cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Lepidostoma truncatum Parey & Saini 2012, sp. n.
Creators: name: Parey, S. H.
name: Saini, M. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Lepidostomatidae
Lepidostoma
Lepidostoma truncatum

description: Lepidostoma truncatum sp. n.
(Figs 7–12)
Description: Body brown, middle and hind legs dark brownish. Scapes (Fig. 10) each 2.91 mm, with two subequal subbasodorsal processes curved toward each other. Maxillary palps (Fig. 10) each 0.98 mm, two-segmented, basal segment three times longer than apical one. Length of each forewing 7.7 mm. Wing venation of this species is similar to that of L ferox and is given in Fig. 12.
Male genitalia (Figs 7–10): Apicodorsal margin of segment IX bluntly pointed. Segment X divided by deep and narrow incision reaching to its base; each half bearing dorsolateral and mesal processes: in lateral view dorsolateral processes broad at base, mesal processes rounded and serrated apically; segment X appearing as bilobed structure. Inferior appendages each two-segmented, 1st segment triangular in outline with broadened base, 2nd segment broadened apically with slight apical excision; basodorsal processes absent. Phallobase with small dent at its centre, phallicata slender and cylindrical; parameres much longer than phallus.
Diagnosis: The male of this species closely resembles that of Lepidostoma ferox MCLACHLAN, but differs from the latter by having segment IX apicodorsally produced into round lobes, not semicircular lobes; ventrally tergum IX is quadrate, not rectangular. Segment X has an excision only in its apical 1/3rd, not to the middle as in L. ferox. The scapes each have two basal processes, not a single basal process. Maxillary palps are straight, not curved; the 1st segment is straight, not bent, the 2nd segment is cylindrical, not slendrical.
Material: Holotype male, India: Himachal Pradesh, Ahla, 2000 m, 11-vii-2010 (MDZPUP).
Female and immature stages: Unknown.
Etymology: The name of the species is based on truncate structure of the lateral processes of segment X.
description: Published as part of Parey, S. H. & Saini, M. S., 2012, Four New Species Of Genus Lepidostoma Rambur (Trichoptera: Lepidostomatidae) From India, pp. 31-40 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5732051
Lepidostoma sonmargae Parey & Saini 2012, sp. n.
Creators: name: Parey, S. H.
name: Saini, M. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Lepidostomatidae
Lepidostoma
Lepidostoma sonmargae

description: Lepidostoma sonmargae sp. n.
(Figs 13–18)
Description: Golden brown. Scapes (Fig. 13) each 3.88 mm, with two small subbasal processes dorsally, more distal process slightly curved. Maxillary palps (Fig. 17) each 0.97 mm, two-segmented, 1st segment slightly thicker and longer than apical segment, covered with mixed hairs and scales. Length of each forewing 7.9 mm. Wing venation as in Figure 18.
Male genitalia (Figs 13–16): Tergum IX apicodorsally produced into triangular projection. Segment X with narrow excision at its centre reaching to its base. Both dorsolateral and mesal processes well developed: dorsolateral processes triangular in dorsal view, mesal processes rounded and serrate in lateral view both pairs of processes appearing subquadrate. Inferior appendages each two-segmented, 1st segment apically rounded, 2nd segment apically excised in dorsal view; basodorsal processes absent. Phallus shorter than parameres, phallobase with anteroventral flange; paramere spines apically pointed and diverging from one another. Wing venation of this species is similar to that of L. nagana and is given in Figure 18.
Diagnosis: The male of this species appears close to that of Lepidostoma nagana MOSELY, but differs from the latter by having segment IX triangular apicodorsally, not truncate. Segment X of this species has its dorsolateral processes triangular, not rounded; when seen laterally, both dorsolateral and mesal processes are of the same length, not of unequal length. The scape of each antenna is relatively shorter than in L. nagana, the basal process of the scape is straight, not angled. The basal segment of each maxillary palp is relatively shorter than in L. nagana.
Material: India: Holotype: male, (MDZ), Jammu & Kashmir, Sonmarg, 2900 m, 11-viii-2008.
Female and immature stages: Unknown.
Etymology: The name of the species is based on the locality from where the type specimen was collected.
description: Published as part of Parey, S. H. & Saini, M. S., 2012, Four New Species Of Genus Lepidostoma Rambur (Trichoptera: Lepidostomatidae) From India, pp. 31-40 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5732051
Peribasis pubicollis Pascoe 1866
Creators: name: Barševskis, Arvīds
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Peribasis
Peribasis pubicollis

description: 114. Peribasis pubicollis Pascoe,1866 –
 Indonesia: Borneo isl., Kalimantan Barat Pr., SW Kalimantan, Mt. Bawang, 1000 – 1500 m, Madi vill., 03.2017 (3, local collector leg.), 03.2018 (1, local collector leg.).
description: Published as part of Barševskis, Arvīds, 2020, To The Knowledge Of Long-Horned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Of The Oriental Region. Part 3., pp. 173-188 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 20 (2) on page 184, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12649597
Brycinus jacksonii
Creators: name: Toledo-Piza, Mônica
name: Baena, Eduardo G.
name: Dagosta, Fernando C. P.
name: Menezes, Naércio A.
name: Ândrade, Marcelo
name: Benini, Ricardo C.
name: Bertaco, Vinicius A.
name: Birindelli, José Luís O.
name: Boden, Gert
name: Buckup, Paulo A.
name: Camelier, Priscila
name: Carvalho, Fernando R.
name: Castro, Ricardo M. C.
name: Chuctaya, Junior
name: Decru, Eva
name: Derijst, Eddy
name: Dillman, Casey B.
name: Ferreira, Katiane M.
name: Merxem, Dimitri G.
name: Giovannetti, Victor
name: Hirschmann, Alice
name: Jégu, Michel
name: Jerep, Fernando C.
name: Langeani, Francisco
name: Lima, Flávio C. T.
name: Lucena, Carlos A. S.
name: Lucena, Zilda Margarete S.
name: Malabarba, Luiz R.
name: Malabarba, Maria Cláudia S. L.
name: Marinho, Manoela M. F.
name: Mathubara, Kleber
name: Mattox, George M. T.
name: Melo, Bruno F.
name: Moelants, Tuur
name: Moreira, Cristiano R.
name: Musschoot, Tobias
name: Netto-Ferreira, André L.
name: Ota, Rafaela P.
name: T. Oyakawa, Osvaldo
name: Pavanelli, Carla S.
name: Reis, Roberto E.
name: Santos, Osmar
name: Serra, Jane Piton
name: Silva, Gabriel S. C.
name: Silva-Oliveira, Cárlison
name: Souza-Lima, Rosana
name: Vari, Richard P.
name: Zanata, Angela M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Characiformes
Alestidae
Brycinus
Brycinus jacksonii

