cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Pseudopterogorgia rubra Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia rubra

description: Pseudopterogorgia rubra Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia rubra Fernando, 2011: 101–102, pl. 62, fig. 2–2c (Kodiakkarai); Fernando et al. 2017: 205, pl. 94, fig. 1–1c (Kodiakkarai).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as some of the other Pseudopterogorgia species described by Fernando (2011).
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is possibly new, but without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise and distinguish from some of their other species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Agnesiella (Draberiella) lata Huang & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella lata

description: 32. A. (D.) lata Huang & Zhang sp. nov. (Figs 50, 53, 56, 59, 166–174)
Distribution. China (Yunnan).
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on page 210, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
In-between bodies
Creators: name: Weil, Abraham B. (Abraham Brookes)
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Using common understandings of oppression as a point of departure, this work will explore, and attempt to understand, ways in which oppressions, locally and globally, effect and affect different individuals and specific identities (self-identified or projected) and how those oppressions are constructed, manifested, and sustained. By employing theory that explores networks or assemblages of actions and affects, investigating habits, and pairing these with feminist texts discussing sexism and patriarchy, I offer explanations of the limits to conceptualizing oppression within a structuralist model as well as offer more complicated, nuanced, and effective strategies for the feminist movement. Through coupling the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Michel Foucault with feminist writers and poets Audre Lorde and Gloria Anzaldúa, this project endeavors to bring about a political questioning in hopes of adding to the discourse a new model for feminist politics.
Comparison and integration of analytical methods for the characterization of vanilla chemistry
Creators: name: Toth, Stephen J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: There is a need for an analytical method to establish a universal criterion for quality of cured vanilla bean. The chemistry of vanilla, one the world’s most popular flavors is extremely complex. As such, no single analytical technique can fully characterize it. Commercially, vanilla is analyzed for many reasons including flavor/aroma quality, authenticity, geographic sourcing, concentration of vanillin and other major components, adulteration, contamination and quality defects. Furthermore, vanilla for analysis may be present in various forms such as alcoholic extracts or whole beans which present analytical challenges.   In this research an integrated analytical approach was used for the analysis of whole beans and extracts which spanned volatile and semi-volatile components. An improved high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) analytical method was developed for routine analysis of vanillin and other phenolics in vanilla extracts resulting in lowered costs, greatly reduced analysis time and reduced solvent usage. A series of headspace concentration techniques including solid phase microextraction (SPME), headspace sorptive extraction (HSSE) and dynamic headspace were used to pinpoint a common sour, fermented off-odor quality defect in commercial Bourbon vanilla beans. Indicator compounds for microbial fermentation including fusel oil, microbial transformation products and depletion of flavor precursors were identified. Each headspace method has its own advantages and disadvantages. The sensitivity and selectivity of each method was manipulated to reveal individual clues of the off-odor. The combination of all three techniques gave detailed insight into the source of the defect. An improved direct thermal desorption gas chromatography mass spectrometry (DTD-GC-MS) method was developed to enhance resolution. Vanilla beans from Tanzania were analyzed for the first time using the improved DTD-GC-MS method and were found to contain very high concentrations of vanillin. Additionally, analysis of Bourbon, Indonesian, Ugandan, and Tahitian vanilla beans by the new DTD-GC-MS method revealed several new compounds in each that were not previously reported. Several novel compounds identified in a wild type vanilla bean previously by DTD-GC-MS including anisyl anistate, anisyl myristate and anisyl palmitate were synthesized to confirm the structure and GC-O was employed to evaluate their sensory properties.
