cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Audio based detection of rear approaching vehicles ona bicycle
Creators: name: Koduvayur Ananthanarayanan, Vancheswaran
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Cycling is an efficient mode of travel widely used for transport, recreation and sport all over the world. In addition to being environmentally friendly, it also affects the health of the cyclist favorably. Safety is an important concern for a cyclist because, during an accident with a motor vehicle, the cyclist is exposed to higher risk of injury than the vehicle driver. Improving bicycle safety is an important factor in saving lives and promoting the use of this environmentally friendly mode of transport.  The Cyber-Physical Bicycle system was introduced as a concept bicycle that can alert the cyclist of dangerously approaching vehicles from the rear. The system aims to accurately detect and track vehicles approaching from the rear, differentiate dangerously approaching vehicles, and alert the cyclist early enough to take preventive measures. This is achieved through video based detection. The traditional bicycle is extended with computational capabilities and a rear facing video camera, which constantly monitors vehicular traffic behind the bicycle. Research indicates that the system is feasible, works with good accuracy and generates timely alerts, though it cannot operate at full efficiency while running in realtime.  In this thesis, we present an approach that augments a bicycle with audio based detection of rear approaching vehicles. The audio based Cyber-Physical Bike continuously listens to the environment behind the bicycle with a microphone, detects rear approaching vehicles and alerts the biker to their presence. We describe the design for an audio based Cyber-Physical Bike and demonstrate its feasibility through evaluation of our prototype. We found that distinguishing the directionality of vehicle approach is a significant problem in case of audio, due to the similarity in sounds. Subsequently, we identified several audio features that help us differentiate rear and front approaching vehicles accurately. We also used a rear facing microphone to improve detection. Results show that our approach works with comparable accuracy to the video based approach, performs real time detection at lower energy and hardware costs, and is more efficient. However, the system sacrifices on timeliness of alerts, and the alerts are generated much later when compared to video based detection.
Allene-based approach to the synthesis of De Novo erythromycinoids
Creators: name: Kim, Hiyun
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: We prepared an advanced synthetic module (bis[allene] macrolactone at center) equipped with two allenes embedded in a macrolactone scaffold. The plan was to effect heterogeneous derivatization of the allenes, in tandem or separately.  In addition to diversity, this approach is maximally concise and economic, especially in terms of steps.  Moreover, immediate derivatives of the macrocyclic bis[allene] can be taken into further steps, thus providing canonical build-up of erythromycin analogs.  To date, our bis[allene] macrolactone has been converted to over 30 novel macrolides.  These de novo analogs serve to validate the strategy and lay the ground work for further work.  Taken together, the allene-based reactions/transformations employed in this study, such as DMDO oxidation/nucleophile addition, allene osmylation/electrophile addition, bromination, allene oxide rearrangement, spirodiepoxide rearrangement, benzylic migration/elimination, mono- and bis-oxidation of bis[allene], chelation-controlled reduction and oxime formation, demonstrate that 8 of the 11 modifiable carbons in this antibiotic can be modified.  It is especially noteworthy that each congener was made in less than three steps from the bis[allene] macrolactone.
The path of Wagner’s Wotan
Creators: name: Guhl-Miller, Solomon R.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: One central question which has plagued studies of Wagner’s Ring for over a century is “What philosophy does the Ring espouse?”  “Is the Ring Feuerbachian or Schopenhauerian?” is a question that has been echoed in works by some of the most famous scholars of Wagner, including Theodor Adorno and Carl Dahlhaus. But by searching for the philosophy only in the different versions of Brünnhilde’s farewell we ignore the overall moral-philosophical progression which leads to their respective end-points, espoused not only by both philosophers but by their predecessors as well.  Rather than asking the either/or question, this study examines the philosophical tradition of the Enlightenment and German Idealism to identify a moral-philosophical progression that was common to the writings of Feuerbach, Schopenhauer, and ultimately, Wagner. The first part of this study elucidates the four stages of this progression (leading from selfish living to self-sacrifice) and describes its various manifestations prior to Wagner.  The remaining parts of the study examine Wagner’s own presentation of this “Moral Progression” (as I shall call it).  The second part analyzes his prose writings up to and through the composition of the Ring libretti. The final part deals with his use of the progression in the Ring libretti and the music of the Ring with a particular focus on the character of Wotan and the music associated with him.  Prior to my analysis of the Ring itself, the final part traces the shifts in Wotan’s character from the early drafts of Das Rheingold and Die Walküre to the final version of the Ring, showing his development from Byronic hero, to Faustian figure, and finally, to embodying the four stages of the Moral Progression itself through his character development over the course of the four Ring operas.  If the Ring has a central message, then, it is to be found in Wotan’s re-enactment of the moral life advocated by Wagner and his philosophical predecessors.
