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Westwoodia rodmani Wharton and Roeder, n. sp.
No full textWestwoodia rodmani Wharton and Roeder, n. sp. (Figs 1 –2, 17, 25, 31, 37, 40) Description Male. Head (Figs 1 –2, 17): Face rugose, smooth laterally in holotype, coarsely granular-punctate throughout in paratype. Clypeus transversely wrinkled, more heavily so on ventral half than dorsal half; ventral margin truncate and weakly carinate medially, almost evenly rounded laterally; epistomal sulcus weakly indicated. Eye small, in lateral view 0.7 X length of temple; malar space in frontal view 0.4 X eye height, 0.6– 0.7 X basal width of mandible; malar space weakly rugulose in holotype, rugose in paratype, gena very sparsely and weakly punctate. Frontal depression shallow; lateral swelling of frons weak, rugulose above, inner margin irregularly carinate; frons medially extensively rugose, without trace of carina or elevated flange, with pair of low, irregular, more or less parallel ridges on either side of midline. Occipital carina complete and well-developed throughout, curving gradually towards mandible ventrally, with sharply angled junction of occipital and hypostomal carinae shorter than in other species. Antenna with 34 flagellomeres, flagellum approximately 1.3 X longer than fore wing; flagellomeres slender, first flagellomere 4.3–4.4 X longer than wide, 1.1 X longer than second, densely setose; second flagellomere 3.8–4.1 X longer than wide; 10 th flagellomere 2.5–2.6 X longer than wide. Mesosoma (Figs 25, 31, 37, 40): Dorsolateral margin of pronotum impunctate, weakly shagreened. Notauli narrow and deep throughout, ending posteriorly in broad, shallow, longitudinally strigose median depression (median depression destroyed by pin in holotype); median lobe of mesoscutum not elevated above lateral lobes. Mesopleuron largely coarsely punctate to rugulose-punctate except smooth and polished posteriorly above mesopleural fovea; sparsely setose ventrally, glabrous dorsally. Propodeum with pleural carina distinct, well-developed throughout; longitudinal carinae well-developed apically, curving laterally nearly to spiracle in paratype; propodeum transversely wrinkled between spiracles in paratype, nearly smooth in holotype. Fore wing areolet distinctly petiolate, 2 m-cu arising from proximal 0.35 in holotype and proximal 0.60 in paratype; 1 cu-a weakly antefurcal to interstitial; CU 1 a inclivous, forming nearly straight line with 2 cu-a. Fore basitarsus 7.4–7.8 X longer than mid-width, 2.5 X longer than fifth tarsomere; third and fourth tarsomeres of fore leg 4.0– 4.1 and 2.1 X longer than wide, respectively; hind basitarsus 8.0– 8.5 X longer than wide; fore and hind tibia densely setose, setae more sparsely arrayed (especially distally), stouter, and more erect anteriorly than posteriorly; fore and hind tarsomeres 1–4 slightly compressed, densely setose throughout, with very small, almost imperceptible pads at apex of each tarsomere. Inner hind tibial spur longer than apical width of tibia. Metasoma: Petiole without groove or depression mesad spiracle; dorsal carina obsolescent. Color: Body entirely orange except mandibular teeth dark brown. Wings hyaline; fore wing stigma brown. Body length: approximately 13 mm; fore wing 9.3–9.5 mm. Host: Unknown. Material examined. Holotype ɗ (WAMP) [AUSTRALIA,] DENMARK WESTERN AUSTRALIA 19 JAN 1984 R. P. MCMILLAN; second label = AT LIGHT (MV) AT NIGHT; third label = Western Australian Museum Entomology Reg no 26618; fourth label = Westwoodia det. MW SHORT 2000. Paratype: 1 ɗ (QMBA): WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Mundaring, J. Clark. Diagnosis First flagellomere of antenna moderately densely setose (more dense than W. ruficeps but less dense than W. longipes); interantennal flange absent, without trace of median carina; weak lateral swelling of frons irregularly carinate on inner margin; face at least medially and frons heavily sculptured; occipital carina complete, distinctly developed throughout; shape of female tarsomeres unknown; fore wing stigma brown; fore wing areolet present, with 2 m-cu variable in origin; body entirely orange. Distinguished