cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Less peaky and more accurate CTC forced alignment by label priors
Publisher: name: IEEE Signal Processing Society
Year: 2024

description: Connectionist temporal classification (CTC) models are known to have peaky output distributions. Such behavior is not a problem for automatic speech recognition (ASR), but it can cause inaccurate forced alignments (FA), especially at finer granularity, e.g., phoneme level. This paper aims at alleviating the peaky behavior for CTC and improve its suitability for forced alignment generation, by leveraging label priors, so that the scores of alignment paths containing fewer blanks are boosted and maximized during training. As a result, our CTC model produces less peaky posteriors and is able to more accurately predict the offset of the tokens besides their onset. It outperforms the standard CTC model and a heuristics-based approach for obtaining CTC’s token offset timestamps by 12 − 40% in phoneme and word boundary errors (PBE and WBE) measured on the Buckeye and TIMIT data. Compared with the most widely used FA toolkit Montreal Forced Aligner (MFA), our method performs similarly on PBE/WBE on Buckeye, yet falls behind MFA on TIMIT. Nevertheless, our method has a much simpler training pipeline and better runtime efficiency. Our training recipe and pretrained model are released in TorchAudio.
Neocolpodia paradoxa Mamaev 1964
Creators: name: Jaschhof, Mathias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Cecidomyiidae
Neocolpodia
Neocolpodia paradoxa

description: Neocolpodia paradoxa Mamaev, 1964
Morphological identification
Jaschhof & Jaschhof (2013).
Material examined
GERMANY ‒ Bavaria • 1 ♂; Weilheim, Pähl, Hartschimmelhof; 47°94′24″ N, 11°18′33″ E; 24 Apr.‒8 May 2020; D. Doczkal and K. Grabow leg.; Malaise trap; nutrient-poor pasture; ZSM-DIP-42475-G03.
Distribution
Germany (new record); Sweden, Netherlands, Bulgaria, European part of Russia (Gagné & Jaschhof 2021; Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2021b).
description: Published as part of Jaschhof, Mathias, 2024, New taxa and new records of Winnertziinae and Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Germany, pp. 1-134 in European Journal of Taxonomy 953 on page 83, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.953.2649, http://zenodo.org/record/13749629
INVESTING IN THE GREEN ECONOMY: AN ANALYSIS OF RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Creators: name: Stolyarov, Viktor
name: Galazova, Marina
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2024
Subjects: green technologies
sustainable agriculture
electric vehicles
carbon capture
regulatory risks
green bonds

description: The green economy, focused on sustainable development and reducing environmental impacts, has become an increasingly attractive area for investment. This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the opportunities and risks associated with investing in the green economy. Key sectors examined include renewable energy (solar, wind, and bioenergy), sustainable agriculture, electric vehicles, energy efficiency technologies, waste management, and carbon capture solutions. The analysis explores how these sectors are benefiting from global trends such as climate change mitigation policies, corporate commitments to carbon neutrality, technological innovations, and growing consumer demand for sustainable products and services. On the opportunity side, investors stand to gain from significant market growth, government incentives, and regulatory frameworks such as carbon pricing and renewable energy targets. For example, renewable energy is becoming more cost-competitive with fossil fuels, and electric vehicle sales are projected to rise as countries phase out internal combustion engines. Green bonds and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria have also opened new financing channels for green projects, providing investors with diversified portfolios that align financial performance with positive environmental impact.
Gekkomimus Bolet, Daza, Augé & Bauer, 2015, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Bolet, Arnau
name: Daza, Juan D.
name: Augé, Marc
name: Bauer, Aaron M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Scincidae
Gekkomimus

description: Gekkomimus gen. nov.
Diagnosis. As for the type species.
Etymology. From the latin ‘ mimus ’, meaning imitator, and ‘gekko’, derived from the Malay word ‘gekoq’, onomatopoeic of the call of the Tokay (Gekko gecko), see also de Silva & Bauer (2008) for an alternative Sri Lankan origin of the word gecko. The name makes allusion to the original placement of the specimen within the Gekkota. The name is masculine.
Type and only known species. Gekkomimus rugosus, new combination.
description: Published as part of Bolet, Arnau, Daza, Juan D., Augé, Marc & Bauer, Aaron M., 2015, New genus and species names for the Eocene lizard Cadurcogekko rugosus Augé, 2005, pp. 265-274 in Zootaxa 3985 (2) on page 268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/239619
MAIN DIRECTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT OF MARGINAL OIL FIELDS OF THE CASPIAN SECTOR OF AZERBAIJAN
Creators: name: Zulfiyya Mammedova
name: Ibrahimova, Natavan
name: Shakhverenova, Emiliya
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2024
Subjects: fields
marginal
development
strategy
model
oil reserves
category

