cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hexanchus griseus
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Hexanchiformes
Hexanchidae
Hexanchus
Hexanchus griseus

description: Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre 1788) —Bluntnose sixgill shark
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre 1788) by George et al. (1964: 8); subsequently recorded as Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre) by Mouneimné (1977: 60); as Hexanchus griseus (Bonnaterre 1788) by Mouneimné (2002: 46); recently recorded as Hexanchus griseus by Lteif (2015: 61). Recent unpublished records from Beirut, Tripoli, Batroun, Saida, Sarafand and Tyre (1999–2018).
Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (NT: 1 October 2005); Med. (LC: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Significant decline in the last two decades. High priority for conservation action.
Lamniformes
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Alopias vulpinus
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Lamniformes
Alopiidae
Alopias
Alopias vulpinus

description: Alopias vulpinus (Bonnaterre 1788) —Thintail thresher
Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on photos of an individual landed in Nakoura (2 June 2018). Recent unpublished record from Naqoura (2 July 2018).
Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas (including Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, western Baltic Sea, North Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (VU: A2bd+3bd+4bd, 20 February 2007); Med. (EN: A2 bd, 25 March 2016); CITES Appendix II. Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Medium priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Cetorhinus maximus
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Lamniformes
Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus
Cetorhinus maximus

description: Cetorhinus maximus (Gunnerus 1765) —Basking shark
Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on photos of one individual landed in Tyre (1 February 2006) and another in Tripoli (1 March 2015).
Distribution. Cosmopolitan but antitropical (including Mediterranean Sea, Baltic Sea, North Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (VU: A2ad+3d, 1 October 2005); Med. (EN: A2 bd, 25 March 2016); CITES Appendix II. Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. High priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Lamniformes
Lamnidae
Isurus
Isurus oxyrinchus

description: Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 —Shortfin mako
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Isurus oxyrhynchus Rafinesque 1810 by George et al. (1964: 9); subsequently recorded as Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque by Mouneimné (1977: 60); as Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque 1810 by Mouneimné (2002: 48). Recent unpublished records from Tripoli (24 October 2004 and 18 January 2014) and Tabarja (13 November 2013).
Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical through temperate seas (including Caribbean Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (EN: A2 bd, 5 November 2018); Med. (CR: A2bd, 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. High priority for conservation action. The capture, transportation, storage or commercialization of this species is forbidden in Lebanon.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 16, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Odontaspis ferox
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Lamniformes
Odontaspididae
Odontaspis
Odontaspis ferox

description: Odontaspis ferox (Risso 1810) —Smalltooth sand tiger
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Odontaspis ferox (Risso 1810) by George et al. (1964: 9); subsequently recorded as Odontaspis ferox (Risso) by Mouneimné (1977: 60); as Odontaspis ferox (Risso 1810) by Mouneimné (2002: 47). Recent unpublished records from Batroun (October 1995), Tripoli (10 June 2014) and Beirut (6 July 2015).
Distribution. Nearly circumglobal in tropical and temperate waters (including Mediterranean Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (VU: A2bd, 14 February 2015); Med. (CR: A2bcd, 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. High priority for conservation action.
Squaliformes
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Centrophorus granulosus
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Squaliformes
Centrophoridae
Centrophorus
Centrophorus granulosus

description: Centrophorus granulosus (Bloch & Schneider 1801) —Gulper shark
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Centrophorus granulosus, Müller et Henle by Gruvel (1931: 75); recently recorded as Centrophorus granulosus by Colloca & Lelli (2012: 13); as Centrophorus granulosus by Lteif (2015: 61), and as Centrophorus uyato (Rafinesque 1810) by Lteif et al. (2017). Recent unpublished records from Tripoli (26 September 2005) and Sarafand (13 September 2017). It is unclear which species of gulper shark (C. granulosus, C. uyato) is present in Lebanese waters and whether one or both exist.
Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea), except not eastern Pacific.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (DD: 31 January 2006); Med. (CR: A4b, 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB. Occurrence: Common. Significant decline in the last two decades. Medium priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Dalatias licha
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Squaliformes
Dalatiidae
Dalatias
Dalatias licha

