cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Geometrically exact static 3D Cosserat rods problem solved using a shooting method
Creators: name: Florian, Surmont
name: Damien, Coache
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper aims to solve the equations of geometrically exact 3D nonlinear Cosserat static rods under large displacements with a mesh free alternative method to finite elements: the shooting method. One of the main goal of the work presented is to introduce a new multiple shooting method to handle geometrical discontinuities as well as beams assembled through mechanical linkages in a multi-body framework. An additional purpose is to propose a new shooting method algorithm in which the dual set of Modified Rodrigues Parameters (MRP) and Shadow Modified Rodrigues Parameters (SMRP) are used for rotations parameterization along the length of the beam in order to model extremely large rotations. Several numerical examples demonstrate the validity, the performance and accuracy of the proposed approach.
Investigating the mechanisms of bronchiolitis obliterans in a murine tracheal transplant model
Creators: name: Cheah, Stefanie
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Post-lung transplant bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in lung transplant patients and is the major limitation to long-term transplant survival. BO is believed to be primarily the result of repetitive immune-mediated injury to the airway epithelium resulting in an aberrant repair phase of fibro-proliferation that occludes the bronchiole lumen. The first aim of this thesis was to investigate the use of gene therapy to prevent airway epithelial cell (AEC) apoptosis and the development of obliterative airway disease (OAD) using the murine heterotopic tracheal transplant model of BO. Using lentivirus-mediated transduction of the anti-apoptotic protein, Bcl-2, an improvement in epithelial integrity was observed in 14 day tracheal allografts. However, in 28 day allografts, the airway epithelium was lost and the lumens of the tracheae were occluded with fibrotic material in all treatment conditions. These results were caused by difficulties in achieving efficient transduction of the airway epithelium and highlighted the need for futures studies using new mechanisms of gene transfer. Secondly, the role of latent-TGF-β1 activation in the fibrotic processes of OAD was also examined. A synthetic peptide of the thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1) receptor, CD36, was used to block activation of latent-TGF-β1 and inhibit OAD. In a comparison of transplanted tracheae treated with the peptide or PBS alone, allografts that received the peptide demonstrated a lower mean luminal occlusion score than the PBS control allografts. In summary, results from this thesis demonstrated the complexity of gene transfer to the airway epithelium and the need for further exploration in order to achieve ideal transgene expression of anti-apoptotic proteins to prevent the loss of the AECs and the development of OAD. In addition, the preliminary findings on the role of latent-TGF-β1 activation in the fibrotic processes of OAD provide an interesting area of study for future research and a potential therapeutic target for the inhibition of BO after lung transplantation.
Drassodes krausi
Creators: name: Sajadi, Samin Sadat
name: Wesal, Mohammad Wasil
name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Moradmand, Majid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Drassodes
Drassodes krausi

description: 37) Drassodes krausi (Roewer, 1961) *
Records: Uncertain locality: [Un7].
Distribution: Afghanistan.
References:
Kirmaka krausi Roewer, 1961: 22, figs 36–37, 73 (♀).
Drassodes krausi: Murphy 2007: 55, fig. 447 (♀).
description: Published as part of Sajadi, Samin Sadat, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil, Zamani, Alireza & Moradmand, Majid, 2024, A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 5551 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14389939
title: Sichtbarkeit lesbischer Menschenrechtsarbeit : Lesbian Visibility Day in Botswana
Creators: name: Samsam, Matlhogonolo
name: Schäfer, Rita
Publisher: name: DuEPublico
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5
subject: FOS: Social sciences
subject: Gender studies

description: Als überzeugte Aktivistin für feministische soziale Gerechtigkeit verbindet Matlhogonolo Samsam Medienarbeit, Advocacy und akademische Kompetenzen für den Aufbau unterstützender Netzwerke queerer Frauen, indem sie Wissen und Ressourcen teilt. So arbeitet sie in der Organisation Iranti als Lesbian-, Bi- und Queer- (LBQ)-Beauftragte, leitet bei Black Queer DocX ehrenamtlich die Medien Advocacy-Strategie, koordiniert deren LBQ-Programmarbeit und pflegt wichtige Partnerschaften. Anlässlich des Lesbian Visibility Day sprach Rita Schäfer mit Matlhogonolo Samsam über ihre Arbeit in Botswana.
Additional file 22: of Whole genome re-sequencing reveals genome-wide variations among parental lines of 16 mapping populations in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Creators: name: Mahendar Thudi
name: Khan, Aamir
name: Kumar, Vinay
name: Pooran Gaur
name: Krishnamohan Katta
name: Vanika Garg
name: Roorkiwal, Manish
name: Srinivasan Samineni
name: Varshney, Rajeev
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Summay of effects for the deletions. (DOCX 15Â kb)
Additional file 1: of Validation of biomarkers to predict response to immunotherapy in cancer: Volume I â   pre-analytical and analytical validation
Creators: name: Masucci, Giuseppe
name: Cesano, Alessandra
name: Hawtin, Rachael
name: Janetzki, Sylvia
name: Zhang, Jenny
name: Kirsch, Ilan
name: Dobbin, Kevin
name: Alvarez, John
name: Robbins, Paul
name: Senthamil Selvan
name: Streicher, Howard
name: Butterfield, Lisa
name: Thurin, Magdalena
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Publications by the SITC Immune Biomarker Task Force. (DOCX 14.1 kb)
Amynthas campanoporophoratus
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Opisthopora
Megascolecidae
Amynthas
Amynthas campanoporophoratus

