cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Elaea marchali
Creators: name: Schwarz, Christian J.
name: Pohl, Marius
name: Frank, Erik T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Gonypetidae
Elaea
Elaea marchali

description: Elaea marchali (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1847)
Figs. 36–39, 41
Eremiaphila marchali Reiche & Fairmaire, 1847: 424–426, pl. 27, Fig. 5.
= Humbertiella perloides Saussure, 1869: 61–62.
= Elaea somalica Schulthess-Schindler, 1898: 170–171.
Type localities. (E. m.) Ethiopia; (H. p.) Senegal; (E. s.) Uebi, Ethiopia.
Distribution. Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger, Tchad, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia (Beier 1937, 1961, 1968; Chopard 1932, 1935, 1938, 1940a, b, 1952, 1963; Giglio-Tos 1917b; Gillon & Roy 1968; La Greca 1939, 1950a, b; Prost & Roy 1986; Rehn 1901, 1911; Reiche & Fairmaire 1847; Roy 1964a, 1967, 1968b, 1969, 1970b, 1971a, b, 1978; Saussure 1869; Schulthess-Schindler 1898; Werner 1912; pers. obs.).
Records. CSC: ♀, old camp, 24.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; juv. ♀, old camp, 25.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁ ♀ + juv. ♀, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017, M. Pohl leg.; ♁ ♀, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.
Remarks. Widely distributed in the Guinea and Sudan savannas of northern Africa, from Senegal to Somalia. Nymphs and adult females of this bark mantis prefer the lowest portions of trunks, while males are more active and also found in other microhabitats. Already recorded from CNP by Gillon & Roy (1968).
description: Published as part of Schwarz, Christian J., Pohl, Marius & Frank, Erik T., 2023, A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea), pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 5373 (1) on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145768
Ischnomantis werneri Giglio-Tos 1916
Creators: name: Schwarz, Christian J.
name: Pohl, Marius
name: Frank, Erik T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Rivetinidae
Ischnomantis
Ischnomantis werneri

description: Ischnomantis werneri Giglio-Tos, 1916
Figs. 42–45, 165
Ischnomantis werneri Giglio-Tos, 1916: 30.
Type locality. Bismarckburg, Togo.
Distribution. Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Togo, Cameroon, Sudan (Beier 1968; Giglio-Tos 1916; Prost & Roy 1986; Werner 1912).
Records. CSC: ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 490). SMNK: ♁, Comoé NP, XI.1994, S. Eggers leg. (SMNK-Mant. 04798).
Remarks. Ischnomantis is mainly a Sahelian genus. I. werneri is distinguished from the more northerly I. gigas (Saussure 1870) by smaller body size and the lack of an “eye-spot” on the alae. New Ivorian record.
description: Published as part of Schwarz, Christian J., Pohl, Marius & Frank, Erik T., 2023, A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea), pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 5373 (1) on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145768
Leiodes Latreille 1797
Creators: name: Perreau, Michel
name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Angelini, Fernando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Leiodes

description: Genus Leiodes Latreille, 1797
Leiodes Latreille, 1796: 22, type species: Sphaeridium ferrugineum Fabricius, 1787.
Oosphaerula Ganglbauer, 1896: 181, type species: Anisotoma badium Sturm, 1807.
Oreosphaerula Ganglbauer, 1899: 228, type species: Anisotoma nitidula Erichson, 1845.
Pseudohydnobius Ganglbauer, 1899: 208, type species: Anisotoma punctulatum Gyllenhal, 1810.
Trichosphaerula Fleischer, 1904: 261, type species: Anisotoma scita Erichson, 1845 (= Sphaeridium ferrugineum Fabricius, 1787).
Pteromerula Fleischer, 1905: 314, type species: Anisotoma pallens Sturm, 1807.
Strigoliodes Fleischer, 1908: 32, type species: Leiodes rugosa Stephens, 1829.
Eremosphaerula Hlisnikovský, 1967c: 260, type species: Liodes (Eremosphaerula) terricola Hlisnikovský, 1967c (= Liodes Sparre-Schneideri Strand, 1943).
description: Published as part of Perreau, Michel, Ghahari, Hassan & Angelini, Fernando, 2017, A checklist of Leiodidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) of Iran in Zootaxa 4286 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/828324
2005 air quality report
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Year: 2005

description: A summary of the New Jersey air quality monitoring data for 2005. Contains information on the Air Quality Index (AQI), concentrations of individual pollutants – carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, ozone, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide. Data on acid precipitation, sulfates, nitrates and other constituents of particulate matter, ozone precursors and toxic air contaminants are also provided.
2006 air quality report
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Year: 2006

description: A summary of the New Jersey air quality monitoring data for 2006. Contains information on the Air Quality Index (AQI), concentrations of individual pollutants – carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, ozone, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide. Data on acid precipitation, sulfates, nitrates and other constituents of particulate matter, ozone precursors and toxic air contaminants are also provided.
Leiodes dilutipes J. Sahlberg 1903
Creators: name: Perreau, Michel
name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Angelini, Fernando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Leiodes
Leiodes dilutipes

