cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Apoplophora spinosa Mahunka 1987
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Apoplophora
Apoplophora spinosa

description: Apoplophora spinosa Mahunka, 1987
Apoplophora spinosa Mahunka, 1987, p. 773, Figs 8–11; Niedbała 2000, p. 61, Fig. 60; 2001a, p. 377, Figs 47–48; 2004b, p. 397; Balogh & Balogh 2002, vol. 1, p. 9, pl. 6 (7–9); Subías 2004, p. 41; Liu et al. 2009b, p. 52. Distribution: Indonesia, Malaysia.
description: Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2016, Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of China, pp. 519-539 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 531, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052321
Apoplophora triquetra Niedbala 2004
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Apoplophora
Apoplophora triquetra

description: Apoplophora triquetra Niedbała, 2004
Apoplophora triquetra Niedbała, 2004b, p. 397, Tab. III, Figs 1 –7; Subías 2004 (2006), p. 46; Liu et al. 2009b, p. 52. Distribution: Malaysia.
description: Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2016, Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of China, pp. 519-539 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 531, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052321
Upper and Lower Bounds on Phase-Space Rearrangements
Creators: name: Kolmes, E. J.
name: Fisch, N. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Broad classes of plasma phenomena can be understood in terms of phase-space rearrangements. For example, the net effect of a wave-particle interaction may consist of moving populations of particles from one region of phase space to another. Different phenomena drive rearrangements that obey different rules. When those rules can be specified, it is possible to calculate bounds that limit the possible effects the rearrangement could have (such as limits on how much energy can be extracted from the particles). This leads to two problems. The first is to understand the mapping between the allowed class of rearrangements and the possible outcomes that these rearrangements can have on the overall distribution. The second is to understand which rules are appropriate for which physical systems. There has been recent progress on both fronts, but a variety of interesting questions remain.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures. Part of Special Collection: Papers from the 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics
Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) heterotricha Liu 2016, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Mesoplophora
Mesoplophora heterotricha

description: Mesoplophora (M.) heterotricha sp. nov.
Distribution: China (Hainan).
description: Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2016, Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of China, pp. 519-539 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 533, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052321
Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) ignota Niedbala 1988
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Mesoplophora
Mesoplophora ignota

description: Mesoplophora (M.) ignota Niedbała, 1988
Mesoplophora (M.) ignota Niedbała, 1988, p. 64, Figs 5–7; 2004a, p. 21, Fig. 4 (L–N); Subías 2004, p. 42; Liu & Chen 2010, p. 150.
Mesoplophora ignota Niedbała, 1988: Balogh & Balogh 2002, vol. 1, p. 10.
Distribution: Brazil.
description: Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2016, Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of China, pp. 519-539 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 533, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052321
Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) invisitata Niedbala 1983
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Mesoplophora
Mesoplophora invisitata

description: Mesoplophora (M.) invisitata Niedbała, 1983
Mesoplophora invisitata Niedbała, 1983, p. 647, Figs 1 –11; Balogh & Balogh 2002, vol. 1, p. 10.
Mesoplophora (M.) invisitata Niedbała, 1983: Niedbała 2000, p. 43, Figs 33–34; 2001c, p. 96, Figs 670–675; 2008a, 2; Subías 2004, p. 42; Liu & Chen 2010, p. 150.
Distribution: India, Ethiopian Region.
description: Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2016, Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of China, pp. 519-539 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 533, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052321
Pyrausta zeitunalis Caradja 1916
Creators: name: Alipanah, Helen
name: Asselbergs, Jan
name: Malm, Tobias
name: Slamka, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Pyrausta
Pyrausta zeitunalis

description: Pyrausta zeitunalis Caradja, 1916
(Fig. 12E, F)
Pyrausta zeitunalis Caradja, 1916: 37.
TL: China, Zeitun.
Material examined. 4 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀: Hamedân Prov.: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Hamedân, Târik Darreh, 2000 m, 26.vii.1987, Mirzâyâns, Hâshemi leg. (gen. prep. HA-2582, HA-2600, HMIM), 1 ♀, Nahâvand, Gâmâsiâb, 1750 m, 24.viii.1995, Mirzâyâns, Badii leg.; Lorestân Prov.: 3 ♂♂, Aznâ, Oshtorânkuh, Kamandân, 2050 m, 23.viii.1995, Mirzâyâns, Badii leg. (gen. prep. HA-2503, HA-2806, HMIM); Zanjân Prov.: 1 ♀, Sohrein vill. to Dagâhi vill. Rd., 6 km to Dagâhi vill., N 36˚53΄03.8˝ E 48˚28΄08.3˝, 4084 m, 4.vi.2012, Âlipanâh, Falsafi leg. (gen. prep. HA-2190, HMIM), 2 ♀♀, Sorkhâbâd protected area, Sohrein vill. to Dagâhi vill. Rd., 6 km to Dagâhi vill., N 36˚53´03.8˝, E 48˚28´08.3˝, 2084 m, 13.vi.2020, Âlipanâh, Falsafi leg. (gen. prep. HA-2708, HA-2826, HMIM), 1 ♀, Mâhneshân, Damerloo Mt., N 36˚42΄11.4˝, E 47˚54΄12.1˝, 2212 m, 30.vi.2013, Afsariân leg. (gen. prep. HA-2601, HMIM).
Distribution. South of Turkey (Slamka 2013).
Remarks. In the examined specimens, the ground colour varies from creamy-brown to brown (Fig. 12E) and dark brown (Fig. 12F). This variation was observed even among the specimens of a same population (Fig. 12E, F). This species is newly reported for the fauna of Iran.
description: Published as part of Alipanah, Helen, Asselbergs, Jan, Malm, Tobias & Slamka, František, 2023, Taxonomic study of the subfamily Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Iran, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 5289 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5289.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7959127
Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) longisetosa Calugar & Vasiliu 1977
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Mesoplophora
Mesoplophora longisetosa

