cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Neohydatothrips plaumanni Lima & Mound, 2016, sp. n.
Creators: name: Lima, Élison Fabrício B.
name: Mound, Laurence A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Neohydatothrips
Neohydatothrips plaumanni

description: Neohydatothrips plaumanni sp. n.
(Figs 35, 66)
Female macroptera. Colour: body brownish yellow, postoccipital region of head light brown, pronotum with three light brown areas laterally that fuse medially in some specimens; tergites II–VI with antecostal ridge dark brown and associated light brown areas anterolaterally, VIII–IX with shaded area medially; fore wing uniformly pale brownish grey; antennal segment I pale, II–IV light brown; hind femora and tibiae yellow with light brown markings.
Structure: Occipital apodeme distant from posterior margin of eyes (Fig. 35); ocellar area with sculpture lines weak or apparently absent, setal pair III on or near anterior margins of ocellar triangle; antennal segments III & IV with short constricted neck apically (Fig. 66); pronotum striate, blotch indistinct with irregular transverse row of setae (Fig. 35); mesonotum striate with median setae almost in a transverse row; metanotum with irregular longitudinal striae; metasternal plate with anterior margin almost straight; fore wing second vein with 2 setae distally; tergites II–VI with comb of microtrichia incomplete medially, VII–VIII with comb of long microtrichia; tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae; sternites without discal microtrichia medially.
Measurements (holotype female in microns): Body length 1139, Head, length 85, width 130; ocellar setae III length 28. Pronotum length 116, width 170. Fore wing length 700. Antennal segments I–VIII length 20, 33, 53, 45, 38, 45, 8, 10.
Male macroptera. Male similar to female; sternites without pore plates.
Measurements (paratype male in microns): Body length 920, Head length 78, width 143; ocellar setae III length 28. Pronotum length 100, width 145. Fore wing length 580. Antennal segments I–VIII length 20, 30, 48, 38, 33, 40, 8, 10.
Material studied. Holotype female, BRAZIL, Santa Catarina State, Nova Teutônia [Seara], 20.xii.1949, on Balfourodendron licanum, (JDH 2082) (F. Plaumann) (USNM).
Paratypes: 9 females and 9 males collected with holotype; 1 female from same locality as holotype and without host data, 15.xi.1949 (JDH 2017A); 1 female from same locality as holotype and without host data, 20.v.1949 (JDH 2041); 1 female from same locality as holotype and without host data, 17.xi.1949 (F. Plaumann) (USNM).
Comments. This species is one of the few members of this genus with the median pair of setae on the mesonotum almost in line transversely with the lateral pair.
description: Published as part of Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016, Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 4162 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/263866
Effect of Staphylococcal enterotoxin A and tumor necrosis factor alpha on exploratory behaviors toward novel stimuli
Creators: name: Chang, Qing
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: Staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) is a superantigen that stimulates T cells. It has well-characterized neurobiological and endocrine effects, which have been shown to rely on the cytokine, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα). We tested the effect of SEA and TNFα on mouse exploratory behavior toward a novel stimulus using multiple protocols. To test the effects of SEA challenge, novel object stimuli with and without a familiar object were presented to male C57BL/6 mice, and the mice were given one or more days to explore the familiar object before the test. When exposed to a novel object together with a familiar object, SEA-challenged mice displayed more immobile episodes and duration when observing the novel object. However, when the animals were given multiple trials to explore the novel object, the increased immobility was reduced. When the animals were tested in a different procedure involving a larger open field apparatus without the presence of the familiar object, mice showed less exploration to the novel object when treated with SEA. This was observed to be age-dependent, with older mice (10 months) showing a greater effect relative to younger mice (3 months). SEA stimulates T-cells and increases the level of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). Consequently, we conducted additional experiments in which the effects of central TNFα infusion was tested in a series of conditions looking at an object, food and social mate novelty.  The results showed that TNF-α increased the exploratory behavior in the open field with the presence of a novel object, and decreased exploration and consumption of a novel diet. Overall, it was concluded that TNF-α, a major cytokine released in response to T-cell activation by SEA, affects the exploratory behavior of mice in multiple dimensions. Future studies should determine whether SEA effects involve TNF actions operating within the brain.
