cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Price-setting newsvendor optimal policies with mean-variance criteria
Creators: name: Rubio Herrero, Javier
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: The newsvendor problem has been widely studied since it first appeared in the literature at the end of the XIX century. It is still the subject of further research that addresses more complex and realistic situations based on previous work. The amount of research work done on this model and its applications is so vast that a simple search in Google Scholar under the keyword "newsvendor" will return almost 8,000 entries between 2010 and 2015. The problem, in its basic formulation, aims at finding an optimal replenishment policy of a perishable product in the face of uncertain, stochastic demand. Such a solution is selected in a way that maximizes the expected profit, which is calculated as the difference between the income and the purchase cost of the good in question.    This thesis elaborates on the conditions needed to guarantee the existence of a unique maximum of the objective function in the price-setting newsvendor problem with price-dependent demand. This function is presented as a mean-variance trade-off between the expected profit and the variance of the profit, weighted with a risk parameter.    The main goal of this thesis is to simplify any instance of the risk-sensitive newsvendor problem for the two most common price-dependent demand functions, namely, additive and multiplicative functions. When possible, we will provide sufficient conditions for the unimodality of the problem. Unlike many other results previously published, we aim at expressing such conditions by using a metric that captures managerial attention. To this end, we use the lost sales rate elasticity as a measure of the level of service provided by the seller and express these sufficient conditions as a function of this metric.
Macrotylus (Macrotylus) longulus Poppius 1912
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Macrotylus
Macrotylus longulus

description: Macrotylus (Macrotylus) longulus Poppius, 1912
Material examined
Macrotylus (Macrotylus) anahtaris
TURKEY – Adana Province • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Tufanbeyli; 12 Jul. 1986; EUAPP exped.; LEMT. – Kahramanmaraş Province • 1 ♂; Andırın; 10 Jun. 1985; EUAPP exped.; LEMT • 1 ♂; Kırıkhan; 7 Jul. 1984; EUAPP exped.; LEMT. – Hatay Province • 2 ♂♂; Yayladağ; 10 Jul. 1984; EUAPP exped.; LEMT.
Comments
This species was recorded from Adana, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş and Mersin by Lodos et al. (2003). We could find the specimens collected from Adana, Hatay and Kahramanmaraş but could not locate specimens from Mersin in LEMT. A re-examination of these specimens revealed that they belong to M. (M.) anahtaris Seidenstücker, 1959. We strongly believe that the specimens from Mersin either belong to M. anahtaris or M. antennalis, another endemic species of Anatolia that is remarkably similar to M. longulus and can only be reliably distinguished by examination of the male genitalia.
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 15, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Mesopsallus ambiguus
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Mesopsallus
Mesopsallus ambiguus

description: Mesopsallus ambiguus (Fallén, 1807)
Material examined
Psallus (Phylidea) quercus
TURKEY – Artvin Province • 1 ♂; Borçka, Murgul; 5 Sep. 1971; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Lepidargyrus ancorifer
TURKEY – DenIzlI ProvInce • 3 ♀♀; Tavas; 3 Jul. 1969; F. Önder leg.; LEMT. – İzmIr ProvInce • 1 ♂; Ödemiş, Bozdağ; 5 Jun. 1969; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Comments
This species was recorded from Artvin, Denizli, İzmir and Kütahya by Önder (1976). We examined the vouchers specimens collected from Artvin, Denizli and İzmir, but the specimens from Kütahya could not be located in LEMT. Our examination revealed that the specimens from İzmir and Denizli belonged to Lepidargyrus ancorifer (Fieber, 1858) and the specimen from Artvin belonged to Psallus (Phylidea) quercus (Kirschbaum, 1856). Therefore, we believe that the missing specimens also belong to another species and M. ambiguus should be excluded from the Heteroptera checklist of Turkey.
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Channel congestion control in vehicular networks
Creators: name: Rostami, Ali
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Channel congestion is one of the major challenges for IEEE 802.11p-based vehicular networks. Unless controlled, congestion increases with vehicle density, leading to high packet loss and degraded safety application performance. We study two classes of congestion control algorithms: reactive state-based and linear adaptive. In this study, the reactive state-based approach is represented by the Decentralized Congestion Control (DCC) framework defined in European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). The linear adaptive approach is represented by LInear MEssage Rate Integrated Control (LIMERIC) algorithm. Both approaches control safety message transmissions as a function of channel load (i.e. Channel Busy Percentage, CBP). A reactive state-based approach uses CBP directly, defining an appropriate transmission behavior for each CBP value, e.g., via a table look-up. By contrast, a linear adaptive approach identifies the transmission behavior that drives CBP towards a target channel load. Little is known about the relative performance of these approaches and existing comparison are limited by incomplete implementations or stability anomalies. To address this, this work has three main contributions. First, we study and compare the two aforementioned approaches in terms of channel stability, and show that the reactive state-based approach can be subject to major oscillation. Second, we identify the root causes and introduce stable reactive algorithms. Finally, we compare the performance of the stable reactive approach with the linear adaptive approach and the legacy IEEE 802.11p. As one of the primary results, It is shown that the linear adaptive approach still achieves a higher message throughput for any given vehicle density for the defined performance metrics.
Surface modifications through immobilization of plasmonic nanoparticles and reduced graphene oxide for biomedical and energy applications
Creators: name: Sardar, Sakshi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Nanorods are useful for sensing and energy applications owing to the tunability of their  plasmonic properties, which can be achieved through variation of their aspect ratio.  In order to integrate them into sensing and energy devices either top down or bottom  approaches can be employed. Bottom up protocols are advantageous compared to top  down approaches because of higher resolution and potentially economical up scaling  for large scale production. However, one of the difficulties with bottom up fabricated  platforms is the reproducibility of the surfaces features because of agglomeration and  random orientation of the nanorods on the substrate. Here we proposed a novel strategy  for coating the nanoparticles in a well-dispersed manner onto solid state substrates with  high surface coverage and uniform distribution, which can potentially be implemented  to achieve nanorod orientation along a predetermined direction. In the research work  presented, we functionalized glass substrates with molecular tethers, which led to the  immobilization of nanorods onto the substrate and were characterized by scanning  electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. We also reduced graphene oxide  and fabricated thin films, which were characterized using Raman spectroscopy. These  sheets could be used as a substrate for nanorods as well as, as electrodes for nanorod  orientation. This work can potentially be used for developing large scale reproducible  substrates which can find applications in sensing and energy fields.
Nesiophasma spinulosum Br. V. W., K. Gunther 1935
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Nesiophasma
Nesiophasma spinulosum

