cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: A political history of the Kingdom of Kazembe, Zambia.
Creators: name: Macola, Giacomo
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2000

description: This is a study of the eastern Lunda kingdom of Kazembe, the political history of which has never received detailed treatment despite its indisputable regional significance between the mid-eighteenth and the mid-nineteenth century. This work differs from most monographic studies of the history of the eastern savanna of Central Africa in its attempt to examine both the pre-colonial and the colonial experiences of the Kazembe kingdom. This approach reflects awareness of the manipulability of historical consciousness and the extent to which oral sources were moulded by the colonial context. The implementation of a flexible set of symbols and institutions of rule was the principal contribution of the rulers of the Kazembe kingdom to the political transformation of the territory to the east of the upper Lualaba River. It enabled them to wield a measure of influence over peripheral societies in both southern Katanga and the plateau to the east of the lower Luapula valley, the heartland of the kingdom and an ecological niche conducive to the development of political complexity and centralization. The disparity between the articulations of political control in the heartland and the periphery, together with the role of long-distance trade and the growing importance of external influences and threats, are essential to understand the decline of the power of the eastern Lunda in the second half of the nineteenth century. It was a much enervated polity which faced British and Belgian empire-builders in the last decade of the century. The kingdom was easily subdued, but the aspirations of its rulers lived on throughout the colonial period. An examination of the interactions between Lunda leaders, British officials and subjects of both shows that the royal family was better placed than the aristocracy to take advantage of the new political circumstances and answer the challenges of economic change and mission education. The furtherance of a new ethno-history was another manifestation of the fundamental adaptability of the royal family.
L’eterotterofauna di un’azienda agricola a conduzione biologica del versante ionico calabrese
Creators: name: Bonacci, Teresa
name: Carapezza, Attilio
name: Brandmayr, Tullia Zetto
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: THE HETEROPTERA OF ORGANIC MANAGED FARM ON THE IONIAN COAST OF CALABRIA

The investigated farm, whose extent is about 34 hectares located on the Copanello promontory (province of Catanzaro), was subdivided into six zones differing in environmental and vegetative characteristics and technique of cultivation. Sixtyfour species of Heteroptera were collected, directly on plants, or using pitt-fall and light traps. Most Heteroptera were phytophagous species living on herbaceous plants in a zone of the farm little affected by human activities, where the technique of cultivation was limitated to a yearly tilling.

Key words: bugs, vegetation, biodiversity, Southern Italy.

L’azienda indagata, di circa 34 ettari, ubicata sul promontorio di Copanello (CZ) è stata suddivisa in 6 aree con caratteristiche paesaggistiche e floristico/vegetazionali differenti, caratterizzate da vari gradi di naturalità e soggette a pratiche colturali diverse. Gli esemplari di Eterotteri censiti, per un totale di 64 specie, sono stati raccolti principalmente tramite cattura diretta, o utilizzando trappole a caduta e/o trappole luminose. Gli Eterotteri, per la maggior parte, sono stati raccolti sulla vegetazione, soprattutto piante erbacee, in alcune aree dell’azienda dove l’impatto antropico è piuttosto limitato.

Parole chiave: Cimici, vegetazione, biodiversità, Sud Italia.
description: Entomologica, Vol 36 (2002)
ILRR_Ling-Li_Supplemental-Online-Appendix – Supplemental material for Workplace Safety and Worker Productivity: Evidence from the MINER Act
Creators: name: Li, Ling
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Economics
Organisation and Management Theory

description: Supplemental material, ILRR_Ling-Li_Supplemental-Online-Appendix for Workplace Safety and Worker Productivity: Evidence from the MINER Act by Ling Li in ILR Review
Mouthparts of a tydeid mite: an ultrastructural and functional investigation
Creators: name: Nuzzaci, Giorgio
name: Di Palma, Antonella
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: The gnathosoma of a tydeid mite (Tydeus sp.) shows the subcapitulum and the cheliceral segments not fused to each other though closely appressed. The lateral lips are provided with a well defined system of grooves and rims for interlocking. The pre-oral groove has very electron- dense walls; it is tightly shaped and covered dorsally by the labrum only distally. More proximally it becomes a channel (food channel), dorsally sealed. The labrum is an unpaired structure involved in keeping the cheliceral stylets into the cheliceral groove and in covering the pre-oral groove distally. The fixed digits and the basal segments of the chelicerae are shaped to adhere to the lateral lips and mesally to each other; they are not fused to form a stylophore. The movable digits are stylet-like, reach the tip of the gnathosoma and are proximally articulated with a large lever provided with two strong knobby apodemes.

A pharyngeal pump connected to the food channel activates and controls the intake of the alimentary fluids.

Some sensorial structures associated with the mouthparts components have been observed and described.

Key words: stylets, gnathosoma, lever, fixed digits, labrum, functional morphology.

STUDIO ULTRASTRUTTURALE E FUNZIONALE DELLE PARTI BOCCALI DI UN ACARO APPARTENENTE ALLA FAMIGLIA TYDEIDAE

È stato realizzato uno studio morfologico e funzionale delle parti boccali in un acaro Tideide. Il subcapitulum ed i segmenti chelicerali, pur essendo morfologicamente strutturati per aderire gli uni agli altri, non si presentano fusi a costituire una capsula gnatosomatica; le labbra laterali presentano, lungo la loro superficie adorale, un sistema di solchi e creste che consente loro di coaptarsi.

