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Prestige ceramics in Inca Qollasuyu : Production and distribution of imperial and regional ceramics in the southern Andes
No full textAmong the hundreds of polities in the pre- European Americas, the Inca realm stood out for its scale and organizational capacities. By AD 1532, the Incas had created the most sophisticated administration of any indigenous American polity. Built on a pyramid of Inca overlords and provincial ethnic elites, Tawantinsuyu (“The Four Parts United”) encompassed 10–12 million closely tabulated inhabitants from hundreds of distinct ethnic groups (Figure 18.1). Together, they occupied a territory that covered about 1,000,000 km2 in Andean South America.Fil: Williams, Veronica Isabel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Saavedra 15. Instituto de las Culturas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de las Culturas; ArgentinaFil: D'Altroy, Terrence N.. Columbia University; Estados UnidosFil: Neff, Hector. California State University Long Beach. Department of Anthropology; Estados UnidosFil: Speakman, Robert J.. University of Georgia; Estados UnidosFil: Glascock, Michael D.. University of Missouri; Estados Unido
Perdita hooki Portman & Neff, sp. n.
No full textPerdita hooki Portman & Neff, sp. n. Figs. 15 D, 16D, 17E, 18E, 23G, 24H, 35, 36B, 56G, 58M–N Diagnosis. Both sexes of P. hooki have an amber metasoma (Figs. 15 D, 16D). The female can be recognized by the following combination of characters: head very broad (Fig. 18 E), T1 with a very faint white bar medially on the posterior face, and the second medial cell present (e.g. Fig. 4 A). The male can be distinguished by: head large and quadrate (Fig. 17 E), clypeus and transverse paraocular marks white or yellowish-white, mandibles bent and lacking a modified tip, and pygidial plate broadly truncate (Fig. 23 G). Description of female. Length: 3.4 mm. Forewing length: 1.9 mm. Coloration. Head (Fig. 18 E) and mesosoma base color black with bluish metallic luster; clypeus brown with medial white stripe which may be more or less reduced; supraclypeal mark brown; paraocular mark white, transverse, not reaching level of summit of clypeus; mandible amber, tip reddish; labrum brown; scape dark brown, more or less lightened on apex; antenna brown dorsally, tan ventrally; pronotal collar and pronotal lobe dark brown; legs dark brown except tan on anterior leg with joint of femur and tibia, anterior face of tibia, and all distal tarsi; wing veins dark brown; metasoma amber (Fig. 16 D), sometimes darkened to black on apical segments; T1 generally with obscure basomedial white bar; T2 fovea dark brown; pygidial plate brown. Structure and vestiture. Head much broader than long (Fig. 18 E); lateral areas and circle around antennal socket covered in dense recumbent white pubescence, vertex with sparse erect pubescence; eyes parallel; facial fovea straight, parallel to eye, linear, extending from level of middle of antennal socket halfway to apex of eye; mandible simple; labrum quadrate, slightly less than 2X broader than long; disc of clypeus broader than high, convex, apically protruding 1 OD from face; lateral extension reaching 1/3 distance to base of mandible; venter of head with abundant inward-facing broadly hooked hairs; mesosoma strongly tessellate, impunctate, slightly shiny; pronotal collar slightly impressed, humeral angle weak; mesepisternum and margins of scutum sparsely covered with combination of recumbent and erect white pubescence; fore coxa and venter of mesepisternum with abundant, broadly hooked hairs; apex of mid tibia with some short, thick, curved setae; forewing with second medial cell present; metasoma suboval, wide basally, tapering apically, widest at T3 (Fig. 16 CD; terga tessellate and impunctate, dullish on discs; T2 fovea short, linear, slightly thickened, 1/3 length of T2; pygidial plate triangular, apex bluntly pointed (Fig. 24 G); hairs of prepygidial fimbria thickened, dense. Description of male. Length: 2.8 mm. Forewing length: 1.8 mm. Coloration. Head (Fig. 17 E) and mesosoma base color black with bluish or greenish metallic luster; clypeus white, sometimes with pair of vertical sublateral brown stripes; supraclypeal mark white, transverse, often reduced or absent; paraocular mark white, transverse, reaching level of summit of