cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cramér's moderate deviations for martingales with applications
Creators: name: Fan, Xiequan
name: Shao, Qi-Man
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60G42, 60F10, 60E15

description: Let $(ξ_i,\mathcal{F}_i)_{i\geq1}$ be a sequence of martingale differences. Set $X_n=\sum_{i=1}^n ξ_i $ and $ \langle X \rangle_n=\sum_{i=1}^n \mathbf{E}(ξ_i^2|\mathcal{F}_{i-1}).$ We prove Cramér's moderate deviation expansions for $\displaystyle \mathbf{P}(X_n/\sqrt{\langle X\rangle_n} \geq x)$ and $\displaystyle \mathbf{P}(X_n/\sqrt{ \mathbf{E}X_n^2} \geq x)$ as $n\to\infty.$ Our results extend the classical Cramér result to the cases of normalized martingales $X_n/\sqrt{\langle X\rangle_n}$ and standardized martingales $X_n/\sqrt{ \mathbf{E}X_n^2}$, with martingale differences satisfying the conditional Bernstein condition. Applications to elephant random walks and autoregressive processes are also discussed.
description: 30 pages
Supplementary table -Supplemental material for Sleep positioning systems for children and adults with a neurodisability: A systematic review
Creators: name: Humphreys, Ginny
name: King, Tanya
name: Jex, Jo
name: Rogers, Morwenna
name: Blake, Sharon
name: Thompson-Coon, Jo
name: Morris, Christopher
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: 111702 Aged Health Care

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary table for Sleep positioning systems for children and adults with a neurodisability: A systematic review by Ginny Humphreys, Tanya King, Jo Jex, Morwenna Rogers, Sharon Blake, Jo Thompson-Coon and Christopher Morris in British Journal of Occupational Therapy
Biodiversità dei Coleotteri Carabidi (Coleoptera: Carabidae) nell’agroecosistema oliveto in Calabria
Creators: name: Pizzolotto, R.
name: Mazzei, A.
name: Belfiore, T.
name: Bonacci, T.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: CARABID BEETLES (COLEOPTERA CARABIDAE) IN OLIVE GROWING OF THE CALABRIA, ITALY

In this work are analyzed the Carabid fauna found by means of pitfall traps in olive grove of the province of Cosenza (Calabria, Italy) different in the type of agronomical conduction. A total of 14.940 individual adult carabids, belonging to 71 species were collected from four localities. The most abundant species were Calathus fuscipes (DAa max 31.92, min 0.46; DO 38,9 %), Pterostichus melas (DAa max 9,89, min 0,08; DO 27,5 %), and Pseudoophonus rufipes (DAa max 3,89, min 0,2; DO 9,09 %).

Key words: diversity, biondicator, olive grove, fauna, Southern Italy.

Questa ricerca, è un contributo alla conoscenza dei Coleotteri Carabidi che popolano l’agroecosistema oliveto. I campionamenti sono stati eseguiti in oliveti rappresentativi della provincia di Cosenza, mediante l’utilizzo di trappole a caduta. Sono stati catturati 14.940 Carabidi, appartenenti a 71 specie, tra le quali Asaphidion flavipes, Calathus circumseptus, Parophonus hirsutulus, Parophonus planicollis e Syntomus foveatus risultano segnalate per la prima volta in Calabria. La Carabidofauna investigata è una componente abbondante ed eterogenea, ricca di specie opportuniste ad ampia valenza ecologica.

Parole chiave: biodiversità, oliveti, coleotteri carabidi, sud Italia.
description: Entomologica, Vol 41 (2008)
Supplemental Figures - Supplemental material for Realizing the potential of real-time clinical collaboration in maternal–fetal and obstetric medicine through WhatsApp
Creators: name: Carmona, Sergio
name: Alayed, Nada
name: Al-Ibrahim, Ali
name: D’Souza, Rohan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 111402 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, Supplemental Figures for Realizing the potential of real-time clinical collaboration in maternal–fetal and obstetric medicine through WhatsApp by Sergio Carmona, Nada Alayed, Ali Al-Ibrahim and Rohan D’Souza in Obstetric Medicine
742904 – Supplemental material for Marching Forward, Marching in Circles: A History of Problems and Dilemmas in Teacher Preparation
Creators: name: Schneider, Jack
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2017
Subjects: Education

description: Supplemental material, 742904 for Marching Forward, Marching in Circles: A History of Problems and Dilemmas in Teacher Preparation by Jack Schneider in Journal of Teacher Education
DS_10.1177_2380084418787451 – Supplemental material for Effects of Bone Fragility and Antiresorptive Drugs on Periodontal Disease and Tooth Loss: A Longitudinal Study
Creators: name: D.C. Penoni
name: A.T.T. Leão
name: S.R. Torres
name: M.L.F. Farias
name: T.M. Fernandes
name: M. Crivelli
name: M.V. Vettore
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 110599 Dentistry not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, DS_10.1177_2380084418787451 for Effects of Bone Fragility and Antiresorptive Drugs on Periodontal Disease and Tooth Loss: A Longitudinal Study by D.C. Penoni, A.T.T. Leão, S.R. Torres, M.L.F. Farias, T.M. Fernandes, M. Crivelli and M.V. Vettore in JDR Clinical & Translational Research
title: Decline of the Kingdom of Magadha, cir. 455 A.D.-1000 A.D.
Creators: name: Sinha, Bindeswari Prasad
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1948