The effect of wind and momentum advection in the James River estuary from field observations
Creators: name: Guo, Jige
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: From moorings deployed to the lower part of the James River (the southernmost tributary to the Chesapeake Bay), time series of velocity, salinity and pressure are collected for a length of 40 days. The time period covers one full spring and neap tide and both high wind and low wind scenarios. The velocity field, notably the lateral velocity and the calculated vertical velocity, as well as the salinity field are examined both spatially and temporally along a cross channel transect. Major findings include clear spring-neap variation in the lateral flow and little spring-neap variation in the longitudinal flow, persistent southward residual flow in the cross channel direction, tidal asymmetry in the vertical velocity, and tidal/subtidal variation in the salinity field.   The wind effect is seen from augmented exchange flow and stratification after strong down estuary wind and weakened exchange flow and stratification after strong up estuary wind. It also impacts the lateral flow through Ekman dynamics as the down estuary wind introduces max southward flow and up estuary wind brings max northward flow in the cross channel direction. The role of advective acceleration in this estuary is examined through the momentum budget which includes three advective acceleration terms and two pressure gradient terms calculated from the data and the vertical stress divergence term inferred from the momentum balance. The outstanding advection comes from the second half of the ebb tide with different signs over different sides of the main channel. On both subtidal and tidal scales, it accelerates the along channel flow seaward over the southern shoal and landward over the northern channel and therefore superimposes additional residual flow structure to the along channel flow. The results, especially the advective acceleration being in the first order momentum balance in the upper layer, demonstrate that the along channel momentum balance is more complex than previously thought.
Heliania spinescens
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Ellisellidae
Heliania
Heliania spinescens

description: Heliania spinescens (Gray, 1859)
Heliania spinescens Gray, 1859: 481 (Philippines).
Junceella (Heliania) spinescens Bayer & Grasshoff 1994.
Heliania spinescens Grasshoff, 1999: 72, fig. 119 (New Caledonia).
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Fernando, 2011: 114–115, pl. 73, fig. 1–1d (SE coast); Fernando et al. 2017: 256, pl. 119, fig. 1–1d (SE coast).
Literature analysis: This species was established by Gray for a colony collected in the Philippines, possibly from shallow water. The holotype was redescribed by Bayer & Grasshoff (1994) and the much-damaged colony was figured. Later, Grasshoff (1999) described a specimen from New Caledonia with a good figure of the colony showing the typical subsecund branching. The descriptions of the Indian material by Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) are more-or-less identical, but unfortunately it is not possible to accurately compare the sclerites of the holotype with those of the Indian material as the illustrations of the latter are exceedingly small and also unsharp. However, the colony figured has a very different growth form to that of the Central West Pacific material and it does seem that some of the characteristic sclerites illustrated for the holotype may not be present in the Indian material, and some present there may not occur in the holotype.
Grasshoff said that the question of whether Heliania racemosa (Wright & Studer, 1889) could be a synonym of H. spinescens remains open, commenting that the original material was collected at 600 m compared to all records of H. spinecens being from less than 100 m. He also stated that an orange colony with yellow polyp tips referable to H. racemosa had been collected from Baa Atoll, Maldive Islands, which must be that described by Thomson & Simpson (1909) (see Simpson, 1910; 56 bottom). Fernando (2011) and Fernando et al. (2017) include Nutting’s (1910d) treatment of that species as a synonym, even though it was not illustrated, but did not include the species in any of their papers.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Araeodontia marginalis Barr 1952
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Araeodontia
Araeodontia marginalis

description: Araeodontia marginalis Barr, 1952
Type locality: Mexico, Samalayuca, Chihuahua. Type depository: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).
Material examined: PARATYPE: 1 male: Pine Springs, TX, VII-12–16-1928, W. Benedict; 1 male, 1 female: near San Jose beach, 40 mi SW of Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico, V-16–23-1961, Howden and Martin. OTHER
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Agnesiella (Draberiella) glabra Huang & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella glabra

description: Agnesiella (D.) glabra Huang & Zhang sp. nov.
(Figs 33, 37, 41, 45, 130–136)
Measurement. Male, 3.81 mm (including wings).