description: The article discusses the problems of developing and justifying a strategy for the geological study and preparation of oil reserves from marginal oil and gas fields in the Caspian sector of Azerbaijan. The scientific works of domestic and foreign scientists studying issues related to the use of subsoil containing volumes of recoverable reserves, located in difficult geological and field conditions and located in remote, inaccessible areas with poorly developed infrastructure, are presented in detail. In addition, unclaimed oil reserves have been scientifically analyzed to determine the industrial significance of the objects and to determine the conditions for the profitable development of marginal offshore fields.
Edessa metallica Fernandes & Campos, 2011, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Fernandes, José Antônio Marin
name: Campos, Lourival Dias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Edessa
Edessa metallica

description: Edessa metallica sp. nov.
(Figs. 1–3; 16)
Material examined. PANAMA. Holotype female, Independencia, 28.01.1950 (ZSMC). Measurements. Total length: 17.9; head length: 2.1; head width: 2.9; pronotal width: 17.1; abdominal width: 10.4.
Body dorsally dark and iridescent, metallic blue or green. Ventrally dark castaneous with metallic green or blue shine; abdomen with three longitudinal reddish bands. Head in front of eyes dark; juga with metallic green shine. Fourth and fifth antennal segments missing. Anterolateral margins of pronotum rugose with a short red stripe not reaching base of humeral angles. Propleura densely punctured. Metasternal process dark brown branches divergent, slightly curved, and evanescent; anterior bifurcation not completely excavated leaving free part of the branches short (Figs. 2–3).
Male. Unknown.
Female (Figs. 1–3). Gonocoxite 8 dark castaneous, convex, acuminate, long, surpassing level of the gonocoxite 9, distal margin sinuous and excavated medially leaving part of gonocoxite 9 exposed. Laterotergite 8 reddish with inner dark castaneous stripe; Laterotergites 9 dark castaneous, subtriangular with apex rounded.
Comments. This species can be separated from the others by the predominantly metallic blue dorsal color and the short reddish stripe on the anterolateral margins of the pronotum; the ventral large red stripes contrasting with remaining dark metallic green or blue on its abdomen; the shape of the metasternal process; and the shape of the gonocoxite 8. In this species and E. splendens sp. nov. the humeral angles are longer than in E. preclara sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Fernandes, José Antônio Marin & Campos, Lourival Dias, 2011, A new group of species of Edessa Fabricius, 1803 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), pp. 63-68 in Zootaxa 3019 on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.205146
Weed Diversity and Abundance in Rice Growing Areas of Malinyi District, Morogogro, Tanzania
Creators: name: Halifa Ally Ilumbi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Weeds are globally foremost yield reducing factor in rice production.  Therefore, it should be controlled before causing economic yield loss, but proper weed control is happened when they are well known. Thus a survey was conducted in 70 rice fields of 0.4ha each in Malinyi District to identify weeds associated with rice which is key information for weed management decision. Systematic quadrat sampling method in diagonal pattern was used and ten 1m2 quadrat established in a field. Weeds in each quadrat were uprooted, identified and counted by species. Weed counts obtained used to calculate frequency, field uniformity, density and relative abundance for each species. Total of 35 weed species belonging to 13 families were identified. Among weed species identified 19 were annual and 16 perennial, in which 15 were grassy, 3 sedges and 17 broadleaved weeds. Out of 10 most prevalent and abundant weed species, there were six grasses, Paspalum scrobiculatum (36.7%), Ischaemum regosum (27.9%), Echinochloa colona (24.5%), Oryza longistaminata (21.8%), Leptochloa chinensis (13.1%), and Leersia hexandra (11.6%); two sedges, Fimbristylis miliacea (26.0%) and Cyperus rotundus (12%) and two broadleaved weeds, Ageratum conyzoides (22.5%) and Physalis minima (12.1%). Relative abundance indicated that, grassy weeds were more dominant than perennial. Shanon wiener index had the highest value in Makerere village (2.84) and the lowest was in Usangule village (1.95). Diversity indices shown that weed species were moderately diverse which implies weeds were not evenly distributed. The study suggested that the most abundant weed species should be controlled for increasing rice production. Sequential cropping system is proposed for reducing weed pressure in rice fields. Moreover, more surveys are needed to identify possible problematic weed and weed population shifts and more research toward new or enhanced weed control measures.

Key words: Rice; weed; Uniformity; Frequency; Density; Perennial; Annual; Diversity. Relative abundance
Edessa preclara Fernandes & Campos, 2011, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Fernandes, José Antônio Marin
name: Campos, Lourival Dias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Edessa
Edessa preclara

