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Jie L. Liang, \u2712
No full textJie Liang moved to the United States from China after she finished high school. To further her education, she attends University of Central Florida majoring in mathematics as a first generation undergraduate. Because of her dedication to obtaining a Ph.D. degree in mathematics, she seeks research opportunities. In 2010, Jie participated in a year-long research project named GAUSS in UCF funded by NSF. She worked under Dr. Xin Li on applying reweighed least square method to face recognition and submitted their paper to Undergraduate Research Journal. In summer 2011, Jie conducted research with Dr. Garvan at University of Florida on number theory through the Summer Research Experience for Rising Senior program. Together with Dr. Andrews from Pennsylvania State University, they submitted their paper to Ramanujan Journal. As a senior, Jie is currently working on her Honors in the Major thesis with Dr. Li on approximation theory.https://stars.library.ucf.edu/mcnair_gallery/1062/thumbnail.jp
Indodictyophara Liang & Song 2012
No full textINDODICTYOPHARA LIANG & SONG, 2012 Indodictyophara Liang & Song, 2012: 418. Type species Indodictyophara lobosa Liang & Song, 2012; by original designation. Diagnosis The genus can be separated from other Aluntiini genera by the following combination of characters: cephalic process nearly 1.3 times as long as pronotum and mesonotum combined; vertex with median carina only visible basally; frons with lateral and median carinae strongly ridged and blade-like; tegmina without dendroid secondary veins; ten suboblique veins on costal cell from basal one-third to apex; and aedeagus with a pair of spinous, sclerotized, black-tipped, and not inflated endosomal processes. Diversity and distribution Indodictyophara is a monotypic genus known only from southern India.Published as part of Song, Zhi-Shun, Szwedo, Jacek, Wang, Rong-Rong & Liang, Ai-Ping, 2016, Systematic revision of Aluntiini Emeljanov, 1979 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Dictyopharidae: Dictyopharinae): reclassification, phylogenetic analysis, and biogeography, pp. 349-398 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (2) on page 368, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12319, http://zenodo.org/record/535764
Pygmy grasshoppers of the genus Xistra Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae)
No full textZhang, Rong-Jiao, Deng, Wei-An, Li, Jie-Juan, Lin, Li-Liang (2022): Pygmy grasshoppers of the genus Xistra Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae). Zootaxa 5162 (2): 183-197, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5162.2.
Mobile Social Networking aided content dissemination in heterogeneous networks
No full textSince more and more mobile applications are based on the proliferation of social information, the study of Mobile Social Net-works (MSNs) combines social sciences and wireless communications. Operating wireless networks more efficiently by exploiting social relationships between MSN users is an appealing but challenging option for network operators. An MSN-aided content dissemination technique is presented as a potential ex-tension of conventional cellular wireless net-works in order to satisfy growing data traffic. By allowing the MSN users to create a self-organized ad hoc network for spontaneously disseminating contents, the network operator may be able to reduce the operational costs and simultaneously achieve an improved network performance. In this paper, we first summarize the basic features of the MSN architecture, followed by a survey of the factors which may affect MSN-aided content dissemination. Using a case study, we demonstrate that one can save resources of the Base Station (BS) while substantially lowering content dissemination delay. Finally, other potential applications of MSN-aided content dissemination are introduced, and a range of future challenges are summarized
sj-docx-1-jht-10.1177_10963480231163517 – Supplemental material for A Market Segmentation Study of Solo Travel Intentions and Constraints
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-jht-10.1177_10963480231163517 for A Market Segmentation Study of Solo Travel Intentions and Constraints by Elaine Chiao Ling Yang, Austin Rong Da Liang and Jie Heng Lin in Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research</p
Dipsocus Jie & Liang & Liu 2022, gen. n.