description: Dalatias licha (Bonnaterre 1788) —Kitefin shark
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Dalatias licha by Lteif (2015: 61). Recent unpublished record from Batroun (14 October 2014).
Distribution. Circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas (including Caribbean Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (VU: A2bd+3d, 3 July 2017); Med. (VU: A3d+4d, 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Medium priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Supplementary file from Fossil evidence for the ancient link between clonal fragmentation, six-fold symmetry and an epizoic lifestyle in asterozoan echinoderms
Creators: name: Thuy, Ben
name: Numberger-Thuy, Lea D.
name: Härer, Jürgen
name: Kroh, Andreas
name: Winkler, Viola
name: Schweigert, Günter
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310401
subject: Animal systematics and taxonomy
classificationCode: 310411
subject: Plant and fungus systematics and taxonomy
classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 370506
subject: Palaeontology (incl. palynology)

description: Nexus file used to run the Bayesian inference analysis.
The miniJPAS Survey: The radial distribution of star formation rates in faint X-ray active galactic nuclei
Creators: name: Acharya, Nischal
name: Bonoli, Silvia
name: Salvato, Mara
name: Cortesi, Ariana
name: Delgado, M. Rosa González
name: Lopez, Ivan Ezequiel
name: Marquez, Isabel
name: Martínez-Solaeche, Ginés
name: Abdurro'uf
name: Alexander, David
name: Brusa, Marcella
name: Chaves-Montero, Jonás
name: Ontiveros, Juan Antonio Fernández
name: Laloux, Brivael
name: Lapi, Andrea
name: Mountrichas, George
name: Almeida, Cristina Ramos
name: Martín, Julio Esteban Rodríguez
name: Shankar, Francesco
name: Soria, Roberto
name: Vilchez, M. José
name: Abramo, Raul
name: Alcaniz, Jailson
name: Benitez, Narciso
name: Carneiro, Saulo
name: Cenarro, Javier
name: Cristóbal-Hornillos, David
name: Dupke, Renato
name: Ederoclite, Alessandro
name: Hernán-Caballero, A.
name: López-Sanjuan, Carlos
name: Marín-Franch, Antonio
name: de Oliveira, Caludia Mendes
name: Moles, Mariano
name: Sodré, Laerte
name: Taylor, Keith
name: Varela, Jesús
name: Ramió, Héctor Vázquez
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the impact of black hole nuclear activity on both the global and radial star formation rate (SFR) profiles in X-ray-selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the field of miniJPAS, the precursor of the much wider J-PAS project. Our sample includes 32 AGN with z < 0.3 detected via the XMM-Newton and Chandra surveys. For comparison, we assembled a control sample of 71 star-forming (SF) galaxies with similar magnitudes, sizes, and redshifts.
 To derive the global properties of both the AGN and the control SF sample, we used CIGALE to fit the spectral energy distributions derived from the 56 narrowband and 4 broadband filters from miniJPAS. We find that AGN tend to reside in more massive galaxies than their SF counterparts. After matching samples based on stellar mass and comparing their SFRs and specific SFRs (sSFRs), no significant differences appear. This suggests that the presence of AGN does not strongly influence overall star formation.
 However, when we used miniJPAS as an integral field unit (IFU) to dissect galaxies along their position angle, a different picture emerges. We find that AGN tend to be more centrally concentrated in mass with respect to SF galaxies. Moreover, we find a suppression of the sSFR up to 1Re and then an enhancement beyond 1Re , strongly contrasting with the decreasing radial profile of sSFRs in SF galaxies. This could point to an inside-out quenching of AGN host galaxies. These findings suggest that the reason we do not see differences on a global scale is because star formation is suppressed in the central regions and enhanced in the outer regions of AGN host galaxies. While limited in terms of sample size, this work highlights the potential of the upcoming J-PAS as a wide-field low-resolution IFU for thousands of nearby galaxies and AGN.
description: 21 pages, 20 figures, Accepted for Publication in A&A
An evaluation of the relative influences of elevated temperature and ocean acidification on processes influencing the distribution of intertidal barnacles
Creators: name: Findlay, Helen Sarah
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2010