Body yelllowish (Figs 33, 37). Face dark brown near clypeal sulcus, brownish transverse streaks on beige frontoclypeal area, most part of anteclypeus brownish, lorum dark brown and gena black-brown (Fig. 45). Pronotum with a central oval patch and 2 pairs of lateral patches black-brown, between central and lateral patches with 2 black-brown patches connecting with lateral lower patches. Scutellum reddish brown with triangles black-brown (Fig. 41). Forewing yellowish with 2 broad bands, one at base dark brown and the other near cross vein brownish; a testaceous area surrounded by distal end of brochosome field, ScP+RA and R vein; brochosome field yellowish (Figs 33, 37, 121).
Abdominal apodemes reaching center of 6th abdominal sternite (Fig. 131). Male pygofer side with a band of fine moderate setae and a rigid microsetae band near posterior margin; posterior margin slightly protruding and sclerotized with a long digitiform appendage curved dorsad (Fig. 132). Subgenital plate with some long fine setae terminally on outer side and a small protrusion at bend (Fig. 133). Paramere with caudal end bifurcate (Figs 133, 134). Connective with stem nearly as long as lateral arms and central lobe indistinct (Fig. 133). Aedeagal shaft slen- der without lamellar ventral appendage (Figs 135, 136).
Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Sichuan Province, Moxi, 1600m, Alnus nepalensis, 5-XI-1999, coll. I. Dworakowska. Paratype: 1♂ 5♀, same data as holotype.
Etymology. The specific name is derived from Latin word “glabra, referring to the smooth aedeagal shaft lacking appendages (Fig. 135).
Notes. The new species resembles Agnesiella (Draberiella) innota, but differs in the forewing with a dark brown patch at the base (Figs 37, 130), in the posterior margin of the male pygofer side slightly protruding (Fig. 132) and in the end of the subgenital plate some long fine lateral setae (Fig. 133).
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on page 222, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
Phraseological and lexical difficulties in Spanish-speaking witnesses' testimonies
Creators: name: García, Humberto O.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Although numerous research studies have been conducted on the accuracy of interpreters’ performance during legal proceedings, the cross-cultural and cross-linguistic aspects that might represent difficulties in the cognitive process of interpretation have not been well explored. Beyond pure linguistic skills, technical competence, and mental ability, court interpreters should also possess a thorough knowledge of the two cultures in which their working languages exist, including political, social, and ethnic differences. In order to perform adequately, and therefore guarantee equal access to the judicial system for Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals, court interpreters must be competent in understanding and managing the cultural and linguistic context that permeates through the communicative event. This paper presents the results of a descriptive, empirical study of Spanish-speaking witnesses’ testimonies in domestic violence cases at the New Jersey Superior Court. Drawing on an analysis of the discourse of Spanish-speaking witnesses and the interpreters’ rendering of phraseological and lexical units such as idioms, slang, and collocations, this paper argues that the lack of cross-cultural competence on the part of the interpreter may hinder the production of an accurate and faithful interpretation of such expressions, which convey cultural and linguistic notions that are complicated to transfer from the source to the target language.
Comparison of analytical techniques to evaluate the effect of drying on oxidative status of sliced almonds during storage
Creators: name: Gandhi, Shreya D.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Almonds (Prunus amygdalus) are highest produced tree nuts worldwide, grown mainly in Mediterranean climate.  Almond contains approximately 49% total lipids of which 12g is polyunsaturated fat, 30.9% monounsaturated fat and 3.7% saturated fat. About 90% of its total fatty acid composition is unsaturated, where oleic acid is 60-70% and linoleic acid 14-26%.  The unsaturated fatty acids makes the almonds susceptible to oxidative degradation by producing volatile compounds, off flavor and odor decreasing their nutritional value.  The deterioration rate of the almonds lipid fraction during storage due to the oxidative process is of a great economic and nutritional importance.  Therefore, before storage the fruit is subjected to multi-processing steps in order to improve its quality in term of storage stability.  In this connection, the drying step and storage conditions are of decisive importance.  The drying step involves removal of moisture to prevent hydrolysis and enzymatic degradation during storage which cause split of triglyceride into glycerol and free fatty acid. However over drying or under drying could lead to oxidative degradation. The combination of various analytical techniques is recommended to evaluate oxidative status as no single method is available to analyze both primary and secondary oxidation products together.  In this connection, this project aims at providing most effective analytical technique that evaluates the efficiency of the drying conditions on the storage stability of sliced almonds.  Therefore, four different analytical techniques have been selected, namely: Iodometric titration for peroxide value, titration method for Free Fatty acid (Acid Value), UV spectrophotometry for conjugated diene and triene and GC/MS for semi-volatile and volatile compounds were used.  This study shows a positive effect of the used drying conditions on the oxidative stability since the concentration of peroxides and conjugated dienes of dried almonds decreased as compared to those of non dried and ambient dried.  A constant curve for free fatty acids was obtained showing that drying was done effectively as no hydrolysis has been observed.  The GC-MS method seems to be the most suitable method which gives a real picture of drying effect on the oxidative status of the stored sliced almonds.
