cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Thenea grayi var. lateralis Thiele 1898
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Tetractinellida
Theneidae
Thenea
Thenea grayi
Thenea grayi var. lateralis thiele, 1898

description: Thenea grayi var. lateralis Thiele, 1898
(Fig. 6N)
Thenea grayi var. lateralis Thiele, 1898: 28, pl. V figs. 4–4a.
The variety was described by Thiele from Sagami Bay, near Enoshima (D̂derlein’s Map no. 16), approximate coordinates 35.25°N 138.55°E (holotype ZMB 4888). In his 1898 Japan paper Thiele described a large number of Thenea species, in a format that gave first the shared characters he observed collectively in the Japanese Thenea species, and subsequently with the individual species he only emphasized the unique characters. The species T. grayi Sollas (1886: 183, cf. also Sollas, 1888: 65, pl. VI figs. 21–22, originally reported from off Sydney, South East Australia, Challenger Exped. Stat. 164c, 34.3167°S 151.5167°E, depth 732 m, three syntypes BMNH 1889.1.1.26, cf. Hooper & Wiedenmayer 1994: 437) was also reported from Japan by Thiele from a locality in Sagami Bay, near Enoshima (D̂derlein’s [(1883): Map no. 14, approximate coordinates 35.2°N 139° 54°E], close to that of the present variety. There are no spicular differences between T. grayi sensu Thiele, 1898 including the var. lateralis and the typical variety, but there is a distinct difference in shape. Because such differences are not uncommon in Thenea species, I propose to merge the two Japanese varieties of T. grayi with the species Thenea grayi Sollas, 1886.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
The influence of geography and clustering of foreign subsidiaries on the economic sustainability and competitiveness of the regions in Poland - FDI location patterns as regional economic development vehicle
Creators: name: Mironko, Arkadiusz
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: The main goals of this research are to analyze and identify the location patterns of foreign direct investment (FDI) across regions in Poland and further to determine the supporting motives of foreign companies to locate in the chosen regions across the country. Finally this study also identifies the leading foreign firms present in Poland and determines whether the presence of the leading firms in a region has an effect on the location choice of the small and medium foreign firms from the same industry present in Poland.    For that purpose a revealed location advantage (RLA) model is proposed to determine relative industrial and country of origin locational concentration of foreign firms across the polish regions. Next, statistical analysis between RLA index measures for the degree of industrial specialization (across industries) in each region on the one hand and on the other relevant local economic factors such as: market size, labor pool and skill, amount of FDI, regional GDP, and the investment in R&D is used to determine the relationships that support the attraction of foreign firms to particular regions. Further analysis is undertaken of the attraction or congestion (deterrent) effect of industry leading firms on small and medium foreign companies locating in the equivalent regions.    The results of this research show that foreign firms investing in Poland choose their location predominantly based on industrial agglomeration strengths of a region rather than country of origin attraction. The industrial agglomerations of foreign firms certain in specific regions seem to be attracted by the availability of labor and local market size for production related industries, while the availability of skilled labor and investment in R&D matters more in the service and value added production oriented activity.    The presence of leading firms within their industry in regions with the lowest concentration of FDI seem to essentially be a deterrent for new firms in the same industry. The regions with, multiple leading investors, 3 or more, with the exception of the Mazowieckie region, are generally stronger or specialized regions, that seem to have the breadth of local resources needed to attract more foreign firms in the same industry as the leading firms into the region. In other words, stronger regions have a higher capacity to accommodate investment and seem to be able to attract additional firms regardless of their size.
Emotion regulation
Creators: name: Martin, Laura Nicole
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Emotions influence our behavior by initiating adaptive response tendencies that   affect our subsequent decision-making.  Emotions are often elicited by cues in our   environment that signal potential rewards or punishments.  At times the influence of   emotions on behavior can be maladaptive; for instance, the positive emotions elicited by   a reward-conditioned cue (e.g., a McDonald’s sign) foster approach behavior (e.g.,   stopping at the drive thru), potentially leading to negative long-term consequences (e.g.,   obesity).  One way to promote more goal-directed behavior in the face of environmental   cues may be to engage in emotion regulation, strategies to change the emotions we   experience (Gross, 1998).  Previous research has shown that emotion regulation can   increase or decrease the intensity of both positive and negative emotions (Ochsner &   Gross, 2008).  Researchers have begun to apply emotion regulation techniques to   decision-making (Sokol-Hessner et al, 2009; Seo and Barrett, 2007), but little is known   about the neural circuitry underlying the modulatory influences cognitive strategies have   on decisions.      The current experiments probed emotion regulation of cues associated with   monetary rewards or punishments and effects on subsequent decision-making and   affective response.  Experiments 1 -3 examined the effect of emotion regulation strategies   on decision-making.  Imagery-focused regulation decreased risk-taking and associated   striatum activity in Experiment 1, which tested simple financial decisions.  In Experiment   2, the financial decisions were more complex, and the imagery strategy no longer   affected risk-taking, suggesting this strategy is best suited to simple contexts.    Experiment 3 showed that cognitive reappraisal regulation was effective with more   complex decisions; reappraisal increased and decreased risk-taking, depending on the   goal of the strategy.  Experiment 4 examined the effect of regulation on emotions   associated with loss cues.  Here, imagery-focused regulation recruited cortical brain   regions and ameliorated negative emotion experienced when faced with a cue signaling   an unavoidable monetary loss.  Taken together, the potential significance of these studies   lies in understanding how individuals can employ regulation strategies to their benefit   either by changing their decision-making in the face of potential rewards or by altering   their subjective experience of emotion in negative situations in which they have no   control over the outcomes.
Amphilepididae Matsumoto 1915
Creators: name: Stöhr, Sabine
name: Hugall, Andrew F.
name: Thuy, Ben
name: Martynov, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
Ophiurida
Amphilepididae