description: 6. Nesiophasma spinulosum (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907: 254).
= Nesiophasma eremothocus Günther, 1934a: 6, fig. 1.
Distribution: Pulau Selayar & Pulau Kalaotoa.
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Plagiolepis mediterranea Mayr, 1866, n. sp.
Creators: name: Mayr, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1866
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Plagiolepis
Plagiolepis mediterranea

description: P. mediterranea n. sp.
Operaria: Long. 2 - 7 - 5 mm Fusca. nitida, tibiis tarsisque pallidioribus, mandibulis ochraceis; caput, thorax et abdomen modice puis abstantibus apice obtusis instructa, at absque pilis adpressis, antennae pedesque pilis pauto abstuntibus at hand longis; caput subtilissime et tenuissime coriaceorugulosum; mandibulae quatuor-septemdentatae, dense striatae; clypeus fortiter transverse fornicatus, margine antico rotundato; thorax subtilissime et tenuissime (metanotum fortius) coriaceorugulosus, inter mesonotum et metanotum impressione transversa, metanoti pars basalis horizontalis parte declivi obliqua paulo brevior; petiolus squama erecta, subcrassa, rotundata, antice mugis convexa quam postice, margine incrassato-rotundato; abdomen sublaeve (subtilissime et tenuissime coriaceo-rugulosum); pedes subtiliter et tenuiter coriaceo-rugulosi.
Im zoologischen Hofcabinete aus Aegypten, von Herrn R. v. Frauenfeld gesammelt.
Von den anderen africanischen Arten: P. custodiens Sm., (F. hendecarthrus Rog.), fallax Mayr und capensis Mayr ist diese Art durch die aeusserst zarte, nur bei Anwendung starker Vergroesserung sichtbare lederartige Runzelung, so wie durch den fast gaenzlichen Mangel der Pubescenz, wovon nur an den Kopfseiten bei starker Vergroesserung etwas zu entdecken ist, leicht zu unterscheiden.
description: Published as part of Mayr, G., 1866, Myrmecologische Beitraege., pp. 484-517 in Sitzungsberichte der Koenigliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 53 on page 10
Mesopsallus rhodani
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Mesopsallus
Mesopsallus rhodani

description: Mesopsallus rhodani (Fieber, 1861)
Material examined
Psallus (Apocremnus) skylla
TURKEY – Hatay Province • 2 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀; Antakya; 28 Apr. 1986; EUAPP exped.; LEMT. – Kahramanmaraş Province • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Nurhak dağı; 13 Jun. 1985; EUAPP exped.; LEMT • 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Göksun; 14 Jun. 1986; EUAPP exped.; LEMT.
Mesopsallus sp.
TURKEY – Antalya Province • 1 ♂; Korkuteli; 23 May 1986; EUAPP exped.; LEMT.
Mesopsallus amygdali
TURKEY – Antalya Province • 1 ♂ Kumluca; 20 Jun. 1986; EUAPP exped.; LEMT.
Comments
A central European species that extends to Ukraine and Romania in the east (Aukema 2023). It was recorded in Turkey from Antalya, Hatay and Kahramanmaraş, by Lodos et al. (2003) as Atractotomus rhodani. A re-examination of these specimens revealed that records from Hatay and Kahramanmaraş referred to Psallus (Apocremnus) skylla Linnavuori, 1994, the record from Kumluca, Antalya to Mesopsallus amygdali (Wagner, 1960), and the record from Korkuteli, Antalya to a new Mesopsallus species closely related to M. rhodani.
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 16, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Nesiophasma turbans Gunther 1935
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Nesiophasma
Nesiophasma turbans

