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Hecalus shanayai Nikoshe & Meshram & Dey 2020, sp. nov.
No full textHecalus shanayai Nikoshe & Meshram, sp. nov. (Figs. 3, 8, 13, 34–40) Male (Figs. 3, 8) Color yellowish green to green. Anterior margin of head with transverse submarginal fuscous line, face (Fig. 13) brown, gena black, frontoclypeus transverse black striae invisible in middle. Compound eyes black, ocelli yellow. Forewings subhyaline, with diffuse fuscous transverse band across costal margin. Bases of tibial macrosetae and tarsi light brown. Head including eyes as long as width of pronotum. Head produced in front, crown length 0.7x shorter than width between eyes. Face as long as wide; anterior margin of pronotum not extending beyond eyes, more or less parallel with eyes. Frontoclypeus longer than wide; frontal suture, terminating laterad of ocelli. Ocelli near anterior margin, very closely oppressed to eyes. Pronotum length 0.2x as long as wide and 0.9x length of scutellum. Male genitalia. Pygofer (Fig. 34) longer than wide, posterior margin triangular, with posterior ½ densely setose. Style (Fig. 36) with preapical lobe obtusely angulate, with few microsetae, apophysis short, 0.25 of the total length. Connective (Fig. 40) with stem 2x shorter than arms. Aedeagal shaft narrowed apically, broad medially in lateral view, foliate in apical 0.2 with sparsely serrated margin, dorsal margin with short subapical tooth, with pair of slender apical processes half as long as shaft extended anterolaterad, gonopore subapical on ventral margin (Figs. 37–39). Measurements (mm). Male 4.63 long, 1.3 wide across eyes, 1.01 wide across hind margin of pronotum. Type material. Holotype ³, INDIA: Maharashtra: Chikhaldara (21.4030° N, 77.3268° E), 22.ix.2015, Sweep net Coll. Akash Nikoshe (NPC). Paratypes, 6 ³ with same data as holotype. Etymology. This species is named in honour of “Miss Shanaya” (daughter of the corresponding author) for her support to the author to pursue his passion in leafhopper taxonomy. Remarks. Hecalus shanayai sp. nov. externally resembles H. lutescens (Distant) (Figs. 2, 7, 12, 27–33) but differs in having the aedeagal shaft foliate in the apical 0.2 with a sparsely serrated margin, the dorsal margin with a short subapical tooth, and lacking mid-dorsal lateral expansions which are more distinct in the latter. From H. ghauri Rao and Ramakrishnan, (Figs. 19, 20 & 21) it can be distinguished by the aedeagal shaft foliate in the apical 0.2 with a sparsely serrated margin, the dorsal margin with a short subapical tooth, and lacking mid-dorsal lateral expansions more distinct in the former.Published as part of Nikoshe, Akash P., Meshram, Naresh M., Stuti & Dey, Debjani, 2020, Indian Hecalina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Hecalini) with description of three new species, pp. 573-585 in Zootaxa 4881 (3) on pages 576-578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4881.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/428398
By a celebrated author: Nick Carter, Frederic Dey and authorial voice in dime novels
No full textUsing Theodor Adorno's division between culture industry, characterized by standardization and a lack of autonomy, and mass culture, characterized by a more autonomous expressivity of the populace, this thesis explores issues of authorial autonomy and expression in the dime novel industry, focusing on the Nick Carter series. Contemporary discourse about and from the authors is compiled to show authorial engagement with the rhetoric around and from the dime novel industry. Themes of identity and autonomy are examined in the writings by and on Frederic Dey, showing how particular authorial concerns are inscribed into dime novel texts despite editorial attempts to create standardization. This thesis argues that the dime novel industry sits on the border between culture industry and mass culture, both constraining and enabling artistic expression by working-class individuals
Topic mining and categorization in online discussion forums