Il solco perorale si presenta coperto dal labrum solo distalmente; più prossimamente diventa invece un vero canale delimitato dorsalmente da pareti. Pertanto il labrum sembra coinvolto principalmente nella funzione di mantenere in posizione gli stiletti e coprire il solco perorale solo nel tratto distale.

La morfologia esterna dei digiti fissi e dei segmenti basali dei cheliceri consente loro di aderire alle labbra laterali e l’un all’altro nella regione adorale; non si ha la presenza di uno stiloforo. I digiti mobili sono stilettiformi, ciascuno di loro si articola prossimamente ad un lever la cui rotazione consente la protrusione e retrazione degli stiletti stessi con perforazione dei tessuti o del substrato alimentare.

La pompa faringeale, collegata al canale alimentare, consente l’aspirazione dell’alimento. Infine alcune strutture sensoriali connesse alle parti boccali sono state osservate e descritte.

Parole chiave: stiletti, gnatosoma, digito fisso, lever, labrum, morfologia funzionale.
description: Entomologica, Vol 36 (2002)
sj-pdf-1-smm-10.1177_0962280220924068 - Supplemental material for Pairwise likelihood estimation of latent autoregressive count models
Creators: name: Pedeli, Xanthi
name: Varin, Cristiano
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-smm-10.1177_0962280220924068 for Pairwise likelihood estimation of latent autoregressive count models by Xanthi Pedeli and Cristiano Varin in Statistical Methods in Medical Research
Note morfologiche su adulti e forme giovanili di Allothrips pillichellus (Priesner) con dati preliminari sul ciclo vitale (Thysanoptera Tubulifera)
Creators: name: De Marzo, Luigi
name: Ravanazzi, Giorgio
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: SOME MORPHOLOGICAL REMARKS ON ADULTS AND YOUNGS OF Allothrips pillichellus (PRIESNER) WITH PRELIMINAR DATA ON ITS LIFE-CYCLE (THYSANOPTERA TUBULIFERA)

In June-August 2001, presence of thrips on the ground was monitored in a small forest of Apulia (southern Italy). Samples were collected by raking and sifting about 1 m2 of soil around the trunk of typical plants of Mediterranean maquis; in the laboratory, they were separately introduced in Berlese’s devices.

Males, apterous females, winged females, neanids (= larvae), prepupae and pupae of A. pillichellus were found. In June-July (10 samples: 67 individuals), sex ratio was 1:1,4; in August (28 samples: 323 individuals) it was 1:14.

Winged females (nearly 3% of all females) were found only in June-July. Many neanids were found in the entire observation period, whereas prepupae and pupae were rarely detected. Only pupae of winged females were surely recognized.

Winged females of A. pillichellus were described so far on the basis of a single specimen; usally, they exhibit 1 pair of “mesosternal lateral setae”, opposite to 3 pairs of these setae found in the apterous females.

The high number of neanids in the samples suggests the life cycle of A. pillichellus to be inclusive of a proliferation period at soil from the end of spring to the entire summer.

Key words: Southern Italy, Mediterranean maquis, sex ratio, winged female rate, seasonal proliferation.

In un boschetto residuale di macchia mediterranea è stata trovata una ricca presenza del tubulifero Allothrips pillichellus (Priesner). Da una serie di 38 campioni di suolo prelevati da giugno ad agosto si sono ottenuti circa 340 adulti, numerose neanidi e qualche individuo degli stadi afagi.

In giugno-luglio si raccolse un numero quasi uguale di maschi e femmine. In agosto le femmine sovrabbondavano sui maschi in proporzione di circa 14:1. Le femmine appartenevano in maggioranza alla forma attera. Alcune femmine macrottere (9 individui) furono reperite solo in giugno-luglio. Non sono stati reperiti individui brachitteri.

Il gran numero di neanidi trovate nei campioni indica che la proliferazione della specie avviene a livello del suolo, almeno nel periodo da fine-primavera a fine-estate.

Parole-chiave: Sud Italia, macchia mediterranea, sex ratio, proporzione femmine attere/alate, proliferazione stagionale.
description: Entomologica, Vol 36 (2002)
Accompanying Newcomer Youth Through Their Experiences at California Community Colleges
Creators: name: Lopez Hurtado, Maira
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: English learners
subject: newcomers
subject: education policy
subject: immigration policy
subject: college retention
subject: Stanford Graduate School of Education International Education Policy Analysis

description: This case study explores the postsecondary experiences of newcomer youth in California community colleges, focusing on the challenges immigrant students face and how these relate to state policies. The research highlights the diverse needs of unaccompanied Newcomers, including their adjustment to high school, enrollment challenges, and interactions with the American education and legal systems. Systems theory provides a framework for understanding these students’ complex challenges as they navigate adulthood and education pathways. Based on data collected from interviews with four Newcomer youth, this study reveals the emotional impact of parental separation, limited support from sponsors, financial strains on guardians, and language barriers as significant obstacles to academic success. By bridging gaps in support and resources, the education system can better equip newcomer youth to successfully transition to postsecondary education and beyond.
Supplement_S1_Revised_xyz35773a9d23438 – Supplemental material for Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Patterns in Children Exposed to Nonpharmacologically Treated Prenatal Depressive Symptoms: Results From 2 Independent Cohorts
Creators: name: Stonawski, Valeska
name: Roetner, Jakob
name: Goecke, Tamme W
name: Fasching, Peter A
name: Beckmann, Matthias W
name: Kornhuber, Johannes
name: Kratz, Oliver
name: Moll, Gunther H
name: Eichler, Anna
name: Heinrich, Hartmut
name: Frey, Stefan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Cell Biology