description: Merged with duplicate record 10026.1/2395 on 13.20.2017 by CS (TIS)
description: Ocean acidification and climate change are occurring as a result of anthropogenic release of carbon dioxide (C02) into the atmosphere. Changes in climate and ocean chemistry are occurring concomitantly and at a faster rate than previously recorded in Earth's history, yet little is understood about how they will influence the population dynamics and ecology of many marine organisms. The barnacle Semibalanus balanoides is a major space occupier on rocky shores in northern Europe and hence changes in its population ecology can have a broad influence on other species. An intertidal high CO2 microcosm system was developed in order to determine how temperature and CO2 interact to affect S. balanoides egg development, nauplii development and cyprid development. Changes in abundance and viability of the early life stages impacts the supply of larvae arriving in the intertidal and post settlement mortality determines the number of individuals reaching reproductive age. Laboratory experiments indicated that elevating CO2 and temperature slows the metamorphosis of cyprids thereby increasing their exposure to desiccation. Increased temperature and CO2 had greatest impact on smaller individuals prior to metamorphosis with poor survival being linked to slow growth and ability to calcify. Embryo development rates were also reduced significantly by elevated CO2, while the survival of brooding adults was lowered. These experimental data were then incorporated into a population model used to predict the changes in population abundances over the coming century. At the southern edge of its geographic range, S. balanoides is predicted to be most significantly impacted by temperature, although in colder years CO2 has a significant influence. A conceptual model developed using these empirical data suggests that at the northern edge of its geographic range, S. balanoides, appears more likely to be impacted by ocean acidification than temperature, particularly through changes in resource allocation and changes in life history.
Communication Modalities
Creators: name: Kuznets, Roman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Epistemic analysis of distributed systems is one of the biggest successes among applications of logic in computer science. The reason for that is that agents' actions are necessarily guided by their knowledge. Thus, epistemic modal logic, with its knowledge and belief modalities (and group versions thereof), has played a vital role in establishing both impossibility results and necessary conditions for solvable distributed tasks. In distributed systems, knowledge is largely attained via communication. It has been standard in both distributed systems and dynamic epistemic logic to treat incoming messages as trustworthy, thus, creating difficulties in the epistemic analysis of byzantine distributed systems where faulty agents may lie. In this paper, we argue that handling such communication scenarios calls for additional modalities representing the informational content of messages that should not be taken at face value. We present two such modalities: hope for the case of fully byzantine agents and creed for non-uniform communication protocols in general.
Towards A Human-in-the-Loop LLM Approach to Collaborative Discourse Analysis
Creators: name: Cohn, Clayton
name: Snyder, Caitlin
name: Montenegro, Justin
name: Biswas, Gautam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: LLMs have demonstrated proficiency in contextualizing their outputs using human input, often matching or beating human-level performance on a variety of tasks. However, LLMs have not yet been used to characterize synergistic learning in students' collaborative discourse. In this exploratory work, we take a first step towards adopting a human-in-the-loop prompt engineering approach with GPT-4-Turbo to summarize and categorize students' synergistic learning during collaborative discourse. Our preliminary findings suggest GPT-4-Turbo may be able to characterize students' synergistic learning in a manner comparable to humans and that our approach warrants further investigation.
description: In press at the 25th international conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) Late-Breaking Results (LBR) track
Etmopterus spinax
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Squaliformes
Etmopteridae
Etmopterus
Etmopterus spinax

description: Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus 1758) —Velvet belly lantern shark
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Etmopterus spinax by Aguillar et al. (2018: 81).
Distribution. Western Baltic Sea, northern North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Iceland and Norway to Senegal.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 1 December 2008); Med. (LC: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: Unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Low priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
QUANTIFICATION OF MARINE MEGAFAUNAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS USING A REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE
Creators: name: PARRY, DAVID MATTHEW
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2002