description: Mesoplophora (M.) longisetosa Călugăr & Vasiliu, 1977
Mesoplophora longisetosus Călugăr & Vasiliu, 1977, p. 247, Figs 1 –4; Balogh & Balogh 2002, vol. 1, p. 10, pl. 9 (1–2).
Mesoplophora (M.) longisetosa: Niedbała, 1985, p. 112; 2004a, p. 21, Fig. 5 (D–E); Subías 2004, p. 42; Liu & Chen 2010, p. 151.
Distribution: Cuba.
description: Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2016, Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of China, pp. 519-539 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 533, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052321
Colpixys Waterston 1916
Creators: name: Gumovsky, Alex
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eulophidae
Colpixys

description: Genus Colpixys Waterston, 1916
Colpixys Waterston, 1916: 129.
Colpixys – Bouček 1972: 203.
Type species
Colpixys necator Waterston, 1916, by monotypy and original designation.
Diagnosis
Pronotum with lateral semicircular ridge under protruding shoulders (Fig. 2E); face with V-shaped frontal suture; propodeum with coriaceous median furrow delimited by margins which are subparallel or weakly diverging posteriorly and more or less straight, submedian areas usually reticulate: lighter anteriorly and coarser posteriorly, lateral sulcus of propodeum incomplete (Figs 1F, 8C, 9A–B, 11F); prosternum evenly curved or at most with a carina (C. eburnus sp. nov.); mesopectus poorly pubescent above mesofurcal pit; mesepisternum without epicnemial protrusion; axillula without a projection, at most with carinulae or plicae(Fig. 9C–D, F); metascutellum long, semi-circular (but somewhat shorter in C. eburnus sp. nov.); supracoxal flange with setae; gena not bulging; male antenna with three-segmented funicle and two-segmented clava (C. necator) or five-segmented funicle (clava not present, C. gigas); male gaster without pale subbasal spot.
Biology
The available records concern parasitism of larvae of Erotylidae and Languriidae (Coleoptera) (Waterston 1916; Bouček 1972).
Distribution
Afrotropical region.
description: Published as part of Gumovsky, Alex, 2023, Revision of Xiphentedon Risbec, 1957 and Colpixys Waterston, 1916 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with descriptions of new species from the Afrotropics, pp. 1-83 in European Journal of Taxonomy 905 on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.905.2325, http://zenodo.org/record/10127256
Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) michaeliana Berlese 1904
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Mesoplophora
Mesoplophora michaeliana

description: Mesoplophora (M.) michaeliana Berlese, 1904
Mesoplophora michaeliana Berlese, 1904, p. 23, pl. 2, Fig. 51.
Mesoplophora caucasica Krivolutsky, 1975 in Ghilarov & Krivolutsky, 1975, p. 368, Fig. 923, nom. nud.; Niedbała 1984, p. 146.
Mesoplophora graeca Walzl, 1974, p. 534, Figs 1–3; Balogh & Mahunka 1983, p. 111, pl. 53 (E–F); Niedbała 1984, p. 146.
Mesoplophora pectinata Mahunka, 1979, p. 551, Figs 11–14; Balogh & Mahunka 1983, p. 111, pl. 52 (C–F); Niedbała 1984, p. 146.
Phthiracarus (Phthiracarulus) perexiguus Berlese, 1920, p. 149; van der Hammen 1959, p. 32.
Mesoplophora michaeliana Berlese, 1904: van der Hammen 1959, p. 32; Balogh & Mahunka 1983, p. 111, pl. 53 (A); Niedbała 1984, p. 146, Figs 1–2; 1993, p. 42, Figs 1 –9; Castagnoli & Pegazzano 1985, p. 247; Mahunka & Mahunka-Papp 1995, p. 90.
Mesoplophora (M.) michaeliana Berlese, 1904: Niedbała 1985, p. 101, Figs 17–19; 2011, p. 27, Fig. 9 (G–L); 2012b, p. 11; Balogh & Balogh 1992, vol. 2, p. 12, pl. 8 (C–D); Subías 2004, p. 42; Liu & Chen 2010, p. 151.
Distribution: Palaearctic Region.
description: Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2016, Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of China, pp. 519-539 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 533, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052321
title: Zuwanderungsmonitor Dezember 2024
Creators: name: Brücker, Herbert
name: Hauptmann, Andreas
name: Keita, Sekou
Publisher: name: Insitut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Arbeitslosenquote
subject: Beschäftigungsquote
subject: SGB-II-Hilfequote
subject: ausländische Bevölkerung

description: Die ausländische Bevölkerung in Deutschland ist nach Angaben des Ausländerzentralregisters im November 2024 gegenüber dem Vormonat um 17.000 Personen gestiegen. Die Beschäftigungsquote der ausländischen Bevölkerung betrug im Oktober 2024 55,8 Prozent und ist damit im Vergleich zum Vorjahresmonat um 1,7 Prozentpunkte gestiegen. Die absolute Zahl der Arbeitslosen mit einer ausländischen Staatsangehörigkeit hat im Dezember 2024 gegenüber dem Vorjahresmonat um rund 56.000 Personen zugenommen. Dies entspricht einem Anstieg von 5,7 Prozent.
description: Zuwanderungsmonitor: Dezember 2024, 2024-12
Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) parabacilla Niedbala 2006
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Mesoplophora
Mesoplophora parabacilla

