cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Rhagonycha tibetana Svihla 2002
Creators: name: Xiao, Yun-Feng
name: Liu, Hao-Yu
name: Yang, Xing-Ke
name: Yang, Yu-Xia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Rhagonycha
Rhagonycha tibetana

description: Rhagonycha (s.str.) tibetana Švihla, 2002
(Figs 5G–I, 6B, 7B, 8B, 39)
Rhagonycha tibetana Švihla, 2002: 305, figs 1–3.
Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ (NMPC), [p] “ CHINA, SE – TIBET, ZAYU Co., / Salween side of HENGDUAN Shan / SW of MEILIXUE Shan, 2500‒3800m / 28°16-21'N 98°32‒41'E 5.‒10.6. 99/ L. & R. BUSINSKÝ legt.”, [p] “ HOLOTYPUS / Rhagonycha / tibetana sp. n. / det. V. Švihla, 2002 ”.
Other material examined. CHINA, Yunnan: 2♂♂, 2♀♀ (MHBU), Dimalou Village, 5.VII.2019, leg. Y.D. Chen & Q.L. Lei.
Descriptive notes. Male (Fig. 6B). Aedeagus moderately swollen laterally near middle (Fig. 5G, H); ventral processes of parameres abruptly thinned apically near bases, with apices widened and rounded, bent to each other in ventral view (Fig. 5G), wide and almost straight in lateral view (Fig. 5I); conjoint dorsal plate of parameres nearly as long as ventral processes (Fig. 5I), with apical margin moderately deeply and roundly emarginate in middle, lateral margins feebly converging apically, latero-apical angles truncate in dorsal view (Fig. 5H), and feebly inclined ventrally in lateral view (Fig. 5I); the emargination between conjoint dorsal plate and ventral process about 1/3 length of aedeagus.
Female. Internal organ of reproductive system (Fig. 7B): vagina stout and abruptly thinned at ventroapical portion into a long and thin tube, where diverticulum and spermathecal duct arising separately; diverticulum moderately long and spiral, evenly thin along the whole length; spermathecal duct very short and about 1/8 length of apical tube of vagina; spermatheca provided with a spiral tube, progressively thinned apically and longer than diverticulum; accessory gland long, about twice longer than spermatheca.
Abdominal sternite VIII (Fig. 8B) strongly narrowed posteriorly, widely rounded at latero-apical angles, and trapezodinally protuberant in middle of posterior margin.
Destribution (Fig. 39). China (Xizang, Yunnan).
Remarks. The aedeagus of this species was illustrated by Švihla (2002). Here, the female reproductive system and abdominal sternite VIII are illustrated and described for the first time.
description: Published as part of Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5534 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023514
Blended learning in entrepreneurship education
Creators: name: Maritz, Alex
name: Brown, Christopher
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper explores a blended learning approach to entrepreneurship education by discussing the integration of this pedagogical initiative aimed at infusing entrepreneurial skills and behaviour among students in a higher education setting. We employ a prag matic perspective, using an inductive paradigm. The classification is exploratory in nature, based upon a grounded theory strategy. As such, the initiative seeks an interpretative p rocess, with blended learning being an integral pedagogical technique in the vast array of available entrepreneurship education interventions. The value of this approach is in integrating desirability, propensity to act and feasibility to enhance entrepreneurial intentionality within an entrep reneurship program.
C14-Polyacetylene glucosides from Codonopsis pilosula
Creators: name: Jiang, Yue-Ping
name: Liu, Yu-Feng
name: Guo, Qing-Lan
name: Jiang, Zhi-Bo
name: Xu, Cheng-Bo
name: Cheng-Gen Zhu
name: Yang, Yong-Chun
name: Lin, Sheng
name: Shi, Jian-Gong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computational Biology
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Engineering
subject: Biochemistry

