Wintner, Sabine P.
name: Kyne, Peter M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Holocephali
Chimaeriformes
Rhinochimaeridae
Rhinochimaera

description: Genus Rhinochimaera Garman, 1901
Knifetooth Chimaeras
Rhinochimaera Garman, 1901: 75. Type species: Harriotta pacifica Mitsukuri, 1895, type by original designation (also monotypic).
description: Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567
Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann, & Ebert 1990
Creators: name: Ebert, David A.
name: Wintner, Sabine P.
name: Kyne, Peter M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Holocephali
Chimaeriformes
Rhinochimaeridae
Rhinochimaera
Rhinochimaera africana

description: Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann, & Ebert, 1990
Paddlenose Chimaera
Rhinochimaera africana Compagno, Stehmann, & Ebert, 1990: 206, figs. 2–5. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 27744. Type locality: West of Doring Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, 31°59.8'S, 15°56.2'E.
Local synonymy: Rhinochimaera atlantica: Penrith, 1969: 66 (in part); Shcherbachev, 1978: 8 (in part, South Africa: off Atlantic side of Agulhas Bank (WC) and off Kosi Bay (KZN); Compagno, 1986: 146 (in part, KZN). Rhinochimaera pacifica: Shcherbachev et al., 1982: 28 (in part, records from Shcherbachev 1978 from Agulhas Bank and Kosi Bay). Rhinochimaera sp.: Compagno et al., 1989: 122, pl. Rhinochimaera africana: Compagno et al., 1990: 206, figs. 2–5; Compagno et al., 1991: 115; Compagno, 1999: 120; Didier et al., 2012: 100; Ebert, 2014: 104, fig. 167; Ebert, 2015: 204, fig. 234; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148; Weigmann, 2016: 1005.
South Africa voucher material: Holotype: SAIAB 27744. Paratypes, (4): SAM 23123, ZMMU P 14392, ZIL 48699, ISH 1 / 90 (ex ZMMU P 14393).
South African distribution: Scattered records off Doring Bay (WC) to Kosi Bay (KZN), but likely to occur off the entire South African coast.
Remarks: The species had been misidentified with R. atlantica until Compagno et al. (1990) recognized it as distinct. Records of R. atlantica from off Kosi Bay are actually R. africana.
Conservation status: DD (2016).
description: Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567
Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne 1909
Creators: name: Ebert, David A.
name: Wintner, Sabine P.
name: Kyne, Peter M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Holocephali
Chimaeriformes
Rhinochimaeridae
Rhinochimaera
Rhinochimaera atlantica

description: Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne, 1909
Atlantic Spearnose Ghostshark
Rhinochimaera atlantica Holt & Byrne, 1909: 279. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1910.9.17.4. Type locality: Irish Atlantic Slope off southwest Ireland, 50°32'– 50°28'N, 11°34'– 11°28'W.
Local synonymy: Rhinochimaera atlantica: Penrith, 1969: 66 (in part, including R. africana); Shcherbachev, 1978: 8 (in part); Compagno, 1986: 146, fig. 33.3; Compagno et al., 1989: 122, pl.; Compagno et al., 1990: 205, fig. 6; Compagno et al., 1991: 116; Compagno, 1999: 120; Didier et al., 2012: 100; Ebert, 2014: 104, fig. 168; Ebert, 2015: 204, fig. 235; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 148; Weigmann, 2016: 1006. Rhinochimaera pacifica: Shcherbachev, 1978: 8 (in part).
South Africa voucher material: Numerous uncatalogued specimens at SAIAB and SAM.
South African distribution: The Orange River (NC) to Plettenberg Bay (WC); records from off northern KZN are R. africana.
Remarks: This species is relatively common off the west coast where it is usually caught in large aggregations of the same sex and size at over 700 m deep.
Conservation status: LC (2020).
description: Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on page 105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567
EXPLORING CULTURAL DEPTH: CHINESE ELEMENTS IN INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS
Creators: name: Yu, Xianwei
Publisher: name: continental
Year: 2024
Subjects: Chinese language education, cultural elements, intermediate level, post-epidemic era, international students

