cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cinara (Cinara) costata
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Cinara
Cinara costata

description: Cinara (Cinara) costata (Zetterstedt, 1828)
Figs 32–33
Diagnosis
Apterae 2.5–3.5 mm, light brownish with olive green blackish pleural longitudinal bands forming a bottle-shaped pattern, and transverse bronzy stripes posteriorly; the dark parts with a characteristic metallic sheen. The wax cover is often heavy and obscures the underlying pattern, at least interrupting the longitudinal bands. Sometimes whole colonies may be covered in wax. Holocyclic, monoecious on Picea. Found in margins and clearings of spruce or mixed forests. In small, dense, wax-covered colonies on lignified twigs, usually on lower branches of tall trees. Normally not attended by ants.
Recorded hosts
Pinaceae: Picea abies *, engelmannii, glauca *, omorika *, orientalis, pungens *, sitchensis, tianschanica, spp.
Distribution
D F N S.
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Meeting the Demands of Classic and Contemporary - A Study on the Traditional Representations of Qatari Heritage in Nation Branding, with Special Reference to Mainstream Logos and Social Media Analysis
Creators: name: Kandakkeel, Irshad Ibrahim
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: This thesis looks at how three organizations, Qatar Airways, Qatar Foundation, and FIFA World Cup 2022, are promoting the Qatari nation in their logos. The study adopts both qualitative and quantitative methods in order to tackle this issue, where it finds that these logos are promoting Qatar at national and international levels. This study also provides an insight into the influence of Qatar’s mainstream logos in nation branding by looking at their social media posts and tweets. The study concludes that these logos promote Qatar at both national and international levels, by using their traditional representations in their logos.
Gender Based Violence in Qatar
Creators: name: Al-Kuwari, Noora Ali
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: This thesis studies the occurrence of gender-based violence in Qatar and the extent to which laws in Qatar protect women. It also analyzes the effectiveness of governmental support mechanisms, such as Aman, the Social and Rehabilitation Center for Women and Children, in addressing and combatting gender- based violence in Qatar. Adopting a broad conceptualization of violence as encompassing different interlinking forms of structural, cultural and direct form of violence, this study relies on the theoretical frameworks proposed by Johan Galtung (Galtung) and Cynthia Cockburn (Cockburn). As such, the thesis expands its analysis to examine topics such as modernization and the legal and cultural landscape of Qatar, highlighting how these impact women’s lives in the public and private sphere (Galtung).Through interviews, participant observation and discourse analysis, this study provides a qualitative, contextualized analysis of the various forms of gender-based violence that exist in Qatar today, focusing in particular on women’s experiences with institutions like Aman. Deriving insights from a 10- day internship at Aman, the research also traces how organizations like Aman implement feedback through restructuring policies and support services. The study highlights that there is a need for legislative support mechanism against gender-based violence in Qatar, as institutions like Aman have relatively low success rates in battling this issue. Furthermore, this thesis also recognizes the various forms of discrimination that Qatari women encounter and highlights the need to revise the awareness campaigns proposed by institutions like Aman. While Aman tries to change Qatar’s cultural attitude on the issue of violence against women, their approach has been narrow. This thesis thus also argues that Aman should broaden its focus and conceptualization of different forms of violence, while maintaining its focus on providing protection to abused women.
Paranerilla Jouin & Swedmark 1965
Creators: name: Mendes, Samuel Lucas da Silva Delgado
name: Rodrigues, Jaqueline Carvalho
name: Rizzo, Alexandra E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Nerillidae
Paranerilla