description: Seven new C14-polyacetylene glucosides codonopilodiynosides A–G (1–7) were isolated from an aqueous extract of the Codonopsis pilosula roots. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic and chemical methods as (–)-(5S,6E,12E)-tetradeca-6,12-dien-8,10-diyn-1,5,14-triol 5-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (1), (–)-(5S,6E,12E)-tetradeca-6,12-dien-8,10-diyn-1,5,14-triol 5-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1″ → 2′)-β-d-glucopyranoside (2), (–)-(5S,6E,12E)-tetradeca-6,12-dien-8,10-diyn-1,5,14-triol 5,14-di-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (3), (–)-(5S,6E)-tetradeca-6-en-8,10-diyn-1,5,14-triol 5-O-β-d-glucopyranoside (4), (–)-(5S,6E,12E)-tetradeca-6,12-dien-8,10-diyn-1,5-diol 5-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1″ → 2′)-β-d-glucopyranoside (5), (–)-(6S,4E,12E)-tetradeca-4,12-dien-8,10-diyn-1,6-diol 6-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1″ → 2′)-β-d-glucopyranoside (6), and (–)-(5S,6E)-tetradeca-6-en-1,5-epoxy-8,10-diyn-14-ol 14-O-β-d-glucopyranosyl-(1″ → 2′)-β-d-glucopyranoside (7), respectively. The absolute configurations of 1–7 were assigned by enzymatic hydrolysis followed by isolation of glucose and aglycones (1a and 4a–7a), and subsequent comparison of specific rotation, TLC, and 1H NMR data of the glucose with an authentic sugar sample and application of modified Mosher's method based on the MPA determination rule of ΔδRS values for 1a and 4a, and ΔδS values for 6a. The configuration of 7 was assigned by electronic circular dichroism calculations based on the quantum-mechanical time-dependent density functional theory.
title: Immobilization of gold-on-carbon catalysts onto perfluorocarbon emulsion droplets to promote oxygen delivery in aqueous phase (D)-glucose oxidation
Creators: name: Perovic, Milena
name: Zeininger, Lukas
name: Oschatz, Martin
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: The catalytic activity of metal nanoparticles (NPs) supported on porous supports can be controlled by various factors, such as NPs size, shape, or dispersivity, as well as their interaction with the support or the properties of the support material itself. However, these intrinsic properties are not solely responsible for the catalytic behavior of the overall reaction system, as the local environment and surface coverage of the catalyst with reactants, products, intermediates and other invloved species often play a crucial role in catalytic processes as well. Their contribution can be particularly critical in liquid-phase reactions with gaseous reactants that often suffer from low solubiltiy. One example is (D)-glucose oxidation with molecular oxygen over gold nanoparticles supported on porous carbons. The possibility to promote oxygen delivery in such aqueous phase oxidation reactions via the immobilization of heterogenous catalysts onto the interface of perfluorocarbon emulsion droplets is reported here. Gold-on-carbon catalyst particles can stabilize perfluorocarbon droplets in the aqueous phase and the local concentration of the oxidant in the surroundings of the gold nanoparticles accelerates the rate-limiting step of the reaction. Consequently, the reaction rate of a system with the optimal volume fraction of fluorocarbon is higher than a reference emulsion system without fluorocarbon, and the effect is observed even without additional oxygen supply.
description: Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe; 1362
Rhagonycha bimucronata Svihla 2005
Creators: name: Xiao, Yun-Feng
name: Liu, Hao-Yu
name: Yang, Xing-Ke
name: Yang, Yu-Xia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Rhagonycha
Rhagonycha bimucronata

description: Rhagonycha (s.str.) bimucronata Švihla, 2005
(Figs 10A, 11A–C, 12A, 12C, 36)
Rhagonycha bimucronata Švihla, 2005: 72, figs 1–3.
Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ (NMPC), [p] “ China: Sichuan prov / Maoxian env. / 1500 m. 29.VI.2003 / lgt. S. Murzin,”, [P] “HOLOYUPUS / Rhagonycha / bimucronata sp. nov. / V. Švihla det. 2005”.
Other material examined. CHINA, Sichuan: 1♂, 2♀♀ (MHBU), Anzihe, Baliping, 11.VIII.2016, leg. L.M. Li; 7♂♂, 5♀♀ (MHBU), same data as the proceding, 9.VIII.2016; 2♂♂, 3♀♀ (MHBU), Wanglang Nature Reserve, 2500–2800 m, 32°57'22" N; 104°2'17" E, 31.VII.2017, leg. Z.B. Yi; 4♂♂, 27♀♀ (MHBU), Anzihe, Shaoyaogou, 11.VIII.2016, leg. W.Y. Zhou; 5♀♀ (MHBU), Liziping, Menghuo, 26.VII.2016, leg. L.M. Li; 5♀♀ (MHBU), Jiguanxiang, Baliping, 11.VIII.2016, leg. W.Y. Zhou.
Descriptive notes. Male (Fig. 10A). Aedeagus moderately swollen laterally near middle (Fig. 11A, B); ventral processes of parameres abruptly thinned apically near bases, rounded at apices, approaching to each other in ventral view (Fig. 11A), and feebly bent ventrlly in lateral view (Fig. 11C); conjoint dorsal plate of parameres nearly as long as ventral processes (Fig. 11C), with apical margin deeply and roundly emarginate in middle, lateral margins feebly diverging apically, acute at latero-apical angles (Fig. 11B), feebly inclined ventrally in lateral view (Fig. 11C); the emargination between conjoint dorsal plate and ventral process about 1/3 length of aedeagus (Fig. 11C).
Female. Internal organ of reproductive system (Fig. 12A): vagina stout and abruptly thinned at ventroapical portion into a very short and stout tube, where diverticulum and spermathecal duct arising next to each other; diverticulum short and spiral, evenly thin along the whole length; spermathecal duct extremely short; spermatheca provided with a spiral tube, progressively thinned apically and longer than diverticulum; accessory gland long, about twice longer than spermatheca.
Abdominal sternite VIII (Fig. 12C) moderately narrowed apically, widely rounded at latero-apical angles, and shallowly emarginate on both sides and triangularly emarginate in middle of posterior margin, with the portions between lateral and middle emarginations acute at apices and extending over apices of latero-apical angles.
Destribution (Fig. 36). China (Sichuan).
Remarks. The aedeagus of this species was illustrated by Švihla (2005). Here, the female reproductive system and abdominal sternite VIII are illustrated and described for the first time.
description: Published as part of Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5534 (1) on pages 18-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023514
Immigrant entrepreneurs in Italy's south: the new drivers of growth in an economically depressed area?
Creators: name: Mascitelli, Bruno
name: Battiston, Simone
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3503
subject: Business systems in context