description: In the post-epidemic era, a new period, how to tell Chinese stories well is one of the important topics in international Chinese language education. As an essential part of teaching, the cultural elements in the textbooks are the starting point and the basis for learners to know and understand Chinese culture. The intermediate level is an important stage of Chinese language learning, and the linkage effect of the middle stage directly relates to the student's desire to learn more about the Chinese language and Chinese culture in depth. The choice and presentation of cultural factors in the middle classroom directly affect cultural teaching and learning. This article explores effective strategies to integrate Chinese cultural elements into intermediate-level Chinese language education, facilitating a deeper understanding of Chinese culture and enhancing the cultural learning experience for international students.
TreeLearn: A deep learning method for segmenting individual trees from ground-based LiDAR forest point clouds
Creators: name: Henrich, Jonathan
name: van Delden, Jan
name: Seidel, Dominik
name: Kneib, Thomas
name: Ecker, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Laser-scanned point clouds of forests make it possible to extract valuable information for forest management. To consider single trees, a forest point cloud needs to be segmented into individual tree point clouds. Existing segmentation methods are usually based on hand-crafted algorithms, such as identifying trunks and growing trees from them, and face difficulties in dense forests with overlapping tree crowns. In this study, we propose TreeLearn, a deep learning-based approach for tree instance segmentation of forest point clouds. TreeLearn is trained on already segmented point clouds in a data-driven manner, making it less reliant on predefined features and algorithms. Furthermore, TreeLearn is implemented as a fully automatic pipeline and does not rely on extensive hyperparameter tuning, which makes it easy to use. Additionally, we introduce a new manually segmented benchmark forest dataset containing 156 full trees. The data is generated by mobile laser scanning and contributes to create a larger and more diverse data basis for model development and fine-grained instance segmentation evaluation. We trained TreeLearn on forest point clouds of 6665 trees, labeled using the Lidar360 software. An evaluation on the benchmark dataset shows that TreeLearn performs as well as the algorithm used to generate its training data. Furthermore, the performance can be vastly improved by fine-tuning the model using manually annotated datasets. We evaluate TreeLearn on our benchmark dataset and the Wytham Woods dataset, outperforming the recent SegmentAnyTree, ForAINet and TLS2Trees methods. The TreeLearn code and all datasets that were created in the course of this work are made publicly available.
LEXICO-SEMANTIC PECULIARITIES OF CONCEPT OF HAPPINESS IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK LANGUAGES
Creators: name: Djumabayeva, Mariyam
name: Muxammedova, X.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article explores happiness as expressed in English language from lexico-semantic pecularities point of view. In doing so, it addresses the lexico-semantic characteristics that shape this concept. Through an analysis of different materials: novels, passages, idioms, metaphors, this study investigates how happiness is conceptualized in lexico-semantic features.
Reinforcement Learning for Continuing Problems Using Average Reward
Creators: Naik, Abhishek
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

This dissertation develops simple and practical learning algorithms from first principles for long-lived agents. Formally, the algorithms are developed within the reinforcement learning framework for continuing (non-episodic) problems, in which the agent-environment interaction goes on ad infinitum, with the goal of maximizing the average reward obtained per step. The average-reward formulation is under-studied in reinforcement learning with several important open problems.

The first contribution of this dissertation involves the development of foundational one-step average-reward learning methods for prediction and control. The central idea involves using the TD error to estimate the average reward, which enables proofs for convergence in both the on- and off-policy tabular settings. Experimental results show that the algorithms' performance is robust to the values of their parameters.

Next, we extend the above one-step prediction algorithm to make multi-step updates using eligibility traces, because multi-step methods can be more sample-efficient. Based on the analysis of a related algorithm, we prove convergence in the on-policy setting with linear function approximation. We also show the first convergence proof in the off-policy setting for a multi-step tabular average-reward prediction algorithm.

Finally, we show that standard discounted algorithms can be significantly improved if their rewards are centered by subtracting out the rewards' empirical average, which could be changing with time in the control problem. We discuss two ways of estimating the average reward that can be used with any standard discounted algorithm and demonstrate the benefits of reward centering with tabular, linear, and non-linear function approximation.
Computer Vision for Interface Level Detection in Oil Sands Primary Separation Cell
Creators: Mohseni, Amir
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

In the bitumen extraction process, precise control of the froth-middling interface in the Primary Separation Cell (PSC) is critical for maximizing bitumen recovery. Traditional methods for monitoring this interface suffer from reliability issues due to sensor clogging and challenging process conditions. This thesis presents innovative computer vision techniques to enhance the accuracy and reliability of interface level estimation within PSCs.

