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Michael Rodriguez interviews author Paul Clemens
No full textAuthor Paul Clemens talks about his book "Made in Detroit," the genre of memoir, and writing about race. Clemens is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Gary Gildner
No full textAuthor Gary Gildner explains why he left his tenured teaching position to move to Idaho to became a full-time writer of poetry. Gildner talks about donating his personal papers to Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections, his writing style and how he approaches writing. Gildner is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series. Held at the MSU Main Library
Jose E. D. Rodriguez
No full textPhotograph shows Jose E. D. Rodriguez, as an elderly man, wearing chaps and standing with his horse
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Tom Springer
No full textAuthor Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez
Michael Rodriguez interviews historian and author Keith Widder
No full textHistorian and author Keith Widder talks about his move to Michigan from Wisconsin, his career as Curator of History for the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, his research interests, his book "Michigan Agricultural College", and his current projects. Widder is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Whose “Fault” Is This? Untangling Domain Concepts in an Ontology of Resilient Computing
No full textCertain ontology domain concepts are difficult to model due to the complexity of their definition, the number of roles that they fulfill or the different types of relationships they participate in. To assist ontologists in overcoming these challenges, a comparative analysis of two Ontology Design Patterns (ODPs) has been carried out. A terminology is introduced that describes the role and certain reusability scenarios of domain concepts in the ODPs studied. These findings make explicit certain potentially implicit modeling decisions previously taken in the ontology modeling field. Our contribution is illustrated with a concrete example from an ontology of resilient computing that will benefit from the outcome of this study
Michael Rodriguez interviews fiction writer Michael Kimball
No full textAuthor Michael Kimball talks about moving away from Michigan to become a successful writer, his education, the fiction reading series he has started in Baltimore, the life-story-on-postcard project, and his book "Dear everybody." Kimball is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Eremidrilus Fend & Rodriguez 2003
No full textGenus Eremidrilus Fend & Rodriguez, 2003 Diagnosis (from Fend & Rodriguez 2020): Small or medium-sized worms with a filiform proboscis. Body wall unpigmented and bearing secondary annuli. Posterior lateral blood vessels absent. Nephridia absent from preclitellar segments. Testes paired in both IX and X. One pair of ovaries in XI. One pair of elongate-cylindrical or club-shaped atria in X, each with one pair of functional vasa deferentia, serving funnels on 9/10 and 10/11. Male pores usually on broad, folded porophores posterior to ventral chaetae in X, on or slightly lateral to chaetal lines. Spermathecae paired in XI or in both XI and XII. Spermathecal pores posterior to chaetae, with transverse position ranging from ventral chaetal lines to lateral lines. Key to described Eremidrilus species 1 One pair of spermathecae only, in XI (Fig. 7 in present publication)............................................. 2 - Two pairs of spermathecae, in XI and XII (Fig. 11 in Fend & Rodriguez 2020).................................... 8 2 Spermathecal pores midlateral or distinctly lateral to ventral bundles of chaetae................................... 3 - Spermathecal pores in line with or slightly lateral to ventral bundles of chaetae.................................... 5 3 Spermathecal pores each in a deep cavity, associated with extensive musculature; may be everted to form a porophore. Male and spermathecal porophores more than 100 µm in diameter. Atrium club-shaped, length usually 2–3 times the porophore width, 2/3 body diameter. (Pacific Coastal drainages, Central California to southern Oregon.).................................................................................................. E. felini Fend & Rodriguez, 2003 - Spermathecal pores simple, not on porophores, in a shallow depression at most, at level of lateral line.................. 4 4 Atrium club-shaped, about 4 times longer than wide, and the length 2–3 times the porophore width; male porophore low and rounded (length <diameter). (Coast Range, central California.)..................... E. ritocsi Fend & Rodriguez, 2003 - Atrium cylindrical with very narrow diameter, about 8 times longer than wide, and the length 6 times the porophore width. Male pores open in long, protrusible porophores, narrowly conical when fully extended. (Northern Nevada to southwestern Idaho.)...................................................................................... E. owyhee n. sp. 5 Spermathecal pores surrounded by a ring of small glands, spermathecal duct short (0.1–0.2 body diameter) and ampulla elongate.Atrium length about half body diameter, male pores on dome-shaped porophores. Nephridia with prominent ectal vesicles. (Chalone Creek, central California.)