description: Family Amphilepididae Matsumoto, 1915
Type genus
Amphilepis Ljungman, 1867 (type species: A. norvegica (Ljungman, 1865)).
Other genera
Ophiomonas Djakonov, 1952.
Diagnosis
Tooth sockets with small, slit-shaped, perforating holes with indistinct borders. Infradental papillae minute, single wide lateral oral papilla. Arm spine articulation with two smooth ridges, connected proximally by a depressed bridge.
Remarks
This is a paedomorphic family with reduced characters.
description: Published as part of Stöhr, Sabine, Hugall, Andrew F., Thuy, Ben & Martynov, Alexander, 2018, Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification, pp. 1-35 in European Journal of Taxonomy 416 on page 21, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416, http://zenodo.org/record/3806109
Boolean matrix decomposition and extension with applications
Creators: name: Lu, Haibing
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Boolean matrix decomposition (BMD) refers to decomposing of an input  Boolean matrix into a product of two Boolean matrices, where the first  matrix represents a set of meaningful concepts, and the second  describes how the observed data can be expressed as combinations of  those concepts. As opposed to standard matrix factorization, BMD  focuses on Boolean data and employs Boolean matrix product instead of  standard matrix product. The key advantage of BMD is that BMD  solutions provide much more interpretability, which enable BMD to have  wide applications in multiple domains, including role mining, text  mining, discrete pattern mining, and many others.    There are three main challenges in the research of BMD. First, real  applications carry varying expectations and constraints on BMD  solutions, which make the task of searching for a good BMD solution  nontrivial. Second, BMD by itself has the issue of insufficiency in  modeling some real data semantics, as only the set union operation is  employed in combination. Third, BMD variants are generally NP-hard in  nature, which makes practitioners reluctant to apply the BMD model to  large scale data analysis.    All of the three challenges are addressed in this dissertation. First,  a unified framework, which is based on integer linear programming, is  presented to encompass all BMD variants. Such a framework allows us to  directly adopt fruitful research results in the optimization field to  solve our own problems. It also provides researchers across different  domains with a new perspective to view their problems and enables them  to share their research results. Second, a novel extended Boolean  matrix decomposition (EBMD) model is proposed. It allows describing an  observed record as an inclusion of some concepts with an exclusion of  some other concepts. Thus EBMD is effective to meet the needs of  modeling some complex data semantics.  Third, rank-one BMD is studied. Rank-one BMD is  to decompose a Boolean matrix into the product of two Boolean vectors,  which can be interpreted as a dominant pattern vector and a presence  vector. By recursively applying rank-one BMD, a Boolean matrix is  partitioned into clusters and discrete patterns of the observed data  are thus discovered. Rank-one BMD can serve many functions of regular  BMD, while  rank-one BMD is relatively easy to  solve compared to regular BMD. In addition, efficient 2-approximation algorithms are found  for some special cases of rank-one BMD.
Ophiactoidea Ljungman 1867
Creators: name: Stöhr, Sabine
name: Hugall, Andrew F.
name: Thuy, Ben
name: Martynov, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia

description: Superfamily Ophiactoidea Ljungman, 1867
Diagnosis
Disc usually with thorny spines. Spine articulations with parallel, bent dorsal and ventral lobes.
description: Published as part of Stöhr, Sabine, Hugall, Andrew F., Thuy, Ben & Martynov, Alexander, 2018, Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification, pp. 1-35 in European Journal of Taxonomy 416 on page 21, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416, http://zenodo.org/record/3806109
Ophiothamnidae Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018, fam. nov
Creators: name: Stöhr, Sabine
name: Hugall, Andrew F.
name: Thuy, Ben
name: Martynov, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
Amphilepidida
Ophiothamnidae