description: 7. Nesiophasma turbans (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907: 186).
Distribution: Sulawesi.
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Inversion in copular clauses and its consequences
Creators: name: Selvanathan, Nagarajan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: In this dissertation, I investigate specificational copular clauses (Higgins 1973). My aim is to not only propose an analysis for how such specificational copular clauses are derived but also to use such constructions as a testing ground for evaluating and/ or revising different aspects of linguistic theory. The language I primarily use towards these ends is Tamil (Dravidian) although English (among others) plays a significant role.   With respect to the analysis of specificational copular clauses, I use subject-verb agreement data from Tamil specificational copular clauses in order to support the claim that specificational copular clauses are inverted predications (Moro 1997, Mikkelsen 2004, den Dikken 2006). However, this is not to negate the claim that specificational copular clauses are equations (Jacobson 1994, Heycock & Kroch 1999, Sharvit 1999, Heller 2004). I propose that syntactic predication can be unified with semantic equation using somewhat standard notions of type-shifting (Partee 1987). I also exploit the fact that specificational copular clauses have a fixed Topic-Focus order (Heycock & Kroch 2002). In this respect, the general idea is similar to Mikkelsen (2004) but differs from her as I propose a semantic account of the facts that is compatible with her syntactic approach. I also investigate the behavior of (relatively neglected) specificational copular clauses with indefinite subjects and propose an analysis which is uniform with the analysis proposed for specificational copular clauses with definite and possessive subjects.    In this dissertation, I also investigate what inverted constructions such as specificational copular clauses tell us about the way languages syntactically combine nodes. A recent theoretical advance with respect to this question is the Labeling Algorithm (Chomsky 2013, 2014) and I argue that inversion structures such as specificational copular clauses, and OVS reversals (like that found in Kirundi and Russian). In order to support this, I reanalyze Kirundi OVS reversal (Ura 1996, Ndayiragije 1999) where the richest evidence is found.    Perhaps one of the most famous/ important properties of specificational copular clauses is that they exhibit connectivity. Here, I illustrate two different types of Tamil specificational copular clauses. Interestingly, one specificational copular clause exhibits only a proper subset of the connectivity effects exhibited by the other. I propose that this can be attributed to their different syntactic derivations which is independently motivated. I use these facts to investigate reflexive binding and propose that a comparison of English and Tamil reflexive connectivity suggests that the types of interpretations that reflexive pronouns have in English and Tamil differs.
Parapsallus vitellinus
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Parapsallus
Parapsallus vitellinus

description: Parapsallus vitellinus (Scholtz, 1847)
Material examined
Europiella alpina
TURKEY – Mersin Province • 1 ♀; Çamlıyayla; 10 Jul. 1986; EUAPP exped.; LEMT.
Comments
This species was recorded from Mersin by Lodos et al. (2003), based on a single female specimen. A re-examination of the voucher specimen (Fig. 4B) revealed that it belongs to Europiella alpina (Reuter, 1875). Therefore, Parapsallus vitellinus is excluded from the Heteroptera checklist of Turkey.
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 16, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Formica schaufussi Mayr, 1866, n. sp.
Creators: name: Mayr, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1866
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Formica
Formica schaufussi

description: F. Schaufussi n. sp.
Operaria: Long. 6 - 6.3 mm. Elongata, rufo-castanea, nitida, antennis, tibiis tarsisque pallidior ibus, fronte, vertice abdomineque fuscis; scapus, thorax et pedes sine pilis abstantibus, caput pilis nonnullis, abdomen solummodo seriebus nonnullis pilorum brevium abstantium; corpus subtilissime coriaceorugulosnm, pubcscentia adpressa sparsissima atque tenui; mandibulae 6 - 7 dentatue, dense striatae et dispersissime punctatae; caput angustum. elongato-ovale, postice parum emarginatum; clypeus fornicatus medio carina forti, margine antico integro; area frontalis sublaevis (indistincte coriaceo-rugulosa); thorax elongatus capite paulo angustior, impressione haud profunda inter mesonotum et metanotum; petioli squama verticalis, ovata, haud magna, incrassata, antice et postice convexa; abdomen elongatoovale.
Aus Nordamerika, von Herrn Schaufuss in meiner Sammlung.
Diese Art hat beim ersten oberflaechlichen Anblick von oben eine grosse Aehnlichkeit mit einem kleinen, nicht gut ausgefaerbten Arbeiter von Camponotus ligniperdus, doch ist man, hei genauerer Betrachtung, selbst ohne Loupe, leicht zu erkennen im Stande, dass man es mit keinem Camponotus, sondern mit einer echten Formica zu thun hat, welche im Habitus von allen anderen Arten nicht unbedeutend abweicht.
description: Published as part of Mayr, G., 1866, Myrmecologische Beitraege., pp. 484-517 in Sitzungsberichte der Koenigliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 53 on pages 10-11
Nesiophasma zanum Hennemann 1999
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Nesiophasma
Nesiophasma zanum