description: The present studies have been taken up to throw fresh light on many problems of the political history of Magadha during the period under review. Many of these problems have been solved and better alternatives to some of the suggested solutions have been offered. The introduction contains a review of the work previously done by scholars, a discussion on the impact of geography and economics on the political history from the earliest times to the death of Kumara-gupta 1. In the first chapter it has been shown that Kumara-gupta 1 was succeded by Puru-gupta and not by Skanda-gupta as generally held. Kumara-gupta of the Samatha inscription is different from the Kumara-gupta of the Bhitari Seal. The second chapter deals with the reign of Skanda-gupta and Kumara-gupta 11, and the third chapter is devoted to Budha-gupta who has been shown to be the last great Gupta emperor and the coins of Prakas' Aditya have been assigned to him; The fourth chapter deals with the break-up of the empire under the successors of Buddha-gupta and, Valnya-gupta, Prakatiditya and Bhanu gupta have been placed in proper sequence.The fifth chaptter proves that the original home of the 'later Guptas' was somewhere in Magadha, not in Malwa. The sixth is concerned with the rule of the later Guptas' before the conquest of Magadha by the Maukharis. Magadha under the Maukharis, is dealt with in the seventh chapter and under Jayanaga and S'aa'Snka is discussed in the eighth Purnavarman and Harsa take up the nihth chapter.The tenth is devoted to the 'later guptas' said it is made clear that the kingdom of Adityasena and Devagupta was much more extensive than ordinarily believed. In the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth chapters, which deal with the rise of the Palas and the rule of Dharmapala and -Devapala. many fresh solutions have been offered as regards the genealogy and chronology of the period. the fourteenth deals with the disruption of the empire after the Death of Devapaila and the fifteenth gives an account of the x restoration of the empire under Mahipaila 1.
A characterization of the ellipsoid by planar grazes
Creators: name: Garcia, Ivan Gonzalez
name: Castro, Jesus Jeronimo
name: Hernandez, Diana Janett Verdusco
name: Amaya, Efren Morales
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we proved the following: \emph{Let $K, L\subset \mathbb R^3$ be two $O$-symmetric convex bodies with $L\subset \emph{int} K$ strictly convex. Suppose that from every $x$ in $\emph{bd} K$ the graze $Σ(L,x)$ is a planar curve and $K$ is almost free with respect to $L$. Then $L$ is an ellipsoid.}
title: The tonal structure of Bemba.
Creators: name: Guthrie, Malcolm
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1945

description: The purpose of this thesis is to establish the part played by tone in the facts and operations of the language. This is achieved by analysing the observed speech-tones. In connected speech several tone-levels are used, but frequently the difference between two of these proves not to be significant. An initial investigation leads to a hypothesis of two essential tones. Prom the behaviour of certain tone-pat terns two distinct kinds of high-tones have to be recognized. The essential tones of basic nominals are discovered by observing their tone-patterns in given contexts. In this way there is established the existence of a single alternance of tone on each lexical syllable, and the absence of any tonal alternance on prefix syllables. Variations occur in the tones of some nominals according to their context, but frequently the tone-patterns are invariable. The tonal behaviour of compound nominals is related to the form as well as to the tones of their components. Where one nominal is based on another there is a close relationship between their tone-patterns. Verbals and nomino-verbals have a tonal behaviour different from that of nominals, but their syllables also display either a single tonal alternance or none at all. Several cases occur where the meaning of a verbal can be determined only when its tones are known. Although tone is not an important factor in indicating syntactical junctions, it often characterizes such Junctions. Interrogative speech is indicated by the use of different intervals between the tone-levels rather than by the use of special tone-patterns. Whether considered lexically, morphologically or syntactically the tones are an integral part of the language which can neither be adequatly analysed her accurately used unless they are taken into account.
Dimorfismo sessuale dei tubuli malpighiani rilevato in Mastigus pilifer Kraatz (Coleoptera Scydmaenidae)
Creators: name: De Marzo, Luigi
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: A further peculiarity of this species is described; it deals with the anatomical condition of the Malpighian tubules in the adults, where each tubule includes a basal sack-like sector. Because literature refers similar modifications to the symbiosis with microorganisms, an inspection in this direction has been carried out. Although the above sector is markedly larger in the females, the study of its content didn’t provide any evidence about the presence of symbiotic microorganisms.

Paper is dedicated to the memory of the clever entomologist, Prof. Baccio Baccetti. Key words: anatomical diversity, males, females, full-grown larvae.

Al di là delle varie peculiarità morfologiche già note in letteratura per i membri del suo genere, Mastigus pilifer Kraatz manifesta una particolare condizione anatomica dei tubuli malpighiani. Infatti, i singoli tubuli presentano negli adulti un diverticolo sacciforme, che è nettamente più grande nelle femmine. In letteratura, simili modificazioni vengono messe in relazione con fenomeni di simbiosi con microrganismi; ma l’esame del contenuto dei diverticoli di Mastigus pilifer non ha fornito alcuna indicazione in tal senso.
description: Entomologica, Vol 45 (2014)
CONTRIBUZIONI ALLA CONOSCENZA DEI COLEOPHORIDAE IV. Coleophora filaginella Fuchs
Creators: name: Baldizzone, Giorgio
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: È discussa la validità della specie Coleophora filaginella Fuchs, da alcuni Autori considerata « forma » o sinonimo di Coleophora pappiferella Hofm. Attraverso lo studio della morfologia esterna (dimensioni generali dell'adulto, disegno delle ali anteriori, colore delle squame sovrastanti gli occhi, colore delle «Tegulae», aspetto dei dischi urotergali, ecc.) e soprattutto della struttura degli apodemi del primo tergite addominale e dell'apparato copulatore maschile è dimo- strato che C. filaginella è una « bona species ».
description: Entomologica, Vol 12 (1976)
title: Parliamentary institutions and political parties in Egypt, 1866-1924.
Creators: name: Landau, Jacob M.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1949