description: Edessa preclara sp. nov.
(Figs. 4–9; 17)
Material examined. ECUADOR. Holotype female. Imbabura: Ƥ, Lita, 1901–324, 3000 ft. (BMNH). Paratype 3, Coll. Nickerl (NMCR).
Measurements. Total length: 14.1–15.4; head length: 1.7–1.8; head width: 2.6; pronotal width: 12.2–13.3; abdominal width: 8.0–9.3.
Body dorsally castaneous with a metallic green shine. Ventrally castaneous with thorax almost completely iridescent and abdomen with a metallic green shine in two lateral bands. Head in front of eyes reddish to castaneous. Fourth antennal segment as long as second plus third together; fifth missing. Anterolateral margins of pronotum rugulose, with long reddish stripe reaching humeral angles. Metapleuron with distal reddish spot. Metasternal process reddish, branches divergent, narrow, curved, and evanescent; anterior bifurcation almost completely excavated leaving free part of the branches long (Figs. 8–9).
Male genitalia (Figs. 4–6). Base of posterolateral angles of pygophore strongly tumid. Process of genital cup short, not reaching dorsal rim. Ventral rim deeply excavated; lobes very small and rounded quite close to and at same level of posterolateral angle. Paramere small, wrinkled, with small, narrow lobe dorsolaterally directed and another large, wide, and rounded lobe projected anteriorly. Segment X with posterior face sloping and uneven.
Female genitalia (Fig. 7). Gonocoxite 8 strongly convex with a compressed oblique area close to lateral margin giving a triangular appearance to plate in ventral view; inner margin slanting and imbricate. Laterotergite 8 castaneous with dark castaneous stripe close to inner margin. Gonocoxite 9 small, partially covered by gonocoxites 8. Laterotergite 9 subtriangular; base excavated.
Comments. This species can be recognized by the diffuse green metallic shine on the dorsal surface and the shorter humeral angle when compared with the two other species. The pygophore, parameres, and gonocoxite 8 are also peculiar and diagnostic. This species shares with E. splendens the reddish color of the head in front of the eyes; a longer stripe on anterolateral margins of the pronotum; a red spot on each metapleuron; the metasternal process deeply notched; the presence of a basal tumescence on the posterolateral angle of the pygophore; and gonocoxites 8 imbricate.
description: Published as part of Fernandes, José Antônio Marin & Campos, Lourival Dias, 2011, A new group of species of Edessa Fabricius, 1803 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), pp. 63-68 in Zootaxa 3019 on page 65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.205146
Subtype-specific biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease from anatomical and functional connectomes via graph neural networks
Creators: Yi Hao Chan
Jun Liang Ang
Sukrit Gupta
Yinan He
Jagath Rajapakse
Publisher: name: IEEE Signal Processing Society
Year: 2024

description: Heterogeneity is present in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), making it challenging to study. To address this, we propose a graph neural network (GNN) approach to identify disease subtypes from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and functional MRI (fMRI) scans. Subtypes are identified by encoding the patients’ scans in brain graphs (via cortical similarity networks) and clustering the representations learnt by the GNN. These subtyping information are used to construct population graphs for an ensemble of local networks, each producing intermediate predictions that are subsequently combined to produce the model’s final decision. Using MRI and fMRI scans from two datasets on AD, we demonstrate that our proposed architecture outperforms existing methods. Three subtypes of AD were identified and left cuneus was found to be a consistent class-wide biomarker. Subtype-specific biomarkers produced by our method further revealed deeper insights, including a unique subtype with significant degeneration in the left isthmus cingulate cortex.
CAUSALLY UNCOVERING BIAS IN VIDEO MICRO-EXPRESSION RECOGNITION
Creators: Sailaja Rajanala
Arghya Pal
Shu-Min Leong
Raphael C.-W. Phan
Huey Fang Ong
Publisher: name: IEEE Signal Processing Society
Year: 2024

description: Detecting microexpressions presents formidable challenges, primarily due to their fleeting nature and the limited diversity in existing datasets. Our studies find that these datasets exhibit a pronounced bias towards specific ethnicities and suffer from significant imbalances in terms of both class and gender representation among the samples. These disparities create fertile ground for various biases to permeate deep learning models, leading to skewed results and inadequate portrayal of specific demographic groups. Our research is driven by a compelling need to identify and rectify these biases within model architectures. To achieve this, we commence by constructing a causal graph that elucidates the intricate relationships between the model, input features, and training outcomes. This graphical representation forms the foundation for our analytical framework. Leveraging this causal framework, we conduct comprehensive case studies, employing counterfactuals as a diagnostic tool to unveil biases arising from dataset-induced class imbalances, gender inequalities, and variations in facial action units. Our final step involves a highly efficient counterfactual debiasing process, eliminating the necessity for additional data collection or model retraining. Our results showcase superior performance compared to state-of-the-art methods across the CASME II, SAMM, and SMIC datasets.
Edessa splendens Fernandes & Campos, 2011, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Fernandes, José Antônio Marin
name: Campos, Lourival Dias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Pentatomidae
Edessa
Edessa splendens