description: Leiodes dilutipes J. Sahlberg, 1903
Leiodes dilutipes J. Sahlberg, 1903: 14.
Type locality: Sibiria orientali, prope ostium fluminis Kus ad Lenam superiorem. Liodes changajensis Hlisnikovský, 1965a: 58.
Type locality: Uburchangaj Aimak, Changaj Gebirge, Ongijn Gol, 10 km ONO von Arbajcher, 1800 m. Liodes dlabolai Hlisnikovský, 1967a: 120.
Type locality: Mong. Bor. - Ulan-Baatar.
Distribution in Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Perreau 2015; Švec 2008). General distribution. China (Xinjiang), Iran, KyrghyZstan, Mongolia, Russia (Far East), Nearctic (Perreau 2015; Švec 2008).
description: Published as part of Perreau, Michel, Ghahari, Hassan & Angelini, Fernando, 2017, A checklist of Leiodidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) of Iran in Zootaxa 4286 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/828324
Tarachodes (Barbachodes) afzelii Dactylopteryx
Creators: name: Schwarz, Christian J.
name: Pohl, Marius
name: Frank, Erik T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Eremiaphilidae
Tarachodes
Tarachodes afzelii

description: Tarachodes (Barbachodes) afzelii (Stål, 1871)
Figs. 46–52
Chiropacha afzelii Stål, 1871: 396
= Tarachodes irrorata Gerstaecker, 1883: 79–80.
= Tarachodes griffinii Giglio-Tos, 1911: 107.
= Tarachodes bandanus Giglio-Tos, 1917: 98.
Type localities. (C. a.) Sierra Leone; (T. i.) Accra, Ghana; (T. g.) Konakry, Guinea; (T. b.) Banda, Ghana.
Distribution. Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC (Beier 1957b, 1968; Ene 1964; Gerstaecker 1883; Giglio-Tos 1911b, 1917a; Gillon & Roy 1968; Miles 2021; Prost & Roy 1986; Ragge & Roy 1967; Roy 1962a, 1963, 1964b, 1965a, 1967, 1969, 1970b, 1971b, c, 1975; Roy & Leston 1975; Stål 1871).
Records. CSC: 2 ♁♁, old camp, 10.–15.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; juv. ♀, old camp, X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, old camp, X.–XI.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, old camp, X.–XI.2000, leg. juv. C. J. Schwarz; ♁, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 322); ♁, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017, M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 416); ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 474); ♁ ♀, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.; ♁, new station, IV.–VI.2021, E. Frank leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 558).
Remarks. Most common Tarachodes species in the Guinea savanna and degraded forest habitats from Senegal to DRC. Recorded from the CNP by Gillon & Roy (1968). On stems and twigs of savanna trees (Fig. 51). Females practice maternal care by guarding the ootheca against invertebrate predators (Edmunds 1976).
description: Published as part of Schwarz, Christian J., Pohl, Marius & Frank, Erik T., 2023, A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea), pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 5373 (1) on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145768
2007 air quality report
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Year: 2007

description: This report summarizes the New Jersey air quality monitoring data for 2007. It contains information on the Air Quality Index (AQI), concentrations of individual pollutants – carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, ozone, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide. Data on acid precipitation, sulfates, nitrates and other constituents of particulate matter, ozone precursors and toxic air contaminants are also provided.
2008 air quality report
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Year: 2008

description: This report summarizes the New Jersey air quality monitoring data for 2008. It contains information on the Air Quality Index (AQI), concentrations of individual pollutants – carbon monoxide, lead, nitrogen oxides, ozone, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide. Data on acid precipitation, sulfates, nitrates and other constituents of particulate matter, ozone precursors and toxic air contaminants are also provided.
2009 air quality report
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Year: 2009

description: This report summarizes the New Jersey air quality monitoring data for 2009. It contains information on the Air Quality Index (AQI), concentrations of individual pollutants – carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide. Data on acid precipitation, sulfates, nitrates and other constituents of particulate matter, ozone precursors and toxic air contaminants are also provided.
2010 air quality report
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Year: 2010

description: This report summarizes the New Jersey air quality monitoring data for 2010. It contains information on the Air Quality Index (AQI), concentrations of individual pollutants – carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone, particulate matter, and sulfur dioxide. Data on acid precipitation, speciation of fine particulates, ozone precursors and toxic air contaminants are also provided.
Dredged material management plan for the Port of New York and New Jersey, volume 1: Update
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Year: 2008