A descriptive overview and comparison of the organizational structure, shared repertoire, and grade leveling of state music lists for high school band
Creators: name: Herlihy, John S.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: The modern high school band conductor enjoys a myriad of resources that exist to aid him or her in the task of selecting appropriate repertoire for their ensemble. One resource is the “selected,” “recommended,” or “prescribed” music list published by the state music association. These lists vary in content, grading, and purpose; some are intended for adjudicated or non-adjudicated events while others are geared towards state festivals or contests. Some are based on a variation of the traditional 1-6 grading system, while others employ a classification system based on school enrollment. Numerous studies have examined the process band directors employ during repertoire selection. These studies suggest that state music lists are often considered as part of this selection process. However, few studies if any, have examined state music lists with regard to how they are structured, the repertoire shared across these lists, and the grading and classification systems that they employ.In an effort to provide insight for music educators, particularly high school band conductors, this study is designed to offer a descriptive overview and comparison of the organizational structure, shared repertoire, and the grading and classification systems of state music lists for high school band. In this study, a descriptive analysis was employed to examine and compare state music lists from around the United States. These lists were examined in three areas including (1) organizational structure and content, (2) repertoire that is shared across multiple lists, and (3) the grading and classification systems employed by each state list. Findings indicated that all the lists present information in somewhat of a different fashion. However, each list presents a core of information including title, grade or classification, composer, arranger, and publisher. Results indicated that many pieces of repertoire are indeed shared across state lists. In addition, traditional grading systems displayed a greater similarity in design than those using classification systems. Varying grade levels and amounts of repertoire were shared across the lists.
Uniform asymptotic approximation of solutions to the conductivity problem with thin open filaments
Creators: name: Charnley, Matthew
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: The asymptotic approximation of solutions to the conductivity problem with thin filaments is analyzed. While filaments with a closed mid-curve have been looked at previously, this thesis pays particular attention to the case of an open mid-curve, focusing on the extra singularities that can develop around the endpoints of this curve. The argument relies on a primal and dual energy argument as well as an explicit representation for the most singular part of the solution around each of the endpoints of the mid-curve. After proving the energy closeness of the reduced problem to the full problem for a constant conductivity in the inhomogeneity, related problems including those with variable conductivities, anisotropic conductivities, and curved inhomogeneities are all discussed briefly. Finally, numerical simulations are shown for many of the situations in this thesis, illustrating the convergence that has been proven here, as well as convergence that it may be possible to prove in the future.
Viaderiana typica Ward 1942
Creators: name: Manikandan, K
name: Megalaa, N
name: Valliappan, Subramanian
name: Nandini, K
name: Rani, Lourdu V
name: Dakshinamurthi, Senthil
name: Nagappan, Nagappan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Pilumnidae
Viaderiana
Viaderiana typica

description: Viaderiana typica Ward, 1942
Material examined. RV Hakuhō Maru KH-72-1 cruise, sta. 29, 1 juv. (CB 4.1 including lateral spines×CL 4.0 mm), NSMT-Cr 30764.
Remarks. In the genus Viaderiana, the carapace dorsal surface is typically covered with long, rather sparse, silky setae, and shallowly divided into regions; the carapace anterolateral margin is armed with two spiniform tubercles and a third vestigial tooth or granule behind the external orbital angle. The specimen at hand is unfortunately lacking all the chelipeds and ambulatory legs, while the generic affiliation is without doubt in Viaderiana.
The carapace is narrow and distinctly quadrate with the almost longitudinal posterolateral margins, and the posterior of the two anterolateral spines is slightly larger than the first. The latter character is of specific value in Viaderiana, but it is also affected by maturity, and the present specimen is a juvenile. As for the narrowly quadrate carapace, this specimen is close to V. typica Ward, 1942 and V. quadrispinosa (Zehntner, 1894). The latter species is well known by its characteristic chocolate brown color pattern, although in the specimen examined, the color is completely faded, without trace of color pattern. In adult V. typica, the carapace has the coarsely areolated dorsal surface and stronger anterolateral teeth. Recently, Maenosono (2020) reported on four species of Viaderiana from the Ryukyu Islands, namely, V. incerta (Takeda and Miyake, 1969), V. typica Ward, 1942, V. quadrispinosa (Zehntner, 1894) and V. longipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873), and discussed the identification challenges in detail, with fine photographs. Following the details elucidated by Maenosono (2020), the young specimen at hand, having no chelipeds and ambulatory legs, is reasonably, but tentatively identified as V. typica among the congeners from the Ryukyu Islands as well as the other, about 14, Indo-West Pacific congeners.
Distribution. West Pacific (Ryukyu Islands, Palau Islands, Indonesia, Viet Nam and Thailand), Indian Ocean (Mauritius), and now northern Australia, as referred to Ward (1942), Serène (1971, 1980), Takeda (1972), and Maenosono (2020). Maenosono (2020) recorded two males collected from crevices of a dead coral block at Urasoe, Okinawa-jima in the central Ryukyu Islands.
