cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Transforming Hidden Conflicts into Participation: The Case of a Charismatic Leadership in the Middle East
Creators: name: HADDAD, Pierre EL
name: Bonnet, Marc
name: Tabchoury, Patrick
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 150312 Organisational Planning and Management
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified

description: bstract

					Purpose

					- The presentis paper addresses the issues raised by hidden conflicts in a charismatic -led
organization. The paper investigates the transformation from a management paradigm of
quelling conflict artificially through charismatic leadership charismatic leadership artificially
taming conflict, to a negotiation paradigm of negotiation that favors participationfavoring
participation, systematicity, the multiplication multiplying of innovation sources, and
synchronization. The research is based on a specific approach to action -research aimed at to
revealing the inherently masked conflictive energy, and contributing to a more sustainable,
peaceful, and well-performing construct.

					Design/methodology/approach

					- The framework is a specific approach to participatory action research that we call socio-
economic intervention research.

					Findings

					- The results of the research support the proposition that while charismatic leadership quells
conflict and jeopardizes the sustainability of the organization, socio-economic intervention-
research can help transform conflicts into cooperation in this type of organization.

					Originality/value

					- The main contributions relate to shedding light on the hazards of denying conflict in
charismatic-led organizations, and the importance of systemic negotiation in transforming
conflict into cooperation in the Middle Eastern cultural context.

					Keywords: Conflict management, Conflict transformation, Organizational development,
Socio-economic intervention research, Action research, Middle East, Inspection and
certification body.
A physics and data co-driven surrogate modeling method for high-dimensional rare event simulation
Creators: name: Xian, Jianhua
name: Wang, Ziqi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper presents a physics and data co-driven surrogate modeling method for efficient rare event simulation of civil and mechanical systems with high-dimensional input uncertainties. The method fuses interpretable low-fidelity physical models with data-driven error corrections. The hypothesis is that a well-designed and well-trained simplified physical model can preserve salient features of the original model, while data-fitting techniques can fill the remaining gaps between the surrogate and original model predictions. The coupled physics-data-driven surrogate model is adaptively trained using active learning, aiming to achieve a high correlation and small bias between the surrogate and original model responses in the critical parametric region of a rare event. A final importance sampling step is introduced to correct the surrogate model-based probability estimations. Static and dynamic problems with input uncertainties modeled by random field and stochastic process are studied to demonstrate the proposed method.
Optimization and troubleshooting of polymer synthesis for self-assembly of tyrosine-based nanospheres
Creators: name: Davie, Dania Karina Agüero
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Synthesis of poly(ethylene glycol)-block-oligo(DTO suberate)  -block-poly(ethylene glycol), a tyrosine-based ABA triblock copolymer was conducted in an effort to match specifications of a previous batch of polymer used in to self-assemble into nanospheres for drug delivery in previously published work. Though synthesis was successful and the polymerâ€™s physical and thermal specifications were met, the resulting nanospheres did not meet the size specifications of past samples. Polymer synthesis was optimized both by varying the amount of coupling agent used in the reaction as well as varying the monomeric excess of suberic acid using the Carothers's equation. This work resulted in tunable nanospheres based on polymer molecular weight. Varying of coupling agent was found to produce polymers of different molecular weights albeit in a random fashion. Use of monomeric excess was found to reproducibly produce polymers of varying molecular weights.  Additionally nanosphere preparation was also studied to determine whether the use of sucrose during nanosphere self-assembly would result in an increased polymer yield. The use of a sucrose solution during nanosphere preparation was found to cause no improvement in polymer yield and is in fact believed to have the opposite effect.
Reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins by dehalococcoides-enriched cultures from contaminated soils and sediments
Creators: name: Dam, Hang Thuy
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) are pervasive environmental pollutants and resistant in soil and sediment environments. Under anaerobic conditions, PCDDs can undergo reductive dechlorination which produces less chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin congeners, these compounds are more susceptible to further degradation. The process is mediated by dehalogenating bacteria, some of which gain energy from the process by using PCDDs as terminal electron acceptors. The objective of our study was to use a conventional enrichment approach to enrich for dehalogenating bacteria, to investigate the PCDD dechlorination activity and the microbial community of enrichment cultures, and to investigate genomes of the abundant dehalogenating bacteria in enrichment cultures from metagenomics data of the corresponding enrichment cultures.  PCDD dechlorination was observed in five sets of enrichment cultures established from Hackensack River sediments collected along the tidally influenced river, in which dechlorination activity was negatively affected by high salinity and high sulfate concentrations. Dechlorination activity was also recorded in enrichment cultures established from freshwater sediments of the Kymijoki River (Findland), a water reservoir (Vietnam), as well as from rice paddy soil (Vietnam). Reductive dechlorination of PCDDs was mediated by organohalide-respiring bacteria. PCDD dechlorinating anaerobic bacteria appeared to be ubiquitous, and their activity was observed in almost all enrichment cultures established using soils and sediments collected from sites of different contamination backgrounds. Dehalococcoides spp. were identified as the main bacterial species that couple dechlorination of PCDDs to growth.   Genomes of two Dehalococcoides spp. were reconstructed from metagenomes of the Hackensack and the Kymijoki River enrichment cultures in which they were present at relatively high abundance. Comparative genome analysis suggested that a reductive dehalogenase cbrA ortholog is responsible for reductive dechlorination of 1,2,3,4-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in a respiratory process. Genome analysis provided preliminary evidence for the function of reductive dehalogenases in PCDD dechlorination which have not been studied before due to the complex nutritional requirements and slow growth of Dehalococcoides spp.
Leprocaulinus Uvarov 1940
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Leprocaulinus