description: Brycinus jacksonii (Boulenger, 1912)
Alestes jacksonii Boulenger, 1912a:601. Type locality: Malawa River, Kavirondo, 4000 feet, Uganda. Holotype: BMNH 1912.10.15.6.
Distribution: 521 (Paugy, 1986; De Vos et al., 2001; Seegers et al., 2003; Seegers, 2008).
description: Published as part of Toledo-Piza, Mônica, Baena, Eduardo G., Dagosta, Fernando C. P., Menezes, Naércio A., Ândrade, Marcelo, Benini, Ricardo C., Bertaco, Vinicius A., Birindelli, José Luís O., Boden, Gert, Buckup, Paulo A., Camelier, Priscila, Carvalho, Fernando R., Castro, Ricardo M. C., Chuctaya, Junior, Decru, Eva, Derijst, Eddy, Dillman, Casey B., Ferreira, Katiane M., Merxem, Dimitri G., Giovannetti, Victor, Hirschmann, Alice, Jégu, Michel, Jerep, Fernando C., Langeani, Francisco, Lima, Flávio C. T., Lucena, Carlos A. S., Lucena, Zilda Margarete S., Malabarba, Luiz R., Malabarba, Maria Cláudia S. L., Marinho, Manoela M. F., Mathubara, Kleber, Mattox, George M. T., Melo, Bruno F., Moelants, Tuur, Moreira, Cristiano R., Musschoot, Tobias, Netto-Ferreira, André L., Ota, Rafaela P., T. Oyakawa, Osvaldo, Pavanelli, Carla S., Reis, Roberto E., Santos, Osmar, Serra, Jane Piton, Silva, Gabriel S. C., Silva-Oliveira, Cárlison, Souza-Lima, Rosana, Vari, Richard P. & Zanata, Angela M., 2024, Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi), pp. 1-548 in Neotropical Ichthyology (e 230086) (e 230086) 22 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086, http://zenodo.org/record/13326553
Lepidostoma ahlae Parey & Saini 2012, sp. n.
Creators: name: Parey, S. H.
name: Saini, M. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Lepidostomatidae
Lepidostoma
Lepidostoma ahlae

description: Lepidostoma ahlae sp. n.
(Figs 19–24)
Description: Colour dark brown. Scapes (Fig. 19) each 4.85 mm in length, with two small subbasal processes dorsally. Maxillary palps (Fig. 23) each 1.94 mm, two-segmented, basal segment much longer, apical one with pointed apex, both segments covered with dense setae. Average length of each forewing 7.7 mm. Wing venation as in Figure 24.
Male genitalia (Figs 19–22): Segment IX apicodorsally produced into somewhat rounded tip. Segment X with dorsolateral plates broad at base, apically rounded; mesal processes narrow, situated closely to one another with small space between them; in lateral view dorsolateral plates triangular, apically rounded, with slightly serrate ventral margins, mesal processes somewhat dome-shaped, with very broad bases. Inferior appendages each two-segmented, 1st segment broad at base and narrower towards its apex, 2nd segment short with truncate apex; basodorsal processes absent. Phallus with phallobase and phallicata slender, cylindrical in lateral view. Parameres about as long as phallus and with two paramere spines closely adjacent to one another. Wing venation of this species (Fig. 24) similar to that of L. inerme.
Diagnosis: The male of this species resembles that of Lepidostoma inerme MCLACHLAN but differs from it by having the dorsolateral processes of segment X in dorsal view rounded, not finger-like, and the mesal processes apically fingerlike, not truncate; when seen laterally, each mesal process appears dome-shaped, not pointed, and each lateral process is rounded, not lobed. Scapes of this species each have two small subbasal processes but those of L. inerme are without any processes. Maxillary palps of this species have the 2nd segment apically tapering, not apically rounded.
Material: Holotype male, India: Himachal Pradesh, Ahla, 2000 m, 11-vii-2010, S. H. Parey (MDZPUP).
Paratypes, India: Jammu and Kashmir, Pahalgam, 3100 m, 28-viii-2008; Yusmarg, 2800 m, 01-viii-2009, 2 males (MDZPUP).
Female and immature stages: Unknown.
Etymology: The species name is after its type locality Ahla (Himachal Pradesh).
description: Published as part of Parey, S. H. & Saini, M. S., 2012, Four New Species Of Genus Lepidostoma Rambur (Trichoptera: Lepidostomatidae) From India, pp. 31-40 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 58 (1) on pages 36-39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5732051
Rufohammus rufifrons
Creators: name: Barševskis, Arvīds
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Rufohammus
Rufohammus rufifrons

description: 116. Rufohammus rufifrons (Aurivillius, 1927)
 – Indonesia: Borneo isl., Kalimantan Barat Pr., SW Kalimantan, Mt. Bawang, 1000 – 1500 m, Madi vill., 03.2018 (1, local collector leg.).
description: Published as part of Barševskis, Arvīds, 2020, To The Knowledge Of Long-Horned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Of The Oriental Region. Part 3., pp. 173-188 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 20 (2) on page 184, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12649597
Thermonotus nigripennis Ritsema 1896
Creators: name: Barševskis, Arvīds
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Thermonotus
Thermonotus nigripennis