description: Edessa splendens sp. nov.
(Figs. 10–15; 18)
Material examined. COLOMBIA. Holotype female. Antioquia: Ƥ, Antioquia (Santa fé de Antioquia?), Hallis (ZMHB). Paratypes: Valle del Cauca: 3, Lago Calima, alt. 1250 m, 5Mi. below dam, Tropical Moist Forest, Netted R. Wilkerson, VII.17.25.9 (Eger). Ƥ, Valley below Lago Calima, 1300 m, 12 & 13–Mar–1976, H. V. Weems, Jr. (Eger).
Measurements. Total length: 13.9–16.3; head length: 1.7–2.1; head width: 2.5–2.8; pronotal width: 13.9–16.8; abdominal width: 7.9–10.0.
Body dorsally dark castaneous with some metallic green shine on pronotum and corium. Ventrally castaneous to dark castaneous and shiny but without iridescent color; abdomen with three longitudinal clear bands. Head in front of eyes reddish to castaneous. Fourth and fifth antennal segments missing. Anterolateral margins of pronotum rugose, with long yellowish stripe on each reaching base of each humeral angle. Metapleuron with distal reddish spot. Metasternal process reddish, branches divergent, curved and evanescent; anterior bifurcation almost completely excavated leaving free part of branches long (Figs. 14–15).
Male genitalia (Figs. 10–12). Base of posterolateral angles of pygophore slightly tumid. Process of genital cup long, reaching dorsal rim. Ventral rim widely excavated leaving parameres visible in ventral view; lobes large and acuminate close to and below level of posterolateral angle. Paramere large, smooth, with long narrow lobe laterally directed reaching tumid area of posterolateral angle and another large, long, narrow, and rounded projected anteriorly reaching dorsal rim. Segment X with posterior face truncate and uneven.
Female genitalia (Fig. 13). Gonocoxite 8 convex, slightly compressed near lateral margin, acuminate, long, almost reaching level of the gonocoxite 9; inner margin slanting, imbricate at base and widely excavated distally leaving gonocoxite 9 entirely visible. Laterotergite 8 uniformly castaneous. Laterotergite 9 oblong; base excavated close to apex of gonocoxite 8.
Comments. This species is recognizable by the lack of iridescent color on the head, scutellum, and ventral surface. The shape of gonocoxites 8, pygophore, and parameres are also diagnostic.
description: Published as part of Fernandes, José Antônio Marin & Campos, Lourival Dias, 2011, A new group of species of Edessa Fabricius, 1803 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), pp. 63-68 in Zootaxa 3019 on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.205146
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AMONG PRISONERS IN INDIAN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES: AN EMPIRICAL SURVEY AT MODEL CENTRAL JAIL, KANDA, SHIMLA
Creators: name: Deepika Thakur
name: Shobha Gulati
name: Mumtaz Zabeen Khan
name: Raj Rani
name: Neha
name: Priyanka Chaudhary
name: Raj Kumar Yadav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Substance Use, Convicted Prisoners, Indian Correctional Facilities, Prevalence, Patterns, Correlates, Empirical Survey, Model Central Jail, Kanda, Shimla.

description: Abstract

This research study investigates substance abuse among inmates in Indian correctional facilities, conducted at Model Central Jail, Kanda, Shimla, involving 200 prisoners. Descriptive statistics reveal a distinguished prevalence of substance use, with alcohol, cannabis, and heroin being the primary substances abused. Socio-demographic factors such as age, education level, and criminal history show significant associations with substance use patterns. Chi-square analysis further elucidates the relationships between these factors and substance use, highlighting the influence of age, education, and criminal background. The findings underscore the necessity of Government and Non-Government Organizations for interventions to address substance use disorders among incarcerated individuals in Indian prisons, with implications for public health and rehabilitation efforts.
Metopocoilus Audinet-Serville 1832
Creators: name: Monné, Marcela L.
name: Botero, Juan Pablo
name: Quintino, Hingrid Y.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Metopocoilus

description: Metopocoilus Audinet-Serville, 1832
Metopocoilus Audinet-Serville, 1832: 170; Monné, 2005: 618. Coptocephalus Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832: 113.
Elaterosoma Tippmann, 1953: 205. new synonymy
Distribution: Venezuela and Brazil.
The original description of the genera and examination of the holotype photo of the Elaterosoma longissimum Tippmann, 1953 (Lingafelter et al., 2010) and specimens of the MNRJ and MNHN collections allow us to propose the new synonymy.
description: Published as part of Monné, Marcela L., Botero, Juan Pablo & Quintino, Hingrid Y., 2010, Two new synonymies and lectotype designation in Trachyderini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), pp. 63-65 in Zootaxa 2524 on page 63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.294074
MAIN TRENDS IN INVESTMENT RISK MANAGEMENT
Creators: name: Dzobelova, Valentina
name: Yablochnikov, Sergey
name: Vasyunina, Margarita
name: Stolbovskaya, Natalya
name: Kumalagova, Elena
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2024
Subjects: investment risks
assessment methods
risk management
investment strategies
investment returns
risk analysis
financial instruments

description: Assessment and management of investment risks are key aspects of successful investing, requiring special knowledge and strategies. Risk analysis and forecasting methods help investors make reasonable decisions and minimize potential losses. Effective risk management allows to minimize losses and maximize investment returns. To achieve these goals, various methods and strategies must be used. However, successful investing requires not only the ability to assess risks, but also to develop effective strategies for their management. Constant monitoring of the situation in financial markets, analysis of economic and political events, as well as the ability to quickly respond to changes will help to reduce risks and increase investment returns. This article considers the features of investment activity; the factors playing the most significant role in assessing the risk of investment projects; it also provides a classification of investment risks, determines their essence and causes of occurrence, as well as methods for their determination.
Neotaphos Fisher 1936
Creators: name: Monné, Marcela L.
name: Botero, Juan Pablo
name: Quintino, Hingrid Y.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Neotaphos