No full textDipsocus gen. n. Type species. Dipsocus fashengi sp. n. Diagnosis. Forewing Sc ending free; Rs and M connected by a crossvein; areola postica nearly trapezoidal; cell m3 normal, not narrowed. Male genitalia: Hypandrium symmetrical, divided into two parts, basal part strongly sclerotized, distal part weakly sclerotized; phallosome ring-like, posteriorly closed. Female genitalia: Epiproct subtriangular; paraproct triangular; subgenital plate with short and distally rounded egg guide, pigmented area slightly sclerotized, roughly T-shaped, stem thread-like and distally bifurcated; gonapophyses: ventral valve slender, dorsal valve broad, pointed at tip, inner margin with strongly sclerotized area at base, external valve with triangular posterior lobe. Distribution. China. Remarks. The new genus can be easily distinguished from the other genera of Thyrsophorini by the male hypandrium divided into two parts, of which the basal part is strongly sclerotized but the distal part is weakly sclerotized; the pigmented area of the female subgenital plate stem is thread-like and distally bifurcated. Etymology. From Greek “ Di- ” (meaning “two”) and “ Psocus ” in reference to the male hypandrium divided into two parts. Gender: Feminine.Published as part of Jie, Lulan, Liang, Feiyang & Liu, Xingyue, 2022, Dipsocus gen. n.: A new bark louse genus of the tribe Thyrsophorini (Psocodea: Psocidae: Psocinae), with description of a new species from China, pp. 94-100 in Zootaxa 5222 (1) on pages 95-96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/745651
Taxonomic study of the genus Zema Fennah (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Tropiduchidae) from China
No full textWang, Rong-Rong, Liang, Ai-Ping (2007): Taxonomic study of the genus Zema Fennah (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Tropiduchidae) from China. Zootaxa 1436: 61-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17587
Su shui ji wen: [16 juan]. v.1
No full text[司馬光].綫裝, 1函.框 19.7x13 公分, 9行22字, 黑口, 左右雙邊, 黑魚尾, 版心上鐫書名, 中鐫卷次, 下鐫"解梁書院'.Xian zhuang, 1 han.Kuang 19.7x13 gong fen, 9 hang 22 zi, hei kou, zuo you shuang bian, hei yu wei, ban xin shang juan shu ming, zhong juan juan ci, xia juan "jie liang shu yuan'.[Sima Guang]
Anyllis spinostylus Liang Body 2005
No full text<i>Anyllis spinostylus</i> Liang <p>(Figures 1I–J)</p> <p> <i>Anyllis spinostylus</i> Liang in Liang et al., 2005: 301–307, figs. 10–16. Holotype male, Australia (Tasmania) (BPBM) [examined].</p> <p> <i>Description</i></p> <p> Length (from apex of vertex to tip of forewings): male (<i>n</i> = 4), 5.8–6.0 mm; female (<i>n</i> = 5), 7.0– 7.2 mm.</p> <p>General colour ochraceous brown, posterior area of pronotum pale fuscous, scutellum with brown suffusion medially; head beneath ochraceous, antennal sockets and flagellar base pale fuscous, rostrum with apical segment brown; thorax beneath ochraceous with pleurae partly brownish; legs ochraceous, claws dark brown, fore and middle tarsi brown, tips of spines on hind tibiae and tarsi black; forewings (Figure 1I,J) fuscous, marked with some stramineous spots or irregular markings, with three hyaline white areas on costal area, the first basal and very narrow, the second near middle and being very short and small, and the third subapical, large and elongate, nearly triangular; hindwings hyaline, covered with brown hairs, veins brown; abdomen dark brown to fuscous with segmental margins ochraceous.</p> <p>External structure as in the generic description. Head (Figure 1I) maximum width (including eyes) 3.2–4.0 times as long as median length. Vertex (Figure 1I) with a distinct median carina, median length 0.4–0.5 times as long as length of pronotum medially. Frons (Figure 1J, also see Liang et al. 2005: 304; fig. 11) in the males moderately bulbous, not strongly compressed laterally, median longitudinal carina indistinct. Pronotum (Figure 1I, also see Liang et al. 2005: 304; fig. 10) with median longitudinal carina obsolete on posterior half, median length 0.6–0.7 times as long as maximum width.</p> <p>Male genitalia with pygofer high, wider ventrally than dorsally, upper posterior end angularly posteriorly produced in lateral view. Anal segments very short and broad, anal style small; basal anal processes robust and straight, with inner edge without fine spines. Subgenital plates very short and small, apically weakly bilobed, outer margin with one very small angular process. Genital styles slender and elongate, angularly expanded laterad medially, apex hook-like in ventral view. Aedeagal shaft distinctly slender and elongate, slightly arched anteriorly in lateral view, anterior– ventral margin with an angular process subapically, upper anterior edge covered with fine spines in lateral view (see Liang et al. 2005: 304; figs 12–16).