The research begins by detailing the problem followed by a review of computer vision and image processing principles, laying the groundwork for the methodologies employed in Chapter 2. The preceding chapter, Chapter 3, introduces a state-of-the-art image restoration algorithm paired with an image segmentation technique to refine interface level measurement. The approach employs a state-space model augmented with skewed-t distribution to handle image degradation, with parameter estimation facilitated by an expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm in conjunction with a robust Kalman filter (KF). The method's effectiveness is demonstrated through laboratory-scale experiments, where it surpasses existing models in estimating the interface level.

In Chapter 4, the research advances with a novel framework designed to address the challenges posed by partially occluded PSC interface images. This includes the utilization of background subtraction and advanced autoencoder-based inpainting for image restoration. The developed framework integrates spatial and temporal analysis through Markov Random Field (MRF) segmentation and image differencing algorithms, respectively, augmented by an ARX model to capture process dynamics. The fusion of image-based observations with process models via dual Kalman filters results in a method that stands up to the rigors of industrial environments, outperforming traditional methods in accuracy and robustness.

Finally, Chapter 5 applies the image processing methods developed in the thesis to tackle industrial challenges. These include addressing the fuzziness of the interface, sight glass stains, steam obstructions, camera view obstructions, and lighting variations. The techniques presented in this thesis signify a substantial improvement over current practices, promising enhanced control and recovery rates in oil sands bitumen extraction processes.
Childhood is Biocultural: Refining Our Approaches to the Study of Children in Biological Anthropology
Creators: Nelson, Jennifer S
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Understanding the ontogenetic effects of biocultural factors present in an individual’s environment during childhood is essential to the accurate interpretation of lived experiences in past populations. This period of life is critically important for physical and social development, and is characterized by heightened sensitivity to environmental perturbations.

This research explores how skeletal and dental systems respond to biocultural factors throughout early life based on their varying developmental timelines, and tests several longstanding assumptions regarding early development. This is accomplished by investigating recognized skeletal and dental indicators of growth, including long bone length, vertebral neural canal dimensions, and developing tooth length.

This research was conducted using the skeletal remains of approximately 80 children from the Certosa Collection, a documented osteological assemblage of known age and sex from the municipal cemetery in Bologna, Italy. These individuals were known to be from the city’s poorest socioeconomic class based on associated records. The findings of this research are interpreted through the biocultural lens, using historical and archival sources to contextualize the physical evidence of the growth environment.

The results demonstrate that first, contrary to existing assumptions, the linear growth of more distally situated bones was not found to have the greatest sensitivity to environmental perturbations, with the proximal bone of the lower limb being the most stunted in this sample. Second, neural canal diameters of the cervical region were found to have similar or greater levels of diminished growth relative to the lumbar region, which does not align with current methodological practices that exclude cervical data from analyses. Third, development of the dentition is adversely affected by biocultural factors related to an individual’s socioeconomic status, with dental development exhibiting increasing variation and delay in tooth length for age.

The findings of this research demonstrate that the physical growth and development of the Certosa children was adversely affected by their poor socioeconomic circumstances. The results from the three scientific articles indicate that existing assumptions in bioarchaeological research require greater exploration and demonstrate the importance of critically evaluating common methodological practices. This research furthers current knowledge of skeletal and dental stress responses to biocultural factors present during childhood, increasing our ability to accurately interpret the lived experiences of children from their physical remains.
Variation in Urban Heat Island effect across major Canadian cities
Creators: Duan, Yuwei
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

The escalating global climate change poses a more severe challenge, and Canada, as a high-latitude country, is experiencing heightened Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects. Given the substantial influence of UHIs on urban, regional, and national climates, ecosystems, and human life, researching this issue has become a focal point. This study, based on land use cover data, land surface temperature (LST) data, vegetation cover data, water body index, nighttime light value data, and census data in 2021, employed statistical analysis, correlation analysis, regression analysis, local and global spatial autocorrelation Moran’s I analysis, ordinary least squares (OLS), and geographically weighted regression (GWR) models. It quantitatively investigated the spatiotemporal distribution patterns of monthly, seasonal, and annual average UHI intensity, as well as the influencing factors of UHI at the scale of cities and census tracts for five cities: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary.