description: Once a migrant-sending country, Italy has recently become one of the Europe’s destinations of migrant workers. One interesting emerging phenomena is that of immigrant entrepreneurship in the economically under-developed south. Based on current literature and data, this paper argues that the unplanned nature of immigration in Italy, the difficulties of the immigrant population to enter the mainstream, highly regulated labour market, the non-recognition of foreign academic and professional qualifications and the lack of proper policies of settlement and integration may partly explain why higher than expected numbers of immigrants seeking self-employment opportunities, event in areas economically depressed and disadvantaged
Rhagonycha flava
Creators: name: Xiao, Yun-Feng
name: Liu, Hao-Yu
name: Yang, Xing-Ke
name: Yang, Yu-Xia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Rhagonycha
Rhagonycha flava

description: Rhagonycha (s.str.) flava (Pic, 1926)
(Fig. 10B, 11D–F, 12B, 12D, 36)
Podabrus flavus Pic, 1926b: 356.
Rhagonycha flava: Wittmer, 1997: 326, figs 200, 201.
Type material examined. LECTOTYPE ♂ (MHNH), [p] “MUSEUM PARIS / MOU PIN / A. DAVID 1870”, [p] “MUS. HIST. NAT. / A. DAVID / Moupin (Thibet) / 1871”, [p] “ LECTOTYPUS ”, [p] “ Podabrus / flavus Pic / n sp”, [h] “ Rhagonycha / flava / (Pic) / det. W. Wittmer ”.
Other material examined. CHINA, Sichuan: 2♂♂ (IZAS), Emeishan, Jinding, 3000−3200 m, 22.Ⅴ.1957, leg. K.R. Huang; 1♂ (IZAS), Emeishan, Jiulaodong, 1800−1900 m, 17.VI.1957, leg. Y.C. Xu; 2♀♀ (MHBU), Chongzhou, Jiguanshan, Anzihe Nature Reserve, Shaoyaogou Protection Station, 30.Ⅴ.2016, leg. L.M. Li; 1♂, 4♀♀ (MHBU), same data as the proceding, 29.Ⅴ.2016; 3♂♂, 1♀ (MHBU), Chongzhou, Jiguanshan, 21.VI.2016, leg. F.M. Shi; 12♂♂, 20♀♀ (MHBU), Anzihe, Shaoyaogou, 31.Ⅴ.2016, leg. L.M. Li; 2♀♀ (MHBU), Liziping, Menghuo, Pusagang, 26.VII.2016, leg. L.M. Li.
Descriptive notes. Male (Fig. 10B). Aedeagus moderately swollen laterally near middle (Fig. 11D, E); ventral processes of parameres abruptly thinned apically near bases, with apices directing laterally in ventral view (Fig. 11D), acute at apices, moderately wide and feebly bent dorsally in lateral view (Fig. 11F); conjoint dorsal plate of parameres feebly shorter than ventral processes (Fig. 11F), with apical margin deeply and triangularly emarginate in middle, lateral margins moderately diverging apically in dorsal view (Fig. 11E), latero-apical angles acute, bent ventrally in lateral view (Fig. 11F); the emargination between conjoint dorsal plate and ventral process about 1/4 length of aedeagus (Fig. 11F).
Female. Internal organ of reproductive system (Fig. 12B): vagina stout and abruptly thinned at ventroapical portion into a long tube, where diverticulum and spermathecal duct arising separately; diverticulum short and spiral, evenly thin along the whole length; spermathecal duct short and about 1/4 length of apical tube of vagina; spermatheca provided with a spiral tube, progressively thinned apically and about twice longer than diverticulum; accessory gland long, about twice as long as spermatheca.
Abdominal sternite VIII (Fig. 12D): moderately narrowed posteriorly, widely triangular at latero-apical angles, and feebly and trapezodinally protuberant in middle of posterior margin.
Destribution (Fig. 36). China (Sichuan).
description: Published as part of Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5534 (1) on pages 21-23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023514
Rhagonycha furcata Wittmer 1997
Creators: name: Xiao, Yun-Feng
name: Liu, Hao-Yu
name: Yang, Xing-Ke
name: Yang, Yu-Xia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Rhagonycha
Rhagonycha furcata

description: Rhagonycha (s.str.) furcata Wittmer, 1997
(Figs 13A, 39)
description: Published as part of Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5534 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023514
The Great Recession or progressive energy policies? Explaining the decline in US greenhouse gas emissions forecasts
Creators: name: Nelson, Hal T.
name: Hippel, David Von
name: Peterson, Tom
name: Garagulagian, Roman
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Science Policy
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Biological Sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemistry
subject: Earth and Environmental Sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Medicine