description: Amynthas campanoporophoratus (Thai, 1982)
Pheretima campanoporophorata Thai, 1982: 825, fig. 2B; Do 1994: 63; Le 1995a: 37; Nakamura 1999: 25; Thai 2000a: 308; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 115; Pham 2010: 63.
Pheretima (Terrata) campanoporophorata— Thai 1983: 123.
Amynthas campanoporophoratus— Blakemore 2007a: 19; Blakemore 2008b.
Type locality. Vietnam (Ninh Binh: Cuc Phuong).
Type material. ZMUM (W.245), Russia.
Examined material. 2 A (SORC-V.021.01) maize field, Moc Chau, Son La, 13/05/1991, coll. Do Van Nhuong.
Records from Vietnam. Son La (Moc Chau); Bac Giang (Tan Yen); Hanoi (Ba Vi NP); Ninh Binh (Cuc Phuong); Nghe An (Quy Chau); Da Nang (Ba Na NP) (Thai 1982; Do 1994; Le 1995a; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a; Pham 2010).
Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.
Vietnamese name. Giun nhú đực hình chuông.
Remarks. Thai (1983) proposed a new subgenus Terrata of the genus Pheretima, and placed the species under the new subgenus. Blakemore (2007a, 2008b) considered it as " species inquirenda ". Material was re-examined and absence of male copulatory pouches and hence placement of the species in Amynthas is confirmed here.
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
Additional file 3: of How the temperate world was colonised by bindweeds: biogeography of the Convolvuleae (Convolvulaceae)
Creators: name: Mitchell, Thomas
name: Williams, Bethany
name: Wood, John
name: David. Harris
name: Scotland, Robert
name: Carine, Mark
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: List of accessions included in this study. GenBank numbers are provided in the respective columns. A dash indicates that no sequence data was included for that region. (DOCX 26 kb)
Amynthas carnosus Goto & Hatai 1899
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Opisthopora
Megascolecidae
Amynthas
Amynthas carnosus

description: Amynthas carnosus (Goto & Hatai, 1899)
Perichaeta carnosa Goto & Hatai, 1899: 15, figs 4–5.
Pheretima carnosa— Michaelsen 1900: 260; Chen 1936: 274; Kobayashi 1936: 115, text figs 1–3; Gates 1972: 149; Ishizuka 2001: 75, fig. 32.
Amynthas carnosus— Sims & Easton 1972: 235; Blakemore 2005; Blakemore 2007a; Blakemore 2008b; Blakemore, 2012b: 35; Blakemore 2013: 101.
Pheretima pingi Stephenson, 1925: 891, fig. 17; Chen 1933: 228, fig. 15; Do 1994: 103; Nguyen 1994: 58; Nakamura 1999: 53; Thai 2000a: 309; Huynh 2005a: 81; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 116; Nguyen & Tran 2008: 185.
Pheretima (Amynthas) pingi— Thai 1983: 124.
Amynthas pingi— Blakemore 2002: 182, fig. 2.13.
Pheretima kyamikia Kobayashi, 1934: 1, figs 1–3.
See Blakemore (2012b, 2013) for more synonyms.
Type locality. Japan (Tokyo).
Type material. Unknown.
Records from Vietnam. Son La (Moc Chau); Nghe An (Quy Chau); Quang Binh (Tuyen Hoa; Minh Hoa; Bo Trach; Quang Ninh, Dong Hoi); Thua Thien Hue (Phu Loc); Gia Lai (Buon Luoi; Kon Ha Nung); Binh Dinh (Do 1994; Nguyen 1994; Huynh 2005a; Nguyen & Tran 2008).
Distribution. China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan (Chen 1933; Blakemore 2002, 2007a, 2013).
Remarks. The records of this species from Vietnam (as Pheretima pingi) are outside its known area, temperate regions in northern China, Korea and Japan, and require confirmation with fresh reference material.
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
Additional file 1: of Whole genome re-sequencing reveals genome-wide variations among parental lines of 16 mapping populations in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Creators: name: Mahendar Thudi
name: Khan, Aamir
name: Kumar, Vinay
name: Pooran Gaur
name: Krishnamohan Katta
name: Vanika Garg
name: Roorkiwal, Manish
name: Srinivasan Samineni
name: Varshney, Rajeev
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Marine Biology