No full textOnline Forums provide a useful way to engage in discussions about a wide variety of topics, as well as gather custom information for which an exact source may not be available, using a combination of knowledge and human interpretation. Usually forums have categories which cater to a particular topic of interest, allowing information seekers and topic experts to meet. It is thus imperative to organize forum data into an organized structure. In this work we look at methods for categorizing forum posts into appropriate categories, where the number of such categories is large. We compare several baseline methods with state-of-the-art deep learning methods and analyze their performance. We observe that given the highly keyword-centric nature of our data, deep learning methods only slightly outperform baseline methods. Following this, we perform topic modeling on the forum data to find latent topics which creates a hierarchy across forum categories and clusters similar categories. In this process we observe that some of the recent approaches in topic modeling that utilize word embeddings lead to better topics. Finally, we use this hierarchy to perform hierarchical classification of the forum posts to allow better management of the classification task and analyze the benefits of this method.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2022-05-01The student, Jishnu Dey, accepted the attached license on 2020-05-12 at 13:28.The student, Jishnu Dey, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2020-05-12 at 13:30.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2020-05-12 at 14:23.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #15355 on 2020-08-25 at 17:44:24Made available in DSpace on 2020-08-27T00:51:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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Automated music therapy for anxiety and depression management in older people (AMITY)
No full textThe onset of old age brings physiological and mental changes, with anxiety and depression being common mental disorders that can trigger other health issues and reduce lifespan. However, due to a global shortage of mental health professionals, combined with a growing population and limited awareness, these disorders often go undiagnosed. Music therapy offers a reliable method to address psychological, emotional, and cognitive needs. This paper presents an approach that monitors anxiety and depression symptoms in real time using low-complexity body sensors, followed by automated personalised music therapy, reducing the dependence on therapists and improving mental health care accessibility.ye
Prometopidia joshimathensis subsp. yazakii Dey & Uniyal & Hausmann & Stüning 2021, ssp. n.
No full textPrometopidia joshimathensis yazakii ssp. n. Figs 2l–o; 3e; 4b, c, e, f, k; 5f; 6e Prometopidia conisaria: Yazaki, 1995: 18 (specimens from Nepal only), text fig. 575 (female genitalia and 7th abdominal sternite), pl. 100, fig. 11 (♂ moth; Yazaki, pers. comm.) (nec Hampson, 1902). Type-material examined. Holotype ♂, Nepal, Ganesh Himal, 1 km E of Gadrang, 2520 m, 9.iii.1996, 85°16’E 28°09’N, leg. László Bódi & György Makranczy; genitalia slide no. 2367-DS, Barcode No.: BC ZFMK Lep 00595. Coll. ZFMK. Paratypes: 1♂, Nepal, Dhumre, Bimal Nagar, 500m, 29.–30.iii.1995, 84°26’E 27°55’N, leg. László Bódi & György Makranczy; genitalia slide No. 2368-DS, Barcode No.: BC ZFMK Lep 00597; 1♂, Nepal, Ganesh Himal, 1 km SW of Gadrang, 2900 m, 10.iii.1996, leg. László Bódi & György Makranczy; genitalia slide No. 2399-DS, Barcode No.: BC ZFMK Lep 00596; 1♀, Nepal, Dhaulagiri Himal, 2,5 km SE of Lebang, 2450 m, 24.iii.1996, leg. László Bódi & György Makranczy; genitalia slide No. 2400-DS, Barcode No.: BC ZFMK Lep 00594; Coll. ZFMK. 1♂, Nepal, Prov. Nr. 2 East, Jiri, 5.IV.1964, leg. W. Dierl; genitalia slide No. ZSM G 424; 1♀, same data, genitalia slide No. ZSM G 20364 (Pritha Dey fec.), coll. ZSM; 1 ♀, Nepal, Kathmandu valley, 5km SW of Kathmandu, Dhankinkali, 25.I.1996, leg. Chenga Sherpa; coll. CMS. Nepal, Kathmandu valley, Godavari, 1600 m: 1♂, 10.i.1992; 1♂, 27.ii.1992; 2♂, 2.iii.1992; 1♀, 16.iii.1992; Godavari, Mt. Phulchouki, 2075–2275 m: 1♂, 2.iii.1992; 1♂, 17.iii.1992; 1♂, 19.iii.1992. Coll. K. Yazaki, Tokyo. Description and diagnosis. Wingspan in males 29–31 mm, female 28 mm. Type-material from Joshimath of the same size as specimens of yazakii ssp.n. from E. Nepal. Pattern and coloration almost the same in both subspecies. There are lighter grey specimens which only have the area outside of the postmedial line darker grey, and completely darker grey specimens.Ante- and postmedial lines are punctate, with the dots on the veins. Females with very indistinct fasciae rarely occur.About half of the specimens of the subspecies yazakii, however, have continuous transverse fasciae (see fig. 2m): two of four in coll. ZFMK, four of eight in coll. Yazaki; the relation may change in larger samples. In both collections the single females have punctate fasciae. Among the nominotypical subspecies from Joshimath (n=7) and paratypes from Punjab (n=3) specimens with continuous fasciae do not occur. The hindwing bases in males of ssp. yazakii are swollen and distinctly modified like a rectangular pouch, with a small, round, membranous section, similar to a tympanum, near the base of the