description: The introduction points out the need for a comprehensive study of the subject, based on both Arabic and European sources. There follows a classification of the sources with a brief analysis of their importance. The first part is devoted to the development of parliamentary institutions. After an outline of its origins, the first Assembly of delegates is described in its powers, achievements and importance. Next follows an appraisal of the growth of self-assertion; in the subsequent Assemblies. Special chapters deal with the work of this institution from 1879 to 1882, with particular attention to attempts to enlarge its powers. Then the influence of the social components of the Assembly on its development is weighed. The next chapter studies the development of parliamentarianism during the first thirty years of the British Occupation. It shows the stages of progress and relapse in the demand for wider powers. An estimate of the short-lived Legislative Assembly follows, and the first part concludes with a chapter on the 1925 constitution and on the 1924 Parliament. The second part deals with the growth of political parties. Study is made of their origins and the progress of the National Party of 'urabi's days and Misr al-fatat is examined. Next Mustafa Kamil's party, Al-hizb al-watani, is described at some length, as it was tne first Egyptian party organized on European lines. The subsequent chapter is devoted to the minor parties of the early twentieth century, most of which sprang up in opposition to Al-hizb al-watani and fought it by its own methods. A large chapter deals with the Wafd and estimates its role in political and parliamentary life. Part two concludes with an account of other post-war parties and their relation to the Wafd, as compared with the relation of the minor parties in the early twentieth century to Al-hizb al-watani. In conclusion, some observations are made on the general character of Egyptian parliaments and parties and the extent of European influence on them.
STUDI SULLE LARVE DEI COLEOTTERI DITISCIDI IV. Morfologia dei tre stadi larvali di Copelatus haemorroidalis F.
Creators: name: De Marzo, Luigi
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: È trattata la morfologia esterna dei tre stadi larvali di Copelatus haemorroidalis F. (Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae) con l'intento di studiare le variazioni che essa subisce nel corso dello sviluppo larvale e di paragonarla con quella delle specie precedentemente esaminate; viene considerato con particolare attenzione il comportamento della chetotassi delle larve neonate. Si mettono in evidenza, inoltre, i caratteri che, nell'ambito della subf. Colymbetinae, appaiono esclusivi di specie del genere Copelatus.

MORPHOLOGY OF THE THREE LARVAL INSTARS OF Copelatus haemorroidalis F.

The author relates about the characters that differentiate among them the three larval instars of Copelatus haemorroidalis F. This species has been taken into consideration because it belongs to the tribe Copelatini of the subf. Colymbetinae (in the preceding papers of the author some species of the tr. Agabini and tr. Colymbetini of the same Subfamily were examined).

The morphology of this species is furthermore compared with that of the previously treated species and, in comparison with this, it showes some peculiar characters mainly règarding the head appendages: antennae with two appendages at the apex of the third segment, third antennal segment with three setae, mandibules without mandibular canal, maxillae with big claw-like appendages (in addition to the galea). Within the species of subf. Colymbetinae that are treated in the papers of the consulted bibliografy none of these characters is present, except in other species of the same tribe.

Comparing the chetotaxy of the first instar larva of Copelatus with the chetotaxy of the previously treated first instar larvae, it is noticed that inter- or intraspecific variability may be found in the number of setae of determinate setae groups (setae of clypeal edge, dorsal face of prelabium, pronotum and femur); in different Genera it may be also noticed a little difference in the chetotaxy of thoracic sternites and pleurites and the presence or absence of the seta V2 in the abdominal VII and VIII segments. All the other setae of the fìrst instar larva are strictly constant and homologous in the since now examined species.
description: Entomologica, Vol 12 (1976)
STUDI SULLE LARVE DEI COLEOTTERI DITISCIDI V. Note morfologiche sulle larve di tre specie del genere Laccophilus Leach
Creators: name: De Marzo, Luigi
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: MORPHOLOGICAL NOTES ON THREE SPECIES OF GENUS Laccophilus LEACH

The author deals with the morphology of the three larval instars of Laccophilus testaceus Aubè (subf. Laccophilinae) and the characters that differentiate the second and thitd instar larvae of Laccophilus minutus L. and Laccophilus variegatus Ger.m. Two keys are here proposed to second and third instar larvae of these species.

The larval morphology of L. testaceus Aubè showes, in comparison with that of the species treated in the preceding papers of the author, some peculiar characters (mainly the shape of fronto-clypeal region and the presence of two setae only on the clypeal edge, in the fìrst instar larva); some other characters of the three larval instars have been on the contrary found in one or another of the species of the subf. Colymbetinae, that the author has previously treated.

The examined specimens were gathered in Centrai and Southern Italy; their specifìc identifìcation was verifìed with rearing.