description: Family Ophiothamnidae fam. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: CD418837-0D1F-47AF-BF52-C7BC76C67EFC
Type genus
Ophiothamnus Lyman, 1869 (type species: O. vicarius Lyman, 1869).
Other genera
Histampica A.M. Clark, 1970, Ophioleila A.H. Clark, 1949.
Diagnosis
Dorsal disc with pointed spines (Ophiothamnus), naked scales (Histampica), or thorny spines (Ophioleila). Radial shields large. Infradental papillae small, distal lateral papilla at adoral shield edge widened in Ophiothamnus. Arm spine articulations with two smooth, slightly diverging ridges, not connected. Muscle and nerve openings separated by smooth bridge.
description: Published as part of Stöhr, Sabine, Hugall, Andrew F., Thuy, Ben & Martynov, Alexander, 2018, Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification, pp. 1-35 in European Journal of Taxonomy 416 on page 21, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416, http://zenodo.org/record/3806109
Revenue volatility
Creators: name: Kwak, Sunjoo
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: In response to the growing concerns over the recurring state fiscal crises, this dissertation aims to shed light on the determinants and consequences of revenue volatility. To this end, the dissertation specifically addresses two questions. First, it examines how the composition of tax bases varies across states and what effects tax base composition has on the cyclical volatility of tax revenues. With particular focus on two major revenue sources relied upon by state governments, general sales tax and individual income tax, this study develops a measure of revenue volatility and investigates the questions using pooled OLS on state panel data over the sample period from 1992 to 2007. Overall, the empirical analysis finds that there exists a wide variation in both sales and individual income tax across states. Regression results indicate that tax base composition significantly affects revenue volatility, with economic structure and demographic-economic characteristics being controlled for. Specifically, tax exemptions for household necessities (food and clothing) and producer goods are found to have statistically significant effects on sales tax volatility. On the other hand, exemptions for Social Security benefits, public pensions, and long-term capital gains, along with deduction for local tax property tax paid, are significantly related to income tax volatility.  Second, this dissertation examines how cyclical changes in tax revenues affect state fiscal behavior in terms of the level of spending and taxation, using a panel data set for state governments over the period of 1992 to 2007. Specifically, the study tests fixed effects models that explain own-source expenditure and overall tax rate as a function of revenue gap, the cyclical component of state tax revenue. Regression results reveal that cyclical changes in tax revenues are positively related to changes in own-source expenditures, whereas they are negatively related to changes in tax rates, suggesting the relationship between revenue volatility and fiscal instability. Based on these findings, the dissertation concludes by discussing the dynamics of state fiscal behavior over the business cycle and suggesting spending-smoothing rules as a policy solution to structural budget deficits and fiscal crises.
Ophiactidae Matsumoto 1915
Creators: name: Stöhr, Sabine
name: Hugall, Andrew F.
name: Thuy, Ben
name: Martynov, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
Ophiurida
Ophiactidae