description: 8. Nesiophasma zanum Hennemann, 1999: 213, figs. 1–2.
Distribution: New Guinea (? - see comments below).
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Analysis of lead in sindoor and related religious powders purchased in New Jersey and India
Creators: name: Shah, Manthan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Sindoor, an orange, maroon or red powder used for Hindu cultural and religious purposes, has been found to be adulterated with lead tetroxide, (Pb3O4, red lead). Red lead is often added to give the sindoor powder a deep red color. The adverse health effects caused by lead exposure have been widely documented and in children can include abdominal pain, learning disabilities reduced attention span, slowed growth and antisocial and delinquent behavior. Currently, there is no known safe level of lead exposure in children. We believe this is the first study to comprehensively assess lead (Pb) concentrations in sindoor and related powders from not only a wide geographical area in an entire state but also in those sindoor powders purchased directly from India. A total of 170 religious powders were purchased in different regions of the state (Northern, Central and Southern Jersey). Out of those 170 powders, 118 were sindoor and 52 were miscellaneous religious powders. Of the 118 powders, 95 were purchased from 66 South Asian stores in New Jersey while 23 were purchased in India. The miscellaneous powders were purchased in New Jersey. Laboratory analysis revealed how, among, U.S. sindoor powders, 79 (83.2%) of tested powders contained >1 ug/g Pb. The median lead concentration for tested U.S. sindoor powders was 3.0 ug/g Pb with a maximum Pb level of >300,000 ug/g Pb. For sindoor powders purchased in India, 18 (78.3%) samples contained >1 ug/g Pb. The median Pb concentrations for these sindoor powders was 12.7 ug/g Pb with a maximum Pb level of >300,000 ï ­ug/g Pb. Two samples, purchased from Mumbai, contained >1% Pb. A third sample, also purchased from Mumbai, contained 0.5% ug/g Pb. For miscellaneous religious powders, 29 (55.8%) powders contained >1 ug/g Pb. The median Pb concentration for these powders was 1.1 ug/g Pb with a maximum Pb level of 61.0 ug/g Pb. Semi-quantitative x-ray fluorescence (XRF) and colormetric tests successfully identified lead in samples with higher Pb levels (i.e., >300,000 ug/g), but were not effective for samples with lower Pb levels.  In summary, these results underscore the need for hazard surveillance of sindoor.
Phylus (Teratoscopus) plagiatus
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Phylus
Phylus plagiatus

description: Phylus (Teratoscopus) plagiatus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835)
Material examined
Phylinae sp.
TURKEY – Artvin Province • 2 ♀♀; Borçka; 5 Sep. 1971; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Comments
A central European species that is not known from the Balkanian or Caucasian regions (Aukema 2023). Önder (1976) recorded this species from Artvin, Turkey. We examined the voucher specimens. Although the specimens resemble P. (T.) plagiatus, they were both females and cannot be reliably identified to species level. Therefore, this species is excluded from the Heteroptera checklist of Turkey.
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Stratified coastal ocean interactions with hurricanes and the sea breeze in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic
Creators: name: Seroka, Gregory
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: This dissertation uses the integration of modeling with observations and new analysis techniques to better understand and predict how the stratified coastal ocean interacts with important summer weather processes—tropical cyclones (TCs), which incur large coastal and inland damages, and the sea breeze circulation, which occurs nearly daily in the summer during high electricity demand periods. TC intensity prediction skill lags TC track prediction skill, and the shallow, coastal ocean remains a gap in TC research. The offshore component of the sea breeze is under-observed and poorly understood relative to its onshore component, and has important wind resource implications for the burgeoning U.S. offshore wind energy industry. Using atmospheric modeling and coastal ocean observations with underwater gliders and buoys, it is shown in Hurricane Irene (2011) that stratified coastal ocean cooling—found to occur primarily ahead of the storm’s eye center offshore the U.S. MidAtlantic—was the key missing contribution in modeling Irene’s rapid decay just prior to NJ landfall. Irene’s intensity was more sensitive to this cooling than any other model parameter tested, and including this cooling in modeling mitigated the high bias in storm intensity predictions. Using ocean modeling, the spatiotemporal variability in the stratified coastal ocean cooling processes observed in Irene and Tropical Storm Barry (2007) was investigated. It was found that the dominant force balance across the entire Mid-Atlantic shelf ahead of storm eye passage for both storms was onshore wind stress balanced by offshore pressure gradient. This resulted in onshore surface currents opposing offshore bottom currents ahead-of-eye-center and enhancing surface to bottom current shear and surface cooling. Turbulent mixing cooled the surface layer while tides dominated the alternating warming/cooling advection signal. Finally, a new analysis technique, i.e. Lagrangian coherent structures, performed on atmospheric modeling was used to delineate the onshore surface convergent and offshore surface divergent sea breeze extents. It was found that atmospheric synoptic flow impacted the sea breeze onshore extent more than offshore extent, and that coastal upwelling did not impact sea breeze extent but rather caused an earlier onset and a shallower and more intense sea breeze both onshore and offshore.
Heterorhabditis beicherriana Xing-Yue, Qi-Zhi, Nermuť, Púža & Mráček, 2012, n. sp.
Creators: name: Xing-Yue, Li
name: Qi-Zhi, Liu
name: Nermuť, Jiří
name: Púža, Vladimír
name: Mráček, Zdenĕk
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Secernentea
Rhabditida
Heterorhabditidae
Heterorhabditis
Heterorhabditis beicherriana