description: Genus Leprocaulinus Uvarov, 1940
(Figs. 14–16)
Type-species: Leprocaulus altecornutus Redtenbacher, 1908: 473, by subsequent designation of Hennemann, 1998: 121.
Comments: This genus appears to be paraphyletic in its present recognition, because it is likely that several species from Sundaland currently attributed to Carausius Stål, 1875 are congeneric and might prove to be members of Leprocaulinus once a more extensive study of the concerned taxa is conducted. A morphological distinction between Carausius and Leprocaulinus is difficult. The length relation of the median segment and metanotum traditionally used to distinguish ♀♀ of the two genera proves not very useful and the three Sulawesian species covered herein, (two of which are newly described), show that the genus also has apterous ♂♂, a fact not recognised previously. Furthermore, there is considerable confusion concerning the validity of the species and numerous subspecies currently attributed to the genus. A re-organisation has been attempted by Günther (1934b: 81) but the author was not able to examine all necessary type-material in detail and ♀♀ in particular show strong intraspecific variability. Hence, the genus is in need of a detailed revision at the species level.
Distribution: New Guinea, Thursday Island and Wallacea.
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Supplementary_Document.pdf
Creators: name: Wubin Pang
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 111302 Optical Technology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: There are two datasets in this document. The first part is prescriptions and modulation transfer characteristics of discrete array lens designs discussed in section 3. The second part is prescriptions and modulation transfer characteristics of multiscale lens designs discussed in section 3.
Garra buettikeri Krupp 1983
Creators: name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
name: Hamidan, Neshat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Garra
Garra buettikeri

description: 13. Garra buettikeri Krupp, 1983 ― Asir Garra― Endemic
Taxonomy. Original description: Garra buettikeri Krupp, 1983:595, fig. 21 [Wadi Turabah, Saudi Arabia, 20°29’N, 41°12’E, elevation 1470 meters; Holotype: NMBA 5552]. Synonyms: None.
Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Saudi Arabia in original description by Krupp (1983); confirmed by Hamidan & Shobrak (2019), and Freyhof et al. (2020).
General distribution. Asir Mountains, Saudi Arabia. Habitat: freshwater.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia: Asir Mountains including Wadis Turabah, Adama, Noval, Shumrukh, Abalah, Noaman, Abha, Buwah, Al-Arj, and Al-Bagarah (Lyon et al. 2016; Hamidan & Shobrak 2019; Freyhof et al. 2020).
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Vulnerable (VU).
description: Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 201-226 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on page 209, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316
Key influences on the quality and outcomes of preschool education for dual language leaners
Creators: name: Daniel, Alexandra
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: The rising numbers of young Hispanic children in the United States (now about 25% of those under five) poses obvious challenges in terms of meeting their particular needs for preschool education (Passel, Livingston & Cohn, 2012). Yet, education policy is only beginning to address these even with respect to language development (Castro, Garcia & Markos, 2013; Waldfogel, 2012). Some researchers have suggested that high quality early childhood education programs that incorporate home language instruction are particularly beneficial for addressing the home-school cultural divide as well as developing English language proficiency (Zepeda, Castro & Cronin, 2011). However, high quality bilingual early childhood is expensive and challenging to provide. It requires teachers who are knowledgeable about best practices for all children and for bilinguals, both of which are in short supply (Garcia, Arias, Murri, & Serna, 2010; Whitebook, 2014).   Both teacher preparation and staffing patterns impact this problem.  The goals of this study were two-fold. First, through a pre/post-test design with an embedded second randomized trial of professional development, impacts of professional development regarding the education of young DLLs on practice and childrenâ€™s learning were assessed. Second, the relative effectiveness of different teacher and assistant teacher bilingualism combinations on teaching practices and children were also assessed. In addition, the study presents a first look at classroom quality for DLLs using an instrument specifically designed to measure practices that are supportive of home language maintenance and English acquisition for DLLs.   Findings revealed that PD was not effective at improving classroom practices for treatment group teachers and consequently no differences in children's receptive vocabulary scores were found. Results of the second research question showed that the classroom quality scores relative to staff language configurations did matter with Spanish-speaking lead teachers earning significantly higher scores that the other staff language configuration groups of teachers. While no effects were found relative to child outcomes on tests of receptive vocabulary in English or Spanish, the implications of the study do present a springboard for policy conversations regarding the supply and demand of bilingual teachers and teacher assistants, pre-service training and professional development.
Rhaphium monotrichum Loew 1850
Creators: name: Grichanov, Igor Ya.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Rhaphium
Rhaphium monotrichum