description: Mesoplophora (M.) parabacilla Niedbała, 2006
Mesoplophora (M.) parabacilla Niedbała, 2006a, p. 791, Fig. 1 (A–G); 2008d, p. 757; Subías 2004 (2008), p. 47; Liu & Chen 2010, p. 151.
Distribution: Panama.
description: Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2016, Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of China, pp. 519-539 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 534, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052321
Pyrausta inglorialis
Creators: name: Alipanah, Helen
name: Asselbergs, Jan
name: Malm, Tobias
name: Slamka, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Pyrausta
Pyrausta inglorialis

description: Pyrausta inglorialis (Hampson, 1900)
Cybolomia [sic] inglorialis Hampson, 1900: 392.
TL: Iran, Shahrud [Scharud]. Uzbekistan, Samarkand.
Material examined. No material was available for examination in this study.
Distribution. Central Asia; Iran: Shahrud (Golestan Province); Uzbekistan: Samarkand (Hampson 1900; Nuss et al. 2003 –2022).
description: Published as part of Alipanah, Helen, Asselbergs, Jan, Malm, Tobias & Slamka, František, 2023, Taxonomic study of the subfamily Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Iran, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 5289 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5289.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7959127
title: Das Rollenverständnis von Vermittlungsfachkräften beeinflusst deren Sanktionspraxis
Creators: name: Senghaas, Monika
name: Röhrer, Stefan
name: Köppen, Magdalena
name: Bernhard, Stefan
Publisher: name: Insitut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Bürgergeld
subject: Jobcenter
subject: Leistungsminderungen
subject: Sanktionen
subject: SGB II

description: Sanktionen, seit Einführung des Bürgergeldes als „Leistungsminderungen“ bezeichnet, werden von den Vermittlungsfachkräften in den Jobcentern in unterschiedlicher Art und Weise umgesetzt. Sie machen von dem Handlungsspielraum, der ihnen hier zur Verfügung steht, Gebrauch. Der Umgang mit Handlungsspielräumen hängt wesentlich davon ab, welches Rollenverständnis ihr Denk- und Handlungsmuster prägt.
description: IAB-Forum, 2025-01-08.01
Colpixys gigas Boucek 1972
Creators: name: Gumovsky, Alex
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eulophidae
Colpixys
Colpixys gigas

description: Colpixys gigas Bouček, 1972
Figs 1F, 9E–F, 10
Colpixys gigas Bouček, 1972: 203.
Diagnosis
As for the genus, and also: large species (about 5.0 mm ♀, 3.0 mm ♂) with elongate mesosoma and gaster; body bright green, scape pale, only tip dark, rest of antenna dark, all legs, except for metallic coxae and darker pretarsi, pale(Fig. 10); axillula coarsely sculptured, with pliciform structures (Fig. 9F); median propodeal furrow with subparallel margins, coriaceous (Fig. 1F); propodeum with three to five setae on flange and posteriad spiracular tubercle; prosternum evenly curved, with a small transverse carina on its arc.
Female
Pedicel plus flagellum nearly 3.0 × as long as scape, pedicel 2.3×, scape 5.0–5.5× as long as wide, flagellum with elongate segments, F1 about 6.0×, F2 nearly 5.0×, F3 4.0 ×, clava about 5.0× as long as wide, with elongate clavomeres and with deep constriction between them; metasomal petiole transverse conical, slightly wider than long, with robust, evenly sloping metallic neck; gaster about 6.0× as long as wide, very long, syntergum in form of a broad parallel-sided stylus, 6.0–7.0× as long as wide; CC with one to three setae on ventral side; WIP with wide violet area apically, followed by some green and red narrow stripes.
Male
Antenna with five separate elongate funiculars, scape widened, about 3.3–3.4× as long as wide.
Female and male description
Bouček 1972.
Type material examined
Holotype
GHANA • ♀; Bodomase, E of Kumasi; 420 m a.s.l.; 6.54° N, 1.14° W; 17 Aug. l967; S. Endrödy-Younga leg.; No 260; ex Pennisetum purpureum; NHMUK 5.2175.
Paratypes
GHANA • 14 ♀♀, 7 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; NHMUK • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; ZISP • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; USNM.
Other material examined
CAMEROON • 10 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂; Idenao, R. Sanje; 4°14′ N, 9°00′ E; 13 May 2001; R.J. Post leg.; NHMUK • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; Yaoundé, Nkolbisson station; 15 Dec. 1966; P. Bruneau de Miré leg.; CIRAD.
GHANA • 1 ♀; Kumasi, Kwadaso; 3 Mar. 1977; G. Scheibel reiter leg.; NHMUK.
UGANDA • 1 ♂; Semliki, ~ 4 km SW of Bundimasoli; 17 Feb. 2013; A. Gumovsky leg.; dried marsh; DNA extract A08; SIZK.
Biology
Bred from languriid beetle larvae in stems of Pennisetum purpureum.
Distribution
Ghana (Bouček 1972; this paper), Cameroon, Uganda (new record).
Remarks
The species is highly distinct: it differs from both C. necator and C. eburnus sp. nov. in general habitus: longer gaster and antennal segments, in particular.
description: Published as part of Gumovsky, Alex, 2023, Revision of Xiphentedon Risbec, 1957 and Colpixys Waterston, 1916 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with descriptions of new species from the Afrotropics, pp. 1-83 in European Journal of Taxonomy 905 on pages 20-22, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.905.2325, http://zenodo.org/record/10127256
title: Does automation replace experts or augment expertise? The answer is yes
Creators: name: Winters, Jutta
name: Latner, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Institute for Employment Research of the German Federal Employment Agency
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: artificial intelligence
subject: job substitution
subject: job transformation

