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Phaneroptera rentzi Divya & Senthilkumar 2020, sp. nov.
No full textPhaneroptera rentzi sp. nov. Fig. 1—a, i, j, o; Fig.2 —A–N, Diagnostic characters: Male ( ♂ ). Body yellowish green. Fastigium vertices scapus wider, apically narrow with obtuse, a fine median sulcus (Fig. 2C), strong pigmentation on the dorsal side of fastigium as well as the entire pronotum (Fig. 2B, D); anterior margin of pronotum flat, posteriorly concave; tegmen surpassing the hind wing, dorsally flat, clear wing venation, cerci of male strongly bent inward behind the sub genital plate (Fig. 2K), apex of cercus strongly acute with short and stout black spine (Fig. 2M and Fig. 1a), subgenital plate strongly bifurcate, incurved (Fig. 2 J and Fig. 1j). Colouration. Yellowish green colour. Female. Unknown. Type Material. Holotype: ♂, Dharmapuri (N 0 12007 ’11.21’’E 077051 ’.01.94’’), Tamilnadu, India. 11 II 2018. Coll. G. Divya and N. Senthilkumar. Deposited in Gass Forest Museum (GFM), Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu (India). Distribution. Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu, India. Etymology. This species is named in honour of Dr D. C. F. Rentz, Australia. Discussion. The new species is completely differs from P. spinosa, P. myllocerca, P. falcata and P. gracilis on the structure of subgenital plate, supra anal plate, pronotum and fastigium vertices. P. rentzi, sp. nov. is entirely differ from the P. spinosa, P. myllocerca and P. falcata by the shape of cerci and subgenital plate. P. gracilis and P. rentzi, sp. nov. are look-alike however, the subgenital plate is entirely different (Fig. 1j, m). The lateral lobe of pronotum deeper than long, without white band; fairly and smoothly rounded not forming angle with disc, sharp emargination at posterior end of insertion. Subgenital plate bilobate at the apex. Distal lobe of subgenital plate not smoothly rounded but pointed. Apex of the cerci abruptly bent inwards. Stridulatory vein large almost as wide as left tegmen; distal end of file as in Fig. 2 E.Published as part of Divya, Govindaraj & Senthilkumar, Natchiappan, 2020, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Phaneroptera (Tettigoniidae Phaneropterinae) with a new record from Tamilnadu, India, pp. 425-434 in Zootaxa 4860 (3) on page 426, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/441406
FIGURE 3 in Bombardier beetles of genus Brachinus Weber, 1801 (Carabidae: Brachininae Brachinini) from India
No full textFIGURE 3. Dorsal habitus of Indian Brachinus species (cont.): a) B. stevensi Andrewes, 1924 (holotype, BMNH); b) B. suturellus Chaudoir, 1876 (syntype, MNHN); c) B. vigilans Chaudoir, 1876 (syntype, MNHN)Published as part of Akhil, S.V., Divya, M. & Sabu, K. Thomas, 2020, Bombardier beetles of genus Brachinus Weber, 1801 (Carabidae: Brachininae Brachinini) from India, pp. 576-600 in Zootaxa 4816 (4) on page 595, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/395468
Brachinus (Brachynolomus) devagiriensis Akhil & Divya & Sabu 2020, sp. nov.
No full textBrachinus (Brachynolomus) devagiriensis sp. nov. Fig. 4 Type material. Holotype (male) labelled: “ Male; India: Kerala: Pattambi (KAU Campus, 10°48’42.9”N 76°11’25.7”E), ‘Light’, 14.XI.2016, coll. and det. S. V. Akhil ”, deposited in ZSIC; Paratypes labelled “ Female, India: Kerala: Pattambi (KAU Campus, 10°48’42.9”N 76°11’25.7”E), ‘ Light’, 14.XI.2016, coll. and det. S. V. Akhil ”, deposited in ZSIC; labelled: “ Male; India: Kerala: Peruvannamoozhi (IISR station, 11°36’26.0”N 75°49’24.9”E), 02.ii.2017, coll. V. A. Jithmon, det. S. V. Akhil ” deposited in ZSIC. Description: Length (TLA) 5.8–6.1 mm. Head, pronotum, scutellum and region around scutellum dark reddish brown; first two segments of antennae, palpi and legs pale reddish yellow (apical segments of palpi darker); femur, apex of tibiae and tarsi dark brown; antennal segments 3–4 dark reddish yellow, rest of the antennal segments reddish brown; lateral margin of pronotum and elytra black; eyes pitch black; genae, gula and prosternum dark reddish yellow; mesosternum, metasternum and abdominal ventrites brownish yellow. Head broad, wider than long, sparsely pubescent, smooth, with very faint wrinkles; frons with frontal foveae setose, shallow, densely punctated (mid region finely punctated, with short setae), smooth; vertex very faintly wrinkled, glabrous; neck rough, densely punctated, pubescent; labrum rectangular, transverse, anterior margin straight, apical angles almost at right angle, having six setae at anterior margin with two long setae at the corners, four (2 long, 2 intermediate) setae in the middle, rest glabrous. Clypeus sub-rectangular, anterior angles obtuse, with one long setae on each lateral edge, minute setae in the anterior margin; fronto-clypeal suture well impressed, deep, intended. Mentum transverse with two triangular, large lateral lobes which are toothed laterally, a single long seta present at the apex of lateral tooth, rest of the mentum glabrous; lateral lobes pointed apically; mentum without median tooth. Submentum very narrow, glabrous. Antennae long, slender, reaching beyond the middle of elytra; segment 1 longest, segment 2 elongate oval, all the segments densely pubescent with a ring of long setae in the apex of the segments. Palpi with segment 2 longest, wide, rectangular; the entire segment pubescent, penultimate segment long, slender, in the shape of an inverted cone, apical segment conical, tapering towards apex. Mandibles stout, scrobe plurisetose, tip pointed, arcuate, not crossing. Eyes highly protruding, prominent. Genae evidently wrinkled except at the base, a few setae present below eyes, rest of the genae glabrous. Gula large, widening towards pronotum, gular suture divergent, well impressed. Pronotum shiny, as long as wide, disc punctated, sparsely pubescent, smooth without wrinkles; disc apically sinuate without forward projection on lateral region of apical margin, disc straight at base, hind angles