description: 118. Thermonotus nigripennis Ritsema, 1896
 – Philippines: Palawan isl., Mt. Mantaling, 09.2016 (2, local collector leg.).
description: Published as part of Barševskis, Arvīds, 2020, To The Knowledge Of Long-Horned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Of The Oriental Region. Part 3., pp. 173-188 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 20 (2) on page 185, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12649597
Brycinus kingsleyae
Creators: name: Toledo-Piza, Mônica
name: Baena, Eduardo G.
name: Dagosta, Fernando C. P.
name: Menezes, Naércio A.
name: Ândrade, Marcelo
name: Benini, Ricardo C.
name: Bertaco, Vinicius A.
name: Birindelli, José Luís O.
name: Boden, Gert
name: Buckup, Paulo A.
name: Camelier, Priscila
name: Carvalho, Fernando R.
name: Castro, Ricardo M. C.
name: Chuctaya, Junior
name: Decru, Eva
name: Derijst, Eddy
name: Dillman, Casey B.
name: Ferreira, Katiane M.
name: Merxem, Dimitri G.
name: Giovannetti, Victor
name: Hirschmann, Alice
name: Jégu, Michel
name: Jerep, Fernando C.
name: Langeani, Francisco
name: Lima, Flávio C. T.
name: Lucena, Carlos A. S.
name: Lucena, Zilda Margarete S.
name: Malabarba, Luiz R.
name: Malabarba, Maria Cláudia S. L.
name: Marinho, Manoela M. F.
name: Mathubara, Kleber
name: Mattox, George M. T.
name: Melo, Bruno F.
name: Moelants, Tuur
name: Moreira, Cristiano R.
name: Musschoot, Tobias
name: Netto-Ferreira, André L.
name: Ota, Rafaela P.
name: T. Oyakawa, Osvaldo
name: Pavanelli, Carla S.
name: Reis, Roberto E.
name: Santos, Osmar
name: Serra, Jane Piton
name: Silva, Gabriel S. C.
name: Silva-Oliveira, Cárlison
name: Souza-Lima, Rosana
name: Vari, Richard P.
name: Zanata, Angela M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Characiformes
Alestidae
Brycinus
Brycinus kingsleyae

description: Brycinus kingsleyae (Günther, 1896)
Alestes kingsleyae Günther, 1896b:279, Pl. 15 (fig. B). Type locality: Ogowe River, Gaboon. Lectotype: BMNH 1896.5.5.77. [Designated by Kamdem Toham, Teugels (1997)].
Distribution: 505, 532, 533, 534, 535, 536, 537, 540, 541, 545, 546, 550 (Paugy, 1986; Kamdem Toham, Teugels, 1997; Paugy, Schaefer, 2007; Kullander, Roberts, 2012; Mamonekene, Stiassny, 2012a).
description: Published as part of Toledo-Piza, Mônica, Baena, Eduardo G., Dagosta, Fernando C. P., Menezes, Naércio A., Ândrade, Marcelo, Benini, Ricardo C., Bertaco, Vinicius A., Birindelli, José Luís O., Boden, Gert, Buckup, Paulo A., Camelier, Priscila, Carvalho, Fernando R., Castro, Ricardo M. C., Chuctaya, Junior, Decru, Eva, Derijst, Eddy, Dillman, Casey B., Ferreira, Katiane M., Merxem, Dimitri G., Giovannetti, Victor, Hirschmann, Alice, Jégu, Michel, Jerep, Fernando C., Langeani, Francisco, Lima, Flávio C. T., Lucena, Carlos A. S., Lucena, Zilda Margarete S., Malabarba, Luiz R., Malabarba, Maria Cláudia S. L., Marinho, Manoela M. F., Mathubara, Kleber, Mattox, George M. T., Melo, Bruno F., Moelants, Tuur, Moreira, Cristiano R., Musschoot, Tobias, Netto-Ferreira, André L., Ota, Rafaela P., T. Oyakawa, Osvaldo, Pavanelli, Carla S., Reis, Roberto E., Santos, Osmar, Serra, Jane Piton, Silva, Gabriel S. C., Silva-Oliveira, Cárlison, Souza-Lima, Rosana, Vari, Richard P. & Zanata, Angela M., 2024, Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi), pp. 1-548 in Neotropical Ichthyology (e 230086) (e 230086) 22 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086, http://zenodo.org/record/13326553
Bios, info and article for decolonisation art piece
Creators: name: Rostron, Katherine
Publisher: name: University of Salford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 390307
subject: Teacher education and professional development of educators
classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education
classificationCode: 390102
subject: Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development

description: This content provides information to accompany artwork created as the result of a collaboration between academic, Dr Katherine Rostron and artist, Andrea Motta and was facilitated by Dr Adnan Bayyat, Knowledge Exchange Fellow at Salford Business School. They worked together in 2023-2024 to create a comic strip for knowledge exchange based on the article ‘First steps for module leaders: Decolonising a module in Salford Business School’ (Rostron, 2021).
Thermonotus pasteuri Ritsema 1890
Creators: name: Barševskis, Arvīds
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Thermonotus
Thermonotus pasteuri

description: 119. Thermonotus pasteuri Ritsema, 1890
 (Fig. 9) – Indonesia: Sumatra isl., Mt. Dempo, 05.2015 (1, local collector leg.), Jambi, 03.2014 (2, local collector leg.). Malaysia: Cameron Highlands, Tanah Rata, 1100 m, 02.2012 (1, local collector leg.); Kelantan, 17.- 25.04.1997 (1, local collector). Vietnam: Lam Dong, Bao Lam, Dambri, 05.2016 (1, local collector leg.), 05.2017 (11, local collector leg.), 09.2017 (1, local collector leg.), 05.2018 (1, local collector leg.), 04.2019 (2, local collector leg.); Lam Dong, Bao Loc, 05.-07.2017 (1, local collector leg.); Lam Dong, Bao Loc, 05.2018 (4, local collector leg.).
description: Published as part of Barševskis, Arvīds, 2020, To The Knowledge Of Long-Horned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Of The Oriental Region. Part 3., pp. 173-188 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 20 (2) on page 185, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12649597
Holzschutz – Massnahmen zum Schutz gegen Pilze und Insekten
Creators: name: Stalder, Urs
Publisher: name: Berner Fachhochschule
Year: 2021