description: David Autor, Professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), gives a Special Lecture at the IAB on 15 January 2025. In this accompanying interview, he discusses the impact of Artificial Intelligence on wages and employment, outlines the crucial role of expertise and gives insights on policy-approaches for supporting workers in rapidly changing labor markets. 
description: IAB-Forum, 2025-01-09.01
title: Eingliederung von Langzeitarbeitslosen: Der Beschäftigungseffekt ist bei gemeinnützigen oder öffentlichen Arbeitgebern ähnlich groß wie in der Privatwirtschaft
Creators: name: Zabel, Cordula
name: Ramos Lobato, Philipp
name: Kasrin, Zein
name: Gellermann, Jan
Publisher: name: Insitut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Arbeitsförderung
subject: Arbeitsmarkt
subject: Beschäftigungschancen
subject: Beschäftigungseffekte
subject: Eingliederung von Langzeitarbeitslosen

description: Mit dem Instrument „Eingliederung von Langzeitarbeitslosen“ soll arbeitsmarktfernen Leistungsberechtigten eine Brücke aus der Arbeitslosigkeit in den allgemeinen Arbeitsmarkt gebaut werden. Dazu sollen die Beschäftigungsverhältnisse verstärkt in der Privatwirtschaft angesiedelt sein. Neben der Gleichbehandlung aller Arbeitgeber verspricht sich die Politik davon auch höhere Übernahmechancen als bei gemeinnützigen und öffentlichen Arbeitgebern. Analysen des IAB zeigen jedoch: Die Wirkung auf die spätere Erwerbsintegration der Geförderten fällt bei allen drei Arbeitsgebertypen rund ein Jahr nach Förderende ähnlich hoch aus.
description: IAB-Forum, 2025-01-14.01
Xiphentedon Risbec 1957
Creators: name: Gumovsky, Alex
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eulophidae
Xiphentedon

description: Genus Xiphentedon Risbec, 1957
Xiphentedon Risbec, 1957: 150.
Cederholmia Gumovsky, 1997: 26 (as a subgenus of Entedon), syn. nov.
Type species
Xiphentedon kayovei Risbec, 1957, by monotypy and original designation.
Diagnosis
Pronotum with lateral semicircular ridge under protruding shoulders (Fig. 2F); face with V-shaped frontal sutures; propodeum with Y- or V-shaped smooth or coriaceous median strip (not carina), lateral propodeal sulcus complete (except for X. acutigena sp. nov.) (Figs 1D, 18C); prosternum with protruding flange (often with pubescence on ventral side) (Figs 22A, 27E–F, 36C–D); mesopectus densely pubescent above mesofurcal pit; notauli poorly traced as shallow depressions (Fig. 13C); mesepisternum with weak, but mostly traceable epicnemial protrusion (Fig. 22D, epp); axillula with indentated projection (Figs 12F, 16C, 18D, 19G, 20F, 24G, 28B, D, 30D, 36F); metascutellum mostly in shape of a narrow bar, barely visible in dorsal view (for example, Figs 1D, 14E, 18C–D, 19D, 21C); gaster of males (when known) with pale sub-basal spot (Figs 15C–D, 23F, 24A, 33F, 35C, 37G); WIP with broad red or violetblue field along apical margin followed by narrow blue, green and violet stripes (Figs 14B, 15B, 18B, 19C, 20C, 21B, 25A, 26B, 29B, 30B, 31C, 33H, 36B); antenna of both sexes with three-segmented funicle and two-segmented clava (males: figs 15C–D, 21E, 23G, 29G, 33F, 35C, 37G–H).
Three species groups are recognized: kayovei, danielssoni and forceps (all proposed here).
Remarks
The subgenus Cederholmia of Entedon, described by Gumovsky (1997) for two African species, E. (C.) halli and E. (C.) danielssoni, was diagnosed by the propodeal median strip. The comparison of both species with X. kayovei, the type species of Xiphentedon, suggests their prospective close relationship and supports placement within the same taxon. Since Xiphentedon is considered here to be a valid genus, Cederholmia is considered a junior synonym, with consequent new combinations of both its species.
Biology
The only available host record (for X. neserorum sp. nov.) concerns a leaf rolling weevil (Curculionoidea): perhaps either a curculionid or brentid.
Distribution
Afrotropical region: wide range of sub-Saharan countries.
description: Published as part of Gumovsky, Alex, 2023, Revision of Xiphentedon Risbec, 1957 and Colpixys Waterston, 1916 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with descriptions of new species from the Afrotropics, pp. 1-83 in European Journal of Taxonomy 905 on page 26, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.905.2325, http://zenodo.org/record/10127256
Pyrausta laristanalis Amsel 1961
Creators: name: Alipanah, Helen
name: Asselbergs, Jan
name: Malm, Tobias
name: Slamka, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Pyrausta
Pyrausta laristanalis

description: Pyrausta laristanalis Amsel, 1961
Pyrausta laristanalis Amsel, 1961: 425, text-fig. 114, pl. 6 fig. 237.
TL: Iran, Laristan, road Bender-Abbas-Sardabad Sardze, 200 m.
Material examined. No material was available for examination in this study.
Distribution. Iran: Fras (Lar) and Hormozgan (Bandar Abbas to Sardabad- Sarzeh Rd., Sarzeh) Provinces (Amsel 1961; Nuss et al. 2003 –2022).
Remarks. The report of this species from United Arab Emirates (De Prins & De Prins 2011 –2021) is erroneous as it refers to Evergestis laristanalis Amsel, 1961 (Asselbergs 2008).
description: Published as part of Alipanah, Helen, Asselbergs, Jan, Malm, Tobias & Slamka, František, 2023, Taxonomic study of the subfamily Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Iran, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 5289 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5289.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7959127
Xiphentedon kayovei Risbec 1957
Creators: name: Gumovsky, Alex
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eulophidae
Xiphentedon
Xiphentedon kayovei