Effects of different exposure methods to1-methylcyclopropene on quality of partially ripened bananas
Creators: name: Trivedi, Mansi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) is being widely used as an ethylene antagonist to suppress ethylene induced ripening in fresh produce. It is commercially available in encapsulated form in cyclodextrin, which requires moisture triggers to release from encapsulation. There are several reports on efficiency of 1-MCP for inhibiting the action of ethylene during green life (mature – but unripe stage) of bananas, but the commercialization of 1-MCP application for bananas is still under the area of research due to inconsistence responses received by researchers on its effect. Also, there are limited studies showing its effects on yellow life (at and after partially ripened stage) of bananas, so the further investigation in this area was our subject of interest. In this study, different 1-MCP exposure methods were used to treat bananas to provide the scientific base for developing its commercial application. The overall objective of this study was to provide the better understanding for extending Controlled Release Packaging (CRP) system that can deliver the 1-MCP molecules from the package over longer period of time to increase the yellow life of bananas to maintain greater quality at consumer market. The study was divided into two parts: in the first part, the packaging system was used to treat partially ripened bananas with different 1-MCP exposure methods. The physiological responses of partially ripened bananas to these different 1-MCP exposure methods, controlled exposure (timed release - slow release for longer time) and one-time exposure, were studied. All experiments were conducted on Cavendish bananas (Dole) at partially ripened stage (ripening color stages 3 and 4). In the second part, the feasibility of 1-MCP to be incorporated in the CRP system was studied by controlling 1-MCP release through polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film and studying its release from cyclodextrin through banana transpiration. The physiological responses showed that both the 1-MCP exposure methods were effective to delay ripening of partially ripened banana by at least 5-6 days. But the one-time exposure method was more effective than controlled exposure after 6 days. The PVA was able to delay the release of 1-MCP: the release of 1-MCP through PVA was nearly 15 % in 6 hours, whereas the release of 1-MCP from cyclodextrin (control- without any film) was 100% in 6 hours. The bananas were able to provide sufficient moisture through transpiration to initiate 1-MCP release from cyclodextrin within the first two hours of the experiment.
Essays on monetary economics
Creators: name: Tunali, Demet
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: In my dissertation, I attempt to shed new light on the impact of central bank behavior. The first chapter proposes indexes of monetary policy design characteristics in line with inflation targeting (IT). Indexes aim to provide a useful classification of central banks and to examine whether IT intensity matters for sacrifice ratio and inflation persistence. Results show that U.S. and Japan are ranked close to early targeters. Armenian central bank is detected to perform remarkably well as opposed to the literature's descriptions. Noteworthy structural changes are noticed in Mexico and Peru. Higher index level significantly reduces OECD countries' inflation persistence through increased transparency. Higher intensity among targeters does not deliver significantly lower sacrifice ratio or inflation persistence. Announcing official targets does not provide additional benefits. Low degree of central bank discretion and limited financing of the government significantly decrease the sacrifice ratio among OECD countries and in the full cross-sectional sample respectively. Institutional design features need to be mature enough in order to benefit from inflation targeting. The second chapter examines the usefulness of monetary aggregates. A number of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models (DSGE) and econometric time series models are jointly specified; including vector autoregressive (VAR), random walk (RW), and various autoregressive (AR) and AR with exogenous variable type models (ARX). Model performance is evaluated via novel testing methods developed for assessing predictive and simulation accuracy. Money is found to matter for inflation simulation purposes in simple econometric models, such as ARX models. With regard to predictive point and density analysis, when complex models are examined, M2 enters into the forecast-best VAR-type inflation models. Model selection is found to be sensitive to researcher’s objective function, to target variable and forecast horizon. Particularly, when the objective is policy analysis, the examination of multivariate models show that DSGE-type models often outperform at longer horizons and mainly for output forecasts. In contrast, VAR-type models win for simulation purposes and short-horizon inflation forecasts. However, univariate models without money generally dominate theoretical and atheoretical multivariate models both with and without money from both forecasting and simulation standpoint.
Agnesiella (Draberiella) stipitata Huang & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella stipitata

description: 33. A. (D.) stipitata Huang & Zhang sp. nov. (Figs 51, 54, 57, 60, 175–182)
Distribution. China (Guizhou).
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on page 210, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
Pseudopterogorgia williamsi Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia williamsi

description: Pseudopterogorgia williamsi Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia williamsi Fernando, 2011: 107–108, pl. 65, fig. 1–1c (Vedalai); Fernando et al. 2017: 215, pl. 98, fig. 2–2c (Bay of Bengal).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as some of the other Pseudopterogorgia species described by Fernando (2011).
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is possibly new, but without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise and distinguish from some of their other species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Agnesiella (Agnesiella) Dworakowska 1970
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella

description: Subgenus Agnesiella (Agnesiella) Dworakowska, 1970
Agnesiella (Agnesiella) Dworakowska, 1970: 211
Distribution: China, Japan, India.