Ellisella thomsoni
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Ellisellidae
Ellisella
Ellisella thomsoni

description: Ellisella thomsoni (Simpson, 1910)
Junceella elongata Thomson & Henderson, 1906: 81, pl. 1, fig. 10; pl. 9, fig. 17 (Bay of Bengal).
Scirpearia thomsoni Simpson, 1910: 333–334, figs. 61–63 (Bay of Bengal).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region.
Justification:
Literature analysis: Thomson & Henderson (1906) misidentified a specimen as Junceella elongata (Pallas) that was renamed by Simpson as a new species Scirpearia thomsoni, which is actually a species of Ellisella but essentially unrecognisable from both the original and Simpson’s descriptions. See the entry for Ellisella elongata for the history.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on pages 91-92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Agnesiella (Draberiella) exigua Huang & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella exigua

description: Agnesiella (D.) exigua Huang & Zhang sp. nov.
(Figs 34, 38, 42, 46, 137–142)
Measurement. Male, 3.81 mm (including wings).
Body infuscate (Figs 34, 38). Face with brown transverse streaks on brownish frontoclypeal area, lorum brownish, anteclypeus and upper parts of gena black-brown (Fig. 46). Vertex testaceous near coronal suture. Pronotum with 7 patches black-brown and remaining most parts suffused with reddish. Most of scutellum red ochre with triangles dark brown; central area light yellow ochre with 2 small dark brown patches (Fig. 42). Forewing with 2 broad brownish bands, one at base and other at central part of basal half, most of remaining parts covered with smoky infuscate pattern; brochosome field reddish (Figs 34, 38, 137).
Abdominal apodemes reaching center of 5th abdominal sternite. Male pygofer side with 2 bands of setae longitudinally near ventral margin; posterior margin with a few scattered rigid microsetae near upper part, and a short horn-like appendage on central part (Fig. 138). Subgenital plate subapically with a small protrusion bearing 3 peglike setae apically (Fig. 139). Paramere without subapical protrusion (Fig. 140). Aedeagal shaft straight with an arched lamellar ventral extension terminally, and a ventral appendage near base bearing 2 long digitiform branches directed upwards (Figs 141, 142).
Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Sichuan Province, Moxi, 1600m, Alnus nepalensis, 5-XI-1999, coll. I. Dworakowska. Paratype: 1♂, same data as holotype.
Etymology. The specific name is derived from Latin word “exiguus which means “weak, referring to its underdeveloped paramere and aedeagus (Figs 140, 141).
Notes. The new species resembles Agnesiella (Draberiella) olena, but differs in the male paramere without a subapical protrusion (Fig. 140), and in aedeagal shaft with ventral appendage shorter and upper branch of ventral appendage longer than lower one (Figs 141, 142).
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on pages 222-225, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
Materializing the word
Creators: name: Fisher, Susannah D.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Ornately bound gospel books served as the centerpieces of liturgical and imperial ceremonies throughout early eleventh-century Germany. This project is the first examination of Ottonian treasury bindings as a discrete type and explores the ways in which these covers negotiated the complex relationships between viewers and the Word of God. A cross-disciplinary approach that draws on reception theory, aesthetics, history, liturgical studies, cognitive psychology, and neuroscience is used to provide a new model for working with liturgical objects once dismissed as primarily decorative.  Chapter 1 introduces the six case studies of the project: the Codex Aureus of Echternach (Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum); the Reichenau Gospels (Munich, Clm 4454); the Pericopes of Henry II (Munich, Clm 4452); the Uta Codex (Munich, Clm 13601); the Theophanu Gospels (Essen, Münsterschatz); and the Aachen Covers (Domschatz). The second chapter explores the traditions of early medieval cover design, which Ottonian creators copied and adapted. I propose that the patrons and artists of the treasury bindings utilized visual formulae in order to efficiently communicate with audiences. Chapter 3 begins with a reconstruction of the Easter liturgy of Bamberg Cathedral, and then examines the other ceremonies in which treasury bindings were used to establish the original viewing contexts of the covers. Further situating the covers, the chapter ends with an exploration of the role of luxury bindings in the collections of religious institutions and elite patrons. The final chapter explores the Ottonians’ relationship to the written word, and offers an innovative analysis of how treasury bindings captured viewer attention and functioned in a performative context. To highlight how precious materials shaped viewer reception, the chapter reconciles a variety of medieval statements about the function and meaning of such materials with the findings of modern neuroscientists and cognitive psychologists. I demonstrate that Ottonian artists exploited innate and learned responses to different visual elements, such as reflective materials, centralized compositions, and the human face, in order to attract viewer attention. These visually captivating covers then reflected and amplified the spoken words of the liturgy and provided visual exegesis about the contained scripture.