description: Neotaphos Fisher, 1936
Neotaphos Fisher, 1936: 324; Monné, 2005: 621.
Uragus Guérin-Méneville, 1844: 230 (not Uragus Keyserling & Blasius, Aves). new synonymy Vianauragus Monné, 2006: 179.
Distribution: Argentina and Chile.
We examined the holotype photo of Neotaphos rachelis (Lingafelter et al., 2010), the two syntypes of Vianauragus hamaticollis deposited in MNHN, the original description of the genera and specimens of the MNRJ and MNHN collections. Both genera are monotypic and there are no characters to maintain Vianauragus as a different genus of Neotaphos.
description: Published as part of Monné, Marcela L., Botero, Juan Pablo & Quintino, Hingrid Y., 2010, Two new synonymies and lectotype designation in Trachyderini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), pp. 63-65 in Zootaxa 2524 on pages 63-64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.294074
Monepidosis spatulata Spungis 2006
Creators: name: Jaschhof, Mathias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Cecidomyiidae
Monepidosis
Monepidosis spatulata

description: Monepidosis spatulata Spungis, 2006
Morphological identification
Spungis (2006b).
DNA barcode
The CO1 sequence (653bp) of the specimen listed below is available in BIN BOLD:AEI0514. Search on BOLD’s BIN Database retrieved no further result for this BIN (accessed 27 Aug. 2023).
Material examined
GERMANY ‒ Baden-Württemberg • 1 ♂; Malsch, Luderbusch; 48°91′20″ N, 8°33′26″ E; elev. 112 m; 17‒24 May 2020; D. Doczkal and K. Grabow leg.; Malaise trap; windthrow of willow and aspen trees; BOLD DTIII8705-22; ZSM-DIP-42476-E12.
Distribution
Germany (new record); Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania (Gagné & Jaschhof 2021).
description: Published as part of Jaschhof, Mathias, 2024, New taxa and new records of Winnertziinae and Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Germany, pp. 1-134 in European Journal of Taxonomy 953 on pages 82-83, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.953.2649, http://zenodo.org/record/13749629
PARAMETER-EFFICIENT ADAPTATION FOR COMPUTATIONAL IMAGING
Creators: Nebiyou Yismaw
Ulugbek S. Kamilov
M. Salman Asif
Publisher: name: IEEE Signal Processing Society
Year: 2024

description: Deep learning-based methods provide remarkable performance in a number of computational imaging problems. Examples include end-to-end trained networks that map measurements to unknown signals, plug-and-play (PnP) methods that use pretrained denoisers as image prior, and model-based unrolled networks that train artifact removal blocks. Many of these methods lack robustness and fail to generalize with distribution shifts in data, measurements, and noise. In this paper, we present a simple framework to perform domain adaptation as data and measurement distribution shifts. Our method learns a small number of factors to add in a pretrained model to bridge the gap in performance. We present a number of experiments on accelerated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reconstruction and image deblurring to demonstrate that our method requires a small amount of memory and parameter overhead to adapt to new domains.
title: Effect of Crude Extract of Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng. on Germination and Growth of Some Crops and Weeds
Creators: name: Siriporn Zungsontiporn
Publisher: name: Department of Agriculture
Year: 1994
Subjects: Eupatorium adenophorum spreng.
allelopathic effect
weed germination
growth

description: Thai Agricultural Research Journal, 12, 1, 37-41
MANIFESTATIONS OF NATURAL AND MAN-MADE GEODYNAMIC PROCESSES AND RISKS ON THE TERRITORY OF THE CHECHEN REPUBLIC
Creators: name: Gakaev, Rustam
name: Daukaev, Arun
name: Gatsaeva, Liana
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2024
Subjects: landslide processes
geological risks
slope erosion

description: The paper attempts to consider geological processes occurring in the upper layers of the Earth, which either simplify or complicate the native relief. In this case, the territory subject to exogenous processes is likened to a nonequilibrium, open thermodynamic system. For successful application of the synergetic approach to natural phenomena, a comprehensive study of the degree of influence of each of the factors acting on the system under consideration on the processes occurring in it is required. Therefore, this paper focuses on the dynamics of the development of exogenous processes in the south-eastern part of the Chechen Republic, subject to exogenous processes. It is shown that these processes are cyclical in nature and cause great harm to the economy and population of the region. Geodynamic processes arising during long-term development of oil and gas fields are also considered. This work can be considered as a preparatory stage for the study of these phenomena based on the synergetic approach. It is expected that these studies can become the basis for systematization, theoretical generalization of the results obtained and the development of methods for predicting natural processes.
Cyana Walker 1854
Creators: name: Volynkin, Anton V.
name: Černý, Karel
name: Vos, Rob De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Cyana