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on page 210, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
On circuit complexity classes and iterated matrix multiplication
Creators: name: Wang, Fengming
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: In this thesis, we study small, yet important, circuit complexity classes within NC^1, such as ACC^0 and TC^0. We also investigate the power of a closely related problem called Iterated Matrix Multiplication and its implications in low levels of algebraic complexity theory. More concretely,    1. We show that extremely modest-sounding lower bounds for certain problems can lead to non-trivial derandomization results.    a. If the word problem over S_5 requires constant-depth threshold circuits of size n^{1+epsilon} for some epsilon > 0, then any language accepted by uniform polynomial-size probabilistic threshold circuits can be solved in subexponential time (and more strongly, can be accepted by a uniform family of deterministic constant-depth threshold circuits of subexponential size.)    b. If there are no constant-depth arithmetic circuits of size n^{1+epsilon} for the problem of multiplying a sequence of n 3-by-3 matrices, then for every constant d, black-box identity testing for depth-d arithmetic circuits with bounded individual degree can be performed in subexponential time (and even by a uniform family of deterministic constant-depth AC circuits of subexponential size).    2. ACC_m circuits are circuits consisting of unbounded fan-in AND, OR and MOD_m gates and unary NOT gates, where m is a fixed integer. We show that there exists a language in non-deterministic exponential time which can not be computed by any non-uniform family of ACC_m circuits of quasi-polynomial size and o(loglog n) depth, where $m$ is an arbitrarily chosen constant.    3. We show that there are families of polynomials having small depth-two arithmetic circuits that cannot be expressed by algebraic branching programs of width two.  This clarifies the complexity of the problem of computing the product of a sequence of two-by-two matrices, which arises in several settings.
What does “integration” mean in a city like Innsbruck? Insights into a local scientific debate
Creators: name: Lechner, Angelika
name: Fritz, Maria
Publisher: name: Eurac Research
Year: 2025

description: Integration can mean many things to many people. In everyday life, in politics, and in the media, people talk and discuss about it without questioning whether they agree or not on its meaning. However, to design strategies that  foster integration, and to measure its progress, we need a definition. But is it even possible to find a universal definition? We have been speaking with practitioners working with migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in the city of Innsbruck, Austria.
The relationship between maternal body composition and diet with fetal development in low-income women in Brazil
Creators: name: Toro-Ramos, Tatiana
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: The assessment of body composition requires the use of techniques that can accurately detect changes in total body water (TBW), and the accuracy of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) during pregnancy has been questioned. However, BIA was found to estimate TBW reliably during pregnancy. Previous studies of body composition during pregnancy suggest that the fat free mass (FFM) component of gestational weight gain (GWG) might be more important towards the end of gestation for fetal development while others suggest that the general GWG during mid-pregnancy is more important. Such associations are unclear regarding the components of GWG during the second trimester of gestation, particularly fat mass (FM). Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare the use of segmental BIA with whole body BIA and assess the relationship between maternal FM and fetal growth and birth weight. This study further sought to analyze the fatty acid composition of breast milk from a subsample of women with premature infants and their cognitive and linguistic development. Based on the experiments of this research, there was a high level of disagreement between segmental and whole body BIA, where FFM was underestimated and FM overestimated by segmental BIA. With the use of whole body BIA, FM was significantly related to fetal growth and birth weight. In the subsample of women with preterm babies, the concentration of essential and long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids was optimal, and we did not find any developmental delays in these children at 1yr. In conclusion, further studies need to verify our findings in this and other populations. As the Brazilian diet transitions into a Westernized one and the prevalence of obesity increases, the study of maternal diet, body composition, and breast milk quality is more important now than ever.
Agnesiella (Agnesiella) marginata Dworakowska 1994
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella marginata

description: Agnesiella (A.) marginata Dworakowska, 1994 rec. nov.
(Figs 1, 5, 9, 13, 61–70)
Agnesiella (A.) marginata Dworakowska, 1994: 129
Specimens examined. 1♂ 2♀, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Tengchong, volcano, 2000m, Alnus, 23-XI-1999, coll. I. Dworakowska; 1♂, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Lincang, 2000m, 24-XI-1999, coll. I. Dworakowska.
Distribution. China (Yunnan), India.
