cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
THE OUTPUT FREQUENCY SPECTRUM OF A THYRISTOR PHASE-CONTROLLED CYCLOCONVERTER USING DIGITAL CONTROL TECHNIQUES
Creators: name: LEUNG, CHIU HON
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1985

description: The principle of operation dictates that the output of a cycloconverter contains some harmonics. For drive applications, the harmonics at best increase losses in the motor and may well cause instability. Various methods of analysing the output waveform have been considered. A Fortran 77 program employing a modified Fourier series, making use of the fact that the input waveforms are sinusoidal, was used to compute the individual harmonic amplitudes. A six pulse three phase to single phase cycloconverter was built and a Z-80 microprocessor was used for the control of firing angles. Phase locked loops were used for timing, and their effect upon the output with changing input frequency and voltage were established. The experimental waveforms are analysed by a FFT spectrum analyser. The flexibility of the control circuit enables the following investigations not easily carry out using traditional analog control circuit. The phase relationship between the cosine timing and reference wave in the cosinusoidal control method was shown to affect the output waveform and hence the harmonic content. There is no clear optimum value of phase and the T.H.D. up to 500Hz remains virtually constant. However, the changes of individual harmonic amplitudes is quite significant. In practice it may not be possible to keep the value of phase constant but it should be considered when comparing control strategies. Another investigation involves the changing of the last firing angle in a half cycle. It shows that the value of firing angles produced by the cosinusoidal control method is desirable. Operation at theoretical maximum output frequency was also demonstrated.
Osbeckia octandra
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales
Melastomataceae
Osbeckia
Osbeckia octandra

description: Melastoma octandrum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 391. 1753.
"Habitat in India." RCN: 3078.
 Lectotype (Hansen in Ginkgoana 4: 109. 1977): Herb. Hermann 3: 42, No. 173, right specimen (BM-000621953).
 Current name:  Osbeckia octandra  (L.) DC. (Melastomataceae).
 Note: Specific epithet spelled “octandra” in the protologue.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 662, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Ossaea scabrosa
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales
Melastomataceae
Ossaea
Ossaea scabrosa

description: Melastoma scabrosum Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1022. 1759.
["Habitat in Jamaica."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 558 (1762). RCN: 3070.
 Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 5: 400. 1926): Browne, Herb. Linn. No. 559.1 (LINN).
 Current name:  Ossaea scabrosa  (L.) DC. (Melastomataceae).
 Note: Specific epithet spelled “scabrosa” in the protologue.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 662, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Adaptive Cybersecurity Training Framework for Social Media Risks
Creators: name: Ben Salamah, Fai
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cybersecurity, risk management, social media, training, education
subject: PhD

description: Social media has become embedded in our everyday lives, personal activities, and the workplace. Thus, educating users on emerging cybersecurity challenges for social media has become imperative. In this project, a systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted and a mix of approach analyses to derive a framework that identifies the activities involved in adapting cybersecurity training for social media risks. I collected answers from 641 Kuwaiti employees in various sectors: education, healthcare, leadership and management, arts, entertainment, the police, and military, and interviewed 25 people who serve as policymakers, cybersecurity trainers, and those who have experienced cybersecurity training before. The study found that a one-fits-all training approach is highly ineffective, as people’s understanding and knowledge can vary greatly. Features such as gender, age, educational level, job roles, and the trainees’ training preferences and perceptions are essential considerations for developing a robust training system. Additionally, the study found that job role and age constitute the main factors associated with social media cybersecurity risks. The findings reveal that employees working in the business and financial sectors are the riskiest group, as far as cybersecurity is concerned. Female employees are more vulnerable to cyberattacks than male employees, and the youngest employees are the most risk prone, employees with less than two years of experience, and those who are 55 years old or more, need more cybersecurity training, due to their lack of awareness on the subject. This work has led to formulate a risk equation that can assist policymakers and training providers in defining countermeasures against risks and prioritize the training for those who need it the most. The framework and its process were validated through several strategies involving 38 case studies, surveys, and interviews. The novel contribution of this research is the proposal of the framework, which is a high-level, holistic framework that can support and promote organizations in mitigating social media risks.
Equivalence of Information and Squered Energy, in peer review by "Advances in Theoretical & Computational Physics"
Creators: name: Jöge, Friedhelm
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 519999
subject: Other physical sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The equivalence of information and squered Energy is presented and a corresponding physical-mathematical formula is developed.
INFRA-RED DIVERGENCES IN 2+1 DIMENSIONAL GAUGE THEORIES
Creators: name: MAZUMDER, ZAKARIA
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2003