</p> <p> <i>Material examined</i></p> <p> <i>Holotype</i> male, Australia: Tasmania, Mt Field, Nat. Park, Dobson Lake, 1000 m, 25 December 1960, collected by J.L. Gressitt, deposited in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (BPBM).</p> <p> <i>Paratypes.</i> Australia: two males, Lake Fenton, Mt Field National Park, Tasmania, 1000 m, 42 ◦ 40.6 ′ S, 146 ◦ 37.4 ′ E, 6 December 1999 (J. Keble-Williams), beating <i>Nothofagus cunninghamii</i> (ASCU); two females, same data but collected on 25 January 2000 (ASCU); one male, one female, Mt Arthur, Wellington Range, Tasmania, 1080 m, 42 ◦ 53.0 ′ S, 147 ◦ 13.1 ′ E, 10 February 2000, J. Keble-Williams, beating <i>Nothofagus cunninghamii</i> (ASCU); one female, Tasmania, Mt Field National Park, Lake Dobson Road, 710 m, 2 February 1980 (A. Newton and M. Thayer), <i>Eucalyptus</i>, <i>Nothofagus</i> forest, window trap; [green label]. If designated as holotype specimen must be returned to Australia (AMNH); one female, Tasmania, Hartz Mts NP, Hartz Road, 800 m, 8–10 February [19]80 (A. Newton and M. Thayer), <i>Eucalyptus</i> Scrub, moor edge; beating <i>Eucalyptus</i> sp.; [green label]. If designated as holotype specimen must be returned to Australia (AMNH).</p> <p> <i>Distribution</i></p> <p>Australia (Tasmania).</p> <p> <i>Remarks</i></p> <p> This species can be distinguished from another Tasmanian species <i>A. pseudotiegsi</i> sp. nov. by its relatively elongate body and large size (length male 5.8–6.0 mm, female 7.0– 7.2 mm); vertex with a median carina; pronotum with median carina obsolete on posterior half; forewings (Figure 1I,J) marked with more stramineous spots; genital styles more narrow and slender, apex hook-like in ventral view; and aedeagal shaft elongate and slender (see Liang et al. 2005: 304, figs 12–16).</p>Published as part of <i>Liang, Ai-Ping & Wang, Rong-Rong, 2012, A revision of the endemic Australian spittlebug genus Anyllis Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) with descriptions of two new species, pp. 1005-1023 in Journal of Natural History 46 (15 - 16)</i> on pages 1018-1020, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.651646, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5199722">http://zenodo.org/record/5199722</a>
Zema montana Wang & Liang, sp. nov.
No full textZema montana Wang & Liang, sp. nov. (Figs. 2, 12– 21) Description ɗ, length (from apex of vertex to tip of fore wings) 5.9–7.2 mm; fore wings length: 4.8–5.6 mm. General color brown; two patches on disc of vertex and a narrow, longitudinal stripe beyond median carina on pronotum blackish; frontal disc and clypeus largely fuscous; a broad band overlying fronto-clypeal suture ivory-white; clypeus with two, longitudinal piceous stripes beyond median carina; tip of rostrum fuscous; eyes reddish; most of gena ivory-white, with a blackish patch between eye and lateral margin of vertex and a large circular, black patch below eye; antennae with pedicel black, sensory plaque organs white; pronotum with ventral portion of lateral lobes covered with an oblique, blackish stripe, and the marginal portion ivory-white; mesonotum with irregular, blackish stripes, base of mesoscutellum with fuscous suffusion; legs covered with longitudinal, fuscous stripes on femora, tibiae, pro- and mesotarsi; abdominal sclerites blackish; fore wings transparent, veins brown, apex of clavus with blackish suffusion. Vertex (Fig. 12) distinctly shorter in midline line than breadth at base (2.14: 1). Frons (Fig. 13) longer in middle than the widest breadth (1.44: 1), with a broad callus at anterior margin, longitudinal carina, which between middle line and lateral carina, nearly parallel, uniting with median carina in the broad callus. Clypeus (Figs. 13, 14) with thicken median carina. Male genitalia (Figs. 17–21) relatively large, Periandrium (Figs. 17, 18, 20) large and elongate, symmetrical, with its basal half surrounding basal 1 / 2 of penis; penis slender and elongate, distinctly sinuate, apical half directed posteroventrally in lateral view, apex distinctly forked. Distribution Southwestern China (Yunnan). Remarks This species can be distinguished from Z. gressitti Fennah by the median carina of vertex percurrent (median carina only present in basal two-thirds in Z. gressitti), periandrium symmetrical (periandrium asymmetrical, denticulate on apical margin in Z. gressitti), and penis distinctly sinuate, much longer than that of Z. gressitti (about 4: 3), apex distinctly forked (penis appreciably sinuate, forming a distinctly fork from middle part in Z. gressitti).Published as part of Wang, Rong-Rong & Liang, Ai-Ping, 2007, Taxonomic study of the genus Zema Fennah (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Tropiduchidae) from China, pp. 61-68 in Zootaxa 1436 on pages 66-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17587
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