 È trattata la morfologia esterna dei tre stadi larvali di Laccophilus testaceus Aubè (Dytiscidae, Laccophilinae), ponendo particolare attenzione ai caratteri che subiscono variazioni nel corso dello sviluppo larvale. Si segnalano, inoltre, i caratteri di maggior interesse sistematico delle larve di II e di III età di altre due specie del Genere, Laccophilus minutus L. e Laccophilus variegatus Germ.
description: Entomologica, Vol 12 (1976)
SULLA COMPARSA DELLA PSILA ROSAE F. (DIPT. PSILIDAE) NELLE COLTIVAZIONI DI FINOCCHIO IN PUGLIA
Creators: name: Sabatino, Angelo
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: Durante l'inverno 1974-75 le colture di finocchio (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) di un ampio territorio situato a sud del capoluogo pugliese, venivano infestate dalle larve della Psila rosae F. (Dipt. Psilidae). Come mezzo di lotta contro questo insetto veniva usata l'acqua irrigua allo scopo di aumentare la quantità di acqua nel terreno, in relazione al fatto che una forte umidità influisce negativamente sullo sviluppo delle pupe della P. rosae. Il risultato ha confermato l'efficacia del metodo.

Psila rosae F. (Dipt. Psilidae) ON FENNEL IN APULIA

During the winter 1974-75 the fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) cultivation, located in a large territory in the South of Bari (Apulia), were infested with larvae of Psila rosae F. (Dipt. Psilidae).

Irriguous water was used to increase it into the soil, because a rise of moisture preventes the development of the pupae of P. rosae. The experiment has given good results.
description: Entomologica, Vol 12 (1976)
DESCRIZIONE DEL MASCHIO E DI UNA FEMMINA TERATOLOGICA DI MACRONEURA VESICULARIS (RETZIUS) (HYM. CHALCIDOIDEA)
Creators: name: Monaco, Raffaele
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: DESCRIPTION OF THE MALE AND A TERATOLOGIC FEMALE OF Macroneura vesicularis (RETZIUS) (Hym.-Chalcidoidea)

The author describes (with drawings) the male (antennae, legs, wings, copulatory organ) and a teratologic female which has left antenna and wings like the male, therefore she may be regarded as gynandromorphic.

È descritto il maschio della Macroneura vesicularis (Retzius) (Hym.-Chalcidoidea), non ancora ben conosciuto, riportando specialmente i caratteri più importanti ai fini tassinomici.

È inoltre descritta una femmina che rappresenta un caso di teratologia riferibile ad una sorta di ginandromorfismo a mosaico.
description: Entomologica, Vol 12 (1976)
CONTRIBUTI ALLA CONOSCENZA DELLA LEPIDOTTEROFAUNA DELL'ITALIA MERIDIONALE II. Nuovi reperti di Noctuidae e Geometridae
Creators: name: Parenzan, Paolo
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF LEPIDOPTERA IN SOUTHERN ITALY

II. NEW CAPTURES OF Noctuidae AND Geometridae

During the research compaign carried out to widen the knowledge of the Lepidoptera m Southern Italy, some captures very interesting have been made.

Twenty-eight species, 22 Noctuidae and 6 Geometridae, are listed.
 For the first time in Continental and Paeninsular ltaly are reported: Hadena armeriae Gn., Ammopolia witzenmanni Stndf., Pseudoxestia apfelbecki Rbr., Aegle koekeritziana Hb., Eulocastra bipartita H.-S., Zethes insularis Rbr., Myrinodes interpunctaria H.-S., Zamacra flabellaria Heeger, Gnopharmia stevenaria B.

Mesogona oxalina Hb., Amephana aurita F., Luperina nickerlii Frr., Hydraecia petasitis Dbld., Catocala lupina H.-S., Odontognophos dumetata Tr. daubearia B. had never been collected in Central and Southern Italy .

The areai of Noctua interposita Hb., Panolis flammea Schiff., Mesogona acetosellae Schiff., Copiphana olivina H.-S., Omphalophana anatolica Led., Ulochlaena hirta Hb., Egira pulla Schiff., Drasteria cailino Lef., Idaea rubraria Stgr ., Chemerina caliginearia Rbr . is extended to Southern Italy .

The presence in Lucania of Apamea lithoxylea Schiff., Lamprosticta culta Schiff., Trichoplusia daubei B. is confirmed and the last two species are for the first time recorded in Puglia.

Nel corso della campagna di ricerche condotta per ampliare la conoscenza della Lepidotterofauna dell'ltalia meridionale, sono state effettuate delle catture altamente interessanti.

Sono elencate 28 specie, 22 Noctuidae e 6 Geometridae.

Vengono segnalate per la prima volta in tutta l'Italia continentale e peninsulare: Hadena armeriae Gn., Ammopolia witzenmanni Stndf., Pseudoxestia apfelbecki Rbr., Aegle koekeritziana Hb., Eulocastra bipartita H.-S., Zethes insularis Rbr., Myrinodes interpunctaria H.-S., Zamacra flabellaria Heeger, Gnopharmia stevenaria B.

Risultano nuove per l'Italia centro-meridionale: Mesogona oxalina Hb., Amephana aurita F., Luperina nickerlii Frr., Hydraecia petasitis Dbld., Catocala lupina H.-S., Odontognophos dumetata Tr. daubearia B.

Viene esteso all'Italia meridionale l'areale di: Noctua interposita Hb., Panolis flammea Schifi., Mesogona acetosellae Schifi., Copiphana olivina H.-S., Omphalophana anatolica Led., Ulochlaena hirta Hb., Egira pulla Schifi., Drasteria cailino Lef., Idaea rubraria Stgr., Chemerina caliginearia Rbr.