description: Genus Cyana Walker, 1854
Cyana Walker, 1854, List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 2: 528.
Type species: Cyana detrita Walker, 1854 by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel & Vos, Rob De, 2022, Two new species of the subgenus Cryptanaema de Vos of the genus Cyana Walker from eastern Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini Nudariina), pp. 81-91 in Zootaxa 5178 (1) on page 82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7021904
[Poster] Crowdsourced and Automatic Speech Prominence Estimation
Creators: Pranav Pawar
Nathan Pruyne
Jennifer Cole
Bryan Pardo
Publisher: name: IEEE Signal Processing Society
Year: 2024

description: The prominence of a spoken word is the degree to which an average native listener perceives the word as salient or emphasized relative to its context. Speech prominence estimation is the process of assigning a numeric value to the prominence of each word in an utterance. These prominence labels are useful for linguistic analysis, as well as training automated systems to perform emphasis-controlled text-to-speech or emotion recognition. Manually annotating prominence is time-consuming and expensive, which motivates the development of automated methods for speech prominence estimation. However, developing such an automated system using machine-learning methods requires human-annotated training data. Using our system for acquiring such human annotations, we collect and open-source crowdsourced annotations of a portion of the LibriTTS dataset. We use these annotations as ground truth to train a neural speech prominence estimator that generalizes to unseen speakers, datasets, and speaking styles. We investigate design decisions for neural prominence estimation as well as how neural prominence estimation improves as a function of two key factors of annotation cost: dataset size and the number of annotations per utterance.
Oelandyla Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2020
Creators: name: Jaschhof, Mathias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Cecidomyiidae
Oelandyla

description: Genus Oelandyla Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2020
This monotypic genus was recently introduced for a then unnamed species discovered on the island of Öland, southeastern Sweden (Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2020a). The same species is here shown to occur in southern Germany.
description: Published as part of Jaschhof, Mathias, 2024, New taxa and new records of Winnertziinae and Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Germany, pp. 1-134 in European Journal of Taxonomy 953 on page 83, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.953.2649, http://zenodo.org/record/13749629
[Paper] Crowdsourced and Automatic Speech Prominence Estimation
Creators: Pranav Pawar
Nathan Pruyne
Jennifer Cole
Bryan Pardo
Publisher: name: IEEE Signal Processing Society
Year: 2024

description: The prominence of a spoken word is the degree to which an average native listener perceives the word as salient or emphasized relative to its context. Speech prominence estimation is the process of assigning a numeric value to the prominence of each word in an utterance. These prominence labels are useful for linguistic analysis, as well as training automated systems to perform emphasis-controlled text-to-speech or emotion recognition. Manually annotating prominence is time-consuming and expensive, which motivates the development of automated methods for speech prominence estimation. However, developing such an automated system using machine-learning methods requires human-annotated training data. Using our system for acquiring such human annotations, we collect and open-source crowdsourced annotations of a portion of the LibriTTS dataset. We use these annotations as ground truth to train a neural speech prominence estimator that generalizes to unseen speakers, datasets, and speaking styles. We investigate design decisions for neural prominence estimation as well as how neural prominence estimation improves as a function of two key factors of annotation cost: dataset size and the number of annotations per utterance.
METHODS FOR ANALYZING REGIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WHILE INCORPORATING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES
Creators: name: Botsiev, Igor
name: Magomadov, Emin
name: Belotelova, Zhanna
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2024
Subjects: entrepreneurial activity
sustainable development
regional level

description: This article explores the challenges of assessing local business activity through the lens of sustainability and innovation in success metrics. Current economic realities and environmental challenges have required the adaptation of traditional assessment methods to adequately reflect all aspects of business impact. The study begins with a critical look at outdated assessment approaches that neglect the long-term perspective and focus on immediate economic results. The paper emphasizes that such methods often ignore a wide range of factors, from the social environment to the environment. The author presents a new model of metrics that balance economic progress with environmental and social responsibility. These metrics place a particular emphasis on combining data on business impact on society and the ecosystem, allowing for a more accurate and comprehensive assessment. To implement the proposed model, attention is paid to the need to create information systems capable of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data according to the new criteria. This will play a key role in providing regional political and economic leaders with the tools to make informed decisions. The article also illustrates how some regions are already successfully applying these metrics, demonstrating significant progress in their approaches to assessing entrepreneurial activity. These examples confirm the potential for achieving sustainability and well-being through the thoughtful application of these approaches. It concludes by highlighting that the shift to assessing entrepreneurial activity with a sustainable development perspective is not only important for the current state of regions, but also contributes to ensuring a better future.
METHODOLOGY OF ASSESSING TERRITORIAL RISKS OF THE ARCTIC ZONE OF KRASNOYARSK REGION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INVESTMENT PROJECTS
Creators: name: Postnikova, Ulyana
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2024
Subjects: climate change
technogenic hazards
territorial risks
safety