description: Family Ophiactidae Matsumoto, 1915
Type genus
Ophiactis Lütken, 1856 (type species: O. krebsii Lütken, 1856 = O. savignyi (Müller & Troschel, 1842)).
Other genera
Hemipholis Lyman, 1865.
Diagnosis
Dorsal disc with scales and plates, often with conical spines. Large tricuspid teeth. Dorsalmost tooth socket large fenestration with incomplete septum, other dorsal sockets with complete septum, ventral sockets not penetrating depressions. Infradental papillae in lateral position at dental plate. Arm spine articulation with two separated lobes, dorsal one bent and much larger than ventral one, framing two holes for muscle and nerve, separated by thin bridge. Lateral arm plates commonly with outer surface tubercles. Inner side of lateral arm plates with separate knobs sometimes associated with ridge.
Remarks
Ophiactis forms two clades based on number of lateral oral papillae (two or one), which are paraphyletic with respect to each other on some molecular topologies (O’Hara et al. 2017).
description: Published as part of Stöhr, Sabine, Hugall, Andrew F., Thuy, Ben & Martynov, Alexander, 2018, Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification, pp. 1-35 in European Journal of Taxonomy 416 on pages 21-22, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416, http://zenodo.org/record/3806109
Continuous monitoring
Creators: name: Kim, Yongbum
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: A company’s internal control system is a crucial factor for operational effectiveness and efficiency. A properly designed internal control system adds reliability to a company’s financial information by preventing, detecting, and correcting erroneous or fraudulent transactions on timely basis. A series of financial scandals in the late ‘90s and the early 2000s resulted in the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (hereinafter SOX) in 2002, mandating public companies to implement, evaluate, and report on the quality of their internal control systems. Although various internal control requirements are mandated by SOX, there is a lack of clear and detailed guidelines about what and how companies should implement internal control mechanisms into their systems. This study intends to shed some light on these issues by proposing and testing two anomaly detection models utilizing transactional data from a bank and an insurance company.  This study makes several contributions to research on anomaly detection. First, this study provides a detailed guideline for the development of an anomaly detection model that is implementable and understandable by internal auditors. Second, it proposes anomaly detection models at a transactional level with unlabeled (i.e. unclassified) data that is more realistic and useful in practice. Finally, it shows that the process of developing an anomaly detection model helps to identify weakly-controlled or risky areas.  The first chapter introduces general concepts about internal control systems and the research purpose of this study. The next chapter summarizes and discusses literature related to internal control systems and anomaly detection. The third chapter consists of two essays that investigate the implementation of anomaly detection models with transactional level data. In these studies, transactions from transitory accounts of a bank and from wire transfer payment systems of an insurance company are investigated to show feasible implementation processes of anomaly detection models. The fourth chapter concludes this study by discussing limitations and directions for future research.
Implications of pension and other post retirement benefit (OPRB) recognition biases on leverage ratio components
Creators: name: Hertz, Sarah
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: Leverage ratios, the ratio of a firm’s debt to equity or assets, is a frequently used measure of firm risk, utilized by firms, analysts, and investors. However, pension and other post-retirement benefits (OPRB) are largely ignored in determining a firm’s total liabilities. Similarly, pension and OPRB assets are not accurately incorporated into a firm’s total assets listed on the balance sheets. This is largely due to intricacies in pension fund accounting under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 87 that can cause the true pension and OPRB liabilities and assets to be masked from the financial statements. I propose two new, innovative methods to correct for this bias by adjusting “Total Assets” and “Total Liabilities” to properly incorporate pension and OPRB data. As a result, I find that the measurement error between leverage ratios ignoring these elements and those including them is significant. I then apply the corrected values for total assets and total liabilities after incorporating pensions and OPRB to a bankruptcy prediction model, modeled after the Altman Z-score and ZetaTM models (1968, 1977, 2000). I find that, contrary to my original hypothesis, the modified variables do not increase the models’ explanatory power in predicting corporate distress over the original, unadjusted models.
Achievement spirals
Creators: name: Gordon, Paula J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: This case study examined achievement differences in an urban school where student achievement was high in K-5 but declined in Grades 6-8. School- and classroom-level factors, such as the principal’s leadership, school culture, school vision, qualified teachers, use of student performance data, curriculum and instructional practices, and external factors such as parent and community partnerships were examined.  Quantitative data were analyzed to identify differences in student achievement between transfer students from a feeder school and nontransfer students. Where differences existed, multiple and fixed effect regressions identified the most likely predictor(s) of the differences. Analysis identified a combination of contributing student-level factors: special education, Limited English Proficiency, transfer, race/ethnicity, and poverty, leading to the conclusion that the problem stemmed from a combination of factors. While transfer students contributed to depressed academic achievement in Mathematics, the decline had begun in Grade 4, before the merger of students. Thus, it was concluded that transfer students were not the sole cause of the overall decline in performance. Similar findings for Language Arts Literacy led to the same conclusion.  Analysis of qualitative data indicated that the effectiveness of the school was dependent on several key factors: the cited student-level factors, consistent and stable leadership, accessible resources (defined as support and time), teacher expectations, lower curricular rigor, and parental involvement. The effectiveness of the school was dependent on perceived accessible resources, such as support and time, and effective stable leadership. Inconsistent guidance and planning were reflected in the instability of leadership at the middle school level, inadequate time to plan and collaborate, pressure of accountability and minimal parental involvement. This challenge created an environment in which meeting the high expectations and accountability standards seemed unattainable and insurmountable, producing a less effective school.   The study provides important quantitative and qualitative evidence of school and student factors that can contribute to decline in achievement at an urban middle school, especially with regard to problems with the transfer component of No Child Left Behind. It was concluded that factors affecting student achievement are multidimensional and that solutions are very difficult but not insurmountable.
Ophiopholidae Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018, fam. nov
Creators: name: Stöhr, Sabine
name: Hugall, Andrew F.
name: Thuy, Ben
name: Martynov, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
Amphilepidida
Ophiopholidae

description: Family Ophiopholidae fam. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 24F78A13-2640-4ACB-8D5F-EDCFFC7E3767
Type genus
Ophiopholis Müller & Troschel, 1842 (type species: O. aculeata (Linnaeus, 1767)).
Diagnosis
Dorsal disc with large plates, encircled by small scales that are extended into multi-thorned spines in young individuals. Arm spines smooth, distally hooks and spines. Small cluster of papilliform teeth ventrally, followed by large block-like teeth dorsalwards. Tooth sockets ventrally indistinct round depressions, on middle area of dental plate horizontal ribs and depressions, dorsally fenestrations with septum. Vertebrae with narrow dorsal keel protruding beyond length of vertebra, corresponding deep dorsal groove proximally. Arm spine articulation horizontal, with two strong lobes, dorsal one larger and bent, large muscle and nerve openings. Lateral arm plates with coarse tubercles. Inner side of lateral arm plates with two separate lobes and a dorsal ridge.
description: Published as part of Stöhr, Sabine, Hugall, Andrew F., Thuy, Ben & Martynov, Alexander, 2018, Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification, pp. 1-35 in European Journal of Taxonomy 416 on page 22, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416, http://zenodo.org/record/3806109
Priocnemis melanosoma Kohl 1880
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Priocnemis
Priocnemis melanosoma