Viene confermata la presenza in Lucania di: Apamea lithoxylea Schifi., Lam- prosticta culta Schifi., Trichoplusia daubei B., e queste due ultime specie vengono segnalate per la prima volta in Puglia.
description: Entomologica, Vol 12 (1976)
title: British administration in Assam, 1825-1845, with special reference to the hill-tribes on the frontier.
Creators: name: Barpujari, Heramba K.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1949

description: Since the acceptance of the Dewani in Bengal, 1765, the policy pursued by the British Government towards the native states on the North-East frontier of India had been mainly pacific and defensive. The aggression of the Burmese and the consequent insecurity of the Eastern frontier, however, drove them to take up arms against Ava and the termination of the first Anglo-Burmese war brought British power and Assam in close contact. With the capitulation of Rangpur, on 31 Jan. 1825, the whole of the Brahmaputra valley fell into their hands. The strong arguments of Davia Scott, Agent to the Governor General on the North-East frontier, Influences the Supreme Court to annex Lower Assam; the fate of Eastern Assam, then under military occupation was left undecided. Considering an abrupt change harmful to the body politic, Scott laid the-foundation of British rule in Assam, on the ruins of the earlier regime. The war with Ava completely altered the social and economic structure in Assam. Scott's adherence to a system which was then an anachronism resulted in administrative confusion. The government of the less profitable portion of Eastern Assam was in consequence entrusted to a native prince, in the person of Rala Purandar Singha. Reform was the crying need of the hour ana in Lower Assam, there had been radical changes in the whole administration. Unfortunately, the Raja could effect little, as such reforms must be at the expense of the former aristocracy who were mainly instrumental in raising him to the throne. The experiment of native monarchy therefore failed and the whole of Assam passed under the control of the British Government. Equally profound was the effect of these changes on the fortunes of the numerous hill-tribes, on the frontier of the province. The loss of life and the migrations which were the aftermath of the war, deprived many of the customary rights which had been conceded to them by the former government. Necessity therefore compelled them to descena to the plains and even to commit acts of aggression. The new rulers more powerful, and naturally less tolerant, resorted to measures of retaliation, but their ignorance of the nature of the hillmen and of the country inhabited by them failed to produce the desired effect. A few years experience showed that even these rude mountaineers were amenable to reason, that conciliation was a better preventive than half-hearted coercion and that each tribe was to be treated according to its peculiar needs and requirements.
title: The state of society in Ceylon as depicted in the "Saddharma-Ratnavaliya" and other Sinhalese literature of the thirteenth century.
Creators: name: Ariyapala, M. B.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1949

description: This thesis is an attempt to reconstruct the state of society in Ceylon depicted by the Saddharma-ratnavaliya and other contemporary Sinhalese literature - that is, the society of roughly the thirteenth century A.D. Though piecemeal studies have been undertaken by different scholars at different times, hardly any attempts have been made to study, as a whole, the life and institutions of Ceylon. Thus our task is all the more difficult. Many points had to be left undecided owing to lack of evidence, and will have to remain so until further light is shed by future research. In making a study of this period one is made aware of the beginnings of the decline of Sinhalese culture. Whatever the field, whether art, architecture, or sculpture, little development can be seen. Perhaps Ceylon never recovered from the destruction and ruin caused by the alien foe during this period. The Saddharma-ratnavaliya, Pujavaliya, Vi?uddhi- marga-sannaya and Kav-silumina are the sources of our study. Other works of the preceding and succeeding periods have also been examined whenever it was necessary to find corroborative evidence. In this respect, the Maha-vamsa, Cula-vamsa, Saddharmalamkaraya and the inscriptions have proved of immense value and have been liberally quoted in support of our views. The material has been dealt with under different heads for convenience of treatment and the whole thesis is divided into three sections - Political, Religious and Social. It is needless to say that, though the material has been thus presented, in real life there was no such hard and fast compartmentalisation. All spheres of activity were vitally connected with each other and were deeply influenced by religious thought. We cannot speak of an ancient Sinhalese culture without realising how vitally Buddhistic it was. It is our hope that this thesis will prove some contribution to the understanding of the life and institutions of our ancient people.
I Macrolepidotteri della Riserva Naturale Regionale di Vendìcari (Sicilia Sud-orientale) Contributi alla conoscenza della lepidotterofauna siciliana. XI
Creators: name: Bella, Salvatore
name: Parenzan, Paolo
name: Russo, Paolo
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: THE MACROLEPIDOPTERA OF THE REGIONAL NATURE RESERVE OF VENDÌCARI (SOUTH-EASTERN SICILY) (Contribution to the Knowledge of the Sicilian Lepidopterofauna. XI)

The results of a long-term faunistic survey carried out on Lepidoptera in the salt marsh of the Regional Nature Reserve of Vendìcari (South-eastern Sicily) are reported. The Nature Reserve is situated in the province of Syracuse, between Noto and Pachino.

In this contribution are included the faunistic data of previous specific researchs of the authors and others extracted to the bibliografy. Altogether 237 species are recognized, the most interesting are: Cupido alcetas (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) (Lycaenidae), Tephrina arenacearia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), Crocallis auberti Oberthür, 1883, Kuchleria menadiara (Thierry-Mieg, 1893), Idaea completa (Staudinger, 1892), Eupithecia sardoa Dietze, 1910 (Geometridae), Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852), Araeopteron ecphaea Hampson, 1914, Schinia scutosa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), Rhizedra lutosa (Hübner, 1803), Archanara neurica (Hübner, 1808), Capsula sparganii (Esper, 1790), Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857, Leucania palaestinae Staudinger, 1897, Agrotis endogaea (Boisduval, 1837) (Noctuidae), Eilema rungsi de Toulgoët, 1960 (Arctiidae).