..................................................... E. chalonensis n. sp. - Spermathecal pores not surrounded by glands.............................................................. 6 6 Spermathecal duct length about twice the diameter of the ampulla, or about equal to the body diameter, usually penetrating the posterior septum 11/12. Atria cylindrical, 4–8 times the male porophore width, length usually more than 2/3 the diameter of the body. (Coast Range, central California.)....................................... E. elegans Fend & Rodriguez, 2003 - Spermathecal duct shorter than the diameter of the ampulla, about 1/4 to 1/2 the diameter of the body, gradually narrowing towards the pore. Atria club-shaped and located entirely in X.................................................. 7 7 Body diameter at X 0.6–0.9 mm. Spermathecal pores slightly lateral to the ventral chaetal line, at most 1/2 the distance to the lateral line. Spermathecal duct to body diameter ratio: 0.2–0.5. Atrium length 4–6 times the porophore width; porophore large (width 60–100 µm). (Coyote Creek, Coast Range, central California.)................ E. coyote Fend & Rodriguez, 2003 - Body diameter at X 0.3–0.5 mm. Spermathecal pores close to the line of ventral chaetae. Spermathecal ducts short (ratio to body diameter 0.1–0.2). Atrium length 5–7 times the porophore width. Porophore small (24–45 µm wide). (Smith River, northern California.)............................................................................. E. pinedai n. sp. 8 Male pore opening on a small papilla, porophores inconspicuous or absent. Spermathecal pores close to posterior septum of the segment. (Eureka Creek, Montana)...................................... E. montanensis Fend & Rodriguez, 2020 - Male pores opening on distinct porophores................................................................. 9 9 Male pore opening on a small, conical papilla within a ring shaped, concave male porophore. Spermathecal pores very posterior in the segment. Atrium very long (2/3 the body diameter or more) and wide in ental part (ampulla diameter about 1/3 atrium length), with thick (up to 42 µm) atrial muscular layer, duct narrow and clearly distinct from the ampulla. (Idaho.)................................................................................ E. artzaini Fend & Rodriguez, 2020 - Atrium club-shaped, duct not clearly distinct from ampulla; atrial musculature <10 µm............................ 10 10 Atrium long (about the diameter of the body or even longer). Spermathecal pores mid-way between ventral bundles of chaetae and septum. (Tennessee, cave.)................................................. E. allegheniensis (Cook, 1971) - Atrium short (about half the diameter of body or less). At least the second pair of spermathecal pores in the segment XII, close to septum 12/13..................................................................................... 11 11 Broad male porophore, atrium length about 1/3 body diameter. Vasa deferentia open subapically to the atrial lumen. (Malad River drainage, Idaho.)................................................. E. humboldti Fend & Rodriguez, 2020 - Narrow, cylindrical male porophore. Atrium length about 1/2 body diameter. Vasa deferentia open to the atrial lumen about medially. (Gila River drainage, New Mexico.).................................... E. gilita Fend & Rodriguez, 2020Published as part of Rodriguez, Pilar & Fend, Steven V., 2022, New Nearctic Eremidrilus species (Clitellata: Lumbriculidae). Part 2, western species with one spermathecal segment, pp. 245-264 in Zootaxa 5159 (2) on pages 263-264, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/677713
Michael Rodriguez interviews writer Charles Baxter
No full textCharles Baxter talks about his book "The Feast of Love", the relationship between the landscape of Michigan and the setting of his novels, metaphysics in his novels, his career as both a writer and a college teacher, how a male author writes female characters, and voyeurism in his book. Baxter is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Whose "Fault" Is This? Untangling Domain Concepts in Ontology Design Patterns
No full textCertain ontology domain concepts are difficult to model due to the complexity of their definition, the number of roles that they fulfill in the ontology or the different types of relationships they participate in. To assist ontologists in overcoming some of these challenges, a comparative analysis of two Ontology Design Patterns (ODPs) has been carried out. As a result, terminology is introduced to describe the role and certain reusability characteristics of domain concepts in these ODPs. These findings provide a series of implications that make explicit certain modeling decisions that previously were implicit in the ontology modeling field. Our contribution is illustrated with a concrete example of a real world use case scenario that will benefit from the outcome of this study
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