description: Details on geographic origin, market class and pedigree information of 35 chickpea genotypes used in the study. (DOCX 17Â kb)
Remote sensing applications for vegetation management in urban environments
Creators: name: Tooke, Thoreau Rory
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Vegetation has been identified as an essential component of healthy urban environments, and the benefits of urban vegetation range widely from influences on the physical conditions of the city to the social well-being of the people who reside in these areas. As a result, ongoing research is important to understand the dynamic spatial components of urban vegetation to help urban planners and scholars manage this valuable resource. Advanced remote sensing technologies, such as high spatial resolution sensors and laser scanning devices, are useful tools for examining urban environments since they can capture detailed information regarding the material and structural composition of the urban surface. By providing a complete coverage of urban environments remote sensing technologies enable new possibilities to quantify the contributions of urban vegetation for a wealth of active processes in urban areas. The studies in this thesis examine several remote sensing devices to demonstrate the influence of urban vegetation on both physical and social aspects of urban environments. Three studies comprise the body of this work. They present new geographic techniques using remote sensing for: 1) the detailed classification of urban vegetation conditions; 2) quantifying the contribution of trees to solar radiation available for building rooftops; and 3) examining socioeconomic disparities related to urban green-space.
Uraeus Wagler 1830
Creators: name: Wallach, Van
name: Wüster, Wolfgang
name: Broadley, Donald G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Elapidae
Uraeus

description: Subgenus Uraeus Wagler, 1830
Type species: Coluber haje Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
Gender: masculine.
Etymology: derived from the Egyptian uraeus, a symbol of the goddess Wadjet in the shape of a cobra with a spread hood, which formed part of the head-dress of Egyptian divinities and kings.
Distribution: open formations in most of Africa and southern Arabia.
Content: six species:
Naja (Uraeus) anchietae Bocage, 1879: 89
Naja (Uraeus) annulifera Peters, 1854: 624
Naja (Uraeus) arabica Scortecci, 1932: 47
Naja (Uraeus) senegalensis Trape, Chirio & Wüster in Trape et al, 2009: xxx
Naja (Uraeus) haje (Linnaeus, 1758: 225)
Naja (Uraeus) nivea (Linnaeus, 1758: 223)
Diagnosis: Intracranial (dorsal) anterior Vidian canal position, almost always 2–3 solid maxillary teeth (one specimen out of 21 examined by Bogert [1943] and Szyndlar & Rage [1990] had one solid maxillary tooth on each side), seven supralabials with penultimate (sixth) shield high, combination of one preocular and one anterior temporal, rostral as broad as deep, internasals as long as prefrontals, dorsal scales matt or moderately shiny, and fangs not adapted for spitting.
Comments: This is a morphologically relatively conserved lineage that occupies open formations in much of Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula. The most basal cladogenic split separates Naja (Uraeus) nivea, a species largely restricted to southern African areas with winter rainfall, from the remaining species, which occupy primarily tropical or subtropical formations (Wüster et al., 2007).
description: Published as part of Wallach, Van, Wüster, Wolfgang & Broadley, Donald G., 2009, In praise of subgenera: taxonomic status of cobras of the genus Naja Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae), pp. 26-36 in Zootaxa 2236 on page 31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190422
Additional file 1: Figure S1. of PhytoCRISP-Ex: a web-based and stand-alone application to find specific target sequences for CRISPR/CAS editing
Creators: name: Achal Rastogi
name: Murik, Omer
name: Bowler, Chris
name: Tirichine, Leila
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: PhytoCRISP-Ex efficacy. The scatter plot depicts that most of the predicted Cas9 targets per gene in Thalassiosira pseudonana and Phaeodactylum tricornutum, respectively, are potential candidates (passing both PhytoCRISP-Ex filter). X-axis represents the percent efficiency of each gene in terms of having high number of potential Cas9 targets compared to the total number of targets. Y-axis represents the number of all potential targets per gene. (PDF 182 kb)
Boulengerina Dollo 1886
Creators: name: Wallach, Van
name: Wüster, Wolfgang
name: Broadley, Donald G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Squamata
Elapidae
Boulengerina

description: Subgenus Boulengerina Dollo, 1886
Limnonaja Schmidt, 1923: 124 (type species Boulengerina christyi Boulenger, 1904)
Paranaja Loveridge, 1944: 231 (type species Naja anomala Sternfeld = Naia multifasciata Werner, 1902)
Type species: Boulengerina stormsi Dollo, 1886 (= Naja annulata Buchholz & Peters in Peters, 1876), by monotypy.
Gender: feminine.
Etymology: dedicated to George Albert Boulenger, famous Belgian herpetologist, and curator of reptiles at the British Museum (Natural History) in London from 1881 to 1920.
Distribution: forested regions of western, central, eastern and south-eastern Africa.
Content: four species:
Naja (Boulengerina) annulata Buchholz & Peters in Peters, 1876: 119
Naja (Boulengerina) christyi (Boulenger, 1904: 14)
Naja (Boulengerina) melanoleuca Hallowell, 1857: 61
Naja (Boulengerina) multifasciata Werner, 1902: 347
Diagnosis: Intracranial (dorsal) anterior Vidian canal position, 2–4 solid maxillary teeth, penultimate (sixth) supralabial high, combination of one preocular and one anterior temporal (except N. christyi, which sometimes has two anterior temporals), rostral much broader than deep, internasals shorter than prefrontals, dorsal scales highly polished, fangs not modified for spitting.
Comments: This subgenus is morphologically and ecologically highly diverse, including species at both the large (Naja melanoleuca) and small (Naja multifasciata) extremes of the size spectrum of the cobra clade, and semi-fossorial, terrestrial and aquatic forms. However, they are united by their restriction to forest and forest edge habitats, and their distribution is centred on the central African forests, with only N. melanoleuca extending significantly into West and East Africa.
description: Published as part of Wallach, Van, Wüster, Wolfgang & Broadley, Donald G., 2009, In praise of subgenera: taxonomic status of cobras of the genus Naja Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae), pp. 26-36 in Zootaxa 2236 on page 31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190422
Drassodes lapidosus
Creators: name: Sajadi, Samin Sadat
name: Wesal, Mohammad Wasil
name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Moradmand, Majid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Drassodes
Drassodes lapidosus