description: Quantum field theories generally exhibit divergences. Ultra-violet divergences are treated through the renormalisation programme. Infra-red divergences, which accompany massless particles, are a characteristic of unbroken gauge theories and make it difficult to extract physical predictions. In this thesis we analyse various approaches to the infra-red problem and apply them to 2+1 dimensional gauge theories. These are useful as toy models, are related to the high temperature limit and are important in condensed matter physics. After briefly reviewing various responses to the infra-red problem in 3H-1 dimensions, we begin our study of gauge theories in 2+1 dimensions by performing a one loop renormalisation of various on-shell Green's functions. Both the fermionic and scalar theories are employed to study the spin dependence of the infra-red structures. Ward identities are explicitly verified and gauge dependence is analysed by calculating in different gauges. Following arguments due to Kulish and Faddeev we see that the asymptotic interaction in QED cannot be neglected before or after scattering. This means that, even at asymptotic times, QED has a non-trivial gauge symmetry and so the Lagrangian fermion cannot be identified with a physical field. We then introduce a systematic method to construct locally gauge invariant dressed fields which describe particles moving with a well-defined velocity. We then find that the mass shift and the wave function renormalisation constants are infra-red finite when these dressed solutions are used. The infra-red structure of scattering is also analysed. Finally, the Bloch-Nordsieck method is used to study the IR problem at the level of the inclusive cross-section. It is seen that this method breaks down in 2+1 dimensions. Some suggestions for future work conclude this thesis.
Henriettea sessilifolia Alain 1965
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Myrtales
Melastomataceae
Henriettea
Henriettea sessilifolia

description: Melastoma sessilifolium Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 2: 1022. 1759.
["Habitat in Jamaica."] Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 559 (1762). RCN: 3074.
 Lectotype (Fawcett & Rendle, Fl. Jamaica 5: 395. 1926): Browne, Herb. Linn. No. 559.8 (LINN).
 Current name:  Henriettea sessilifolia  (L.) Alain (Melastomataceae).
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on pages 662-663, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
CONVERGENCE IMPROVEMENT OF ITERATIVE DECODERS
Creators: name: PAPAGIANNIS, EVANGELOS
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2006

description: Iterative decoding techniques shaked the waters of the error correction and communications field in general. Their amazing compromise between complexity and performance offered much more freedom in code design and made highly complex codes, that were being considered undecodable until recently, part of almost any communication system. Nevertheless, iterative decoding is a sub-optimum decoding method and as such, it has attracted huge research interest. But the iterative decoder still hides many of its secrets, as it has not been possible yet to fully describe its behaviour and its cost function. This work presents the convergence problem of iterative decoding from various angles and explores methods for reducing any sub-optimalities on its operation. The decoding algorithms for both LDPC and turbo codes were investigated and aspects that contribute to convergence problems were identified. A new algorithm was proposed, capable of providing considerable coding gain in any iterative scheme. Moreover, it was shown that for some codes the proposed algorithm is sufficient to eliminate any sub-optimality and perform maximum likelihood decoding. Its performance and efficiency was compared to that of other convergence improvement schemes. Various conditions that can be considered critical to the outcome of the iterative decoder were also investigated and the decoding algorithm of LDPC codes was followed analytically to verify the experimental results.
O'SMIRLARDAGI AGRESSIV XULQ-ATVORNI VUJUDGA KELTIRUVCHI IJTIMOIY-PSIXOLOGIK OMILLAR
Creators: name: Eshpo'latova, Sh.A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Mazkur maqolada o‘smirlardagi agressiv xulq-atvorni vujudga keltiruvchi ijtimoiy-psixologik omillarning o‘ziga xos psixologik jihatlariga aloxida e’tibor qaratilgan va taxlil etilgan.
Integrated remanufacturing scheduling of disassembly, reprocessing and reassembly considering energy efficiency and stochasticity through group teaching optimization and simulation approaches
Creators: name: Fu, Yaping
name: Zhang, Zhengpei
name: Liang, Pei
name: Tian, Guangdong
name: Zhang, Chaoyong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified

description: The energy crisis and environmental pollution are receiving increasing attention from governments and communities. This study researches energy-aware remanufacturing systems. Remanufacturing aims to reuse valuable resources from end-of-life products and produce as-new products. Since remanufacturing systems involve a series of disassembly, processing and assembly operations, remanufacturing schedule integrates disassembly, processing and assembly shops. A multi-objective scheduling of remanufacturing systems is proposed, considering workstation use, energy consumption and customer satisfaction simultaneously. A chance-constrained programming model is established to minimize makespan and energy consumption while satisfying total tardiness requirements. A hybrid method is developed, using group teaching optimization and a discrete event simulation system, which can seek and evaluate potentially favourable solutions. The approach is validated on a group of test instances using well-known methods. The results reveal that this method can find non-dominated solutions with well-converged and well-diversified performance, verifying its advantages in providing informed decisions for managers and engineers.
Il Vantaggio Competitivo dell’Impresa in un Mercato Altamente Dinamico, Valorizzando le Potenzialità dell’Intelligenza Artificiale
Creators: name: Selleri, Luigi
Publisher: name: ----
Year: 2024
Subjects: turbolenza, mercati, dinamismo, ambiente, strategie, differenziazione, innovazione, coesistenza, coevoluzione, ambiente, imprese, complessità, auto-organizzazione, caos, frattale, IA, Diagnostic intelligences, Predictive, ChatGPT

description: In questo scritto ci siamo proposti di delineare la strategia dell’impresa quando il mercato e l’ambiente nei quali essa svolge la sua gestione si prospettino altamente dinamici e complessi. A questo scopo, dopo aver analizzato i fattori e le interdipendenze che caratterizzano il dinamismo e la complessità del mercato e dell’ambiente, introduciamo i principi della Teoria della Complessità e della Teoria del Caos, atteso che, a nostro avviso, il comportamento dell’impresa nelle situazioni di mercato prospettate, ossia la sua Strategia, deve essere improntato a tali principi. In questa logica, evidenziamo che quest’ultima trova la sua definizione in sede di gestione della “Soglia del Caos” che, quando prospetta potenzialità di sviluppo del mercato di riferimento dell’impresa, si traduce nel perseguimento della Strategia di Innovazione. In questo contesto, tenuto conto delle potenzialità dell’Intelligenza Artificiale ed in particolare dell’Intelligenza Artificiale Generativa, evidenziamo come il ricorso al suo utilizzo possa contribuire validamente alla decisione della Strategia di Innovazione.
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Azadirachta indica A. Juss.
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Sapindales
Meliaceae
Azadirachta
Azadirachta indica

description: Melia azadirachta Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 385. 1753.
"Habitat in India." RCN: 3032.
 Lectotype (Howard, Fl. Lesser Antilles 4: 582. 1988): Herb. Hermann 2: 56, No. 161 (BM-000594618).
 Current name:  Azadirachta indica  A. Juss. (Meliaceae).
 Note: Siddiqi (in Jafri & El-Gadi, Fl. Libya 93: 2. 1983) wrongly indicated material in Herb. Hermann 1: 10 (BM) as type, evidently confusing this name with M. azedarach L.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 663, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
AUTOMATED INTERPRETATION OF THE BACKGROUND EEG USING FUZZY LOGIC
Creators: name: RIDDINGTON, EDWARD PETER
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1998

description: A new framework is described for managing uncertainty and for deahng with artefact corruption to introduce objectivity in the interpretation of the electroencephalogram (EEG). Conventionally, EEG interpretation is time consuming and subjective, and is known to show significant inter- and intra-personnel variation. A need thus exists to automate the interpretation of the EEG to provide a more consistent and efficient assessment. However, automated analysis of EEGs by computers is complicated by two major factors. The difficulty of adequately capturing in machine form, the skills and subjective expertise of the experienced electroencephalbgrapher, and the lack of a reliable means of dealing with the range of EEG artefacts (signal contamination). In this thesis, a new framework is described which introduces objectivity in two important outcomes of clinical evaluation of the EEG, namely, the clinical factual report and the clinical 'conclusion', by capturing the subjective expertise of the electroencephalographer and dealing with the problem of artefact corruption. The framework is separated into two stages .to assist piecewise optimisation and to cater for different requirements. The first stage, 'quantitative analysis', relies on novel digital signal processing algorithms and cluster analysis techniques to reduce data and identify and describe background activities in the EEG. To deal with artefact corruption, an artefact removal strategy, based on new reUable techniques for artefact identification is used to ensure that artefact-free activities only are used in the analysis. The outcome is a quantitative analysis, which efficiently describes the background activity in the record, and can support future clinical investigations in neurophysiology. In clinical practice, many of the EEG features are described by the clinicians in natural language terms, such as very high, extremely irregular, somewhat abnormal etc. The second stage of the framework, 'qualitative analysis', captures the subjectivity and linguistic uncertainty expressed.by the clinical experts, using novel, intelligent models, based on fuzzy logic, to provide an analysis closely comparable to the clinical interpretation made in practice. The outcome of this stage is an EEG report with qualitative descriptions to complement the quantitative analysis. The system was evaluated using EEG records from 1 patient with Alzheimer's disease and 2 age-matched normal controls for the factual report, and 3 patients with Alzheimer's disease and 7 age-matched nonnal controls for the 'conclusion'. Good agreement was found between factual reports produced by the system and factual reports produced by qualified clinicians. Further, the 'conclusion' produced by the system achieved 100% discrimination between the two subject groups. After a thorough evaluation, the system should significantly aid the process of EEG interpretation and diagnosis.
Melia azedarach Linnaeus 1753
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Sapindales
Meliaceae
Melia
Melia azedarach