description: Published as part of Manikandan, K, Megalaa, N, Valliappan, Subramanian, Nandini, K, Rani, Lourdu V, Dakshinamurthi, Senthil & Nagappan, Nagappan, 2022, Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Seas of East and Southeast Asia Collected by the RV Hakuhō Maru (KH- 72 - 1 Cruise) 3. Sahul Shelf, pp. 35-83 in Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 48 (2) on pages 75-76, DOI: 10.50826/bnmnszool.48.2_35, http://zenodo.org/record/13824279
Rhabdostyla fromentellii
Creators: name: Souza, Pedro Mendes De
name: Rossi, Mariana Fonseca
name: Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Oligohymenophorea
Peritrichida
Epistylididae
Rhabdostyla
Rhabdostyla fromentellii

description: Rhabdostyla fromentellii (Kent 1881)
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Scyphidia fromentellii Kent, 1881 –1882: 659, pl. XXXIII, fig. 53
[Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) fromentelii Kent, 1881 –1882— Kahl, 1935: 677, pl. 129, fig. 27
Diagnosis: Size about 80µm. Elongated-claved shape, truncated anteriorly and with the posterior portion without striation when contracted. Peduncle with longitudinal striations. Apparently with 2 or 3 contractile vacuoles. Found in freshwater environments.
Remarks: diagnosis compiled from the works of Kent (1881) and Kahl (1935). According to Kent (1881) De Fromentel proposed a synonym of this species with Scyphidia dubia, which was refuted by Kent due to the existence of a distinct peduncle and three contractile vacuoles.
description: Published as part of Souza, Pedro Mendes De, Rossi, Mariana Fonseca & Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso, 2024, Systematic review of the genera Rhabdostyla Kent 1880 and Orborhabdostyla Foissner et al. 2010 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia, Epistylididae), pp. 201-230 in Zootaxa 5399 (3) on page 216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10516774
Fluidized bed drying of pharmaceutical materials: batch and continuous manufacturing
Creators: name: Chen, Hao
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: Drying processes are common in the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries. It is one of the traditional methods that removes moisture or solvents to provide stable products and/or semi-finished products. It is also known that the drying process is energy intensive. It has been reported that an average of 12 % of all energy consumed in the world is used for drying, and the cost of drying could reach up to 60 % - 70 % of total cost of investments. Therefore, the optimal operation of the drying process is sought to meet the requirements for cost-effective manufacturing. In the pharmaceutical industry, the particulate ingredients are often granulated to improve their flowability and uniformity. A fluidized bed gas-solid drying is usually followed to remove the moisture that is introduced during the granulation. Before a new formulation is launched into commercial size units, it is prevalent to do lab-scale tests to understand its characteristics. Although a number of studies have been done on fluidized bed scale-up, practical scale-up rules for fluidized bed drying still remain unclear. This work will start with understanding several important operational parameters for fluidized beds. Then, a practical scaling rule will be introduced to predict the drying behavior of a pharmaceutical excipient in large scale units based on lab-scale results.Another part of the work will be to try and use the knowledge gained from the batch mode fluidized bed dryers to predict the behavior of a continuous mode fluidized bed dryer. Several pharmaceutical manufacturers are moving towards continuous manufacturing due to its potential to improve agility, flexibility, and robustness.The fluidized bed unit operation can be easily implemented as a continuous process for drying. One of the most important tools to characterize a continuous unit is the residence time distribution (RTD). It describes the probability distribution of the material staying in the unit. The RTD will be investigated in this work via a tracer study. With the RTD model for flow in the continuous fluidized bed and drying kinetic models constructed with data from lab-scale experiments, we will develop an approach to predict the final moisture content of the product. The final moisture content variations caused by changes in the operating condition or changes in the feed material will also be evaluated.
Reconstructing the nation: contemporary Korean photography since the 1990s
Creators: name: Chang, Boyoung
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: This dissertation examines the photography made by South Korean photographers, focusing on the medium’s relationship to the political and societal changes that have been occurring in and around the country that started in the late 1980s. Focusing on art photography that took various formats from documentary to the performative, encompassing the staged, portraits, and snapshots, the dissertation addresses the development of a medium that is intertwined with the transformation of Korean society. Represented with democratization and globalization, South Korea reorganized its political system and opened its doors to the world in this era. This dissertation argues that the transformation of contemporary Korean art photography is not only a reflection of this essential reconstruction of the nation’s identity, but that of the medium itself, with its performative nature, mediated the process. The exploration starts from the early practices of the mid-20th century Korean photography and moves on to the thematic discussions of how contemporary photography addressed the key issues that mark the transition. When the long history of military dictatorship ended in the late 1980s and democracy arrived in Korea, the nation reestablished its identity by declaring a break from the past, refashioning its history, and building new relationships with other countries, including North Korea. This dissertation argues that the history of Korean photography parallels these shifts. Unlike in the past, when photographers had limited choices regarding what they could depict and had limited photographic models to refer to, contemporary photographers, with newly obtained freedom and various photographic languages, revisited the repressed history, reinterpreted official history, and deconstructed it according to the changed socio-political climate. As the state-led globalization positioned Korean identity into the international context, Korean photography too went through the process of challenging the preexisting notions and striving to position itself in global photography. Fully incorporating the social, political, and cultural history of Korea and the surrounding international contexts, this dissertation takes an interdisciplinary approach in articulating the history of the nation’s photography. With an emphasis on a need to contextualize artistic practices into its society, it improves the understanding of contemporary Korea and its photographic practices.