description: 38) Drassodes lapidosus (Walckenaer, 1802)
Records: Badakhshan: [Bad1]; Baghlan: [Bag1]; Bamyan: [Bam6], [Bam7], [Bam8], [Bam9], [Bam10], [Bam13]; Kabul: [Kab7]; Kandahar: [Kan2]; Helmand: [Hel5]; Herat: [He13]; Uncertain locality: [Un6].
Distribution: Trans-Palaearctic.
References:
Drassodes lapidosus: Denis 1958: 85.— Roewer 1961: 14.
description: Published as part of Sajadi, Samin Sadat, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil, Zamani, Alireza & Moradmand, Majid, 2024, A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 5551 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14389939
Additional file 2: Table S1. of Ten influenza seasons in France: distribution and timing of influenza A and B circulation, 2003–2013
Creators: name: Mosnier, Anne
name: Caini, Saverio
name: Daviaud, Isabelle
name: Jean-Louis Bensoussan
name: Stoll-Keller, Françoise
name: Bui, Tan
name: Lina, Bruno
name: Werf, Sylvie Van Der
name: Cohen, Jean
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Weekly average (and median) of the estimated incidence (per 100,000 inhabitants) of medically-attended influenza. Data were only shown for virus type and subtypes that accounted for at least 1 % of all influenza cases in that season. Source: GROG influenza sentinel surveillance network, France, 2003–2004 to 2012–2013. (DOC 31 kb)
On sums of dependent random lifetimes under the Time Transformed Exponential model
Creators: name: Navarro, Jorge
name: Pellerey, Franco
name: Mulero, Julio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Considered a pair of random lifetimes whose dependence is described by a Time Transformed Exponential model, we provide analytical expressions for the distribution of their sum. These expressions are obtained by using a representation of the joint distribution in terms of multivariate distortions, which is an alternative approach to the classical copula representation. Since this approach allows to obtain conditional distributions and their inverses in simple form, then it is also shown how it can be used to predict the value of the sum from the value of one of the variables (or vice versa) by using quantile regression techniques.
Naja
Creators: name: Wallach, Van
name: Wüster, Wolfgang
name: Broadley, Donald G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Elapidae
Naja

description: Naja incertae sedis
Three of the four currently recognized extinct cobra species, † Naja antiqua Rage, 1976, † Naja iberica Szyndlar, 1985, and † Naja robusta Meylan, 1987, cannot be allocated to any subgenus with confidence, as identifying synapomorphies are lacking (Rage, 1976; Szyndlar, 1985; Meylan, 1987). They are therefore placed in Naja incertae sedis.
description: Published as part of Wallach, Van, Wüster, Wolfgang & Broadley, Donald G., 2009, In praise of subgenera: taxonomic status of cobras of the genus Naja Laurenti (Serpentes: Elapidae), pp. 26-36 in Zootaxa 2236 on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190422
Amynthas caudanus Michaelsen 1934
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Opisthopora
Megascolecidae
Amynthas
Amynthas caudanus

description: Amynthas caudanus (Michaelsen, 1934b)
Pheretima caudana Michaelsen, 1934b: 531, Fig. XXI; Nakamura 1999: 49; Thai 2000a: 308; Huynh 2005a: 95; Thai et al. 2004: 758.
Pheretima (Terrata) caudana— Thai 1983: 122.
Amynthas caudanus— Sims & Easton 1972: 234; Blakemore 2007a: 21; Blakemore 2008b.
Type locality. Vietnam (Khanh Hoa: Nha Trang).
Type material. MNHN (AE578 (A 730)), France.
Records from Vietnam. Khanh Hoa (Nha Trang: Cau Da, Hon Tre Isl.) (Michaelsen 1934b; Huynh 2005a; Thai et al. 2004).
Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.
Vietnamese name. Giun cầu đá.
Remarks. The species was only recorded in Hon Tre Isl., and never found in other places. Thai (1983) proposed a new subgenus Terrata of the genus Pheretima, and placed the species under the new subgenus.
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
Additional file 1: of Efficacy and safety of eflornithine (CPP-1X)/sulindac combination therapy versus each as monotherapy in patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP): design and rationale of a randomized, double-blind, Phase III trial
Creators: name: Burke, Carol
name: Dekker, Evelien
name: N. Samadder
name: Stoffel, Elena
name: Cohen, Alfred
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Science Policy