description: Melia azedarach Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 384. 1753.
"Habitat in Syria." RCN: 3031.
 Lectotype (Abdulla in Nasir & Ali, Fl. W. Pakistan 17: 8. 1972): Herb. Hermann 1: 10, No. 162 (BM-000621259).
 Generitype of Melia Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 153. 1929).
 Current name:  Melia azedarach  L. (Meliaceae).
 Note: Mabberley (in Gard. Bull. Singapore 37: 63-64. 1984) provided a detailed account of the history of this taxon and its many cultivars, concluding that its type should be a Clifford sheet. However, this choice is pre-dated by that of Abdulla (and followed by several later authors), who chose Hermann material from Sri Lanka as the type. Despite some confusion over the geographical provenance (Syria vs. Ceylon) of M. azedarach and its var. sempervirens by Linnaeus, his diagnosis for the species name is firmly linked with the Flora Zeylanica account, and there seem to be no grounds for rejecting Abdulla’s choice. There appear to be no nomenclatural implications at species rank.
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 663, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Melia azedarach Linnaeus 1753
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliopsida
Sapindales
Meliaceae
Melia
Melia azedarach

description: Melia azedarach Linnaeus var. sempervirens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 384. 1753.
"Habitat in Zeylona." RCN: 3031.
 Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 145. 1983): Herb. Clifford: 161, Melia 1 α (BM-000558743).
 Current name:  Melia azedarach  L. (Meliaceae).
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 663, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Acampe ochracea Hochr., Bull.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Acampe
Acampe ochracea

description: Acampe ochracea (Lindl.) Hochr., Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 270, 1910
 Basionym: Saccolabium ochraceum Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 28 (Misc.): 2, 1842.
 Heterotypic synonym: Acampe dentata Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 4: 3, 1853.
 Specimens examined:— CHIN. Mindat District: fide Aung et al. (2020: 61). MANDALAY. Myingyan District: 1 May 2003, Murata et al. 029774 (MBK). BAGO. Taungoo District: O’Byrne s.n., photo, fide SOF (2019). MON. Mawlamyine District: Parish 78 (icon. K). TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: 11 Feb 1928, Ba Pe 8125 (K).
 Distribution:— Sri Lanka, India, the eastern Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and southwestern China.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
A COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES
Creators: name: TAN, CHIEW SEON
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2006

description: The work in this thesis is concerned with the development of a novel and practical collision avoidance system for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Synergistically, advanced stochastic motion planning methods, dynamics quantisation approaches, multivariable tracking controller designs, sonar data processing and workspace representation, are combined to enhance significantly the survivability of modern AUVs. The recent proliferation of autonomous AUV deployments for various missions such as seafloor surveying, scientific data gathering and mine hunting has demanded a substantial increase in vehicle autonomy. One matching requirement of such missions is to allow all the AUV to navigate safely in a dynamic and unstructured environment. Therefore, it is vital that a robust and effective collision avoidance system should be forthcoming in order to preserve the structural integrity of the vehicle whilst simultaneously increasing its autonomy. This thesis not only provides a holistic framework but also an arsenal of computational techniques in the design of a collision avoidance system for AUVs. The design of an obstacle avoidance system is first addressed. The core paradigm is the application of the Rapidly-exploring Random Tree (RRT) algorithm and the newly developed version for use as a motion planning tool. Later, this technique is merged with the Manoeuvre Automaton (MA) representation to address the inherent disadvantages of the RRT. A novel multi-node version which can also address time varying final state is suggested. Clearly, the reference trajectory generated by the aforementioned embedded planner must be tracked. Hence, the feasibility of employing the linear quadratic regulator (LQG) and the nonlinear kinematic based state-dependent Ricatti equation (SDRE) controller as trajectory trackers are explored. The obstacle detection module, which comprises of sonar processing and workspace representation submodules, is developed and tested on actual sonar data acquired in a sea-trial via a prototype forward looking sonar (AT500). The sonar processing techniques applied are fundamentally derived from the image processing perspective. Likewise, a novel occupancy grid using nonlinear function is proposed for the workspace representation of the AUV. Results are presented that demonstrate the ability of an AUV to navigate a complex environment. To the author's knowledge, it is the first time the above newly developed methodologies have been applied to an A UV collision avoidance system, and, therefore, it is considered that the work constitutes a contribution of knowledge in this area of work.
Melianthus major Linnaeus 1753
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Geraniales
Melianthaceae
Melianthus
Melianthus major