clypeus; mandible tan or amber, tip reddish; labrum tan or amber; scape dark brown, lightened on apical tip; antenna light brown dorsally, tan ventrally; pronotal collar brown laterally; pronotal lobe brown, slightly lightened to tan dorsally; legs dark brown except tan on anterior fore tibia, joints of tibiae and femora, and distal tarsi; wing veins dark brown; metasoma uniformly amber (Fig. 15 D); T2 fovea dark brown; pygidial plate amber or brown. Structure and vestiture. Head quadrate, much broader than long (Fig. 17 E); face with appressed white pubescence encircling antennal base; eyes parallel; mandible simple, strongly bent medially, bend approaching 90 degree angle (Fig. 17 E), mandible length extending to far side of labrum in repose; labrum quadrate, 1.5X broader than long; disc of clypeus broader than high, slightly convex, apically protruding less than 1 OD from face; lateral extension reaching 1/4 distance to base of mandible; head with fine, sparse, pubescence ventrally; mesosoma strongly tessellate, impunctate, slightly shiny; pronotal collar slightly impressed, humeral angle weak; mesepisternum and margins of scutum sparsely covered with combination of recumbent and erect white pubescence; hind tibia with sparse, very short thickened hairs; metasoma broader than mesosoma, oval, wide basally, tapering apically, widest at T2/T3 (Fig. 16 D); terga tessellate and impunctate; T2 fovea linear, slightly thickened, 1/3 length of T2; pygidial plate broadly triangular, apex very broadly truncate (Fig. 23 G); hairs of prepygidial fimbria sparse and slightly thickened laterally. Terminalia. S8 (Fig. 56 G) with spiculum triangular, lateral apodemes prominent, flexed upwards; apical portion moderately convex, longer than broad, sides diverging slightly before converging at apex, apex strongly folded over at a right angle dorsally with slight carina at location of fold, folded-over area with prominent rounded medial emargination apically; sparse short hairs ventrally; circle of thinned cuticle medially. Genital capsule as in Figs. 58 M–N. Gonostyli separated dorsally by broad U-shape; lobes of gonostylus nearly equal in length, extending well below level of penis valve; dorsal lobe constricted basally, expanding apically into large, broad, rounded club, ventral lobe relatively narrow with few minute hairs on apex; volsella extending slightly beyond level of gonostylus; cuspis with multiple spicules on outer margin of apex; digitus short, narrow with single spicule apically; penis valve large and long, extending well beyond level of rest of genitalia, fused basally before splitting at level of gonostylus, apices sharply diverging and ending in relatively narrow point; endophallus with wavy internal structures, extending just beyond level of splitting of penis valve. Floral records. Boraginaceae (11 ♂ 18 ♀): Tiquilia hispidissima 1 ♂ 1 ♀, T. mexicana 10 ♂ 17 ♀. Phenology. July to September. The limited phenology may be an artifact of the few collection events. Distribution. Chihuahuan Desert (Fig. 36 B), USA and Mexico. Type material. Holotype data: ♀, TEXAS: Terrell Co.: Dryden, 8 mi SE (29.9732 -102.0173): 28 Aug 1974, G.E. Bohart, W.J. Hanson (BBSL, accession no. 141859). Paratype data: (14 ♂ 36 ♀) MEXICO: Coahuila: Cuatro-Cienegas Prot. Area; Site E 3; ~ 13 km SE Cuatrocienegas; gypsum flat with sinkholes (26.87167 - 102.01813): 1 ♂ 1 ♀, 22 Jul 2010, K. Wright, Tiquilia hispidissima (MSBA). San Luis Potosi: Matehuala, 67 mi S (23.0595 -100.632): 1 ♂, 30 Aug 1974, G.E. Bohart, W. Hanson. TEXAS: Terrell Co.: Dryden, 16 mi N (30.25 -102.017): 1 ♀, 9 Sep 2012, J.L. Neff, T. mexicana; Dryden, 17 mi E (29.9038 -101.8716): 2 ♀, 22 Aug 2008, J.L. Neff, T. mexicana; Dryden, 2 mi N (30.071 -102.104): 1 ♂ 1 ♀, 9 Sep 2012, J.L. Neff, T. mexicana; Dryden, 20 mi E (29.9016 -101.8378): 1 ♂, 22 Aug 2008, J.L. Neff, T. mexicana; Dryden, 24 mi E (29.9008 -101.7844): 5 ♂ 2 ♀, 15 Aug 2008, J.L. Neff, A. Hook, T. Mexicana (1 ♂ 1 ♀ at each of AMNH, TAMU; 1 ♂ at each of CAS, SEMC, USNM); 3 ♂ 7 ♀, 22 Aug 2008, J.L. Neff, T. mexicana (1 ♀ at each of CAS, SEMC, USNM; 3 ♂ 4 ♀ at CTMI); Dryden, 8 mi SE (29.9732 -102.0173): 2 ♂ 22 ♀, 28 Aug 1974, G.E. Bohart, W.J. Hanson (1 ♀ UCRC). Additional material examined. Total specimens: 4 ♀. TEXAS: Terrell Co.: Dryden, 16 mi N (30.25 - 102.017): 1 ♀, 9 Sep 2012, J.L. Neff, Tiquilia