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Fig. 1 in First Record of the Longlure Flatfish, Asterorhombus filifer (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae), from Japan
No full textFig. 1. Freshly collected specimens of Asterorhombus filifer. A, NSMT-P 110313, 19.8 mm SL; B, NSMT-P 110324, 20.8 mm SL; C, NSMT-P 118170, 86.5 mm SL.Published as part of Katayama, Eri, Satoh, Takashi P. & Matsuura, Keiichi, 2014, First Record of the Longlure Flatfish, Asterorhombus filifer (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae), from Japan, pp. 85-89 in Species Diversity 19 on page 86, DOI: 10.12782/sd.19.2.085, http://zenodo.org/record/573742
FIGURE 7 in A new species of Trichonotus (Perciformes: Trichonotidae) from Somalia and redescription of Trichonotus cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890) with designation of a lectotype
No full textFIGURE 7. Relationships of (A) 1st dorsal-fin ray length, (B) longest pelvic-fin soft ray length, (C) longest caudal-fin ray length in Trichonotus arabicus (triangles), T. cyclograptus (square), T. somaliensis sp. nov. (circles).Published as part of Katayama, Eri, Motomura, Hiroyuki & Endo, Hiromitsu, 2012, A new species of Trichonotus (Perciformes: Trichonotidae) from Somalia and redescription of Trichonotus cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890) with designation of a lectotype, pp. 31-43 in Zootaxa 3565 on page 39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28296
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN LAND TENURE LAW IN ERITREA, HORN OF AFRICA
No full textAfter a historical sketch of the evolution of land tenure systems in the Eritrean highlands, this paper describes the main features of the new Eritrean land law and its operative assumption that the legislation is meant to extend state control over land. The legal devices employed by the law are widely used in sub-Saharan Africa (and were largely inspired by colonial policies). The State of Eritrea frequently asserts that its recent independence gives it the opportunity to learn from other developing countries' mistakes and to avoid them. The basic patterns of the new land law, however, are common to the rest of Africa, notwithstanding the evident poor results. The central government wants its control to be widespread and pervasive. The fight against traditional social groups controlling land, at least in the highlands, is severe. Apart from a formal repeal of customary law, the state's acquisition of the power to modify village boundaries according to a scheme already completed at higher administrative levels and to introduce equal rights on land for women entails a disruption of the villages' social identity. Mandatory state control over landed property in Eritrea is, as usual, motivated by the necessity to address higher social needs. The ultimate intent, of course, is that the evolution from communal property to state property will eventually result in the widespread introduction of individual property once a sufficient level of economic development is achieved. This unfavorable attitude toward communal property is not supported by the evidence, which shows that, in fact, efficient land management can be obtained through renovation of traditional institutions.Land tenure -- Eritrea, Land tenure -- Government policy -- Eritrea, Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Eritrea, Customary law -- Eritrea, Tenure types, Traditional -- Eritrea, Land reform -- Eritrea, Land Economics/Use,
Trichonotus cyclograptus Alcock 1890
No full textTrichonotus cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890) [New English name: Bengal Sand diver] (Figures 1 –3, 6; Tables 1–2) Taeniolabrus cyclograptus Alcock, 1890: 430, fig. 1 (type locality: Ganjam Coast, Bay of Bengal); Alcock, 1898: pl. 20, fig. 5 (illustration); Menon & Yazdani, 1968: 146 (note); Menon & Rama-Rao, 1970: 377 (note). Trichonotus cyclograptus: Shimada & Yoshino, 1984: 18 (comparison); Randall & Tarr, 1994: 309 (key); Katayama & Endo, 2010: 1 (comparison). Lectotype. BMNH 1891.9. 2.1, male, 109.7 mm SL, Ganjam Coast, Bay of Bengal, 18–24 m, 2 Sep. 1891. Paralectotypes. 