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Calathiscus Claereboudt & Al-Amri, 2004, new genus
No full textCalathiscus new genus Type species: Calathiscus tantillus Diagnosis: see under only known species, Calathiscus tantillus Calathiscus tantillus new species (Figs. 1 – 6). Material examined Holotype: Sultan Qaboos University, SQU040001, Cemetery Bay Pillar Rock, 8m, Muscat (Oman). Collector: Michel Claereboudt. The holotype consists of a whole colony (1. 7 x 3.4 cm) (Fig. 1, 4). Paratypes: 1 Florida Museum of Natural History, UF 535, Masirah Island, 3–4 m (Oman). Collector: Gustav Paulay (Fig. 2,A). 2 Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, IG 30190, Cemetery Bay, Muscat, 6 m. Collector: Michel Claereboudt (Fig. 2 B). Diagnosis Corallites are 1.7 mm in diameter with calices small, rarely exceeding 1.5 mm There are two complete and one incomplete, variable, cycles of septa (6 + 6 + 3—10). A columella is absent. Living colonies have large polyps, with an elongated column and lanceolate tentacles that are normally extended during the day. Tentacles vary in number from 15 to 22 corresponding to the number of septa. Previous records This species has not been previously recorded. Description Colonies are encrusting or hemispherical, very small, rarely more than 30 mm across. Corallites are rounded and very small (1.7 mm in diameter on average) with calices rarely exceeding 1.5 mm. The wall is thin and consists of rows of irregular, granulated denticles that correspond to septal insertions, and are connected with synapticular links leaving few pores between adjacent corallites, particularly in lightly calcified colonies from deeper water. Calices are shallow. Septa form 2 subequal cycles with a third cycle expressed to varying degrees in different corallites and colonies. Only the first 2 cycles are complete, and show an irregular pattern of septal fusion. There are between 15 and 22 septa, some reduced to a single row of denticles along the corallite wall. A ventral trident (or triplet) is present in some calices and defines with a dorsal septum an axis of bilateral symmetry. The lateral septa do not form regular pairs as in Porites, but are occasionally fused. In most specimens, a single synapticular ring is clearly visible surrounding a central fossa in which there is no columella. Pali formed by large granulated denticles are present on the margin of 6 septa although in some lightly calcified specimens, the pali are poorly defined. There is an additional denticle on some septa between wall and palus. Living colonies have large polyps, with an elongated column and lanceolate tentacles, that are normally extended during the day. All observed colonies were light green with radiating brown marks on the oral cones and a darker ring on the tentacles. Tentacles vary in number from 15 to 22 and correspond to the septal arrangement. Colonies are very sensitive to even slight changes in water pressure or movement and respond readily to the slightest disturbance by retracting the polyps. Remarks The series of corallites studied showed considerable variation in the development of the various skeletal features, particularly the number of septa and size of the pali. The number of septa varied from 15 to 22. The development of a ring of synapticulae linking the septa in the center of the corallites and the fusion patterns of the septa (ventral triplets and lateral pairs) was also variable. The appearance of the living polyps on the other hand was very stable, and the species was readily identifiable underwater by its color, number of tentacles and small size. Etymology Calathiscus is named after a small woven wicker basket (C alathiscus in Latin) to reflect simultaneously the “porous” and delicate nature of the calices of this genus and the small size of the colonies. Gender masculine. The specific epithet tantillus, literally “ever so small” in Latin, was chosen to suggest the small size of the calices and the colonies of this species. Habitat and distribution All colonies were found attached to hard substrate: fragments of coral skeleton, large flagstone of limestone and Ophiolite bedrock. Colonies of Calathiscus tantillus have been found in several reef communities between 4 and 22 m in depth in mixed communities dominated by several species of Cyphastrea, Leptastrea, Favites and small colonies of Porites and Goniopora. In the Gulf of Oman, these depths correspond to the lower part of the reefs, as reefs rarely extend below 12– 15 m. The species has been found in communities established on ancient limestone but also, more commonly, in coral communities growing directly on ophiolite. Although never common and always cryptic, colonies of Calathiscus tantillus can be relatively abundant but never exceed 2 or 3 cm 2 in size. Some specimens observed at the deepest location (Fahl Island, 22 m) where partially discolored with the disk and tentacles taking brownpurple