description: 88. Rhaphium monotrichum Loew, 1850
References. Schnabl 1877; 1881; Schnabl et al. 1877 (as Xiphandrium monotrichum).
Distribution. Type locality: Sweden, “Sueciam meridionalem et medium; in Scania ad Esperod, Ostrogothia ad Sudercopiam, ad Gusum, ad Walstena, ipsc. Etiam, Gottlandia, ad Holmiam.” Belarus (Minsk); mainly West-Palaearctic boreal species.
description: Published as part of Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2022, An annotated checklist of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) species from Belarus, with new records, pp. 186-198 in Amurian Zoological Journal XIV (2) on page 195, DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2022-14-2-186-198, http://zenodo.org/record/11362185
Leprocaulinus digitatus Hennemann 2021, n. sp.
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Leprocaulinus
Leprocaulinus digitatus

description: 1. Leprocaulinus digitatus n. sp.
Distribution: Central Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Selatan, Luwu [NHMB].
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
MOESM1 of Detecting the tipping points in a three-state model of complex diseases by temporal differential networks
Creators: name: Chen, Pei
name: Yongjun Li
name: Xiaoping Liu
name: Liu, Rui
name: Luonan Chen
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1. Detecting pre-disease states by temporal differential network.
Essays on the political economy of sovereign debt and default
Creators: name: Cusato Novelli, Antonio
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: This dissertation studies the relation between political factors (political instability, political fragmentation, policy gridlock and the political color of parties) and fiscal policy outcomes (tax rates, debt levels, default episodes). The second chapter studies the empirical aspects of the aforementioned relation. The third chapter studies how policy gridlock affects tax policy and sovereign default. The last chapter studies the relation between political instability and fragmentation and sovereign debt and default.
Rhaphium nasutum
Creators: name: Grichanov, Igor Ya.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Rhaphium
Rhaphium nasutum

description: 89. Rhaphium nasutum (Fallén, 1823)
References. Negrobov, Silina 1987: 92.
Distribution. Type locality: Sweden, “Svecia meridionali.” Belarus (Gomel); Holarctic species.
description: Published as part of Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2022, An annotated checklist of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) species from Belarus, with new records, pp. 186-198 in Amurian Zoological Journal XIV (2) on page 195, DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2022-14-2-186-198, http://zenodo.org/record/11362185
Gland Segmentation Via Dual Encoders and Boundary-Enhanced Attention
Creators: name: Wang, Huadeng
name: Yu, Jiejiang
name: Li, Bingbing
name: Pan, Xipeng
name: Liu, Zhenbing
name: Lan, Rushi
name: Luo, Xiaonan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Accurate and automated gland segmentation on pathological images can assist pathologists in diagnosing the malignancy of colorectal adenocarcinoma. However, due to various gland shapes, severe deformation of malignant glands, and overlapping adhesions between glands. Gland segmentation has always been very challenging. To address these problems, we propose a DEA model. This model consists of two branches: the backbone encoding and decoding network and the local semantic extraction network. The backbone encoding and decoding network extracts advanced Semantic features, uses the proposed feature decoder to restore feature space information, and then enhances the boundary features of the gland through boundary enhancement attention. The local semantic extraction network uses the pre-trained DeepLabv3+ as a Local semantic-guided encoder to realize the extraction of edge features. Experimental results on two public datasets, GlaS and CRAG, confirm that the performance of our method is better than other gland segmentation methods.
description: Published in: ICASSP 2024
Upeneus torres Uiblein & Gledhill 2014
Creators: name: Uiblein, Franz
name: Williams, Jeffrey T.
name: Bailly, Nicolas
name: Hoang, Tuan A.
name: Rajan, P. Thomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Perciformes
Mullidae
Upeneus
Upeneus torres

