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Brain Segmentation ? A Case study of Biomedical Cloud Computing for Education and Research
No full textMedical imaging is widely adopted in Hospitals and medical institutes, and new ways to improve existing medical imaging services are regularly exploited. This paper describes the adoption of Cloud Computing is useful for medical education and research, and describes the methodology, results and lesson learned. A working Bioinformatics Cloud platform can demonstrate computation and visualisation of brain imaging. The aim is to study segmentation of brains, which divides the brain into ten major regions. The Cloud platform has these two functions: (i) it can highlight each region for ten different segments; and (ii) it can adjust intensity of segmentation to allow basic study of brain medicine. Two types of benefits are reported as follows. Firstly, all the medical student participants are reported to have 20% improvement in their learning satisfaction. Secondly, 100% of volunteer participants are reported to have positive learning experience
Pseudokuzicus (Similkuzicus) longidentatus Chang, Zheng & Wang 1998
No full text<i>Pseudokuzicus (Similkuzicus) longidentatus</i> Chang, Zheng & Wang, 1998 <p>(Map 1, Fig. 7)</p> <p> <i>Pseudokuzicus longidentatus</i> Chang, Zheng & Wang, 1998. <i>Acta Entomol</i>. <i>Sin</i>., 41(4): 414 [416].</p> <p> <i>Pseudokuzicus (Similkuzicus) longidentatus</i> Shi, Mao & Chang, 2007. <i>Zootaxa</i>, 1546: 29.</p> <p>Type specimen: Holotype, male, Gulin, Sichuan, 21 July 1993, collected by Fu-Ming Shi; location of type: Shaanxi Normal University.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> 2 males and 1 female, Dashahe, Daozhen, Guizhou, 25 August 2004, collected by Fu-Ming Shi.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> China (Chongqing, Guizhou, Sichuan).</p>Published as part of <i>Di, Juan-Xia, Bian, Xun, Shi, Fu-Ming & Chang, Yan-Lin, 2014, Notes on the genus Pseudokuzicus Gorochov, 1993 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae: Meconematini) from China, pp. 154-166 in Zootaxa 3872 (2)</i> on page 164, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.2.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5122259">http://zenodo.org/record/5122259</a>
Allicyrtaspis Shi, Bian & Chang
No full text<i>Allicyrtaspis</i> Shi, Bian & Chang gen. nov. <p> <b>Generic diagnosis.</b> Body small, robust, but comparative large for the tribe Meconematini. Head short and stout, fastigium frontis slightly inclined. Fastigium verticis conical, apex obtusely rounded, with median sulcus. Apical segment of maxillary palpus slightly longer than subapical one, the apex slightly swollen. Male pronotum extended posteriorly. Disc of pronotum flat, metazona not raised; anterior and median transverse sulci indistinct, posterior transverse sulcus distinct; posterior margin of paranota slightly broadened; humeral sinus absent. Pro- and mesotibiae armed on ventral margins with spines, tibial tympana open on both sides. Posttibiae with a pair of dorsal apical spurs and two pairs of ventral apical spurs. Male tegmina brachypterous, not reaching or slightly surpassing posterior margin of pronotum; hind wings absent. Male tenth abdominal tergite obviously projecting backwards, enlarged, posterior area bifurcate; cercus stout and short; genitalia sclerotized, longer, surpassing posterior margin of subgenital plate; the latter with styli.</p> <p> <b>MAP 1.</b> Distribution of the genus <i>Allicyrtaspis</i> Shi, Bian & Chang <b>gen. nov</b>.</p> <p> <b>Discussion.</b> The new genus resembles the genus <i>Cyrtaspis</i> Fischer, 1853, but differs from the latter in following characters: male pronotum with disc flat, metazona not raised, posterior margin of lateral lobe slightly broadened; tenth abdominal tergite distinctly specialized, longer and enlarged, posterior area bifurcate; cercus short and stout; genitalia longer than subgenital plate.</p> <p> <b>Type species:</b> <i>Allicyrtaspis globosis</i> Shi, Bian & Chang <b>sp. nov.,</b> feminine gender, here designated. <b>Etymology.</b> The name of the new genus is derived from Greek ‘all-’, and the genus <i>Cyrtaspis</i> name.</p>Published as part of <i>Shi, Fu-Ming, Bian, Xun & Chang, Yan-Lin, 2013, A new genus and two new species of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from China, pp. 163-168 in Zootaxa 3681 (2)</i> on pages 163-164, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.2.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/222513">http://zenodo.org/record/222513</a>
By Race, I am Chinese; and by Grace, I am Christian: Negotiating Chineseness and Christianity in Indonesia
No full textEdited by Sai Siew-Min and Hoon Chang-Yau</p
Tanycypris centa Chang, Lee and Smith 2012
No full text<i>Tanycypris centa</i> Chang, Lee and Smith, 2012 <i>Remarks</i> <p> Previously, this species was reported from one locality in the lower reaches of the Hyeongsan River on the south-east of the Korean Peninsula (Chang et al. 2012). The specimens found on Jeju Island were collected from a pond, and indicate that the species may be relatively widespread in southern Korea. It has also been collected from the Munich Botanical Gardens, Germany (Renate Matzke-Karasz pers. comm.), where it is probably an alien species (see above under <i>Tanycypris alfonsi</i>). This species was recovered from only one locality (26), an irrigation pond.</p> <p> Subfamily <b>CYPRIDOPSINAE</b> Kaufmann, 1900</p>Published as part of <i>Smith, Robin James, Lee, Jimin & Chang, Cheon Young, 2014, Nonmarine Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Jeju Island, South Korea, including descriptions of two new species, pp. 37-76 in Journal of Natural History 49 (1)</i> on page 63, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.946110, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4002512">http://zenodo.org/record/4002512</a>
Location Choice of Multinational Enterprises in China: Comparison between Japan and Taiwan
No full textThis paper explores the location choice of MNEs in China, shedding special light on the role of agglomeration of same-nationality firms. In particular, we examine how its role differs according to investors’ productivity. Furthermore, we compare the location choice of Japanese and Taiwanese MNEs in China, because Taiwanese MNEs are expected to experience less uncertainty in investing in China than Japanese MNEs, due to Taiwan’s linguistic and cultural advantages in China. We find that, less productive Japanese firms prefer to locate close to larger same-nationality agglomerations, there are no differences in location according to firms’ productivity in the case of Taiwanese firms.