description: Supplemental material, Supplement_S1_Revised_xyz35773a9d23438 for Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Patterns in Children Exposed to Nonpharmacologically Treated Prenatal Depressive Symptoms: Results From 2 Independent Cohorts by Valeska Stonawski, Jakob Roetner, Tamme W Goecke, Peter A Fasching, Matthias W Beckmann, Johannes Kornhuber, Oliver Kratz, Gunther H Moll, Anna Eichler, Hartmut Heinrich and Stefan Frey in Epigenetics Insights
Prove della partenogenesi in femmine di Acritus nigricornis (Hoffman) raccolte in Sud Italia (Coleoptera Histeridae)
Creators: name: De Marzo, Luigi
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: EVIDENCE FOR PARTHENOGENESIS OF Acritus nigricornis (HOFFMAN) FEMALES FROM SOUTHERN ITALY (COLEOPTERA HISTERIDAE)

Preliminary observations showed population of Acritus nigricornis (Hoffman) in Bari province (Apulia, Southern Italy) to be apparently composed by females only. Supposed parthenogenesis was tested in the laboratory by feeding in small jars as many as 123 individuals. These were collected in their reproductive period (August-September) from masses of plant debris of agricultural origin.

Larvae were obtained in 20 jars (out of 41), each containing 3 adults. Adults kept from the “positive” jars were examined by dissecting them in saline. No male was found throughout, and every female was found to lack sperm in its spermatheca.

Because a similar population feature (females only in the field) was previously known in the outskirts of Madrid, author supposes A. nigricornis to be an instance of “geographical parthenogenesis”. Although males of this species are reported in the taxonomic literature, they seem to be lacking or (it may be) very rare in Bari province; anyhow, they do not attend reproduction in this territory.

Attraverso una sperimentazione di laboratorio viene provata per Acritus nigricornis (Hoffman) la capacità di riprodursi per partenogenesi. Le prove provengono dalla constatata assenza di spermatozoi nella spermateca di femmine provenienti da terrarï dove si era manifestata la comparsa di larve.

Dalla dissezione di numerosi adulti, raccolti in detriti vegetali di origine agricola in provincia di Bari, risulta l’assenza dei maschi nella zona, salvo la possibilità che essi siano molto rari. Ciò si rapporta con quanto è già noto in letteratura, in merito al reperimento di sole femmine nei dintorni di Madrid.

Poichè la letteratura tassonomica attesta l’indubbia esistenza dei maschi di A. nigricornis, l’autore ritiene che questa specie sia soggetta a un fenomeno di “partenogenesi geografica”.

Parole-chiave: genitali interni, femmine, spanandria, partenogenesi geografica.
description: Entomologica, Vol 36 (2002)
Three new Aceria species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on Centaurea spp. (Asteraceae) from Turkey
Creators: name: De Lillo, Enrico
name: Cristofaro, Massimo
name: Kashefi, Javidk
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: During 2001 and 2002, we examined Turkish populations of eriophyid mites infesting Centaurea solstitialis L. and C. squarrosa Willd. (Asteraceae). The analyses of the morphometric data, induced symptoms, and the morphological comparison with the descriptions of known species allowed us to identify three new Aceria species, here described and illustrated.

Aceria solcentaureae and A. solstitialis were collected on C. solstitialis, and A. squarrosae was associated with C. squarrosa in Cappadocia. Infested plants were stunted, showing reduced growth, a heavy broom-like appearance being bushy, with the apical parts of the stems and flowerheads still green and fresh during the hot and dry season, less spiny than usual, and producing smaller seedheads.

Additional information is given about the ecology of these associations and on the potential role of these eriophyids as control agents.

Key words: mites, Eriophyidae, weeds, knapweeds, biological control.

TRE SPECIE NUOVE DI AceriA (ACARI: ERIOPHYOIDEA) SU centAureA SPP. (ASTERACEAE) DALLA TURCHIA

Durante il biennio 2001-2002, campioni di Centaurea solstitialis L. e C. squarrosa Willd. (Asteraceae) a sviluppo alterato sono stati raccolti in Turchia ed esaminati per individuarne le cause. L’analisi dei dati morfometrici della popolazione di eriofidi rinvenuta e la comparazione di questi e della sintomatologia con le altre specie note sul gruppo delle Centaurea hanno consentito di individuare 3 nuove specie di Eriophyidae appartenenti al genere Aceria.

Sono state, quindi, descritte e illustrate A. solcentaureae e A. solstitialis, raccolte su Centaurea solstitialis, e A. squarrosae rinvenuta su C. squarrosa. Le piante infestate mostravano una crescita stentata e ridotta in altezza, ad aspetto cespitoso e affastellato, con le parti apicali dei fusti e delle infiorescenze ancora verdi e fresche nel periodo caldo e secco, con capsule provviste di “spine” morbide ed elastiche, e con una minore produzione di semi.