from all other species of Westwoodia by the rugose face and entirely orange body with hyaline wings. Remarks This species, known only from the southwestern corner of Australia, does not appear to be closely related to the other described species because of the more heavily sculptured body and unique coloration. It is the only species with hyaline wings. The first flagellomere is more densely covered with setae than in W. ruficeps but less so than other species described here. The inner hind tibial spur is also longer in this species than in the others treated here but is difficult to measure accurately on intact specimens. As in W. romani and W. longipes, there is no interantennal flange, and the frons is at most shallowly impressed. The low, somewhat irregular, parallel ridges on the frons may be remnants of the interantennal flanges seen in other species, but these are not easily distinguished from the rugose sculpture of the frons and appear situated slightly differently than the diverging carinae of species such as W. romani. The paratype differs from the holotype in several respects, but we consider the variation to be in line with that observed in W. ruficeps. The face, including the malar space, is more heavily and extensively sculptured (granular-punctate throughout), as is the propodeum. Fore wing 2 m-cu is also more distally displaced in the paratype, and 1 cu-a is interstitial rather than weakly antefurcal. The paratype is not well preserved. Both antennae are broken, the right fore and hind leg are missing, and the apical tarsomeres are missing on all remaining legs. Setal patterns are difficult to discern because of damage, dirt, and grease. Etymology This species, having several unique characteristics and known only from the male, is named in honor of Jim Rodman for his contributions to systematic biology.Published as part of Wharton, Robert A., Roeder, Karl & Yoder, Matthew J., 2008, A monograph of the genus Westwoodia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 1855 on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18350
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
No full textWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Cost-effectiveness analysis of recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone alfa(r-hFSH) and urinary highly purified menopausal gonadotropin (hMG) based on data from a large German registry
No full textThis was a retrospective real-world evidence analysis of the costs per live birth for reference recombinant human follicle-stimulating hormone alfa (r-hFSH-alfa) versus highly purified urinary human menopausal gonadotropin (hMG-HP), based on data from a German in vitro fertilization registry (RecDate). Pregnancy and live birth rates from the RecDate real-world evidence study over three complete assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles using the same gonadotropin drug were used as clinical inputs. Costs related to ART treatment and to drugs were obtained from public sources. Treatment with r-hFSH-alfa resulted in higher adjusted cumulative live birth rates versus hMG-HP after one (25.3% vs. 22.3%), two (30.9% vs. 27.5%), and three (31.9% vs. 28.6%) ART cycles. Costs per live birth were lower with r-hFSH-alfa versus hMG-HP after one (€17,938 vs. €20,054), two (€18,251 vs. €20,437), and three (€18,473 vs. €20,680) ART cycles. r-hFSH-alfa was found to be a cost-effective strategy compared with hMG-HP over three cycles
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Greenwood, Foster, and Romani: Archaeological Study of CA-VEN-110, California; and Roeder: Archaeological Study of CA-VEN-110, Ventura, California: Fish Remains
No full textArchaeological Study of CA_VEN-110, California Roberta S. Greenwood, John M. Foster, and Gwendolyn R. Romani. Pacific Palisades: Greenwood and Associates, 1986, v + 273 pp., 14 figs., 24 tables, 9 apprentices, no price given (paper). Archaeological Study of CA-VEN-110, Ventura, California: Fish Remains Mark A. Roeder. Pacific Palisades: Greenwood and Associates, 1987, i+ 26 pp., 1 fig., 12 tables, 9 appendices, no price given (paper)
Westwoodia romani Wharton and Roeder, n. sp.