description: Holz als natürliches Material ist unter gewissen Bedingungen biologisch abbaubar. Dabei spielen holzzerstörende Insekten und Pilze eine wesentliche Rolle. In der Natur ist diese Eigenschaft wünschenswert und führt die im Holz gespeicherte Sonnenenergie und die Stoffe am Ende des Lebenszyklus eines Baumes wieder in den Kreislauf zurück und lässt so andere Lebewesen daran teilhaben. Im verbauten Zustand versuchen wir aber, diese Abbauprozesse möglichst zu verhindern oder zu verzögern. Dass Holz von Insekten und Pilzen angegriffen und zerstört werden kann, hängt von den folgenden Faktoren ab: - Holzart - Holzfeuchte - Umgebungsbedingungen (Temperatur, Feuchte, Licht…) Im verbauten Zustand zusätzlich: - Konstruktiver Holzschutz - Chemischer Holzschutz - Wartung und Unterhalt der Holzkonstruktion Der vorliegende Beitrag gibt einen kurzen Überblick über einige holzabbauende Organismen, Methoden der Erkennung eines Befalls und Methoden der Bekämpfung von Schadorganismen. Für vertiefte Informationen wird auf die verwendete und weiterführende Literatur verwiesen.
A modern look at a medieval bilayer metal leaf: nanotomography of Zwischgold
Creators: name: Wu, Qing
name: Soppa, Karolina
name: Müller, Elisabeth
name: Müller, Julian
name: Odstrcil, Michal
name: Tsai, Esther Hsiao Rho
name: Späth, Andreas
name: Holler, Mirko
name: Guizar-Sicairos, Manuel
name: Butz, Benjamin
name: Fink, Rainer H.
name: Watts, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Royal Society of Chemistry
Year: 2022

description: Many European sculptures and altarpieces from the Middle Ages were decorated with Zwischgold, a bilayer metal leaf with an ultra-thin gold face backed by silver. Zwischgold corrodes quickly when exposed to air, causing the surface of the artefact to darken and lose gloss. The conservation of such Zwischgold applied artefacts has been an obstinate problem. We have acquired quantitative, 3D nanoscale images of Zwischgold samples from 15th century artefacts and modern materials using ptychographic X-ray computed tomography (PXCT), a recently developed coherent diffractive imaging technique, to investigate the leaf structure and chemical state of Zwischgold. The measurements clearly demonstrate decreasing density (increasing porosity) of the leaf materials and their corrosion products, as well as delamination of the leaves from their substrate. Each of these effects speak to typically observed issues in the conservation of such Zwischgold applied artefacts. Further, a rare variant of Zwischgold that contains extremely thin multiple gold layers and an overlapping phenomenon of Zwischgold with other metal leaves are observed through PXCT. As supportive data, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) coupled with energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX) were performed on the medieval samples.
The evaluation of existing training courses for the assessment of the state of consciousness after electrical stunning in rabbits at slaughter
Creators: name: Xercavins, Aida
name: Velarde, Antonio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: training courses
state of consciousness
electrical stunning
rabbits
slaughter

description: In this document, EURCAW-Poultry-SFA reviews and assess the existing training courses and materials for the assessment of the state of consciousness after electrical stunning in rabbits at slaughter in use at Member States. The Centre received only six courses to assess from five EU Memeber States.

There is a lack of detailed description of the animal-based indicators for the assessment of the state of consciousness and confirmation of death of the animals in most of the training courses. More depth information such as definition, validity, sensitivity and specificity of the indicators, methodology to carry out the assessment and audio-visual support would be of interest to official veterinarians. There is also a lack of training about how the operators should do checks for the assessment of the state of consciousness of rabbits (i.e. frequency, distribution and calculation of sample size).

EURCAW-Poultry-SFA has delivered or is planning to deliver some reports and a factsheet that could be used as a basis or support material for future training courses. Moreover, at the end of 2024 a webinar will be held to address some of the gaps of knowledge identified and will be later available as support material for other training courses.
Electrolytic deposition of titania films as interference coatings on biomedical implants: Microstructure, chemistry and nano-mechanical properties
Creators: name: Kern, P.
name: Schwaller, Patrick
name: Michler, J.
Publisher: name: Elsevier Science
Year: 2006