description: This paper evaluates the causes of the 23% decline in 2030 US greenhouse gas emissions forecasts between 2007 and 2011. Dynamic regression modeling predicts that the Great Recession contributed to about 67% of the 2008–2009 emissions decline, but then fell to about an 18% share for the 2030 emissions forecast. An analysis of electricity generation forecasts show that switching from coal to gas contributed only 6% to the total 2030 decline. In contrast, regulatory impact assessments and policy analysis showed that state and federal policies were responsible for 46% of the 2030 decline in emissions.
Rhagonycha furcata Wittmer 1997
Creators: name: Xiao, Yun-Feng
name: Liu, Hao-Yu
name: Yang, Xing-Ke
name: Yang, Yu-Xia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Rhagonycha
Rhagonycha furcata

description: Rhagonycha furcata Wittmer, 1997: 327, figs 204, 205.
Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ (Fig. 13A, NHMB), [p] “ YUNNAN 2200-2500m / 24.57N 98.45E 8-16/5 / GAOLIGONG mts. / Vit Kubáň leg. 1995”, [p] “ HOLOTYPUS ”, [h] “furcata ”, [h] “193”, [p] “Naturhistorisches / Museum Basel / Coll. W. Wittmer ”, [p] “ CANTHARIDAE / CANTH00003066”.
Distribution (Fig. 39). China (Yunnan).
Reamrks. The habitus photo of the holotype is provided for the first time.
description: Published as part of Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5534 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023514
JVarkit: java-based utilities for Bioinformatics
Creators: name: Lindenbaum, Pierre
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Computational Biology
subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: This article is a placeholder to get a reference for Jvarkit ( https://github.com/lindenb/jvarkit ), a set
of more than 100 java-based tools for bioinformatics I’ve written during the last years.
Understanding of volunteering by the Australian public: the media perspective
Creators: name: Mitchell, Janise
name: Hewege, Chandana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper explores the understanding of volunteering by the Australian public from a media perspective. The content analysis of 137 news articles published in The Australian newspaper during the period from 01-01-2008 to 30-09-2010 has revealed that volunteering in Australia is framed in terms of eight perspectives: education-related; corporate volunteering;, community support; hurdles and enablers for volunteers; general reference to volunteering; environmental protection; research subjects; and volunteering in foreign soil. The phenomenon of volunteering is mainly famed as a general reference to volunteering and not as a case for encouraging more volunteering. Encouragement for participation in volunteering is under represented. Government and related organisations are the dominant claim makers. It is argued that media-led rhetoric tends to influence peoples’ decision to volunteer. Thus, social marketing campaigns that aim to persuade people to volunteer should be designed by referring to the construction of meaning of volunteering by the people.
Entrepreneurial research to research entrepreneurship: a case study in collaborative research design
Creators: name: Rushworth, Susan
name: Winkel, Doan
name: Vanevenhoven, Jeff
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Entrepreneurship remains relatively immature compared with other business, economic and social research disciplines. It lacks large scale, longitudinal studies with rigorous research methods and complex models that provide a foundational, empirical base, partly due to the resource-intensive nature of such studies. Since entrepreneurship has been defined as “the pursuit of opportunity without regard to the resources controlled”, applying entrepreneurial methods to entrepreneurship research provides a potential solution. A new entrepreneurship research project is presented as a case study using this approach. Significant benefits in terms of scale and research design quality of the resulting project are identified.
Rhagonycha testaceopallipa Wittmer 1997
Creators: name: Xiao, Yun-Feng
name: Liu, Hao-Yu
name: Yang, Xing-Ke
name: Yang, Yu-Xia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Rhagonycha
Rhagonycha testaceopallipa

description: Rhagonycha (s.str.) testaceopallipa Wittmer, 1997
(Figs 13B, 38)
Rhagonycha testaceopallipa Wittmer, 1997: 325, figs 196, 197.
Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ (Fig. 13B, NHMB), [h] “ China, W Hupeh / Lichuan Distr. ”, [h] “ Suisapa 1000 m / 2.VIII.1949 ”, [p] “ HOLOTYPUS ”, [h] “R. / testaceopallipa / Wittm. / det. W. Wittmer ”, [h] “116”, [p] “Naturhistorisches / Museum Basel / Coll. W. Wittmer ”, [p] “ CANTHARIDAE / CANTH00002469”.
Distribution (Fig. 38). China (Hubei).
Reamrks. The habitus photo of the holotype is provided for the first time.
description: Published as part of Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5534 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023514
The impact of entrepreneurship on transitioning economies
Creators: name: Tanas, Janusz
name: Audretsch, David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper explores the relationship among socio-political culture and the economic environment. It places the entrepreneur at the forefront of the Transitional Economy and identifies the entrepreneur as a catalyst for change and progress. Within wider world changes, this discussion and interrogation of entrepreneurial development in the Transitional Economy provides new knowledge from the perspective of both the authors and the perceptions of 638 respondents who contributed to the research. The concluding model makes explicit that the constructs Freedom and History serve as moderators for entrepreneurial development in the Transitional Economy and suggests that the strength of an individual is created by societal construct. The progress of entrepreneurs is enhanced where there is political and economic freedom to operate, informed by historical knowledge.
Executive Summary: An investigation into the feasibility of designing a framework for the quantitative evaluation of the clinical librarian service at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust
Creators: name: Deshmukh, Archana
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: An executive summary of the dissertation research project.
Rhagonycha albidipennis Pic 1923
Creators: name: Xiao, Yun-Feng
name: Liu, Hao-Yu
name: Yang, Xing-Ke
name: Yang, Yu-Xia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Rhagonycha
Rhagonycha albidipennis