description: Upeneus torres Uiblein & Gledhill, 2014 (n = 20)
Types. Holotype: CSIRO H 7202-02, 81 mm SL, NE Australia, Queensland, SW Pacific, Torres Strait, north of Dalrymple Island, 9°19.70’S, 143°15.09’E, FRV Gwendoline May, 12 m depth; paratypes: CSIRO H 7202-01, 78 mm SL, same sampling data as holotype; W Australia, SE Indian Ocean: AMS I.22804-014, 78 mm SL, North West Shelf, 130 km N of Port Hedland, 18°57’S, 118°12’E, FRV Soela, 100-104 m depth; CSIRO CA 413, 101 mm SL, N of North West Cape, 21°24’S, 114°19’E, FRV Courageous, 175- 185 m depth; CSIRO CA 414, 97 mm SL, same sampling data as before; CSIRO CA 2067, 98 mm SL, N of Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, 13°18’S, 128°21’E, FRV Soela, 84-87 m depth; CSIRO H 6405- 05, 4, 66-80 mm SL, NW of Shark Bay, 24°01’S, 113°03’E, FRV Southern Surveyor, 100-101 m depth; CSIRO H 6452-04, 65 mm SL, W of Shark Bay, 25°54’S, 112°49’E, FRV Southern Surveyor, 95-100 m depth.
Non-types. N Australia, Northern Territory, SW Pacific, Arafura Sea: NTM S-11611-001, 86 mm SL, N of Cape Wessel, 10°26’S, 136°24’E; NTM S-11612-011, 100 mm SL, N of Cape Wessel, 10°26’S, 136°26’E; NTM S-11621-004, 88 mm SL, N of Cape Wessel, 10°8’S, 136°48’E; NTM S-11655-026, 2, 87-88 mm SL, NW of Cape Wessel, 10°25’S, 136°33’E; NTM S-11895-004, 97 mm SL, N of Cape Wessel, 10°15’S, 136°40’E; NTM S-13364- 004, 103 mm SL, N of Cape Wessel, 10°12’S, 136°42’E; W Australia, SE Indian Ocean, Timor Sea: NTM S-14365-007, 73 mm SL, NW of West Holothuria Reef, 15°54.4’S, 124°31.47’E; NTM S-14366-018, 87, SE of Vulcan Shoal, 12°50.34’S, 124°22.45’E.
description: Published as part of Uiblein, Franz, Williams, Jeffrey T., Bailly, Nicolas, Hoang, Tuan A. & Rajan, P. Thomas, 2024, Four new goatfishes (Upeneus, Mullidae, Mulliformes) from the Asian Indo-Pacific with a list of valid goatfish species and remarks on goatfish diversity, pp. 135-160 in Cybium 48 (2) on page 159, DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2024-001, http://zenodo.org/record/14681613
Rhaphium penicillatum Loew 1850
Creators: name: Grichanov, Igor Ya.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Rhaphium
Rhaphium penicillatum

description: 90. Rhaphium penicillatum Loew, 1850
References. Negrobov, Silina 1987: 92.
Distribution. Type locality: Poland, “ Deutschland in der Posener Gegend” (= Poznan). Belarus (Gomel); Europe; Krasnoyarsk, Buryatia.
description: Published as part of Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2022, An annotated checklist of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) species from Belarus, with new records, pp. 186-198 in Amurian Zoological Journal XIV (2) on page 195, DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2022-14-2-186-198, http://zenodo.org/record/11362185
Leprocaulinus heinrichi
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Leprocaulinus
Leprocaulinus heinrichi

description: 2. Leprocaulinus heinrichi (Günther, 1935: 6, pl. 1: 4 & 5) [Carausius]. HT, ♂: S. Celebes, Lompobatang, Wawa Karaeng 2000 m, Sept. 1931 G. Heinrich; Typus [MNHU]; AT, ♀: S. Celebes, Lompobatang, Wawa Karaeng 2000 m, Sept. 1931 G. Heinrich; Typus [MNHU]; PT, 1 ♀, 5 ♂♂: S. Celebes, Lompobatang, Wawa Karaeng 2000 m, Sept. 1931 G. Heinrich; Typus [MNHU]. n. comb.
Comments: Günther (1935: 6) listed six ♂ paratypes, one of which appears lost and could not be traced.
Distribution: S-Sulawesi, Prov. Sulawesi Selatan, Gunung Lompobatang and Gunung Bawakaraeng “Wawa Karaeng” [MNHU].
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Rhaphium riparium
Creators: name: Grichanov, Igor Ya.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Rhaphium
Rhaphium riparium

description: 91. Rhaphium riparium (Meigen, 1824)
Material examined. 1♂, Berezinsky Reserve, Berezina River, 54.772 ° N, 28.213 ° E, 26.05.2020, K. Makovetskaya.
Distribution. Type localitiy: not given. Belarus (Vitebsk); Trans-Palaearctic boreal species.
description: Published as part of Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2022, An annotated checklist of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) species from Belarus, with new records, pp. 186-198 in Amurian Zoological Journal XIV (2) on page 195, DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2022-14-2-186-198, http://zenodo.org/record/11362185
Leprocaulinus insularis subsp. talaudiensis
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Leprocaulinus
Leprocaulinus insularis
Leprocaulinus insularis talaudiensis (günther, 1934b: 79)