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on page 210, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
title: Ökosystem ZentralGut
title: ein Repositorium ist nie für sich allein
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Erlinger, Christian
name: Flämig, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern
Year: 2024

description: Ende Mai 2022 ging mit ZentralGut.ch das Portal für das digitale Kulturgut der Zentralschweiz online. Die sechs «Urschweizer» Kantone Luzern, Schwyz, Ob- und Nidwalden, Uri und Zug besitzen für die helvetische Geschichte einen reichen Bestand an Kulturgütern, die in zahlreichen unterschiedlichen Gedächtnisinstitutionen wie Bibliotheken, Archive, Museen oder Privatinitiativen gesammelt und veröffentlicht werden.Ziel von ZentralGut ist dabei nicht nur die Sichtbarmachung und Zurverfügungstellung dieser Kulturgüter, sondern möchte auch eine vernetzende Position einnehmen. Als relativ junges Repositorium, sind Sammlungsgegenstände schon in vielen anderen Plattformen zu finden, unter dem Schlagwort «Ökosystem ZentralGut» soll dargestellt werden, welche Prozesse sowohl aus kuratorischer Praxis notwendig sind als auch aus technischer Art eingesetzt werden.ZentralGut bezieht neben Objekten, die aus den teilnehmenden Institutionen durch Digitalisierung selbst erstmalig online publiziert werden, Inhalte aus unterschiedlichen Plattformen, die den Austausch ermöglichen. Ob Repositorien anderer Universitäten, Bundesinstitutionen oder über offene, globale Netzwerke wie zB. Wikimedia Commons, Internet Archive oder Zenodo: die Redundanz der Inhalte ist kein Hindernis, mit ZentralGut wird die zusätzliche Erreichbarkeit und Auffindbarkeit der Inhalte verbessert: Nicht noch ein weiteres Digitalisat einer historischen Zeitschrift erstellen, sondern bspw. auf Basis des Internet Archive Scans erstmals eine Tiefenerschliessung auf Artikelebene durchführen. Umgekehrt werden die «eigenen» Inhalte nach Wikimedia Commons oder andere Plattformen transferiert. Offene Schnittstellen, Lizenzen und standardisierte Datenformate helfen dabei wesentlich diese Arbeiten dauerhaft und stabil zu gewährleisten.Der Vortrag soll Anregung bieten, in der Arbeit mit Repositorien neue Wege der Vernetzung und Anreicherung auszuprobieren und zu entwickeln
Cretaceous well-log and sequence stratigraphic correlation of the outer continental shelf and upper slope off of New Jersey
Creators: name: Seker, Zuhal
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Distinct, regionally continuous Cretaceous sand bodies are present beneath the outer continental shelf and upper slope off of New Jersey that encompasses much of the basin known as the Baltimore Canyon Trough (BCT). These sand bodies are possible candidates for liquid CO2 sequestration. This thesis aims to delineate and correlate four distinct sand units (Middle Sandstone, Upper Logan Canyon, Lower Logan Canyon Sand units, and Missisauga Unit) and their suitability for CO2 sequestration that requires sufficient depth, porosity, permeability, spatial continuity and presence of cap rock. I have analyzed geophysical logs and biostratigraphic data from 11 wells to identify the lithostratigraphic units of the BCT that are potentially suitable for carbon sequestration and have established three well log transects to demonstrate the spatial continuity of the target sand units.  The correlation of lithostratigraphic units along the dip profiles reveals the stratigraphic patterns of the target sand units. The Middle Sandstone Unit has a progradational pattern throughout the study area, spanning the Coniacian through Santonian. Weak continuity and presence of hydrocarbon-bearing intervals indicate that this unit is not suitable for sequestration. The Upper Logan Canyon Sand Unit has a progradational pattern, spanning the Albian through Cenomanian. This sand body has a spatial continuity in the northeastern part of the BCT area and includes thick porous sandstone beds sealed with impermeable rocks above, suggesting potential for sequestration. The Lower Logan Canyon Sand Unit follows a retrogradational pattern, spanning the Aptian through Albian. The Lower Logan Canyon Sand Unit promises more continuity towards the south, unlike the upper unit. The Lower Logan Canyon Sand Unit is more favorable as a sequestration target. The Missisauga Unit has a progradational pattern, spanning the Hauterivian through Aptian. This unit is very thick and continuous throughout the study area, including abundant porous sand beds sealed with impermeable beds. However, many gas-bearing intervals are present within this deeply buried unit, and the age control is ambiguous, thus, making it a less favorable to unfavorable sequestration target.