description: Rhagonycha (s.str.) albidipennis Pic, 1923
(Figs 13D, 40)
Rhagonycha albidipennis Pic, 1923: 60; Wittmer, 1997: 326, figs 198, 199.
Type material examined. LECTOTYPE ♂ (Fig. 13D, NHMB), [h] “Hoa Bihn / Tokin”, [h] “ Rhagonycha albidipennis / n sp”, [p] “LECOTYPUS”.
Other material examined. 1♂ (NHMB), Hoa Binh, without date and collector (det. W. Wittmer).
Distribution (Fig. 40). Vietnam (Hoa Bihn).
Reamrks. The habitus photo of the holotype is provided for the first time.
description: Published as part of Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5534 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023514
Investigating the firm life-cycle theory on Australian SMEs in the ICT sector
Creators: name: Perenyi, Aron
name: Selvarajah, Christopher
name: Muthaly, Siva
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Four points of major criticism can be identified regarding the application of firm life-cycle theory on SMEs: inconsistency of empirical validation; descriptive nature of the model; regression in the cycle is neglected; and linear, sequential life-cycle model. Data was collected on Australian SMEs in the ICT sector, using an established quantitative methodology. Propositions were formulated based on critical literature, and were evaluated using the data. It was found, that the life-cycle classification was possible and meaningful. Progression along the life-cycle path was predominant, but regression could also be identified. An idle life-cycle stage could not be clearly identified using clustering. However, when investigating the shift between life-cycle stages, a substantial group of idle firms has been shown
title: Measuring Literary Quality. Proxies and Perspectives
Creators: name: Feldkamp, Pascale
name: Bizzoni, Yuri
name: Lassen, Ida Marie S.
name: Thomsen, Mads Rosendahl
name: Nielbo, Kristoffer L.
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2024

description: Computational studies of literature have adopted approaches from
statistics and social sciences to perform large scale studies of fiction, and recent
work has sought to approximate the success of literary texts using some proxy
for literary quality, such as collections of human judgments, sales-numbers or
lists indicating canonicity. However, most quantitative studies of literary quality
use one such measure as a golden standard of literary judgement without fully
reflecting on what it represents. Conclusions drawn from these studies are
nonetheless bound to mirror a particular conception of literary quality associated
with the chosen metric. To address this issue, we provide a discussion
of the interrelation of various “proxies of literary quality” within a corpus of
novels published in the US in the late 19th and 20th century, performing correlations
and comparisons across 14 different proxies. We start with a heuristic
distinction between expert-based literary judgments, such as those represented
by college syllabi and literary anthologies, and crowd-based judgments, such
as GoodReads’ ratings, and explore the differences between these and other
proxies that fall in-between, such as library holding numbers, prestigious literary
prizes, and classics book series. Our findings suggest that works favored in
expert-based judgments tend to score lower on GoodReads, while those longlisted
for awards tend to score higher and enjoy greater circulation in libraries.
Generally, two main kinds of “quality perception” emerge as we map the literary
judgment landscape: one associated with canonical literature, and one with
more popular literature, which may indicate that judgements of canonicity or
literariness are not equal to popularity among readers. Additionally, our study
suggests that prestige in genre-literature, as represented by main genre-fiction
awards such as the Hugo or World Fantasy Award, constitute distinct proxies on
their own, though more closely aligned to popular than canonical proxies.
Rhagonycha bomdiensis Wittmer 1989
Creators: name: Xiao, Yun-Feng
name: Liu, Hao-Yu
name: Yang, Xing-Ke
name: Yang, Yu-Xia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Rhagonycha
Rhagonycha bomdiensis