description: 3. Leprocaulinus insularis talaudiensis (Günther, 1934b: 79) [Leprocaulus]. ST, 2 ♀♀: Talaud, Liroeng, Salibaboe, Erie, V. 1926 [MNHU]; ST, 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀: Talaud, Liroeng, Salibaboe, Erie, V. 1926 [SMTD]; 1 ♂, 5 ♀♀: Talaud, Liroeng, Salibaboe, Erie, V. 1926 [RMNH].
Comments: The untraced specimens of the type-series (2 ♂♂, 23 ♀♀ in total) were thought to be in the Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Cibinong, Indonesia (MBBJ) by Zompro (2005: 268). The subspecies status of Günther‘s talaudiensis under L. insularis Kirby, 1896 is very doubtful and requires evaluation. Examination of the type specimens of both taxa rather suggest talaudiensis as a valid specie, but without presenting a revision of the entire genus any decisions appear pre-mature at this point.
Distribution: Talaud Islands, Pulau Salebabu, Lirung [MNHU, SMTD, RMNH].
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Leprocaulinus kaupii Hennemann 2021
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Leprocaulinus
Leprocaulinus kaupii

description: 4. Leprocaulinus kaupii (Stål, 1875: 63) [Myronides]. HT, ♂: Coll. Br. v. W., Molukken, Depuiset ded.; det. Br.v. W. Myronides kaupii Stål; 5023 [NHMW, No. 479]. n. comb.
Comments: The very slender shape, relatively long abdomen and broad hemi-tergites of the anal segment place this species in Leprocaulinus Uvarov, 1940, hence it is here removed from Myronides Stål, 1875.
Distribution: „ Maluku Islands “ [NHMW].
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Queer visibility on the transatlantic modernist stage
Creators: name: De Witte, Ben
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: My dissertation analyzes a selection of Argentinean, Spanish and U.S. modernist plays that dramatize the double movement of what I call “queer visibility.” That is, they make queer themes “visible” but also render the visible “queer” by extending our notions of modernist experimentation. Such experimentation, I argue, is intelligible only within a transatlantic history of, in Edward Said’s sense, “traveling” influences that have informed queer drama in the twentieth century. Each of the dissertation’s chapters offers a comparative angle on a playwright and their staging of queer materials, establishing surprising connections between various geographies and theatrical cultures. Chapter one analyzes the Argentinean José González Castillo’s naturalist play Los invertidos (1914), the first in its kind to plot the medical category “sexual inversion” as material for modern drama. González Castillo joins in the Argentinian vogue for realismo with its disjunctive relation to queer visibility, the latter a symptom of morbid degeneracy. Chapter two discusses the thoroughly anti-realist practices of queer staging in El público (1930), an unfinished, posthumously published play by Spanish poet-playwright Federico García Lorca, which imagines a paradoxical shape for queer visibility: “a theater beneath the sand” that draws on international vanguardist desires to offend rather than entertain audiences. The chapters on Los invertidos and El público present international models of queer visibility that cast new light on my two North American writers. Chapter three compares two works by the prominent U.S. playwright Tennessee Williams, the iconic Suddenly Last Summer (1957) and the little-known Kirche, Küche, Kinder (1979), that expose the mechanics of queer visibility as both perplexing and violent. Then I consider two understudied dramas of expatriate writer Djuna Barnes, the early one-act The Dove (1924) and the arcane verse drama The Antiphon (1957), which deploy a convoluted allegorical vision that projects an anti-modern strain in queer dramatic modernism. Combining formal analysis and historical research in each chapter, my comparative project aims, first, to theorize queer visibility as a recurrent theatrical problem grounded in material practices and, second, to contribute to a more nuanced and inclusive history of modern drama in conversation with transnational figurations of queer sexuality.
Leprocaulinus mammatus Hennemann 2021
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Leprocaulinus
Leprocaulinus mammatus

description: 5. Leprocaulinus mammatus (Rehn, 1904: 44) [Carausius].
HT, ♀: Obi Island, Moluccas; Carausius mammatus Rehn, Type No. 5143; Carausius mammatus Rehn [ANSP]. rev. stat., n. comb.
Comments: Examination of the HT clearly places this species in Leprocaulinus and proves it to be not a synonym of L. vipera bituber (Sharp, 1898), a taxon described from New Britain. Instead, L. mammatus appears to be closely related to L. vipera vipera (Kaup, 1871) and L. obiensis (Rehn, 1904) and is here re-established as a valid species. Characters that distinguish it from the latter have been presented by Rehn (1904: 46) and a proper distinction from the nominate form of L. vipera (Kaup, 1871), originally described from ♂♂ from Sulawesi, would need material of both sexes.The subspecies and numerous synonymies currently attributed to Kaup’s vipera are very doubtful and require critical evaluation.
Distribution: Maluku Islands, Obi [ANSP].
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Sciapus albifrons
Creators: name: Grichanov, Igor Ya.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Sciapus
Sciapus albifrons