description: Melianthus major Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 639. 1753.
"Habitat in Aethiopiae succulentis." RCN: 4652.
Type not designated.
Original material: Herb. Linn. No. 818.2 (LINN); Herb. Linn. No. 818.1 (LINN); [icon] in Hermann, Hort. Lugd.-Bat. Cat.: 414, 415. 1687.
 Generitype of Melianthus Linnaeus (vide Green, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 170. 1929).
 Current name:  Melianthus major  L. (Melianthaceae).
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 663, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Acampe joiceyana Seidenf.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Acampe
Acampe joiceyana

description: Acampe joiceyana (J.J.Sm.) Seidenf., Nord. J. Bot. 22: 532, 2002
 Basionym: Trichoglottis joiceyana J.J.Sm., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 166, 1929. Type:—? MYANMAR. Possibly Tenasserim: imp. Sander s.n. (holotype: L).
 Homotypic synonym: Staurochilus joiceyanus (J.J.Sm.) Seidenf., Opera Bot. 95: 96, 1988.
 Heterotypic synonym: Acampe thailandica Seidenf., Contr. Orchid Fl. Thailand 13: 49, 1997.
 Specimens examined:— ? MYANMAR. Type. MANDALAY. Myingyan District: 1200−1500 m, 30 Mar 2006, Khin Myo Htwe 102 (MBK [s], TNS, TNS [s]), fide Tanaka et al. (2011: 162); same loc., 12 May 2007, Tanaka et al. 051156 (MBK, TNS [s]). SHAN. Taunggyi District: 1250 m, 28 Feb 2014, Saw Lwin SL 34, photo.
 Distribution:— Myanmar and Thailand.
 Note:— Seidenfaden (1988: 96) speculated that the origin of this plant was Myanmar (as Staurochilus joiceyanus). He later described it as Acampe thailandica (Seidenfaden 1997: 49), which is now considered conspecific with A. joiceyana.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
Neural Models of Subcortical Auditory Processing
Creators: name: McCabe, Susan Lynda
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1994

description: An important feature of the auditory system is its ability to distinguish many simultaneous sound sources. The primary goal of this work was to understand how a robust, preattentive analysis of the auditory scene is accomplished by the subcortical auditory system. Reasonably accurate modelling of the morphology and organisation of the relevant auditory nuclei, was seen as being of great importance. The formulation of plausible models and their subsequent simulation was found to be invaluable in elucidating biological processes and in highlighting areas of uncertainty. In the thesis, a review of important aspects of mammalian auditory processing is presented and used as a basis for the subsequent modelling work. For each aspect of auditory processing modelled, psychophysical results are described and existing models reviewed, before the models used here are described and simulated. Auditory processes which are modelled include the peripheral system, and the production of tonotopic maps of the spectral content of complex acoustic stimuli, and of modulation frequency or periodicity. A model of the formation of sequential associations between successive sounds is described, and the model is shown to be capable of emulating a wide range of psychophysical behaviour. The grouping of related spectral components and the development of pitch perception is also investigated. Finally a critical assessment of the work and ideas for future developments are presented. The principal contributions of this work are the further development of a model for pitch perception and the development of a novel architecture for the sequential association of those groups. In the process of developing these ideas, further insights into subcortical auditory processing were gained, and explanations for a number of puzzling psychophysical characteristics suggested.
Acanthephippium striatum Lindl.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Acanthephippium
Acanthephippium striatum

description: Acanthephippium striatum Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 24 (Misc.): 41, 1838
 Specimens examined:— CHIN. Mindat District: 1270 m, 27 May 2007, Kuroiwa et al. 051344 (MBK, TNS [s]).
 Distribution:— India, the eastern Himalayas, western Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, southwestern and southern China and Malesia as far east as the Lesser Sunda Islands.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
Melianthus comosus Vahl 1794
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Geraniales
Melianthaceae
Melianthus
Melianthus comosus

description: Melianthus minor Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 639. 1753, nom. utique rej.
"Habitat in Aethiopia." RCN: 4653.
 Lectotype (Wijnands, Bot. Commelins: 146. 1983): [icon] " Melianthus Afric. minor foetidus" in Commelin, Hort. Med. Amstelaed. Pl. Rar.: 4, t. 4. 1706.
 Current name:  Melianthus comosus  Vahl (Melianthaceae).
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 663, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Acriopsis liliifolia Ormerod, Opera Bot.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Acriopsis
Acriopsis liliifolia