description: Genus Paranerilla Jouin & Swedmark, 1965
Type species
Paranerilla limicola Jouin & Swedmark, 1965, by original designation.
Diagnosis emendation (after Worsaae & Kristensen, 2003)
Seven chaetigers between prostomium and pygidium. Prostomium without appendages, only two lateral horns present. Compound chaetae and an acicular spine may be present. Dorsal and ventral ciliation well developed. Segment 1 with cirri fully developed. Cirri in following parapodia rudimentary. Two elongate pygidial cirri.
Remarks
Paranerilla Jouin & Swedmark, 1965 is one of the three Nerillidae genera which are found in deep waters (Worsaae & Kristensen 2003). Paranerilla is monophyletic (Worsaae 2005b) and currently has two accepted species: Paranerilla limicola Jouin & Swedmark, 1965 from Skagerrak, North Sea, and Paranerilla cilioscutata Worsaae & Kristensen, 2003 from Greenland, Arctic Ocean. They can be found in muddy sediments associated with diverse meiofaunal taxa from a range of 30 to 1216 meters deep (Jouin & Swedmark 1965; Worsaae & Kristensen 2003). The ciliation pattern presented by these species is not only important to their locomotion and feeding behavior as mentioned but it is also used to infer the phylogenetic relations among the Nerillidae genera, and to distinguish the current valid species of Paranerilla (Worsaae 2005b).
The following characters are also important to distinguish species of Paranerilla: parapodial cirri shape on chaetiger 1 in comparison to other body segments, number of spiniger compound chaetae in chaetiger 1 in relation to other body segments, and pygidial cirri features (Jouin & Swedmark 1965; Worsaae & Kristensen 2003). However, none of the already described species mentioned above presented an acicular chaeta emerging from any of their chaetal fascicles, based on their respective descriptions, P. schiavettii sp. nov. being the exception among them. This additional morphological feature may be used to separate species of Paranerilla in future descriptions, and we include it as an emendation on the genus diagnosis.
description: Published as part of Mendes, Samuel Lucas da Silva Delgado, Rodrigues, Jaqueline Carvalho & Rizzo, Alexandra E., 2024, A new species of Paranerilla Jouin & Swedmark, 1965 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Brazil, pp. 144-153 in European Journal of Taxonomy 943 on page 147, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2591, http://zenodo.org/record/12636357
Nannastacus
Creators: name: Lee, Chang-Mok
name: Kim, Sung-Hyun
name: Kim, Young-Hyo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Cumacea
Nannastacidae
Nannastacus

description: Key to the Korean Nannastacus species
1 Uropod, peduncle> 0.5 times as long as last abdominal segment; carapace without large spatulate tubercles............. 2
- Uropod, peduncle <0.5 times as long as last abdominal segment; carapace with large spatulate tubercles... N. leeae sp. nov.
2 Body covered with numerous minute granules; pereon with dorsal teeth.................... N. nyctagineus Gamô, 1962
- Body covered with numerous distinct spinules and spines; pereon with spinules and acute spines.. N. spinulosus Gamô, 1962
description: Published as part of Lee, Chang-Mok, Kim, Sung-Hyun & Kim, Young-Hyo, 2017, A new species and new record of the genus Nannastacus (Crustacea: Cumacea: Nannastacidae) from Korea, pp. 556-566 in Zootaxa 4282 (3) on page 566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/828000
Paranerilla Jouin & Swedmark 1965
Creators: name: Mendes, Samuel Lucas da Silva Delgado
name: Rodrigues, Jaqueline Carvalho
name: Rizzo, Alexandra E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Nerillidae
Paranerilla

description: Key to species of Paranerilla Jouin & Swedmark, 1965
1. Acicular spine absent ........................................................................................................................ 2
– Acicular spine present .............................................................. P. schiavettii sp. nov., South Atlantic
2. Dorsal surface densely ciliated. .................. P. cilioscutata Worsaee & Kristensen, 2003, Arctic Sea
– Dorsal surface weakly ciliated ............................... P. limicola Jouin & Swedmark, 1965, North Sea
description: Published as part of Mendes, Samuel Lucas da Silva Delgado, Rodrigues, Jaqueline Carvalho & Rizzo, Alexandra E., 2024, A new species of Paranerilla Jouin & Swedmark, 1965 (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Brazil, pp. 144-153 in European Journal of Taxonomy 943 on page 151, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2591, http://zenodo.org/record/12636357
SFV & Health Dataset
Creators: name: Siddharth Paul
name: Walters, Jared
name: Rainey, Georgia
name: Darrah, Miranda
name: Parekh, Nupur
name: Nguyen, Lan
name: Ijurco, Shay Monreal
name: Blair, Gabriel
Publisher: name: OSF
Year: 2024
Subjects: Instagram reels
Short form videos
TikTok
attention
cognition
executive functions
health
mental health
meta-analysis
mood
sleep quality
systematic review

description: SFV & Health Dataset
Conversion to Islam: Case Study of Women in a Small Community in Guadalajara
Creators: name: Ruiz, Alma Mariana Valdez
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies

description: The study of religious conversion in general has created a vision of conversion as a negative phenomenon. Studies of religious conversion are relatively new as the recent wave of study of this phenomenon began only in the 1950s. Moreover, the study of Muslim conversion in the West is even more limited and recent. From the studies of Muslim conversion in the West, the paucity of research is even more visible when dealing with Muslim converts in Latin American and Mexico specifically. Taking into consideration the characteristics of the country and its population, this study of 10 Mexican women that converted to Islam were interviewed through a questionnaire that took into consideration situations, experiences, behaviors and beliefs before, during and after conversion. Emphasis was given to the religious inadequacies of their past beliefs and how those matched with what Islam had to offer for them; the ways they found the religion of Islam in Mexico, and if morality was a factor in their conversion. Results showed that most of these women had distanced themselves from their previous religion due to disagreements with, in this case, Catholic precepts, some of which had a direct impact on their Muslim conversion. These disagreements among others were the belief that Jesus was not God and that Jesus was not crucified. Attractive principles within Islam included the absence of an hierarchical system as in the Catholic Church, the respect for women, and the moral and ethical precepts of Islam towards which they were already inclined. Their primary exposure to Islam was by Internet and through contact with Muslims in social media.
Eriosomatinae Kirkaldy 1905
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae

description: Subfamily Eriosomatinae Kirkaldy, 1905
For key and diagnoses, see Albrecht (2015: 8, key A).
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Eutrombicula (Eutrombicula) variabilis Brennan and Reed 1974
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Trombiculidae
Eutrombicula
Eutrombicula variabilis

description: Eutrombicula (Eutrombicula) variabilis Brennan and Reed, 1974b:
NEO
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510
Cinara (Cinara) pruinosa
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Cinara
Cinara pruinosa

description: Cinara (Cinara) pruinosa (Hartig, 1841)
Figs 34–37
Diagnosis
Apterae 3–5.0 mm, olive or brown with dark green to black marking bands interrupted by transverse streaks and patches of wax dust. Often with metallic sheen. Adults with large black siphuncular cones. Holocyclic, monoecious on Picea. Colonies on branch undersides, shoots and trunks, later in summer also on roots. Usually ant-attended.
Recorded hosts
Pinaceae: Picea abies *, glauca, orientalis, pungens, sitchensis, tianschanica, spp.
Recorded attendant ants
Formicinae: Formica aquilonia *, lugubris *, polyctena *, truncorum *; Lasius niger *. Myrmicinae: Myrmica rubra *, ruginodis *.
Distribution
D F N S.
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 16, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
A Functional Characterization of SPG7 and Its Relation to KIF1C in Accelerating Neurodegeneration in Childhood Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Creators: name: Soueid, Hanifa
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) is a complex heterogeneous group of rare neurodegenerative disorders that has a wide range of variability in its clinical manifestations, genetic background and implicated pathophysiology. HSP’s main distinguishing sign is axonal degeneration of corticospinal neurons that control voluntary muscle movement, and its distinctive symptom is progressive spasticity and contraction in the lower limbs. This manuscript attempts to describe the mechanism of action behind the symptoms of a young girl of 2.5 years who presented with lupus and various neurologic symptoms that could not be diagnosed clinically. Following whole exome sequencing, 2 candidate missense variants were suggested to be causative of the early onset spastic paraparesis of patient MND 37.01. The first is a novel variant of paraplegin (SPG7), which is required for the assembly of hexameric m-AAA proteases in the inner mitochondrial membrane. This complex plays a crucial role in the regulation of the mitochondrial metabolic profile. The mutation falls in the AAA-ATPase domain required for ATP hydrolysis. The second candidate is a variant of kinesin family member 1C (KIF1C). This mutation falls near the 14-3-3 domain which is a Phospho-Ser/Thr binding domain. KIF1C is involved in anterograde and retrograde transport between the ER and Golgi, membrane trafficking and membrane wrapping of oligodendrocytes along axons which greatly affects the myelin sheath of motor neurons. First the missense variants were confirmed with sanger sequencing. Then, to understand the mechanism of action that led to hereditary spastic paraplegia in MND 37.01, many experimental procedures were employed. The experiments performed were aimed to investigate change in expression of the variant proteins and change in two functions of paraplegin, which are protein maturation and regulation of oxidative phosphorylation through maintaining stability of respiratory complexes I and III. The proposed explanation of the severe phenotype observed in MND 37.01, is that due to the redundancy of both SPG7 and KIF1C, it was the collective effect of both their mutations and the genetic background of the patient that lead to the neurological phenotype. Both the reduced metabolic ability of the mitochondria and the change in membrane trafficking, led to axonal degeneration which presented itself as HSP.
Pachypappa populi
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Pachypappa
Pachypappa populi