Neohydatothrips pseudoannulipes Johansen
Creators: name: Lima, Élison Fabrício B.
name: Mound, Laurence A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Neohydatothrips
Neohydatothrips pseudoannulipes

description: Neohydatothrips pseudoannulipes Johansen
Neohydatothrips pseudoannulipes Johansen, 1983: 108.
Female macroptera. Colour: body bicoloured, head, mesonotum, metanotum and abdominal tergites II–IV and VII–IX brown; pronotum and abdominal tergites I, V–VI and X yellow, antennal segments I–III pale, IV yellow with apical third brown, V brown with basal third yellow, light brown with base and apical fourth brown, V light brown with base and apical third brown, VI–VIII brown; legs yellow except for median shaded brown area on mid and hind femora also fore and mid tibiae; fore wing with three brown (including base and apex) and two pale bands.
Structure: Occipital apodeme not confluent with posterior margin of eyes, ocellar area apparently weakly striated; pronotum transversely reticulate with no internal markings and some broader reticles medially, pronotal blotch distinct; mesonotum transversely striate; metanotal striae transverse on anterior half, longitudinal on posterior half; metasternal plate with shallow emargination; fore wing with two setae on second vein, comb of microtrichia incomplete on tergites III–VI, complete on VII–VIII; tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae.
Material studied. None.
Comments. This species was described from several specimens collected in a montane area in Hidalgo, Mexico, although at least one of them is not conspecific (Nakahara 1999) (see N. samayunkur comments section). Although compared to N. annulipes in the original description, it seems to be more related to N. chelinus and N. daedalus, although the pattern of colouration is different and the pronotal reticles of these Brazilian species are broader.
description: Published as part of Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016, Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 4162 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/263866
Filtration of porous particles
Creators: name: Char, Tulsi Deshik
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: Filtration is a widely used unit operation, particularly in catalyst manufacturing. The process is still largely empirical and requires extensive testing of the material in question and the equipment before predictions can be made about efficiency and performance. Even with extensive testing, subtle, often overlooked variations in input will result in an unexpected outcome, such as a failed filtration run. Our approach is to develop an experimental laboratory scale model that can relate key parameters to filtration behaviour. Experiments were performed on a benchtop Nutsche filter with constant applied pressure. Analysis of the filter cake and comparison with filtration performance provided insight in order to connect packing characteristics with material characteristics. Several porous catalyst materials were investigated. Darcy’s law for constant pressure, which relates the filtrate volume with time, was applied to analyze the results and calculate the cake resistance. Pure materials with various particle size distributions and median particle sizes were tested at several applied pressures. A mixture a 11% fine and 89% coarse porous material was also tested to examine the effect of fine particle addition on filtration behaviour. Even a small percentage of fines (11% of total solids) resulted in cake permeability and filtration time comparable to that of the pure fine particles.The same particle size distributions were also tested in a continuous filtration set up and these results were compared to batch filtration runs with the Nutsche filter. It was observed that the effect of limited settling is favourable and could be a filter aid that does not chemically modify the cake.
The quantum electromagnetic field in the Weyl-Wigner representation
Creators: name: Santos, Emilio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The quantum electromagnetic (EM) field is formulated in the Weyl-Wigner representation (WW), which is equivalent to the standard Hilbert space one (HS). In principle it is possible to interpret within WW all experiments involving the EM field interacting with macroscopic bodies, the latter treated classically. In the WW formalism the essential difference between classical electrodynamics and the quantum theory of the EM field is\ just the assumption that there is a random EM field filling space\QTR{it}{, }i.e. the existence of a zero-point field with a Gaussian distribution for the field amplitudes. I analyze a typical optical test of a Bell inequality. The model admits an interpretation compatible with local realism, modulo a number of assumptions assumed plausible.
description: 14 pages, no figures
Rhabdostyla globularis
Creators: name: Souza, Pedro Mendes De
name: Rossi, Mariana Fonseca
name: Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Oligohymenophorea
Peritrichida
Epistylididae
Rhabdostyla
Rhabdostyla globularis

description: Rhabdostyla globularis (Stokes 1889)
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Opisthostyla globularis Stokes, 1889: 481, pl. X, fig. 8
[Rhabdostyla] (Opishtostyla) globularis Stokes, 1889 — Kahl, 1935: 679, pl. 192, fig. 21
Rhabdostyla globularis Stokes, 1889 — Green, 1974: 459
Diagnosis: Size about 25–36.6 µm. Normally with a subglobus body, but mutable, a little longer than wide. Peduncle slightly longer than body. Pellicle transversely striated. Peristome smaller in diameter than the widest part of the body. Peristomial collar revolute. Peristomial disc not elevated. Found in freshwater environments on algae, Hydrodictyon utriculatum, and cladocerans, Bosmina longirostris and Diaphanosoma brachyurum.