description: This document is an update to the The Dredged Material Management Plan Implementation Report (DMMP IR) for the Port of New York and New Jersey, that was prepared in 1999 by the US Army Corps of Engineers, New York District (NYD) (USACE 1999). The original report and this update, serve as a critical guide for the proper treatment and/or placement of the material removed during the Harbor Deepening Project and the long-term maintenance of the completed channels and berths. The report summarizes the progress and highlights areas of particular interest as part of an ongoing process to keep stakeholders and interested members of the public informed the latest developments in the management of dredged material within the New York/ New Jersey Harbor.
Combined heat and power generation facilities, Little Ferry, NJ
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Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The CHP (combined heat and power cogeneration) plant is a collaboration between Bergen County Utilities Authority (BCUA) and DCO Bergen Energy LLC, and has helped BCUA's energy conservation efforts.An energy study performed in 2005 determined it would be more beneficial to the BCUA, its municipalities and other sewer service rate payers to derive the required electricity and hot water from a combined heat and power (CHP) cogeneration facility. Subsequently, the BCUA retained the services of Metro Energy Solutions to undertake a competitive procurement process to solicit qualifications from companies that specialize in the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of CHP cogeneration facilities. This resulted in the BCUA entering into an agreement with DCO Bergen Energy LLC in 2006 to complete the CHP cogeneration facility by May 2008. The project was completed on time in June 2008 and under the total project budget of $12 million.
2012 update to New Jersey's statewide greenhouse gas emission inventory
Creators: name: Aucott, Michael
name: Kaplan, Marjorie
name: Herb, Jeanne
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: This report updates New Jersey’s estimated total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as reported in New Jersey’s Statewide Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory, last issued November 2012 for year 2009, with emissions estimates for 2010, 2011, and 2012.
Paragalepsus toganus
Creators: name: Schwarz, Christian J.
name: Pohl, Marius
name: Frank, Erik T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Eremiaphilidae
Paragalepsus
Paragalepsus toganus

description: Paragalepsus toganus (Giglio-Tos, 1911)
Figs. 53–59
Galepsus toganus Giglio-Tos, 1911: 167–168.
Type locality. Bismarckburg, Togo.
Distribution. Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon (Beier 1968; Giglio-Tos 1911c; Gillon & Roy 1968; Ragge & Roy 1967; Roy 1964b, 1971b, c, 1975; Roy & Leston 1975).
Records. CSC: ♁, old camp, 15.X.2000, lux, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, old camp, 26.X.2000, lux, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 321); 2 ♁♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg. SMNK: ♁, old camp, X.–XI.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg. (SMNK-Mant. 06688).
Remarks. A true savanna species, living in grass tufts and showing morphological and behavioral adaptations to this habitat. Females practice maternal care by guarding the ootheca against invertebrate predators (pers. obs.).
description: Published as part of Schwarz, Christian J., Pohl, Marius & Frank, Erik T., 2023, A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea), pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 5373 (1) on pages 20-21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145768
Community development block grant disaster recovery action plan
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Year: 2013

description: Superstorm Sandy caused unprecedented damage to New Jersey’s housing, business, infrastructure, health, social service and environmental sectors. This Action Plan merely begins to address New Jersey’s substantial unmet needs after Superstorm Sandy. As damage and impact assessment continues and additional tranches of CDBG-DR funding are provided by HUD, the State expects to continue to prioritize programs that focus on unmet needs and offer additional assistance to affected New Jerseyans.
Synthesis of Ag-doped TiO2 nanoparticles by combining laser decomposition of titanium isopropoxide and ablation of ag for dye-sensitized solar cells
Creators: name: Al-Kamal, Ahmed Kamal
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Year: 2015

description: Nanostructured powders of TiO2 and Ag-doped TiO2 are synthesized by a novel pulsed-laser process that combines laser ablation of a silver (Ag) disc with laser decomposition of a titanium tetra-isopropoxide (TTIP) solution. Nanoparticles are formed by rapid condensation of vaporized species in the plasma plume generated by the high power laser, resulting in the formation of rapidly quenched Ag-doped TiO2 nanoparticles that have far-from-equilibrium or metastable structures. The uniqueness of the new ablation process is that it is a one-step process, in contrast to the two-step process developed by previous researchers in the field. Moreover, its ability to synthesize an extended-solid solution phase of Ag in TiO2 may also be unique. The present work implies that other oxide phases, such as Al2O3, MgO and MgAl2O4, can be doped with normally insoluble metals, such as Pt and Ir, thus opening new opportunities for catalytic applications. Again, there is the prospect of being able to synthesize nanopowders of diamond, cBN, and mixtures thereof, which are of interest for applications in machine tools, rock-drill bits, and lightweight armor.   A wet-chemistry method is also investigated, which has much in common with that adopted by previous workers in the field. However, photo-voltaic properties do not measure up to expectations based on published data. A possible explanation is that the selected Ag concentrations are too high, so that recombination of holes and electrons occurs via a quantum-tunneling mechanism reduces photo-activity. Future work, therefore, will investigate lower concentrations of Ag dopant in TiO2, while also examining the effects of metastable states, including extended solid solution, amorphous, and semi-crystalline structures.
Leiodes subtilis Reitter 1885
Creators: name: Perreau, Michel
name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Angelini, Fernando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Leiodes
Leiodes subtilis