description: Priocnemis melanosoma Kohl, 1880
Priocnemis notatus var. melanosoma Kohl, 1880:190, ♀.
Distribution in Iran: MAZANDARAN (AMIRESMAILI et al. 2010A, B, 2011; AMIRESMAILI & BARARI 2012). Remarks: THE IDENTITy OF Priocnemis melanosoma IS UNCLEAR, BECAUSE THE TyPES ARE LOST. THE SPECIES MOST PROBABLy REFER TO A BLACK FORM OF P. fennica HAUPT, 1926.
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
Ophiotrichidae Ljungman 1867
Creators: name: Stöhr, Sabine
name: Hugall, Andrew F.
name: Thuy, Ben
name: Martynov, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
Ophiurida
Ophiotrichidae

description: Family Ophiotrichidae Ljungman, 1867
Type genus
Ophiothrix Müller & Troschel, 1840 (type species: O. rosula (Forbes, 1839) = O. fragilis (Abildgaard in O.F. Müller, 1789)). Original type designation O. rosula by Lyman (1865). H.L. Clark (1915) synonymized O. rosula with O. pentaphyllum (Pennant, 1777) which may have caused later authors to accept the latter (older) name for the type species for some time but it was then replaced by O. fragilis for unknown reasons. Indeed, the name O. pentaphyllum has priority over the name O. fragilis and the proposal by A.M. Clark (1967) to suppress it appears never to have been decided. Prevailing usage cannot be applied because the name O. pentaphyllum was used as a valid species name after 1899 (ICZN article 23.9.1.1). However, to change the name of the well-known O. fragilis after a century of usage would not serve the purpose of nomenclatural stability. A ruling by the commission is needed.
Other genera
Gymnolophus Brock, 1888, Lissophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938, Macrophiothrix H.L. Clark, 1938, Ophiocnemis Müller & Troschel, 1842, Ophiogymna Ljungman, 1866, Ophiolophus Marktanner- Turneretscher, 1887, Ophiomaza Lyman, 1871, Ophiophthirius Döderlein, 1898, Ophiopsammium Lyman, 1874, Ophiopteron Ludwig, 1888, Ophiothela Verrill, 1867, Ophiotrichoides Ludwig, 1882.
Diagnosis
Dorsal disc with thorny spines or granules, arm spines thorny. Ventral half of dental plate with numerous papilliform teeth, at the outer edge as column of larger papillae, in the centre as lower granules. Dorsal teeth block-shaped. On dental plate ventral half an outer column of small holes at each edge, indistinct small depressions in the centre, dorsal half with fenestrations with septum. Infradental papillae and lateral oral papillae absent. Arm spine articulation diagonal to almost vertical, with two thick lobes, connected by thin proximal bridge, diagonal. Outer surface of lateral arm plates generally without tubercles. Inner side of lateral arm plates with three knobs. Vertebrae with narrow dorsal keel protruding distalwards far beyond vertebra edge, matching large dorsal groove proximally.
Remarks
The Ophiotrichidae forms a large, but genetically and morphologically coherent, family-level taxon. Genetic data (O’Hara et al 2017) indicates that Ophiothrix is polyphyletic and suggests that Hoggett (1991) was correct in transferring Ophiothrix species with wide dorsal arm plates into an expanded Macrophiothrix.
description: Published as part of Stöhr, Sabine, Hugall, Andrew F., Thuy, Ben & Martynov, Alexander, 2018, Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification, pp. 1-35 in European Journal of Taxonomy 416 on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416, http://zenodo.org/record/3806109
Cucurbit[7]uril host-vologen guest complexes
Creators: name: Freitag, Marina
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: In this thesis, we demonstrated that a molecular host, cucurbit[7]uril, provides analternative method of adsorbing molecules on semiconductors and shields the guest fromthe hetereogenous interface. These novel hybrid systems exhibited photophysical andelectrochemical properties that differ from the properties of layers obtained by directlyattaching the chromophore to the semiconductor through binding groups.This thesis describes the host-guest chemistry between cucurbit[7]uril (CB[7]) andvarious series of viologen guests. Methylviologen (1,1'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium dichloride, MV2+), 1-methyl-1'-p-tolyl-4,4'-bipyridinium dichloride (MTV2+), and 1,1'-dip-tolyl-(4,4'-bipyridine)-1,1'-diium dichloride (DTV2+) were encapsulated in the macrocyclic host cucurbit[7]uril, CB[7]. The complexes MV2+@CB[7] and MTV2+@CB[7] were physisorbed to the surface ofTiO2 nanoparticle films. The complexation into CB[7] was monitored by 1H NMR. TiO2 films functionalized with the complexes were studied by FT-IR-ATR and UV-Vis absorption. The electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical properties of MV2+@CB[7]and MTV2+@CB[7] were studied in solution and in electrochromic windows (ECDs),where the complexes were bound to TiO2 films cast on FTO. The ECDs prepared from MV2+@CB[7]/TiO2/FTO and MTV2+@CB[7]/TiO2/FTO electrodes showed reversible, sharp and fast color switching upon application of -0.8 V. Viologen derivative DTV2+ exhibited enhanced fluorescence upon encapsulation.Aqueous solutions of DTV2+ were weakly fluorescent (Φ = 0.02, τ < 20 ps), whereas theemission of the DTV2+@2CB[7] complex was enhanced by one order of magnitude (Φ =0.29, τ = 0.7 ns) and was blue-shifted by 35 nm. DTV2+ in polymethylmethacrylate(PMMA) matrix was fluorescent with a spectrum similar to that observed for the complexin solution. DFT and CIS calculations suggested that the increased planarity of thearomatic rings and a quinonoid structure of the S1 state, induced by encapsulation in thehost, can explain the observed emission enhancement. The absorption and emissionspectra of DTV2+@2CB[7] in water exhibited a large Stokes shift (ΔSt ~ 10,000 cm-1) and no fine structure. 1H NMR and UV-Vis titration indicated that the DTV2+@2CB[7] complex is formed in aqueous solutions with a complexation constant of K1W = 1.2×104 M-1, K2W = 1.0×104 M-1 in water, and K1NaCl = 1.1×104 M-1, K2NaCl = 0.8×104 M-1in 0.05 MNaCl aqueous solution.
Theonella swinhoei var. verrucosa Wilson 1925
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Tetractinellida
Theonellidae
Theonella
Theonella swinhoei
Theonella swinhoei var. verrucosa wilson, 1925