Agnesiella (Draberiella) mitrata Huang & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella mitrata

description: Agnesiella (D.) mitrata Huang & Zhang sp. nov.
(Figs 35, 39, 43, 47, 143–149)
Measurement. Male, 3.5 mm (including wings).
Body yellowish (Figs 35, 39). Face with central area of frontoclypeal area yellowish and remaining parts brownish, both sides of anteclypeus black-brown and central area brownish, lorum brownish, inner parts of gena black-brown and its outer margin ivory, brown transverse streaks on frontoclypeal area (Fig. 47). Vertex testaceous near coronal suture. Pronotum with 7 patches black-brown. Scutellum with both sides red ochre and triangles dark brown (Fig. 43). Forewing with 3 patches on basal half, one at base of clavus brownish, banded patch at central part of basal half brown and another patch near cross vein brownish; brochosome field milky white (Figs 35, 39, 143).
Abdominal apodemes reaching end of 5th abdominal sternite. Male pygofer side with 2 bands of setae, one long fine setae band near sclerotized posteroventral margin and the other rigid microsetae band near ventral margin centrally; a digitiform appendage and a few rigid microsetae on posterior margin (Fig. 144). Subgenital plate with some long fine setae terminally and bend short (Figs 145, 146). Paramere slender with subapical protrusion nearly perpendicular to caudal apex (Figs 145, 147). Connective with stem slightly longer than lateral arms and central lobe distinct (Fig. 145). Aedeagal shaft slender, apex hooded with ventral margin serrated, ventral appendage near central part of shaft with 2 short digitiform branches respectively directed upwards and downwards (Figs 148, 149).
Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Mt. Zixi, 2300m, Alnus nepalensis, 12-XI- 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska. Paratype: 4♂ 2♀, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Mt. Zixi, 2400m, Alnus nepalensis, 10- XI-1999, coll. I. Dworakowska; 6♂ 1♀, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Dali, 2300m, Alnus nepalensis, 12-XI-1999, coll. I. Dworakowska; 1♂ 1♀, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Tengchong, 1700m, Alnus nepalensis, 22-XI-1999, coll. I. Dworakowska; 1♀, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Dali, Mt. Weibao, 2200m, 20-VII-2001, coll. Qiang Sun.
Etymology. The specific name is derived from Latin word “mitratus which means “hooded, referring to the extended end of the aedeagal shaft (Fig. 148).
Notes. The new species resembles Agnesiella (Draberiella) aldera, but differs in the male pygofer side with a digitiform appendage arising from the posterior margin (Fig. 144), and in the ventral appendage of the aedeagal shaft near central part with upper branches broader in lateral view (Fig. 148).
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on page 225, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
Heliania racemosa
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Ellisellidae
Heliania
Heliania racemosa

description: Heliania racemosa (Wright & Studer, 1889)
Juncella racemosa Wright & Studer, 1889: 159–160, pl. 34, fig. 11 (Hyalonema ground, Japan); Thomson & Simpson 1909: 268–269 (Andamans); Simpson, 1910: 54–56, figs. 20–23 (Andmans).
Junceella miniacea Thomson & Henderson, 1906: 81–82, pl. 5, figs. 7, 12.
? Heliania spinescens Gray, 1859: 481.
Opinion: There is evidence this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
Literature analysis: This species was collected from deep water off Japan and originally described by Wright and Studer as Juncella racemosa. In their1906 monograph, Thomson & Henderson described a new species from the Andamans, Junceella miniacea, failing to see that it was very similar to Juncella racemosa because of the very stylised sclerite images presented by Wright and Studer. Later, Thomson & Simpson (1909) claimed Junceella miniacea was the same as Juncella racemosa after having examined Wright & Studer’s type specimen of the latter, and synonymised the two. Simpson (1910) assigned a specimen from the Andamans to this species and Nutting (1910d: 21) recorded the species from Indonesia but gave no confirming illustrations. The only reasonable sclerite figures for the species are those of Simpson (1910: fig. 23), which show small differences from the sclerites figured by Bayer & Grasshoff (1994: fig. 2) for Heliania spinescens, which may be a senior synonym of Heliani racemosa.