Key words: Macrolepidoptera; Faunistic survey; Nature Reserve Vendìcari, Sicily.

Nel presente contributo sono riportati i risultati della ricerca sui Macrolepidoptera condotta, nel periodo 1997-2001, in una caratteristica area umida costiera della Sicilia sud-orientale, la Riserva Naturale Vendìcari (Noto, prov. Siracusa).

Complessivamente, le specie note per questo sito sono 237, tra cui Cyclophora annulata (Schulze, 1775) (Geometridae) è qui segnalata per la prima volta per la Sicilia.

Fra i reperti di particolare interesse si considerano: Cupido alcetas (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) (Lycaenidae), Tephrina arenacearia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), Crocallis auberti Oberthür, 1883, Kuchleria menadiara (Thierry-Mieg, 1893), Idaea completa (Staudinger, 1892), Eupithecia sardoa Dietze, 1910 (Geometridae), Eublemma cochylioides (Guenée, 1852), Araeopteron ecphaea Hampson, 1914, Schinia scutosa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), Rhizedra lutosa (Hübner, 1803), Archanara neurica (Hübner, 1808), Capsula sparganii (Esper, 1790), Sesamia cretica Lederer, 1857, Leucania palaestinae Staudinger, 1897, Agrotis endogaea (Boisduval, 1837) (Noctuidae), Eilema rungsi de Toulgoët, 1960 (Arctiidae).

Parole chiave: Macrolepidoptera, ricerche faunistiche, Riserva Naturale Vendìcari, Sicilia.
description: Entomologica, Vol 41 (2008)
Toxic effects of four biopesticides (Mycotal, Vertalec, Vertemic and Neem Azal-T/S) on Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) and Aphis gossypii (Glover) on cucumber and tomato plants in greenhouses in Egypt
Creators: name: Soliman, Mahmoud M.M.
name: Tarasco, Eustachio
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: Laboratory bioassays and field trials were performed to evaluate and compare the efficacy of 4 biopesticides, Mycotal, Vertalec, Vertemic and NeemAzal-T/S, against Bemisia tabaci (immature stages and adults) and Aphis gossypii on cucumber and tomato plants in greenhouses in Egypt. All these biopesticides reduced significantly whitefly and aphid populations. In laboratory bioassays Vertemic caused the highest toxic effect against whitefly and aphid, while in field experiments good results were obtained with all the compounds especially at high concentrations. The higher the concentration of these products the more severe was the effect. The data of this study suggest that these biopesticides are really useful alternative products to be used in IPM of tomato and cucumber crops.

Key words: whitefly, aphid, Verticillium lecanii, Abamectin, Azadirachtin.

TOSSICITÀ DI QUATTRO BIOINSETTICIDI (MYCOTAL, VERTALEC, VERTEMIC E NEEM AZAL-T/S) SU BEMISIA TABACI (GENNADIUS) E APHIS GOSSYPII (GLOVER) IN COLTURE PROTETTE DI ZUCCHINO E POMODORO IN EGITTO

Effetti tossici di 4 biopesticidi, Mycotal, Vertalec, Vertemic e Neem Azal–T/S su Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) e Aphis gossypii (Glover) in coltivazioni sotto serra di cetriolo e pomodoro in Egitto. In questo studio sono stati effettuati esperimenti di laboratorio e di campo per valutare l’efficacia di 4 bioinsetticidi, Mycotal, Vertalec, Vertemic e NeemAzal-T/S9, nei confronti di Bemisia tabaci (stadi giovanili e adulti) e Aphis gossypii su coltivazioni in serra di cetriolo e pomodoro in Egitto. Tutti i prodotti testati hanno avuto un effetto tossico su B. tabaci e Aphis gossypii riducendone le popolazioni in maniera significativa. Nei biosaggi di laboratorio il Vertimec ha evidenziato l’effetto tossico maggiore, mentre negli esperimenti di campo sono stati ottenuti buoni risultati (% di mortalità) da tutti i prodotti, soprattutto quando utilizzati alle dosi più elevate. Più alte le concentrazioni delle sospensioni bioinsetticide, maggiore l’effetto tossico ottenuto. Questi dati mostrano l’efficacia di questi prodotti e confermano il loro potenziale utilizzo nelle strategie di controllo integrato delle coltivazione di cetriolo e pomodoro in serra.

Parole chiave: aleirodidi, afidi, Verticillium lecanii, Abamectina, Azadiractina.
description: Entomologica, Vol 41 (2008)
Struttura di comunità degli Ortotteri e integrità dei sistemi agro-pastorali del Sic-Zps Murgia Alta (Puglia, Italia)
Creators: name: Sorino, Rocco
name: Santarcangelo, Vito
name: Tarasco, Eustachio
name: Corriero, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: ORTHOPTERAN COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND STEPPE LANDS INTEGRITY OF SIC-ZPS MURGIA ALTA (PUGLIA, ITALY)

Steppe are one of the most threatened habitat in Western Paleartic Region, because of the transformations due to the diffusion of agricultural practices. In this way, monitoring and time registration of steppe remnants are very important for conservation strategy.