description: Theonella swinhoei var. verrucosa Wilson, 1925
(Figs. 6O–P)
Theonella swinhoei var. verrucosa Wilson, 1925: 450, pl. 43 fig. 1, pl. 49 fig. 10.
The variety was described by Wilson for a thick-walled specimen collected by the Albatross Philippine Expedition Stat. 5335, near Linapacan Island, Linapacan Strait, Palawan, Philippines, 11.6208°N 119.812°E, depth 84 m (dried holotype USNM 21342). The data provided by the USNM database (cited here) differ from Wilson’s text, as he gave Albatross Stat. 5356 as the locality. The shape of the specimen is rather similar to that of the holotype of the typical variety from Taiwan (cf. Pisera & Lévi 2002: 335, figs. 14–16, for a redescription of the dried holotype BMNH 1865.12.15.2), but according to Wilson there are two differences, the desma rhabds (‘epactines’) of the tetraclone desmas would be tuberculated (’verrucose’) in the present variety whereas those of the typical variety would be smooth, and the acanthorhabds (’microstrongyles’) of the present variety would be smaller (10–12 µm) at the surface than in the interior (10–22 µm). According to Pisera & Lévi l.c., in the typical variety the tuberculated condition of the tetraclone desmas differs between the interior (strongly tuberculated) and the subectosomal region (smooth or poorly tuberculated). The length of the acanthorhabds (14–23 µm in the type of the typical variety) is variable throughout the sponge. The differences alleged by Wilson are not clearly established and the species T. swinhoei is notoriously variable in habit and skeletal features. Thus, I propose to merge the two varieties and recognize a single taxon, Theonella swinhoei Gray, 1868.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on pages 63-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
On the integrated production and distribution problems in make-to order businesses
Creators: name: Gao, Su
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2011

description: In this dissertation, we study three Integrated Production and Distribution Problems (IPDP) with a variety of supply chain configurations. All problems stem from real-life applications in make-to-order businesses under the JIT principle, while each makes unique contributions to the literature as well as in practice. We present for each problem a detailed complexity analysis, a thorough exploration of the inherent structural properties, a mathematical programming formulation, and effective and efficient heuristics, followed by a comprehensive empirical study which validates a strong performance of each solution algorithm. Our goal is to achieve the following objectives: a) to find and investigate integrated production and distribution problems that closely mirror industrial supply chain operations; b) to provide a detailed analysis of the complexity and a thorough exploration of structural properties under each model; and c) to develop computational solution algorithms to be adopted as effective and efficient decision-making tools by industry practitioners.  In the first IPDP, customer orders are produced and delivered in one batch within the product lifespan to satisfy customer requirements in terms of time window. The objective is to choose a subset of customers to receive their deliveries so as to maximize the total demand satisfaction with limited production and distribution facilities. The second IPDP involves multiple production and distribution batches, a capacitated delivery truck, and cyclic deliveries. A no-wait condition is applied between batch production and distribution. Therefore, once produced, a batch is sent immediately forward onto its delivery trip. The problem is to cluster and sequence customer orders into batches so that the latest completion time is minimized. In the third IPDP, we consider short product lifespan, distinct customer orders, a non-decreasingly sequenced production based on adjusted due dates, individual and direct shipping by homogeneous trucks, and cyclic deliveries. The objective is to find an integrated production and delivery operation schedule to minimize the overall cost, including the earliness and tardiness penalty costs and the total truck fixed cost, on condition that all orders are fulfilled, and that the product lifespan constraint and truck service time limit are both controlled.
Priocnemis minuta
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Priocnemis
Priocnemis minuta