2 specimens: ZSI F 12932, male, damaged, ZSI F 12935, male, 106.2 mm SL, same data as lectotype. Diagnosis. Trichonotus cyclograptus is distinguished from other congeners in having the following combination of characters: no elongated dorsal-fin spines in males; dorsal-fin rays IV, 45–46; anal-fin soft rays 37–38; lateral-line scales 57–59; two free dorsal pterygiophores; gill rakers 6 + 23; body markings in males 12; median predorsal-fin scales 10; interorbital width 43.7 % of eye diameter; abdominal scales small. Description. Data for the lectotype presented first, followed by those for the less damaged of the two paralectotypes (ZSI 12935) in parentheses. Dorsal-fin rays IV, 45 (46); anal-fin rays I, 37 (38); pectoral-fin rays 15 (14); caudal-fin rays 13 (–); lateral-line scales 57 (59); scales above lateral line 4.5 (–); scales below lateral line 5.5 (–); median predorsal-fin scales 9 (damaged); gill rakers on 1 st arch 6 + 23 (–); pseudobranchial filaments 12 (–); vertebrae 53 (–). Proportional measurements are shown in Table 1, the proportional characters being based on BMNH 1891.9. 2.1. Body long, slightly cylindrical, compressed posteriorly. Snout long, pointed, its length twice eye diameter. Mouth large, maxilla reaching posteriorly to vertical through anterior rim of pupil; lower jaw extending anteriorly beyond upper jaw tip, bordered along side by uniserial row of 18 short cirri. Opercle just reaching posteriorly to pectoral-fin base. Gill membranes free from isthmus. Gill rakers long, spinous, the longest more-orless subequal to length of longest gill filaments. Tongue narrow, slightly expanded anteriorly, tip rounded. Eye small, slightly oval, 10 hair-like elongated “lashes” on iris flap. Suborbital skin fold slightly covering lower margin of eye, discontinuous at midpoint; with 7 embedded scales adjacent to infraorbital cephalic sensory canal (Fig. 3 B). Interorbital space narrow, its width equal to 1 / 3 eye diameter. Nostrils small, closer to snout tip than to anterior margin of eye; anterior nostrils short and tubular; posterior pore-like. Cycloid scales covering body; posterior edge of scales slightly angular. Lateral line along mid-body, each associated scale rhomboid with a posterior notch. Scales on abdomen smaller than those on sides of body, 29 rows anterior to anus. Scales between supratemporal cephalic sensory canal and dorsal-fin origin small, diagonally arrayed, those located posteriorly on pectoral-fin base half the size of body scales. Upper jaw teeth near symphysis large, canine-like, in 4 irregular rows, becoming small, conical and in 3 irregular rows posteriorly. Lower jaw teeth large, in a single row anteriorly, gradually decreasing in size, in 2–3 irregular rows posteriorly. Head of vomer crescentic, palatines narrow with villiform teeth. Dorsal-fin spines flexible, not filamentous; dorsal fin soft rays unbranched except for posteriormost. Dorsal fin high in males, its height equal to twice body depth. Anal-fin spine flexible, shorter than adjacent soft rays; all soft rays branched. Caudal fin rounded in males, uppermost and lowermost rays short, unbranched. Pelvic fin insertion anterior to pectoral-fin base; 4 th soft ray unbranched, elongated, extending beyond anus in males; 3 rd soft ray short, 2 / 3 length of 4 th ray. First 2 dorsal pterygiophores located between 6 th and 7 th neural spines; 2 free pterygiophores between 6 th and 7 th spines. First anal pterygiophore located below 15 th vertebra. Cephalic sensory canal patterns are illustrated in Fig. 3. Tip of infraorbital canal closely adjacent to supraorbital canal, but separated anterior to eye. Infraorbital canal with 8 pores (2 pairs of 2 pores posteriorly); preopercular canal with 8 pores, the 3 th comprising 2 pores; mandibular canal with 3 pores, continuous with preopercular canal. Color when fresh (from Alcock 1890). Head and body brownish gold. Body with 12 inconspicuous dark bands. Vertical fins translucent, with blue spots arranged in longitudinal rows; 10 rows of 50 spots on dorsal fin, 3 rows of about 40 spots on anal fin. Color in alcohol (Fig. 1). Ground color of body and head pale brown, dorso-lateral surface of body with 12 brown marks, anterior 5 extended ventrally. Dorsal fin with numerous small white spots, anal fin with three longitudinal rows of small white spots. Three longitudinal rows of small regular dark brown-edged spots on body, the middle row along