Remarks: diagnosis compiled from the works of Stokes (1889), Kahl (1935), Nenninger (1948) and Green (1974).
description: Published as part of Souza, Pedro Mendes De, Rossi, Mariana Fonseca & Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso, 2024, Systematic review of the genera Rhabdostyla Kent 1880 and Orborhabdostyla Foissner et al. 2010 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia, Epistylididae), pp. 201-230 in Zootaxa 5399 (3) on page 216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10516774
Anabaxis Raffray 1908
Creators: name: Shen, Jia-Wei
name: Leschen, Richard A. B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Anabaxis

description: ANABAXIS Raffray, 1908
Anabaxis Raffray, 1908: 252. Type species: Bryaxis lunatica King, 1863, subsequent designation by Newton and Chandler 1989: 42. Raffray 1908: 252; Chandler 2001: 296; Nomura & Leschen 2006: 257; Shen and Leschen 2018: 532.
description: Published as part of Shen, Jia-Wei & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2019, Catalogue and type designations for New Zealand Goniaceritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), pp. 255-302 in Zootaxa 4614 (2) on page 257, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4614.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3242359
Neohydatothrips rapoporti Johansen
Creators: name: Lima, Élison Fabrício B.
name: Mound, Laurence A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Neohydatothrips
Neohydatothrips rapoporti

description: Neohydatothrips rapoporti Johansen
Neohydatothrips rapoporti Johansen, 1983: 110.
Female macroptera. Colour: mainly yellowish brown, ocellar area striate, anterior margin of mesonotum and metanotum, pronotal blotch and antecostal ridges also anterolateral areas on tergites III–VII brown; abdominal tergites II–IV and VII–IX brown; antennal segment I light brown to brown, II brown, III light brown with darker apex, IV light brown with base and apex brown, V light brown with brown base and apical half, VI–VIII brown; legs yellow with femora and tibiae shaded brown medially; fore wing brown with one sub-apical pale area.
Structure: Occipital apodeme not confluent with posterior margin of eyes; pronotum transversely striate with no internal markings, pronotal blotch distinct; mesonotum transversely striate; metanotal striae transverse on anterior half, longitudinal on posterior half; metasternal plate with shallow emargination; comb of microtrichia incomplete on tergites III–VI, complete on VII–VIII; tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae.
Material studied. None.
Comments. This species was based on several specimens collected in Hidalgo, Mexico. It is described as having the occipital apodeme close to the posterior margins of the compound eyes, and one small pale spot subbasally on the fore wing. However, Johansen’s original illustrations, and a photograph presumably of a specimen from the type series published subsequently (Johansen-Naime & Mojica-Guzmán 2009), show the occipital apodeme far from the compound eyes and one defined pale band subapically on the fore wing. It is these character states that are used here to distinguish N. rapoporti from its congeners. Apart from the type specimens, several other individuals have been collected on Buddleja leaves, which is probably its host plant (Johansen-Naime & Mojica-Guzmán 2009). The species is unique in being mostly yellowish brown but with bicoloured fore wings.
description: Published as part of Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016, Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 4162 (1) on pages 36-37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/263866
Cop: broad-spectrum, dependable, and secure protocol enforcement mechanism for multi-agent systems
Creators: name: Cong, Chen
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: This work introduces Cop, a highly dependable and secure protocol enforcement mechanism for Multi-Agent Systems. Cop features high scalability, low latency, and regulated interoperability, making it applicable to a broad spectrum of systems including large-scale and complex systems, time-critical systems, and systems-of-systems. Cop enforces protocols via Law-Governed Interaction, coupled with a new protective mechanism that significantly enhances the dependability and security of the enforcement in a highly scalable and efficient manner. Cop is arguably superior to the currently popular Blockchain-based Smart Contract mechanisms in terms of its applicability to a wide range of systems, as the latter is inherently unscalable, has high latency, and lacks interoperability.
Rhabdostyla hungarica
Creators: name: Souza, Pedro Mendes De
name: Rossi, Mariana Fonseca
name: Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Oligohymenophorea
Peritrichida
Epistylididae
Rhabdostyla
Rhabdostyla hungarica

description: Rhabdostyla hungarica (Stiller 1931)
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[Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) hungarica Stiller, 1931 — Kahl, 1935: 679, pl. 133, fig. 13
Epistylis (Rhabdostyla) hungarica Stiller, 1931 — Stiller, 1971: 69, pl. 36, fig. B
Rhabdostyla hungarica Stiller, 1931 — Green, 1974: 459, pl. 17, fig. G
Diagnosis: Size about 35–40µm. Often with a pear-shaped body, but very variable. Plump and short peduncle, 10–15 µm long. Pellicle finely striated. Peristomial collar quite thick. Peristomial disc flat, convex, and sunken, that is, it does not protrude beyond the peristomial collar. Infundibulum reaching a little more than half of the body. Contractile vacuole on the right side of the infundibulum. Anterior macronucleus, horseshoe-shape, inclined transversely. Light gray cytoplasm with coarse granules. Found in a crustacean of the genus Leptodora.