description: Priocnemis minuta (Vander Linden, 1827) #
Pompilus minutus Vander Linden, 1827:344, ♀.—Paris.
Distribution in Iran: ISFAHAN (WOLF et al. 2009— AS Priocnemis minuta nigritulus WOLF, 1962).
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
Amphilepidida
Creators: name: Stöhr, Sabine
name: Hugall, Andrew F.
name: Thuy, Ben
name: Martynov, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Echinodermata
Ophiuroidea
Amphilepidida

description: Amphilepidida incertae sedis
Amphicutis Pomory, Carpenter & Winter, 2011, Ophienigma Stöhr & Segonzac, 2005, Ophiopus Ljungman, 1867, Ophiothyreus Ljungman, 1872.
description: Published as part of Stöhr, Sabine, Hugall, Andrew F., Thuy, Ben & Martynov, Alexander, 2018, Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification, pp. 1-35 in European Journal of Taxonomy 416 on page 23, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.416, http://zenodo.org/record/3806109
title: Myths and Realities of Manusmriti: A Comparative Study with Ancient Legal Texts
title: Unraveling History, Ethics, and Legal Thought Across Civilizations – 10 Key Learnings from Manusmriti
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Kallol, Chakrabarti
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: The Manusmriti, often considered one of the oldest legal and ethical texts of Hinduism, has been a subject of intense debate, with interpretations ranging from reverence to critique. This paper explores the myths and realities surrounding Manusmriti, comparing it with other ancient legal texts such as The Code of Hammurabi, The Laws of Solon, and Arthashastra. Through a critical analysis of its ethical, legal, and social constructs, this study seeks to separate historical misconceptions from textual realities. The paper highlights areas where Manusmriti aligns with universal moral values and areas where its principles have been misinterpreted or selectively used to justify social stratification. By examining the adaptability of ancient legal frameworks in contemporary ethical discourse, this research aims to provide a balanced perspective on Manusmriti’s legacy.
Priocnemis obliqua Haupt 1962
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Priocnemis
Priocnemis obliqua

description: Priocnemis obliqua Haupt, 1962 #
Priocnemis obliqua Haupt, 1962:13, Syntypes ♂ ♀.— Israel (HALLE).
Distribution in Iran: MAZANDARAN (WOLF et al. 2009).
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 478, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
Stelletta validissima Thiele 1898
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Tetractinellida
Ancorinidae
Stelletta
Stelletta validissima

description: Stelletta validissima f. validissima Thiele, 1898
Stelletta validissima f. validissima Thiele, 1898: 13, pl. I fig. 5, pl. 7 fig. 1; Koltun 1966: 44, textfig. 19, pl. VI).
Koltun erected this forma for Thiele’s S. validissima described from Yogashima, Japan, approximate coordinates 35.13°N 139.61°E, no depth provided (holotype ZMB 7009). His own material originated from the Japanese Sea near Hokkaido. In view of the inconvincing differences of the specimens of both formas provided by Koltun and the unavailable name, they are proposed above to be merged in a single species Stelletta validissima Thiele, 1898.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Blennidus (Agraphoderus) abditus Giachino & Allegro 2011
Creators: name: Allegro, Gianni
name: Giachino, Pier Mauro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Blennidus
Blennidus abditus

description: Blennidus (Agraphoderus) abditus Giachino & Allegro, 2011
(Figs. 12, 50, 88)
Blennidus abditus Giachino & Allegro, 2011: 28
Type locality. Peru, Dept. Huancavelica, Embranch.r.Pampas-Huancavelica, 3,800 m.
Examined material. HT ♂ (CMa at MRSN); 3 PTT ♂ (CMa, CGi, CAl) (complete TS).
Note. Species easily distinguished by the distinctive morphology of aedeagus (Giachino & Allegro 2011). The 4 specimens of the TS were found in CMa, two of them unidentified and two labelled as PTT within the TS of Ogmopleura minor Straneo, 1993 (= Blennidus rectangulus syn. nov.).
Distribution. Blennidus abditus is only recorded from Dept. of Huancavelica (Central Peru).
Habitat. The known specimens (TS) were collected at 3,800 m a.s.l., probably in an Andean grassland.
description: Published as part of Allegro, Gianni & Giachino, Pier Mauro, 2015, Annotated checklist of the Blennidus subgenus Agraphoderus species from Peru with description of B. bombonensis n. sp. and synonymic notes (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichinae), pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 4000 (1) on page 5, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289219
Priocnemis perturbator
Creators: name: Enayatnia, Masoumeh
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Kroupa, Alexander S.
name: Schmid-Egger, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pompilidae
Priocnemis
Priocnemis perturbator