description: Study protocol inclusion and exclusion criteria. (DOCX 17Â kb)
Additional file 3: of Whole genome re-sequencing reveals genome-wide variations among parental lines of 16 mapping populations in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Creators: name: Mahendar Thudi
name: Khan, Aamir
name: Kumar, Vinay
name: Pooran Gaur
name: Krishnamohan Katta
name: Vanika Garg
name: Roorkiwal, Manish
name: Srinivasan Samineni
name: Varshney, Rajeev
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Distribution of SNPs, Indels and their effects in the chickpea genome (Ca1-Ca8). (DOCX 14Â kb)
Additional file 1: of Ten influenza seasons in France: distribution and timing of influenza A and B circulation, 2003â  2013
Creators: name: Mosnier, Anne
name: Caini, Saverio
name: Daviaud, Isabelle
name: Jean-Louis Bensoussan
name: FranĂ§Oise Stoll-Keller
name: Bui, Tan
name: Lina, Bruno
name: Werf, Sylvie Van Der
name: Cohen, Jean
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: GROG network. ARI and influenza incidence estimation. (DOC 92Â kb)
Amynthas corticis Kinberg 1867
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Opisthopora
Megascolecidae
Amynthas
Amynthas corticis

description: Amynthas corticis (Kinberg, 1867)
Perichaeta corticis Kinberg, 1867: 102.
Pheretima (Amynthas) cortices (sic!) — Thai 1983: 124.
Pheretima corticus (sic!) — Do 1994: 64; Do 1994: 43; Le 1995a: 58; Pham 1995c: 69; Huynh 2005a: 89; Thai et al. 2004: 758; Pham 2010: 63.
Pheretima corticis— Nakamura 1999: 49.
Amynthas corticus (sic!) — Sims & Easton 1972: 235; Easton 1981: 49.
Amynthas corticis— Easton 1982: 726; Easton, 1984: 118; Blakemore 2002: 155, Figs 2.4–2.5; Blakemore 2007a: 24; Blakmore 2008b.
Megascolex diffringens Baird, 1869: 40.
Pheretima diffringens— Gates, 1972: 149; Thai 2000a: 308.
Amynthas diffringens— Sims & Easton 1972: 235; Easton, 1979: 119.
Megascolex indicus Horst, 1883: 186 (part).
Perichaeta heterochaeta Michaelsen, 1891: 6; Stephenson 1914a: 399; 1914b: 343; Chen 1933: 234, Fig. 16; Chen 1938: 382.
See Blakemore (2002, 2007a, 2012a) for more synonyms and Blakemore (2013) for separation of A. diffringens s. stricto.
Type locality. Hawaii (Oahu).
Type material. Stockholm Museum (1947, possibly immature), Sweden.
Examined material. 5 C (CTU-EW.052.02) Nam O Bridge, Hoa Vang, Da Nang, 28/7/1994, coll. Pham Thi Hong Ha.
Records from Vietnam. Lao Cai (Pho Rang; Sa Pa); Ha Giang (Quan Ba; Dong Van); Cao Bang (Thach An); Lang Son (Trang Dinh; Bac Son; Binh Gia); Vinh Phuc (Tam Dao NP); Quang Ninh (Mong Cai); Nghe An (Ky Son; Que Phong); Thua Thien Hue (A Luoi); Da Nang (Hoa Vang; Son Tra; Ba Na NP); Quang Nam (Hiep Duc; Tien Phuoc); Binh Dinh (Quy Nhon; Tuy Phuoc); Lam Dong (Da Lat); Ninh Thuan (Ninh Son); Kien Giang (Tho Chu Isl.); Ba Ria-Vung Tau (Con Lon Isl.) (Do 1994; Nguyen 1994; Le 1995a; Pham 1995c, 2010; Huynh 2005a; Thai et al. 2004).
Distribution. Cosmopolitan species; usually recorded from temperate and tropical regions throughout the world (Blakemore 2002, 2012).
Remarks. The species name is sometimes misspelt as " corticus ". The taxonomic history of the species is very complicated, see Blakemore (2002: 157, 2012, 2013) for more details.
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
MOESM1 of Fast and reliable production, purification and characterization of heat-stable, bifunctional enzyme chimeras
Creators: name: Neddersen, Mara
name: Skander Elleuche
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
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subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
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description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Schemes and plate assays of point mutation constructs. Figure S2. Expression of double-tagged cel5A and bgl1 genes in E. coli. Figure S3. SDS-PAGE analysis and zymogram of Bgl1 after incubation at two different temperatures. Figure S4. Influence of temperature on mutated fusion constructs compared to singular Cel5A and Bgl1. Figure S5. Influence of temperature on singular Cel5A and Cel5A in enzyme mixture. Figure S6. HPLC analyses to investigate catalytic activity of fusion enzymes towards cellobiose. Figure S7. HPLC analyses to investigate catalytic activity of fusion enzymes towards Î˛-glucan.
Drassodes lindbergi Roewer 1961
Creators: name: Sajadi, Samin Sadat
name: Wesal, Mohammad Wasil
name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Moradmand, Majid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Drassodes
Drassodes lindbergi