description: kayovei species group
Diagnosis
Body mostly slender; anterior margin of mesoscutellum nearly straight or with weak indentation, but never with a distinct advanced paired anteromedian protrusion. Generally, medium-sized species: greater than 2.0 mm in length.
description: Published as part of Gumovsky, Alex, 2023, Revision of Xiphentedon Risbec, 1957 and Colpixys Waterston, 1916 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with descriptions of new species from the Afrotropics, pp. 1-83 in European Journal of Taxonomy 905 on page 26, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.905.2325, http://zenodo.org/record/10127256
Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) paragaveae Niedbala 2002
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Mesoplophora
Mesoplophora paragaveae

description: Mesoplophora (M.) paragaveae Niedbała, 2002
Mesoplophora (M.) paragaveae Niedbała, 2002a, p. 187, Figs 26–29; 2004a, p. 21, Fig. 5 (F–I); Subías 2004, p. 42; Liu & Chen 2010, p. 151.
Distribution: Bermuda Islands.
description: Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2016, Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of China, pp. 519-539 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 534, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052321
Pyrausta nanalis
Creators: name: Alipanah, Helen
name: Asselbergs, Jan
name: Malm, Tobias
name: Slamka, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Pyrausta
Pyrausta nanalis

description: Pyrausta nanalis (Christoph, 1888)
Hercyna nanalis Christoph, 1888: 310.
TL: Iran, Shahkuh [Schahkuh]
Material examined. No material was available for examination in this study.
Distribution. Iran: Shahkuh (Christoph 1888).
description: Published as part of Alipanah, Helen, Asselbergs, Jan, Malm, Tobias & Slamka, František, 2023, Taxonomic study of the subfamily Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Iran, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 5289 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5289.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7959127
Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) parapulchra Niedbala 2012
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Mesoplophora
Mesoplophora parapulchra

description: Mesoplophora (M.) parapulchra Niedbała, 2012
Mesoplophora (M.) parapulchra Niedbała, 2012a, p. 190, Fig. 1 (A–D); Subías 2004 (2013), p. 46. Distribution: Australia.
description: Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2016, Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of China, pp. 519-539 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 534, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052321
Pyrausta tesserulalis
Creators: name: Alipanah, Helen
name: Asselbergs, Jan
name: Malm, Tobias
name: Slamka, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Pyrausta
Pyrausta tesserulalis

description: Pyrausta tesserulalis (Christoph, 1873)
Botys tesserulalis Christoph, 1873: 44–45.
TL: Iran, Tash [Tasch], above 7000 ft; Shahkuh [Schahkuh]
Material examined. No material was available for examination in this study.
Distribution. Iran (Christoph 1873).
Remarks. Christoph (1873) stated that the type specimens of this species were collected in Tash and Shahkuh. These two regions are presently located in Semnan and Golestan Provinces, respectively.
Subgenus Panstegia
description: Published as part of Alipanah, Helen, Asselbergs, Jan, Malm, Tobias & Slamka, František, 2023, Taxonomic study of the subfamily Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Iran, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 5289 (1) on pages 43-44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5289.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7959127
Pyrausta aerealis
Creators: name: Alipanah, Helen
name: Asselbergs, Jan
name: Malm, Tobias
name: Slamka, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Pyrausta
Pyrausta aerealis

description: Pyrausta aerealis (Hübner, 1793)
(Fig. 20B)
Phalaena Pyralis aerealis Ḩbner, 1793: 7, pl. 20.
TL: W Europe, Central Asia.
Syn.: Phalaena obsoletalis Fabricius, 1794: 229.
Phalaena obsoletus Fabricius, 1798: 468.
Scopula suffusalis Treitschke, 1829: 68–69.
Pyrausta wockei Rebel, 1902: 106–107.
Pyrausta aerealis unicolor Rebel, 1917: 279.
Material examined. Kermân Prov.: 1 ♂, Bâft, Khabr protected area, 21 km E Dashtâb Ranger Sta., Pâyeshgah-e Mobârakeh, N 28˚47΄43.2˝, E 56˚30΄54.4˝, 2271 m, 5.vi.2017, Âlipanâh, Afsariân, Mozhdehi leg. (gen. prep. HA-2401, HMIM).
Distribution. Europe; Transcaspia; Transcaucasia; Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Algeria, Syria, Volga region (steppes), central Ural, Ili territory, Tian Shan Mts, south of Siberia, Kyrgyzstan (including Alay Mts), Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, India (Slamka 2013).
Remarks 1. This species is represented by seven subspecies (Nuss et al. 2003 –2022), of which P. aerealis ablutalis (Eversmann, 1844) has been reported from the north of Iran (Slamka, 2013). As stated by Slamka (2013), this subspecies is distributed in the steppes of the Volga region, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia and Iran. In Iran it has been reported from Fars (Shiraz, Sineh Sefid), Golestan (Gorgan), Mazandaran (Kandovan Rd. and Tarsi Kola), Sistan and Baluchestan (Taftan Mt.) and Tehran (Damavand: Rineh) Provinces (Lederer 1871; Zerny 1940; Amsel 1961; Slamka 2013). According to Slamka (2013), in P. aerealis ablutalis the forewing is light, concolourous, more or less pale brown, with somehow distinct postmedial line. However, as he noted, P. aerealis ablutalis is questionable and may only be a local paler form of P. aerealis aerealis.
Remarks 2. Pyrausta wockei described from East Turkestan shows characters of a different species. Generally it is smaller and the postmedial pale line is more oblique. The genitalia of both sexes are slightly different from P. aerealis (cf. Slamka 2013). Even though P. wockei Rebel is here considered a synonym of P. aerealis (Ḩbner), in our opinion it is externally different and further studies may prove it to be a distinct species.
description: Published as part of Alipanah, Helen, Asselbergs, Jan, Malm, Tobias & Slamka, František, 2023, Taxonomic study of the subfamily Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Iran, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 5289 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5289.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7959127
Pyrausta tatarica Kemal 2020
Creators: name: Alipanah, Helen
name: Asselbergs, Jan
name: Malm, Tobias
name: Slamka, František
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Pyrausta
Pyrausta tatarica