color. Calathiscus tantillus was observed in most coral rich communities in the Muscat Area (Daymaniyat Islands, Cemetery Bay, Bandar Khayran) and one specimen (Paratype 2, FLMNH UF 535) was collected in the Arabian Sea near the Island of Masirah (20 º0’ 40 ”N, 58 º 38 ’0”E). Discussion Calathiscus tantillus is easy to differentiate from species of Porites by the large size of its extended polyps and the lighter, more porous structure of its skeleton. The new species is distinguished from Goniopora by the small size of the calices (almost 1 / 2 the diameter found in species with small corallites such as G. tenuidens Quelch, 1886, G. eclipsensis Veron and Pichon, 1982, and G. minor Crossland, 1952), fewer septa, as well as by the fusion patterns of the septa and the arrangement of pali and denticles: particularly the presence of a ventral triplet in many well calcified colonies and the pali present only on the first cycle of septa. Although fully extended polyps with long columns are also found in other poritids, the number of tentacles (15–22) in this species separates it from Goniopora which has 24 tentacles and Alveopora which has only 12 (Veron 2000). The mixture of characteristics from Porites and Goniopora found in the present series of specimens confirms its affinities with the Poritidae: Goniopora, Porites, Stylaraea and to a lesser extent Alveopora. The most complex calicular structures in the Poritidae are found in Goniopora and Poritipora (Veron 2002) with 3 cycles of septa present in most species (Veron and Pichon 1982). Stylaraea, Porites and Alveopora have only two cycles of septa (Veron 2000). Bernard (1903) argued for a complete separation of Alveopora from the Poritidae, and although morphologically there were few arguments against the idea that Alveopora is derived from Goniopora by a further reduction of complexity and development of the skeletal features (Veron and Pichon 1982), recent genetic studies have shown that Alveopora may be more closely related to acroporids than to other Poritidae (Romano and Cairns 2000). The reduction in the number of septa is also visible in the polyp number of tentacles: 24 in Goniopora, and Poritipora (Veron 2002), typically 15–22 in Calathiscus and 12 in Alveopora, Stylaraea and Porites. Several species of Poritidae are also characterized by very small colonies. The largest colonies of Stylaraea for instance are only a few cm across and several small Porites not exceeding a few cm in diameter are being described (J.E.N. Veron, Pers. Comm.).Published as part of Claereboudt, Michel R. & Al-Amri, Issa S., 2004, coral (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from the Gulf of Oman, pp. 1-8 in Zootaxa 532 on pages 2-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15752
Maktabat Al Muthanna Baghdad Jun-Oct 1962
No full textThe account statement from the Library and Printing House of Dar Ihya Al-Kutub Al-Arabiya – Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi and Partners offers a comprehensive summary of the financial transactions associated with the library's operations.تقدّم كشوف الحساب الصادرة عن مكتبة ومطبعة دار إحياء الكتب العربية – عيسى البابى الحلبى وشركاه عرضًا تفصيليًا للمعاملات المالية المتعلقة بأنشطة المكتبة
Maktabat Al Muthanna Baghdad Jun-Oct 1962
No full textThe account statement from the Library and Printing House of Dar Ihya Al-Kutub Al-Arabiya – Issa Al-Babi Al-Halabi and Partners offers a comprehensive summary of financial transactions associated with the library's operations.تقدّم كشوف الحساب الصادرة عن مكتبة ومطبعة دار إحياء الكتب العربية – عيسى البابى الحلبى وشركاه عرضًا تفصيليًا للمعاملات المالية المتعلقة بأنشطة المكتبة
Pujian Kenabian (Madh al-Nabawiy) dalam Puisi ‘Issa Jarȃba di Twitter (Kajian Struktural Puisi Arab)
No full textAbstract - In addition to using beautiful stylistic elements, the theme of praise is also an element that enhances the structure of Arabic poetry. ‘Issa Jarȃba is one of the contemporary Arab writers who is working in the Digital World. He often shares his works in the form of poetry on Twitter. One of the most interesting aspects of his poems is their theme. Therefore, this study aims to describe the themes that are often expressed in the 20 titles of poetry that he uploads through his personal Twitter account. In this study, the researcher used descriptive analytical method, while the theory used was structural theory. However, the structural element that is emphasized in this research is the theme element. The results show that the theme that is often raised by 'Issa Jarȃba in his poetry is the theme of praise to the Prophet Muhammad SAW, including praise of the superiority of the Prophet Muhammad over other prophets and praise of the perfect characteristics of the Prophet Muhammad. In addition, some of his poetry works are typographicalized by Qasdah and some are in the form of Modern poetry. The research is expected to add to the scientific treasures of cyber literature. Keywords - Prophetic Praise; 'Issa Jarba; Twitter; Arabic poetry; CyberLiteratur