description: The work is aimed at developing effective methods and models for solving problems in the field of analyzing the safety and security of Northern and Arctic territories in the context of multifactorial impacts (intensified development, implementation of investment projects, climate change), including identification of hazard factors, assessment of current and future man-made risks and security. To establish cause-and-effect relationships of the hazard factor’s impact on the safety and sustainability of territories, it is proposed to use probabilistic graphical models based on Bayesian networks. The work was tested using the example of the Arctic territories of the Krasnoyarsk Region.
Neocolpodia Mamaev 1964
Creators: name: Jaschhof, Mathias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Cecidomyiidae
Neocolpodia

description: Genus Neocolpodia Mamaev, 1964
The genus Neocolpodia contains three species of chiefly European distribution; only N. gukasiani (Mamaev, 1990) extends the generic range into southern Siberia (Gagné & Jaschhof 2021). Neocolpodia gukasiani as treated by Jaschhof & Jaschhof (2013) is an aggregate, which even after the separation of N. ombergensis Jaschhof & Jaschhof, 2020 comprises two or three discrete species in Sweden, all unnamed (Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2021a). One of these occurs also in Germany (Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2021b). The record of N. paradoxa Mamaev, 1964 documented below is the first for Germany; earlier reports rested on misidentification with N. gukasiani (Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2021b).
description: Published as part of Jaschhof, Mathias, 2024, New taxa and new records of Winnertziinae and Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Germany, pp. 1-134 in European Journal of Taxonomy 953 on page 83, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.953.2649, http://zenodo.org/record/13749629
FRAME-LEVEL EMOTIONAL STATE ALIGNMENT METHOD FOR SPEECH EMOTION RECOGNITION
Publisher: name: IEEE Signal Processing Society
Year: 2024

description: Speech emotion recognition (SER) systems aim to recognize human emotional state during human-computer interaction. Most existing SER systems are trained based on utterance-level labels. However, not all frames in an audio have affective states consistent with utterance-level label, which makes it difficult for the model to distinguish the true emotion of the audio and perform poorly. To address this problem, we propose a frame-level emotional state alignment method for SER. First, we fine-tune HuBERT model to obtain an SER system with task-adaptive pretraining (TAPT) method, and extract embeddings from its transformer layers to form frame-level pseudo-emotion labels with clustering. Then, the pseudo labels are used to pretrain HuBERT. Hence, each frame from the output of HuBERT has corresponding emotional information. Finally, we fine-tune the above pretrained HuBERT for SER by adding an attention layer on the top of it, which can focus only on those frames that are emotionally more consistent with utterance-level label. The experimental results performed on IEMOCAP indicate that our proposed method performs better than state-of-the-art (SOTA) methods. The codes are available at github repository.
Cyana (Cryptanaema) de Vos 2017
Creators: name: Volynkin, Anton V.
name: Černý, Karel
name: Vos, Rob De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Cyana

description: Subgenus Cryptanaema de Vos, 2017
Cyana (Cryptanaema) de Vos, 2017, Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea, 3: 597.
Type species: Chionaema nigroplagata Bethune-Baker, 1910, by original designation.
Diagnosis. Species of the subgenus have a cryptic colouration with the dominance of brown, grey and creamy white whereas most species of other subgenera of Cyana display aposematic red or yellow patterns on a white ground colour or (in the subgenus Clerckia Aurivillius, 1882) an aposematic combination of black and various shades of orange, red and yellow. In the male genitalia, vesica bearing clusters of numerous short but robust triangular cornuti which is characteristic of the subgenus, a feature similar to such Nudariina genera as Barsine Walker, 1854, Ammatho Walker, 1855, etc. (illustrated by Volynkin et al. (2019)). In the female genitalia, the posterior section of the corpus bursae is strongly dilated and rugose sclerotised.
description: Published as part of Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel & Vos, Rob De, 2022, Two new species of the subgenus Cryptanaema de Vos of the genus Cyana Walker from eastern Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini Nudariina), pp. 81-91 in Zootaxa 5178 (1) on page 82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/7021904
title: Control of Aspergillus flavus and Aflatoxin Contamination in High Moisture Maize by Carbondioxide Fumigation
Creators: name: Werawat Nilrattanakoon
Publisher: name: Department of Agriculture
Year: 1994
Subjects: maize
aflatoxin
carbondioxide fumigation

description: Thai Agricultural Research Journal, 12, 1, 58-65
MINIMIZING CLIMATIC FLOOD RISKS OF THE CURONIAN SPIT (BALTIC COAST)
Creators: name: Ladygina, Anastasia
name: Mikhailova, Anastasia
name: Ladygina, Olga
name: Goge, Eduard
Publisher: name: Reliability: Theory & Applications
Year: 2024
Subjects: nature-compatible solutions
adaptation to climate change
risks