Informazioni aggiuntive vengono riportate circa gli aspetti ecologici di questa associazione e il potenziale impiego delle specie come agenti di controllo biologico.

Key words: acari, Eriophyidae, erbe infestanti, controllo biologico.
description: Entomologica, Vol 36 (2002)
Verifica in laboratorio della patogenicita’ di ceppi di Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner nei confronti di Hyphantria cunea Drury (Lepidoptera Arctiidae)
Creators: name: Rumine, Pietro
name: De Silva, Jacopo
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: LABORATORY SCREENING OF THE INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY OF STRAINS OF BAcillus thuringiensis BERLINER AGAINST hyphAntriA cuneA DRURY (LEPIDOPTERA ARCTIIDAE)

In order to investigate the pathogenicity of some strains of Bacillus thuringiensis against larvae of hyphantria cunea, laboratory trials were carried out over three years (1999-2001). The strains belong to an entomopathogenic microorganism collection in our Institute (ISZA) and were isolated from different insect species or from soil samples. The effectiveness of our tested strains was compared both with the control and with a commercial formulate of B. thuringiensis kurstaki str. SA 11 (Delfin).

The mortality values of larvae of h. cunea treated with some strains of B. thuringiensis were significantly higher than those recorded in the control but lower compared with the mortality observed in the commercial formulate tests. Therefore, basing on the results of the trials we can expect prospects in the microbiological control of hyphantria cunea by our strains of B. thuringiensis.

Key words: Bacillus thuringiensis, bacteria, hyphantria cunea, microbial control.

Nel corso del 1999-2001 sono state condotte prove di laboratorio con lo scopo di saggiare l’attività entomopatogena di ceppi di Bacillus thuringiensis nei confronti di larve di hyphantria cunea. I ceppi, isolati da insetti e terreno e facenti parte di una collezione di microrganismi entomopatogeni di questo Istituto, sono stati messi a confronto con un testimone non trattato e con un formulato commerciale a base di B. thuringiensis var. kurstaki ceppo SA 11 (Delfin).

I dati ottenuti hanno evidenziato che i livelli di mortalità larvale riscontrati in alcune tesi con trattamento sono risultati significativamente più alti rispetto a quelli della tesi testimone anche se inferiori alla tesi con il formulato commerciale di riferimento. I ceppi di B. thuringiensis saggiati, pur con i limiti riscontrati, lasciano pertanto intravedere prospettive d’impiego nella lotta al fitofago.

Parole chiave: Bacillus thuringiensis, batteri, hyphantria cunea, controllo microbiologico.
description: Entomologica, Vol 36 (2002)
Laboratory evaluation of the acute and chronic toxicity of diflubenzuron against IV instar Mediterranean locust Dociostaurus maroccanus (Thunberg)
Creators: name: Santiago-Alvarz, Candido
name: Quesada-Moraga, Enrique
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: The lethal effects of the benzoylphenyl urea diflubenzuron were assessed under laboratory conditions against one day old fourth (IV) Dociostaurus maroccanus (Thunberg) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) instars. Following exposure by ingestion of a single dose applied to short pieces of wheat seedlings, nymphs were monitored for two moults until the adult stage. The obtained acute response gave an LD50 of 1.47 μg a.i./nymph. The male and female nymphs response to diflubenzuron did not show statistical significance but there was a narrow tolerance range within the female treated population. Analysis of the relative mortality in classes at individual dose rates showed that mortality occurring in the moult to V instar increased directly related to diflubenzuron dose rate. The duration of IV instar was significantly higher following treatments with all diflubenzuron doses, whereas the duration of the V instar did not show any clear differences between treated and control nymphs. The main sublethal effects on these adult females was a reduction of the number eggs per egg-pods, which could have major impacts on the evolution of D. maroccanus outbreaks and their management.

Key words: Moroccan locust, locust control, lethal effects, sublethal effects, reproduction.

VALUTAZIONI DI LABORATORIO SULLA TOSSICITÀ ACUTA E CRONICA DEL DIFLUBENZURON CONTRO NINFE DELLA CAVALLETTA MEDITERRANEA DociostAurus MAroccAnus (THUNBERG)

Sono stati valutati mediante saggi di laboratorio gli effetti letali di benzoylphenyl urea diflubenzuron contro ninfe di Dociostaurus maroccanus (Thunberg) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae). Dosi singole sono state applicate su pezzetti di cariossidi di grano e, dopo l’ingestione, la vita delle ninfe è stata monitorata fino al raggiungimento dello stadio adulto. I dati ottenuti hanno evidenziato una DL50 di 1.47 μg a.i./ninfa. La risposta delle ninfe maschio e femmina al diflubenzuron non ha evidenziato alcun significato statistico anche se la popolazione delle femmine trattate ha mostrato una certa tolleranza. L’analisi della mortalità relativa ad ogni singola dose utilizzata ha evidenziato che la mortalità ottenuta nel passaggio al secondo stadio di ninfa aumentava in maniera direttamente proporzionale alla dose utilizzata. La durata del I stadio ninfale è stata significativamente maggiore dopo il trattamento con diflubenzuron a tutte le dosi, mentre la durate del II stadio ninfale non ha mostrato alcuna differenza tra ninfe trattate e non trattate. Il maggiore effetto subletale sulle femmine adulte è stato la riduzione del numero di uova che ha influenzato il successivo sviluppo della popolazione di D. maroccanus.