Remarks: diagnosis based on the work of Kahl (1935), Stiller (1971) and Green (1974).
description: Published as part of Souza, Pedro Mendes De, Rossi, Mariana Fonseca & Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso, 2024, Systematic review of the genera Rhabdostyla Kent 1880 and Orborhabdostyla Foissner et al. 2010 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia, Epistylididae), pp. 201-230 in Zootaxa 5399 (3) on page 216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10516774
The cosmological constant emerging from a symmetry invariant
Creators: name: Arraut, Ivan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The cosmological constant is normally introduced as an additional term entering the Einstein-Hilbert (EH) action. In this letter we demonstrate that instead, it appears naturally from the standard EH action as an invariant term emerging from spacetime symmetries. We then demonstrate that the same constraint emerging from this invariant, suppresses the short wavelength modes and it favors the long wavelength ones. In this way, inside the proposed formulation, the observed value for the vacuum energy density is obtained naturally from the zero-point quantum fluctuations.
description: 5 pages
Anabaxis chathamensis Shen and Leschen 2018
Creators: name: Shen, Jia-Wei
name: Leschen, Richard A. B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Anabaxis
Anabaxis chathamensis

description: Anabaxis chathamensis Shen and Leschen, 2018
Anabaxis chathamensis Shen and Leschen, 2018: 537.
Type locality: [CH] Chatham Islands, Awatotara. Type depository: NZAC HT ♂, 2 PT.
description: Published as part of Shen, Jia-Wei & Leschen, Richard A. B., 2019, Catalogue and type designations for New Zealand Goniaceritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), pp. 255-302 in Zootaxa 4614 (2) on page 257, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4614.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3242359
Brane transport beyond Calabi-Yau: a tale of geometry and localization
Creators: name: Clingempeel, Joel Aaron
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: The goal of this thesis is to study the behavior of branes preserving B-type supersymmetry in two-dimensional N = (2,2) theories as parameters are varied across the (quantum-corrected) Kähler moduli space.  These branes may naturally be organized into a category which is equivalent to the derived category of coherent sheaves on the target geometry.  For theories constructed from an abelian gauged linear sigma model, this wall-crossing is studied using the analytic continuation of the hemisphere partition function for which an explicit integral formula is known by work on localization of Hori-Romo.  This leads to an understanding of transport functors which exhibit splitting of branes between the Higgs and Coulomb branches, thus going beyond the work of Hori-Herbst-Page in the Calabi-Yau case.As a case study, explicit brane transport is worked out for Hirzebruch-Jung surfaces, extending the work of Moore-Martinec at the level of K-theory.  Furthermore, the hemisphere partition function is evaluated with suitable regularization and shown to match to leading order the known formula for central charge in terms of characteristic classes.  This is based on the arXiv hep-th 1811.12385 which was joint with B. Le Floch and M. Romo.
Synthesis and characterization of multi-catalyst polyelectrolyte membranes as protective materials for the decomposition of chemical warfare agents
Creators: name: Colón-Ortiz, Jonathan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: There is an urgent need for the advancement of technology to enable the decomposition of chemical warfare agents (CWA) in an effective and efficient manner. Developing materials that can target a variety of CWA has many challenges. However, the development of novel materials has made possible the emergence of self-decontaminating materials to address this threat. A multi-catalytic polyelectrolyte membrane (MC-PEM) composite has been designed to protect users while decomposing particularly nerve and blister agents. It is comprised of a polyelectrolyte membrane that encloses metal-oxide nanoparticles (MONP) within the substrate and incorporates polyoxometalates (POM) on the surface of the substrate. MONP provide the decomposition of nerve agents via hydrolysis and POM provide the catalytic decomposition of blister agents via photo-oxidation, while also providing colorimetric sensing capabilities. This technology is envisioned to be used as a coating layer within military textiles and other applications that require safety against harmful substances.