frenulum. The basal part of vein Rs (upper vein of the hindwing cell) is also strongly angled, running adjacent to the distal border of the pouch. The function of this unusual structure is unknown and it should be paid more attention to it in future. Further differences are seen in the shape of the distal process of the 7 th sternite in females: a rather narrow, transverse, almost rectangular process in P. joshimathensis joshimathensis (Fig. 4h), a broader, distally double-curved process in ssp. yazakii (Fig. 3e). The male genitalia of both subspecies are without distinctive differences, but the female genitalia are slightly larger in subsp. yazakii, with the anterior part of corpus bursae larger in relation to the posterior part and a larger signum with wider opening, broader sclerotized ring with more numerous and longer spines. Morphologically, all these differences are considered to be of subspecific value, though the genetic distance is rather high. Distribution. Central and eastern Nepal (Fig. 1 (a)) Etymology. Dedicated to Katsumi Yazaki, Tokyo, one of the best-known experts of East Asian Geometridae, who as the first revising author studied specimens of Prometopidia intensively, designating and figuring also the lectotype of the type-species in the collection of the NHMUK. Moreover, he first recorded specimens of Prometopidia from Nepal. Genetic data. BIN not yet assigned, data based on three sequences with fragment lengths of 407 bp, all from eastern Nepal. Maximum intraspecific variation 1.0%. Genetic distance to nominotypical subspecies 3.3%, requiring confirmation by additional specimens. Genetic distance to P. conisaria 6.7%.Published as part of Dey, Pritha, Uniyal, Virendra Prasad, Hausmann, Axel & Stüning, Dieter, 2021, Revision of the genus Prometopidia Hampson, 1902, with description of the new species P. joshimathensis sp. nov. from West-Himalaya and its subspecies P. j yazakii ssp. nov. from Nepal (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae), pp. 28-44 in Zootaxa 4980 (1) on pages 40-42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/488290
Lines of Credit and Consumption Smoothing: The Choice between Credit Cards and Home Equity Lines of Credit
No full textThe author models the choice between credit cards and home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) within a framework where consumers hold lines of credit as instruments of consumption smoothing across state and time. Flexible repayment schemes for lines of credit induce risk-averse consumers with sufficiently high discount rates to underinsure and hold lines of credit instead as a buffer, even when they have access to full and fair insurance markets. Weighing the fixed upfront fees and higher default costs of HELOCs against the advantages of low and income-tax-deductible interest payments, the author finds a threshold level of potential borrowing belowwhich consumers prefer to use credit cards exclusively. Above that threshold, consumers decide touse HELOCs and consolidate all outstanding credit card debt into them; however, a rising probability of default and the resulting loss of equity in the home will put an upper bound on the potential HELOC borrowing that will prevent full debt consolidation.Credit and credit aggregates
An Adaptive Self-modeling Network Model for Multilevel Organizational Learning
No full textMultilevel organizational learning concerns an interplay of different types of learning at individual, team, and organizational levels. These processes use complex dynamic and adaptive mechanisms. A second-order adaptive network model for this is introduced here and illustrated.Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.Safety and Security Scienc
Dataset of Author Names and Name Frequencies
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A star-forming galaxy at z= 5.78 in the Chandra Deep Field South
No full textWe report the discovery of a luminous z = 5.78 star-forming galaxy in the Chandra Deep Field South. This galaxy was selected as an ‘i-drop’ from the GOODS public survey imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope/Advanced Camera for Surveys (object 3 in the work of Stanway, Bunker & McMahon 2003). The large colour of (i′−z′)AB = 1.6 indicated a spectral break consistent with the Lyman α forest absorption shortward of Lyman α at z≈ 6. The galaxy is very compact (marginally resolved with ACS with a half-light radius of 0.08 arcsec, so rhl 5. Our spectroscopic redshift for this object confirms the validity of the i′-drop technique of Stanway et al. to select star-forming galaxies atz≈ 6
Dataset of Author Names and Name Frequencies
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