description: Pyrausta tatarica Kemal et al., 2020
(Fig. 20C, D)
Pyrausta tatarica Kemal, Kýzýldað & Koçak, 2020: 2–3, figs 1–4, 7, 11, 15.
TL: East Turkey, Van Province, Bahçesaray, Liman (Spindaran), tragacanthic-malacophyllous mountain steppe, 2320 m.
Material examined. 7 ♂♂: Alborz Prov.: 1 ♂, Dizin, 17.viii.1973, Ebert leg. (gen. prep. HA-2500, HMIM); East Âzarbâijân Prov.: 1 ♂, Kâghazkonân protected area, Âghkand, Hâjimir vill. to Mendejin vill. Rd., 5.5 km to Mendejin, vill., N 37˚21´19˝, E 48˚11´60˝, 1220 m, 15.vi.2020, Âlipanâh, Falsafi leg.; Mâzandarân Prov.: 2 ♂♂, Siâhbisheh- Yush Rd., 3 km Kamarbon vill., N 36˚13΄51.7˝, E 51˚24΄45.3˝, 2557 m, 21.-22.vii.2007, Âlipanâh, Falsafi, Zahiri leg. (gen. prep. HA-2472, HMIM); Tehrân Prov.: 1 ♂, Tehrân, Evin, 1.ix.1970, no collector is given (gen. prep. HA-2482, HMIM); West Âzarbâijân Prov.: 1 ♂, W Mâku, Ghezelbulâgh, 2220 m, 17.-18.vii.1976, Pâzuki, Borumand leg., 1 ♂, W Mâku, Ghezelbulâgh, 1910 m, 27.vii.1976, Pâzuki, Borumand leg.
Distribution. East Turkey (Van Province) (Kemal et al. 2020).
Remarks. All the examined specimens are males, with uniformly brownish-olive forewing and slightly paler hindwing; however, there is an intraspecific variation among them in this regard, as some specimens have a clearly lighter hindwing (Fig. 20C, D). This variation is present even among members of a same population (specimens collected in Maku, West Azarbaijan Province). The postmedial line in most of the specimens collected from the north of Iran is hardly visible (Fig. 20C, D), but the specimens with brighter hindwings have a more distinguishable postmedial line.
Comparing the male genitalia of the Iranian specimens revealed that in all of them the fibula is slightly shorter (Fig. 21D, E) than in P. aerealis (Fig. 21A, B), and the shape of the juxta is different from that of P. aerealis (Fig. 21A, C, D, F) and similar to that described and illustrated by Kemal et al. (2020) (Fig. 21A, B; see also Kemal et al., 2020: 2, 4).
This species is newly reported for the fauna of Iran.
description: Published as part of Alipanah, Helen, Asselbergs, Jan, Malm, Tobias & Slamka, František, 2023, Taxonomic study of the subfamily Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in Iran, pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 5289 (1) on pages 44-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5289.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7959127
Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) permodica Niedbala 1985
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Mesoplophora
Mesoplophora permodica

description: Mesoplophora (M.) permodica Niedbała, 1985
Mesoplophora (M.) permodica Niedbała, 1985, p. 106, Figs 36–38; Niedbała, 2002b, p. 18, Figs 25–27; 2004a, p. 21, Fig. 5 (J– L); 2008d, p. 758; Subías 2004, p. 42; Liu & Chen 2010, p. 151.
Distribution: Oriental, Neotropical Regions, USA.
description: Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2016, Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of China, pp. 519-539 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 534, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052321
Xiphentedon halli Gumovsky 2023, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Gumovsky, Alex
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eulophidae
Xiphentedon
Xiphentedon halli

description: Xiphentedon halli (Gumovsky, 1997) comb. nov.
Fig. 17
Entedon (Cederholmia) halli Gumovsky, 1997: 26.
Diagnosis
As for the group and also: scape pale, pedicel and flagellum dark; head dorsally nearly 3.0 × as wide as long (Fig. 17H); interantennal space without a process; gena bulging; fore tibia pale brown with two dark stripes, mid and hind tibiae darkened similarly, both not more than on basal half; axillular projection bidentate; median propodeal strip broad and smooth (Fig. 17H).
Type material examined
Holotype
SIERRA LEONE • ♀; Karina distr., at Makeni-Kabala road; 11°57′ W, 9°17′ N; 28 Nov. 1993; L. Cederholm, R. Danielsson and R. Hall leg.; loc. 10; Lund University Sierra Leone Expedition 1993; MZLU.
Description
Female
Pedicel plus flagellum about 2.7× as long as scape, gaster about 4.0 × as long as wide, syntergum at least 6.6 × as long as wide (Fig. 17C, E); CC asetose.
Male
Unknown.
Biology
Unknown.
Distribution
Sierra Leone (Gumovsky, 1997).
Remarks
This species is so far only known from the holotype; there are some male specimens from other Afrotropical areas which may or may not be conspecific; however, this is difficult to infer solely from the morphology. The female of X. halli comb. nov. differs from those of the similar species X. kayovei and X. neserorum sp. nov. in having a shorter gaster and shorter antennal segments, and also in the asetose costal cell of the fore wing.
description: Published as part of Gumovsky, Alex, 2023, Revision of Xiphentedon Risbec, 1957 and Colpixys Waterston, 1916 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), with descriptions of new species from the Afrotropics, pp. 1-83 in European Journal of Taxonomy 905 on pages 34-36, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.905.2325, http://zenodo.org/record/10127256
GridEdge '25 Tutorial: AI-Driven Innovations in Electrification
Creators: Dr. Mohsen Aleenejad
MathWorks
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2024