The research reveals distinct seasonal variations in the UHI for each city. Moreover, the high Urban Heat Island Intensity (UHI) areas showed in the annual average UHI distribution maps are consistent with built-up areas in each city, indicating that as urbanization intensifies, the UHI effect becomes stronger. In addition, the UHI data of all cities have significant spatial autocorrelation, indicating that the UHI phenomenon exists with interdependencies among residential areas in each city. The results showed that Vancouver had the highest GWR model fit. Among all cities, the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) and Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) are closely correlated with the UHI, but significant spatial differences exist both within cities and among different urban areas. However, in most urban areas, there is a notable negative correlation between EVI, NDWI, and UHI. The results of this study can help in developing more environmentally friendly cities and urban planning policies with the aim of reducing the urban heat island effect.
BOSHLANGʻICH SINF DARS JARAYONIDA INTEGRATSION DARSLARNING AHAMIYATI
Creators: name: Mirzohayitova, Muazzam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada boshlangʻich sinflarda integratsion darslar oʻtishning foydali xususiyatlari, integratsiyaning afzalliklari, oʻquvchiga qanday ijobiy taʼsir koʻrsatishi haqida so‘z yuritilgan.
Bensonella undefined-1
Creators: name: Gojšina, Vukašin
name: Hunyadi, András
name: Sutcharit, Chirasak
name: Tongkerd, Piyoros
name: Auffenberg, Kurt
name: Grego, Jozef
name: Vermeulen, Jaap J.
name: Reischütz, Alexander
name: Páll-Gergely, Barna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora
Hypselostomatidae
Bensonella
Bensonella undefined-1

description: Bensonella sp. 1
Material examined.
Thailand • 1 shell; Phangnga Province, 32 km NE Khok Kloi, Wat Tham Suwan Khuha; 8°27'N, 98°27'E; 27 Mar. 1988; 20 m a. s. l.; K. Auffenberg leg.; locality code KA-0601; UF 345752.
Remarks.
Only a single, weathered shell was in this sample which made the precise idenitifcation impossible. Based on the morphology of apertural barriers, they were possibly hooked.
description: Published as part of Gojšina, Vukašin, Hunyadi, András, Sutcharit, Chirasak, Tongkerd, Piyoros, Auffenberg, Kurt, Grego, Jozef, Vermeulen, Jaap J., Reischütz, Alexander & Páll-Gergely, Barna, 2025, A new start? Revision of the genera Anauchen, Bensonella, Gyliotrachela and Hypselostoma (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata, Hypselostomatidae) of Southeast Asia with description of 46 new species, pp. 1-338 in ZooKeys 1235 on pages 1-338, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1235.145281
Somevaikuttajaviestintä mediamaiseman hämmentäjänä
Creators: name: Aalto, Tuija
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: vaikuttajamarkkinointi
vaikuttajamedia
henkilömedia

description: Keitä somevaikuttajat ovat? Mikä on somevaikuttajan agenda ja eetos? Paljonko somevaikuttajia on? Ovatko vaikuttajat mediaa?  Puheenvuoro “Miten käy kansalaisuudelle alustojen ajassa?” -keskustelutilaisuudessa 27.11.2024 Tuija Aalto. Tilaisuudessa julkistettiin Esa Sirkkusen, Riku Niemisen ja työryhmän Media alustojen ajassa - kirja (Gaudeamus 2024).
SpikeMOT: Event-based Multi-Object Tracking with Sparse Motion Features
Creators: name: Wang, Song
name: Wang, Zhu
name: Li, Can
name: Qi, Xiaojuan
name: So, Hayden Kwok-Hay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In comparison to conventional RGB cameras, the superior temporal resolution of event cameras allows them to capture rich information between frames, making them prime candidates for object tracking. Yet in practice, despite their theoretical advantages, the body of work on event-based multi-object tracking (MOT) remains in its infancy, especially in real-world settings where events from complex background and camera motion can easily obscure the true target motion. In this work, an event-based multi-object tracker, called SpikeMOT, is presented to address these challenges. SpikeMOT leverages spiking neural networks to extract sparse spatiotemporal features from event streams associated with objects. The resulting spike train representations are used to track the object movement at high frequency, while a simultaneous object detector provides updated spatial information of these objects at an equivalent frame rate. To evaluate the effectiveness of SpikeMOT, we introduce DSEC-MOT, the first large-scale event-based MOT benchmark incorporating fine-grained annotations for objects experiencing severe occlusions, frequent trajectory intersections, and long-term re-identification in real-world contexts. Extensive experiments employing DSEC-MOT and another event-based dataset, named FE240hz, demonstrate SpikeMOT's capability to achieve high tracking accuracy amidst challenging real-world scenarios, advancing the state-of-the-art in event-based multi-object tracking.
Study of Dynamics of Water Droplet Freezing
Creators: Komaragiri, Lalitha Ganesh Prabhu
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

