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Ericerus farsicus Moghaddam & Faghih 2019, sp. n.
No full textEricerus farsicus Moghaddam & Faghih sp. n. (Plate 2 A, B, C, D; and Fig. 1) Material examined. Holotype, adult female: IRAN: left label: 2950/ Fars province: / 12 km W Estahban / 27.iii.2018 / N29˚09′58.3″/ E53˚55′48.5″; right label: Holotype / Ericerus ficus sp. n. / on Ficus carica (Moraceae)/ coll. H. Faghih (HMIM). Paratypes female: IRAN, one adult female mounted on same slide as holotype; 10 adult females mounted singly on slides; 16 adult females mounted with 2 on each of 8 slides, each slide with same data on left label as holotype slide: 2 paratypes on 2 slides (BMNH); 2 paratypes on 2 slides (MNHN); and 6 paratypes on 6 slides (HMIM). Unmounted material. Feeding on twigs (Plate 2). Young adults pale brown with dark blotches (Plate 2 C). Mature females highly convex (Plate 2 D), body as tall as long, length about 8 mm or slightly more; pale brown with rather irregular concave brown spots. Second instars (Plate 2 A and B) dark brown, oval, found on twigs. Slide-mounted material. Body of young adult circular, with a slight indentation at each spiracular cleft; body length 2.62 (1.86–3.04) mm, width 2.60 (1.47–3.04) mm. Anal cleft short, with sides divergent. Slide-mounted adult female: dorsum. Derm of both young and mature specimens membranous, apart from a sclerotized crescent around anal plates. Dorsal setae sharply spinose, each about 10 (8–13) µm long, diameter of basal socket about 2 (2–5) µm; setae scattered rather sparsely throughout dorsum. Dorsal microducts not observed. Preopercular pores circular or oval, each with central surface granular, each about 4 (3–6) µm in diameter, present in a scattered group anterior to anal plates, extending anteriorly to approximately dorsad to prothorax, numbering 58 (45–60). Tubular ducts common throughout dorsum, except in area covered by preopercular pores; each duct moderately large, with a narrow outer ductule about 8 (8–12) µm long and about 3 µm wide, a broad, deep, cupshaped invagination at inner end, and inner ductule about 14 (10–15) µm long, ending in terminal invaginations. Anal plates together approximately quadrate, each without a discal seta; each plate about 160 (136–160) µm long, 80 (50–90) µm wide, with a supporting bar; lateral angle rounded, apex rather sharply pointed, bearing 3 subapical setae and 1 apical seta. Ano-genital fold with 2 pairs of setae on each lateral margin. Anal ring bearing 4 pairs of long setae. Margin. Most marginal setae stoutly spinose, each about 22 (18–25) µm long, with a blunt apex and a large basal socket; with about 10 (10 or 11) setae on each side between stigmatic areas; spinose setae replaced by long flagellate setae on anterior and posterior margins, length of each long seta about 96 (70–110) µm long. Stigmatic clefts broad and shallow, each containing a group of 5 (4–6) stigmatic spines; each spine bluntly spinose, similar in shape to marginal spines but more rounded apically; each spine 8–22 (12–28) µm long. No eye spots detected. Venter. Derm membranous. Multilocular disc-pores, each about 5 µm in diameter with 10 loculi, present on each side of genital opening and across all preceding abdominal plus meta- and mesothoracic segments; also present lateral to each coxa, in a group just mesad to each procoxa. Spiracular disc-pores each about 4 µm in diameter, with 5 loculi, present in a rather sparse band between each stigmatic cleft and spiracle; with about 25 (24–35) pores in each anterior band and about 23 (23–31) in each posterior band. Preantennal pores absent. Ventral microducts (Fig. 1 A) rather heavily sclerotized, abundant, present on head, mesad to submarginal duct band on thorax and abdomen; absent from elsewhere. Ventral tubular ducts of 1 type, each with very long outer ductule, each about 24 (22–28) µm long and about 4 µm wide; inner ductule shorter, about 16 (12–16) µm long, with a welldeveloped terminal gland; present in a broad submarginal band and in a sparse band extending from antennae posteriorly around mouthparts. Ventral setae: with only 1 pair of long pregenital setae, each seta about 60 (42–60) µm long, and 4 (4 or 5) pairs of short pregenital setae. With 2 pairs of moderate-sized setae situated between antennae, each seta about 18 (16–25) µm long; shorter setae fairly frequent on abdomen and near each coxa, each about 12 µm long; also with a well-defined submarginal ring of rather more setose setae, each about 14 µm long; and each side with about 3–5 marginal setae between stigmatic areas. Antennae rather variable, 7 or 8 segmented, each segment IV with up to 2 pseudo-articulations; each antenna 296 (224–296) µm long; length of segments in µm: I 40 (36–42); II 24 (20–26); III 64 (46–66); IV 74 (56–82); V 26 (20–24); VI 28 (20–34) and VII 30 (28-34). Scape (segment I) with 3 hair-like setae, segment II with 1 hair-like seta, III with 2 hair-like setae, IV with 2 hairlike setae, V with 1 hair-like seta and 1 fleshy seta, VI with 1 hair-like seta, and segment VII with 3 fleshy setae and 4 hair-like setae. Legs well developed, each with tibia and tarsus separate but without articulatory sclerosis. Measurements of hind leg: coxa 104 (90–120) µm long; trochanter + femur 166 (146–166) µm; tibia 126 (120–160) µm long and 24 (22–34) µm wide (length to width ratio 3.82–4.12:1); tarsus 80 (70–86) µm; claw 34 (28–40) µm, without a denticle; claw digitules short, thin and pointed; tarsal digitules each 28 (26–32) µm long, slender with a small apical swelling. Anterior spiracles each with peritreme 86 (72–92) µm wide, posterior spiracles each with peritreme 98 (88–104) µm wide. Etymology. The specific name is based on the name of Fars province in Iran, where the specimens were collected, combined with the Greek suffix ‘ -icus ’ denoting ‘belonging to’. Comments. The new species is closest to Ericerus pela (Chavannes), in possessing: (i) 4-6 stigmatic spines in each stigmatic cleft; (ii) dorsal tubular ducts present except in the area covered by the preopercular pores; and (iii) ventral microducts abundant between the antennae and in a narrow band just mesad to the submarginal band of tubular ducts. However, the new species differs from E. pela as follows (character-states of E. pela in brackets): (i) larval stages not buried deep in white waxen threads (buried); (ii) long flagellate setae present on anterior and posterior margins (marginal setae all same size, conical not flagellate); (iii) ventral tubular ducts of 1 type (2 types); (iv) dorsal tubular ducts with an inner ductule (inner ductule apparently lacking); (v) antennae 7 or 8 segmented (6 segmented); (vi) claw digitules non-capitate (capitate), and (vii) sclerotized crescent covers around anal plates (no sclerotized crescent). In addition, E. farsicus is similar to Eulecanium tiliae (Linnaeus), in possessing: (i) long flagellate setae present on anterior and posterior margins; (ii) a sclerotized crescent present around anal plates; and (iii) ventral microducts abundant between antennae and in a narrow band just mesad to the submarginal tubular duct band. However, the new species differs from E. tiliae as follows (character-states of E. tiliae in brackets): (i) 4–6 stigmatic spines in each stigmatic cleft (2 or 3); (ii) antennae each with 7 or 8 segments (5 or 6); (iii) preopercular pores present on dorsum (absent); (iv) ventral tubular ducts of 1 type (2 types); (v) 1 pair of long pregenital setae with 1 pair long setae and 4–5 pairs of short setae (3 pairs large setae only); (vi) spiracles large (normal size), and (vii) tarsus and claw digitules short, slender and pointed (extending beyond claw and with small apical dilations). Biological notes. Ericerus farsicus appears to be univoltine, with one generation during the summer, and presumably overwinters as second-instar nymphs on young stems; the number of developmental instars is not known. The adult female appears in early March in Iran. The species has been recorded as a pest in the main figcultivating area in Estahban, Fars province, Iran. In recent years, a severe and prolonged drought has persisted in the Estahban area, forcing the fig farmers to abandon traditional rain-fed cultivation and irrigate their fig orchards manually. This climatic change has resulted in increased severity of fig-tree infestation by E. farsicus.Published as part of Moghaddam, Masumeh & Faghih, Hosien, 2019, A new species of soft scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) on fig trees in Iran, pp. 561-566 in Zootaxa 4567 (3) on pages 562-565, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/259909
«Au bord du tableau noir, tout est encore possible !»
No full textNasrin Faghih, «Au bord du tableau noir, tout est encore possible !», pp 333-336.
Au festival de Cannes de cette année, le jury a longuement hésité entre deux films, Dance in The Dark et Le Tableau noir , avant d'attribuer la Palme d'or. Tous deux se ressemblent à. plusieurs égards. Les deux réalisateurs, caméras sur l'épaule, ont créé un cinéma de mouvement, nerveux, qui projette sans cesse le spectateur dans une fuite en avant. Mais en choisissant de filmer comme les disciples du «DOGME », Samira se lance dans un pari techniquement trop important et le film qui s'annonce comme une grande épopée humaine, perd très vite son objet. C'est là que les ressemblances avec Dance in the Dark s'estompent. CPCFaghih Nasrin. «Au bord du tableau noir, tout est encore possible !». In: CEMOTI, n°29, 2000. L'humanitaire. L'Albanie. pp. 333-336
Annotated-VocalSet: A Singing Voice Dataset
No full textThis dataset provides annotations for the VocalSet dataset, which is available online at
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1442513
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The annotations generated for the VocalSet audio files include fundamental frequency contour, note onset, note offset, the transition between notes, note F0, note duration, Midi pitch, and lyrics.
VocalSet consists of more than 10 hours of monophonic recorded audio of professional singers in a variety of vocal techniques (n = 17) and several singers (m = 20) with several WAV files (p = 3560). However, although several categories, including techniques, singers, tempo, and loudness, are considered in the dataset, the sung notes were not annotated. Therefore, this dataset aims to annotate VocalSet to make it a more powerful dataset for researchers.