description: Pachypappa populi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Diagnosis
Holocyclic, dioecious, alternating between Populus tremula and Picea. Anholocyclic hibernation on roots of Picea is common.
Recorded secondary hosts
Pinaceae: Picea abies *.
Distribution
F N S.
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Exploring the Relationship between Interests and Principles in Foreign Policy: A Case of Qatar
Creators: name: Kamel, Ahmed
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies

description: The purpose of this research study is to clarify the relationship between principles and interests in international relations as a part of political ethics with a focus on the foreign policy of the state of Qatar. The research will define key concepts such as foreign policy, utilitarianism, (Idealism), and pragmatism then the research will analyze the Qatari policies towards three issues within and around the Arab spring period. Afterwards the research will attempt to assess whether Qatar is more concerned with principles or seeks interests over principles. A part of the thesis will cover principles and interests in modern political ethics. The relationship is then further applied to the state of Qatar with a focus on contemporary policies from 1995 to the present (2020). The research is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is the introduction, which provides an overview of Islam and principles and Qatar and principles as well as providing a hypothesis, research questions addressed and methodology used to draft this research. The second chapter is the literature review, which discusses principles and interests in political ethics and presents the main moral doctrines in political ethics such as idealism and utilitarianism. This section also presents the position of Qatar’s foreign policies within this doctrinal map, it further highlights Qatar’s foreign policies beyond pragmatism and attempts to follow principles and policies on different matters, showcasing the challenges Qatar had to face in this regard. The third chapter discusses three case studies in particular with regards to Qatar’s foreign policy, which are: Qatar and the Palestinian issue, Qatar and the Arab spring, and Qatar and the 2017 blockade. The final chapter of the thesis is the conclusion, which offers an overall perspective on Qatari foreign policy based on the literature review.
Cinara (Cinara) piceicola
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Cinara
Cinara piceicola

description: Cinara (Cinara) piceicola (Cholodkovsky, 1896)
Figs 38–39
Diagnosis
Apterae 2–4.2 mm, grey-green, olive or pale brown with darker head and thorax and two longitudinal darker stripes. Siphuncular cones small, inconspicuous. Holocyclic, monoecious on Picea. Colonies on lignified shoots and branches, on tall as well as small spruces, in summer also on subterraneous parts. Often at ground level on dwarfish spruces on sandy ground at roadsides and ditch margins. Usually antattended.
Recorded hosts
Pinaceae: Picea abies *, glauca, orientalis, pungens, sitchensis, spp.
Recorded attendant ants
Formicinae: Formica aquilonia *, lugubris *, pratensis *, sanguinea *, truncorum *; Lasius fuliginosus *, niger *. Myrmicinae: Myrmica rubra *.
Distribution
D F N S.
A15 (A3) Aphids on roots of Picea ................................................................................................A16
A16 (A17) Apterae 2–6 mm, with brown, green or blackish colours; siphunculi present as pores elevated on cones. On thick roots, usually ant-attended ...................................................... ................................................................ Cinara Curtis, 1835 go to entry point A14 (p. 14)
A17 (A16) Apterae 0.5–2 mm, whitish, pale green or yellowish, exuding abundant white wax wool; siphunculi absent. On thin mycorrhizal root ends, not attended by ants .............................. .............................................................................................. Eriosomatinae Kirkaldy, 1905
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Pachypappa tremulae
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Pachypappa
Pachypappa tremulae

description: Pachypappa tremulae (Linnaeus, 1761)
Diagnosis
Holocyclic, dioecious, alternating between Populus tremula (Salicaceae) and Picea. Anholocyclic hibernation on roots of Picea is common.
Recorded secondary hosts
Pinaceae: Picea abies *, orientalis, sitchensis.
Distribution
D F N S.
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
A Digital Study on Public Speaking: NLP & Arguments Analysis of the First Corpus of Arabic Debates
Creators: name: Khader, Mohammad Majed
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: The study of human language has evolved and developed with the emergence of new digital methods and tools that help to study and analyze huge amounts of text, speech, and other forms of the human language products. This kind of analysis helps to provide further understanding of how humans express and perceive ideas and arguments. This research studies competitive educational debates in Arabic as a structured and well-regulated example of public speaking that extensively relies on building and refuting logical arguments. This research investigates the relationship of some Natural Language Processing (NLP) features of a debate speech and its acceptance by people utilizing sentiment analysis, speech style analysis, and argumentation annotation. In addition, this study aims to examine how the people’s acceptance of a speech and the NLP features would change with respect to the speaker’s gender. In fact, no previous work has been done on analyzing Arabic debates using computational methods till today. This research utilizes several digital tools such as QATS, Rebsutate, Antconc, and LightTag in order to analyze the first corpus of competitive educational debates in Arabic. The corpus was created based on 12 recorded debates from QatarDebate international tournaments. It was found that professional debate adjudicators are totally independent in their evaluations form linguistic features and they mainly based their evaluation on good argumentation. On the other hand, beginner adjudicators did not always evaluated speeches based on good argumentation, but no correlation was found between the scores they gave and the sentiment indices of evaluated speeches. Moreover, no difference between male and female speakers was found in linguistic features nor in their debates scoring. The findings of this research open doors for further studies that relate the sentiment to the argumentation analysis of Arabic texts. It can also be utilized for training purposes that serves debaters and adjudicators.
The Representation of Hinduism in Contemporary Fatwas: A Study of Qatar’s Islamweb
Creators: name: Bin Mohammad, Saud
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies

description: In the wake of September 11, 2001 and “the war on terror”, Islamic authority came under intense scrutiny around the globe. In response, Muslim states in the Arabian Gulf made religious pluralism and tolerance some of their top priorities. Gulf States funded interfaith dialogue, participated in initiatives designed to counter the clash of civilizations theory, and developed discourses about Islamic moderation as an antidote to religious extremism and violence. This thesis examines the extent to which these state initiatives impacted on fatwa-giving practices in the Gulf. It focuses specifically on Islamweb, a website affiliated to Qatar’s Ministry of Awqāf, and explores a dimension that is often neglected in these discussions: Hindu-Muslim relations. The thesis analyses the entire corpus of fatwas related to Hinduism issued by Islamweb from its foundation in 1998 until the end of September 2019. According to the information available, Islamweb issued a total of 82 fatwas on Hinduism in both English and Arabic language until the end of September 2019. These 82 Arabic and English fatwas deal with doctrinal, ritual, political, economic and social issues. I show first what Hinduismrelated topics interest petitioners the most. I then examine how Islamweb understands Hinduism and what relations between Muslims and Hindus its muftis deem appropriate. I compare Islamweb’s fatwas to those of other muftis in the Gulf region and the wider Muslim world. I argue that although Qatar has played a leading role in the Gulf in the promotion of tolerance and moderation, Islamweb’s vision is not fully aligned with state policy.
Pachypappella lactea
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Pachypappella
Pachypappella lactea

description: Pachypappella lactea (Tullgren, 1909)
Diagnosis
Holocyclic, dioecious, alternating between Populus tremula (Salicaceae) and Picea, and maintaining a continuous anholocyclic population on Picea.
Recorded secondary hosts
Pinaceae: Picea abies *, sitchensis.
Distribution
D F S.
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Pachypappa vesicalis Koch 1856
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Pachypappa
Pachypappa vesicalis

description: Pachypappa vesicalis Koch, 1856
Diagnosis
Holocyclic, dioecious, alternating between Populus alba (Salicaceae) and Pinaceae: Picea and Pseudotsuga.
Recorded secondary hosts
Pinaceae: Picea abies *, glauca, sitchensis; Pseudotsuga menziesii.
Distribution
F S.
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 18, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Revisiting Khilāfah (Stewardship) in the Age of Environmentalism
Creators: name: Al Sehlawi, Reem Ebrahim
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies

description: The revival of the Qur’anic concept of khilāfah first came as an attempt to provide an Islamic response to the global environmental crisis. Shortly after, the blame for the environmental crisis was starting to be placed on the claimed anthropocentric nature of Christianity and by extension, the other monotheistic religions of Judaism and Islam. This blame ignited a debate fuelled by burgeoning scholarship defending the position of each religious tradition. Khilāfah, which aligns with an environmental stewardship model where humans are responsible for the care of the natural environment, thus rose to a place of prominence within the Islamic discourse on environmentalism. But how does the Qur’anic concept of khilāfah as outlined by Muslim religious scholars and intellectuals, contribute to the contemporary field of environmentalism? In this study we found that the existing Islamic scholarship has successfully built a thin understanding of the concept of khilāfah as pertained in the Qur’an. Yet, while this thin understanding has delivered such theoretically complex levels of the concept, it necessitates a thick understanding with practical dimensions to prove successful in the fight against the environmental crisis. This study demonstrates that a specifically designed two-step approach in revisiting the concept through an applied Qur’anic lens could be utilized to this end. Firstly, through a closer look at the historical developments of the Qur’anic concept of khilāfah, the evaluative descriptions deduced from its political application could be disqualified to rebut the anthropocentric claims raised against it and against the wider Islamic environmental ethic in general. Secondly, by approaching Qur’anic narratives that speak of human dealings with environmental disasters that are rich with applied ethical teachings, such as that of Prophet Yūsuf and the king’s dream, numerous descriptions could be derived to help build a think understanding of the concept. The study concludes that such an exercise could allow a drastic reduction in the level of subjectivity over the point where a certain action is deemed unethical, as it does not pertain to the responsibility of a khilāfah as pertained in the Qur’an.
Aphids
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphids

description: Key B. Aphids on fir (Abies)
Synopsis
B1 (B8) Body, at least in adults, covered with white wax wool, filaments or ribbons; siphunculi absent ................................................................................................................................B2
B2 (B3) On roots, forming colonies embedded in wax wool .............. Prociphilus Koch, 1857 p. 19
B3 (B2) On aerial parts of the tree .................................................................................................B4
B4 (B7) Antennae at most 3-segmented. Scattered on bark or needles .........................................B5
B5 (B6) On needles ......................................................... Adelges (Aphrastasia) Börner, 1909 p. 20
B6 (B5) On bark of stems, branches and twigs ................... Adelges (Dreyfusia) Börner, 1908 p. 20
B7 (B4) Antennae 6-segmented. In colonies between needles of young shoots ................................ ................................................................................................... Mindarus Koch, 1857 p. 21
B8 (B1) Wax, if present, in the form of dusting, siphunculi present ..............................................B9
B9 (B10) Siphunculi present as pores raised on cones ............................... Cinara Curtis, 1835 p. 22
B10 (B9) Siphunculi tubular .......................................................... Elatobium Mordvilko, 1914 p. 23 B1 (B8) Body, at least in adults, covered with white wax wool, filaments or ribbons; siphunculi absent ................................................................................................................................B2
B2 (B3) On roots, forming colonies embedded in wax wool ....................... Prociphilus Koch, 1857
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Into the Language of Audio Description: Compilation of an English - Arabic AD Glossary
Creators: name: Said, Eslam
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society

description: Audio Description (AD) scripts are distinctive from the other types of written texts in terms of cohesion and objectivity. AD texts require a high degree of precision when choosing terms that describe different types of visuals. Despite this fact, audio describers still lack specialized glossaries that enable them to provide creative texts that achieve immersive reception by the visually impaired. This study aims simply to compile an AD glossary that helps audio describers in Arabic and English to choose the most accurate terms for their description. To extract this glossary, I prepared a monolingual English corpus of a selection of 18 audiovisual materials that cover almost all movies' genres. The glossary includes seven categories that meet the needs of audio describers in English and Arabic. These categories are characters' focus of attention, changes of location of characters and objects, characters' interpersonal interactions, characters' emotional states and reactions, characters' physical characteristics, change in settings and on-screen texts. The glossary is extracted in an excel sheet of 14 columns providing its users with 1467 word heads and terms with examples and time code to enable them to watch the example on screen comparing them with the visuals that they describe. I provided lexical definitions for all the terms mentioning the source for these definitions in Arabic and English dictionaries and the examples were translated in Arabic in a way that respect AD in films norms in terms of grammar and objectivity. Upon using this glossary, audio describers should study the visuals before deciding the category from which they will get terms.
Strelkoviacarus Dubinin 1953
Creators: name: Pedroso, Luiz Gustavo A.
name: Hernandes, Fabio Akashi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Astigmata
Analgidae
Strelkoviacarus

description: Genus Strelkoviacarus Dubinin, 1953
Type species: Pteronyssus quadratus Haller, 1882, by original designation
The genus Strelkoviacarus was originally established in the family Epidermoptidae by Dubinin (1953). Fain (1965) excluded Strelkoviacarus from this family and regarded it as incertae sedis. Gaud & Atyeo (1982) placed this genus in the family Analgidae, subfamily Anomalginae.
Females of Strelkoviacarus are the only mites of the family Analgidae detected in phoretic association with louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) specialized to birds that explains polyxenic host associations and almost cosmopolitan distribution of their species, since hippoboscids can carry these mites to long distances and transfer between phylogenetically distant hosts like Coraciiformes, Piciformes, Galliformes, Strigiformes and Passeriformes (Mironov 1996; Philips 2000; Mironov et al. 2010; Fuentes-Castillo et al. 2016). Up to date, four Strelkoviacarus species have been described: S. critesi Spory, 1965, S. holoaspis Mironov et al., 2010, S. integer (Trouessart & Neumann, 1888) and S. quadratus (Haller, 1882) (Trouessart & Neumann 1888; Spory 1965; Hill et al. 1967; Gaud & Atyeo 1996; Mironov et al. 2010).
description: Published as part of Pedroso, Luiz Gustavo A. & Hernandes, Fabio Akashi, 2018, Two new feather mite species of the family Analgidae (Acariformes: Analgoidea) from the Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis (Müller, 1776) (Passeriformes: Passerellidae), pp. 233-244 in Zootaxa 4461 (2) on pages 238-239, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1459932
Eutrombicula (Eutrombicula) venezuelensis Brennan and Reed 1974
Creators: name: Nielsen, David H.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
name: Rueda, Leopoldo M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Actinedida
Trombiculidae
Eutrombicula
Eutrombicula venezuelensis