description: 39) Drassodes lindbergi Roewer, 1961 *
Records: Kabul: [Kab17].
Distribution: Afghanistan.
References:
Drassodes lindbergi Roewer, 1961: 17, figs 26–27, 69 (♀).
description: Published as part of Sajadi, Samin Sadat, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil, Zamani, Alireza & Moradmand, Majid, 2024, A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 5551 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14389939
Amynthas cupreae Chen 1946
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Opisthopora
Megascolecidae
Amynthas
Amynthas cupreae

description: Amynthas cupreae (Chen, 1946)
Pheretima cupreae Chen, 1946: 117, Plate VII, Fig. C; Sims & Easton 1972: 224; Easton, 1979: 117; Do: 1994: 65; Le 1995a: 54; Nakamura 1999: 36; Nakamura 1999: 63; Thai 2000a: 308; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a: 115; Tran & Ngo 2008: 133. Amynthas? cupreae— Blakemore 2007a: 25; Blakemore 2008b.
Type locality. China (Szechuan).
Type material. Unknown.
Examined material. 3 C, 5 A (SORC-V.131.01), 3 C (CTU-EW.053.01) rotting woods, Khuoi Da, Thach An, Cao Bang, 18/3/1992, coll. Le Van Trien; 1 C, 2 A (SORC-V.131.02) Bac Son, Lang Son, 26/11/1993, coll. Le Van Trien.
Records from Vietnam. Lao Cai (Sa Pa); Yen B a i (Luc Yen; Yen Binh); Ha Giang (Quan Ba); Lang Son (Bac Son); Cao Bang (Thach An); Bac Giang (Khe Ro NR); Hanoi (Ba Vi NP) (Do 1994; Le 1995a; Huynh & Nguyen 2004a; Tran & Ngo 2008).
Distribution. China (Chen 1946).
Remarks. Sims & Easton (1972) stated that the species can be excluded from Metaphire or Pheretima because of the absence of copulatory pouches, but it cannot be assigned to a genus due to lack of details of the presence or absence of intestinal caeca. Therefore, it was listed as "species incertae sedis " on page 241 of Sims & Easton (1972). The examined population in Vietnam showed the presence of intestinal caeca in xxi–xxvii. The species is confirmedly assigned to the genus Amynthas.
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on pages 20-21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) maculatus Le Guillou 1841
Creators: name: Shi, Fu-Ming
name: Wang, Ping
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dryophthoridae
Conocephalus
Conocephalus maculatus

description: Conocephalus (Anisoptera) maculatus (Le Guillou, 1841)
Specimens examined. 1 ♂, Hainan: Wuzhishan (Shuiman), 13 May 2014, collected by Jiao Jiao; 5♀ 3♂, Hainan: Baisha (Yashicun), 20 May 2014, collected by Jiao Jiao; 1♂, Hainan: Baisha (Yinggezui), 22 May 2014, collected by Jiao Jiao; 1♀, Hainan: Changjiang (Bawangling), 30 May 2014, collected by Guang-Lin Xie.
Distribution. Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Xizang, Shaanxi, Hong Kong, Taiwan; Japan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Australia, Africa.
description: Published as part of Shi, Fu-Ming & Wang, Ping, 2015, The genus Conocephalus Thunberg (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) in Hainan, China with description of one new species, pp. 142-144 in Zootaxa 3994 (1) on page 142, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/232441
Tracking attention in space and time : the dynamics of human visual attention
Creators: name: Jefferies, Lisa N.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Attention is essential to everyday life: without some selective function to guide and limit the processing of incoming information, our visual system would be overwhelmed. A description of the spatiotemporal dynamics of attention is critical to our understanding of this basic human cognitive function and is the primary goal of this dissertation. In particular, the research reported here is aimed at examining two aspects of the spatiotemporal dynamics of attention: a) the rate at which the focus of attention is shrunk and expanded along with the factors that influence this rate, and b) the factors governing whether attention is deployed as either a unitary or a divided focus. The present research examines the spatiotemporal dynamics of focal attention by monitoring the pattern of accuracy that occurs when participants attempt to identify two targets embedded in simultaneously presented streams of items. By asking participants to monitor these streams simultaneously, with the spatial and temporal positions of the two targets in the streams being varied incrementally, it is possible to index the extent of focal attention in both space and time. Chapter 2 develops this behavioural procedure and assesses the rate at which the focus of attention is contracted. A qualitative model is put forward and tested. Chapter 3 examines factors that modulate the temporal course of attentional narrowing in young adults who presumably can exercise efficient control of attentional processes. In contrast, Chapter 4 examines the effect of reduced attentional control by examining the same process in older adults. The second goal of this thesis was to examine whether focal attention is deployed as a unitary or a divided focus. These two perspectives are generally viewed as mutually exclusive. The alternative hypothesis pursued in Chapter 5 is that focal attention can be deployed as either a single, unitary focus or divided into multiple foci, depending on the observers mental set and on the task demands. The final chapter then combines and compares the findings across all experiments and evaluates how they fit in with current theories of visual attention.
Additional file 1: of Exploring the presence of narcolepsy in patients with schizophrenia
Creators: name: Sansa, Gemma
name: GavaldĂ, Alba
name: Gaig, Carles
name: JosĂŠ Monreal
name: Ercilla, Guadalupe
name: Casamitjana, Roser
name: Ribera, Gisela
name: Iranzo, Alex
name: Santamaria, Joan
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Screening questionnaires: This questionnaire was developed as a screening tool for the main symptoms of narcolepsy. (DOCX 13 kb)
Additional file 1: of Combining PPI with qualitative research to engage ‘harder-to-reach’ populations: service user groups as co-applicants on a platform study for a trial
Creators: name: Morgan, Heather
name: Thomson, Gill
name: Crossland, Nicola
name: Dykes, Fiona
name: Hoddinott, Pat
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Socio-demographic, smoking and breastfeeding experience characteristics form. (PDF 187 kb)
Drassodes lividus Denis 1958
Creators: name: Sajadi, Samin Sadat
name: Wesal, Mohammad Wasil
name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Moradmand, Majid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Drassodes
Drassodes lividus