Rhabdostyla inclinans
Creators: name: Souza, Pedro Mendes De
name: Rossi, Mariana Fonseca
name: Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Oligohymenophorea
Peritrichida
Epistylididae
Rhabdostyla
Rhabdostyla inclinans

description: Rhabdostyla inclinans (Műller 1786)
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Vorticella inclinans Müller, 1786: 309, pl. XLIV, fig. 11
Scyphidia ringens Dujardin, 1841
Gerda inclinans Müller, 1786 — D’udekem, 1864: 51, pl. 1, fig. 6
Scyphidia inclinas Müller, 1786 —Kent, 1882: 659, pl. XXXIV, fig. 2
Rhabdostyla chaeticola Stokes, 1887: 144, pl. VIII, fig. 9
Rhabdostyla inclinans Müller, 1786 —Roux, 1901: 126
Rhabdostyla lumbriculi Penard, 1922: 266, fig. 251
[Rhabdostyla] (Rhabdostyla) inclinans Müller, 1786 — Kahl, 1935: 675, pl. 129, fig. 1 and 2, pl. 138, fig. 6 and 7
Schyphidia lumbriculi Stiller, 1971: 17, pl. 6, fig. E
Rhabdostyla inclinans Müller, 1786 — Foissner et al., 1992: 246, fig. 1–14
Diagnosis: Size about 50–77µm. Cylindrical body twice as long as wide, tapered in the posterior quarter, somewhat ventrally inclined and dorsally convex. Pellicle transversally and finely striated. Cylindrical peduncle, slightly curved with an adhesive disc. Small, arched peristomial disc, slightly prominent. Infundibulum positioned in the middle of the body and reaching the back of the body. Short and not too thick peristomial collar, slightly projected. Contractile vacuole close to the infundibulum, immediately below the peristomial collar. Long, cylindrical micronucleus, positioned longitudinally. Found in association with limnic oligochaetes of the genus Nais and Lumbriculus.
Remarks: compiled diagnosis of the works of Müller (1786), D’udekem (1864), Korschelt (1906), Penard (1922), Kahl (1935), Nenninger (1948), Stiller (1971) and Foissner et al. (1992).
description: Published as part of Souza, Pedro Mendes De, Rossi, Mariana Fonseca & Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso, 2024, Systematic review of the genera Rhabdostyla Kent 1880 and Orborhabdostyla Foissner et al. 2010 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia, Epistylididae), pp. 201-230 in Zootaxa 5399 (3) on pages 216-217, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10516774
Neohydatothrips ruginosus Hood
Creators: name: Lima, Élison Fabrício B.
name: Mound, Laurence A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Neohydatothrips
Neohydatothrips ruginosus

description: Neohydatothrips ruginosus (Hood)
(Figs 104, 105)
Sericothrips ruginosus Hood, 1954: 202.
Female macroptera. Colour: body bicoloured (Fig. 104), head light brown medially but paler at anterior and posterior, pronotum, mesonotum and metanotum brown, tergites II–V brown at least laterally, VI yellow, VII–IX dark brown, X yellow; fore wing with 2 pale bands, apex dark, clavus dark with pale setae; antennal segments I–III pale, apex of IV –V light brown; hind tibiae yellow, femora shaded with light brown.
Structure: Occipital apodeme confluent with posterior margin of eyes, ocellar area striate with markings between the striae; antennal segments III & IV with apex not forming an elongate neck; pronotum transversely striate with many markings between the striae; mesonotum and metanotum striate with markings between the striae; metasternal plate with shallow emargination; fore wing second vein with one seta distally; tergites VII–VIII with complete comb of microtrichia on posterior margin but this is shorter on VII, also VI sometimes with very short comb medially, no comb on remaining tergites; tergite IX with 2 pairs of mid-dorsal setae; sternites without microtrichia medially, or with one row.
Male macroptera. Similar to female, but smaller, with tergite VII pale (Fig. 105); sternite VII with one small circular pore plate scarcely 5 microns in diameter.
Material Studied. Holotype female, BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro, Itaguai, 22.vi.1948 (USNM); Santa Catarina State, Nova Teutônia [Seara], 30 females and 4 males, between 1948 and 1957. (F. Plaumann) (USNM); Rio Grande do Sul State, Porto Alegre, 1 male from Passiflora elegans, 17.i.2011 (A. Cavalleri) (UFRGS).
Comments. Described from eight females collected in Rio de Janeiro State, further specimens been studied from Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul States, including the previously unknown male. The pronotal sculpture is more delicate than that of the more widespread N. portoricensis, and the metanotal sculpture more complex, but these two species are otherwise similar to each other. The specimens from Santa Catarina State are paler than the type series, with abdominal segment VI almost clear yellow and segment V yellow with light brown shading medially. However, the sculpture of the head and metanotum is essentially similar in all available specimens.
description: Published as part of Lima, Élison Fabrício B. & Mound, Laurence A., 2016, Species-richness in Neotropical Sericothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 4162 (1) on page 38, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/263866
User Experience of German Plain Language Summaries of Psychological Meta-Analyses ("KLARpsy-Texte") - A Qualitative Study Including Thinking Aloud
Creators: name: Stoll, Marlene
name: Kunzler, Angela M.
name: Chasiotis, Anita
Publisher: name: PsychArchives
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 150

description: To communicate research findings in a lay-friendly and scientifically correct way, plain language summaries (PLSs) have been introduced. PLSs are short summaries of scientific publications using lay-friendly language and accessible formatting. While the need for PLSs is widely recognized, only rare evidence on effective criteria is available, and guidelines on how to write them differ considerably. In psychology, there is a particular lack of evidence-based guidance for writing PLSs. Project “PLan Psy” aims at developing an evidence-based guideline for writing PLSs of psychological meta-analyses. For this purpose, various empirical studies are conducted, including a qualitative study using Thinking Aloud [TA] on user experience when reading guideline-based PLSs in an online interface which is preregistered here.