Parole chiave: Dociostauro, controllo, effetti letali, effetti subletali, riproduzione.
description: Entomologica, Vol 36 (2002)
Supplyment_material_revision3 – Supplemental material for Comparative effectiveness of various treatment strategies for trigger finger by pairwise meta-analysis
Creators: name: Shen, Po-Chih
name: Chou, Shih-Hsiang
name: Lu, Cheng-Chang
name: Fu, Yin-Chih
name: Lu, Chun-Kuan
name: Liu, Wen-Chih
name: Huang, Peng-Ju
name: Tien, Yin-Chun
name: Shih, Chia-Lung
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Orthopaedics
subject: Sports Medicine

description: Supplemental material, Supplyment_material_revision3 for Comparative effectiveness of various treatment strategies for trigger finger by pairwise meta-analysis by Po-Chih Shen, Shih-Hsiang Chou, Cheng-Chang Lu, Yin-Chih Fu, Chun-Kuan Lu, Wen-Chih Liu, Peng-Ju Huang, Yin-Chun Tien and Chia-Lung Shih in Clinical Rehabilitation
DS_10.1177_0363546520926471 – Supplemental material for Zoledronic Acid Substantially Improves Bone Microarchitecture and Biomechanical Properties After Rotator Cuff Repair in a Rodent Chronic Defect Model
Creators: name: Schanda, Jakob E.
name: Keibl, Claudia
name: Heimel, Patrick
name: Monforte, Xavier
name: Tangl, Stefan
name: Feichtinger, Xaver
name: Teuschl, Andreas H.
name: Baierl, Andreas
name: Muschitz, Christian
name: Redl, Heinz
name: Fialka, Christian
name: Mittermayr, Rainer
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Supplemental material, DS_10.1177_0363546520926471 for Zoledronic Acid Substantially Improves Bone Microarchitecture and Biomechanical Properties After Rotator Cuff Repair in a Rodent Chronic Defect Model by Jakob E. Schanda, Claudia Keibl, Patrick Heimel, Xavier Monforte, Stefan Tangl, Xaver Feichtinger, Andreas H. Teuschl, Andreas Baierl, Christian Muschitz, Heinz Redl, Christian Fialka and Rainer Mittermayr in The American Journal of Sports Medicine
title: The politics of policy and practice: International financial institutions and biodiversity.
Creators: name: Horta, Korinna
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 2000

description: This thesis is concerned with the accountability of public international financial institutions to their constituencies at global and local geographic scales. It investigates the compliance of the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) with their own environmental and social policies as they relate to biodiversity protection. While the World Bank and the GEF pursue a global environmental agenda, their environmental and social policies commit the institutions to building bridges between the global and the local levels by requiring the participation of locally affected communities in decision-making. The study investigates the compliance with the policies in a specific geographic, political and economic space. Cameroon was chosen because both institutions consider the country's biodiversity to be of global significance and are financing operations which have indirect and direct impacts on its biodiversity. The operations investigated include World Bank macro-economic policy advice and traditional investments in infrastructure projects as well as a GEF project specifically designed to protect biodiversity. The central finding of this research is that the institutions comply only partially and in an uneven manner with their own mandatory policy guidelines. In order to mitigate the risk of studying the institutions' operations in only one country and to ascertain possible systemic patterns of institutional behaviour, the results of the case studies are contrasted with the institutions internal evaluation reports covering their overall portfolios. A political ecology approach to international financial institutions is used to examine the political factors behind the emergence of the institutions' biodiversity agenda and the implementation of their operational policies. Analytical tools from both political science and the areas of sociology and economics concerned with theory of organization are employed to further the understanding of the functioning of the global institutions. Finally, the thesis seeks to contribute to defining the characteristics of global institutions which can mediate between the global and local levels by creating spaces of negotiation in which a plurality of views are taken into account.
sj-pdf-4-jrt-10.1177_2055668320926046 - Supplemental material for Beginning power mobility: An exploration of factors associated with child use of early power mobility devices and parent device preference
Creators: name: Livingstone, Roslyn W
name: Bone, Jeffrey
name: Field, Debra A
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 99999 Engineering not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other engineering and technologies

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-4-jrt-10.1177_2055668320926046 for Beginning power mobility: An exploration of factors associated with child use of early power mobility devices and parent device preference by Roslyn W Livingstone, Jeffrey Bone and Debra A Field: the IMCRISES Project Working Group in Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering
title: A grammatical description of Mbembe, Adun Dialect, a Cross River language.
Creators: name: Barnwell, Katharine Grace Lowry
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1969

