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A new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) from Qara Dagh Mountains, Kurdistan Region, with a key to the genus in Iraq
No full textSafaei-Mahroo, Barbod, Ghaffari, Hanyeh, Ghafoor, Aram, Amini, Saywan (2017): A new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) from Qara Dagh Mountains, Kurdistan Region, with a key to the genus in Iraq. Zootaxa 4363 (3): 377-392, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4363.3.
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Hemidactylus kurdicus Safaei-Mahroo & Ghaffari & Ghafoor & Amini 2017, sp. nov.
No full textHemidactylus kurdicus sp. nov. (Figures 2A–H; Table 3) Holotype. (CAS 262258, MorphoBank M 452298-M452302) was collected by Barbod Safaei-Mahroo on 0 5 September 2016 at 20h 45 in the Qara-Dagh Mountains (35°14.057’ N, 45°22.871’ E, elevation 1139 m), south west of Qara Dagh village, Sulaimani Province, Northeastern Iraq. Paratypes. (CAS 262259, MorphoBank M452303-M452307) and (CAS 262260, MorphoBank M452308- M452312), were collected by Barbod Safaei-Mahroo on 0 5 and 0 6 September 2016 from 23h30 to 01h00 in the Qara-Dagh Mountains (35°14.588’ N, 45°22.644’ E, elevation 1293 m), south west of Qara Dagh village, Sulaimani Province, Northeastern Iraq. Etymology. The generic nomen kurdicus is derived from the word “Kurd” which refers to the name for the Kurdish nation (Kurdistan Region), the location where the new species was found. Diagnosis. A species of the Arid species group of Hemidactylus that may be distinguished from other members of this group by the following morphological characters (based on 3 subadult types): single pair of postmental scales more-or-less in posterior contact with each other; 14–16 longitudinal rows of tubercles that are smallest dorsolaterally; 9–10 subdigital lamellae under first toe of pes, and 13 lamellae under fourth toe of pes. Description (data holotype with range for type series given parenthetically). CAS 262258, Subadult (undetermined sex). SVL 40.9 mm (39.8–40.9 mm); Head elongate, HL = 10.9 mm; HL/SVL = 0.27 (26.5–27.2) and wide HW = 8.6 mm; HW/HL = 0.79 (78.0–79.4), distinct from neck, not depressed HH = 5.9 mm (50.3–54.4); HH/HL = 0.54. Snout long SL = 5.35 mm; SL/HL = 0.49. Mental scale triangular; one pair of large triangular postmental scales not in contact with each other, one small granular scale separates the postmentals posteriorly; one third of postmental in contact with second infralabial; PI = II. Rostral large and wider than high, with median vertical crease. Nostrils have a teardrop shape, each surrounded by five scales (nasorostral, supranasal, two small postnasals and first supralabial). Supranasals divided by small vertical intersupranasal, ISN = 1. Supralabials (L/ R): 11/11 (11–12); Infralabials (L/R): 9/9 (8–9). Dorsal head scales intermixed with irregular round tubercles, becoming regular on dorsum; tubercles of body dorsum large and weakly keeled, three times larger than those on head, smaller dorsolaterally; TR = 14 (14–16). Scales on dorsal parts of forelimbs larger than dorsal body, tubercles absent on dorsal parts of forearms. Ventral scales small, smooth and uniform, becoming larger in the middle of abdomen, smallest on margins of flanks. Number of lamellae beneath each digit on pes (undivided + divided + entire apical; right/left, if different): LP 1st (L/R) = 2+6+1/3+6+1, LP 2nd (L/R) = 1+9+1/1+9+1, LP 3th (L/R) = 0+11+1/1+10+1, LP 4th (L/R) = 2+10+1/ 1+11+1, LP 5th (L/R) = 0+12+1/3+10+1. Tail longer than body TaL = 47.85 mm; TaL/TL = 0.53 (52.5–53.8); not thickened at base, tapering towards the tip; TW = 5.13 mm; subcaudals enlarged, arranged in a single row. Three keeled tubercles are on either side of each annulus on base of tail, TS = 6 (5–6). Number of dorsal markings 5, number of tail markings 13 (Table 3). Color in life. Subadults have a light brown head and creamy yellow body with five brown asterisk-shape dorsally markings extending from neck to the pelvic region, tail with 12–13 distinct brown bands. The ventral surface is pinkish to white. Variation. CAS 262259 and CAS 262260, subadult paratypes. Comparative measurements, scalation and color pattern of holotype and paratypes are presented in Table 3. Single pair of large, triangular postmentals not in contact in first specimen (as in holotype), but contacting one another in the second specimen. Body dorsum bearing 14–16 regular rows of weakly keeled tubercles. 