description: Leiodes subtilis Reitter, 1885
Leiodes subtilis Reitter, 1885: 286.
Type locality: [Uzbekistan:] Namagan.
Liodes afgana Hlisnikovský, 1964b: 177 (Liodes).
Type localité: Asien, Afghanistan, Kuschk.
Liodes alaiensis Portevin, 1942: 76.
Type locality: Turkestan russe [Kirghizistan]: Liangar (monts alaï, 1920 m). Liodes fleischeri Jakobson, 1910: 621 [Replacement name]. Liodes fleischeri Joy, 1911: 110 [Homonym].
Liodes fleischeriana Roubal, 1917: 9 [Replacement name]. Liodes subglobosa J. Sahlberg, 1903: 13 [Homonym]. Type locality: Sibiria arctica, ad flumen Jenissei prope vicum Chantaika.
Distribution in Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Perreau 2004).
General distribution. Afghanistan, Austria, Hungary, Iran, Italy, KaZakhstan, KyrgyZstan, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Russia (Eastern Siberia), Turkey, Turkmenistan, UZbekistan (Perreau 2015).
description: Published as part of Perreau, Michel, Ghahari, Hassan & Angelini, Fernando, 2017, A checklist of Leiodidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) of Iran in Zootaxa 4286 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/828324
Decision making in ecology and its applications to animal conservation
Creators: name: Burkhalter, John Curtis
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Year: 2015

description: Ecology is the study of interactions between organisms and their environment. These interactions are shaped by the decisions made by both humans and non-human animals. From the human perspective our decisions to develop or preserve land have had and continue to have far reaching impacts on non-human animals.  In light of the decisions we make, non-human animals must then make decisions on when/where to move, where to feed and where to breed. Understanding how animals make decisions is a difficult and complex endeavor, but one that can provide a vast amount of  ecological knowledge.  Knowledge related to animal decision making and other ecological processes can then be used to inform our own decision making processes in terms of when, where and how to invest scarce monetary resources intended for animal conservation.   In this dissertation I use simulation models to examine animal movement decisions and how these decisions can affect species persistence and ultimately species conservation. Additionally, I make use of optimization techniques to study how the different ways in which we choose to quantify the costs of conservation management can affect monetary expenditures. From the simulation models I found that evolved behaviors that dictate patterns of animal movement in the early breeding season can have profound effects on species persistence, in some cases leading to declines in expected annual growth rates of  25-50% when cues are altered by anthropogenic change. Additionally, the simulation models show that differences in animal behavior at the level of the individual affects the relative costs and benefits of animal movement which in turn help us to understand how animal decision making interacts with and responds to anthropogenic habitat changes. Finally, the use of optimization techniques allowed us to determine that using detailed tax records to quantify the costs of conservation management allows for a cost-savings of 70-75% over other, more traditional metrics used to quantify costs within the conservation planning literature.   The results obtained here have important implications for how we approach conservation management. The results of our simulation models provide a bridge between the seemingly unrelated fields of animal behavior and conservation.
Pyrgomantis pallida Giglio-Tos 1917
Creators: name: Schwarz, Christian J.
name: Pohl, Marius
name: Frank, Erik T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Eremiaphilidae
Pyrgomantis
Pyrgomantis pallida

description: Pyrgomantis pallida Giglio-Tos, 1917
Figs. 60–68
Pyrgomantis pallida Giglio-Tos, 1917: 106.
Type locality. Rei-Bouba, Cameroon.
Distribution. Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, DRC (Beier 1957a, 1968; Giglio-Tos 1917a; Gillon & Roy 1968; Prost & Roy 1986; Ragge & Roy 1967; Roy 1963, 1964b, 1965a, 1971b, c, 1975; Roy & Leston 1975).
Records. CSC: ♁, old camp, 24.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 233); ♀, old camp, 16.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, 24.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♀, old camp, 25.X.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; 2 juv. ♁♁, old camp, X.–XI.2000, C. J. Schwarz leg.; ♁, new station, 03.IV.–12.V.2017, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 318); 2 ♁♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.; ♀, new station, 22.IV.–01.VI.2019, M. Pohl leg.
Remarks. Like the previous taxon, a savanna species, living in grass tufts and showing morphological and behavioral adaptations to this habitat. Females practice maternal care by guarding the ootheca against invertebrate predators (Gillon & Roy 1968; pers. obs.).
description: Published as part of Schwarz, Christian J., Pohl, Marius & Frank, Erik T., 2023, A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea), pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 5373 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145768
Shift equivalence and a combinatorial-topological approach to discrete-time dynamical systems
Creators: name: Bush, Justin
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Year: 2015