HEVC-SVS: Low-level HEVC features and CNN features for TVSum, SumMe, OVP and VSUMM datasets
No full textProposed HEVC feature sets along with CNN features from GoogleNet, AlexNet, Inception-ResNet-V2, and VGG16 for TVSum, SumMe, OVP and VSUMM datasets. The new modified datasets names are "HEVC-SVS-TVSum", "HEVC-SVS-SumMe", "HEVC-SVS-OVP" and "HEVC-SVS-VSUMM", respectively.The datasets contain the original ground truth data they came with, and these stayed unmodified.Upon using any of these datasets, please do cite our publications where we proposed the HEVC feature set for the first time:If you are using (HEVC-SVS-OVP) and/or (HEVC-SVS-VSUMM) datasets: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9815254/@article{issa_cnn_2022,title = {{CNN} and {HEVC} {Video} {Coding} {Features} for {Static} {Video} {Summarization}},volume = {10},issn = {2169-3536},url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9815254/},doi = {10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3188638},urldate = {2022-09-29},journal = {IEEE Access},author = {Issa, Obada and Shanableh, Tamer},year = {2022},pages = {72080--72091},}If you are using (HEVC-SVS-TVSum) and/or (HEVC-SVS-SumMe) datasets: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/10/6065@article{issa_static_2023,title = {Static {Video} {Summarization} {Using} {Video} {Coding} {Features} with {Frame}-{Level} {Temporal} {Subsampling} and {Deep} {Learning}},volume = {13},issn = {2076-3417},url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/10/6065},doi = {10.3390/app13106065},number = {10},journal = {Applied Sciences},author = {Issa, Obada and Shanableh, Tamer},month = may,year = {2023},pages = {6065},}Make sure to also cite the original authors for each of the datasets:TVSum (https://people.csail.mit.edu/yalesong/tvsum/)SumMe (https://gyglim.github.io/me/vsum/index.html)OVP and VSUMM (https://www.sites.google.com/site/vsummsite/download)Acknowledgement:The work in this research project is supported by the American University of Sharjah under research grant number FRG22-E-E44. This research work represents the opinions of the author(s) and does not mean to represent the position or opinions of the American University of Sharjah
HEVC-SVS: Low-level HEVC features and CNN features for TVSum, SumMe, OVP and VSUMM datasets
No full text**HEVC-SVS Datasets**Proposed HEVC feature sets along with CNN features from GoogleNet, AlexNet, Inception-ResNet-V2, and VGG16 for TVSum, SumMe, OVP and VSUMM datasets. The new modified datasets names are "HEVC-SVS-TVSum", "HEVC-SVS-SumMe", "HEVC-SVS-OVP" and "HEVC-SVS-VSUMM", respectively.The datasets contain the original ground truth data they came with, and these stayed unmodified.Upon using any of these datasets, please do cite our publication where we proposed the HEVC feature set for the first time:If you are using (HEVC-SVS-OVP) and/or (HEVC-SVS-VSUMM) datasets:@article{issa_cnn_2022,title = {{CNN} and {HEVC} {Video} {Coding} {Features} for {Static} {Video} {Summarization}},volume = {10},copyright = {Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC-ND)},issn = {2169-3536},url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9815254/},doi = {10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3188638},urldate = {2022-09-29},journal = {IEEE Access},author = {Issa, Obada and Shanableh, Tamer},year = {2022},pages = {72080--72091},}If you are using (HEVC-SVS-TVSum) and/or (HEVC-SVS-SumMe) datasets:{ PENDING }Make sure to also cite the original authors for each of the datasets:TVSum:@INPROCEEDINGS{7299154, author = {Yale Song and Vallmitjana, Jordi and Stent, Amanda and Jaimes, Alejandro}, booktitle = {2015 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)}, title = {TVSum: Summarizing web videos using titles}, year = {2015}, volume = {}, number = {}, pages = {5179-5187}, doi = {10.1109/CVPR.2015.7299154}}SumMe:@inproceedings{GygliECCV14, author ={Gygli, Michael and Grabner, Helmut and Riemenschneider, Hayko and Van Gool, Luc}, title = {Creating Summaries from User Videos}, booktitle = {ECCV}, year = {2014}}OVP and VSUMM:@article{Avila, title = "VSUMM: A mechanism designed to produce static video summaries and a novel evaluation method", journal = "Pattern Recognition Letters", volume = "32", number = "1", pages = "56 - 68", year = "2011", note = "<ce:title>Image Processing, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition in Latin America</ce:title>", issn = "0167-8655", doi = "10.1016/j.patrec.2010.08.004", author = "Sandra Eliza Fontes de Avila and Ana Paula Brand„o Lopes and Antonio da Luz Jr. and Arnaldo de Albuquerque Ara˙jo",}Acknowledgement:The work in this research project is supported by the American University of Sharjah under research grant number FRG22-E-E44. This research work represents the opinions of the author(s) and does not mean to represent the position or opinions of the American University of Sharjah