description: Heterorhabditis beicherriana n. sp.
(Figs 1–3)
description: Published as part of Xing-Yue, Li, Qi-Zhi, Liu, Nermuť, Jiří, Púža, Vladimír & Mráček, Zdenĕk, 2012, Heterorhabditis beicherriana n. sp. (Nematoda: Heterorhabditidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from the Shunyi district of Beijing, China, pp. 25-40 in Zootaxa 3569 on page 27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212871
Strategies to overcome physicochemical and biological barriers in chemotherapy by formulation and drug delivery device combination
Creators: name: Shah, Milinkumar
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: The success of chemotherapy depends on efficacy of drug to enter the cancer cell to exert cytotoxicity.  This feat is extremely challenging for drugs with low solubility and permeability which leads to inadequate concentrations in cancer cells resulting in therapeutic failure.  For potent drugs like Paclitaxel (PTX), this drawback can be overcome by reformulation approach.  The objective of the research is to improve PTX aqueous solubility and permeability by using suitable approach such as formulating inclusion complexes of PTX with various β-cyclodextrin (CD) derivatives.  It was hypothesized that complexation will improve aqueous solubility of PTX and expand cellular internalization.  This concept was verified by testing prepared complexes and understanding their physicochemical interactions.  Later, the complexes were further evaluated with respect to excipient safety and efficacy of reformulated PTX under in vitro conditions.   Achieving desired therapeutic levels within the brain for the treatment of neurological conditions and brain cancers is a formidable task due to blood brain barrier's (BBB) ability to restrict different drugs.  A non-invasive approach of nose to brain delivery to bypass BBB is proven but has many limitations such as small dose volume and precise delivery.  Drug distribution to brain can be improved by using a device that can precisely deliver the formulation in the olfactory region of nasal cavity and provide rapid and direct access to brain.  The objective was to evaluate the feasibility of using intranasal liposomal formulation to carry cargo of variety of drugs and oligonucleotides to brain.  The hypothesis was verified by applying liposomal formulation in combination with a drug delivery device and comparing brain accumulation with intravenous route of administration.
Investigation of heat shock on tendon and ligament cells in vitro
Creators: name: Shah, Jay V.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: Tendons and ligaments (T/L) are collagenous connective tissues that play a role in locomotion and mechanical stabilization of the joints. These tissues possess relatively low cellularity and vascularity, resulting in a long and potentially incomplete healing response following injury. For sub-failure injuries such as strains and sprains, the most common course of treatment is an implementation of rest, ice, compression, and elevation. However, this method relies mostly on the tissue's natural ability to heal, which can leave the tissue prone to re-injury and failure. As a potential aid in the T/L healing process, we investigated the effects of thermal stress on human tenocytes in vitro. Heat shock has been demonstrated to improve regeneration in other tissues of the musculoskeletal system, including bone and muscle. Exposure of cells to an increase in temperature induces the production of heat shock proteins (HSPs) which act as molecular chaperones to assist in protein assembly and transport. In this project, heat shock at 40°, 44°, and 48°C was applied for 5, 10, 15, or 20 minutes. The data shows an increase in cellular proliferation following 15 and 20 minutes of thermal conditioning at 44° and 48°C as soon as 4 hours after heat shock. Protein secretion and gene expression of collagens type I and III and TGF-β suggest that that the heat shock response of tenocytes is similar to that of natural wound healing. Lastly, an in vitro scratch wound healing assay revealed that the use of heat may hasten the recovery time following T/L subfailure injuries.
Psallus (Psallus) mollis
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Psallus
Psallus mollis