mexicana; Dryden, 24 mi E (29.9008 -101.7844): 1 ♀, 15 Aug 2008, J.L. Neff, A. Hook, T. mexicana; 2 ♀, 22 Aug 2008, J.L. Neff, T. mexicana. Etymology. The species is named for Dr. Allan Hook, an avid student of aculeate Hymenoptera, who has collected many interesting species of Texas bees, including part of the type series of this species. Remarks. Perdita hooki is the southernmost occurring Heteroperdita, with a single male collected in San Luis Potosi.Published as part of Portman, Zachary M., Neff, John L. & Griswold, Terry, 2016, Taxonomic revision of Perdita subgenus Heteroperdita Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), with descriptions of two ant-like males, pp. 1-97 in Zootaxa 4214 (1) on pages 50-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4214.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/25308
An Incremental Multimodal Realizer for Behavior Co-Articulation and Coordination
Get PDFvan Welbergen H, Reidsma D, Kopp S. An Incremental Multimodal Realizer for Behavior Co-Articulation and Coordination. In: Nakano Y, Neff M, Paiva A, Walker M, eds. Intelligent virtual agents : 12th international conference, proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol 7502. Berlin ; Heidelberg: Springer; 2012: 175-188
Dr. Stanley and Beverly Neff
No full textBlack and white photograph of Doctor Stanley D. Neff and his wife, Beverly
NEFF of the four monomers and consensus chain from the 1gme pdb, corresponding to the small Heat Shock Proteins (sHSPs).
No full textThe x-axis of the charts correspond to the 148 fragment numbers and the y-axis to the NEFF values, from 1 to 27. Each bar is colored according to the NEFF value legend. The charts (a), (b), (c), (d) correspond to the NEFF values for the four monomer chains A, B, C and D and the chart (e), in a red box to the consensus encoding of the four monomers.</p
Wichita, Kansas, as a broom-corn market
No full textBiographical Note: Frank A. Neff was a prominent figure in the early history of the University of Wichita, serving as the founding dean of the College of Business Administration and Industry when it was established in 1926. He held degrees from Lafayette College and Harvard University. Neff led the college for 25 years, stepping down in 1950. Under his leadership, the college became known for its innovative co-operative education program, in which students alternated between classroom instruction and professional work experience.
In recognition of his contributions, the college moved into Neff Hall in 1951, the university’s first post-war academic building, named in his honor. Neff Hall has since housed the Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology (since 1999) and remains a landmark on the Wichita State University campus, although it is slated for demolition by 2027 as part of campus renovations.
Frank A. Neff was born on June 11, 1879, in Slatington, Pennsylvania, and died on May 8, 1961, in Wichita, Kansas. He played a central role in shaping business education at the University of Wichita, a legacy that continued as the institution evolved into Wichita State University
MeSH term explosion and author rank improve expert recommendations
Get PDFInformation overload is an often-cited phenomenon that reduces the productivity, efficiency and efficacy of scientists. One challenge for scientists is to find appropriate collaborators in their research. The literature describes various solutions to the problem of expertise location, but most current approaches do not appear to be very suitable for expert recommendations in biomedical research. In this study, we present the development and initial evaluation of a vector space model-based algorithm to calculate researcher similarity using four inputs: 1) MeSH terms of publications; 2) MeSH terms and author rank; 3) exploded MeSH terms; and 4) exploded MeSH terms and author rank. We developed and evaluated the algorithm using a data set of 17,525 authors and their 22,542 papers. On average, our algorithms correctly predicted 2.5 of the top 5/10 coauthors of individual scientists. Exploded MeSH and author rank outperformed all other algorithms in accuracy, followed closely by MeSH and author rank. Our results show that the accuracy of MeSH term-based matching can be enhanced with other metadata such as author rank
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