description: 92. Sciapus albifrons (Meigen, 1830)
References. Schnabl 1877, 1881; Schnabl et al. 1877 (as Psilopus albifrons).
Distribution. Type localitiy: not given. Belarus (Vitebsk); Europe; Novosibirsk Region of Russia, Turkey.
description: Published as part of Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2022, An annotated checklist of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) species from Belarus, with new records, pp. 186-198 in Amurian Zoological Journal XIV (2) on page 195, DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2022-14-2-186-198, http://zenodo.org/record/11362185
Galaxy clusters
Creators: name: Deshpande, Amruta J.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: I present studies of the X-ray emission from galaxy clusters in the context of understanding  the multi-wavelength selection function and mass estimation of galaxy  clusters. Clusters are gravitationally bound systems of dark matter, gas and galaxies,  and are the largest gravitationally bound structures in the Universe. Constraining  cosmology with cluster studies requires large, complete cluster samples with reliable  masses over cosmologically significant survey volumes. Such samples are only just  becoming available with new surveying telescopes that have optimal sensitivity for  cluster finding, and some with the additionally useful property of finding clusters  largely by their mass, which is the cosmologically significant cluster property. These  surveys have increased the need for obtaining large, well-understood samples of clusters  for characterizing their selection. Ongoing work in this field aims to determine the selection and limitations of the four ways of observing clusters and measuring  their masses (optical/infrared, X-ray, weak lensing, or Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect) using  both large and small samples. In this context, I have studied small cluster samples  in the X-ray and compared their properties to those determined through three different  cluster selection methods: through weak lensing selection, optical selection, and  selection through the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect. In this thesis I begin in the introduction  with a brief overview of the current cosmological picture and how clusters  help to constrain cosmology. In the subsequent chapters I describe my work in the  X-ray, aimed at better understanding clusters selected through the different methods.  I conclude with a summary of how my follow-up and other multi-wavelength studies  have illuminated cluster selection and also with comments on the persisting need for  similar studies in the near future.
Comparison of expert judgement vs. veteran self-report of exposure and medical concerns of us veterans of conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq
Creators: name: DeCandia, Victor
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Background: The United States Department of Veterans Affairs - War Related Injury and Illness Study Center (WRIISC] located in East Orange, New Jersey collects data on both self-reported and expert identified exposure and medical concerns of US veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. This study will compare the frequencies of self-reported and WRIISC identified concerns. Materials and Methods: A total of 894 veterans completed a self-reported intake questionnaire developed by the WRIISC from June 2004 to January 2012. These questionnaires as well as formal medical evaluations were used by WRIISC medical personnel to assess medical and psychological function in US veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. Data from the questionnaires and medical forms were abstracted into a database developed by the WRIISC. Expected Results: Patterns of exposure and medical concerns were analyzed using a percent agreement and sensitivity/specificity approach. It is expected that veteran exposure and medical concerns endorsed on the WRIISC intake questionnaire would differ from the physical assessment of exposure and medical concerns identified during the WRIISC clinical evaluation. Limitations: Recall bias of veterans while reporting exposure and medical concerns may be an issue. Information on both exposures and health were "yes"/’'no'' or "present" / "absent”, thus limiting quantitative interpretations. Conclusions: There were unique exposure and medical concerns reported by US veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. Overall, the largest number of exposure concerns that were identified by the WRIISC were Burning Trash (N=431, 54.1%), Sandstorms (N=365,45.8%), and Petrochemicals (N=196, 24.6%). The largest number of medical concerns that were identified by the WRIISC were Musculoskeletal (N= 556, 6.6%), Neurological (N= 281, 22.6%) and Gastrointestinal (N=276, 33.0%).
Sensitivity to shape differences along morph-spaces
Creators: name: Destler, Nathan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: We investigated the dimensions defining mental shape space, by measuring shape discrimination thresholds along "morph-spaces" defined by pairs of shapes. Given any two shapes, one can construct a morph-space by taking weighted averages of their boundary vertices (after normalization), creating a continuum of shapes ranging from the first shape to the second. Previous studies of morphs between highly familiar shape categories (e.g. truck and turkey) have shown elevated discrimination at the category boundary, reflecting a kind of "categorical perception" in shape space. However, these findings were restricted to known object shapes. Here, we use this technique to explore implicit categorical boundaries in spaces of unfamiliar shapes, where categories are defined not by familiar named types, but by the underlying "generative" structure of mental shape space. We further explore how probabilistic skeletal models of shape may explain discrimination and categorization of these unfamiliar shapes. In this study, subjects were shown two shapes at nearby points along a morph-space, and asked to judge whether they were the same or different, with an adaptive procedure used to   estimate discrimination thresholds at each point along the morph-space. We targeted several potentially important categorical distinctions, such one- vs. two-part shapes, two- vs. three-part shapes, changes in symmetry structure, and other "qualitative" distinctions. The results show strong consistency between subjects. Sensitivity (1/difference threshold) is predicted by using a Bayesian probabilistic skeletal model to compute the probability of the standard shape being generated by the comparison shape's generative model, and vice versa. The results show that discrimination thresholds are not uniform over shape spaces. Instead, the results are consistent with the model, suggesting that a probabilistic generative framework drives shape discrimination.
Garra dunsirei Banister 1987
Creators: name: Esmaeili, Hamid Reza
name: Hamidan, Neshat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Garra
Garra dunsirei