Rao & Devi (2003) listed the species under the original name but erroneously cited the author as Valenciennes, and Venkataraman et al. (2004) listed Junceella miniacea.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on pages 92-93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Araeodontia picta Barr 1952
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Araeodontia
Araeodontia picta

description: Araeodontia picta Barr, 1952
Type locality: Mexico, Chihuahua, Valle de Olivos. Type depository: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).
Material examined: PARATYPE: 1 female: 20 mi SW Camargo Chihuahua, Mex., 4500 ft., VII-13-1947, Cazier, PARATYPE: 1 female: 63 miles W. of Santa Barbara Chihuahua, Mexico, 5500 ft., VII-20-1947, W. Gertsch and C. D. Michener. OTHER MATERIAL: 2 females: 63 mi. W of Santa Barbara, Chihuahua, Mexico, 5500 ft., VII-02-1947, Michener.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Functional quality control for human blood-based gene expression products
Creators: name: Frahm, Stephanie A.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Reliable and robust gene expression data generated by microarrays or quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is directly dependent upon use of high-quality input material, namely high caliber cDNA generated from intact, non-degraded RNA.  Due to its labile nature, the integrity of RNA can be jeopardized at multiple points during sample collection, extraction, and storage, adversely affecting downstream gene expression data interpretation and discovery.  Accurately assessing RNA and cDNA quality prior to gene expression analysis proves to be a critical step requiring a highly sensitive and specific quality control method.  Existing industry-standard RNA quality control techniques rely on microcapillary electrophoresis, which provides an analytical assessment of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) integrity.  While providing a gross evaluation of total RNA quality using rRNA as a surrogate, these methods fail to adequately predict the downstream functional performance of messenger RNA (mRNA), the class of RNA used to study gene expression. Conversely, real-time qPCR offers a sensitive functional quality control tool for evaluating mRNA integrity and predicting future performance on gene expression platforms by directly evaluating cDNA functionality.  Design of tissue-specific assay panels targeting a select set of genes provides a focused and versatile solution, which is lacking in broad-spectrum microcapillary electrophoresis analysis methods. Furthermore, qPCR assays offer high-throughput laboratories and biorepositories an efficient and automatable quality control screening method.  By taking advantage of regional degradation patterns of RNA, class prediction algorithms can be developed for individual assays to measure RNA quality as a function of the magnitude of deviation from an expected gene expression value, or CT value.  By determining the degree of shift from an expected CT value for each assay in the panel, individual algorithm outputs can be collectively evaluated to determine an overall RNA quality score, allowing researchers to properly weight or exclude subpar samples from analysis.  The following work describes the ongoing development of a novel functional quality control method for RNA samples extracted from human whole blood, consisting of a custom gene expression assay panel and complementary class prediction algorithms.
Barrotillus kropotkini Rifkind 1996
Creators: name: Burke, Alan F.
name: Leavengood, John M.
name: Zolnerowich, Gregory
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cleridae
Barrotillus
Barrotillus kropotkini

description: Barrotillus kropotkini Rifkind, 1996
Type locality: Francisco Morazán, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Type depository: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (LACM).
Material examined: PARATYPE: 1 male: Honduras: Francisco Morazán, El Rincón, Tegucigalpa, X-5-1988, R. D. Cave.
description: Published as part of Burke, Alan F., Leavengood, John M. & Zolnerowich, Gregory, 2015, A checklist of the New World species of Tillinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae), with an illustrated key to genera and new country records, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 4059 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/234970
Probability of a feasible flow in a stochastic transportation network
Creators: name: Fanelli, Santino L.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Electricity is one of the main sources of energy relied upon throughout the world today to power our homes, businesses, and other needs. The electric utility industry is the driving force behind the provision of electric service, responsible for generating and delivering electric power to end use customers on a reliable basis. In order to meet thisresponsibility, consideration needs to be given to both the supply of and demand for electricity, along with the available capacity through which to deliver it. A resulting fundamental objective of the electric utility industry, then, is to balance supply with customer demand by maintaining sufficient generating and delivery capacity. Theprobability by which this objective can be accomplished lends itself to representation as a stochastic transportation network. Determining this probability is the primary problem addressed in this paper. The general construct of this paper is largely a continuation of On The Probability Of A Feasible Flow In A Stochastic Transportation Network (Prékopa and Boros, 1989). However, it has been updated to incorporate alternative methods to solve the problem and also include practical examples based on actual data from the industry. This paper will seek to accomplish the following:  – Section 1 provides a general introduction and overview of the electric utility industry. This section includes statistics and additional details on all aspects of the electric utility industry, a discussion of upcoming challenges currently facingthe industry, and a brief overview of a large electric utility company in the United States. – Section 2 more formally addresses the problem of determining the likelihood that the electric utility has sufficient generating and delivery capacity available to satisfy customer demand by formulating it as a stochastic transportation network. The general formulation is based on the results of a well-established theorem and is improved by incorporating a procedure to increase the efficiency by which the problem can be solved. – Section 3 introduces several methods that can be used to solve the problem and focuses specifically on three of them that will be incorporated later on in the paper. A description of each applicable method is provided, along with some illustrative examples. – Sections 4, 5, and 6 are numerical examples of the problem. All three examples are based on the same general formulation and make use of actual data from the electric utility industry. The underlying assumptions, though, are different in each one, thus providing a range of sensitivity around the results. Each numerical example is solved using all three methods described in Section 3. – Section 7 provides a summary of the results from the numerical examples andsome overall conclusions.