description: 40) Drassodes lividus Denis, 1958 *
Records: Kandahar: [Kan2].
Distribution: Afghanistan.
References:
Drassodes lividus Denis, 1958: 86, fig. 2 (♀).
Drassodes lividus: Roewer 1961: 14.
description: Published as part of Sajadi, Samin Sadat, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil, Zamani, Alireza & Moradmand, Majid, 2024, A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 5551 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14389939
Amynthas cyclopapillatus
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Opisthopora
Megascolecidae
Amynthas
Amynthas cyclopapillatus

description: Amynthas cyclopapillatus (Thai & Samphon, 1988)
Pheretima cyclopapillata Thai & Samphon, 1988: 13; Samphon 1990: 75; Do 1994: 67. Amynthas? cyclopapillatus— Blakemore 2007a: 25; Blakemore 2008b.
Type locality. Laos (Tha Pha).
Type material. SORC, Vietnam.
Examined material. 1 C (SORC-V.407.01) bushes, Tien Phong, Que Phong, Nghe An, 24/12/1987, coll. Tran Minh Khoi; 2 C (SORC-V.407.02) Chau Hanh, Quy Chau, Nghe An, 11/5/1988, coll. Tran Minh Khoi.
Records from Vietnam. Nghe An (Que Phong; Quy Chau) (Do 1994).
Distribution. Vietnam, Laos (Thai & Samphon 1988; Samphon 1990; Do 1994).
Vietnamese name. Giun nhú phụ vòng.
Remarks. Blakemore (2007a, 2008b) considered it as " species inquirenda ". Material was re-examined and absence of male copulatory pouches and hence placement of the species in Amynthas is confirmed here.
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) melaenus Haan 1842
Creators: name: Shi, Fu-Ming
name: Wang, Ping
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dryophthoridae
Conocephalus
Conocephalus melaenus

description: Conocephalus (Anisoptera) melaenus (Haan, 1842)
Specimens examined. 1♀, Hainan: Lingshui (Diaoluoshan), 10 May 2014, collected by Jiao Jiao; 1♀, Hainan: Wuzhishan (Shuiman), 12 May 2014, collected by Jiao Jiao; 1♂ 7♀, Hainan: Baisha (Yashicun), 19–21 May 2014, collected by Jiao Jiao; 1♂ 1♀, Hainan: Baisha (Yinggezui), 21–23, May 2014, collected by Jiao Jiao; 5♂ 2♀, Hainan: Changjiang (Bawangling), 30 May 2014, collected by collected by Jiao Jiao.
Distribution. Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Taiwan; Japan, Nepal, India, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia.
description: Published as part of Shi, Fu-Ming & Wang, Ping, 2015, The genus Conocephalus Thunberg (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) in Hainan, China with description of one new species, pp. 142-144 in Zootaxa 3994 (1) on page 142, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/232441
MOESM1 of Dispersal of human and plant pathogens biofilms via nitric oxide donors at 4Â Â°C
Creators: name: Marvasi, Massimiliano
name: Durie, Ian
name: HenrĂ­Quez, Tania
name: Aiste Satkute
name: Matuszewska, Marta
name: Prado, Raphael
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 1. Primers used in this study.
Conocephalus (Conocephalus) bambusanus Ingrisch 1990
Creators: name: Shi, Fu-Ming
name: Wang, Ping
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dryophthoridae
Conocephalus
Conocephalus bambusanus