Effect of controlled release of tocopherol on lipid oxidation
Creators: name: Shen, Luni
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Lipid oxidation is one of the major problems affecting the shelf life of fatty foods. Controlled release packaging (CRP) is an innovative packaging technology that incorporates antioxidants into packaging materials and releases them in a controlled manner to food products thus providing continuous replenishment of antioxidants to food. The objective of this research is to study the release behaviors of tocopherol (antioxidant) in CRP films and simulate these release behaviors with different initial concentrations to examine the effect of controlled release of tocopherol on lipid oxidation.  Low density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP) and LDPE/PP blend films were manufactured by extrusion process to contain 3000 ppm of tocopherol. Release behaviors of tocopherol in the package films were studied and diffusivity values of tocopherol in above three films were estimated from the release study at different temperatures, which ranged from 2.04*10-16 m2/s to 2.39*10-13 m2/s. Release profiles of tocopherol from LDPE and LDPE/PP films were simulated in a syringe pump using estimated diffusivities and two initial tocopherol concentrations (100 and 300 ppm) to inhibit lipid oxidation of linoleic acid at 40 ºC. The induction period of lipid oxidation was determined to evaluate the antioxidant effectiveness of tocopherol with different release profiles. Induction period changed significantly with controlled release compared to instant addition. For releasing of 100 ppm tocopherol, release by DLDPE, the induction period was 73 hours, longer than that of instant addition (57 hours). For releasing by DLDPE/PP, the induction period was 47 hours, shorter than instant addition. For releasing of 300 ppm tocopherol, release by DLDPE, the induction period (213 hours) was twice of that from instant addition (91 hours).    This work demonstrated that controlled release of tocopherol from CRP films has great impact on induction period extension of lipid oxidation. Less tocopherol can be applied to achieve longer induction period compare to instant addition. However, too slow diffusion of tocopherol in certain polymer may not have the effect to prevent lipid oxidation. This work provides partial quantitative information to help researchers and packaging manufacturers select suitable initial concentration and polymer types based on required shelf life.
Agnesiella (Agnesiella) protensa Huang & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella protensa

description: Agnesiella (A.) protensa Huang & Zhang sp. nov.
(Figs 2, 6, 10, 14, 71–79)
Measurement. Male, 3.15 mm (including wings).
Body yellowish (Figs 2, 6). Face with brownish transverse streaks on yellowish frontoclypeal area, anteclypeus and lorum yellowish, remaining parts ivory (Fig. 14). Pronotum with 3 patches blackish. Most of scutellum brown (Fig. 10). Forewing yellowish with a longitudinal brown patch on clavus extended from inner angle to near apex along posterior margin; patches on apical half smoky infuscate, patch at distal end of CuA vein brownish; brochosome field yellowish (Figs 2, 71).
Abdominal apodemes reaching end of 4th abdominal sternite. Posterior margin of male pygofer side obtuse with a short horn-like appendage bearing 4 rigid microsetae (Figs 72, 73). Subgenital plate with some fine setae terminally and a lamellar subapical protrusion centrally on outer side (Figs 74, 75). Paramere stout with 2 digitiform subapical protrusions, upper protrusion horizontally line with caudal apex forming T-shaped caudal end (Figs 76, 77). Connective with stem nearly as long as lateral arms and central lobe distinct (Fig. 74). Aedeagal shaft arched with narrow ridged ventral appendage approximately on apical half (Figs 78, 79).
Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Sichuan Province, Wolong, 2100m, 26-X-1999, coll. I. Dwora- kowska. Paratype: 1♂, same data as holotype.
Etymology. The specific name is derived from Latin word “protensus which means “prolong, referring to the extension of the caudal apex of the paramere in a straight line with the upper subapical protrusion, which resembles a reverse extension of the caudal apex (Figs 76, 77).
Notes. The new species resembles Agnesiella (A.) juglandis, but differs in the T-shaped apex of the paramere (Fig. 77) and narrower ventral appendage of the aedeagal shaft in lateral view (Fig. 78).
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on pages 210-213, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
Pseudopterogorgia undulata Fernando 2011
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Pseudopterogorgia
Pseudopterogorgia undulata

description: Pseudopterogorgia undulata Fernando, 2011 (species status uncertain)
Pseudopterogorgia undulata Fernando, 2011: 105–106, pl. 64, fig. 1–1c (Vedalai); Fernando et al. 2017: 211, pl. 97, fig. 1–1c (Vedalai).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but it is probably the same as some of the other Pseudopterogorgia species described by Fernando (2011).