description: This thesis documents the development and application of the Automated Benthic Image Scaling System (ABISS), a novel structured lighting array for calculating image scale, accounting for perspective, to allow quantitative non-destructive megafaunal sampling using observations from a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Megafauna are important components of marine soft sediment assemblages that influence the composition of the associated assemblage and the flux of energy across the sediment-water interface, by altering the physical and chemical characteristics of the sediment during bioturbation. However, megafaunal species are not sampled adequately using traditional techniques. Megafaunal abundance estimates derived from ROV observations were validated against those derived from direct diver observations and results suggested that data were in close agreement. To quantify spatial variation of the megafaunal assemblage, spatially referenced images were collected with a maximum sample separation of 400 m within a broader area of homogeneous sediment in Plymouth Sound (United Kingdom) during May 2000 and March 2001. Results demonstrated that the spatial distribution of the megafaunal assemblage was neither uniform nor stable temporally. A hierarchy of spatial structure was detected, whereby, patches with minimum radius between 123-163 m were nested within patches up to 400 m radius. To assess the megafaunal contribution to endobenthic biomass, the population size structure and biomass of the dominant megafaunal bivalve Lutraria lutraria was estimated from measurements of the siphon tips. Results indicated that the population size structure was stable between years despite significant differences in abundance. In addition, L lutraria contributed approximately 90% of the endobenthic biomass, indicating that traditional assessment of benthic biomass by consideration of macrofaunal samples alone will underestimate severely the biomass and respiration of the entire endobentic assemblage. Novel techniques of quantifying the spatial distribution of megafaunal assemblages presented in this thesis offer ways forward to address how variation of megafaunal spatial structure affects macrofaunal assemblage structure, and to discuss the application of remote imaging to map and predict quantitatively the conservation value of subtidal soft sediments.
Oxynotus centrina
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Squaliformes
Oxynotidae
Oxynotus
Oxynotus centrina

description: Oxynotus centrina (Linnaeus 1758) —Angular roughshark
Taxonomy. New record from Lebanon, based on a specimen collected from off Tripoli (December 2017). Material in collection: AUBM (CH 0028).
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: northwestern North Sea and English Channel to Senegal; Madagascar.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (VU: A2bcd+4bd, 1 March 2007); Med. (CR: A2bd, 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Medium priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Squalus acanthias Linnaeus 1758
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Squaliformes
Squalidae
Squalus
Squalus acanthias

description: Squalus acanthias Linnaeus 1758 —Piked dogfish
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Squalus acanthias, Rond. by Gruvel (1931: 74); subsequently recorded as Squalus acanthias Linnaeus 1758 and Squalus fernandinus Molina 1782 by George et al. (1964: 9); as Squalus acanthias Linnaeus by Mouneimné (1977: 60); as Squalus acanthias Linnaeus 1758 by Mouneimné (2002: 54). Material in collection: AUBM.
Distribution. Widespread (including Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea), but absent from the North Pacific.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (VU: A2bd+3bd, 13 March 2016); Med. (EN: A2 bd, 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. High priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Localization and conductance in fractional quantum Hall edges
Creators: name: Yutushui, Misha
name: Park, Jinhong
name: Mirlin, Alexander D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The fractional quantum Hall (FQH) effect gives rise to abundant topological phases, presenting an ultimate platform for studying the transport of edge states. Generic FQH edge contains multiple edge modes, commonly including the counter-propagating ones. A question of the influence of Anderson localization on transport through such edges arises. Recent experimental advances in engineering novel devices with interfaces of different FQH states enable transport measurements of FQH edges and edge junctions also featuring counter-propagating modes. These developments provide an additional strong motivation for the theoretical study of the effects of localization on generic edge states. We develop a general framework for analyzing transport in various regimes that also naturally includes localization. Using a reduced field theory of the edge after localization, we derive a general formula for the conductance. We apply this framework to analyze various experimentally relevant geometries of FQH edges and edge junctions.
description: 16 pages with 4 figures; Appendix: 7 pages with 2 figures
ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF EAST EUROPEAN CHANGE UPON EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND EAST EUROPEAN LINER SHIPPING
Creators: name: LEDGER, GILLIAN DEBORAH
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1995