With the increasing adoption of renewables, decentralization of energy infrastructure, and the electrification of transportation, new challenges arise, including the need for enhanced reliability and efficiency.
With the increasing adoption of renewables, decentralization of energy infrastructure, and the electrification of transportation, new challenges arise, including the need for enhanced reliability and efficiency.
GridEdge '25 Tutorial: Distribution load forecasting in an Electrification World
Creators: Lee Willis
Quanta Technology
Farnaz Farzan
Quanta Technology
Gerardo Sanchez
Quanta Technology
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2024

This tutorial covers the principles of load forecasting for distribution planning with a focus on the change in growth and characteristics of load introduced by electrification. The course begins with the planning process and load forecast as its first building block. It will cover the key requirements of a robust and defendable forecast via bottom-up and top-down approaches, will review several proven methods, and will discuss modern techniques for end-use growth to forecast electrification trends. Instructors will discuss the concepts related to magnitude, temporal (e.g., 8,760-hr forecasts), spatial, and weather normalization aspects of forecast. The course will study legacy methods the industry used for forecasting in past when it faced major load. The course drills down into different components of transportation and stationary electrification forecast including light, medium and heavy vehicles, transit, charging networks, and building electrification. Finally, approaches to address uncertainty in forecast and its implications will be discussed.
This tutorial covers the principles of load forecasting for distribution planning with a focus on the change in growth and characteristics of load introduced by electrification. The course begins with the planning process and load forecast as its first building block. It will cover the key requirements of a robust and defendable forecast via bottom-up and top-down approaches, will review several proven methods, and will discuss modern techniques for end-use growth to forecast electrification trends. Instructors will discuss the concepts related to magnitude, temporal (e.g., 8,760-hr forecasts), spatial, and weather normalization aspects of forecast. The course will study legacy methods the industry used for forecasting in past when it faced major load. The course drills down into different components of transportation and stationary electrification forecast including light, medium and heavy vehicles, transit, charging networks, and building electrification. Finally, approaches to address uncertainty in forecast and its implications will be discussed.
Shinkaiya Lecroq & Gooday & Tsuchiya & Pawlowski 2009, GEN. NOV.
Creators: name: Lecroq, Béatrice
name: Gooday, Andrew John
name: Tsuchiya, Masashi
name: Pawlowski, Jan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Foraminifera
Monothalamea
Astrorhizida
Psamminidae
Shinkaiya

description: SHINKAIYA GEN. NOV.
Type species: Shinkaiya lindsayi gen. et sp. nov.
Generic diagnosis: Large xenophyophore: at least 8 cm in diameter and 5-cm high. Test fragile, approximately cylindrical in shape, and forming tightly-meshed, reticulated structure composed of bar-shaped elements (~ 0.5 cm in diameter), separated by open spaces. Test with smooth outer surface; wall relatively thick, soft, weakly cemented, and composed of fine sediment particles. Scattered internal xenophyae (agglutinated particles), mainly radiolarian tests, present.
Derivation of name: The name of the new genus is derived from the Japanese submersible Shinkai 6500, operated by JAMSTEC, which was used to collect the specimen.
Remarks: The new genus resembles species of the genus Syringammina, in particular the type species Sy. fragilissima. The genera are similar in the general shape and construction of the test, which consists of a framework of bar-like elements, forming a tightlymeshed, often reticulated structure. Another species, Syringammina reticulata Gooday, 1996, has a similar arrangement of test elements, although the body form is flattened rather than domed. The main morphological difference between the new genus and Syringammina is the nature of the test wall. In Syringammina, the wall is brittle, with a smooth inner surface, and consists of ‘tightly cemented xenophyae’ (Tendal, 1972). These comprise mainly fine sand grains and small foraminiferan tests in Sy. fragilissima. Shinkaiya, on the other hand, is characterized by a relatively thick wall that is soft rather than brittle, and consists mainly of clay-sized sediment particles. Unlike Syringammina, in which the particles are confined to the test wall, the lumen of the test in Shinkaiya includes scattered internal xenophyae. Our distinction of these two genera is supported by molecular data showing an important genetic distance between Sh. lindsayi sp. nov. and Sy. corbicula. Unfortunately, DNA sequences are not yet available for Sy. fragilissima.
description: Published as part of Lecroq, Béatrice, Gooday, Andrew John, Tsuchiya, Masashi & Pawlowski, Jan, 2009, A new genus of xenophyophores (Foraminifera) from Japan Trench: morphological description, molecular phylogeny and elemental analysis, pp. 455-464 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156 (3) on page 457, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00493.x, http://zenodo.org/record/4687740
Online Interview Preliminary Question: Emerging Procurement Competencies from the Perspective of Boundary Role Persons in the Indonesian Context
Creators: name: Sa'adah, Nurus
name: Sesotya Wedadjati, Ratna
name: Rachmawati, Ani Wahyu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 529999
subject: Other psychology not elsewhere classified