description: The purpose of this thesis is to present a description of the phonology and grammar of the Mbembe language of the Cross River area of Nigeria. Chapter 1 gives a brief general introduction to the Mbembe language and people and outlines the theoretical basis of the description. It includes a summary of the units of the phonological and grammatical hierarchies. The final section highlights some of the distinctive characteristics of the language with some comments on their interpretation. Chapter 2 describes the phonological hierarchy, focussing primarily on the syllable-piece, and discussing congruence between phonological and grammatical units. Chapter 3 describes the lexical and grammatical functions of tone in the language. There are two discrete tone levels with downstep. Chapter 4 is a brief description of patterning above the sentence, intended to provide a setting to illustrate the function of the sentence. Chapters 5-9 describe the sentence, clause, verbal group, nominal phrase and word units of the grammatical hierarchy respectively, presenting classes at each rank in terms of a system network relating the features relevant to that class and statements showing the realization of these features in structure. At clause rank the interrelation of the mood, transitivity and theme components is discussed in more detail. Chapter 9 concludes with a chart summarizing the constituents of the structure of each class and also the functions of each class. The chart also gives cross references to the inventory of closed morpheme classes. Mbembe may be loosely classified as semi-Bantu. Chapter 10 describes the concord-class system of the language. The thesis concludes with some sample texts.
Supplementary document for Manipulation and applications of ultrafast all-optical switching based on transient absorption and dispersion in KTN crystals - 7093982.pdf
Creators: name: Zhu, Xiao
name: Lin, Shan
name: Li, Xinze
name: Xie, Yiyang
name: Cao, Jiacheng
name: Liu, Wei-Long
name: Tian, Hao
name: Yang, Qingxin
name: Jin, Peng
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplementary figures and equations
Biocontrol of Rhytidoderes plicatus Oliv. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in potted savoy cabbages with entompathogenic nematodes
Creators: name: Tarasco, Eustachio
name: Triberti, Oreste
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: Laboratory experiments have been performed to control Rhytidoderes plicatus Oliv. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) larvae on potted savoy cabbages with entomopathogenic nematodes.

Previous tests on last instar grubs of the weevil, in Petri dishes with a filter paper dampened with about 2,000 IJs in 1 ml of H2O, showed the capacity of S. carpocapsae and h. bacteriophora to kill 100% of the insects after 24 h and a slower activity of S. feltiae.

The results of the second experiment, spraying 30,000 IJs in 50 ml of H2O on the soil of each potted savoy cabbage, put in evidence that h. bacteriophora was able to control 97% of the grubs after 5 days and 100% after 10 days while S. carpocapsae needed 5 days to kill 73% and 15 days to control 93% of the larvae. A slower activity was performed by S. feltiae that controlled only 30% of the weevil grubs after two weeks.

Key words: Steinernema feltiae, S. carpocapsae, heterorhabditis bacteriophora, savoy cabbage.

CONTROLLO BIOLOGICO DI Rhytidoderes plicatus OLIV. (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE) SU PIANTE DI CAVOLO VERZA IN VASO, CON NEMATODI ENTOMOPAGENI

Sono state effettuate prove di controllo su piante di cavolo attaccate alle radici da larve di Rhytidoderes plicatus Oliv. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) utilizzando ceppi di Steinernema feltiae, S. carpocapsae e heterorhabditis bacteriophora rinvenuti in Italia meridionale.

Test di laboratorio su larve mature del coleottero in scatole petri contenenti un disco di carta bibula inumidita con circa 2.000 stadi infettivi (IJs) dei nematodi in 1 ml di H2O avevano messo in evidenza che S. carpocapsae ed h. bacteriophora uccidevano il 100% delle larve del curculionide dopo 24 ore mentre allo S. feltiae ne occorrevano 96.

Nelle prove effettuate sulle piante di cavolo verza in vaso furono distribuiti 30.000 IJs in 50 ml di H2O sul terreno. h. bacteriophora controllò il 97% delle larve dopo 5 giorni e il 100% dopo 10, mentre S. carpocapsae ridusse le larve del 73% dopo 5 giorni e dell’ 80% dopo 10 giorni. Dopo due settimane il 93% degli insetti era stato ucciso. S. feltiae evidenziò una azione molto più lenta arrivando a controllare il 30% delle larve dopo 2 settimane.
description: Entomologica, Vol 36 (2002)
Coarse entropy of metric spaces
Creators: name: Geller, William
name: Misiurewicz, Michał
name: Sawicki, Damian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 51F30, 37B40

description: Coarse geometry studies metric spaces on the large scale. The recently introduced notion of coarse entropy is a tool to study dynamics from the coarse point of view. We prove that all isometries of a given metric space have the same coarse entropy and that this value is a coarse invariant. We call this value the coarse entropy of the space and investigate its connections with other properties of the space. We prove that it can only be either zero or infinity, and although for many spaces this dichotomy coincides with the subexponential--exponential growth dichotomy, there is no relation between coarse entropy and volume growth more generally. We completely characterise this dichotomy for spaces with bounded geometry and for quasi-geodesic spaces. As an application, we provide an example where coarse entropy yields an obstruction for a coarse embedding, where such an embedding is not precluded by considerations of volume growth.
description: To appear in Geometriae Dedicata, 23 pages, new references added in v2 and v4
title: Comprehension studies in simple and complex Amharic sentences.
Creators: name: Cotterell, Francis Peter
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1969

description: Amharic is a Semitic language which is characterized in its syntax by subordination and in its morphology by synthesis. Four different investigations are described which attempt to identify areas of difficulty of comprehension experienced by Ethiopians in the use of Amharic. Comprehension may be defined in terms of the ability to comprehend and to retain the information conveyed by a sentence, as ability to perceive and project grammatical structure in the context of an incomplete sentence, and as the ability to generate a sentence of specified structure by a process of translation. The testing procedures examine these concepts of comprehension, particular attention is given to the influence on comprehension of sentence length, sentence type, information load and sentence structure, and to the conditions under which the pendent nominative appears. It is concluded that although such features as sentence length, information load and sentence type may adversely affect sentence comprehension the decisive influence is that of sentence structure. The feature of suspense is identified as a specific factor inhibiting comprehension. The study also suggests that there is, at present, a decided preference for the simple verbal form rather than the compound form, a preference which is not to be attributed to lack of ability in Amharic.
On the Smallest Support Size of Integer Solutions to Linear Equations
Creators: name: Dubey, Yatharth
name: Liu, Siyue
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 90C10, 11D04