Agnesiella (Draberiella) apiculata Huang & Zhang 2022, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Junjie
name: Zhang, Yalin
name: Huang, Min
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Agnesiella
Agnesiella apiculata

description: Agnesiella (D.) apiculata Huang & Zhang sp. nov.
(Figs 36, 40, 44, 48, 150–156)
Measurement. Male, 3.25 mm (including wings).
Body ivory (Figs 36, 40). Most parts of face ivory with 2 brown patches on sides of front, transverse brownish streaks on frontoclypeal area and black-brown inner parts of gena (Fig. 48). Pronotum with 5 patches black-brown and central area near posterior margin suffused with brownish. Scutellum with triangles dark brown, 2 small ochre patches on central area, both sides testaceous and remaining parts suffused with brownish (Fig. 44). Forewing with basal half covered with smoky infuscate patches; brochosome field brownish (Figs 36, 40, 150).
Abdominal apodemes reaching end of 5th abdominal sternite. Male pygofer side with 2 bands of long fine setae, one near posterior margin and the other near ventral margin basally; posteroventral margin slightly protruding with a long digitiform appendage terminally curved downwards (Fig. 151). Subgenital plate slender with bend short (Figs 152, 153). Paramere slender with a small subapical protrusion (Figs 152, 154). Connective with stem nearly as long as lateral arms and central lobe distinct (Fig. 152). Aedeagus with end of dorsoatrium extended; aedeagal shaft straight, lamellar ventral appendage developed with apical half digitiform and directed basad (Figs 155, 156).
Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Mt. Zixi, 2400m, Alnus nepalensis, 10-XI- 1999, coll. I. Dworakowska. Paratype: 2♂ 1♀, same data as holotype; 1♂, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Tengchong, volcano, 2000m, Alnus nepalensis, 23-XI-1999, coll. I. Dworakowska; 1♂, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Tengchong, 1650m, 26-IV-1981, coll. Fasheng Li.
Etymology. The specific name is derived from Latin word “apiculatus which means “thin and sharp, referring to the shape of the caudal apex of the paramere (Fig. 154).
Notes. The new species resembles Agnesiella (Draberiella) sinuata, but differs in the male connective having the central lobe distinct (Fig. 152), and in the aedeagal shaft without an irregularly undulate ventral margin subapically (Fig. 155).
description: Published as part of Wang, Junjie, Zhang, Yalin & Huang, Min, 2022, Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species, pp. 201-233 in Zootaxa 5094 (2) on pages 225-228, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5094.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5965091
Junceella delicata Grasshoff 1999
Creators: name: Ramvilas, Ghosh
name: Alderslade, Philip
name: Ranjeet, Kutty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
Alcyonacea
Ellisellidae
Junceella
Junceella delicata

description: Junceella delicata Grasshoff, 1999
Junceella delicata Grasshoff, 1999: 70, fig. 117; pl. 7, fig. 1 (New Caledonia).
Opinion: There is no evidence that this species occurs in the region.
Justification:
These Indian records seem to be either invalid or unconfirmable: Kumar et al. 2014a: 20, pl. 7, fig. A–C (Pongibalu); Fernando et al. 2017: 250, pl. 116, fig. A–C (Pongibalu).