description: TiO2 films with uniform thickness were electrolytically deposited on AISI 316L stainless steel and Ti6Al4V substrates for potential use as color coded biocompatible coatings on biomedical implants. Deposition occurred via a peroxoprecursor method from solutions containing TiCl4 and H2O2. By optimizing electrolyte formulation and deposition parameters, thin stoichiometric titania films with almost uniform thicknessdependent interference colors, similar as known from the color anodization processes of Ti-alloys, were obtained. Crack-free films were found up to 140 nm on AISI 316L and up to 190 nm on Ti6Al4V substrates. After thermal annealing at 450 -C of as-deposited amorphous peroxotitanium hydrate films, Raman and transmission electron microscopy showed highly stoichiometric, nanocrystalline anatase films. Chemical depth profiling was performed by glow-discharge optical emission spectrometry (GD-OES), showing clearly a densification and loss of water during annealing. On AISI 316L, GD-OES revealed stoichiometric TiO2 films containing a small Fe (3–4 at.%) and Cr (1 at.%) contamination due to thermal diffusion from the substrate. On Ti6Al4V, the comparison between electrolytic TiO2 films and color-anodization in different sulfuric and phosphoric acid containing electrolytes showed significant higher purity of electrolytic films, absent of V, Al, S, P contaminations as they were found in anodic oxides (4–6 at.% Al, 1–2 at.% V), especially Vand S being problematic in biomedical applications. Annealing greatly increased the mechanical properties of the green films. A nano-hardness of 5.5–6.6 GPa, elastic modules close to substrate modules, excellent adhesion and very ductile behavior were found from nanoindentation and scratch tests. Based on thickness uniformity, high purity and good mechanical properties, electrolytic TiO2 films are not only attractive as biocompatible colored coatings on non-anodizable biomedical alloys such as AISI 316L and CoCrMo, but also for Ti-alloys that are anodized for protective as well as coding reasons prior to implantation
Brycinus minutus
Creators: name: Toledo-Piza, Mônica
name: Baena, Eduardo G.
name: Dagosta, Fernando C. P.
name: Menezes, Naércio A.
name: Ândrade, Marcelo
name: Benini, Ricardo C.
name: Bertaco, Vinicius A.
name: Birindelli, José Luís O.
name: Boden, Gert
name: Buckup, Paulo A.
name: Camelier, Priscila
name: Carvalho, Fernando R.
name: Castro, Ricardo M. C.
name: Chuctaya, Junior
name: Decru, Eva
name: Derijst, Eddy
name: Dillman, Casey B.
name: Ferreira, Katiane M.
name: Merxem, Dimitri G.
name: Giovannetti, Victor
name: Hirschmann, Alice
name: Jégu, Michel
name: Jerep, Fernando C.
name: Langeani, Francisco
name: Lima, Flávio C. T.
name: Lucena, Carlos A. S.
name: Lucena, Zilda Margarete S.
name: Malabarba, Luiz R.
name: Malabarba, Maria Cláudia S. L.
name: Marinho, Manoela M. F.
name: Mathubara, Kleber
name: Mattox, George M. T.
name: Melo, Bruno F.
name: Moelants, Tuur
name: Moreira, Cristiano R.
name: Musschoot, Tobias
name: Netto-Ferreira, André L.
name: Ota, Rafaela P.
name: T. Oyakawa, Osvaldo
name: Pavanelli, Carla S.
name: Reis, Roberto E.
name: Santos, Osmar
name: Serra, Jane Piton
name: Silva, Gabriel S. C.
name: Silva-Oliveira, Cárlison
name: Souza-Lima, Rosana
name: Vari, Richard P.
name: Zanata, Angela M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Characiformes
Alestidae
Brycinus
Brycinus minutus

description: Brycinus minutus (Hopson, Hopson, 1982)
Alestes minutus Hopson, Hopson, 1982:302, fig. 5.20. Type locality: 5 km north west of Ilaret at e [spawning site in the open lake] a lake depth of 8 m, Lake Turkana. [Kenya]. Holotype: BMNH 1978.5.16.37.
Distribution: 530 (Hopson, Hopson, 1982; Seegers et al., 2003).
description: Published as part of Toledo-Piza, Mônica, Baena, Eduardo G., Dagosta, Fernando C. P., Menezes, Naércio A., Ândrade, Marcelo, Benini, Ricardo C., Bertaco, Vinicius A., Birindelli, José Luís O., Boden, Gert, Buckup, Paulo A., Camelier, Priscila, Carvalho, Fernando R., Castro, Ricardo M. C., Chuctaya, Junior, Decru, Eva, Derijst, Eddy, Dillman, Casey B., Ferreira, Katiane M., Merxem, Dimitri G., Giovannetti, Victor, Hirschmann, Alice, Jégu, Michel, Jerep, Fernando C., Langeani, Francisco, Lima, Flávio C. T., Lucena, Carlos A. S., Lucena, Zilda Margarete S., Malabarba, Luiz R., Malabarba, Maria Cláudia S. L., Marinho, Manoela M. F., Mathubara, Kleber, Mattox, George M. T., Melo, Bruno F., Moelants, Tuur, Moreira, Cristiano R., Musschoot, Tobias, Netto-Ferreira, André L., Ota, Rafaela P., T. Oyakawa, Osvaldo, Pavanelli, Carla S., Reis, Roberto E., Santos, Osmar, Serra, Jane Piton, Silva, Gabriel S. C., Silva-Oliveira, Cárlison, Souza-Lima, Rosana, Vari, Richard P. & Zanata, Angela M., 2024, Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi), pp. 1-548 in Neotropical Ichthyology (e 230086) (e 230086) 22 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086, http://zenodo.org/record/13326553
Thermonotus ruber Pic 1923
Creators: name: Barševskis, Arvīds
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Thermonotus
Thermonotus ruber

description: 120. Thermonotus ruber Pic, 1923 – Laos: Hua
Phan prov., Mt. Phu Pane, 2600 m, 04.2014 (2, local collector leg.), 05.2014 (2 local collector leg.), 06.2014 (1, local collector leg.), 04.2016 (4, local collector leg.). Vietnam: Lao Cai, Mt. Sapa, 1600 m, 05.2015 (2, local collector leg.).
description: Published as part of Barševskis, Arvīds, 2020, To The Knowledge Of Long-Horned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Of The Oriental Region. Part 3., pp. 173-188 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 20 (2) on page 185, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12649597
Yoshiobodes Mahunka 1986
Creators: name: Ermilov, Sergey G.
name: Shtanchaeva, Umukusum Ya.
name: Subías, Luis S.
name: Anichkin, Alexander E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Carabodidae
Yoshiobodes