description: Given a parameterized family of discrete-time dynamical systems, we aim to investigate how the global dynamics depends on the parameters in a way that is meaningful for applications. The discrete Conley index is an algebraic topological invariant of recurrent dynamics that is robust to small changes in parameters. Its definition, however, is given in terms of shift equivalence, which is not straightforward to compute in the category of abelian groups. We discuss the challenge of interpreting shift equivalnce, and give a construction that for every square integer matrix produces an interval map that giving rise to dynamics represented by that matrix. We conclude with applications of this approach to dynamical systems to the logistic map, Newton's method in the plane, and to population models in biology.
Self-service cloud computing
Creators: name: Butt, Shakeel
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Year: 2015

description: Cloud computing has transformed the IT industry. Clients can acquire computing resources on  demand from the cloud, and can drastically reduce their maintenance, management and startup  cost. Many new companies rely exclusively on the cloud and according to Gartner’s study [23],  by 2015, 90% of government agencies and large companies will be using the cloud. However,  many challenges remain in ensuring wide adoption of the cloud. In this work, we have focused  on two such challenges.    The first challenge is that of security and privacy. When clients choose to use public cloud  infrastructure, the confidentiality and integrity of their code and data can be compromised by  insider attacks (e.g., malicious system administrators). The second challenge is that of inadequate  flexibility provided to the clients. Clients must typically rely on the cloud provider to  deploy useful services, such as security services (NIDS or Rootkit and Malware detectors) or  deduplication services e.g.,memory or storage deduplication.    In virtualized cloud infrastructures, a Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) governs the execution  of client virtual machines (VMs). Both the challenges discussed above arise from the  way VMMs assign privilege to client VMs. In this work, we have designed and implemented  Self-service Cloud Computing (SSC), a new cloud computing model that introduces novel abstractions  to improve the security and privacy of client code and data, and gives clients more  flexible control over their VMs.    In SSC, the privilege model of a commodity VMM is modified and a new cloud management  platform is designed and implemented, which uses the modified VMM to solve the  security and flexibility problem without affecting the benefits of cloud computing like low  maintenance and management cost. SSC incorporates protocols based on Trusted Platform  Module (TPM) to establish client’s trust on the SSC enabled infrastructure. To demonstrate the  utility of SSC, we have implemented and evaluated multiple security, storage and networking  services.
Lactocrine signaling and neonatal porcine reproductive tract development
Creators: name: Camp, Meredith E.
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Year: 2015

description: Nursing supports neonatal porcine reproductive tract development by delivering milk-borne bioactive factors (MbFs) from mother to offspring as proposed in the lactocrine hypothesis.  In pigs, studies showed that age and nursing support postnatal uterine and testicular development between birth [postnatal day (PND) 0] and PND 2 via a lactocrine mechanism and define the developmental program.  However, age-sensitive events associated with development of the neonatal porcine uterine transcriptome have not been defined during this period.  Additionally, the extent to which nursing affects the development of the porcine cervix is unknown.  Furthermore, the extent to which MbFs, particularly insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1), affect development of the porcine cervix remains to be determined.  Research aims were to (1) define the age-sensitive uterine transcriptome in gilts at birth compared to animals at PND 2; (2) determine the effects of age and nursing on porcine cervical histoarchitecture and cell proliferation; and (3) determine whether a single feeding of colostrum or milk replacer at birth, with or without oral IGF1 supplementation, supports cervical cell proliferation and development using a new 12 h neonatal pig bioassay.  Results showed that in uteri of PND 2 as compared to PND 0 gilts, 3283 genes were differentially expressed and multiple age-sensitive biological processes and pathways, including ‘immune response’ and ‘Wnt-β-catenin signaling’, were affected.  Additionally, results indicated that both age and nursing supported cervical development histologically by PND 14 and cell proliferation by PND 2 and 14.  Furthermore, oral IGF1 increased cervical cell proliferation when administered in milk replacer, but not with colostrum.  However, IGF1 supplementation in either colostrum or milk replacer increased cervical IGF1 signaling cascade markers B-cell lymphoma 2 and phospho-AKT compared to gilts fed colostrum or milk replacer alone.  In conclusion, the global changes in uterine gene expression identified here within the first 48 h after birth provide a foundation for future studies to better understand the mechanisms and pathways governing FRT development. Collectively, results presented here reinforce and extend previous findings that both age and lactocrine signaling are effectors of organizationally critical structural changes in developing female reproductive tissues with potential to determine reproductive capacity in adulthood.
Colenis Erichson 1845
Creators: name: Perreau, Michel
name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Angelini, Fernando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Colenis

description: Genus Colenis Erichson, 1845
Colenis Erichson, 1842: 221, type species: Anisotoma dentipes Gyllenhal, 1810 (= Sphaeridium immundum Sturm, 1807). Mathiewsionia Hlisnikovský, 1965b: 397, type species: Colenis punctulata Matthews, 1888.
description: Published as part of Perreau, Michel, Ghahari, Hassan & Angelini, Fernando, 2017, A checklist of Leiodidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) of Iran in Zootaxa 4286 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/828324
Heterochaeta strachani
Creators: name: Schwarz, Christian J.
name: Pohl, Marius
name: Frank, Erik T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Toxoderidae
Heterochaeta
Heterochaeta strachani