description: Priocnemis perturbator (Harris, 1776)
Sphex perturbator Harris, 1776:95, ♀.
Distribution in Iran: GUILAN (HAUPT 1929A—AS Priocnemis susterai atra HAUPT, 1929A; WOLF 1977 — AS Priocnemis susterai atra HAUPT, 1929A; WOLF 1960, WOLF et al. 2009— AS Priocnemis perturbator persica HAUPT i.l.— WOLF, 1960), LORESTAN (WOLF et al. 2009— AS Priocnemis perturbator persica), MAZANDARAN (HAUPT 1929A; WOLF 1960, 1977 — AS Priocnemis susterai atra); NO LOCALITy CITED (WOLF 1960).
description: Published as part of Enayatnia, Masoumeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Kroupa, Alexander S. & Schmid-Egger, Christian, 2018, Updated catalogue of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in Iran, pp. 451-489 in Zootaxa 4394 (4) on page 479, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1199890
Site Remediation Program Annual Report 1998
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Year: 1999

description: This annual report highlights several of the key issues that the Site Remediation Program targeted in 1998.  in December 1998, a new enforcement initiative targeting facilities that do not comply with state and federal requirements to upgrade underground storage tanks. During the year, the Historic Pesticide Contamination Task Force issued a draft report that recommends how to modify New Jersey's cleanup process to address the risks presented by historical pesticide contamination.  Another topic covered in the report is the direct billing and cost recovery increase during the state fiscal year.  The use of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology as a tool for managing site investigation and cleanup is presented as well.  A section of the report covers regulatory updates that took place during the year.  The final section is dedicated to the progress at contaminated sites.
Blennidus (Agraphoderus) abramalagae Allegro & Giachino 2011
Creators: name: Allegro, Gianni
name: Giachino, Pier Mauro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Blennidus
Blennidus abramalagae

description: Blennidus (Agraphoderus) abramalagae Allegro & Giachino, 2011
(Figs. 13, 51, 89)
Blennidus abramalagae Allegro & Giachino, 2011a: 301
Type locality. Peru, Cuzco, Abra Malaga, m 4400.
Examined material. HT ♂ (CGi); 2 PTT ♂ and 4 PTT ♀ (CAl, CGi, CSc) (complete TS).
Note. This species belongs to the Blennidus jelskii (Tschitschérine, 1897) group, which includes 5 species distributed in the Andes of southern Peru and distinguished by the distinctive morphology of their aedeagus (Allegro & Giachino 2011a).
Distribution. Blennidus abramalagae is only recorded from the Andean district of Cuzco (southern Peru).
Habitat. The collecting site of the known specimens (TS) is an Andean grassland at 4,200–4,400 m a.s.l.
description: Published as part of Allegro, Gianni & Giachino, Pier Mauro, 2015, Annotated checklist of the Blennidus subgenus Agraphoderus species from Peru with description of B. bombonensis n. sp. and synonymic notes (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichinae), pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 4000 (1) on page 5, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/289219
Environmental Indicators Technical Report: National Environmental Performance Partnership System (NEPPS)
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Year: 1998

description: This document contains the detailed report for all those environmental indicators for which information has been developed.  The five goal areas for which indicators have been reported, are: air quality, surface water, drinking water, pollution prevention, and environmental mercury.  Each of these goal areas has a section in the report.
Euxiphydria leucopoda Takeuchi 1938
Creators: name: Robles Cabanillas, Celia
name: Hurtado Navarro, Isabel
name: García-Sempere, Aníbal
name: Llopis-Cardona, Fran
name: Sánchez-Sáez, Francisco
name: Rodríguez-Bernal, Clara
name: Sanfélix-Gimeno, Gabriel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Xiphydriidae
Euxiphydria
Euxiphydria leucopoda

description: Euxiphydria leucopoda Takeuchi, 1938
Specimen examined. Nikko city: 1 ˁ, Senjugahama, Chûgûshi, 11. VII. 2016, S. Maehara (NSMT).
Remarks. This species was described from Tottori prefecture (Takeuchi, 1938), western Honshu, and later recorded from Aomori (Shimoyama, 1986), Ishikawa (Togashi, 1998; Smith and Shinohara, 2011) and Hyogo prefectures (Okutani, 1972), northern to western Honshu, Ehime prefecture (Togashi, 1974), Shikoku, and Nagasaki prefecture (Seiyama, 1989), Kyushu. This is the first record from Tochigi prefecture. The life history and host plant of this species are still unknown.
description: Published as part of Robles Cabanillas, Celia, Hurtado Navarro, Isabel, García-Sempere, Aníbal, Llopis-Cardona, Fran, Sánchez-Sáez, Francisco, Rodríguez-Bernal, Clara & Sanfélix-Gimeno, Gabriel, 2024, Xiphydriidae (Hymenoptera) of Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, pp. 171-177 in Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 50 (4) on page 172, DOI: 10.50826/bnmnszool.50.4_171, http://zenodo.org/record/14680394