description: Genus Yoshiobodes Mahunka, 1986
Type species: Carabodes irmayi Balogh & Mahunka, 1969
New generic diagnosis (based on data from Mahunka (1986), with our additions)
Lamellae large, simple, convergent but separated, usually forming a prolamella-like ridge. Translamella absent or present. Rostral setae setiform or phylliform, inserted on rostrum. Lamellar setae thick, serrate, rarely setiform. Interlamellar setae widely or narrowly phylliform, inserted on lamellae. A transverse ridge on lamellae (anteriorly to interlamellar setae) absent or present. Sensilli narrowly spindle-form (with strong spines unilaterally) or clavate. Fifteen or fourteen pairs of notogastral setae evenly spaced; setae usually widely phylliform, rarely narrowly phylliform or truncate, dilated distally, morphological differences in setae absent or present (all or some setae of c - row simple or narrowly phylliform, others widely phylliform and truncate, dilated distally). Centrodorsal part of notogaster evenly convex, often with tuberculate surface, without apophyses, strong ridges or depressions. Humeral regions without or with concavity (indistinct or well-visible). One to two pairs of notogastral setae inserted in humeral position of notogaster. Posterior of notogaster with four pairs of notogastral setae (h 1, p 1– p 3). Four to six pairs of genital, one pair of aggenital, two pairs of anal and three pairs of adanal setae present. Leg tarsi with one smooth claw.
Yoshiobodes (Yoshiobodes) Mahunka, 1986
Type species: Carabodes irmayi Balogh & Mahunka, 1969
Subgeneric diagnosis (based on data from Mahunka (1986), with our additions)
With main traits of the genus Yoshiobodes. Sensilli narrowly spindle-form (with strong spines unilaterally) or with short stalk and large clavate head. Fifteen or fourteen pairs of phylliform notogastral setae of similar morphology. Four pairs of genital setae.
Yoshiobodes (Berndobodes) Mahunka, 1986
Type species: Berndobodes spiculifer Mahunka, 1986
Subgeneric diagnosis (based on data from Mahunka (1986), with our additions)
With main traits of the genus Yoshiobodes. Sensilli with long stalk and small, clavate head. Fifteen pairs of notogastral setae of different morphology: all or some setae of c -row narrowly phylliform or simple; other setae widely phylliform and truncate, dilated distally. Four pairs of genital setae.
Yoshiobodes (Dongnaiobodes) subgen. nov.
Type species: Yoshiobodes hexasetosus sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Ermilov, Sergey G., Shtanchaeva, Umukusum Ya., Subías, Luis S. & Anichkin, Alexander E., 2014, A new subgenus and three new species of oribatid mites of the genus Yoshiobodes (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) from Vietnam, pp. 401-420 in Zootaxa 3795 (4) on pages 402-403, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/254579
Asphalt surfacing on timber bridges
Creators: name: Scharmacher, Florian
name: Müller, Andreas
name: Brunner, Maurice Yaw
Year: 2014
Subjects: Asphalt surfacing systems Shear resistance Adhesion tensile strength Blistering Monitoring

description: It is difficult to get adequate information about the load-bearing properties of the different asphalt systems which are used for the surfacing of modern timber road bridges. The authors have participated in a research project to investigate the load-bearing behaviour of different, asphalt-based road surfacing systems under service loads. First, suitable material combinations and layer compositions were selected for detailed research. The transfer of horizontal forces through the composite construction was a special research interest. A number of test series was carried out to investigate the adhesion between the surfacing and the timber deck. The test results were comparable to those obtained for surfacing placed on concrete and steel bridge decks. The tests confirm that the requisite bonding strength can be achieved with similar systems such as those used in steel and concrete bridges. Structural recommendations for the practical application are also presented in the paper.
Thestus chassoti Breuning 1973
Creators: name: Barševskis, Arvīds
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Thestus
Thestus chassoti

description: 121. Thestus chassoti Breuning, 1973 –
 Malaysia: Tapah Hills, Perak, 04.2011 (1, local collector leg.), 05.2013 (1, local collectorleg.), 03.2014 (1, local collector leg.); Cameron Highlands, Tanah Rata, 01.2019 (2, local collector leg.). This is the first published information about the finding of this species after the original description.
description: Published as part of Barševskis, Arvīds, 2020, To The Knowledge Of Long-Horned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Of The Oriental Region. Part 3., pp. 173-188 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 20 (2) on page 185, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12649597
Algorithms. The Dark Constitution of the ‘New’ World
Creators: name: Villa Torres, Andrés
Publisher: name: transcript-Verlag
Year: 2020

description: Algorithmen gehören mittlerweile zu unserem Alltag. Nur die wenigsten Menschen sind allerdings ganz praktisch mit Algorithmen vertraut, das heißt, nur wenige können sie schreiben und lesen. In einem historischen Rückblick konzentriert sich dieser Beitrag deshalb vor allem auf das Konzept der algorithmischen Revolution und die algorithmischen Gesetze als ›dunkle‹ Strukturen oder normative Blackboxes.
description: Algorithms are embedded in our everyday lives. Yet few humans are familiar with algorithms in practical terms – in other words, few are able to write and read them. The author offers a historical review of them, focusing mainly on the concept of the algorithmic revolution and algorithmic law as ’dark constitutions’ or normative black boxes.
Brycinus nigricauda
Creators: name: Toledo-Piza, Mônica
name: Baena, Eduardo G.
name: Dagosta, Fernando C. P.
name: Menezes, Naércio A.
name: Ândrade, Marcelo
name: Benini, Ricardo C.
name: Bertaco, Vinicius A.
name: Birindelli, José Luís O.
name: Boden, Gert
name: Buckup, Paulo A.
name: Camelier, Priscila
name: Carvalho, Fernando R.
name: Castro, Ricardo M. C.
name: Chuctaya, Junior
name: Decru, Eva
name: Derijst, Eddy
name: Dillman, Casey B.
name: Ferreira, Katiane M.
name: Merxem, Dimitri G.
name: Giovannetti, Victor
name: Hirschmann, Alice
name: Jégu, Michel
name: Jerep, Fernando C.
name: Langeani, Francisco
name: Lima, Flávio C. T.
name: Lucena, Carlos A. S.
name: Lucena, Zilda Margarete S.
name: Malabarba, Luiz R.
name: Malabarba, Maria Cláudia S. L.
name: Marinho, Manoela M. F.
name: Mathubara, Kleber
name: Mattox, George M. T.
name: Melo, Bruno F.
name: Moelants, Tuur
name: Moreira, Cristiano R.
name: Musschoot, Tobias
name: Netto-Ferreira, André L.
name: Ota, Rafaela P.
name: T. Oyakawa, Osvaldo
name: Pavanelli, Carla S.
name: Reis, Roberto E.
name: Santos, Osmar
name: Serra, Jane Piton
name: Silva, Gabriel S. C.
name: Silva-Oliveira, Cárlison
name: Souza-Lima, Rosana
name: Vari, Richard P.
name: Zanata, Angela M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Characiformes
Alestidae
Brycinus
Brycinus nigricauda