description: Psallus (Psallus) mollis (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
Material examined
Psallus (Psallus) varians
TURKEY – Çanakkale Province • 2 ♀♀; Gökçeada; 29 May 1975; F. Önder leg.; LEMT. – Isparta Province • 1 ♀; Eğirdir; 11 Jun. 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT. – İzmIr ProvInce • 1 ♀; Bergama, Kozak; 23 May 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT • 2 ♀; Kemalpaşa; 23 May 1970; F. Önder leg.; LEMT. – Manisa Province • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Salihli, Sart; 7 May 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT. – Muğla ProvInce • 1 ♂; Fethiye, Seki; 9 Jun. 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT. – TekIrdağ ProvInce • 1 ♀; Şarköy; 31 May 1975; F. Önder leg.; LEMT. – Uşak ProvInce • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Merkez; 17 Jun. 1975; F. Önder leg.; LEMT • 1 ♀; Eşme; 16 Jun. 1975; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Psallus (Psallus) asthenicus
TURKEY – Kütahya Province • 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Merkez; 21 Jun. 1975; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Psallus (Psallus) anaemicus
TURKEY – Samsun Province • 2 ♂♂; Bafra; 4 Jun. 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Psallus (Psallus) turcicus
TURKEY – Kayseri Province • 1 ♂; Talas; 31 May 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Psallus (Hyalopsallus) perrisi
TURKEY – Kayseri Province • 1 ♂; Merkez; 1 Jun. 1973; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Comments
This species was recorded from numerous localities in Turkey by Önder (1976). After re-examination of the voucher specimens from all localities, except from Ödemiş, İzmir, we concluded that none of these specimens belong to P. mollis, but to other taxa. Records from Çanakkale, Isparta, İzmir, Manisa, Muğla and Tekirdağ refer to Psallus (Psallus) varians (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1841), those from Kütahya to Psallus (Psallus) asthenicus Seidenstücker, 1966, those from Samsun to Psallus (Psallus) anaemicus Seidenstücker, 1966, that from Merkez, Kayseri to Psallus (Hylopsallus) perrisi (Mulsant & Rey, 1852) and that from Talas, Kayseri to Psallus (Psallus) turcicus Wagner, 1971. The specimens from Uşak were all females and could not be reliably identified to species level.
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Dorymyrmex flavescens
Creators: name: Mayr, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1866
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Dorymyrmex
Dorymyrmex flavescens

description: D. flavescens Fabr.
(Formica flavescens Fabr. Ent. syst. II pag. 353) .. Femina: Long. 8 mm Testaceo-flava, nitida, subtilissime coriaceo-rugulosa, mandibularum margine masticatorio et abdominis dorso partim fuscis, thoracis dorso paulo infuscata, oculis nigris, alis hyalinis.
Die Mandibeln sind grob zerstreut punktirt. Das Mesonotum hat ziemlich kurze, gelbe, aufrechte Haare; der Hinterleib ist oben spaerlich, unten, so wie die Schienen, reichlicher abstehend behaart.
Mas: Long. 4 mm Testaceo-flavus, oculis nigris, nitidus, parce pilosus, sublaevis.
Der Arbeiter ist mir nicht bekannt.
Aus Mendoza in Suedamerika, im zoologischen Museum in Halle.
description: Published as part of Mayr, G., 1866, Myrmecologische Beitraege., pp. 484-517 in Sitzungsberichte der Koenigliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 53 on pages 12-13
Characterizing density and anisotropy in the trabecular architecture of the primate ilium and ischium
Creators: name: Shapiro, Darshana F.
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Year: 2016

description: Trabecular bone remodels in response to its mechanical loading environment. Thus, different types of loading and locomotion should produce distinctive trabecular architecture, enabling the reconstruction of locomotor regime from trabecular bone. While this relationship has been investigated in the appendicular skeleton of extant and fossil primates, it has yet to be examined in the pelvis, in spite of its central role in hindlimb-driven locomotion.   This dissertation explores the relationship between loading, locomotion, and trabecular architecture in the ilium and ischium of a sample of extant primates and attempts to reconstruct locomotion in one fossil specimen, Rudapithecus hungaricus. Based on the general principles of bone functional adaptation, that trabecular architecture remodels via changes in density and anisotropy in response to use, the general predictions of this work are that primates subjecting their innominates to greater, more stereotyped loads will have denser and/or more anisotropic trabecular architecture relative to primates that load their pelves less or in less stereotyped ways. I used high-resolution X-ray computed tomography scans of 29 innominates to compare standard measures of density and anisotropy within and between seven species of primates utilizing different locomotor modes.    My results provided mixed support for loading and locomotor hypotheses. In the ilium, intraspecific analyses and interspecific density results sometimes corresponded to predictions, while interspecific comparisons of anisotropy more clearly indicated support for locomotor hypotheses (as has been seen in previous work). Specifically, these comparisons suggested that semi-terrestrial/terrestrial quadrupeds have more anisotropic trabecular architecture than arboreal suspensors. Additionally, for non-human primates, comparisons within phylogenetic groups produced anisotropy results that conformed to locomotor predictions. In the ischium, bending (dorsal compression/ventral tension) appears to be the dominant loading regime in non-human primates, as the dorsal column of trabecular bone tends to be denser and more anisotropic than the ventral column. In terms of the interspecific locomotor hypotheses, differences appear to exist between the trabecular architecture of terrestrial and arboreal primates, as well as between taxa belonging to different locomotor categories, though these differences did not always conform to predictions. Results of the attempt to reconstruct loading in Rudapithecus (proposed to be an arboreal quadruped with adaptations to below-branch suspension) suggested that it had the greatest similarity in trabecular architecture to Symphalangus syndactylus, which is not inconsistent with its predicted locomotor regime.
Psallus (Apocremnus) betuleti
Creators: name: Çerçi, Barış
name: Koçak, Özgür
name: Tezcan, Serdar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Miridae
Psallus
Psallus betuleti