Pseudokuzicus (Pseudokuzicus) acinacus Shi, Mao & Chang 2007
No full text<i>Pseudokuzicus (Pseudokuzicus) acinacus</i> Shi, Mao & Chang, 2007 <p>(Map 1, Fig. 5)</p> <p> <i>Pseudokuzicus (Pseudokuzicus) acinacu</i> Shi, Mao & Chang, 2007. <i>Zootaxa</i>, 1546: 26.</p> <p>Type specimen: Holotype: male; type locality: Mabian, Sichuan, China; location of type: the Museum of Hebei University.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> Holotype: male, Mabian, Sichuan, 22 July 2004, collected by Fu-Ming Shi.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> China (Sichuan).</p>Published as part of <i>Di, Juan-Xia, Bian, Xun, Shi, Fu-Ming & Chang, Yan-Lin, 2014, Notes on the genus Pseudokuzicus Gorochov, 1993 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae: Meconematini) from China, pp. 154-166 in Zootaxa 3872 (2)</i> on page 161, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.2.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5122259">http://zenodo.org/record/5122259</a>
Tetranchyroderma schizocirratum Chang, Kubota & Shirayama 2002
No full text<i>Tetranchyroderma schizocirratum</i> Chang, Kubota & Shirayama, 2002 <p>(Fig 4)</p> <p> <i>Tetranchyroderma schizocirratum</i> Chang, Kubota & Shirayama, 2002, p. 770, figs. 1, 2.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> 3 inds, Hyeobje beach, Jeju I., 10 Aug. 1997, <i>leg</i>. H.S. Rho & J.W. Choi; 7 inds., Biando I., 25 Nov. 2000, <i>leg</i>. J. Lee & C.Y. Chang; 5 inds., Daejeong, Jeju I., 3 Apr. 2002, <i>leg</i>. J. Lee & U.H. Kwon; 5 inds., Seongsan, Jeju I., 24 Jan. 2003, leg. J. Lee, J.M. Jeon & C.Y. Chang; 4 inds., Yongdu beach, Boryeong, 13 July 2003, <i>leg</i>. J. Lee & C.Y. Chang.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Body oblong, Lt 309 µm; both sides nearly parallel, weakly constricted in pharyngeal region. Widths of head/PhJIn/trunk/caudal base 51/43/57/34 µm at U06/U37/U58/U93, respectively.</p> <p>Head protruding, with its anterior border undulating and with numerous sensory hairs. A pair of pestle organs located dorsolaterally at U07, each accompanied by a sensory bristle.</p> <p>Epidermal glands 4 per side, arranged from mid-pharyngeal region to posterior intestinal region (U20–U75), different in size (10–16 µm in diameter) with generally circular shape containing granules.</p> <p>Cuticular armature with tetrancres only, arranged in 13–16 columns in mid-trunk region, each column comprising about 55–61 ancres; each tine of tetrancres similar in length; ancres 14 µm long in diagonal length between opposite tines at mid-trunk region, but smaller on both anterior part of oral hood and caudal base.</p> <p>Four pairs of dorsolateral cirratum-type tubes located from just behind PhJIn to posterior trunk region at U39, U63, U77 and U86, respectively; last one long and robust, with its distal portion bifurcate.</p> <p>Adhesive tubes: TbA, 6–7 per side, comprising a medial tube and 5–6 ventrolateral tubes forming an arc. TbVL, 15–17 per side, anterior 2 tubes, including a cirratum-type tube, in pharyngeal region and others in intestinal region at U38–U69; eighth tube with a small cirratum-type tube issuing together at its base. A pair of foot-type TbV, each consisting of 3 tubes at U80. TbP, 12 per side, forming pedicles with 2 distal tubes and 1 dorsal cirratumtype tube; flanked with 6 lateral tubes and 3 medial ones.</p> <p>Reproductive system: simultaneous hermaphrodite, testis reaching to U41, behind PhJIn; copulatory organ small, pyriform located in U78–U87. Seminal receptacle small, suboval in front of copulatory organ. Two ova located in mid-intestinal region.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This species was first recorded from subtidal sands at Shirahama, Japan by Chang <i>et al.</i> (2002). Korean specimens agree well with the original description, especially in having the last pairs of dorsolateral cirratum-type tubes with cleft at distal part. However, Korean specimens show some differences from the original description in possessing four dorsolateral cirratum-type tubes per side, including an additional tube issued between second and third. Moreover, Korean specimens have more adhesive tubes such as 6–7 TbA per side, 14– 16 TbVL per side at intestinal region and 5–6 lateral TbP per side.</p> <p>Korean specimens were collected from fine to medium sands in the subtidal bottom (3–5 m deep) of the Yellow Sea coast and around Jeju Island.</p>Published as part of <i>Lee, Jimin, Kim, Dongsung & Chang, Cheon Young, 2013, Description of three new Tetranchyroderma gastrotrichs (Macrodasyida: Thaumastodermatidae) from South Korea, pp. 483-493 in Zootaxa 3709 (5)</i> on pages 491-493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.5.6, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/216025">http://zenodo.org/record/216025</a>