The orthopteran group can be used as adequate indicator taxon for monitoring steppe condition as shown by North American and Hungarian studies.

In this study the parameters of the grasshopper structure communities for SIC-ZPS Murgia Alta (Apulia, Italy) were tested in relation with steppe integrity. The monitoring was effectuated in 16 sample stations with different natural habitat integrity degree. Our study in Apulia Murgia Alta steppe remnants shows that species richness and diversity indices are good suitability indicators of steppe naturalness. We argue that the use of community grasshopper parameters, in particular species richness and diversity indices, may favour monitoring future programs on the steppe condition and their evolution.

Key words: biodiversity, steppa, Murgia, species richness, diversity indices, suitability indicators

Gli habitat steppici sono tra i più minacciati della regione paleartica occidentale a causa delle trasformazioni dovute soprattutto alla diffusione delle pratiche agricole. La registrazione e il monitoraggio delle aree steppiche rimanenti risulta molto importante per l’applicazione di strategie di conservazione.

Gli ortotteri possono essere utilizzati come indicatori per il monitoraggio dello stato e delle condizioni dell’habitat steppico come descritto in alcuni studi condotti in nord America e in Ungheria.

In questo studio sono stati testati i parametri che descrivono la struttura di comunità degli ortotteri per il SIC-ZPS Murgia Alta (Puglia, Italia) in relazione all’integrità delle steppe. Il monitoraggio è stato effettuato in 16 stazioni di campionamento con differente grado di naturalità. Il nostro studio nelle steppe della Murgia Alta pugliese è un primo supporto, evidenziando che la ricchezza specifica e l’indice di i diversità sono degli ottimi indicatori predittivi dello stato di naturalità delle steppe.

L’uso dei parametri di comunità degli ortotteri, in particolare la ricchezza specifica e l’indice di i diversità, possono favorire futuri programmi di monitoraggio sulle condizioni e lo stato di evoluzione degli habitat steppici.

Parole chiave: biodiversità, steppa, murgia pugliese, ricchezza specifica, indice di diversità, indicatori predittivi.
description: Entomologica, Vol 41 (2008)
TAXONOMIC ATLAS of the postabdominal structures SARCOPHAGIDAE (Insecta, Diptera) Vol. 1
Creators: name: Lehrer, Andy Z.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: The Taxonomic Atlas is the first graphic synthesis of his lifelong researches on the male postabdominal structures of the Sarcophagidae family. Using the microscopic analysis of organs with great importance in preserving and perpetuating the species, the author proves the superiority of their taxonomic value as compared to the other usual identification somatic characters. By the morphological details, the Atlas brings into stronger relief the symbols of taxons’ systematic subordination, which implicitly establish the categories and ranks of a rational phylogenetic system.

The Taxonomic Atlas is the first attempt of its kind in the dipterologic literature, with its presentation of 419 species, belonging to 153 genera. Out of these 228 species and 60 genera had been previously established by the author himself.
description: Entomologica, Vol 42 (2010)
Recueil De Calliphoridae Décrits ou Revus (Insecta, Diptera)
Creators: name: Lehrer, Andy Z.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: In the present paper 147 species which are distributed in 8 subfamilies and 39 genera are reported. Among them 3 subfamilies, 13 genera, a new species (Hemigymnochaeta tumbukana n. sp.) and 83 species were established and described by the author. At the same time, the more recent synonymous which caused many taxonomic confusion in various zoogeographical areas are included beside the male genitalia for all species except for Fainia giriama Lehrer, 2007, that was described on a holotype female. For some species a re-description and male genitalia are reported. The references of this monograph is limited in particular to the author's papers.
description: Entomologica, Vol 43 (2011)
STATUS AND FUTURE OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN COCCIDOLOGY
Creators: name: KOSZTARAB, M.
Publisher: name: Entomologica
Year: 2016

description: STATUS AND FUTURE OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN COCCIDOLOGY.

This paper reviews responses to a survey on the current status of researchers active in coccidology, with an emphasis on systematics but including work on morphology, biology, ecology, biological and chemical control of scale insects and on preparation of data bases. The 39 responses provide a short assessment for 38 countries and 15 U.S. States, with the activities and/or whereabouts of about 243 researchers. Thirteen of the 32 active researchers (41%) will reach retirement age within five years; however, the average time to retirement for this group was 11.7 years. There has been a decline in the number of women in graduate training, while, from the 17 graduate students being trained in coccidology, only six are doing research in systematics.

Key words: funds, training, public awareness, research areas.
description: Entomologica, Vol 33 (1999)
title: A chronology of certain decorative motifs on Chinese blue-and-white porcelain from the 14th to the 17th century.
Creators: name: Ichiura, Makiko
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1971

description: Chinese blue-and-white porcelains have for a long time been studied mainly from the general aesthetic and stylistic point of view, and an assesment based on technological considerations has only began to replace this in recent years. This dissertation considers an aspect not yet undertaken in the first approach and is one that attempts an analysis of specialized type concerned as it is primarily with two decorative motifs. These motifs are floral, namely the lotus and peony on the blue-and-white wares of the 14th to the 17th century and the aim is to study their nature with regard to their chronological development. The first section, an introduction, is concerned with the origins of the technique which opened the way to a wide range of decorations; is followed by a brief note on the previous studies on the subject, In the following section the motifs are discussed individually in their various forms, whether stylized or naturalistic, with attention given to the associations with other elements whether floral or animal, the third part, the main catalogue of the material studied is set out in a series of chronologically grouped sections, the objects being analysed and exceptions noted. In the fourth and final section of the dissertation, the chronological discussion is undertaken and the arguments are set out in the same order as in section two in which the motifs are discussed. From this study it is clear that the lotus motif is the most persistent dominant motif over the whole period, while the peony, on the contrary, has a much shorter and less varied life.
title: The Sehzade Kulliye in Istanbul: A study of its structural and aesthetic characteristics.
Creators: name: Pekoz, Behice Birsen
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1973