No full textWestwoodia romani Wharton and Roeder, n. sp. (Figs 7 –8, 10, 13, 15, 26, 30, 34, 42, 52 –53, 62) Description Female. Head (Figs 7 –8, 10, 13, 15): Face largely polished, rarely somewhat matt, densely punctate and setose medially, sparsely and finely punctate laterally. Clypeus moderately but weakly punctate, otherwise unsculptured; ventral margin broadly truncate and carinate medially, abruptly angled laterally; epistomal sulcus distinct. Eye in lateral view 1.2–1.5 X longer than temple; malar space in frontal view 0.3–0.4 X eye height, about 0.8 X basal width of mandible; malar space sparsely to moderately punctate and setose, gena sparsely and weakly punctate. Frontal depression distinct; lateral swelling of frons moderately well-developed (more so than in W. rodmani but less so than in W. gauldi), smoother and punctate anteriorly, punctate and shagreened posteriorly, inner margin carinate; frons medially with median carina low, poorly developed anteriorly, absent posteriorly, with distinct pair of elevated carinae diverging posteriorly from posterior end of short median carina resulting in Y-shaped set of frontal carinae. Occipital carina complete and well-developed throughout, curving abruptly towards mandible ventrally. Antenna with 47–49 flagellomeres, flagellum approximately 1.3–1.4 X longer than fore wing; first flagellomere 2.9–3.4 X longer than wide, 1.2–1.3 X longer than second, densely setose; second flagellomere 2.3–2.7 X longer than wide; 10 th flagellomere 1.7 –2.0X longer than wide. Mesosoma (Figs 26, 30, 34, 42– 43): Dorsolateral margin of pronotum moderately and weakly punctate, mostly smooth and polished. Notauli broad, deep at anterior margin, short, not extending posteriorly onto dorsal surface of mesoscutal disc, with only faint indication of median depression posteriorly; median lobe of mesoscutum very weakly elevated above lateral lobes anteriorly. Mesopleuron weakly punctate and densely setose except smooth and polished posteriorly above and below mesopleural fovea. Propodeum moderately densely to densely setose medially; pleural carina indistinct, poorly developed throughout; longitudinal carinae well-developed apically, shorter than in other species. Fore wing areolet distinctly petiolate, 2 m-cu arising before middle, from proximal 0.30–0.45; 1 cu-a interstitial, rarely postfurcal; CU 1 a inclivous, forming straight line with 2 cu-a. Fore basitarsus 6.1–6.6 X longer than mid-width, 2.0X longer than fifth tarsomere; second tarsomere of fore leg 4.0– 5.2 X longer than wide; hind basitarsus 7.6–7.8 X longer than wide, 3.4 X longer than fifth tarsomere; second tarsomere of hind leg 3.6 –4.0X longer than wide; fore tibia densely setose, setae slightly more stout anteriorly than posteriorly, hind tibia densely setose throughout; fore and hind tarsomeres 1–4 compressed but slender, densely setose throughout, with very small, almost imperceptible pads at apex of each tarsomere. Metasoma (Fig. 62): Petiole without groove or depression mesad spiracle; dorsal carina obsolescent except at base. Color: Head yellow to yellow-orange; mandibular teeth, frons medially, and ocellar triangle black; antenna dark brown to black. Mesosoma black; fore and hind wings distinctly infumate, stigma dark brown; fore leg coxa and at least part of trochanter dark brown, remainder yellow with apical tarsomere usually yellow-brown, tarsus of middle leg varying from yellow to yellow-brown; hind leg including tarsus dark brown to black. Petiole of metasoma largely very pale yellow to pale reddish, with darker, often black, crescentshaped transverse stripe medially; T 2 very pale yellow to pale reddish with dark, irregular, transverse stripe anteriomedially; T 3–7 black with apical margin yellow; penultimate sternite with black blotches laterally, sternum otherwise very pale yellow to pale reddish. Male (Figs 52–53) as in female except: eye in lateral view 1.0– 1.1 X length of temple; malar space weakly rugulose. Fore basitarsus 7.8 X longer than mid-width, 1.8 X longer than fifth tarsomere; third and fourth tarsomeres of fore leg 3.8 and 2.6 X longer than wide, respectively; hind basitarsus 9.4 X longer than wide. Color as in female except sternum as in W. longipes. Body length: approximately 10.7–14.7 mm; fore wing 11–15 mm. Host: Perga dorsalis Leach from either Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. or E. leucoxylon F. Muell. (1 paratype from Naracoorte, see Weinstein & Austin 1995). Material examined. Holotype Ψ (ANIC): [AUSTRALIA,] Canberra A C T 11 Mar 1960 E F Riek; second label = Westwoodia det. I. D. Gauld, 1984. Paratypes: 1 Ψ 1 ɗ (ANIC) VICTORIA, Ringwood, Brood 57, emerged 11–12.iii. 1936, J.W. Raff; 1 Ψ (WINC) SOUTH AUSTRALIA, Naracoo[r]te, emerged 7.iv. 1984, Colony 9, P. Weinstein, ex pupa Perga dorsalis. Diagnosis First flagellomere of antenna densely setose throughout; tall interantennal flange absent, replaced by low but well-developed Y-shaped carina; lateral swelling of frons with carinate inner margin especially welldeveloped near ocelli; face distinctly punctate medially; occipital carina complete, distinctly developed throughout; female with tarsomeres of fore leg long, slender, and flattened, not appreciably different from male; fore wing stigma