description: Brycinus nigricauda (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974)
Alestes nigricauda Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974:143, fig. 1. Type locality: Toyébli (6°38’N, 8°29’W) dans la rivière Nipoué ou Cess. [Ivory Coast]. Holotype: RMCA 73-10 - P-1510.
Distribution: 512 (Thys van den Audenaerde, 1974; Paugy, 1986; Paugy, 2003).
description: Published as part of Toledo-Piza, Mônica, Baena, Eduardo G., Dagosta, Fernando C. P., Menezes, Naércio A., Ândrade, Marcelo, Benini, Ricardo C., Bertaco, Vinicius A., Birindelli, José Luís O., Boden, Gert, Buckup, Paulo A., Camelier, Priscila, Carvalho, Fernando R., Castro, Ricardo M. C., Chuctaya, Junior, Decru, Eva, Derijst, Eddy, Dillman, Casey B., Ferreira, Katiane M., Merxem, Dimitri G., Giovannetti, Victor, Hirschmann, Alice, Jégu, Michel, Jerep, Fernando C., Langeani, Francisco, Lima, Flávio C. T., Lucena, Carlos A. S., Lucena, Zilda Margarete S., Malabarba, Luiz R., Malabarba, Maria Cláudia S. L., Marinho, Manoela M. F., Mathubara, Kleber, Mattox, George M. T., Melo, Bruno F., Moelants, Tuur, Moreira, Cristiano R., Musschoot, Tobias, Netto-Ferreira, André L., Ota, Rafaela P., T. Oyakawa, Osvaldo, Pavanelli, Carla S., Reis, Roberto E., Santos, Osmar, Serra, Jane Piton, Silva, Gabriel S. C., Silva-Oliveira, Cárlison, Souza-Lima, Rosana, Vari, Richard P. & Zanata, Angela M., 2024, Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi), pp. 1-548 in Neotropical Ichthyology (e 230086) (e 230086) 22 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086, http://zenodo.org/record/13326553
Vernissage & Podiumsgespräch: Wer sind "wir und die Andern"?
Creators: name: Bühler, Tamasha
Year: 2023

description: Wer sind "Wir und die Andern"? Am internationalen Tag gegen Rassismus sprechen Expert:innen über soziale Mechanismen, die zu Vorurteilen und Diskriminierung führen. Aus unterschiedlichen Standpunkten diskutieren sie über aktuelle gesellschaftliche Entwicklungen und konstruktive Handlungsmöglichkeiten.
Cephalothrips Uzel 1895
Creators: name: Alavi, Jalil
name: Minaei, Kambiz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Cephalothrips

description: Cephalothrips Uzel
This genus was described by Uzel (1895) for the widespread species, Phloeothrips monilicornis Reuter, and currently includes one species from Holarctic (C. monilicornis), two from Africa (C. fuscus and C. albostriatus), one from Cuba (C. merrilli), one from China (C. brachychaitus), one from western USA (C. hesperus), one from Europe, Morocco and Iran (C. coxalis), and one from Central Asia (C. longicapitus). So far, two species C. monilicornis and C. coxalis have been reported from Iran (Alavi & Kamali 2003; Bhatti et al. 2009). The members of this genus share the following character states:
Macroptera or aptera: Body very slender, head elongate, longer than wide and longer than prothorax; dorsal surface of head smooth to faintly transversely striate along lateral margins and base, cheeks smooth to barely serrate; eyes moderately large, oval; po setae short, not extending beyond hind margin of eyes; ocelli present in macropterae, absent in apterae; maxillary bridge not present; mouth cone short, broadly rounded at apex. Antennae 8-segmented; segment III with 1, IV with 2 sense cones. Prosternal basantra absent; mesopresternum eroded medially, reduced to two small lateral triangles; sternopleural sutures present. Fore tarsi with a tooth, all tarsi with a recurved ventral hamus at outer distal margin; femora with long ventral setae. Metanotum smooth medially. Wings absent or fully developed, if present not narrowed at middle and fore wings without duplicated cilia. Pelta D-shaped, faintly reticulate; abdominal tergites without sigmoid wing-retaining setae; tube moderate in size, anal setae shorter than tube.
description: Published as part of Alavi, Jalil & Minaei, Kambiz, 2021, Cephalothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Iran with two new species and key to species, pp. 127-134 in Zootaxa 4942 (1) on page 129, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/4596240
Pteropus ennisae Flannery & White 1991
Creators: name: Don E. Wilson
name: Russell A. Mittermeier
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Pteropodidae
Pteropus
Pteropus ennisae