Details of the dataset are provided in the following academic journal paper.
Faghih, Behnam, and Joseph Timoney. 2022. "Annotated-VocalSet: A Singing Voice Dataset" Applied Sciences 12, no. 18: 9257. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12189257
Please use the above paper to cite this dataset
A Multi-Language Comparison of Influences on Author Verification using Character N-Grams
No full textWe create a new multi-language corpus for author verification based on Wikipedia talkpages, and evaluate the influence that differences in topic and time have on character n-gram author profiles. Topic alignment between two texts is found to increase author verification precision, and an authors writing style is found to change over time, but not more significantly after 3 years than after 1 year.Information ArchitectureWISElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
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
A Study on the Impact of the and on in Italian Companies
No full textThe Fourth Industrial Revolution poses new challenges and increasing market competition for human resources required with new skills. This chapter examines the impact of Big Data on Human Resources in 38 companies and 3 universities in the Emilia-Romagna region. Companies were divided into two main groups: leading companies in the region that use or produce Big Data and Analytics and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies that offer services related to Big Data. Through interviews and questionnaires, it was possible to identify certain challenges faced by companies and territorial strategies required to improve the skills and retain their human resources. This includes the need to channel and adequately blend tacit knowledge with the new codified knowledge born out of the enabling technologies, to increase employee loyalty and membership towards the company to minimize attrition to competition
The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law
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The use of software is ubiquitous in the creation of many copyright works, yet the requirement in copyright law that every work have a human author who engages in independent intellectual effort means that its use may prevent copyright subsistence. Several recent Australian cases have refocused attention on authorship as an essential criterion of copyright subsistence, and these cases suggest that much computer-produced output may be authorless and thus lack copyright protection. This article, the first in a two-part series, analyses how each case deals with the question of authorship of computer-produced works and why the use of software diminishes copyright protection for a significant number of computer-generated works. The article critiques the application of conventional notions of human authorship developed in the pre-computer age to modern productions and suggests alternative approaches to authorship that satisfy both the major objectives of copyright policy and the need to adapt to the computer age. The article argues that, without a broader judicial approach to authorship of computer-generated works, Parliament must remedy the lacuna in protection for these ‘authorless’ works. Possible solutions for reform are suggested. In a forthcoming article, the author comprehensively examines those reform proposals
Going on a Quest for Social and Humane Intentions Within Strategic : A Systematic Approach
No full textThis chapter proposes a systematic literature review of Strategic Entrepreneurship (SE), aiming to improve the existing understanding of the issue, with reference both to the development of the notion over the time and the way it relates to other fields of study, like Social and Humane Entrepreneurship. For the purpose of this investigation, Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) were used as databases. 183 articles (93 full papers and 90 abstracts) were finally selected and examined according to the following analytical categories: (1) Years in which the articles were published; (2) Countries where authors have published research on strategic entrepreneurship; (3) Journals in which authors have published their research; and (4) Type of adopted methodology. A thematic analysis of the literature was subsequently performed in order to answer the following research questions: How has the concept of SE evolved since its first appearance in management research? In what areas of knowledge was SE more extensively investigated so far? How does SE relate to other concepts like Social and Humane Entrepreneurship? According to the research findings, a growing interest in strategic entrepreneurship has been developing for the last 20 years, especially with reference to the two main areas of knowledge: Innovation and Knowledge Spillover. By contrast, SE was never examined in the field of humanistic management, and never referred to firms’ simultaneous pursuing of both economic and social aims. In order to fill the existing gap, an integrative framework for further research was finally proposed
Diffusive author(s), cohesive author: Analysis of S/N (1994)
No full textThis study indicates the ways in which various aspects of the author(s) are brought forth in Dumb type’s performance art, the S/N production. Previous research has suggested a non-hierarchical organization of Dumb type and the absence of a “privileged author” in Dumb type’s collaborative work, S/N. However, the results that I have investigated from member’s interviews on the creative process of S/N along with my analysis of the recorded images of S/N, indicate a different aspect of the author(s). First, S/N was created through, so to speak, the collective ideas of the members of Dumb type. Further, S/N has at least nine quotations from previous performances, installations, and printed writings, besides the work-in-progress technique. Explicating one of the “author functions” as given by Michel Foucault, each text has plural subjects of the author. However, it has been revealed from members’ interviews that Teiji Furuhashi had a decision-making role in selecting the members’ ideas within the performance. Since then, S/N has had plural subjects of creation; however, Furuhashi is one of the subjects of creation along with the “privileged author.” S/N has plural authors (diffusive authors) yet at the same time, it has a “privileged author,” Teiji Furuhashi (cohesive author)
Dissipative Range Scaling of Higher Order Structure Functions for Velocity and Passive Scalars
No full textDifferently to Kolmogorov's second similarity hypothesis, we find that the 2n-th order velocity and scalar structure functions scale with n-th order moment of the energy dissipation and the scalar dissipation, respectively. The origins of this scaling are analyzed by the transport equations of the fourth order velocity and scalar increment moments and by direct numerical simulations
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