description: Conocephalus (Conocephalus) bambusanus Ingrisch, 1990
Specimens examined. 2♂ 3♀, Hainan: Baiaha (Yinggezui), 21–23 May 2014, collected by Jiao Jiao; 5♂ 3♀, Hainan: Changjiang (Bawangling), 26–29 May 2014, collected by collected by Jiao Jiao.
Distribution. Hunan, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Xizang; Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam.
description: Published as part of Shi, Fu-Ming & Wang, Ping, 2015, The genus Conocephalus Thunberg (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) in Hainan, China with description of one new species, pp. 142-144 in Zootaxa 3994 (1) on pages 142-143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3994.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/232441
Drassodes lutescens
Creators: name: Sajadi, Samin Sadat
name: Wesal, Mohammad Wasil
name: Zamani, Alireza
name: Moradmand, Majid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Drassodes
Drassodes lutescens

description: 41) Drassodes lutescens (C.L. Koch, 1839)
Records: Farah: [Fa5].
Distribution: Mediterranean to Nepal.
References:
Drassodes lutescens: Denis 1958: 85.
description: Published as part of Sajadi, Samin Sadat, Wesal, Mohammad Wasil, Zamani, Alireza & Moradmand, Majid, 2024, A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan, pp. 1-50 in Zootaxa 5551 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14389939
Auditor size and audit quality revisited : the role of market size and legal environment
Creators: name: Sirois, Louis-Philippe
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The objective of this thesis is to revisit the notion of audit quality and investigate how it is related to auditor size and the structure of the auditing industry. Specifically, I propose a model of audit firm competition where both audit quality and auditor size are endogenous and predict how market characteristics, namely market size and investor protection regime, affect the structure of the auditing industry and differences between Big-4 and Non-Big-4 audit quality and fees. I show that Big-4 audit firms compete mostly on audit value (i.e., quality and price) through investments in audit technology, the level of which is increasing in both market size and investor protection. Consistent with my predictions, empirical results for the U.S. audit market, where investor protection is held constant across local markets, confirm that the audit industry is characterised as a natural oligopoly dominated by the higher quality Big-4 audit firms. More importantly, I find that Big-4 audit value is increasing in market size. In particular, Big-4 audit quality, relative to Non-Big-4 audits is constant in market size while Big-4 audit fee premium is decreasing in market size. I also present detailed hypotheses adapted to a cross-country setting to empirically evaluate the impact of investor protection regimes on characteristics of the audit industry and the audit product. Although I leave to future research actual empirical testing, preliminary evidence reviewed from other studies generally supports my hypotheses. My thesis has direct policy implications as it provides key insights about the audit industry, how audit firms compete and how the industry evolves. Taken together, my results imply that the audit industry is naturally concentrated yet remains overall competitive. That is, Big-4 audit quality and fees are not adversely affected, thus far, by the high level of auditor concentration and Big-4 market power. Accordingly, recent concerns about high auditor concentration, although warranted, may be overstated.
Amynthas dackenanus Do & Huynh 1992
Creators: name: Nguyen, Tung T.
name: Nguyen, Anh D.
name: Tran, Binh T. T.
name: Blakemore, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Clitellata
Opisthopora
Megascolecidae
Amynthas
Amynthas dackenanus

description: Amynthas dackenanus (Do & Huynh, 1992)
Pheretima dackenana Do & Huynh, 1992 (in: Thai et al. 1992): 2, fig. 1C; Nakamura 1999: 41; Thai 2000a: 308; Huynh 2005a: 114.
Amynthas? dackenanus— Blakemore 2007a: 26, " species inquirenda "; Blakemore 2008b.
Type locality. Vietnam (Dak Lak: Dak Ken).
Type material. SORC, Vietnam.
Examined material. 1 C (SORC-PV.026), 3 C (SORC-HPV.026) on the banks of stream Dak Ken, Dak To, Kon Tum, 12/10/1989, coll. Huynh Thi Kim Hoi.
Records from Vietnam. Dak Lak (Dak Ken) (Thai et al. 1992).
Distribution. Only known from Vietnam.
Vietnamese name. Giun đắc kên.
Remarks. The species can be distinguished from its most similar congener Amynthas alluxoides (Thai & Samphon, 1988) in having three pairs of spermathecal pores in intersegments 6/7/8/9 and male porophores slightly indented into body wall (Thai et al. 1992). Blakemore (2007a, 2008b) considered it as " species inquirenda ". Material was re-examined and absence of male copulatory pouches and hence placement of the species in Amynthas is confirmed here.
description: Published as part of Nguyen, Tung T., Nguyen, Anh D., Tran, Binh T. T. & Blakemore, Robert J., 2016, A comprehensive checklist of earthworm species and subspecies from Vietnam (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Lumbricidae, Megascolecidae, Moniligastridae, Ocnerodrilidae, Octochaetidae), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 4140 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4140.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/256507