description: Heterochaeta strachani (Kirby, 1904)
Figs. 69–70
Pseudochaeta strachani Kirby, 1904: 88.
= Stenovates spectrum Rehn, 1949: 215–219, pl. VI, Fig. 21.
Type localities. (P. s.) Lagos, Nigeria; (S. s.) Monrovia, Liberia.
Distribution. Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Tchad (Beier 1968; Gillon & Roy 1968; Kirby 1904; Prost & Roy 1986; Ragge & Roy 1967; Rehn 1949; Roy 1964b, 1971b, 1975, 1977, 1978; Roy & Leston 1975).
Records. CSC: ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.
Remarks. An ecologically generalist stick mantis inhabiting all kinds of habitats from forests to Sudan savannas.
description: Published as part of Schwarz, Christian J., Pohl, Marius & Frank, Erik T., 2023, A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea), pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 5373 (1) on pages 22-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145768
Active involvement
Creators: name: Catona, Danielle
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: Falls are a serious public health issue among adults age 65 and older. More than a third of older adults fall each year (Hausdorff, Rios, & Edelber, 2001). Strength and balance exercise interventions have been found to reduce the risk of falls (Rand Report, 2003). Yet, more than 50% of older adults reject fall-related interventions (Campbell et al., 1997; Robertson, Devlin, Gardner, & Campbell, 2001; Stevens, Holman, Bennett, & de Klerk, 2001). One possible but untested intervention strategy is to have older adults plan pro-strength and balance exercise messages for his/her peers. An active involvement intervention is promising because older adults learn better when activities are perceived as exciting and lively (Best, 2001; Pearson & Wessman, 1996). Guided by the theory of active involvement (TAI, Greene, 2013), this study examined components of active involvement interventions. To identify the key mechanism of change, intervention components were tested individually, combined, and compared to a standard care group yielding a total of four versions of an intervention: (1) idea generation, (2) message planning, (3) idea generation and message planning combined, and (4) standard care. Seventy-two adults age 65 and older were randomly assigned to one of four versions. This project measured motivation to process information (perceived novelty, perceived involvement, perceived gain, and reflectiveness), cognitions (perceived benefits, perceptions of norms, and readiness for change), behavior (strength and balance exercise-related stage progression and fall status), and interpersonal communication (talk about strength and balance exercise and intervention condition) to assess the effects of version over time (pretest, immediate posttest, and 10 week delayed posttest). The results showed that the idea generation and message planning combined was more successful than the idea generation, message planning, and standard care in changing participants’ perceived benefits, perceptions of norms, and strength and balance exercise-related stage progression over time. Participants’ frequency of discussion about intervention topic and activity was greater for idea generation and message planning combined than the idea generation, message planning, and standard care. Implications from these findings can guide the development of future fall-prevention messages.
Colenis (Colenis) immunda Sturm 1807
Creators: name: Perreau, Michel
name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Angelini, Fernando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Colenis
Colenis immunda

description: Colenis (Colenis) immunda (Sturm, 1807)
Sphaeridium immunda Sturm, 1807: 25. Type locality: [Deutschland].
Leiodes aciculata Stephens, 1829: 170.
Type locality: [Royaume-Uni].
Anisotoma dentipes Gyllenhal, 1810: 567. Type locality: in Kinnakulle Westrogothiae. Colenis jacobi Otero & Gonzalez, 1980: 1. Type locality: Collado la Mina (1715 m) (Madrid, España). Colenis immunda macrocephalus Rüschkamp, 1930: 61. Type locality: Breslau.
Distribution in Iran. Iran (no locality cited) (Daffner 1983).
General distribution. Europe, Iran, Turkey (Perreau 2015).
description: Published as part of Perreau, Michel, Ghahari, Hassan & Angelini, Fernando, 2017, A checklist of Leiodidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) of Iran in Zootaxa 4286 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/828324
Impact of climate change on electricity systems and markets
Creators: name: Chandramowli, Shankar N.
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Year: 2015

