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Debate: Place-based public service ecosystems and the performance of local public services
No full textOver 15–16 February 2025, Toshihiko Ishihara and Stephen Osborne co-ordinated an international research workshop
at the Osaka campus of Kwansei Gakuin University, with three invited Italian speakers—Greta Nasi, Maria Cucciniello,
and Carmine Bianchi. This short article draws out the key lessons of their presentations, together with the keynote
presentation of Stephen Osborne, to explore the import of place-based public service ecosystems (PSEs) for the
performance of public services
Onukigallia Ishihara
No full textGenus Onukigallia Ishihara Onukigallia Ishihara 1955: 215, 217. Type-species: Agallia onukii Matsumura, by original designation. Morphology. Vertex distinctly narrower in middle than next to eyes, not sinuately produced behind eyes. Ocelli closer to eyes than to each other. Pronotum with distinct punctures. Veins especially those on clavus conspicuously elevated, distinct, inner claval vein strongly curved, three anteapical and four apical cells, inner anteapical cell either closed or open behind. Forefemora with intercalary setae forming an arcuate row, row AV with one stout long seta in proximal half. Hind femoral macrosetae 2+1; hind tibial macrosetae PD 10±2, AD 8±1, AV8±1; hind basitarsus with two platellae on distal transverse row. Male genitalia. Pygofer simple, often with filamentous setae on lateral surface. Subgenital plates covered with long filamentous setae on both upper and lower surface in addition to ventral uniseriate stout setae. Styles with inner arm longer than outer arm, with subapical tooth. Connective broadest in middle, strongly narrowed caudally, longer than broad. Aedeagus long, recurved, without processes; preatrium and dorsal apodeme often well developed. Anal collar process well developed. Remarks. Onukigallia closely resembles Agallia as both share stout setae on the male subgenital plates. However, the former differs from the latter in having hair-like setae on the male pygofer and subgenital plates and in the structure of the aedegus and subgenital plates. It also closely resembles Formallia from which it differs in possessing setae both dorsally and ventrally on the subgenital plates and also in the shape of the caudal lobe of the male pygofer. Distribution. China, Japan and TaiwanPublished as part of C. A. Viraktamath, 2011, Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) 2844, pp. 1-118 in Zootaxa 2844 on page 9
Hishimonus Ishihara
No full textHishimonus Ishihara Hishimonus Ishihara 1953: 10. Type species: Thamnotettix sellata Uhler, by original designation. Description. (Modified from Knight 1970 a and Dai et al. 2013) Small leafhoppers, 3.0–4.0 mm long, yellow in colour, sometimes marked with brown, legs and venter stramineous, forewings silvery white with dark brown mottling and large brown semicircular spot against midlength of commissural margin forming, when wings at rest, conspicuous circular or diamond shaped spot with that of opposite wing (henceforth called median spot). Head as broad as pronotum or broader, slightly longer medially than next to eye with anterior margin broadly rounded; narrowly rounded to face; frontoclypeus longer than wide; clypeal sulcus distinct; clypellus elongate with sides parallel over basal 0.66, slightly expanded at apex; genal margins concave beneath eyes; ocelli on anterior margin, contiguous with eyes or separated by a distance less than own diameter; a shallow transverse furrow on vertex between ocelli; vertex posterior to furrow glabrous, face and vertex anterior to furrow shagreened. Pronotum approximately twice length of vertex, sides short, posterior margin transverse or shallowly concave; surface glabrous, transversely and feebly striate. Scutum and scutellum together shorter than pronotum. Forewings with claval veins joined by cross vein at midlength; inner subapical cell open basally, outer subapical cell elongate with ends transverse; appendix small. Fore femur with setal arrangement as follows: 2 AD at apex, well developed AM1, 9– 13 IC, 6–8 PV and 12–13 short AV. Fore tibia with 1 + 4 (AD+PD) setae. Hind femoral apical setal formula 2 + 2 + 1. Male pygofer acutely rounded posteriorly, with stout setae over posterior half, without processes; dorsal surface approximately 0.33 of total length. Subgenital plate tapering posteriorly to membranous fingerlike process (except H. indicus and H. viraktamathi), uniseriate row of stout setae laterally, becoming multiseriate basally, with a more lateral row of long filamentous setae over apical half. Connective Y-shaped with stem long or short. Styles terminating in posteriorly directed fingerlike process, subapical lobe present. Aedeagus with two dorsally directed shafts each with gonopore near apex, with or without basal processes. Female with gonocoxa I usually broader than width of first pair of valvulae at base. Sculpturing of first pair of valvulae imbricate and reaching dorsal margin. Teeth on second pair of valvulae in apical 0.33 length, without dorsal median tooth. Remarks. Hishimonus differs from Hishimonoides, Litura and Naevus Knight with which it is closely related in possessing neither preatrial processes of the aedeagus (sometimes referred to as paraphyses) nor with a ventrally extended preatriumwithout process. Some species of Hishimonus, such as H. indicus (Sohi) and H. viraktamathi Knight, have basal processes to the aedeagus, which resemble the preatrial process of Litura and their assignment to this genus is only provisional. The following key will separate the four genera under discussion.Published as part of Viraktamath, C. A. & Anantha Murthy, H. V., 2014, Review of the genera Hishimonus Ishihara and Litura Knight (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of new species, pp. 101-138 in Zootaxa 3785 (2) on pages 104-105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/22563
Modified Ishihara test to study the role of edges in color discrimination
No full textThis paper describes an experiment based on a modified version of the classic Ishihara Test for the evaluation of the degree and type of colorblindness.