description: The change in procurement methods from manual to digital should be expected to improve the competence of procurement officers; however, in reality, there are still many problems that indicate the low competence of procurement officials. Although there has been much research on digital procurement, there has not been a detailed explanation of what procurement officials feel and what competencies must be possessed to carry out procurement. For this reason, this qualitative study involving 12 procurement officials was conducted to explore what pain and pleasure procurement officials feel and what competencies they need. All structured and FGD interview data were transcribed and analyzed using a narrative approach. Then, the data is analyzed using inductive thematic analysis through four stages, from understanding the story to constructing a theme according to the research objectives. The novelty is that there are three main themes found in this research: pain, pleasure, and procurement competence. Procurement problems are perceived as changes in procurement rules and complexity, conflicts and violations, operational constraints and challenges. There are three procurement pleasures: job satisfaction and reward, conscientious work, effectiveness, rule compliance, and satisfactory results. It has also been found that procurement competence is divided into two sub-themes: core competency and support competency. Support for competency can be divided into firm and warm attitudes. The limitation of this study is that researchers only used triangulation methodology, but did not use triangulation of sources and researchers; therefore, the data and validity will be enriched if applied
Sakai device and platform usage: a four-year campus-wide analysis
Creators: name: O’Brien, Michael
name: Slattery, Darina M.
name: Hyland, Pádraig
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 47
subject: Language, communication and culture

description: This paper examines data generated by Sakai analytics to determine platform and device usage over a four-year period, at one higher education institution. Sakai is an open source learning management system (LMS) used by over four million learners worldwide, across 350 colleges and universities, to collaborate and engage in a variety of technology-enhanced learning experiences. In 2016, our institution undertook a major Sakai upgrade, which provided a number of functional enhancements, including better tools and a more appealing user interface. In 2017, another upgrade provided a more optimised user experience—the LMS is now responsive to desktop computers, tablet and smartphone devices. This paper examines campus-wide usage data gathered over a four-year period—before and after the major campus upgrades—to determine how desktop (Microsoft Windows and Apple macOS) use has changed during that time and how users (students and instructors) use mobile devices (tablets and smartphones) to interact with the LMS. Findings show that the use of Microsoft Windows has declined overall, but still remains the predominant desktop platform. While mobile use—in particular the use of iOS and Android devices—has increased overall, users rely more heavily on desktop computers during intensive assignment and exam periods (May and December). The findings in this paper should be of interest to instructors who want to know how their students like to interact with the LMS. Greater use of mobile devices, coupled with responsive user interface design, and improved tools, can facilitate flexibility for instructors, in terms of where and how they can interact with their students. These findings can help instructors decide which kinds of synchronous (e.g. live polls and quizzes) and asynchronous (e.g. forum-based discussions) activities might be most appropriate at any given point in the academic year.
Mesoplophora (Mesoplophora) pusilla Schuster 1962
Creators: name: Liu, Dong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Mesoplophoridae
Mesoplophora
Mesoplophora pusilla

description: Mesoplophora (M.) pusilla Schuster, 1962
Mesoplophora pusilla Schuster, 1962, p. 492, Abb. 5–7; Balogh & Balogh 2002, vol. 1, p. 10, pl. 10 (1–4).
Mesoplophora (M.) pusilla Schuster, 1962: Niedbała 1985, p. 109, Figs 45–48; 2003, p. 266, Figs 15–18; 2004a, p. 22, Fig. 6 (A–D); 2008d, p. 758; Subías 2004, p. 42; Liu & Chen 2010, p. 151.
Distribution: Neotropical Region.
description: Published as part of Liu, Dong, 2016, Mesoplophoroidea (Acari, Oribatida) of China, pp. 519-539 in Zootaxa 4084 (4) on page 534, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1052321
On the mechanics of retinal detachment due to low-velocity, blunt-force trauma
Creators: name: Sabaroche, Shai S.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2024

description: Retinal detachment is an ocular condition where the neurosensory retina separates from its blood supply risking atrophy and subsequent vision loss. This dissertation presents a mechanics based mathematical model of the transient response of the eye and associated retinal detachment. The model is used to study the time-dependent response of the ocular system and the associated retinal detachment spurred by low velocity blunt force impact at the anterior of the eye. Specifically, mechanics-based models for the cornea, the anterior ciliary body, the vitreous, the retina, and the aggregated RPE-choroid-sclera are developed. Short-time duration impact loading that is transmitted to the corneoscleral limbus as well as to the posterior vitreous via impression of the anterior oculus are both developed. Detachments emanating from the peripapillary region of the optic nerve head as well as from the ora serrata are formulated with results presented for the case of peripapillary detachment. The problem is formulated as a propagating boundary value problem in the calculus of variations where the location of the detachment front is allowed to vary as well as the displacement measures. This yields self-consistent governing equations and boundary conditions for each of the sub-structures within the intact and detached subregions. In addition, the variation of the interior boundaries themselves leads to a transversality condition which yields the locations of the propagating detachment front. Modal analysis via spectral expansion and displacement transformation is employed for exact solution to the governing equations subject to time-dependent boundary conditions. Modal displacements are found for the vitreous in terms of the spherical Bessel functions and Legendre polynomials and for the sclera and retina in terms of the associated Legendre functions. Modal participation loci for each structure are presented in response to their associated loadings. Analyses of the intact ocular system indicate that the maximum membrane stress, bending moment, and transverse shear stress in the intact structure occurs near the peripapillary region. Detachment is found to be precipitous when the energy release rate within the ocular structure surpasses the bond energy of the neurosensory retina’s adhesion to its retinal pigmented epithelium. For all but the smallest specimen bond energies, retinal detachments undergoing precipitation (spurred by sufficient energy release) are attenuated after achieving a new stably detached size. For small specimen bond energies, retinal detachment progresses catastrophically past the macula rendering the translatory function of the light to neuronal impulse, usually provided by the intact retina, severely diminished.