description: 14. Garra dunsirei Banister, 1987 ―Tawi Atair Garra ―Endemic
Taxonomy. Original description: Garra dunsirei Banister, 1987:59, figs. 1, 2a, 3-5 [from a Sinkhole, Tawi Atair [or Attair], 17°06’N, 54°34’E, in the Jabal Qara (Jabal Samhan) mountains, Dhofar, Oman; Holotype: BMNH 1984.3.6.571]. Synonyms: Garra smartae Krupp & Budd, 2009; Garra sindhae Lyon, Geiger & Freyhof, 2016.
Status in the Arabian Peninsula. Recorded from Oman in original description by Banister (1987); confirmed by Lyon et al. (2016); Freyhof et al. (2020), Esmaeili et al. (2022) and Sayyadzadeh et al. (2023).
General distribution. Middle East: Dhofar Province (Oman). Habitat: freshwater.
Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula. Oman: Sinkhole at Tawi Attair in the Jabal Qara (Jabal Samhan) mountains, Wadi Andhur, Wadi Hadhabram, and Wadi Laggashalyon (Sayyadzadeh et al. 2023).
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Endangered (EN).
Remarks. Garra species from the Dhofar region in Oman were reviewed by Sayyadzadeh et al. (2023) based on integrated morphological and molecular (COI) data of newly collected fishes from the type localities of G. sindhae and G. smartae, and a new population from Wadi Laggashalyon. They found no diagnostic character to distinguish the two species and the Laggashalyon population as distinct taxa. In addition, the phylogenetic tree placed the sequenced Omani Garra fishes into nine groups with K2P sequence divergence of 0.8% (G. smartae and G. smartae _Laggasaylon); 1.2% (G. smartae and G. sindhae), and 14.5% (G. shamal and G. dunsirei) in their COI barcode region. A molecular species delimitation approach using PTP, also detected one entity for Garra species from the Dhofar region (G. dunsirei, G. sindhae and both populations of G. smartae), which is consistent with our morphological data. Therefore, based on absence of diagnostic characters, low genetic distance, and molecular species delimitation approach, Sayyadzadeh et al. (2023) treated G. sindhae and G. smartae as junior synonyms of G. dunsirei.
description: Published as part of Esmaeili, Hamid Reza & Hamidan, Neshat, 2023, Inland fishes of the Arabian Peninsula: Review and a revised checklist, pp. 201-226 in Zootaxa 5330 (2) on page 209, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8249316
Dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins in the watershed of the New York/New Jersey harbor
Creators: name: Dewani, Yashika
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: In this work, data from the Contamination Assessment and Reduction Project (CARP) was used to investigate the dechlorination of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and â€“furans (PCDD/Fs) in the watershed of the New York/New Jersey Harbor.  Preliminary investigations using CARP data suggested that peri dechlorination of PCDD/Fs occurs in sewer systems. However, the peri-lateral dechlorination pathway is more environmentally important since it can remove chlorines in the lateral (2,3,7,8) positions, resulting in products that are considered to be non-toxic.  The original CARP data set contains information on concentrations of the 17 2,3,7,8-substituted PCDD/F congeners, so that products of peri-lateral dechlorination were not measured. However, during the analysis of these 17 congeners, the data was generated to measure other non-2,3,7,8-substituted congeners that could be products of peri-lateral dechlorination.  In this work, the archived chromatograms were retrieved from the contract laboratory that conducted the original analysis, and a data set was built containing the concentrations of all of the tetra- through octa- chlorinated PCDD/F congeners.  This new data set was analyzed to discern further evidence that PCDD/Fs are dechlorinated in sewers via the peri-lateral pathway that can result in complete elimination of toxicity.      In the first chapter of this thesis, the concentrations of PCDD/Fs within the data set were examined for trends.  Results suggested that dechlorination occurred in landfills.  The second chapter utilized Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF) analysis on the same data set in an attempt to provide further evidence that PCDD/Fs are dechlorinated in these systems.  When compared to EPAâ€™s published 2,3,7,8-congener patterns, the sources of PCDD/Fs in the Harbor were identified as: bleached chemical wood pulp and paper mills (1% total mass of data set), wood combustion (3%), Kraft black liquid recovery boilers (4%), and diesel trucks (92%).  However, when compared to the New York Academy of Sciences Dioxin report, these results were deemed inaccurate because they did not align with the major PCDD/F sources into the Harbor as represented by the literature.
Sciapus contristans
Creators: name: Grichanov, Igor Ya.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Dolichopodidae
Sciapus
Sciapus contristans