rounded, blunt, right angled; disc broad, laterally with anterior two-thirds convex and posterior third narrowed, with parallel sides; surface of disc convex; median groove deep, reaching both apical and basal margin; lateral bead narrow, widest near apical region. Elytra subparallel, slightly narrowed towards base, shiny, densely punctated and densely pubescent with short yellow setae; humerus prominent, corners rounded; apex obliquely truncate without any re-entrant angle; scutellum long, narrow, pointed, glabrous; striations well marked, deep, carinate; intervals broad, convex/ carinate; suture not completely closed apically; setae present on striations as well as on intervals. Hind wings well developed. Legs strong, densely pubescent; protibial comb rounded with spur at the basal end of the comb. Two tibial spurs pointing inwards. Tarsi with article 1 longest, article 4 shortest. Ventrally, pronotum smooth, pubescent, punctate. Prosternal process prominent, pubescent, extending beyond procoxae, apex pointing downwards. Ventral region densely punctate, pubescent with golden brown setae; hind coxae contiguous; abdomen rounded till apex, apex pointed; mesepisternum prominent, long and broad. Sexual dimorphism. Symmetrically and diagonally arranged adhesive pads on male pro-tarsomeres 1, 2 and 3. Male genitalia. Median lobe (in lateral view) straight in the basal half, sharply curving downwards towards the apex, with apex blunt, pointing straight rather than downwards. Measurements. Holotype (male), TLA = 6.08 mm, TLB = 5.74 mm, PL = 1.10 mm, PW = 1.16 mm, EL = 3.60 mm, EW = 2.39 mm; Paratype (female), TLA = 5.81 mm, TLB = 5.74 mm, PL = 1.10 mm, PW = 1.18 mm, EL = 3.52 mm, EW = 2.48 mm. Distribution. INDIA: Kerala: Pattambi, Peruvannamoozhi. Collecting circumstances. Light-attracted, collected using low-intensity UV light trap. Etymology. Named after the host institution of the authors. Remarks. This new species is similar to B. dryas but differs in having rounded, obliquely truncate elytral apex without re-entrant angle, deeply impressed elytral striations, hind angle of pronotum right angled, blunt, not projecting laterally and strongly protruding eyes.Published as part of Akhil, S. V., Divya, M. & Sabu, K. Thomas, 2020, Bombardier beetles of genus Brachinus Weber, 1801 (Carabidae: Brachininae Brachinini) from India, pp. 576-600 in Zootaxa 4816 (4) on pages 595-598, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/395468
Improved collision detection in StarLogo Nova
No full textThesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2015.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (page 65).StarLogo Nova is blocks-based educational software that allows students to write and play their own 3D games online. It is the online version of StarLogo TNG. This thesis explores the problem of needing more accurate collision detection in StarLogo Nova while maintaining reasonable performance. Three new collision detection systems for StarLogo Nova are developed and evaluated. Compared to the spheres used to perform collision checks in the current system, the first new system, called the TightestFitCollider, introduces a variety of bounding spheres, bounding boxes, and bounding capsules as bounding structures that may fit the models in StarLogo Nova more closely. The second system, called the HierarchicalCollider, uses hierarchies of bounding boxes to perform even more precise collision detection than the TightestFitCollider. Finally, the third system combines the first two systems, so that the advantages of each can be used as appropriate. The three systems are evaluated for their accuracy and performance within the StarLogo Nova framework.by Divya Bajekal.M. Eng
Organic optoelectronic devices incorporating plasmonic electrodes, U.S. Patent 9,263,689
No full textAn organic optoelectronic device that includes a substrate and a plurality of structures disposed thereon, the structures include: (a) a first electrode; vertically separated from (b) a second electrode by (c) an electrode gap that includes an organic photoactive layer disposed within the gap, wherein one of the electrodes includes a plurality of plasmonic nanopores or metal nanostructures, wherein the nanostructures project towards the electrode gap and the metal is selected from gold, aluminum, silver, calcium, copper, and nickel is presented
Public health surveillance applied to reproductive health
No full text"Public Health Surveillance Applied to Reproductive Health includes an introduction to public health surveillance and how it can be applied to reproductive health, uses of surveillance data, sources of surveillance data, types of surveillance systems, components of the surveillance process, how to evaluate surveillance systems, and two case studies in developing and evaluating reproductive health surveillance systems."The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) provided funding for this project through a Participating Agency Service Agreement with CDC (936-3038.01).Kathryn M. Curtis, Divya A. Patel, Tolu Osisanya ; technical editors, Isabella Danel, Joy L. Herndon, Florina Serbanescu.Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-127).20031099
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
sj-docx-1-jsn-10.1177_10598405221131012 - Supplemental material for An Update on State Legislation Supporting Menstrual Hygiene Products in US Schools: A Legislative Review, Policy Report, and Recommendations for School Nurse Leadership
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-jsn-10.1177_10598405221131012 for An Update on State Legislation Supporting Menstrual Hygiene Products in US Schools: A Legislative Review, Policy Report, and Recommendations for School Nurse Leadership by Lucine Francis, PhD, RN, Shafkat Meraj, Divya Konduru, and Eliana M. Perrin, MD, MPH in The Journal of School Nursing</p
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe 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
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