description: Climate change poses a serious threat to human welfare. There is now unequivocal scientific evidence that human actions are the primary cause of climate change. The principal climate forcing factor is the increasing accumulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) due to combustion of fossil fuels for transportation and electricity generation. Generation of electricity account for nearly one-third of the greenhouse (GHG) emissions globally (on a CO2-equivalent basis). Any kind of economy-wide mitigation or adaptation effort to climate change must have a prominent focus on the electric power sector.    I have developed a capacity expansion model for the power sector called LP-CEM (Linear Programming based Capacity Expansion Model). LP-CEM incorporates both the long-term climate change effects and the state/regional-level macroeconomic trends. This modeling framework is demonstrated for the electric power system in the Northeast region of United States. Some of the methodological advances introduced in this research are: the use of high-resolution temperature projections in a power sector capacity expansion model; the incorporation of changes in sectoral composition of electricity demand over time; the incorporation of the effects of climate change and variability on both the demand and supply-side of power sector using parameters estimated in the literature; and an inter-model coupling link with a macroeconomic model to account for price elasticity of demand and other effects on the broader macro-economy. LP-CEM-type models can be of use to state/regional level policymakers to plan for future mitigation and adaptation measures for the electric power sector. From the simulation runs, it is shown that scenarios with climate change effects and with high economic growth rates have resulted in higher capacity addition, optimal supply costs, wholesale/retail prices and total ratepayers’ costs.     LP-CEM is also adapted to model the implications of the proposed Clean Power Plan (Section 111 (d)) rules for the U.S. Northeast region. This dissertation applies an analytical model and an optimization model to investigate the implications of co-implementing an emission cap and an RPS policy for this region. A simplified analytical model of LP-CEM is specified and the first order optimality conditions are derived. The results from this analytical model are corroborated by running LP-CEM simulations under different carbon cap and RPS policy assumptions. A combination of these policies is shown to have a long-term beneficial effect for the final ratepayers in the region. This research conceptually explores the future implications of climate change and extreme weather events on the regional electricity market framework. The significant findings from this research and future policy considerations are discussed in the conclusion chapter.
Effect of extrusion on physico-chemical properties of quinoa-cassava extrudates fortified with cranberry concentrate
Creators: name: Chandran, Soundharya
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2015

description: Extrusion is one among the major technologies used in food manufacturing. When  extrusion is used to make puffed products such as breakfast cereals, it is a high temperature  short time process, in which high shear and heat are applied on low moisture feed. During  extrusion of cereal based food materials, several molecular transformations such as starch  gelatinization and protein denaturation occur, leading to changes in the physico-chemical  properties of the extrudates.    The major objectives of this study were to make extruded ready-to-eat (RTE)  breakfast cereal from quinoa, fortified with cranberry concentrate and to study the effect  of extrusion on the physico-chemical properties of the extrudates. Cassava flour was used  as an extrusion aid for puffing. The base feed consisted of 50-50 blend of quinoa and  cassava. Phenolic rich cranberry concentrate had anthocyanins which acted as natural  colorants for the extrudates.    A single screw extruder equipped with a 4:1 compression ratio screw, set at 130  RPM, was used with a 4.5 mm diameter die hole. A 3^3 Box- Behnken Design was used to  design the experiments for three independent variables: barrel temperature (120 ˚C, 140  C, 160 ˚C), cranberry solids (3 %, 4 %, 5 % (d. b.)), and feed moisture (16 %, 18 %, 20 %  (w.b.)). Physical properties such as Radial Expansion Index (REI), Bulk Density (BD),  Breaking Strength (BS), Hue, Chroma, Water Absorption Index (WAI), and Water  Solubility Index (WSI) along with chemical properties such as Total Phenolic Content  (TPC) and anthocyanin content were evaluated.    Extrudates collected at barrel temperature of 160 ˚C, 16 % feed moisture and 4 %  cranberry solids showed lowest Bulk Density of 0.281 g/ml and Breaking Strength of 0.46  N/mm2. From the response surface analysis, it was found that barrel temperature and feed  moisture were the two most important variables that affected the physical properties. The  TPC of extrudates collected at higher barrel temperatures were found to contain higher  phenolic values (~ 80 mg GAE/100 g d.m.), probably due to the formation of Maillard  products. Extrudates collected under 140 ˚C barrel temperature, 16 % feed moisture and 5  % cranberry solids showed maximum anthocyanin content of 9.63 mg / kg d.m.    This study will open new avenues to develop gluten free extruded products that can  be naturally colored with antioxidant loaded fruit concentrates.
Compsothespis occidentalis Sjostedt 1930
Creators: name: Schwarz, Christian J.
name: Pohl, Marius
name: Frank, Erik T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Mantodea
Toxoderidae
Compsothespis
Compsothespis occidentalis

description: Compsothespis occidentalis Sjöstedt, 1930
Figs. 71–76
Compsothespis occidentalis Sj ̂stedt, 1930: 16–17, pl. 1, Figs. 5a–5d.
Type locality. Pundu, Burkina Faso.
Distribution. Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana (Beier 1968; Chopard 1954; Gillon & Roy 1968; Prost & Roy 1986; Roy 1963, 1965a, 1971b; Roy & Leston 1975; Sĵstedt 1930; pers. obs.).
Records. CSC: ♁, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg. (genitalia preparation Schwarz No. 484); ♁ + juv. ♁ + 3 ♀♀, new station, 22.IV.–06.VI.2018, M. Pohl leg.
Remarks. A savanna species inhabiting grass tufts. Its ecology remains largely unknown, captive breeding efforts having remained mostly unsuccessful so far. Their peculiar foreleg morphology (e.g., Wieland 2013) could be an indication for certain prey preferences.
description: Published as part of Schwarz, Christian J., Pohl, Marius & Frank, Erik T., 2023, A preliminary checklist of the praying mantids of Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast (Insecta: Mantodea), pp. 1-64 in Zootaxa 5373 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5373.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145768
Mechanistic modeling, simulation and optimization of wet granulation processes
Creators: name: Chaudhury, Anwesha
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Year: 2015