description: In its attempt to analyse the impact of East European change upon the European Community and East European liner shipping industries this thesis covers an extensive range of highly topical subject areas. The wide range of non uniform information gleaned from the research and the question of spurious objectivity form the main arguments behind the use of qualitative rather than quantitative assessment throughout. The diverse study area also necessitated a narrowing to the case of Polish Ocean Lines' North Atlantic operations to enable a meaningful analysis to be carried out. The early part of the thesis examines the background to the East European situation before moving on to identify the main issues that directly affect Polish shipping, through the use of a Contextual model. Using the information gained here a newly developed Contextual Matrix Model then enables the main issues to be extracted. These issues indicate that the changes affecting Polish Ocean Lines require an exercise in repositioning. To assess this fully a framework approach is developed to determine Polish Ocean Lines' position for 1988 and 1992. A further framework is then created for the European Community competitors' 1992 position, in order that a positional comparison can be carried out with Polish Ocean Lines. The results of the comparison indicate that repositioning is taking place at Polish Ocean Lines as a direct reaction to the changes occurring throughout East Europe. The discussion concludes that this is a dynamic, volatile and topical area which raises a number of points of possible interest for further research.
Squalus blainville
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Squaliformes
Squalidae
Squalus
Squalus blainville

description: Squalus blainville (Risso 1827) —Longnose spurdog
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Squalus blainvillei by Lelli (2006: 23); also recorded as Squalus blainville by Lteif (2015: 61).
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, eastern Atlantic.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (DD: 1 December 2008); Med. (DD: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIT, FIB. Occurrence: Very rare. High priority for conservation action.
Rajiformes
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Generation of tripartite entangled states with fermionic systems
Creators: name: Jiménez, M D
name: Valdés-Hernández, A
name: Majtey, A P
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a protocol based on a tunneling plus particle-detection process aimed at generating tripartite entanglement in a system of 3 indistinguishable fermions in a triple-well potential, initially prepared in a state exhibiting only exchange correlations. Particular attention is paid to the generation of fermionic ghz- and w-type states, which are analogous to the usual ghz- and w-type states defined in composites of distinguishable qubits. The protocol succeeds in generating fermionic w-type states, and the ensuing state becomes effectively equivalent to a 3-distinguishable-qubit w-type state shared among three localized parties. The protocol, however, is unable to generate ghz-type states, a result that highlights the fundamental inequivalence between these two types of states, and throws light into the characterization of processes that guarantee the emergence of specific kinds of multipartite entanglement in systems of identical parties. Our findings suggest new paths for the exploration, generation and exploitation of multipartite entanglement in composites of indistinguishable particles, as a useful resource for quantum information processing.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures
Dasyatis marmorata
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Myliobatiformes
Dasyatidae
Dasyatis
Dasyatis marmorata

description: Dasyatis marmorata (Steindachner 1892) —Marbled stingray
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Dasyatis marmorata by Lteif (2015: 61).
Distribution. Eastern Atlantic.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (DD: 1 October 2003); Med. (DD: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIB, HAB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Medium priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Dasyatis tortonesei Capape 1975
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Myliobatiformes
Dasyatidae
Dasyatis
Dasyatis tortonesei

description: Dasyatis tortonesei Capapé 1975 —Tortonese’s stingray
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Dasyatis tortonesei by Lteif (2015: 61).
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (NE); Med. (NE). Capture and threats: FIB, HAB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Medium priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
THE ROLE OF ICE NUCLEATION ACTIVE BACTERIA IN FROST DAMAGE TO EARLY SOWN Solanum tuberosum var. JERSEY ROYAL
Creators: name: Le Grice, Philip
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1993

description: The present study indicated that S. tuberosum var. Jersey Royal could supercool to temperatures as low as -6ºC during in-vitro frost tests, whereas in the field freezing occurred at immediate sub-zero temperatures (between 0 and -1ºC). The microbial flora upon the early. sown S. tuberosum var. Jersey Royal did not contain INA bacterial species active at warm sub-zero temperatures. Plants inoculated with a strain of Ps. syringae (84:27) containing type 1 active nuclei readily froze at -2 to -3ºC. Applications of leaf surface water applied to plants during in-vitro frost tests resulted in nucleation temperatures comparable to those measured in the field. Applications of leaf surface water initiated freezing in whole plants during in-vitro frost tests at temperatures warmer than those caused by Ps. syringae (84:27). Thus field frost kill and ice nucleation in the presence of leaf surface water occurred at temperatures warmer than type 1 INA bacterial nucleation temperatures. Exogenous foliar applications of ethylene glycol applied in the presence of leaf surface water led to enhanced supercooling and frost avoidance during in-vitro frost tests and during field frost events. It was concluded that modifying the formation and freezing of leaf surface water would be more likely to provide a frost control strategy applicable to the field crop than frost control through manipulation of phylloplane microorganisms.
Dasyatis pastinaca
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Myliobatiformes
Dasyatidae
Dasyatis
Dasyatis pastinaca