description: Acriopsis liliifolia (J.Koenig) Ormerod, Opera Bot. 124: 58, 1995
 Basionym: Epidendrum liliifolium J.Koenig in A.J.Retzius, Observ. Bot. 6: 61, 1791.
 Heterotypic synonyms: Acriopsis javanica Reinw. ex Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 377, 1825.
 Acriopsis javanica Reinw. ex Blume var. auriculata Minderh. & de Vogel, Orchid Monogr. 1: 14, 1986.
 Specimens examined:— MON. Mawlamyine District: 1869, Parish 299 (K); same loc., drawings in K-LINDL. TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: 40 m, 23 Mar 2012, Saw Lwin et al. TNRO 2 (SING, SING [s]); same loc., 27 Feb 2015, Kurzweil s.n., photo; same loc., 50 m, 18 Mar 2015, Hlaing Ko et al. 19 (NY), ident. uncertain; same loc., drawings in K-LINDL. NOT TRACED. 500 m, Maxwell 75-278 (AAU). WITHOUT LOCALITY. Griffith s.n., Kew Distr. 5379 (K), det. M. E. Minderhoud; May 1897, Peche s.n. (BM), det. herbarium BM.
 Distribution:— The eastern Himalayas, northeastern India throughout Southeast Asia to the islands of the western Pacific.
 Notes:— Considered in the broad sense (var. auriculata is not recognised). In addition to the specimens listed above, there are also drawings of specimens from Mawlamyine and Dawei districts in K-LINDL.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
OPERATION OF V.L.C.C.'S IN HEAVY WEATHER
Creators: name: Robertsson, Staffan
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1979

description: A short review is presented of available instrumentation systems designed to assist the operation of ships in heavy weather by warning against dangerous wave loads. Some systems also give guidance to the master by predicting the outcome of evasive actions, and the bases on which such predictions are made, such as visual observations of the wave system, are questioned. A method is presented in which the motions of the ship are used to determine the sea state in the form of an "equivalent" wave spectrum. Two investigations of the possibility of improving the guidance capability of warning instruments are described, in which the predictions are based on the equivalent wave spectrum. For this purpose, recorded full-scale data from a container ship and a tanker have been analysed and the two methods, spectrum analysis and a statistical method, are described. Using the equivalent spectrum, predictions of the effect of a change of course and estimates of one response from another have been made and compared to measured values. The results of these comparisons, which are presented graphically and in the form of correlations between measured and predicted values, are discussed with respect to error sources and factors which limit the method's applicability. The accuracy in predicting one response from another was found to be higher the closer the correlation between the responses, and correct estimations of the relative heading and the angular energy distribution of the wave system were found to be of importance. Theoretical calculations of ship responses to irregular waves have been made by linear superposition of transfer functions and wave spectra and a new way of extrapolating the transfer functions is described.
Melica altissima Linnaeus 1753
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Melica
Melica altissima

description: Melica altissima Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 66. 1753.
"Habitat in Sibiria, Canada." RCN: 566.
 Lectotype (Cope in Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 252. 2000): Herb. Linn. No. 86.5 (LINN).
 Current name:  Melica altissima  L. (Poaceae).
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 663, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Aeridostachya crassipes Rauschert, Feddes Repert.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Aeridostachya
Aeridostachya crassipes

description: Aeridostachya crassipes (Ridl.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94: 436, 1983
 Basionym: Eria crassipes Ridl., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 38: 327, 1908.
 Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Putao District: fide Aung et al. (2020: 61).
 Distribution:— Northern Myanmar and western Malesia.
 Note:— If confirmed, this is a new generic record for Myanmar.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
Molinia caerulea Moench
Creators: name: Jarvis, Charlie
Publisher: name: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae
Molinia
Molinia caerulea

description: Melica caerulea (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 13: 97. 1774.
["Habitat in Europae pascuis aquosis."] Sp. Pl. 1: 63 (1753). RCN: 550.
 Basionym: Aira caerulea L. (1753).
 Lectotype (Trist & Sell in Watsonia 17: 154. 1988): Herb. Linn. No. 85.1 (LINN).
 Current name:  Molinia caerulea  (L.) Moench (Poaceae).
description: Published as part of Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), pp. 651-689 in Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London :Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum on page 663, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.291971
Per una presentazione
Creators: name: Corona, René
Publisher: name: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti
Year: 2024