Justification:
Literature analysis: The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are identical and the species is possibly new, but without more detailed descriptions and larger illustrations of the sclerites it would be difficult to recognise and distinguish from some of their other species.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
MicroRNAs modulators of dietary restriction and aging in Caenorhabditis elegans
Creators: name: Shah, Mitalie B.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Aging is a universal phenomenon that is experienced by diverse organism. Aging can bedefined broadly as progressive decline in cellular functions in an organism withincreasing age, decreasing the ability to survive challenges. Understanding anddeciphering the mechanisms involved in this process has been a key focus of currentscience. An important goal of aging research is not only to identify different approachesto maximize human lifespan, but to also improve the quality of life with increasing age.MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are known to regulate a range of biological processes includingcell differentiation, cell death, development, oncogenesis, and metabolism, but little isknown about how they impact the biology of aging. Our research mainly focuses onidentifying how miRNAs, small molecules that target partially homologous transcripts toblock their translational expression, influence healthspan and lifespan in C. elegans. Wehave identified many mir deletion mutants that impact different aspects of aging likelongevity, metabolic and muscle aging. There are four measures that reflect how well orhow poorly the animals are aging: age pigment levels, swimming body bend frequencyassays, pharyngeal pumping rates, and lifespan studies. Applying these tests, we have studied miRNAs mir-1, mir-256 and mir-238 in a focused manner. Importantly, we have also found that the mir-80(Δ) mutant modulates dietary restriction- a metabolic conditionin which reduced caloric intake significantly increases lifespan in a wide range of species.mir-80(Δ) mutant exhibits multiple parameters of healthy aging, reduced reproductivephase and expression of molecular reporters associated with dietary restriction. UsingRNAi knockdown, we have identified multiple transcription factors (SKN-1, DAF-16 andHSF-1) and a transcriptional co-factor CBP-1 that seems to play an important role inmaking mir-80(Δ) long-lived through dietary restriction. In short, we have discovered thefirst ever microRNA (miR-80) that modulates dietary restriction and longevity in C.elegans. In sum, we have shown that microRNAs can modulate various aspects of C.elegans healthspan, and determined the role of some microRNAs in aging, musclephysiology and dietary restriction. Becaue miRNA signaling can be conserved, ourstudies will provide clues to similar processes in vertebrates, including humans.
Agnesiella (Agnesiella) recurva Huang & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella recurva

description: Agnesiella (A.) recurva Huang & Zhang sp. nov.
(Figs 3, 7, 11, 15, 80–88)
Measurement. Male, 3.0 mm (including wings).
Body dirty yellowish (Figs 3, 7). Face with brown transverse streaks on brownish frontoclypeal area, anteclypeus brownish, lorum dark brown and gena black-brown (Fig. 15). Vertex with a brown strip anteriorly connecting 2 lateral round black-brown patches. Pronotum with a central oval patch and 2 pairs of lateral round patches black-brown, between central and lateral patches with 2 arched brown bands connecting with lateral lower patches. Scutum brownish with triangles brown. Scutellum with basal half brownish and distal half dark brown (Fig. 11). Forewing yellowish with 2 brownish patches on clavus, one at base and the other near center of commissural margin; a broad brownish band extended from base of corium to cross vein along MP longitudinal vein; brochosome field brownish (Fig. 80).
Abdominal apodemes nearly reaching end of 5th abdominal sternite. Posterior margin of male pygofer side with a short horn-like appendage bearing a few rigid microsetae, a longitudinally banded sclerite tuberculate terminally and directed cephalad from its lower end (Figs 81, 82). Subgenital plate with some fine setae terminally (Fig. 84). Paramere with caudal part thickened subapically and bent laterad nearly at right angle, subapical protrusion absent (Fig. 85). Connective with stem nearly three times long as lateral arms and central lobe indistinct (Fig. 86).Aedeagal shaft arched and slightly expanded dorsally near middle, with an arched dorsal extension subapically and a narrow ridged ventral appendage approximately on apical 1/4 (Figs 87, 88).
Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Hunan Province, Mt. Hengshan, 30-VIII-1980, coll. Xinwang Tong. Paratype: 1♂, CHINA, Hunan Province, Sangzhi, 6-IX-1981, coll. Xinwang Tong; 1♂, CHINA, Hunan Prov- ince, Chenzhou, 27-VII-1985, coll. Yalin Zhang and Xinwang Tong; 1♂, CHINA, Hunan Province, Sangzhi, Mt. Tianping, 1250m, 14-VIII-2001, coll. Qiang Sun.
Etymology. The specific name is derived from Latin word “recurvus, referring to the terminally recurved longitudinal sclerite on the posterior margin of the pygofer side (Figs 81, 82).
Notes. The new species resembles Agnesiella (A.) polita sp. nov., but differs in the male pygofer side with rigid microsetae on a horn-like appendage and the tuberculate end of the ventral appendage (Figs 81, 82), and in the aedeagal shaft with a shorter ridged ventral appendage (Fig. 87).