description: Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus 1758) —Common stingray
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Trygon (Dasybatus) pastinaca, Risso by Gruvel (1931: 78); subsequently recorded as Dasyatis pastinaca Linnaeus 1758 by George et al. (1964: 10); as Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus) by Mouneimné (1977: 60); as Dasyatis pastinaca (Linnaeus 1758) by Mouneimné (2002: 62); recently recorded as Dasyatis pastinaca by Harmelin-Vivien et al. (2005: 628) and Lteif (2015: 61). Recent unpublished records from Beirut, Tripoli, Batroun, and Sarafand (1999–2017). Material in collection: AUBM.
Distribution. Western Baltic Sea, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic, including Madeira.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (DD: 20 December 2003); Med. (VU: A2d, 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIB, HAB, unknown. Occurrence: Common. Medium priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
An Investigation into the Use of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for the Analysis and Control of Instrumental Timbre and Timbral Combinations
Creators: name: Antoine, Aurélien
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Timbre
subject: Machine Learning
subject: Instrument Combination
subject: Psychoacoustics
subject: Timbral Combination
subject: Audio Analysis
subject: Auditory Perception
subject: Computer Music
subject: PhD

description: Researchers have investigated harnessing computers as a tool to aid in the composition of music for over 70 years. In major part, such research has focused on creating algorithms to work with pitches and rhythm, which has resulted in a selection of sophisticated systems. Although the musical possibilities of these systems are vast, they are not directly considering another important characteristic of sound. Timbre can be defined as all the sound attributes, except pitch, loudness and duration, which allow us to distinguish and recognize that two sounds are dissimilar. This feature plays an essential role in combining instruments as it involves mixing instrumental properties to create unique textures conveying specific sonic qualities. Within this thesis, we explore harnessing techniques for the analysis and control of instrumental timbre and timbral combinations. This thesis begins with investigating the link between musical timbre, auditory perception and psychoacoustics for sounds emerging from instrument mixtures. It resulted in choosing to use verbal descriptors of timbral qualities to represent auditory perception of instrument combination sounds. Therefore, this thesis reports on the developments of methods and tools designed to automatically retrieve and identify perceptual qualities of timbre within audio files, using specific musical acoustic features and artificial intelligence algorithms. Different perceptual experiments have been conducted to evaluate the correlation between selected acoustics cues and humans' perception. Results of these evaluations confirmed the potential and suitability of the presented approaches. Finally, these developments have helped to design a perceptually-orientated generative system harnessing aspects of artificial intelligence to combine sampled instrument notes. The findings of this exploration demonstrate that an artificial intelligence approach can help to harness the perceptual aspect of instrumental timbre and timbral combinations. This investigation suggests that established methods of measuring timbral qualities, based on a diverse selection of sounds, also work for sounds created by combining instrument notes. The development of tools designed to automatically retrieve and identify perceptual qualities of timbre also helped in designing a comparative scale that goes towards standardising metrics for comparing timbral attributes. Finally, this research demonstrates that perceptual characteristics of timbral qualities, using verbal descriptors as a representation, can be implemented in an intelligent computing system designed to combine sampled instrument notes conveying specific perceptual qualities.
Seismic Reflection Imaging of Large-Amplitude Lee Waves in the Caribbean Sea
Creators: name: Eakin, Daniel H.
name: Holbrook, W. Steven
name: Fer, Ilker
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2011
Subjects: Caribbean Sea
Costa Rica
Fine structures
Internal waves
Lee waves
Sea floor
Seismic profiles
Seismic reflection data
Seismic reflection imaging
Vertical displacements
Water columns