description: Rhagonycha (s.str.) bomdiensis Wittmer, 1989
(Figs 14A, 40)
Rhagonycha bomdiensis Wittmer, 1989: 216, figs 17, 18.
Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ (Fig.14A, NHMB), [h]“ Assam Kameng / Bomdi La 8800.”,[h]“ 15.7.1961 / F. Schmid ”, [p] “ HOLOTYPUS ”, [h] “ Rhagonycha bomidiensis / det. W. Wittmer ”, [p] “Naturhistorisches / Museum Basel / Coll. W. Wittmer ”, [p] “ CANTHARIDAE / CANTH00001701”.
Distribution (Fig. 40). India (Assam).
Reamrks. The habitus photo of the holotype is provided for the first time.
description: Published as part of Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5534 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023514
The re-making of the 'noble' soldier: a case study of coalition governments' response to the Abu Ghraib scandal
Creators: name: Bossio, Diana
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Media reports about widespread abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers at Abu Ghraib prompted widespread criticism of the Coalition of the Willing’s use of military engagement to fight terrorism. This paper will utilise a qualitative discursive analysis to investigate the discursive strategies used by the US and Australian government to respond to the Abu Ghraib scandal in the media. I will argue that one of the more successful discursive strategies used by ‘Coalition’ governments was to separate the acts of brutality from the overall representation of the ‘moral’ need for military engagement in Iraq. However, the paper will illustrate that this discursive separation meant that Coalition governments re-presented once 'heroic' American soldiers similarly to the terrorist 'others' so derided in the media.
'Oranges and Lemons': art, therapy, subjectivity
Creators: name: Hecq, Dominique
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Recent developments in the theory and practice of psychoanalysis have identified Creative Writing as a means of understanding subjectivity through what the French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan has called suppléance, a stand-in which helps the ego cohere and in some cases prevents subjective dissolution, as may have been the case with Joyce. Following on from my own previous theoretical and creative research in this area, the story ‘Oranges and Lemons’ addresses the question of the mechanism of suppléance from the concept of art therapy by contrasting the symbolic dimension of language with the imaginary dimension of art making. In doing so, it confirms that suppléance arises out of the need to overcome an anxiety which veils the shadow of Das Ding, hence also the threat of subjective dissolution. Further, ‘Oranges and Lemons’ suggests that there may be different structural types of suppléance and that as an organising principle suppléance may be both a temporary or permanent device.
Rhagonycha manipurensis Wittmer 1989
Creators: name: Xiao, Yun-Feng
name: Liu, Hao-Yu
name: Yang, Xing-Ke
name: Yang, Yu-Xia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Rhagonycha
Rhagonycha manipurensis

description: Rhagonycha (s.str.) manipurensis Wittmer, 1989
(Figs 14B, 40)
Rhagonycha manipurensis Wittmer, 1989: 216, figs 13–16.
Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ (Fig. 14B, NHMB), [h] “ Assam Manipur / Sirohi Kashong”, [h] “Suisapa 1000m /10.6.60Sohmid”,[p]“ HOLOTYPUS ”,[h]“895”,[p]“ Rhagonycha /manipurensis/Wittm./det. W.Wittmer ”, [p] “Naturhistorisches / Museum Basel / Coll. W. Wittmer ”, [p] “ CANTHARIDAE / CANTH00001043”.
Distribution (Fig. 40). India (Assam).
Reamrks. The habitus photo of the holotype is provided for the first time.
description: Published as part of Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5534 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023514
Rhagonycha meghalayana Wittmer 1989
Creators: name: Xiao, Yun-Feng
name: Liu, Hao-Yu
name: Yang, Xing-Ke
name: Yang, Yu-Xia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Rhagonycha
Rhagonycha meghalayana

description: Rhagonycha (s.str.) meghalayana Wittmer, 1989
(Figs 14C, 40)
Rhagonycha meghalayana Wittmer, 1989: 218, figs 19, 20.
Type material examined. HOLOTYPE ♂ (Fig. 14C, NHMB), [p] “Cherrapuniee / 1200m 16.5.76”, [p] “ Megalaya 1976 / Wittmer, Baroni U.”, [p] “ HOLOTYPUS ”, [p] “ Rhagonycha / meghalayana / Wittm. / det. W. Wittmer ”, [h] “894”, [p] “Naturhistorisches / Museum Basel / Coll. W. Wittmer ”, [p] “ CANTHARIDAE / CANTH00003999”.
Distribution (Fig. 40). India (Megalaya).
Reamrks. The habitus photo of the holotype is provided for the first time.
description: Published as part of Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5534 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023514
The effects of MDMA and methamphetamine on car driving simulator performance, cognitive skills, and mood states
Creators: name: Stough, Con
name: Ogden, Edward
name: Owens, K.
name: Swann, P.
name: Gibbs, A.
name: Parrott, A. C.
name: Wesnes, K.
name: King, Rebecca
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The aim of this study was to investigate car driving skills and cognitive abilities after the consumption of methamphetamine and MDMA. In previous studies we have demonstrated significant decrements following sedative drugs such as cannabis, and stimulants such as dexamphetamine. We have also documented the presence of stimulant drugs in many fatal traffic accidents, especially those involving road-train truck drivers in Australia. There is however disagreement over whether acute doses of MDMA will impair or improve cognitive function and driving behaviours in humans. Ramaekers et al. [3] reported that an acute dose of 75mg MDMA improved tracking accuracy, but impaired speed adaptation during carfollowing. Dastrup et al. noted that abstinent Ecstasy users were not impaired on car driving skills, but did assume extra risk. In an analysis of traffic accidents involving stimulant drugs, Verschraagen et al. reported more fatalities involving MDMA than amphetamine.
Performance related pay in Australian universities: the case of Swinburne University
Creators: name: Harkness, Peter
name: Schier, Mark
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 380104
subject: Economics of education