description: Presentazione degli Atti della Giornata di studi Per Maria Gabriella Adamo (Messina, Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, 28 giugno 2022)
description: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti, V. 4, N. 98 (2022)
AN INVESTIGATION OF EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTING IN SYSTEMS IDENTIFICATION FOR PRELIMINARY DESIGN
Creators: name: WATSON, ANDREW HARRY
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1999

description: This research investigates the integration of evolutionary techniques for symbolic regression. In particular the genetic programming paradigm is used together with other evolutionary computational techniques to develop novel approaches to the improvement of areas of simple preliminary design software using empirical data sets. It is shown that within this problem domain, conventional genetic programming suffers from several limitations, which are overcome by the introduction of an improved genetic programming strategy based on node complexity values, and utilising a steady state algorithm with subpopulations. A further extension to the new technique is introduced which incorporates a genetic algorithm to aid the search within continuous problem spaces, increasing the robustness of the new method. The work presented here represents an advance in the Geld of genetic programming for symbolic regression with significant improvements over the conventional genetic programming approach. Such improvement is illustrated by extensive experimentation utilising both simple test functions and real-world design examples.
Percorsi e regards ‘di là del mare’ nella poesia di Maria Gabriella Adamo
Creators: name: Labadessa, Paola
Publisher: name: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti
Year: 2024

description: La raccolta delle poesie di Maria Gabriella Adamo, pazientemente recuperate e organizzate da René Corona nel volume Il Giardino di là del mare che ne accoglie anche prose e racconti, ci consente di esplorare il mondo interiore di Maria Gabriella che ha spesso affidato alla poesia la voce del suo intimo. Le nove sezioni in cui si articola la raccolta poetica, a volte divise in sottosezioni, ci permettono di entrare, in punta di piedi, in questo mondo che si muove, nell’intreccio del tempo, tra infanzia e maturità, assenza e ricordi, permeato di emozioni, accenni onirici e sensazioni forti ma che non si sottrae, con grevi interrogativi, all’espressione del dubbio, dell’insoddisfazione, della solitudine. Anima poliedrica e sensibile, capace di abbracciare temi diversi che vanno dall’attualità alla note più profonde, la scrittura poetica di Maria Gabriella, alterna momenti di grande intensità e, talora, di amaro realismo, a divertissements puri e ironici, per giungere, quale novello Adamo, apice del percorso di vita e di scrittura, in quell’Eden, quel Giardino di là del mare che titola la raccolta, che le consente di vivere la dualità dello Stretto, quale luogo simbolico, in cui la Natura la accoglie con le sue fioriture e le sue creature, e di cui fa definitivamente la sua dimora: «E il Giardino di là del mare | Divenne approdo | E su radici profonde | Si innalzò la mia Casa».

The collection of poems by Maria Gabriella Adamo, patiently recovered and organized by René Corona in the volume Il Giardino di là del mare which also contains prose and stories, allows us to explore the inner world of Maria Gabriella who has often entrusted to poetry the voice of her intimate. The nine sections that compose the poetic collection, sometimes divided into subsections, let us enter, tiptoe, in a world that moves, in the interweaving of time, between childhood and maturity, absence and memories, permeated with emotions, dreamlike hints and strong sensations but that does not escape, with heavy questions, the expression of doubt, dissatisfaction, and loneliness. A versatile and sensitive soul, capable of embracing different themes from current events to inner notes, the poetic writing of Maria Gabriella, alternates moments of great intensity and, sometimes, of bitter realism, to pure and ironic divertissements. Like a new Adam, she reaches the apex of the path of life and writing, in the Eden, the Garden beyond the sea that headlines the collection. It allows her to live the duality of the Strait of Messina, as a symbolic place, in which Nature welcomes her with its blooms and its creatures, where she finally places her home: «E il Giardino di là del mare | Divenne approdo | E su radici profonde | Si innalzò la mia Casa».
description: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Lettere, Filosofia e Belle Arti, V. 4, N. 98 (2022)
Agrostophyllum callosum Rchb.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Agrostophyllum
Agrostophyllum callosum

description: Agrostophyllum callosum Rchb. f. in B.Seemann, Fl. Vit.: 296, 1868
 Specimens examined:— UPPER MYANMAR. Griffith s.n., Kew Distr. 5216 (K). KACHIN. Myitkyina District: 2100 m, 10 Mar 2011, Lasi Bawk Naw BW 27 (RAF). WITHOUT LOCALITY. 21 Sep 1927, Swinhoe K 121 (K). Reported from Kachin State, Sagaing Region, Chin State, Magway and Mandalay regions, Shan State and Tanintharyi Region by Kress et al. (2003: 64), but we have not seen any material from these areas.
 Distribution:— Central Himalayas to Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and southwestern and southern China.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
Agrostophyllum planicaule Rchb.
Creators: name: Ormerod, Paul
name: Kurzweil, Hubert
name: Watthana, Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Asparagales
Orchidaceae
Agrostophyllum
Agrostophyllum planicaule