description: In this note, we study the size of the support of integer solutions to linear equations $Ax=b, ~x\in\Z^n$ where $A\in\Z^{m\times n}, b\in\Z^n$. We give an upper bound on the smallest support size as a function of $A$, taken as a worst case over all $b$ such that the above system has a solution. This bound is asymptotically tight, and in fact matches the bound given in Aliev, Averkov, De Loera and Oertel Mathematical Programming 2022, while the proof presented here is simpler, relying only on linear algebra.
description: Mathematical Programming, 2025
Supplementary document for On-axis full-field swept-source optical coherence tomography for murine retinal imaging - 7114210.pdf
Creators: name: Meleppat, Ratheesh
name: Valente, Denise
name: Lee, Soohyun
name: Jonnal, Ravi
name: Doble, Nathan
name: Zawadzki, Robert
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biomedical Instrumentation

description: Suplemental Material
Estimates on the Neumann and Steklov principal eigenvalues of collapsing domains
Creators: name: Acampora, Paolo
name: Amato, Vincenzo
name: Cristoforoni, Emanuele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35P15, 49Q10, 52A40

description: We investigate the relationship between the Neumann and Steklov principal eigenvalues emerging from the study of collapsing convex domains in $\mathbb{R}^2$. Such a relationship allows us to give a partial proof of a conjecture concerning estimates of the ratio of the former to the latter: we show that thinning triangles maximize the ratio among convex thinning sets, while thinning rectangles minimize the ratio among convex thinning with some symmetry property.
title: Morphology and lexicon of the Romany dialect of Kotel (Bulgaria).
Creators: name: Kenrick, Donald Simon
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1969

description: This thesis describes the morphology and lexicon of the dialect of Romany spoken in Kotel, Bulgaria. The introduction shows the position of the dialect within Bulgarian Romany and gives brief details of its speakers (pp 12-15). A phonological transcription is used for the morphology and lexicon. This reveals the relationship between Kotel and other dialects, a relationship normally concealed by its phonetic system. The paradigmatic affixes added to nominals are listed with their variants and specimen paradigms are given (pp 16-31) . Verbs are similarly treated, with special notes on medio-passives and impersonal verbs (pp 32-42). The affixes used in building compound-words are listed with their variants and numerous examples (pp 43-59) o A brief note is included on some non-productive methods of word-formation (p. 60). The changes undergone by loan-words from Turkish and Bulgarian are summarized, together with the paradigmatic affixes used with loans from these languages and Greek (pp 61-66). Two texts are given in phonological transcription with a translation and notes, to illustrate the morphology (pp 67-94). A Romany-English lexicon follows, together with some shorter word-lists(pp 95-202) . The lexicon excludes those loan-words which are freely formed by stated rules from Turkish and Bulgarian, languages with which the people are familiar. Finally phonological rules are given which conver the symbols used up to this point into a broad phonetic transcription (pp 203-211), and a text in parallel phonological and phonetic transcription illustrates the application of these rules (pp 212-219). A concise bibliography concludes the study.
Supplemental Material, HADS_MCID_online_supplement_clean_FINAL - Anxiety and depression in bronchiectasis: Response to pulmonary rehabilitation and minimal clinically important difference of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
Creators: name: Wynne, Stephanie C
name: Suhani Patel
name: Barker, Ruth E
name: Jones, Sarah E
name: Walsh, Jessica A
name: Kon, Samantha SC
name: Cairn, Julius
name: Loebinger, Michael R
name: Wilson, Robert
name: Man, William D-C
name: Nolan, Claire M
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111702 Aged Health Care
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110203 Respiratory Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental Material, HADS_MCID_online_supplement_clean_FINAL for Anxiety and depression in bronchiectasis: Response to pulmonary rehabilitation and minimal clinically important difference of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale by Stephanie C Wynne, Suhani Patel, Ruth E Barker, Sarah E Jones, Jessica A Walsh, Samantha SC Kon, Julius Cairn, Michael R Loebinger, Robert Wilson, William D-C Man and Claire M Nolan in Chronic Respiratory Disease
Induced responses of Bougainvillea glabra Choisy (Nyctaginaceae) against Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) attack: preliminary results
Creators: name: Abbate, C.
name: Toscano, S.
name: Arcidiacono, R.
name: Romano, D.
name: Russo, A.
name: Mazzeo, G.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2018
Subjects: Ornamental plant; Mealybug; Proline; Chlorophyll; Enzymatic assays

description: Plants are frequently attacked by herbivores and therefore have acquired constitutive and induced defenses during the course of their evolution. Primary and secondary metabolites have been implicated in plant defense against insect pests. Oxidative stress, resulting from the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as superoxide, hydrogen peroxide andhydroxyl radicals, is a common phenomenon in many plant defense against insect attack. Catalase, which degrades H2O2 into water and oxygen, is one of the major involved antioxidant enzymes. The effectiveness of oxidative defense system in plants can be measured by the activities of antioxidant enzymes and by the levels of non-enzymatic antioxidants. Malondialdehyde (MDA) is generally taken as a tool to assess the severity of the oxidative stress and the degree of plant sensitivity towards ROS induced oxidation. Proline may protect protein structure and membranes from damage, and reduce enzyme denaturation.