This work originates from the following observations: commonly used tests for color blindness assessment use color patterns without generating edges between the colors to discriminate. Furthermore, in normal sighted people, edges have a very important role in the generation of the chromatic sensation. For this purpose we created an alternative set of Ishihara plates in which we expand colored blobs until they touch each other, generating an edge.
We have developed a mobile application for the execution of the test and a database for storing the data. Preliminary results are here presented
Review of the genera Hishimonus Ishihara and Litura Knight (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of new species
No full textViraktamath, C. A., Anantha Murthy, H. V. (2014): Review of the genera Hishimonus Ishihara and Litura Knight (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of new species. Zootaxa 3785 (2): 101-138, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.2.
Nephotettix malayanus Ishihara & Kawase
No full textNephotettix malayanus Ishihara & Kawase (Plate II; Plate VI: E–H; Figures 6–13; Figure 5 C) Nephotettix malayanus Ishihara & Kawase, 1968: 119. Length. Male: 3.75 mm; female: 3.99 mm. Material examined. China: Jilin Prov.: 2 males, Jinghong Town, 30.VII. 1983; Zhejiang Prov.: 8 males, 9 females, Qingliangfeng, 6.VIII. 2008, coll. Xiao Bin; Fujian Prov.: 32 males, 42 females, Gutian Mountain, 28.VIII. 2008; Hainan Prov.: 14 males, 24 females, Wuzhi Mountain, V. 2011, coll. Duan Yani; Guangxi Prov.: 8 males, 9 females, Fangcheng, 3.XII. 2011, coll. He Zhiqiang; Yunnan Prov.: 1 male, Yexianggu, 822m, 17.V. 2011, coll. Lu Lin, at light; 1 male, Mengla County, Mohan, 852m, 18.V. 2011, coll. Lu Lin, at light; 2 males, Mengla County, Yiwu Town, 1307m, 21.V. 2011, coll. Lu Lin; 1 male, Yingjiang County, Zhanxi Town, 1009m, 02.VI. 2011, coll. Lu Lin, at light. Remarks. An adequate description of this species was given by Ghauri (1971). But some variation occurs as follows. Crown and forewing with or without black markings (Plate II: A–F). Pygofer side usually distodorsal corner round, distoventral corner pointed, spine 1 long, spine 2 and others absent (Fig. 8 B), but much variation is found (Figs. 6–9); style usually as in Fig. 10 C, apophysis of style is always shorter, but its shape varies (Figs. 10– 11); aedeagal shaft usually as in Figs. 12 B, 13 B, but much variation is found (Figs. 12 A–F, 13 A–I), the paired median lateral processes of aedeagal shaft short (Figs. 12 A–F, 13 A–I), but the relative length of the shaft and the shape of median lateral process varies, and the number of aedeagal spines also varies usually from 3–5 (Figs. 12 A– F, 13 A–I). The nearly round crown of both males and females make this species very distinct (Plate II: A–F). PLATE II. Nephotettix malayanus Ishihara & Kawase. A –F: habitus, dorsal view (A–E: male, F: female); G: face.Published as part of Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2014, Review of the grassland leafhopper genus Nephotettix Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from the Chinese mainland, pp. 201-229 in Zootaxa 3755 (3) on pages 209-210, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/22668
Japanagallia Ishihara
No full textGenus <i>Japanagallia</i> Ishihara <p> <i>Japanagallia</i> Ishihara, 1955: 215,217. Type-species: <i>Agallia pteridis</i> Matsumura, by original designation.</p> <p> <b>Color.</b> Sexually dimorphic leafhoppers. Male black with yellow or ochraceous areas on face, vertex, pronotum and scutellum. Female brownish and larger.</p> <p> <b>Morphology.</b> Medium sized leafhoppers, measuring 4.0–6.0 mm long. Head wider than pronotum. Vertex distinctly narrower in middle than next to eyes, upturned in middle, sinuately curved laterally behind eyes. Face finely granulose, transclypeal sulcus incomplete in the middle or complete, clypellus extending beyond genae, about as broad at apex as at base. Ocelli closer to eyes than to each other. Pronotum finely granulate, transversely weakly wrinkled. Scutellum broad at base, finely granulose. Forewing venation often obsolete except basally and on clavus; three anteapical and four apical cells, inner anteapical cell closed posteriorly, claval veins joined by one or more cross veins (Fig. 19). Fore femur with intercalary setae arranged in oblique row, setae on row AV not enlarged (Fig. 30). Hind tibial macrosetae PD 8±2 (7–12), AD 7±1, AV 6±1 macrosetae. Hind basitarsus with two platellae on distal transverse row.