description: Agrostophyllum planicaule (Wall. ex Lindl.) Rchb. f. in Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) 6: 909, 1864
 Basionym: Eria planicaulis Wall. ex Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 26 (Misc.): 8, 1840.
 Heterotypic synonyms: Agrostophyllum khasianum Griff., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 376, 1844.
 Agrostophyllum hasseltii Rchb. f. in Ann. Bot. Syst. (Walper s) 6: 909, 1864. Types:— MYANMAR. Tanintharyi: Myeik District, Griffith 254 (syntype: K-LINDL); same loc., Griffith 255 (syntype: K-LINDL).
 Appendicula hasseltii auct. non Blume: Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5 (1): 20, t. 1748-3, 1851.
 Specimens examined:— KACHIN. Myitkyina District: without collector s.n. (not located, possibly CAL), fide Pottinger & Prain (1898: 269) [as Agrostophyllum khasianum]; same loc., 230−240 m, 16 Mar 2009, Kurzweil & Saw Lwin KL 2525 (SING [s]). MANDALAY. Mandalay District: Swinhoe 71 (K). TENASSERIM. Helfer 1135, Kew Distr. 5219 (K, NY). MON. Mawlamyine District: Parish 103 (K). TANINTHARYI. Dawei District: 245 m, Aug 1961, Keenan et al. 5094 (A, E, K); Myeik District: types; Kawthoung District: Tanaka et al. MY2320 (TNS).
 Distribution:— Central Himalayas, northeastern India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina and Peninsular Malaysia.
description: Published as part of Ormerod, Paul, Kurzweil, Hubert & Watthana, Santi, 2021, Annotated List of Orchidaceae for Myanmar, pp. 1-262 in Phytotaxa 481 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.481.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5417592
Understanding the factors driving a bank to integrate sustainability in its Banking Business in a Market where Green Banking is a Novel Concept and not Mandatory: A Case Study of Standard Chartered Bank Zambia
Creators: name: Chuma, Casius
Publisher: name: Economia Aziendale Online -
Year: 2024
Subjects: Sustainability, Green Banking, Sustainable Banking, Stakeholder theory, Factors driving sustainability Adoption

description: Standard Chartered Bank Zambia is the first and only bank in Zambia that has publicly declared its commitment to integrating sustainability its banking business.  The bank has embarked on adopting sustainable/green banking practices in a market where it is not mandatory for players in the banking sector to adopt sustainable/green banking practices in their banking business.  Regardless Zambia being a signatory to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the current regulatory frameworks and laws suggest a limitation in enforcing sustainable/green banking as there are no such legal provisions.  For instance, the Banking and Financial Services Act (2017) which gives the Bank of Zambia (the Central Bank) the mandate to oversee banking and non-banking financial institutions, does not have a provision to compel banks in Zambia to adopt or integrate sustainable/green banking practices.  In other words, as earlier mentioned, it is not mandatory for banks in Zambia to adopt sustainable banking practices.  In this respect, in the absence of a regulatory framework and laws to compel banks in Zambia to adopt sustainability in their banking business, this study embarked on understanding what is driving Standard Chartered Bank Zambia to integrate or adopt sustainability in its banking business.

On the basis that Standard Chartered Bank Zambia is the first and only bank in Zambia that has integrated sustainability in its business, this study has adopted a case study design taking Standard Chartered Bank Zambia as case to understand the factors driving the bank to integrate sustainability in its banking business in a market where green banking is a novel concept and not mandatory.  To collect data on the study objective, the study employed qualitative data collection methods that include the conduct of key informant interviews and document review. 

The study findings reveal that Standard Chartered Bank Zambia’s integration or adoption of sustainability in its banking business was largely driven by the parent bank’s strategic/policy shift to go green, which is consequently cascaded to subsidiary banks at country level.  The parent bank’s strategic/policy shift mainly reflects the bank’s response to pressure from the global community position on sustainability within the context of attaining net zero by 2050.  Additionally, Standard Chartered Bank's global vision of becoming the world's most sustainable and responsible bank, a vision shared and implemented by all its subsidiaries worldwide suggests the extent ethical obligation has played a role in the bank’s adoption of sustainable/green banking.
description: Economia Aziendale Online -, Vol 15, No 2 (2024): ISSUE 2/2024