description: Performance related pay is not common in Australian universities. A number of Australian universities have begun to show interest in implementing more individualised pay arrangements. Swinburne University of Technology, in Melbourne, has chosen, contrary to the wishes of many of its staff, to be a path-breaker and has introduced a performance related pay scheme. This paper presents a review of the literature pertaining to the effectiveness of performance-related pay, with a particular emphasis on educational organisations. The overall research question guiding the review was to establish the extent to which performance related pay practices have been successful, and in particular, whether or not performance related pay practices are likely to be effective in a higher educational institution. The findings provide very little support for Swinburne's 'Performance, Development and Rewards' scheme. Indeed, it may well be counter productive.
L'expérience des normes bioéthiques dans l'étude sociologique de l'autisme
Creators: name: HAMOUICH Rafik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: L’article met l’accent sur les éléments d’ordre méthodologiques déterminant l’implication de la notion bioéthique de la recherche en sciences sociales. L’objectif est d’examiner les normes bioéthiques de la recherche au Maroc afin de clarifier la revendication bioéthique dans les études sociologiques. Dans cette optique, l’expérience vécue sur le terrain d’étude concernant l’exigence bureaucratique de ces normes révèle que la demande de la signature du formulaire de consentement constitue un défi à relever. Une esquisse théorique des règles éthiques s’avère importante pour saisir les raisons justifiant leur obligation dans les études en sciences sociales. Par ailleurs, certains chercheurs ont contesté cette indication méthodologique, la considérant comme un obstacle de la recherche.

Lors de l'étude sur l'autisme, il s’avère que le respect des normes bioéthiques en recherche sociologique est particulièrement complexe. Cette complexité découle principalement de la spécificité de la population ciblée, notamment en raison des défis psychologiques significatifs auxquels sont confrontées les familles d'enfants autistes. En effet, la considération bioéthique soulève un questionnement important sur le degré de la compatibilité de ses règles avec les recherches en sciences sociales.
Building and Provisioning Bioinformatics Environments on Public and Private Clouds
Creators: name: Afgan, Enis
name: Krampis, Konstantinos
name: Nuwan Goonasekera
name: Karolj Skala
name: Taylor, James
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Distributed Computing

description: Abstract - Unlike newly developed web applications that can be designed from the ground up to utilize cloud APIs and run natively within cloud infrastructure, most complex bioinformatics pipelines that are in advanced states of development can only be encapsulated within VMs along with all their software and data dependencies. To take advantage of the scalability offered by the cloud, additional frameworks are required to create virtualized compute clusters and emulate the most common infrastructure found on institutional resources where most of the existing bioinformatics pipelines are generally run. In this paper we describe one such framework, its compatibility with multiple Clouds and present an automated process for deploying the entire system so it can be made easily available on any Cloud.
New institutional economics and the performance of nations: the case of Australia and Argentina
Creators: name: Esposto, Alexis
name: Tohme, Fernando
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper analyses the economic performance of Australia and Argentina by conducting an 'economic experiment'. This comparative exercise contrasts the economic performance over time of these two economies by analysing and comparing 'popular' economic indices. In conducting this experiment, we test the hypothesis that the main tenet of the neo-institutional strand of economics is that good institutions induce superior economic and social performance over time. The results of this study indicate that Australia’s superior economic performance relative to that of Argentina is mainly due to the more successful functioning and operation of its economic and social institutions.
The impact of expectancy on cognitive performance during alcohol hangover
Creators: name: Devenney, Lydia E.
name: Coyle, Kieran B.
name: Verster, Joris
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Objective: Knowing the purpose of a clinical study may provoke expectancies among subjects that may influence the study outcome. For example, expectancies about a drug effect may cause subjects to put in more effort to counteract these effects on performance tasks, or cause stress or other mood alterations in anticipation of expected adverse effects. The objective of this study was to investigate to what extent expectancy effects will influence the magnitude of cognitive performance decrement in the alcohol hangover state. Results: Forty subjects with a mean (SD) age of 24.0 (7.4) years old participated in a naturalistic study to examine the alcohol hangover effects on cognitive performance. Subjects in the expectancy group were informed of the purpose of the study. In the control group subjects were told that the purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of time of day on cognitive performance. Subjects consumed a mean (SD) of 12.9 (10.0) alcoholic drinks the night before testing. Cognitive tests included the Stroop test, Eriksen's flanker test, a divided attention test, intra-extra dimensional set shifting test, spatial working memory test, and free word recall test. Expectancy effects did not differentially affect cognitive performance in the alcohol hangover state.
Cloudflow – A Framework for MapReduce Pipeline Development in Biomedical Research
Creators: name: Forer, Lukas
name: Afgan, Enis
name: Weissensteiner, Hansi
name: Davidović, Davor
name: Specht, Günther
name: Kronenberg, Florian
name: Schönherr, Sebastian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 60102 Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Distributed Computing