Literature analysis: The publications of Kumar et al. (2014a) and Fernando et al. (2017) present virtually identical accounts, but the true characteristics of their material are unknown because most of their description is copied from that of Grasshoff (1999). Regardless of that, species of Junceella are whip-like and unbranched, whereas the colony illustrated by the Indian authors is a complexly branched colony that would appear to belong to the genus Dichotella. Kumar et al. (2015) just lists the species and figure the colony from the 2014 and 2015 papers above.
description: Published as part of Ramvilas, Ghosh, Alderslade, Philip & Ranjeet, Kutty, 2023, The taxonomy of Indian gorgonians: an assessment of the descriptive records of gorgonians (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) recorded as occurring in the territorial waters of India, along with neighbouring regions and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the highlighting of perceived unethical practice, pp. 1-124 in Zootaxa 5236 (1) on page 93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5236.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639327
Fabrication and evaluation of a tyrosine-derived polycarbonate conduit to enhance functional recovery of a 5 mm peripheral nerve gap in a mouse femoral nerve model
Creators: name: Ezra, Mindy Iris
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2012

description: Each year, over 200,000 people in the United States are treated for peripheral nerve injuries requiring surgery. Several nerve guidance conduits (NGCs) have been approved by the FDA, however, when used to repair critical size defects, regeneration results in limited functional recovery and poor quality. Therefore, a conduit fabricated from a material encouraging regeneration, specifically enhancing neurite outgrowth and functional recovery is required. Tyrosine-derived polycarbonates (TyrPCs) are biodegradable and biocompatible polymers offering a unique chemistry that allows for the optimization of their chemical, mechanical, and cellular properties for a specific application. These materials have been used in several medical devices and are effective at supporting neurite outgrowth in vitro. Additionally, peptide mimics of HNK-1 elucidated by the Schachner laboratory show significant promise when used in soluble form within conduits used to treat short defects. For critical size defects, soluble HNK-1 may not suffice; the mimic may diffuse away from the injury site. Thus, the goal of this research was twofold: 1) to develop a TyrPC NGC to treat critical size nerve defects and 2) to establish alternative methods of HNK-1 delivery. Three methods were explored: a collagen hydrogel filler grafted with HNK-1 (developed and provided by the Shreiber laboratory), the secretion of HNK-1 from genetically engineered stem cells, and slow release of HNK-1 from the NGC outer walls. TyrPC was compared to commercially available polyethylene in vitro and conduits fabricated from both materials were evaluated in the mouse femoral nerve model. In vitro results indicated greater protein adsorption and neurite outgrowth on TyrPC as compared to polyethylene. In vivo results showed improved functional recovery and quality of nerve regeneration in animals treated with TyrPC and suggested greater Schwann cell presence and fibrin matrix formation. Furthermore, in vitro results confirmed usefulness of 2 new methods for HNK-1 delivery, release from stem cells and the NGC itself. In vivo studies demonstrated that the influence of a collagen hydrogel with and without HNK-1 depends upon the TyrPC nerve conduit structure: whether or not the conduit was porous. In conclusion, conduits fabricated from TyrPC offer the potential for treatment of critical size nerve gaps.
Coenobita rugosus H. Milne Edwards 1837
Creators: name: Ririhena, Dharma Arif Nugroho Dwi Listyo Rahayu Rianta Pratiwi Rena Tri Hernawati Ujang Nurhaman John Etry
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Coenobitidae
Coenobita
Coenobita rugosus

description: Coenobita rugosus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
(Figs. 3A‒C, 4A)
Habitat. Upper intertidal, sandy beach with gravel, dead coral, and leaf litter and vegetation.
Distribution. Wide distribution in the Indo-West Pacific, from the East coast of Africa to Tuamotu archipelago. Indonesia: Sulawesi and Maluku.
Remarks. Coenobita rugosus was recorded from most of the islands in Maluku but not to date from Halmahera (see Buitendijk, 1937; Haig and Ball, 1988). The presence of stridulatory apparatus on the left cheliped palm, and the shield and cheliped whitish brown with streaks of dark brown or reddish brown (Figs. 3A, 4A) easily separate this species from most of its congeners. Differences with C. pseudorugosus are discussed under the species below. Compared to the specimen examined by Nakasone (1988), which has the right male sexual tube slightly more slender than the left, the specimens of this study have the right and left male sexual tube approximately similar (Nakasone, 1988: fig. 2G; Fig. 3C in this study). This may be due to the fact that the specimens in this study are smaller than those examined by Nakasone (1988) and the sexual tube is not fully developed yet.
description: Published as part of Ririhena, Dharma Arif Nugroho Dwi Listyo Rahayu Rianta Pratiwi Rena Tri Hernawati Ujang Nurhaman John Etry, 2024, Hermit crabs (Decapoda: Anomura: Coenobitidae, Calcinidae, Diogenidae, Paguridae) from Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia, pp. 1-24 in Nauplius (e 20240507) (e 20240507) 32 on page 5, DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e20240507, http://zenodo.org/record/14668576