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on page 213, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
Inventaire du fonds Bastaire de littérature populaire et infantine [version 1]. Tallandier (petits romans d'aventures et d'amour)
Creators: name: :Unkn
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Numérisation ICB CollEx-Persée AAP20212022
description: Les titres sont ceux donnés par Jean Bastaire. Les dates indiquées ont été établies depuis un courrier de Jean à Michel Bastaire qui lui demandait de dresser l'inventaire. Et la date de fin correspond à la donation et à la publication de Lectures englouties. Listes manuscrites de la collection établie par Jean Bastaire et Michel Bastaire ; Jean sous forme de livrets thématiques et feuilles volantes au format A5. Michel a consigné les titres dans un carnet bloc type Rhodia format A6.
description: Source: Fonds Bastaire Université Clermont Auvergne (Bas-G08_D037)
description: Relation: http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/ms/_631139801_Bas-G08_D037
description: created: 1993/2008
Enhancing Construction Management: Multi-View Stereo and BIM Integration for Construction Progress Monitoring
Creators: name: Chen, Guangan
name: Vlaminck, Michiel
name: Philips, Wilfried
name: Luong, Hiep
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The monitoring of construction project progress is crucial in construction management, ensuring projects stay on track and resources are efficiently utilized. Building Information Modeling (BIM) facilitates the creation of intricate, information-rich models of building designs, enabling a comparative analysis between the as-built building and the as-planned BIM model for effective construction site monitoring. Despite its advantages, integrating the as-planned BIM model with real-time on-site developments during construction remains a challenge. To address this challenge, our research conducted a comprehensive study involving the collection of images during both daytime and nighttime from strategically positioned fixed camera viewpoints across an actual construction site. We employed the Structure-from-Motion method to estimate camera poses and utilized classical Multi-View Stereo technique to reconstruct a 3D point cloud of the as-built building. Subsequently, we achieved the alignment of the reconstructed 3D model with the as-planned BIM model using point cloud registration techniques, including coarse and fine registration. In addition, we integrated the positions of construction workers within the BIM model, projecting them from the 2D image plane to 3D space using voxel carving method, enabling precise safety checks to ensure worker well-being in the dynamic construction environment. This method promises to advance real-time construction monitoring by providing a cohesive link between planned models and actual constructions, essential for enhancing construction management practices.
Inventaire du fonds Bastaire de littérature populaire et infantine [version 1]. Journaux de feuilletons (L'OUVRIER) (LES VEILLEES DES CHAUMIERES) (avant et après 14)
Creators: name: :Unkn
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: Les titres sont ceux donnés par Jean Bastaire. Les dates indiquées ont été établies depuis un courrier de Jean à Michel Bastaire qui lui demandait de dresser l'inventaire. Et la date de fin correspond à la donation et à la publication de Lectures englouties. Listes manuscrites de la collection établie par Jean Bastaire et Michel Bastaire ; Jean sous forme de livrets thématiques et feuilles volantes au format A5. Michel a consigné les titres dans un carnet bloc type Rhodia format A6.
description: Numérisation ICB CollEx-Persée AAP20212022
description: Source: Fonds Bastaire Université Clermont Auvergne (Bas-G08_D069)
description: Relation: http://www.calames.abes.fr/pub/ms/_631139801_Bas-G08_D069
description: created: 1993/2008
Rumphella antipathes
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Gorgoniidae
Rumphella
Rumphella antipathes

description: Rumphella antipathes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gorgonia antipathies Linnaeus, 1758: 801.