description: Abstract - The data-driven parallelization framework Hadoop MapReduce allows analysing large data sets in a scalable way. Since the development of MapReduce programs can be a time-intensive and challenging task, the application and usage of Hadoop in Biomedical Research is still limited. Here we present Cloudflow, a high-level framework to hide the implementation details of Hadoop and to provide a set of building blocks to create biomedical pipelines in a more intuitive way. We demonstrate the benefit of Cloudflow on three different genetic use cases. It will be shown how the framework can be combined with the Hadoop workflow system Cloudgene and the cloud orchestration platform CloudMan to provide Hadoop pipelines as a service to everyone. The framework is open source and free available at https://github.com/genepi/cloudflow.
Rhagonycha disconigra
Creators: name: Xiao, Yun-Feng
name: Liu, Hao-Yu
name: Yang, Xing-Ke
name: Yang, Yu-Xia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cantharidae
Rhagonycha
Rhagonycha disconigra

description: Rhagonycha (s.str.) disconigra (Pic, 1907)
(Figs 14D, 40)
Cantharis disconigra Pic, 1907: 126.
Rhagonycha disconigra Wittmer, 1997: 327.
Other material examined. 1♂ (Fig. 14D, NHMB), “N Vietnam, 13.v.1995, Lai Chau prov., Si Pang, N. rdg., Hoan Lien Son Mts., 1950‒1970m, M. Owada ” (det. W. Wittmer).
Distribution (Fig. 40). Vietnam (Tonkin).
Reamrks. The type was not located in MNHN, but the habitus photo of a determined specimen by W. Wittmer in NHMB is provided to allow making comparisons with other species herein.
description: Published as part of Xiao, Yun-Feng, Liu, Hao-Yu, Yang, Xing-Ke & Yang, Yu-Xia, 2024, Taxonomic review of the Rhagonycha flava species group (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), with descriptions of fourteen new species from China, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5534 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5534.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14023514
New media and social-political change in Iran
Creators: name: Sohrabi, Hadi
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 470102
subject: Communication technology and digital media studies

description: The increasing penetration of new communication technologies into everyday life has attracted a growing interest in the social, economic and political implications of these technologies. Most studies have looked at Western democratic societies and the literature on the developing countries is unfortunately small in comparison. In 2009 Iran witnessed a political upheaval in the aftermath of the presidential election in which the Internet was utilized effectively by the political opposition. News and videos of police brutality and repression were uploaded online, including onto social networking sites, in what was called the ‘Twitter Revolution’. Expectations rose on the capacity of new media to bring about democratic change in Iran. Later developments, however, showed that ‘mouse clicks’ alone do not produce profound political changes. In this article we look at the role of the new media and the social and political functions it took on in the post election period. We suggest that, firstly, new media has helped ordinary citizens and the political opposition challenge the government’s monopoly of information. Secondly, we suggest that new media have paved the way for the emergence of a global public sphere for Iranians across the globe. This article also looks at the social and cultural impacts of the satellite channels which have been an ongoing source of concern for the Iranian conservative regime. Finally we take a critical stance and analyze the effects of new communication technologies in light of the ‘digital divide’ and ‘the radicalization of the Green Movement’.
Broadband in the burbs: NBN infrastructure, spectrum politics and the digital home
Creators: name: Apperley, Tom
name: Nansen, Bjorn
name: Arnold, Michael
name: Wilken, Rowan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The convergence of suburban homes and digital media and communications technologies is set to undergo a major shift as next-generation broadband infrastructures are installed. Embodied in the Australian Government’s National Broadband Network (NBN) and the delivery of fibre-optic cable to the front door of every suburban home, is an anticipated future of digital living that will transform the landscape and experience of suburban life. Drawing from our research, and from industry, policy and media documents, we map some scenarios of the NBN rollout in its early stages to show that this imaginary of seamless broadband in the suburbs and the transformation of digital homes it anticipates is challenged by local cultural and material geographies, which we describe as a politics of spectrum.
Century of change? Media arts then and now
Creators: name: Tofts, Darren
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The formative years of 20th century modernism were all about speed: the speed of progress, the rapidity with which technological change metamorphosed into the art of the new. Under the grip of what Hugh Kenner called 'the mechanic muse', art went techno. How do we characterize the media and experimental art practices of the early 21st century? At a time of increasing technological sophistication, are we witnessing a neo-modernist period of accelerated novelty? Is the new still capable of shocking? Or are we asking the wrong kinds of questions of the new millennium?
Histories of user-generated content: between formal and informal media economies
Creators: name: Lobato, Ramon
name: Thomas, Julian
name: Hunter, Dan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Debates about user-generated content (UGC) often depend on a contrast with its normative opposite, the professionally produced content that is supported and sustained by commercial media businesses or public organisations. UGC is seen to appear within or in opposition to professional media, often as a disruptive, creative, change-making force. Our suggestion is to position UGC not in opposition to professional or 'producer media', or in hybridised forms of subjective combination with it (the so-called 'pro-sumer' or 'pro-am' system), but in relation to different criteria, namely the formal and informal elements in media industries. In this article, we set out a framework for the comparative and historical analysis of UGC systems and their relations with other formal and informal media activity, illustrated with examples ranging from games to talkback radio. We also consider the policy implications that emerge from a historicised reading of UGC as a recurring dynamic within media industries, rather than a manifestation of consumer agency specific to digital cultures.