As well, phenylpropanoid pathway is an important pathway to produce secondary plant metabolites and phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), as a key enzyme, catalyzes the deamination of phenylalanine to cinnamic acid, the entry and key regulatory step into the phenylpropanoid pathway.

In the present study, plants of Bougainvillea glabra Choisy (Nyctaginaceae) were artificially infested with the obligate phloem-feeding pest Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), introduced to Sicily and Mediterranean basin since 2010, and compared with control, uninfested plants. Leaf samples were taken at 2, 6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 144 hours after infestation and also after a longer period, many months later, to monitor the plant response. Pro, MDA, Chla, Chlb and Chla+b, Car, CAT and PAL activities were measured at each sampling date.

Proline, MDA, CAT and PAL assays showed a higher content at longer period in the infested samples. Regarding Chl, collected data didn’t show any significant difference between infested plant and control.

However, these preliminary results appear significant in understanding of Bougainvillea plant defense against mealybugs because any information are not reported in the literature. Further analyses concerning other enzymatic and molecular responses are necessary.
description: Entomologica, V. 47 (2016)
Supplemental Material, ISPD_Guideline_2020_Japanese_edition - International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: Prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis
Creators: name: Brown, Edwina
name: Brown, Edwina A
name: Blake, Peter G
name: Boudville, Neil
name: Davies, Simon
name: de Arteaga, Javier
name: Dong, Jie
name: Finkelstein, Fred
name: Foo, Marjorie
name: Hurst, Helen
name: Johnson, David W
name: Johnson, Mark
name: Liew, Adrian
name: Moraes, Thyago
name: Perl, Jeff
name: Shroff, Rukshana
name: Teitelbaum, Isaac
name: Wang, Angela Yee-Moon
name: Warady, Bradley
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine

description: Supplemental Material, ISPD_Guideline_2020_Japanese_edition for International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: Prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis by Edwina A Brown, Peter G Blake, Neil Boudville, Simon Davies, Javier de Arteaga, Jie Dong, Fred Finkelstein, Marjorie Foo, Helen Hurst, David W Johnson, Mark Johnson, Adrian Liew, Thyago Moraes, Jeff Perl, Rukshana Shroff, Isaac Teitelbaum, Angela Yee-Moon Wang and Bradley Warady in Peritoneal Dialysis International
John A. Davidson: Coccidologist, Artist, Teacher and Naturalist
Creators: name: Miller, Douglass R.
name: Denno, Barbara D.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2018

description: Dr. John Davidson was honored at the XIV International Symposium on Scale Insect Studies with the Career Achievement award for his outstanding research on scale insects, particularly armored scales. His contributions with colleagues and students include a comprehensive treatise on the economic armored scale insects of the United States, and a series of taxonomic works on armored scales in the genera Abgrallaspis, Crenulaspidiotus, Hemigymnaspis, Melanaspis, and Pseudischnaspis. He is best known for his detailed line drawings and beautiful color photographs. Research of his laboratory has emphasized the biology of the species studied including life history information on more than 20 species. He has undertaken pioneering research using integrated pest management strategies to develop the first arborist and nursery IPM programs. In ornamental landscapes he was among the first to test and promote summer oils for the control of armored scales. As a teacher, he taught courses in such diverse subjects as introductory entomology, systematics, insect taxonomy, insect morphology, parasitology, medical and veterinary entomology, coccidology, acarology, insect pests of ornamental plants, scientific illustration, ornithology, and human histology. He received high accolades from his students and was a member of more than 20 graduate committees in addition to serving as major professor to 10 graduate students in coccidology and acarology. John is a true naturalist and is knowledgeable of botany, general entomology, ichthyology, ornithology, herpetology, and acarology. He is well known for his sense of humor and his probing interest in science.
description: Entomologica, V. 47 (2016)
Supplementary_Material_for_Table_4 – Supplemental material for Soil and Human Health: Current Status and Future Needs
Creators: name: Brevik, Eric C
name: Slaughter, Lindsey
name: Singh, Bal Ram
name: Steffan, Joshua J
name: Collier, David
name: Barnhart, Paul
name: Pereira, Paulo
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_Material_for_Table_4 for Soil and Human Health: Current Status and Future Needs by Eric C Brevik, Lindsey Slaughter, Bal Ram Singh, Joshua J Steffan, David Collier, Paul Barnhart and Paulo Pereira in Air, Soil and Water Research
Supplemental_Doc - Relationship Between HCAHPS Scores and Survey Response Rate Is Linked to Hospital Size
Creators: name: Rodriguez-Homs, Larissa G
name: Hammill, Bradley G
name: Ryser, Marc D
name: Phillips, Harry R
name: Mosca, Paul J
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Medicine

description: Supplemental_Doc for Relationship Between HCAHPS Scores and Survey Response Rate Is Linked to Hospital Size by Larissa G Rodriguez-Homs, Bradley G Hammill, Marc D Ryser, Harry R Phillips and Paul J Mosca in Journal of Patient Experience