description: Results from the first testing of the R/V Marcus Langseth as a platform for collecting seismic reflection data from the water column of the ocean demonstrate that large-amplitude lee waves can be acoustically mapped. A seismic profile collected in the Caribbean Sea offshore Costa Rica shows disturbances in finestructure, which we interpret to be lee waves, propagating hundreds of meters vertically through the water column above seafloor ridges. Waves show vertical displacements of 30-50 m and horizontal wavelengths of 300-3000 m. Reflector displacement spectra calculated in the region containing the lee waves exceed Garrett-Munk energy levels by up to a factor of 10 at horizontal wavelengths of 300-3000 m, suggesting a locally derived source of internal wave energy consistent with our interpretation. Our results show that it is possible to image large-scale lee waves, a phenomenon potentially responsible for dissipation and mixing within the ocean.
Pteroplatytrygon violacea
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Myliobatiformes
Dasyatidae
Pteroplatytrygon
Pteroplatytrygon violacea

description: Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte 1832) —Pelagic stingray
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Pteroplatytrygon violacea by Lteif (2015: 61). Recent unpublished record from Tripoli (27 October 2007). Material in collection: AUBM (CH 0017).
Distribution. Cosmopolitan in tropical and warm temperate seas (including Caribbean Sea).
Conservation. IUCN: Global (LC: 9 November 2018); Med. (LC: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIB, unknown. Occurrence: Rare. Medium priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
Comorbid substance use disorder and major depressive episodes: gender and race differences among adolescent youth in the post-pandemic era
Creators: name: Richelle, Justine
name: Peters, Baronese
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: This study examined the comorbidities of major depressive episodes (MDEs) and substance use disorders (SUDs) in adolescents, focusing on racial and gender disparities. It also examined treatment service accessibility and barriers during the post-pandemic period. Data from the 2021 National Study on Drug Use and Health in the United States were used. Finding comorbid SUDs and MDEs in teenagers was the main focus of this investigation, which also examined variations between racial and gender groups. Chi-square tests were used to statistically evaluate differences and trends. The study found significant differences by race and gender in MDE diagnoses, as well as simultaneous SUD and MDE diagnoses. MDE diagnoses were more common in girls than in boys. Black adolescents showed a significantly lower tendency to have comorbid SUDs and MDEs; however, Native Americans were at a higher risk of being diagnosed with MDEs. These findings emphasize the significance of cultural and environmental elements in understanding and managing teenage mental health concerns. This study emphasizes the significance of focused interventions and policies in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. This requires a more advanced approach to the prevention and treatment of adolescent mental health and substance-use issues.
ESM_titles_and_captions from Naturally occurring viruses of Drosophila reduce offspring number and lifespan
Creators: name: Wallace, Megan A.
name: Obbard, Darren J.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310399
subject: Ecology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 420299
subject: Epidemiology not elsewhere classified

description: Drosophila remains a pre-eminent insect model system for host–virus interaction, but the host range and fitness consequences of the drosophilid virome are poorly understood. Metagenomic studies have reported approximately 200 viruses associated with Drosophilidae, but few isolates are available to characterize the Drosophila immune response, and most characterization has relied on injection and systemic infection. Here, we use a more natural infection route to characterize the fitness effects of infection and to study a wider range of viruses. We exposed laboratory Drosophila melanogaster to 23 naturally occurring viruses from wild-collected drosophilids. We recorded transmission rates along with two components of female fitness: survival and the lifetime number of adult offspring produced. Nine different viruses transmitted during contact with laboratory D. melanogaster, although for the majority, rates of transmission were less than 20%. Five virus infections led to a significant decrease in lifespan (D. melanogaster nora virus, D. immigrans nora virus, Muthill virus, galbut virus and Prestney Burn virus), and three led to a reduction in the total number of offspring. Our findings demonstrate the utility of the Drosophila model for community-level studies of host–virus interactions, and suggest that viral infection could be a substantial fitness burden on wild flies.
IMPROVING THE PERFORMANCE OF WEANER PIGS THROUGH DEVELOPMENTS IN LIQUID FEEDING
Creators: name: GEARY, TINA MARIA
Publisher: name: University of Plymouth
Year: 1997