description: The article is devoted to the application of nature-compatible solutions for minimizing climate risks and adapting to climate change. The article presents the results of a study on surface runoff in Curonian Spit area using models of the InVEST Urban Stormwater Retention software package. The modeling results identified the most vulnerable area in the Curonian Spit (Baltic Coast) in terms of potential flooding in the context of increasing climate change specifically, the village of Rybachy. To minimize the climatic risks of flooding and to modernize the rainwater drainage and collection, nature-compatible solutions have been proposed for integration into the existing infrastructure.
Additional file 6: of Transcriptome profiling in fast versus slow-growing rainbow trout across seasonal gradients
Creators: name: Danzmann, Roy
name: Kocmarek, Andrea
name: Norman, Joseph
name: Caird Rexroad
name: Yniv Palti
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Results from the Broad Institute gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) highlighting significant pathways and terms found in small fish. FDR significant categories from the Biological Process and Canonical, KEGG, BIOCARTA, and REACTOME pathway categories are shown. (PDF 498 kb)
Vulnerability of Face Age Verification to Replay Attacks
Creators: Pavel Korshunov
Anjith George
Gokhan Ozbulak
Sebastien Marcel
Publisher: name: IEEE Signal Processing Society
Year: 2024

description: Presentation attacks on biometric systems have long created significant security risks. The increase in the adoption of age verification systems, which ensure that only age-appropriate content is consumed online, raises the question of vulnerability of such systems to replay presentation attacks. In this paper, we analyze the vulnerability of face age verification to simple replay attacks and assess whether presentation attack detection (PAD) systems created for biometrics can be effective at detecting similar attacks on age verification. We used three types of attacks captured with iPhone 12, Galaxy S9, and Huawei Mate 30 phones from iPad Pro, which replayed the images from a commonly used UTKFace dataset of faces with true age labels. We evaluated four state of the art face age verification algorithms, including simple classification, distribution-based, regression via classification, and adaptive distribution approaches. We show that these algorithms are vulnerable to the attacks, since the accuracy of age verification on replayed images is only a couple of percentage points different compared to when the original images are used, which means an age verification system cannot distinguish attacks from bona fide images. Using two state of the art presentation attack detection systems, DeepPixBiS and CDCN, trained to detect similar attacks on biometrics, we demonstrate that they struggle to detect both: the types of attacks that are possible in age verification scenario and the type of bona fide images that are commonly used. These results highlight the need for the development of age verification specific attack detection systems for age verification to become practical.
Additional file 4: Table S1. of LIX1 regulates YAP1 activity and controls the proliferation and differentiation of stomach mesenchymal progenitors
Creators: name: McKey, Jennifer
name: Martire, Delphine
name: Barbara, Pascal De Santa
name: Faure, Sandrine
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Hematology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Phenotype quantification. Quantification of embryos harbouring an abnormal stomach muscle phenotype, as demonstrated by in situ hybridization or immunostaining, following injection of RCAS(A)-ShLIX1 (LIX1 loss-of-function) or RCAS(B)-LIX1 (LIX1 gain-of-function). (PDF 40 kb)
Paneliusia Jaschhof 2013
Creators: name: Jaschhof, Mathias
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Cecidomyiidae
Paneliusia

description: Genus Paneliusia Jaschhof, 2013
This genus was recently introduced to accommodate three species with generally similar male terminalia structures, of which two were misplaced in Porricondyla and one was unnamed (Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2013). To present knowledge, the geographical distribution of Paneliusia is essentially Palearctic, with only a single record published from Pennsylvania, eastern United States (Plakidas 2019). Plakidas’s (2019) description leaves no doubt that his species is not P. aurantiaca (Panelius, 1965), as he believed, but is either P. albimanoides Jaschhof, 2013 or a closely related, unnamed species. Arguments in support of my view are the toothless claws (fig. 129) and the peculiar shape of the gonostylus (fig. 131) depicted by Plakidas (2019). There is indication that P. albimanoides as described by Jaschhof & Jaschhof (2013) is an aggregate species in need of further investigation (Jaschhof & Jaschhof 2021b). All three species of Paneliusia are present in Germany, with P. albimanoides recorded here for the first time.
description: Published as part of Jaschhof, Mathias, 2024, New taxa and new records of Winnertziinae and Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Germany, pp. 1-134 in European Journal of Taxonomy 953 on page 84, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.953.2649, http://zenodo.org/record/13749629
CONCSS: CONTRASTIVE-BASED CONTEXT COMPREHENSION FOR DIALOGUE-APPROPRIATE PROSODY IN CONVERSATIONAL SPEECH SYNTHESIS
Publisher: name: IEEE Signal Processing Society
Year: 2024

description: Conversational speech synthesis (CSS) incorporates historical dialogue as supplementary information with the aim of generating speech that has dialogue-appropriate prosody. While previous methods have already delved into enhancing context comprehension, context representation still lacks effective representation capabilities and context-sensitive discriminability. In this paper, we introduce a contrastive learning-based CSS framework, CONCSS. Within this framework, we define an innovative pretext task specific to CSS that enables the model to perform self-supervised learning on unlabeled conversational datasets to boost the model's context understanding. Additionally, we introduce a sampling strategy for negative sample augmentation to enhance context vectors' discriminability. This is the first attempt to integrate contrastive learning into CSS. We conduct ablation studies on different contrastive learning strategies and comprehensive experiments in comparison with prior CSS systems. Results demonstrate that the synthesized speech from our proposed method exhibits more contextually appropriate and sensitive prosody.