description: Particulate processes involving handling of solids are ubiquitous in various industries and are typically operated inefficiently due to a lack of adequate mechanistic process understanding. A primary application of such processes is found in the pharmaceutical industry that involve manufacturing of solid dosage forms (e.g. tablets). Granulation is a critical particulate process that plays an important role in the overall manufacture of pharmaceutical drugs. This work focuses on improved mathematical modeling of granulation processes using the population balance framework. One of the primary objectives deals with model development for granulation followed by development of improved numerical techniques for reduced computational overheads associated with the solution techniques for solving population balance models. This study is also aimed at identifying the influence of various operating parameters on the final granule properties through the development of a novel semi-mechanistic kernel and an integrated mesoscale model framework that can effectively capture key granulation dynamics. A compartmentalized model has also been formulated for a high-shear wet granulator that can capture the inhomogeneities (with respect to liquid and particle velocity) within the vessel. This integrated, compartment-based model can be further extended for open loop optimization and control of the granulation process, which can aid at obtaining an optimal recipe for the operation of the granulation process. This work will make a significant contribution towards improved understanding of the granulation process and is aimed at mitigating the current inefficient operation of the process.
title: ПОКА «ПОЮТ» КУЗНЕЧИКИ. КЛИМАТ И TETTIGONIIDAE
Creators: name: Ченикалова, Е.В.
name: Васильев, Е.А.
Publisher: name: Федеральное государственное бюджетное научное учреждение «Северо-Кавказский федеральный научный аграрный центр»
Year: 2025
Subjects: серый кузнечик, зеленый кузнечик, рост численности, вредоносность, польза и борьба.
gray grasshopper, green grasshopper, increase in numbers, harmfulness, benefit and control.

description: В текущем десятилетии происходят размножения некоторых видов насекомых, ранее не обращавших на себя большого внимания. Так, во многих южных степных регионах отмечается размножение кузнечиков, которых некоторые жители принимают за саранчу. И применяют против них меры борьбы. Для предотвращения загрязнения природы пестицидами и уничтожения полезных насекомых дана информация о кузнечиках.
description: Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "North Caucasian Federal Scientific Agrarian Center". Stavropol-Mikhailovsk. E-mail: entomolsgau@mail.ru In the current decade, reproduction of some species of insects that previously did not attract much attention occurs. Thus, in many southern steppe regions, reproduction of grasshoppers is noted, which some residents take for locusts. And they take control measures against them. Information about grasshoppers is given to prevent pollution of nature with pesticides and the destruction of beneficial insects.
Sogda Lopatin 1961
Creators: name: Perreau, Michel
name: Ghahari, Hassan
name: Angelini, Fernando
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Leiodidae
Sogda

description: Genus Sogda Lopatin, 1961
Sogda Lopatin, 1961: 121, type species: Sogda pavlovskii Lopatin, 1961.
description: Published as part of Perreau, Michel, Ghahari, Hassan & Angelini, Fernando, 2017, A checklist of Leiodidae (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea) of Iran in Zootaxa 4286 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/828324
The link between flexible work arrangements and employee work outcomes
Creators: name: Chen, Yan
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Year: 2015

description: This study uses the multilevel perspective to explore the effects of organizational-level flexible work arrangements (FWA) and employee perceived availability and actual use of FWA on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Using data from the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study (WERS), I found that when FWA were offered by an organization, employee-perceived availability of FWA were positively associated with their job satisfaction and organizational commitment. However, employee actual use of FWA did not predict job satisfaction or organizational commitment. Moreover, the number of FWA adopted by the organizations moderated the relationships between perceived availability and both job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Comparing contexts in which organizations offered few FWA with those in which organizations offered many FWA, I found that the relationships between employee perceived availability and employee work outcomes were stronger when organizations offer few FWA practices. The theoretical and practical contributions are discussed.
Search for vector-like quark pair production with multilepton final states using 19.5 fb^-1 of pp collisions at √s=8 TeV
Creators: name: Contreras-Campana, Christian
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Year: 2015

description: A search for pair-production of vector-like partners of the b quark, b', using 19.5 fb^-1 of integrated luminosity in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV collected by the CMS experiment at the LHC, is carried out in events with at least three leptons. Observed multilepton events are categorized into exclusive channels according to the amount of expected Standard Model background in order to increase the search sensitivity. The observations are consistent with Standard Model predictions. The search is interpreted in the context of a vector-like b' quark for different b' masses and for varying branching fractions to the bZ, tW, and bH final states. b' quarks with masses less than values in the range of 520-785 GeV, depending on the values of the branching fraction, are excluded at the 95% confidence level.