description: A programme of work was undertaken to assess the efficacy of a new automated ad libitum feed delivery system for newly weaned pigs; to investigate the effects of liquid feeding on their performance and to explore the possibilities for reducing diet cost by using lower cost liquid components. A series of 28 day feeding trials was conducted using pigs weaned at 24 ± 4 days and fed ad libitum on liquid diets. Compared with pigs fed dry diets, liquid feeding increased feed intake by 109 ± 10 g dˉ¹ (P<0.001) and daily gain by 57± 14 g dˉ¹ (P<0.001). Pig growth and feed conversion ratio was not significantly influenced by dry matter content over the range of 255 - 149 g DM kgˉ¹. However, diets containing less than 220 g DM kgˉ¹ increased effluent output per kg of liveweight gain. Within the liquid feed system a natural lactic acid fermentation occurred which reduced diet pH ≤ 4.0 and inhibited the growth of coliform bacteria. Pigs fed diets in which pH was reduced to ≤ 4.0 by acidification with either lactic acid or Pediococcus acidilactici had daily gains of 496 and 474 ± 17 g dˉ¹ and feed conversion ratios of 1.11 and 1.15 ± 0.06 respectively. A series of laboratory studies was conducted with the aim of upgrading and controlling fermentation of food industry liquid residues for use in liquid diets for weaners. Steeping was investigated as a method for reducing glycoalkaloid levels in reject raw potatoes. A combination of natural fermentation and hydrolysis reduced the levels of α-solanine by 16.6 mg kgˉ¹ (35%) and α-chaconine by 28.7 mg kgˉ¹ (51%) respectively. Diets based on the food industry liquid residues (Whey, 'C'-Starch and Greenwich Gold), were either allowed to ferment naturally or inoculated with Enterococcus faecium or Pediococcus acidilactici. Inoculation with either Enterococcus faecium or Pediococcus acidilactici did not result in a significant difference in the final pH of the diets or in the final populations of microorganisms examined compared with the control. The series of studies demonstrated the potential for improving weaner pigs performance using fermented liquid diets. However, it highlighted the need for further studies to obtain a greater degree of control over fermentation patterns.
Taeniurops grabatus
Creators: name: Bariche, Michel
name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Myliobatiformes
Dasyatidae
Taeniurops
Taeniurops grabatus

description: Taeniurops grabatus (Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1817) —Round stingray
Taxonomy. First record from Lebanon as Taeniura grabata by Lteif (2015: 61). Recent unpublished records from Tripoli (4 June 2014 and 3 April 2018).
Distribution. Mediterranean Sea, eastern Atlantic: Madeira and Canary Islands south to Angola.
Conservation. IUCN: Global (DD: 30 September 2003); Med. (DD: 25 March 2016). Capture and threats: FIB, HAB, unknown. Occurrence: Very rare. Medium priority for conservation action.
description: Published as part of Bariche, Michel & Fricke, Ronald, 2020, The marine ichthyofauna of Lebanon: an annotated checklist, history, biogeography, and conservation status, pp. 1-157 in Zootaxa 4775 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4775.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3983887
The relationship among family environment, criminal thinking, and attitudes toward substance use in delinquent adolescents
Creators: name: Rezapour-Mirsaleh, Yasser
name: Amini, Raziye
name: Mollamohammadi, Ali
name: Ghasemi, Narjes
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: This study aimed to investigate the relationship among family environment, criminal thinking, and attitudes toward substance use in delinquent adolescents. A descriptive correlational study was conducted. A total of 132 adolescents who arrested for narcotic-related crimes and referred to the Delinquency Rehabilitation Center of Yazd City, Iran, were selected. The data were gathered using the Attitude toward Narcotic Substances questionnaire, the Family Environment Scale, and the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking Styles and were analyzed via the Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis. The findings showed that among the dimensions of family conflict, cohesion, and expressiveness in the family environment, only the family conflict dimension had a significant positive correlation with criminal thinking and positive attitudes toward substance use. There was also a meaningful positive relationship between criminal thinking and positive attitudes toward substance use (p < .01). The results of the regression analysis indicated that only criminal thinking was able to predict the adolescents’ positive attitudes toward substance use, while the family environment did not play any significant predictive role (p > .05). In sum, it was concluded that the crimial thinking patterns in adolescents created in interaction with the peer groups were mainly related to positive attitudes toward substance use rather than the family environment.