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
Literature analysis: This species was listed by Kumar et al. (2017: PY-B) as occurring in the Nicobar and Andaman Islands without any supporting evidence.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Content-based image retrieval of digitized histopathology via boosted spectral embedding (BoSE)
Creators: name: Sridhar, Akshay
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) systems allow for retrieval of images from a database that are similar in visual content to a query image. This is particularly useful in scenarios such as digital pathology, where text-based descriptors alone might be inadequate to accurately describe image content. By representing images via a set of quantitative image descriptors, the similarity between a query image with respect to archived, annotated images in a database can be computed and the most similar images retrieved. Recently, non-linear dimensionality reduction (NLDR) methods have become popular for embedding high dimensional data into a reduced dimensional space while preserving local object adjacencies, thereby allowing for object similarity to be determined more accurately in the reduced dimensional space. However, most dimensionality reduction (DR) methods implicitly assume, in computing the reduced dimensional representation, that all features are equally important. Erroneous or noisy features could potentially result in dissimilar images being mapped close to each other in the reduced embedding space. In this work we present Boosted Spectral Embedding (BoSE), a variant of the traditional Spectral Embedding (SE) NLDR method, which unlike SE utilizes a boosted distance metric (BDM) to selectively weight individual features to subsequently map the data into a reduced dimensional space. In this work BoSE is evaluated against SE (which employs equal feature weighting) in the context of CBIR of digitized prostate and breast cancer histopathology images. Across 154 hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained histopathology images corresponding to benign and malignant prostate cancer biopsy images, low and high grade ER+ breast cancer studies, and HER2+ breast cancer H&E images, BoSE outperformed SE both in terms of CBIR-based (area under the precision recall curve) and classifier-based (classification accuracy) performance measures. Consistent trends were observed when embedding the data into spaces with different dimensions. Our results suggest that BoSE could serve as an important tool for CBIR and classification of high dimensional biomedical data.
Characterization of a new collagen-like protein from trichodesmium erythraeum
Creators: name: Shah, Ruchit Girishchandra
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: In order to meet the exponentially rising demands of collagen in the fields of tissue engineering, cosmetic surgery and drug delivery systems, there is an increasing demand to find novel sources. Recently, an intron-free collagen-like gene found in Trichodesmium erythraeum, a colonial marine cyanobacterium, was reported. This thesis aims at characterizing this new collagen-like sequence and theoretically comparing it with human collagens (especially type I human collagen) and few other bacterial proteins in terms of amino acid composition, flexibility, hydropathicity and charge density. Enzyme degradation and polarized light microscopy were utilized to support the hypothesis of presence of collagen-like protein in T. erythraeum’s cell. The initial step of analysis involved running the blastp algorithm using this new sequence as the query sequence and studying its resemblance to various proteins in RefSeq protein database. Comparison with type I human collagen revealed that the assumed homotrimer molecule of Trichodesmium erythraeum’s collagen-like protein is almost as relatively stable as the former. The alternate flexible and rigid domains in the molecular structure can be predicted to coincide and form a highly flexible fibrillar structure that may aid the aggregates to survive stresses from ocean. It is suggested that this collagen-like protein is primarily responsible for transmission of energy during loading and not as much for storage of elastic energy. This new sequence was found to be highly hydrophobic and sparsely charged unlike any of the other sequences used in analyses. Based on this unusual hydrophobic nature, this collagen-like protein may find its applications for procedures like guided tissue reconstruction in dentistry as also in hernia repair and topical wound dressings. In order to determine the potential of the collagen gene of Trichodesmium erythraeum for tissue engineering, further studies will be required that include experimentally measuring its thermal stability, enzymatic stability of the triglycine repeat region and the globular N and C termini and its ability to undergo fibrillogenesis using established methods.
Acoustic metafluid with anisotropic mass density and tunable sound speed
Creators: name: Seitel, Mark Joseph
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Metamaterials are artificially synthesized materials with uniquely engineered properties that do not occur in nature.  Fabrication of such materials for application to acoustics has led to the creation of novel media with distinct bulk modulus and mass density characteristics.  Studies in this field have typically examined how the properties of these unique materials can be used to manipulate either the attenuation or speed of a propagating sound wave.  Previous works have used rigid structures with fluid cavities as a means to achieve changes in the acoustic behavior of the system.  These approaches have resulted in the successful fabrication of materials with anisotropic mass density as well as advanced theoretical considerations for the creation of materials with anisotropic bulk modulus.  This work uses a different approach to achieve anisotropic mass density, by creating a metafluid consisting of orientable anisotropic ferromagnetic particles.  The anisotropy of the mass density is achieved through the induced mass of the particles, which varies with the particles’ alignment relative to the direction of wave propagation. The successful manipulation of the speed of sound is experimentally demonstrated for the two particle orientations examined, namely that of parallel and perpendicular alignment. The changes in the speed of sound are found to vary with frequency, confirming that the induced mass is the governing mechanism of the mass density anisotropy. Comparison of the experimental data to theoretical predictions reveals higher-than-expected variations in the acoustic wave speed. This behavior is qualitatively accounted for through experimental evidence that indicates particle-particle interactions, resulting in chained particle structures that effectively behave as a single particulate with larger dimensions.  Furthermore, experimental investigations reveal that the magnitude of anisotropic wave speed can be controlled through the intensity of the external magnetic field used to align the particles.