This thesis delves into the intricate dynamics of water droplet freezing, a phenomenon with profound implications across a spectrum of fields including climate science, anti-icing technologies, and cryogenic 3D printing. The influence of heat transfer on the wettability and freezing processes of water droplets was investigated. Utilizing a jet-based dosing system, droplets were deposited onto precooled substrates of varying thermal conductivities. The simultaneous spreading and freezing dynamics of a water droplet was investigated. The spreading and freezing stages of droplets created by a continuous jet have been outlined. Thermal imaging showed that the effect of supercooling was absent in the dosing with jet-based methods. A theoretical model was proposed to elucidate the temporal evolution of the three-phase contact line (TPCL). The model was nondimensionalized using appropriate length, time, and temperature scales. The findings demonstrate a pivotal relationship between the Stefan number and the spreading rate. The time delay at the beginning of freezing is significantly influenced by the Ste number. The universal behavior of the tip-cone angle created by the frozen water droplet was also analyzed. It was observed that, for a particular density ratio, the ratio between the height of the solidified droplet and the liquid droplet remains constant, irrespective of the droplet's shape. This can be considered as the true universality of the frozen droplet. This was observed for the case of symmetric and asymmetric droplets. A series of parabolic flights were performed that simulate microgravity, martian gravity, and hypergravity to investigate the influence of body forces on the universal behavior of the frozen water droplets. In the present study, a more general theoretical model that can predict the solid-liquid height ratio, called the``two triangle" approach, was proposed. Finally, the current study aims to investigate the freezing dynamics and morphology by examining the process of successive droplet dosing onto a cold substrate and the formation of column-like ice structures at a macroscopic level. Using a jet-based dosing mechanism, we meticulously controlled the deposition of water droplets onto a smooth copper substrate maintained at subzero temperatures. The experimental design systematically varied the volume and frequency of the droplets. Different final column structures were observed under different experimental conditions. Real-time shadowography and thermal imaging were utilized to capture morphological and thermal changes during the freezing process. The effects of remelting and heat accumulation on the bonding and the form of the column-ice structure were investigated. Lastly, an optimized volume and frequency sequence was suggested to obtain ideal bonding conditions.
Microwave Heating of Water and Cyclohexane: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Creators: Malamace da Silva, Victor Hugo
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

The oil sands of Western Canada are among the most abundant and economically important unconventional petroleum resources. Hydrocarbon extraction from oil sands is conducted using warm water or in situ technologies that face considerable environmental challenges. Oil sands can also be valorized using the alternative method of non-aqueous extraction (NAE). However, NAE faces the challenge of solvent removal from post-extraction gangue. Microwave heating (MWH) has been explored as an energy-efficient approach for recovering the residual solvent from the gangue. In this work, the MWH of solvent-water systems present in the pores of NAE gangue was studied using molecular dynamics simulations. In particular, the temperatures changes of water and the NAE solvent cyclohexane were investigated under an external electric field, representative of MWH. The two liquids were simulated in monophasic and biphasic unit cells, applying an electric field with strengths of 0.01 V/nm and 3 V/nm and frequencies of 915 MHz, 2.45 GHz, and 100 GHz under constant pressure or constant volume condition. It was found that the applied electric field heated up the water molecules, due to their high dipole moment, but did not heat the nonpolar cyclohexane molecules that were transparent to the electric field. The simulations of biphasic systems showed that the temperatures of both water and cyclohexane increased, indicating that water was heated by the electric field and its thermal energy was transferred to the cyclohexane. Among the electric field strengths and frequencies tested, only the strength of 3 V/nm provided sufficient heating for each frequency applied, while the strength of 0.01 V/nm was too weak and the frequency of 100 GHz caused rapid heating. The heating mechanism was further explored using the rotational autocorrelation function and diffusion coefficient. It was found that the MWH increased both rotational motion and diffusion. The temperature increase and molecular motion were correlated to explain the microwave heating and thermal transfer. The study provides a possible explanation of the solvent recovery from the gangue generated from NAE using MWH.
ENHANCING TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Creators: name: Elov, Olimdjon
name: Abdurahimova, Binafsha
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article discusses modern methods for improving teachers' professional qualifications and the importance of developing their professional knowledge and skills. It explores significant changes in teaching practices, innovative pedagogical approaches, opportunities for utilizing modern technologies, and psychological aspects to enhance the effectiveness of the educational process. Additionally, the organization of professional development courses for teachers is emphasized, highlighting the importance of these courses in enabling teachers to adopt new teaching methods. The methods presented in this article aim to enhance students' knowledge levels and improve the quality of the educational process.