description: Psallus (Apocremnus) betuleti (Fallén, 1826)
Material examined
Mesopsallus fagi
TURKEY – Artvin Province • 1 ♂; Borçka, Murgul; 5 Sep. 1971; F. Önder leg.; LEMT.
Comments
This species was recorded from Turkey, based on a single specimen collected in Artvin by Önder (1976). We examined the voucher specimen and discovered that it belonged to Mesopsallus fagi (Drapolyuk, 1990). Detailed information about this newly recorded species for Turkey is given below.
description: Published as part of Çerçi, Barış, Koçak, Özgür & Tezcan, Serdar, 2024, Review of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) fauna of Turkey: perspectives for future research, pp. 1-127 in European Journal of Taxonomy 937 on page 18, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.937.2571, http://zenodo.org/record/12092877
Nesiophasma kuehni Gunther 1934
Creators: name: Hennemann, Frank H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Phasmida
Phasmatidae
Nesiophasma
Nesiophasma kuehni

description: Nesiophasma kuehni (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907)
(Figs. 43D, 45K–M, 47C–D)
Phobaeticus kuehni Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907: 185. LT (by present designation), ♀: Coll. Br. v. W., Ins. Roma, Timor, W. Kühn; det. Br. v. W. Phobaeticus kuehni [NHMW, No. 309]; PLT, 3 ♀♀ + 1 egg (ex ovipositor): Coll. Br. v. W., Ins. Roma, Timor, W. Kühn; det. Br. v. W. Phobaeticus kuehni 23.011 [NHMW, No. 309].
Brock, 1998 b: 37.
Nesiophasma kuehni, Günther, 1934a: 5.
Günther, 1935a: 29.
Otte & Brock, 2005: 227.
Differential diagnosis: Females of this distintive species are easily separated from all other known representatives of the genus by the roundly deflexed lateral margins of abdominal terga II–VII and prominently enlarged teeth of the extrimities (Fig. 43D).
Eggs (Figs. 47C–D): Medium sized, general colour greyish drab. Capsule elongate-ovoid, about 1.7x longer than wide, the ventral surface and lower region of dorsal surface with a blunt longitudinal keel. Capsule surface strongly sculptured; all over covered with an irregular network of raised ridges, granulose and with several more distinct small impressions. Polar area moderately impressed if seen in lateral aspect. Micropylar plate spearheadshaped, less than half the length of capsule with lower portion strongly narrowed. Micropylar cup small, bowlshaped and placed just above the constricted portion of capsule; dark reddish brown. Median line short. Operculum almost circular and khaki-brown, the central portion gently indented and of slightly paler colour. Capitulum irregularly conical, brown. Measurements [mm]: Length 4.1, width 2.4, height 2.5, length of micropylar plate 2.0.
Comments: The colouration of the four type-specimens ranges from dull green over ochre to greyish mid brown. A faint dark longitudinal stripe along the lateral margins of the pronotum is seen in all specimens and the leg armature is of a darker and more intense colour than the body and legs themselves, being intensively dark green in the green specimens and blackish brown to black in the brown specimens. A fully developed egg could be removed from the ovipositor of one of the paralectotypes and is now stored in a gelatine capsule together with the type-series (Figs. 47C–D). It is here described and illustrated for the first time. One of the green ♀♀ is here selected as the lectotype (Fig. 43D). ♂♂ unknown.
Distribution: So far only known from the type-locality. Pulau Romang [also Roma] is one of the Barat Daya Islands, located east of Wetar Island in the southern Maluku Province, Indonesia.
description: Published as part of Hennemann, Frank H., 2021, Stick insects of Sulawesi, Peleng and the Sula Islands, Indonesia- a review including checklists of species and descriptions of new taxa (Insecta: Phasmatodea), pp. 1-189 in Zootaxa 5073 (1) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5073.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5760636
Forms of life
Creators: name: Sherrill, Matthew
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Year: 2016