the lateral-line scales. Snout to occiput with a fine dark network of spots. Head with irregular rows of spots, those on snout to above opercle dark-edged. Ventral surface of lower jaw uniformly pigmented. Pelvic and caudal fins brownish, translucent; tips brownish. Caudal fin with scattered white spots. Female coloring unknown. Distribution. Known only from sandy bottoms off the Ganjam Coast, Bay of Bengal, at a depth of 18– 23 m. Remarks. Although the original description of T. cyclograptus was very short, the accompanying illustration clearly depicted the main diagnostic features of the species (Fig. 2 A). Subsequently, Alcock (1898) included an illustration of T. cyclograptus in a list of fishes collected by R/V Investigator (Fig. 2 B), apparently based on a different syntype from that figured previously. Among the eight syntypes indicated in Alcock (1890), four had been deposited in the fish collection of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), one being subsequently transferred to the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH). The remaining four specimens have been missing for some years (Menon & Yazdani 1968; Menon & Rama-Rao 1970; Eschmeyer 2012). During the present investigations, three syntypes were found: BMNH 1891.9. 2.1 (formerly ZSI F 12828) (still in good condition), and ZSI F 12932 and ZSI F 12935 (both damaged) (Fig. 1). Although ZSI F 12936 was believed to exist at ZSI (Eschmeyer 2012), it has recently been confirmed as missing and probably lost (S. Mishra, pers. comm.). Except for the caudal fin shape, the BMNH syntype otherwise agrees with the illustration of T. cyclograptus in Alcock (1890), having similar dorsal- and pelvic-fin shapes, 49 dorsal-fin rays, 13 narrow saddle-like markings on the sides of the body, and three longitudinal rows of small white spots on the anal fin (Figs. 1 A, 2 A). Our examination of BMNH 1891.9. 2.1 and ZSI F 12932 revealed that the posterior caudal fin margin of T. cyclograptus was somewhat rounded when expanded, rather than pointed (Figs. 1, 2 B). Hence, the diagnostic status of the caudal fin (pointed), as believed by some authors (e.g. Randall & Tarr 1994), is here regarded as erroneous. We designate BMNH 1891.9. 2.1, which closely resembles the figures by Alcock (1890 1898), as the lectotype of T. cyclograptus, so as to forestall any further taxonomic problems. Among the species of Trichonotus lacking elongated dorsal-fin spines, Trichonotus cyclograptus is very similar to T. arabicus, sharing III–IV, 44–46 dorsal-fin rays, 37–39 anal-fin rays, 6–8 + 20–23 gill rakers, a nonelongated dorsal spine, and dark markings on the body, but differs from the latter in having 12 saddle-like bands on the body (vs. a longitudinal row of 14 dark markings in T. arabicus), 57–59 lateral-line scales (vs. 55–57), small abdominal scales with 29 pre-anus rows (vs. large, 20–22 rows), and a greater interorbital width (43.7 % of eye diameter vs. 28.4−36.7 %).Published as part of Katayama, Eri, Motomura, Hiroyuki & Endo, Hiromitsu, 2012, A new species of Trichonotus (Perciformes: Trichonotidae) from Somalia and redescription of Trichonotus cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890) with designation of a lectotype, pp. 31-43 in Zootaxa 3565 on pages 32-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28296
Maanrakennustöiden eri urakkamuotojen vertailu talonrakennushankkeissa Kuopion kaupungin Tilakeskuksella
No full textOpinnäytetyön aiheena oli tarkastella maanrakennustöiden eri urakkamuotoja talonrakennushankkeissa ja vertailla niiden etuja sekä haittoja. Työn yhteistyökumppanina oli Kuopion kaupungin Tilakeskus ja tavoitteena oli saada yhtenäinen tiivis kokonaisuus eri urakkamuodoista, niiden valintaperusteista ja päätoteuttajan vastuista.
Työssä käytettiin apuna Tilakeskuksen henkilöhaastatteluja, alan kirjallisuutta ja internettiä.
Työssä perehdyttiin Kuopion kaupungin Tilakeskuksella yleisimmin käytetyt urakkamuotoihin, joita vertailtiin keskenään. Tämän jälkeen selvitettiin myös urakkamuodon valintaan vaikuttavat eri tekijät ja päätoteuttajan vastuut. Lisäksi työssä tarkasteltiin päätoteuttajan vaihdoksen vaikutuksia osapuolten toimintaan hankkeen aikana. Lopuksi mietittiin mahdollisia parempia vaihtoehtoja urakkamuodoiksi verrattuna aiemmin käytettyihin.