Play then and now: a narrative study of early childhood teachers’ play histories and practices
Creators: name: Clark, Katelyn
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: While advocacy efforts for a child’s right to play have been significant over the past decade, these efforts have not necessarily translated into teaching practices within the current academic climate (Falk, 2012; Hirsh-Pasek, Golinkoff, Berk & Singer, 2009; Miller & Almon, 2009). If teachers are a key piece in what is to be considered quality play experiences for young children (Hadley, 2002; Hirsh-Pasek et al., 2009; Jones & Reynolds, 2011; Kontos, 1999; Korat, Bahar & Snapir, 2003), teachers’ perceptions of and experiences with play move to the fore as an important part of what is considered their “play pedagogy” (Ryan & Northey-Berg, 2013, p. 4).The purpose of this narrative study is to uncover and describe the ways in which teachers’ personal play histories inform their facilitation of, provision for, and perceptions of dramatic play in their classroom. These descriptions were framed by research questions that sought to illuminate how past relationships with play have an impact on the present: How do teachers understand the relationship between their personal play histories and their practices in the classroom? How do teachers interpret play both personally and professionally? How do teachers facilitate for play? How does participating in the reflective process continue to shape teachers' perceptions of play in their classrooms or their facilitation of play? Qualitative data was collected via semi structured interviews, in classroom observations and one focus group. Narrative analysis was conducted by individual case to create a play history narrative and across the four cases to examine commonalities. This analysis created space for four vivid descriptions of a history with play, and the development of a model that illustrated the reflective process of play history narrative as a vehicle for pedagogical change. This study’s findings highlight play history creation as a powerful reflective tool for teachers. Considering this reflective process as a builder of teacher identity and a key piece in the development of their personal practical knowledge (Clandinin & Connelly, 1988), creates space for the use of personal play narrative with both pre-service and in-service teachers.
Rhabdostyla invaginata Stoke 1886
Creators: name: Souza, Pedro Mendes De
name: Rossi, Mariana Fonseca
name: Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Oligohymenophorea
Peritrichida
Epistylididae
Rhabdostyla
Rhabdostyla invaginata

description: Rhabdostyla invaginata Stoke 1886
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Diagnosis: Size about 35µm. Vasiform body, rarely gibbus, twice as wide as long. Pellicle distinctly ringed. Peduncle with a 1/3 to 2/5 of body length. Peristomial collar not detached. Prominent ciliary disc, conical, with two ciliary circles. Expanded peristome, with a flat peristomial disc. Contractile vacuole near the peristomial region. Epibionts of ostracods, of the genus Cypris.
Remarks: diagnosis according to Stokes (1886).According Stokes, the contracted body is oval and the peduncle invaginates into the posterior extremity, causing the zooid to make real contact with the surface of the object that supports the stalk.
description: Published as part of Souza, Pedro Mendes De, Rossi, Mariana Fonseca & Dias, Roberto Júnio Pedroso, 2024, Systematic review of the genera Rhabdostyla Kent 1880 and Orborhabdostyla Foissner et al. 2010 (Ciliophora, Peritrichia, Epistylididae), pp. 201-230 in Zootaxa 5399 (3) on pages 217-218, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10516774
Traversing urban "wildlands": an intervention within the unique plant communities of Liberty State Park
Creators: name: Cohen, Nicole
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2019

description: This project considers the urban “wildland” as an opportunity to provide residents in cities with access to self-organizing nature. The 250-acre interior portion of Liberty State Park in Jersey City is a spontaneously vegetated site where the rail yard for the Central Railroad of New Jersey was once located. This thesis explores what non-traditional design strategies can be implemented on a post-industrial site that has been colonized by unique plant communities. Research on fourth-nature, post-industrial landscapes, and urban ecology reveals the complexities involved with urban landscapes. Such landscapes are highly disturbed by humans and are often contaminated. A design is proposed that considers the current conditions of the site as well as how the site has transformed over time. The design consists of an educational trail that allows users to enter and experience the site and provides opportunities for people to learn about urban ecology and interact with urban nature. Several destinations exist along the trail where users can learn about the landscape. Overall, the project explores the various possibilities that can be realized within unique plant communities.