description: The purpose of this study is to investigate the structural and aesthetic characteristics of the Sehzade Kulliye (950-55/1543-48) and to draw attention to its important place in the evolution of the centralized Ottoman mosque architecture. Chapter one gives a brief outline of Ottoman history, while chapter two describes the principles of Ottoman mosque architecture. It consists of three parts: terminology of Ottoman mosque architecture, the evolution of the four semidomed Ottoman mosque plan, and finally types of mosques built after the conquest of Constantinople. Chapter three deals with the exterior description of the Sehzade Cami, and makes comparisons with other mosque exteriors. The following chapter analyses the interior of the mosque. It is divided into several parts: supporting elements, the mihrab, the minbar, the hunkâr mahfili, the muezzin mahfili, the kadinlar mahfili, the zone of transition, the roofing elements and illumination, and whenever it is relevant reference is made to Ottoman decoration in general, and specifically to paintings (renkli kalem isleri) and calligraphy. Chapter five describes the structures of the kulliye. It begins with the madrasah, then continues with the taphane. the han. the imâret. the subyan mektebi. the turbes, as well as the interior tile work, the cesmes, and finishes with the outer enclosure. In the concluding chapter, a detailed study of the origin and development of the four semi-domed mosque plan is given with due consideration to the aesthetic and structures of earlier examples, and the influence of the Sehzade Cami on later developments is also shown.
title: Agrarian reform in Syria, 1958-1973.
Creators: name: Andrew, Robin J.
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1980

description: This thesis studies agrarian reform in Syria from 1958 to 1973, examining the hypothesis that the reform has been used by successive governments to impose a new political and economic structure on the country. One particular province, Hama, is studied in detail. The first chapter outlines the political and economic developments that led up to the agrarian reforms in 1958. The second chapter is concerned with the land ownership structure in Syria in 1958 and the extent to which inequalities in land holdings existed. The third and fourth chapters deal with the provisions of the agrarian reform laws. Modification of the laws resulting from changes of government and the implementation of the laws are also studied. The development of planning and state control of the agricultural sector is dealt with in Chapter five. In this chapter the extent to which planning and investment has been integrated with the agrarian reforms is also studied. In Chapter six the development of agricultural production from 1958 to 1973 is discussed in the context of the agrarian reform laws and agricultural planning and investment. Chapters seven, eight and nine deal with the agrarian reform in the province of Hama. Chapter seven is concerned with the expropriation and distribution of land. In Chapter eight the setting up of co-operatives and the work of the Agricultural Co-operative Bank is studied. Chapter nine contains a study of the Ghab irrigation scheme in the province of Hama and also includes a detailed study of the development of agricultural production in the province.
title: Phonation types in Gujarati on the basis on the observer's own pronunciation.
Creators: name: Vyas, Manaorama
Publisher: name: SOAS University of London
Year: 1978

description: This is a study of Phonation-type differences in Gujarati, using the approach of Prosodic analysis. The observer's own pronunciation is used as the basis for this analysis. A phonological analysis of Gujarati in these terms has not been attempted before. The presentation of this thesis is made in three main parts. The introduction refers to the general background of the language, its origin, its literary beginnings and previous studies of the language. The writing system of the language presents an outline of orthographic patterns which it may be useful to compare with the phonetic forms. Notes on the phonetic notation have been given to provide values for the broad reading transcription of the examples. Section 1:- This deals with the phonetic basis of the analysis in broad terms. Chapters one and two are concerned with the description of vowel and consonant sounds. Chapter two also refers to symbols which are used in the thesis when a narrow transcription of examples is required. Sounds are described in three places in the word, initial, medial and final; and examples have been given. Chapter three outlines different syllable patterns of the language and gives tables to show different possibilities of consonant groups. Chapter four deals with previous work done in the field of general phonetics with regard to different types of phonation in Gujarati which is frequently instanced as a language showing special characteristics of 'breathy' or 'murmur' articulation or, to use Catford's recent (1977) terminology, 'whispery voice' and 'ligamental voice' articulations. This chapter serves as a link between the phonetic and phonological. aspects of the problem. Section 2:- This deals principally with the phonological statement of phonation differences in Gujarati word structures, and to apply the principles of prosodic analysis to the statement of the systems. Chapter five gives the phonological statements on phonation types which are broadly grouped as (a) 'clear' phonation type and (b) 'breathy' phonation type. It also serves as a basis for the sort of analysis which will be given in the following two chapters. Chapter six, on word prosodies, deals with the main characteristic features of the phonological word, which has been studied as a maximum unit in the thesis. In Chapter seven the phonetic exponents of the two prosodies sire related to the syllable as a whole and syllable-initial and syllable-final. In conclusion the usefulness of this approach has been indicated. Chapter eight contains a limited amount of instrumental support for the prosodic analysis. Appendices follow which contain the text of words used as examples, spectograms, aerometer readings, and a taped sample of the observer's pronunciation.