Microsarimodes Chang et Chen 2019
No full textGenus <i>Microsarimodes</i> Chang et Chen, 2019 <p> <i>Microsarimodes</i> Chang et Chen, 2019 <i>in</i> CHANG <i>et al.</i> 2019: 137. Type species: <i>Microsarimodes tumida</i> Chang et Chen, 2019, by original designation.</p> <p> <i>Eusarimodes</i> Meng, Qin et Wang <i>in</i> ZHANG <i>et al.</i> 2020: 499, syn. n. Type species: <i>Eusarimodes</i> <i>maculosus</i> Che, Zhang et Wang, 2020, by original designation.</p> <p> Notes. <i>Microsarimodes</i> and its single included species (<i>M. tumida</i> in its original description, here corrected to <i>M. tumidus</i>, because the grammatical gender of <i>Microsarimodes</i> is masculine, cf. ICZN (1999), Art. 30.1.4.4) were not treated by ZHANG <i>et al.</i> (2020). The peculiar ventral lobe of the phallobase (narrow basally, but strongly enlarged before apex), the dorsolateral lobes of phallobase being provided with large semicircular processes ventrally covering ventral aedeagal hooks, and the massive styles, without neck, but with a comb before capitulum dorsally, clearly illustrated by both author groups (CHANG <i>et al.</i> 2019, figs 25, 27, 28; ZHANG <i>et al.</i> 2020, figs 224e, 224h, 224i), leave no doubt that the two genera are identical, therefore their subjective synonymy is hereby proposed, resulting in the following new combination:</p>Published as part of <i>Gnezdilov, Vladimir M., 2022, New Synonymies And New Combinations For Chinese Issidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea), pp. 45-52 in Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68 (1)</i> on page 49, DOI: 10.17109/AZH.68.1.45.2022, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/7160706">http://zenodo.org/record/7160706</a>
Pseudophlugiolopsis Wang & Zhou & Chang 2020, gen. nov.
No full textGenus <i>Pseudophlugiolopsis</i> gen. nov. <p> <b>Generic diagnosis.</b> Body small. Fastigium verticis conical, apex rounded. Apical segment of maxillary palpus slightly longer than subapical one, apex swollen, truncate. Pronotum slightly elongate; lateral lobe longer than deep, posterior margin oblique, humeral sinus absent. Tegmina short, surpassing posterior margin of pronotum. Fore tibial tympana open on both sides. Male ninth abdominal tergite with posterior margin slightly protruding backwards; tenth abdominal tergite prolonged posteriorly, with a pair of long processes on posterior margin; cerci somewhat long; styli slender; genitalia membranous. Ovipositor stout, apices of ventral valvulae hook-like; dorsal valvulae longer than ventral ones; dorsal and ventral margins smooth.</p> <p> <b>Discussion.</b> This new genus is similar to the genus <i>Phlugiolopsis</i> Zeuner,1940, but differs in that the male tenth abdominal tergite prolonged posteriorly and bears a pair of long processes on the posterior margin.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The name of this new genus is derived from the male and female morphological characteristics are similar to the genus <i>Phlugiolopsis.</i> Greek “ <i>pseud</i> -” means similar, “ <i>phlugiolopsis</i> ” is the scientific name of the genus <i>Phlugiolopsis</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Wang, Tao, Zhou, Zhijun & Chang, Yanlin, 2020, Pseudophlugiolopsis bitubera gen. nov., sp. nov. and a new species of Allicyrtaspis Shi, Bian & Chang, 2013 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae: Meconematini) from China, pp. 182-188 in Zootaxa 4802 (1)</i> on pages 182-183, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.12, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3904850">http://zenodo.org/record/3904850</a>
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