9–10 subdigital lamellae under first toe of pes and 13 lamellae under fourth toe of pes. In one adult male specimen (MorphoBank M452313-M452317) that was caught and released in September 2015 these characters were observed: Large body size (approximately 60 mm SVL), postmentals in contact with one another along posterior one fourth of their length, and contacting the first and one third to one fourth of second infralabials. There are 10 precloacal pores in a curved line. Dorsal surface of head, body, and tail slightly yellowish with irregular dark brown blotches; limbs lighter than body; a dark brown stripe extending from nostril to ear; ventral surface white. Comparisons. We compared Hemidactylus kurdicus sp. nov. from the Kurdistan region of Iraq with the Hemidactylus species listed in the Appendix I (Baha el Din 2003, 2005; Busais & Joger 2011; Carranza & Arnold 2012; Garcia-Porta et al. 2016; Moravec et al. 2011; Šmíd et al. 2013, 2015, 2016; Torki 2011; Vasconcelos & Carranza 2014). H. kurdicus sp. nov. is distinguished from all other related Arid clade Hemidactylus species of the Middle East by having a single pair of postmental scales, also it differs from the species below based on the number of lamellae under the first and fourth toes of the pes (1st/ 4th). H. kurdicus sp. nov. has 9–10 lamellae under the first toe and 13 lamellae under the fourth toe of pes, which is more than the following species (mean values reported) H. adensis Šmíd, Moravec, Kratochvíl, Nasher, Mazuch, Gvoždík & Carranza, 2015 (5.3/ 9.3), H. alfarraji Šmíd, Shobrak, Wilms, Joger & Carranza, 2016 (7.1/10.8), H. alkiyumii Carranza & Arnold, 2012 (7/10.8), H. asirensis Šmíd, Shobrak, Wilms, Joger & Carranza, 2016 (6.2/10.1), H. awashensis Šmíd, Moravec, Kratochvíl, Nasher, Mazuch, Gvoždík & Carranza, 2015 (8/11.4), H. dawudazraqi (6.6/10.9), H. endophis Carranza & Arnold, 2012 (6/9), H. festivus Carranza & Arnold, 2012 (6.9/11.2), H. foudaii Baha El Din, 2003 (7/10.3), H. granosus Heyden, 1827 (7.4/11.5), H. hajarensis (8/12.1), H. homoeolepis Blanford, 1881 (5/9.8), H. inexpectatus Carranza & Arnold, 2012 (6/10.5), H. jumailiae Busais & Joger, 2011 (6.9/10.9), H. lavadeserticus (7.4/11.4), H. lemurinus Arnold, 1980 (7/11), H. mandebensis Šmíd, Moravec, Kratochvíl, Nasher, Mazuch, Gvoždík & Carranza, 2015 (5.3/8.3), H. masirahensis Carranza & Arnold, 2012 (6/10), H. mindiae Baha El Din, 2005 (6.2/10), H. minutus Vasconcelos & Carranza, 2014 (4.4/7.9), H. montanus Busais & Joger, 2011 (6.4/10.2), H. paucituberculatus Carranza & Arnold, 2012 (4.9/8.3), H. robustus (6.1/9.8), H. romeshkanicus Torki, 2011 (–/9), H. saba Busais & Joger, 2011 (8.1/11.1), H. shihraensis (6/10), H. sinaitus (5.2/9.7), H. turcicus (6.8/10.2), H. ulii Šmíd, Moravec, Kratochvíl, Gvoždík, Nasher, Busais, Wilms, Shobrak, Carranza, 2013 (5.4/8.6), and H. yerburii Anderson, 1895 (6.9/10.4).Published as part of Safaei-Mahroo, Barbod, Ghaffari, Hanyeh, Ghafoor, Aram & Amini, Saywan, 2017, A new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkota: Gekkonidae) from Qara Dagh Mountains, Kurdistan Region, with a key to the genus in Iraq, pp. 377-392 in Zootaxa 4363 (3) on pages 382-383, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4363.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/110809
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
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