Työn tuloksena saatiin yhtenäinen kokonaisuus maanrakennustöiden urakkamuodoista, valintaperusteista ja päätoteuttajan velvollisuuksista. Lisäksi työssä valmistui urakkamuodon valintataulukko. Taulukosta näkee helposti mikä urakkamuoto käy mihinkin työtehtävään.The aim of this thesis was to go over different types of earthworks contracts in house building projects and compare their advantages and disadvantages. This thesis was commissioned by Tilakeskus Kuopio. The main goal was to get a homogeneous and dense package concerning the different types of contracts in house building projects as well as to find out how those contracts are chosen and what are the head author’s responsibilities are.
First, information was gathered with the help of individual interviews, literature and the internet. The most common contract forms used in Tilakeskus were then compared with each other. After that the different factors influencing the choice of contract forms and the responsibilities of the head author were clarified. Also, the possible effects of a situation where the head author of the project would change during a certain project were examined. Finally, the possibly better alternatives to the contract factors used before were thought over.
As a result of the thesis, it was possible to get a uniform totality of the earthworks contract forms, choice grounds and the responsibilities of the head author. In addition, a contract form choice chart was created, which helps to find a suitable contract form for each assignment
Aikuisikäisten sosioemotionaaliset taidot arjen eri tilanteissa
No full textTutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää, mitkä ovat meidän, aikuisikäisten sosioemotionaaliset taidot eri arkipäivän tilanteissa. Kuinka käyttäydymme kun kohtaamme arkipäivästä poikkeavia tilanteita, tai kuinka huomioimme toiset ihmiset ympärillämme?
Tutkimusaineisto kerättiin satunnaisesti eri henkilöiltä kyselylomakkeella. Lomakkeita täytätettiin Vaasan kaupungin työntekijöillä, Vaasan ammattikorkeakoulun sosionomiopiskelijoilla ja omilla tuttavilla ja tuttavien tuttavilla.
Tutkimuksessa selvisi aikuisten keskinäisen vuorovaikutuksen ja yleisten käytöstapojen olevan pääsääntöisesti yleisesti hyväksyttäviä. Aikuiset omaavat hyvät sosioemotionaaliset taidot melkein jokaisella käsitellyllä alueella, eli empatiakyvyssä, tunteiden säätelyssä ja sosiaalisessa ongelmanratkaisussa. Empatia on tutkimuksen mukaan vahvimmin hallittava sosioemotionaalinen taito näistä edellä mainituista taidoista. Tunteiden säätelyssä ja sosiaalisessa ongelmanratkaisussa käsitykset omista taidoista vaihtelivat vastaajien kesken jonkin verran.The purpose of this bachelor´s thesis is to find out which socio-emotional skills we, adults have in different everyday life situations, how we behave when we encounter situations that differ from the average or how we pay attention to people around us.
The material was collected randomly with questionnaires from different persons. The questionnaires were answered by employees of the city of Vaasa, social services students in the university of applied sciences of Vaasa and by the author´s own acquaintances.
The results indicate that interaction and common manners of adults are generally acceptable. Adults have good socio-emotional skills within empathy, the regulation of emotions and social problem solution. According to the results the strongest area and best skills were within empathy. There was a variation between the respondents in how they saw their own emotion regulation and social problem solution skills
Redescription of a Sanddiver, Trichonotus blochii (Actinopterygii: Perciformes: Trichonotidae), with Confirmation of Its Validity
No full textANAC 2018: Repeated Multilateral Negotiation League
No full textThis is an extension from a selected paper from JSAI2019. There are a number of research challenges in the field of Automated Negotiation. The Ninth International Automated Negotiating Agent Competition encourages participants to develop effective negotiating agents, which can negotiate with multiple opponents more than once. This paper discusses research challenges for such negotiations as well as presenting the competition set-up and results. The results show that winner agents mostly adopt hybrid bidding strategies that take their opponents’ preferences as well as their strategy into account.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.Interactive Intelligenc
Kamarimusiikkia eri maista : Raportti konserttiproduktiosta
No full textTämän opinnäytetyön päätavoitteena oli perehtyä huilu-kitara -duon kamarimusiikkiin.