description: 162.
New Ireland Masked Flying Fox
Pteropus ennisae
French: Roussette de Nouvelle-Irlande / German: Neuirland-Flughund / Spanish: Zorro volador de Nueva Irlanda
Taxonomy. Pteropus temmincki [sic] ennisae Flannery & White, 1991,
“secondary forest near Madina (2°55’S, 151°23’E), New Ireland,” Papua New Guinea.
F. C. Almeida and colleagues in 2014 provided evidence of 4-7% sequence divergence in cytochrome-b between former subspecies capistratus and ennisae. Morphological differences also support distinction at the species level. Pteropus ennisae is in the capistratus species group. Monotypic.
Distribution. Bismarck Archipelago (New Ireland I).
Descriptive notes. Head-body 155-190 mm (tailless), ear 18-23 mm, hindfoot 32- 39 mm, forearm 109-118 mm; weight 170-250 g. Muzzle of the New Ireland Masked Flying Fox is short, rhinarium is dark, eyes are large, and irises are dark brown. Ears are broad and triangular, with rounded tips. Face is dark gray-brown, eyes are encircled by faint white extending forward to lateral rostrum, and darker band extends from rostrum to between eyes and onto forehead. Mantle is whitish gray, with central band of yellow-tipped hairs. Ventral hairs are bicolored, with dark brown bases and yellowish brown tips giving overall frosted appearance. Wing membranes are semi-transparent, with anastomosing darker veins. Wings originate from sides of body. Skull is delicately built, similar to that of the New Britain Masked Flying Fox (P. capistratus), with pronounced basicranial deflection, short and thin rostrum, large orbits, long postorbital process, postorbital constriction, and sagittal and nuchal crests not marked. Dentition is relatively weak, with noticeable diastemata.
Habitat. [Lowland and hill rainforests and secondary forests bordering gardens.
Food and Feeding. New Ireland Masked Flying Foxes are frugivorous. Two individuals were observed feeding on cluster figs (Ficus, Moraceae).
Breeding. Lactating New Ireland Masked Flying Foxes and a female carrying a nearterm fetus were captured in June-July.
Activity patterns. New Ireland Masked Flying Foxes are nocturnal.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. The New Ireland Masked Flying Fox roosts alone or in small groups among foliage.
Status and Conservation. CITES Appendix II. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. The New Ireland Masked Flying Fox was included in the New Britain Masked Flying Fox (EP caprstratus), which was classified as Near Threatened. The New Ireland Masked Flying Fox appears to occur in low abundance on a single island, New Ireland.
Bibliography. Almeida et al. (2014), Bonaccorso (1998), Flannery (1995a), Flannery & White (1991), Smith & Hood (1981).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Pteropodidae, pp. 16-162 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 149, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6448815
Thestus philippensis Schwarzer 1929
Creators: name: Barševskis, Arvīds
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Thestus
Thestus philippensis

description: 122. Thestus philippensis Schwarzer, 1929 –
 Philippines: Luzon isl., Ifugao, Banaue, 08.2014 (1, local collector leg.), 10.2014 (2, local collector leg.); Samar isl., Lope de Vegas, 04.2016 (2, local collector leg.), 02.2019 (1, local collector leg.).
description: Published as part of Barševskis, Arvīds, 2020, To The Knowledge Of Long-Horned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Of The Oriental Region. Part 3., pp. 173-188 in Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 20 (2) on page 185, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12649597
Cephalothrips Uzel 1895
Creators: name: Alavi, Jalil
name: Minaei, Kambiz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Cephalothrips

description: Key to Cephalothrips species from Iran (females)
1. Eyes not prolonged posteriorly on ventral surface of head, posterior margin of eyes rounded ventrally (Fig. 8); tube at most 1.3 times as long as lateral anal setae.................................................................... coxalis
-. Eyes prolonged posteriorly on ventral surface of head, posterior margin of eyes pointed ventrally (Figs 3, 14, 20); tube more than 1.3 times as long as lateral anal setae.................................................................. 2
2. Antennal segment III at least 2.5 times as long as wide; tergites II–VII with posteromarginal setae S1 and S2 expanded apically (Fig. 24)................................................................................... corona sp. n.
-. Antennal segment III at most 2.2 times as long as wide; tergites II–VII with posteromarginal setae S1 pointed, S2 weakly blunt to knobbed apically (Figs 5, 16).......................................................................... 3
3. Body entirely brown; legs brown, tarsi and apices of tibiae yellow (Fig. 1)............................... monilicornis
-. Body bicoloured, mainly brown with pterothorax and abdominal segments I–II or –III yellow to yellowish brown; legs yellow to yellowish brown, sometimes mid and hind tibia darker (Figs 11, 12)................................. bicolor sp. n.
description: Published as part of Alavi, Jalil & Minaei, Kambiz, 2021, Cephalothrips (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) in Iran with two new species and key to species, pp. 127-134 in Zootaxa 4942 (1) on page 129, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/4596240
Trade-offs in maize seedling losses in African grasslands
Creators: name: Norgrove, Lindsey
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2021
Subjects: Birds
Central Africa
Mulch
Rodents
Savanna
Zea mays

description: In central Cameroon, there are strongly defined savanna-forest boundaries. Imperata cylindrica, a pantropical Poaceae weed, is also one component of these savannas. There is a well-known discourse that I. cylindrica presence indicates poor soils and smallholder farmers report low crop establishment rates on land dominated by I. cylindrica. Yet, according to farmers one of the major limiting constraints is not soil fertility but seedling damage from birds, rodents and stem-cutting termites. It was hypothesised that losses might vary depending on both agronomic techniques used and vegetation management. In a two-factorial randomised complete block design, the effects of glyphosate herbicide clearance versus manual machete clearance and burning of plant residues versus mulching were assessed on Zea mays (maize) post-emergence seedling losses by birds, rodents and termites. Overall, birds caused greatest post-emergence losses in the first three weeks after planting (on average, 29%), followed by rodents (14%) and termites (11%). Glyphosate use significantly reduced seedling losses from birds (by 16%) suggesting that either birds avoided areas with lower vegetation cover or that such weedy vegetation is an attractant. For termites, glyphosate use significantly increased damage (13% damage in glyphosate plots compared with 8% in no-herbicide plots). Seedling damage by termites was greater in the burnt plots and where herbicide was applied. One compromise would be to avoid burning, so ensuring mulch cover to provide alternative food for termites, yet ensure vigorous weeding.
Towards Effective AI-Driven Reading Assistants: A Design Science Exploration
Creators: name: Martin, Hänel
name: Wambsganss, Thiemo
name: Matthias, Söllner
Publisher: name: AIS Electronic Library
Year: 2024

description: Recent advancements in AI have led to the introduction of tools that support researchers in scientific reading. Tools such as SciSpace have come to the forefront to assist users in reading scientific texts. However, there is an insufficient theoretical foundation on how to design these reading assistants as well as no evidence of their effects, especially given the recent progress. Specifically, past literature lacks insights on evaluated user requirements and design principles for the design of computer-assisted reading systems. Addressing these challenges, we draw on Design Science Research (DSR) to derive and evaluate a set of five design principles for computer-assisted reading systems. Building on flow theory as our theoretical lens, we develop and perform a first proof-of-concept evaluation of a prototypical implementation of our principles as a computer-assisted reading artifact. Our design principles support researchers and practitioners on how to design, evaluate, and compare their AI-reading tools more effectively.