description: 93. Sciapus contristans (Wiedemann, 1817)
References. Schnabl 1877; 1881; Schnabl et al. 1877 (as Psilopus contristans); Sack 1925.
Distribution. Type localitiy: Germany, Holstein. Belarus (?); Europe.
Notes. Meuffels, Grootaert (1990) made a reassessment of species concepts of S. contristans and its close relatives. As a result, most of old records of that species need confirmation. Reliable area of the species distribution includes Belgium, France, Germany and Netherlands. Records from Belarus may belong to Sciapus maritimus Becker.
description: Published as part of Grichanov, Igor Ya., 2022, An annotated checklist of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) species from Belarus, with new records, pp. 186-198 in Amurian Zoological Journal XIV (2) on page 195, DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2022-14-2-186-198, http://zenodo.org/record/11362185
POLARIS: A framework to guide the development of Trustworthy AI systems
Creators: name: Baldassarre, Maria Teresa
name: Gigante, Domenico
name: Kalinowski, Marcos
name: Ragone, Azzurra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the ever-expanding landscape of Artificial Intelligence (AI), where innovation thrives and new products and services are continuously being delivered, ensuring that AI systems are designed and developed responsibly throughout their entire lifecycle is crucial. To this end, several AI ethics principles and guidelines have been issued to which AI systems should conform. Nevertheless, relying solely on high-level AI ethics principles is far from sufficient to ensure the responsible engineering of AI systems. In this field, AI professionals often navigate by sight. Indeed, while recommendations promoting Trustworthy AI (TAI) exist, these are often high-level statements that are difficult to translate into concrete implementation strategies. There is a significant gap between high-level AI ethics principles and low-level concrete practices for AI professionals. To address this challenge, our work presents an experience report where we develop a novel holistic framework for Trustworthy AI - designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice - and report insights from its application in an industrial case study. The framework is built on the result of a systematic review of the state of the practice, a survey, and think-aloud interviews with 34 AI practitioners. The framework, unlike most of those already in the literature, is designed to provide actionable guidelines and tools to support different types of stakeholders throughout the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Our goal is to empower AI professionals to confidently navigate the ethical dimensions of TAI through practical insights, ensuring that the vast potential of AI is exploited responsibly for the benefit of society as a whole.
Itinerari nomadici ed ecologici nella narrativa di Anna Maria Ortese, Elsa Morante e Fabrizia Ramondino
Creators: name: Di Rosa, Rossella
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: The dissertation analyzes the centrality of the philosophy of “becoming” and “nomadism” in Ortese, Morante and Ramondino, three of the most influential writers of 20th-century Italian Literature. I argue that nomadism inspires both the authors and characters’ quixotic quests and that it deeply influences their conceptions of and relationships to the city. While Toledo, Almeria, and Ciutat are the final destinations of their incessant journeys, these cities also emblematize original reconfigurations of a fantastic Mediterranean, where places lack fixed borders, are crossed by conflicting forces, and are governed by Deleuzian processes of becoming. Such phenomena lead the characters to ‘trespass’ not only their respective territories’ borders, but also the limits of humanity. This aspect, which has been overlooked by scholars, proves that under the veil of fiction, Ortese, Morante, and Ramondino develop an ecological and post human thought, which acknowledges the centrality of nonhuman animals and nature in human beings’ existences. My dissertation’s ultimate goal is to place therefore, these writers in a broad interdisciplinary context, since they dialogue with several Italian and Spanish authors, and anticipate seminal insights of contemporary philosophers such as Agamben, Braidotti, Derrida Said, Zambrano, Deleuze and Guattari.
Leprocaulinus obiensis
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Leprocaulinus
Leprocaulinus obiensis

description: 6. Leprocaulinus obiensis (Rehn, 1904: 46) [Carausius].
HT, ♀ (penultimate instar): Obi Island, Moluccas; Carausius obiensis Rehn, Type No. 5142 [ANSP].
= Carausius bilobulatus Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907: 273. HT, ♀ (nymph): “Ins. Moluccae” [MNCN, not traced]. [Synonymised by Günther, 1934b: 84]
= Diardia modesta Redtenbacher, 1908: 485. ST, ♂: Moluques, Obi Major, Waterstadt 1902; type! Diardia modesta Br.; Sintipo; MNCN Cat. Tipos N° 7623 [MNCN]; ST, ♂: Nouv.- Guinée, Dorey, Raffray & Maindron, 78, 102; Type; Diardia modesta Redt. Type [MNHN]. [Synonymised by Günther, 1934b: 84]
= Carausius stultus Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907: 273. HT, ♀: “Ins. Moluccae” [MNCN, not traced].
[Synonymised by Günther, 1934b: 84]
Distribution: Maluku Islands, Obi [ANSP, MNCN, MNHN].
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636