Literature City Sana’a with Special Reference to (The Book of Sana’a) by Abdu Al-Aziz AlMaqaliah
No full textAl-Maqalih is considered to be one of the greatest poets in Arabs world. Some of his great works have been translated into foreign languages including English. Actually, his works need to be investigated and presented in English to present the richness of Yemeni literature to the whole world. To cope with the universality of the poet, we try to focus the image of Sana\u27a in al-Maqalih\u27s the book of Sana\u27a. the present study aimed to investigate the image of Sana\u27a in alMaqalih poetry with reference to (The Book of Sana\u27a). Therefore; the main aim is to analyze the poems and then to induce the general image of Sana\u27a. This paper was divided into four chapters. The first chapter talks about the poet biography, his works and his position in literature. In addition to that, it revealed the attitudes and views of the poet towards different controversial points in poetry. The second chapter, the focus was on the main image of Sana\u27a in "The book of Sana\u27a", sub-dividing this image into various images for the original one. The third chapter talked about the other images wove found in "the book of Sana\u27a as Sana\u27a as paradise, holey place… etc).The fourth chapter included the conclusion of the research
Maktabat Al Muthanna Baghdad Jun-Oct 1962
No full textThe invoice from the Library and Printing Press of Dar Ihya al-Kutub al-‘Arabiyya to Qasim Al-Rajab constitutes formal documentation of a transaction, specifying the products obtained through Najib Al-Khanji and the associated payment amount due.تُعد الفاتورة الصادرة عن مكتبة ومطبعة دار إحياء الكتب العربية إلى قاسم الرجب توثيقًا رسميًا لعملية تجارية، حيث تُفصّل البضاعة المستلمة عن طريق نجيب الخانجي مع بيان المبلغ المستحق المقابل لها
Integrating English Language into legal studies at an Omani College : inspirations and aspirations / Ali S. M. Al-Issa
No full textEver since its establishment in 1997, the College of Law formerly known as the College of Sharia and Law at Sultan Qaboos University has been heavily criticized for the lack of English language skills of its graduates, who have either failed to impress their employers or struggled to find jobs related to the legal field which has had negative implications for the Omanization process. English language in Oman is the only official foreign language and a significant tool for achieving multiple uses and values. This triggered a strong call for change by Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) and the College of Law administration to integrate English language into various legal courses offered at the college. This article discusses the steps and
decisions taken by the decision makers at SQU and the College of Law to introduce the necessary changes to cater for the needs of the job market to help contribute to the development of Oman’s economy. The discussion may have implications for change in other similar contexts around the world
A contribution to the study of Gnathia ware from Issa
No full textKeramika tipa Gnathia pronađena je na 38 nalazišta duž istočne
obale Jadrana i bliže mu unutrašnjosti. Ipak, najviše posuda te
keramičke vrste pronađeno je u antičkoj Isi. Brojnost i određene
značajke u obliku i ukrasu na posudama iz Ise otvorile su
pretpostavku o lokalnoj isejskoj proizvodnji keramike tipa
Gnathia. Prvi je tu pretpostavku iznio Branko Kirigin. Na temelju
proučavanja grobnog inventara s nekropole na Martvilu u Visu
podijelio je posude tipa Gnathia iz Ise u četiri faze. Autorica je
pomoću arheoloških komparativnih metoda analize dekoracije i
morfologije na svim dosad objavljenim posudama ove vrste na
istočnom Jadranu usporedila novije spoznaje o ovoj keramičkoj
vrsti s Kiriginovim tezama. Također je ponudila razvoj tipologije
posuda isejske keramike tipa Gnathia unutar kronološkog okvira
od sredine 3. do kraja 2. st. pr. Kr.Gnathia ware was found at 38 sites on the eastern Adriatic coast
and its immediate interior. Nonetheless, the most vessels of this
pottery type were found in Antique-era Issa. The high number
and specific characteristics in the shape and ornamentation on
the vessels from Issa have led to the hypothesis on local Issa
production of this pottery type. Branko Kirigin first stated this
hypothesis on the basis of study of the tomb inventory from the
necropolis at Martvilo in Vis, dividing the Gnathia vessels from
Issa into four phases. Using stylistic methods for the attribution
of painters and groups, analysis of morphology on all vessels thus
far published in the eastern Adriatic, the author compared new
knowledge on this pottery type with Kirigin’s theses. She also offers
a development of the typology of the Issa Gnathia ware vessels
inside a chronological framework from the mid-third to the end of
the second century BC
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