description: Eutrombicula (Eutrombicula) venezuelensis Brennan and Reed, 1974b:
NEO
description: Published as part of Nielsen, David H., Robbins, Richard G. & Rueda, Leopoldo M., 2021, Annotated world checklist of the Trombiculidae and Leeuwenhoekiidae (1758 - 2021) (Acari: Trombiculoidea), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy, and distribution, pp. 1-243 in Zootaxa 4967 (1) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4745510
Prociphilus (Stagona) xylostei
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Prociphilus
Prociphilus xylostei

description: Prociphilus (Stagona) xylostei (De Geer, 1773)
Diagnosis
Holocyclic and dioecious, alternating between Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae) and Picea. An anholocyclic population on Picea roots is upheld throughout the year. Not ant-attended.
Recorded secondary hosts
Pinaceae: Picea abies *, glauca, sitchensis; Pseudotsuga menziesii. According to Holman (2009) also on Abies.
Distribution
D F N S.
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 18, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Genetic Basis of Hypertrophic and Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Qatar
Creators: name: Al-Shafai, Kholoud Nedham
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 42
subject: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) are serious and genetically heterogenous inherited heart disorders. Here, we established the DOHA Registry and Biobank for cardiomyopathies in Qatar, followed by an initial targeted sequencing (TS) of 174 genes on 51 HCM and 53 DCM patients, and 31 relatives. Also, we used whole genome sequencing (WGS) to investigate the genetics of HCM in a consanguineous family (n=6) with two affected siblings for which the initial TS was negative. Segregation analysis of WGS data was performed assuming autosomal recessive inheritance. For the TS, 45% of HCM cases had pathogenic variants for cardiomyopathy, with MYBPC3 and MYH7 gene variants overshadowed in 23% of the cases, while 10% of HCM cases remained unexplained with no pathogenic or putative pathogenic variants identified. On the other hand, in DCM, 35% of cases had pathogenic variants, with TTN variants being most common (13% of cases), though 16% of DCM cases remained unexplained. Also, we identified or replicated at least five recurrent variants among patients, which could be founder disease mutations in the Arab population, including a frameshift variant (c.1371_1381dupTATCCAGTTAT) in the FKTN gene, which seems to cause DCM in homozygosity, and HCM in heterozygosity. For WGS analysis, two rare missense homozygous variants, p.Arg276Cys in UQCRC1 and p.Gly191Asp in ETFDH, were identified in the two affected siblings. Both UQCRC1 and ETFDH genes are highly expressed in the left ventricle and are involved in mitochondrial bioenergetic pathways. A synergistic effect of both variants toward the noticed severe disease phenotype is suggested. In conclusion, functional assessment is needed to confirm the pathogenicity of the identified variants and to understand the underlying mechanisms leading to diseases.
Syrraphesina Raffray 1903
Creators: name: Yin, Zi-Wei
name: Hlaváč, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Syrraphesina