dark brown; fore wing areolet present, with 2 m-cu arising proximal to middle; fore tarsus orange to yellow-orange, hind tarsus dark brown, mesosoma black, metasoma dorsally, except for apical margin of terga, white to reddish basally, largely black apically. Distinguished from all other species of Westwoodia by the combination of a densely setose occiput, presence of a sharply defined occipital carina (Fig. 15), and an interantennal carina that is not elevated as a prominent flange medially (Fig. 13). This species is very similar to W. longipes based on the sculptural details of the interantennal area and frons and the setal pattern on the occiput. Remarks The occipital region is more densely setose in the few specimens available for study than it is in other species. However, this area is difficult to see without removing the head, and many of the specimens are in poor condition. Thus, this character needs to be examined more closely with additional, fresh material to assure that it is not an artifact of the preservation of the material at hand. The setal pattern on the meso- and metapleuron was variable, but much of this variation can probably be attributed to specimen quality. One specimen from Adelaide, South Australia is somewhat intermediate between this species and W. longipes and is discussed under the treatment of the latter. This is one of only two species of Westwoodia with host data.Published as part of Wharton, Robert A., Roeder, Karl & Yoder, Matthew J., 2008, A monograph of the genus Westwoodia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 1855 on pages 14-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18350
"Closing the R&D Gap, Evaluating the Sources of R&D Spending"
No full textBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. He also explores possible changes to our current R&D policy to make it more effective.
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
Letter from R. R. Zellick, Assistant Trust Officer, Anglo California National Bank of San Francisco, to Joseph R. Goodman, October 2, 1942
No full textLetter from R. R. Zellick, Assistant Trust Officer at The Anglo California National Bank of San Francisco, to Joseph R. Goodman, regarding property owned by Dave Tatsuno. Zellick mentions a dispute between current tenants and Tatsuno, and that Tatsuno has asked Goodman to help locate trustworthy tenants.Personal correspondence, organizational records, government documents, publications, and other papers created or collected by Joseph R. Goodman documenting the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II, as well as organized resistance to incarceration. Included in the collection are records of the Japanese Young Men's Christian Association and the Japanese American Citizens' League in San Francisco, including papers of the Japanese YMCA's executive secretary Lincoln Kanai; Sakai family papers; Goodman's correspondence to and from Japanese American incarcerees, organizations opposing forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans, the War Relocation Authority, and others; publications, photographs, and ephemera from the Topaz Relocation Center, where Goodman taught high school; War Relocation Authority records and publications; and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and reports about forced removal and incarceration created by various government, religious, and civic organizations, in California and nationwide
Facial Visualizations of Women's Voices Suggest a Cross-Modality Preference for Femininity
No full textWomen with higher-pitched voices and more feminine facial features are commonly judged as being more attractive than are women with lower-pitched voices and less feminine faces, possibly because both features are affected by (age-related) variations in endocrine status. These results are primarily derived from investigations of perceptions of variations in single-modality stimuli (i.e., faces or voices) in samples of young adult women. In the present study we sought to test whether male and female perceptions of women's voices affect visual representations of facial femininity. Eighty men and women judged voice recordings of 10 young girls (11-15 years), 10 adult women (19-28 years) and 10 peri-/post-menopausal women (50-64 years) on age, attractiveness, and femininity. Another 80 men and women were asked to indicate the face they think each voice corresponded to using a video that gradually changed from a masculine looking male face into a feminine looking female face. Both male and female participants perceived voices of young girls and adult women to be significantly younger, more attractive and feminine than those of peri-/post-menopausal women. Hearing young girls' and adult women's voices resulted in both men and women selecting faces that differed markedly in apparent femininity from those associated with peri-/post-menopausal women's voices. Voices of young girls had the strongest effect on visualizations of facial femininity. Our results suggest a cross-modal preference for women's vocal and facial femininity, which depends on female age and is independent of the perceiver's sex
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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