Tekijä harjoitti ohjelmistoa ja valmisti konserttiohjelman yhdessä Kuopion konservatorion kitaransoiton opettaja Markku Laakson kanssa.
Produktiokonsertti ”Kamarimusiikkia eri maista” järjestettiin Kuopion musiikkikeskuksen kamarimusiikkisalissa 23.1.2014.
Konsertissa esitettiin teokset: C. Ph. E. Bach: Sonaatti G-duuri, M. Giuliani: Grand duo concertant op. 85, H. Villa-Lobos: Distibucao de flores ja R. Shankar: L’aube enchantee sur le raga ”Todi”.
Opinnäytetyön kirjallisessa raportissa esitellään konsertissa esitetyt teokset ja niiden säveltäjät. Ensin käydään läpi säveltäjien elämänvaiheita ja esitellään heidän musiikillista tyyliään sekä tuotantoaan. Lisäksi kerrotaan konserttiin valmistautumisesta ja sen toteutuksesta.The main purpose of this thesis was to study the chamber music for flute and guitar -duo.
The author practiced and made the concert’s programme in collaboration with Kuopio conservatory’s guitar’s teacher Markku Laakso.
The concert-production “Chamber music from different countries” was organised in Kuopio Music centre’s chamber music hall on 23.1.2014.
The concert presented the following works: C. Ph. E. Bach: Sonata in G-major, M. Giuliani: Grand duo concertant op. 85, H. Villa-Lobos: Distribucao de flores and R. Shankar: L’aube enchantee sur le raga “Todi”.
The written report presented the concert’s works and their composers. First, the lives of the com-posers and then their music’s styles and works. It tells also about the concert’s preparation and or-ganization phases.Opinnäytetyöhön kuuluu 1 DVD-levy
PS-säästäminen nuorille, hyödyt ja eri vaihtoehdot
No full textOpinnäytetyön aiheena ja tutkimusongelmana oli selvittää pitkäaikaisen säästämisen hyötyjä ja eri vaihtoehtoja nuorille. Opinnäytetyön toimeksiantajana oli osuuspankki Pohjois-pohjanmaalta. Opinnäytetyön tavoitteena oli kertoa nuorille, miksi säästäminen kannattaa aloittaa mahdollisimman nuorena. Opinnäytetyön toimeksiantajan nimeä ei kerrota.
Opinnäytetyö on kvalitatiivinen ja tutkimusote on konstruktiivinen. Konstruktiivinen tutkimusote antaa kirjoittajalle enemmän vapautta ja tilaa kirjoittaa. Opinnäytetyötä varten haastateltiin toimeksiantajapankin sijoitusneuvojaa. Haastattelu tehtiin teemahaastattelun muodossa. Teemahaastattelu sopii hyvin kvalitatiiviseen tutkimukseen.
Säästämisen aloittaminen mahdollisimman aikaisin takaa nuorille paremman taloudellisen tilanteen tulevaisuuteen. Säästämisen aloittamiseen vaihtoehtoja on lukuisia, eikä se vaadi suurta summaa aluksi. Mikäli säästämisen keinoksi nuori valitsee sijoittamisen, vaatii se enemmän perehtymistä sijoittamisen eri vaihtoehtoihin. perehtyminen kannattaa aloittaa tekemällä itsestä sijoitusprofiili ja sitä kautta selvittää, mitkä vaihtoehdot sopivat parhaiten itselle.The subject of this thesis was to examine the benefits and the options of longterm saving for young. The aim was to explain why saving should be started as young age as possible. The thesis was executed as a commission for the bank group x. The name of the bank wasn’t mentioned in the thesis.
The thesis was executed as a theme interview. The interview was focused to the investment adviser of the bank group x. The research method of the thesis was qualitative and constructive. For the author the constructive research method gave more space and freedom to write.
The thesis indicated that when saving starts as early as possible it ensures for the young a better economic situation in the future. Thesis revealed that for saving money there are several alternatives, and young doesn’t need a huge amount of money to start saving. Investment as a way of saving money had a requirement for the young to orientate oneself to the different investing alternatives. Orientation should be started by doing an investment profile of oneself which gives the best saving option for each
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