description: Genus Syrraphesina Raffray, 1903
Syrraphesina Raffray, 1903: 100.
Type species: Syrraphesina pliciventris Raffray, 1903: 100 (original monotypy).
Revised diagnosis. Small clavigerite beetles with body size less than 2.0 mm. Body strongly convex dorso-ventrally; head and pronotum much narrower than elytra and abdomen, such that the general habitus appears to be subtriangular. Head elongate, dorso-ventrally cylindrical, with punctiform vertexal foveae close to midline; gular region broadly and moderately impressed, posterior tentorial pits (gular foveae) small and close. Antennae short, each composed of five antennomeres; antennal fossae entirely and scapes largely covered beneath rostrum; scapes and pedicels short, antennomeres 3 to 5 confluent, these three antennomeres as a whole pedunculate at base and thickened apically, with truncate apex filled with dense, long setae. Pronotum pentagonal, broadest at base, lacking foveae or median sulcus. Prosternum strongly raised medially, with small lateral procoxal foveae. Elytra broadly triangular; anterior margin carinate; lacking basal foveae, sutural striae complete, lacking discal striae; posterolateral corners rounded; posterior margin slightly curved or sinuate, lacking trichomes. Mesoventrite transverse, confluent with metaventrite, the latter strongly convex at middle and evenly sloping laterally. Legs short, tibiae narrow at bases and thickened distally. Abdomen in dorsal view strongly transverse, posterior margin truncate. Composite tergite deeply concave medially, with pair of small lateral trichomes at base; with three pairs of paratergites, first pair of paratergites each bearing two groups of well-developed trichomes. Sternite 2 (IV) approximately twice as long as sternite 1 (III) along midline, sternites 2–4 (IV–VI) strongly expanded laterally and forming distinct lobes, so that they can be clearly seen in dorsal view. Median lobe of aedeagus clearly divided into subequal apical and basal parts. Sexual dimorphism indistinct; males have body size much smaller than females; legs lacking spines for both sexes.
Distribution. There are two species distributed in Papua New Guinea (Morobe) and Indonesia (Lombok Island). An additional undescribed species from Papua New Guinea has been seen from the MHNG collection.
description: Published as part of Yin, Zi-Wei & Hlaváč, Peter, 2020, A second species of Syrraphesina Raffray found adjacent to Wallace's Line (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), pp. 203-210 in Zootaxa 4852 (2) on page 204, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/4409816
Prociphilus (Prociphilus) bumeliae
Creators: name: Albrecht, Anders Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Aphididae
Prociphilus
Prociphilus bumeliae

description: Prociphilus (Prociphilus) bumeliae (Schrank, 1801)
Fig. 40
Diagnosis
Apterae about 2.9 mm, covered with wax wool. Two pairs of wax gland plates on head, of which the posterior ones better developed than the anterior. A narrow pale subapical zone on RIV+V present. Diagnosis based on Heie (2004). Holocyclic and dioecious, alternating between ash Fraxinus excelsior (sometimes other Oleaceae such as Ligustrum and Syringa) and Abies, where it feeds in wax-covered colonies on the roots. Not ant-attended.
Recorded secondary hosts
Pinaceae: Abies alba, veitchii, spp.
Distribution
D F S.
description: Published as part of Albrecht, Anders Christian, 2017, Illustrated identification guide to the Nordic aphids feeding on Conifers (Pinophyta) (Insecta, Hemiptera, Sternorhyncha, Aphidomorpha), pp. 1-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 338 on page 19, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.338, http://zenodo.org/record/3834349
Value-Based Intermediation in Malaysia - A Preliminary Case Study
Creators: name: Zahra, Azima Zahra Abdul
Publisher: name: Manara - Qatar Research Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 50
subject: Philosophy and religious studies

description: The inspiration of the Islamic banking theoretical model has been to serve society and to earn legitimate profits. However, a narrow focus on owners return on equity, at best backed by meagre philanthropic spending on social responsibility, has driven commercial banking and Islamic banking alike operating in the shared conventional ecosystem. In 2017, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) introduced a strategic framework for business model transformation of Islamic banks under value-based intermediation (VBI). The VBI initiative seeks to encourage Islamic Banks in Malaysia to shift away from mere profit focus - a single-bottom-line mind-set - to a new triple-bottom-line business model and holistic direction that looks at the impact of banking on people-planet-profit (PPP). Bank Negara Malaysia in collaboration with Islamic banks have formed the VBI Community of Practitioners (CoP) to develop strategies for PPP business model transformation. BNM introduced a number of implementation and follow-up documents. Implementation of VBI is voluntary and the period of the practice is short for any broadened research assessment. However, the VBI initiative, by its strategic goal, is transformative. Therefore, in this research we undertook an assessment of the reporting by CoP participating members to gauge any indications of PPP business model transformation. The study analysed the performance of six Islamic banks as CoP members acting voluntarily. Using the BNM scorecard, through content analysis and qualitative and quantitative measurements, we found visible transformation of business models to a PPP framework while financial returns remained robust. Although very preliminary, the results are indicative of positive impact of VBI. As a result, our findings provide the Islamic financial industry with helpful insight about the benefits of VBI. These findings may encourage other countries to formulate suitable financial sector policies so that more Islamic banks can implement VBI type of initiatives