</p> <p> <b>Male genitalia.</b> pygofer with short mesal or caudo-dorsal process, with or without denticles or often with short, stout setae. Styles with inner arm longer than outer arm. Connective variable in shape, usually long, pigmented (Figs 402, 410). Aedeagus variable, often with strongly developed preatrium and dorsal apodeme with or without processes. Aedeagal shaft symmetrical with processes. Anal collar process simple, not elaborate.</p> <p> <b>Female genitalia.</b> First pair of valvulae alveolate, with rather elongate oval closely packed alveoli in vertical or oblique rows with space between each row, sculptured area on 0.75 length (Figs 76, 77). Second pair of valvulae with subapical triangular projection on dorsal margin, teeth becoming more prominent near apex, without denticles, ventroapical margin serrated (Figs 78, 79).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> India (Himalayan region), Nepal, Burma, Southern China, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Malaysia (Northern Borneo), Taiwan, Japan.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> Oman (1970) discussed the relationship of this genus with some members of <i>Agalliopsis</i> Kirkaldy and opined that it resembles some members of <i>Agalliopsis</i> (<i>Agallaria</i>) Oman in general shape and in having the posterior margin of the crown slightly sinuate laterally. <i>Japanagallia</i> has the tenth segment only weakly developed in the male, the pygofer often has a pair of posteriorly directed pointed lobes next to the anal tube, and the aedeagus is stout with a large basal atrium. <i>Japanagallia</i> closely resembles <i>Agalliopsis</i> and <i>Igerna</i>. It differs from these by the presence of a cross vein between the claval veins, the vertex being vertical in the middle and by the structure of the male genitalia in which the pygofer has caudodorsal processes and both preatrium and dorsal apodemes are not only well developed (at least one of them) but also bear processes.</p>Published as part of <i>C. A. Viraktamath, 2011, Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) 2844, pp. 1-118 in Zootaxa 2844</i> on page 8
Syntactic and Prosodic Effects of Information Structure in Romance
No full textThe chapter presents a general overview of several phenomena related to information structure in the Romance languages and varieties spoken in Europe and takes into account the left and the right side of the clause as the locus where information structure is encoded. The first part presents an overview of the syntactic and phonological properties of constructions like Hanging Topics, Left Dislocation, and fronted foci and of their pragmatic import as well as of the properties of constructions which occur on the right side of the clause (i.e. Right Dislocation, Marginalization, word order alternations, and focus). In the second part a general overview of syntactic and prosodic accounts proposed in the literature is provided with special attention to the problems each type of account raises with respect to the empirical domain considered
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Surface-activated direct bonding of diamond (100) and c-plane sapphire with high transparency for quantum applications
No full textSurface-activated direct bonding of diamond (100) and c-plane sapphire substrates is investigated using Ar atom beam irradiation and high-pressure contact at RT. The success probability of bonding strongly depends on the surface properties, i.e, atomic smoothness for the micron-order area and global flatness for the entire substrate. Structural analysis reveals that transformation from sapphire to Al-rich amorphous layer is key to obtaining stable bonding. The beam irradiation time has optimal conditions for sufficiently strong bonding, and strong bonding with a shear strength of more than 14 MPa is successfully realized. Moreover, by evaluating the photoluminescence of nitrogen-vacancy centers in the diamond substrate, the bonding interface is confirmed to have high transparency in the visible wavelength region. These results indicate that the method used in this work is a promising fabrication platform for quantum modules using diamonds.Safety and Security ScienceQuantum Circuit Architectures and TechnologyQID/Ishihara La
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