description: This dissertation seeks to reorient the discussion of evolutionary science and literature in the British long nineteenth century towards a consideration of poetic form. Unlike critical considerations of the nineteenth-century novel, in which questions of form and evolution have long been intertwined, studies of the period's poetry have struggled to convincingly link developments and experiments in poetic form to the evolutionary  milieu in which they took place. Where critics do discuss nineteenth-century poetry and evolution, it is in the context of an intellectual-historical approach that regards form as an afterthought. In recent years, although critics have moved towards regarding poetic form as enmeshed in political and economic formations, they have still ignored the ways in which poetic forms serve as indices for scientific models or theories. This dissertation attempts to fill that gap by asking questions about what happens when one adopts a  reading practice equally alert to both form and scientific history.        My fundamental contention is that a willingness to think formally about poetry while remaining observant to developments in evolutionary science can unearth an alternative cultural history, in which poets serve less as direct conduits for symptomatic evolutionary anxiety or enthusiasm, and more as active participants in scientific dialogue.  This formal history illuminates the degree to which non-Darwinian models of evolutionary theory have been obscured in much poetic criticism, but also highlights the misunderstandings and confusion which characterized many poets' encounters with developmental models of natural history, a confusion that registers through formal experimentation. In other words, my study aims to shed light not only on our  understanding of formal innovation in nineteenth century verse through a scientific lens,  but also the history of the uneven reception of that science through an attention to poetic  form.         The first chapter tracks the dynamic relationship between text and paratext in  Erasmus Darwin's didactic epics, the second examines repetition and repurposing in the  verse of Charlotte Smith's children's books, the third attends to perspectival experiments  of Robert Browning's monologues, and the fourth is focused on the rethinking of  temporality in George Meredith's sonnet sequence, Modern Love. Through this  apparently motley assemblage of figures, I hope to track an unobserved history of  evolutionary reception through form in a manner that encourages poetic readings that  regard form and science as vividly and necessarily entangled.
Impact of seed innovation and polices on maize yields in Kenya
Creators: name: Shen, Lingyun
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Year: 2016

description: The technical innovation in agriculture inputs, in particular with regard to seed related- innovations has resulted in enhanced crop yields in several parts of the developing world. In Kenya maize is a major staple food crop for over 80 % of the population. The Kenyan maize story has been often quoted as one of the success cases in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The major reasons have been partly due to the focused investments in R&D of developing new varieties – exploiting hybrid vigor in maize to attain higher yields, and enabling agricultural policies encouraging the use of agri-inputs in general. The adoption of improved varieties in Kenya also have increased over years and the recent studies indicate nearly 72 % of the maize area is under improved maize cultivars. In this research study, we have examined if the maize research system outputs have had any effect on maize productivity levels in Kenya since 1964. Though number of maize seed based innovation - in terms of new releases (currently 354 released varieties) have significantly increased in the last decade, the yields have been relatively ‘stagnant’ in Kenya. There are several factors that affect the yield, ranging from weather patterns, to use of external inputs (apart from seeds) and also policies regarding maize development in Kenya. In this research paper the relationship between ‘maize productivity levels’ and ‘seed related innovations’ in Kenya has been examined through a two-stage least squares regression model, where ‘the seed innovations (# of cultivar releases since 1964) has been endogenously determined through the seed market size, the level of plant variety protection, fertilizer imports and maize producer prices. In general, the maize yields in Kenya are significantly influenced by the increased number of cultivars available for use (seed-innovations); increased levels of investment in public sector R&D; and rainfall received. Though private sector presence is a significant factor in Kenyan seed industry, the impact is over-shadowed by the presence of para-statal (Kenya seed company), occupying more than 70 % of maize seed market share. These results have varied policy implications; ranging from the role of R&D investments in agriculture in general and policy reforms needed to liberalize Kenyan seed industry to improve the stagnating yields.
Hispanic ethnic identity and academic achievement for at-risk high school students
Creators: name: Stepney, Cesalie
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Year: 2016

description: Adolescence is a period of identity exploration and development.  In particular, ethnic identity forms an important aspect of identity for ethnic minority youth.  Prior research has found that ethnic identity is related to positive psychosocial and academic outcomes among these populations.  This study sought to expand the definition of ethnic identity for Hispanic youth to include other related aspects of identity, specifically acculturation, immigration status, and language use.  Further, it was hypothesized that Hispanic Ethnic Identity would positively predict academic achievement.  In addition, self-efficacy and social support were examined as potential mediators of this relationship.  Data were collected in a majority Hispanic high school in a low-income neighborhood in New Jersey (82.61% Hispanic by school-report, 90.98% receiving free or reduced lunch).  The sample consisted of 540 self-identified Hispanic students (Mean age = 17.15, 48.70% female, 61.11% born in the U.S.).  Structural equation modeling was employed to a) test the newly defined Hispanic Ethnic Identity construct and b) test a model of the hypothesized relationships between Hispanic Ethnic Identity, academic achievement (as measured by end-of-year GPA), general self-efficacy, and perceived social support from teachers.  Results revealed that contrary to the hypothesized model, there was a significant, but negative, direct relationship between Hispanic Ethnic Identity and GPA.   However, there was also a positive mediation effect of Hispanic Ethnic Identity to academic achievement via self-efficacy. Differences were revealed by gender.  Exploratory analyses were also conducted to test the model in Mexican-origin and Dominican-origin adolescents.  Overall, results revealed that Hispanic Ethnic Identity impacted academic achievement via dual distinct pathways, with a negative direct effect and positive indirect effect on GPA.  Implications and future directions are discussed.