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Phaenandrogomphus safei Dow & Luke, 2015, sp. nov.
No full textPhaenandrogomphus safei sp. nov. (Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) Material. Holotype: ♂, Malaysia, Sabah, Kalabakan Forest Reserve, 4 ̊ 43 ’N, 117 ̊ 37 ’E, 29 iv 2013, leg. S. H. Luke. To be deposited at the Forest Research Centre, Sepilok, Sabah. Etymology. safei, a noun in the genitive case, formed from the acronym of the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) Project, where the type specimen was collected. Description of holotype male. Head (Figs. 3–4): Labium pale grey centrally, whitish basally and laterally, black along free margin of median lobe and narrowly on apical outer margin of palps. Labrum black with pair of broad pale markings in upper half, narrowly divided centrally. Mandible bases pale, genae mostly olivaceous. Anteclypeus with lower margin slightly concave (Fig. 3), greyish-green coloured. Postclypeus mostly black with pair of pale lateral marks. Ante- and postfrons not very sharply divided, black with green transverse stripe on anterior half of postfrons (Fig. 4). Vertex and occiput mostly black to very dark brown, with poorly defined paler areas behind median ocellus and between eyes at level of their closest approach to one another. Pair of tubercles behind lateral ocelli; ocelli pale yellowish. Thorax: Prothorax almost entirely dark brown and black, except anterior pronotal lobe, where central part of anterior carina and area behind pale. Synthorax dark brown to black with pale yellow-green markings as follows (Figs. 5–6): short mesothoracic collar, narrowly divided at mid-dorsal carina, joined to narrow antehumeral stripes that extend beyond level of apex of antealar triangle, terminating just short of antealar carina. Small spot below antehumeral marking on mespisternum, near antealar carina. Stripe running length of mesepimeron. Metepisternum with stripe running below spiracle from metinfraepisternum, separated from ca triangular spot at antealar carina. A broad stripe occupying all of metepimeron except narrowly below metapleural suture. Mesinfraepisternum mostly dark brown, metinfraepisternum pale. Venter pale with brown stripe on either side. Legs robust and relatively short with posterior femur not reaching base of S 1. Coxae mostly pale, trochanters brown and black, flexor surface of anterior femora, and distal ca one-third of flexor surface of middle femora pale, rest mostly black. Wings (Figs. 7–8): Sectors of arculus separated at origin with 2 cross veins before first bifurcation of superior sector in Fw and 1 in Hw. Discoidal field with 2 rows of cells from origin to level of nodus in both wings. 13 (left) or 15 (right) Ax in Fw, 9 (left) or 10 (right) in Hw, 8 (left) or 9 (right) Px in Fw, 8 (left) or 9 (right) in Hw. Pt very dark brown, covering just over 4 underlying cells in Fw, ca 4 - 1 / 2 underlying cells in Hw. Abdomen: Slender after base of S 3, expanding moderately from base of S 7, maximum width and height reached apical part of S 8, then almost constant. Black with pale markings as follows (Fig. 1): S 1 mostly pale yellowish laterally. S 2 pale yellowish around and including auricle laterally, except free margin of auricle, another yellowish lateral mark placed posteriorly, narrow yellowish mid-dorsal stripe. S 3–6 with small dorso-lateral markings at base, divided dorsally. S 3–4 with small elongate oval yellow mark mid-dorsally, this reduced to small spot on S 5 and absent on S 6. S 7 with more extensive yellow dorso-lateral marking at base, occupying slightly less than two-thirds of tergite and narrowly divided dorsally. S 8–10 entirely black. Cerci (Figs. 14–15) curved down and moderately dorso-ventrally expanded in apical ca one-third, bearing robust teeth on inner edge apically. Pale brown at base, darkening towards apices, especially on upper surface where almost black. Epiproct (Figs. 14, 16) black, shorter than cerci, deeply divided, branches running approximately parallel on their inner margins for almost their entire length, apices pointed and slightly out-turned. In lateral view (Fig. 14) branches curved downward for short distance from base, then straightening, with upper margin abruptly raised at this point, before curving upwards again at ca two-thirds length, finally straightening again apically, where upper margin gently concave before apex. Accessory genitalia as shown in Figs. 11–13, with anterior hamule moderate sized, directed posteroventrally, apical half narrow and hook shaped, penis with terminal segment (Figs. 11–12) divided centrally and bearing cornua, penis vesicle moderately large, but not extending ventrally beyond level of hamuli, its posterior apex only weakly bifurcate (Fig. 13). Measurements [mm]: Hw 26, abdomen without anal appendages 31.5, cerci ca 3, epiproct ca 2.7. Diagnosis. A moderately small gomphid (Figure 1), brightly coloured in life. It differs from all other Phaenandrogomphus species except P. treadawayi in having a smaller penis vesicle with posterior part of apex much less strongly bifurcated (compare with Fig. 3 in Lieftinck (1964)). It also differs in the form of the anterior hamule, which in the mainland species, while ventrally directed at base, makes an abrupt turn posteriad shortly after it emerges from the genital fossa. Additional differences from the mainland species include the less extensive pale markings on thorax and abdomen and sectors of arculus well separated at origin. P. safei can be separated from P. treadawayi by the accessory genitalia with terminal hooked part of anterior hamule longer and penis vesicle differently shaped in lateral view, more flattened terminal segment of the penis, the markings of the synthorax, the more downcurved and expanded apical part of the cerci with large apical teeth, and the epiproct which has the upper margin expanded abruptly and is upturned more apically than in P. treadawayi. Remarks. The holotype was found flying over a shallow stream, approximately 2 km downstream from its source, and flowing through lowland dipterocarp forest that had previously been selectively logged several times. The stream channel was fairly open following a large flooding event in 2011 that caused long distance transport of logs and extensive erosion of stream banks. In life the pale markings of the synthorax were more blue-green than yellow and the eyes were blue.Published as part of Dow, Rory A. & Luke, Sarah H., 2015, Phaenandrogomphus safei, a new species from Sabah, northern Borneo (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae), pp. 145-150 in Zootaxa 3905 (1) on pages 145-149, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/23547
Diffusive author(s), cohesive author: Analysis of S/N (1994)
No full textThis study indicates the ways in which various aspects of the author(s) are brought forth in Dumb type’s performance art, the S/N production. Previous research has suggested a non-hierarchical organization of Dumb type and the absence of a “privileged author” in Dumb type’s collaborative work, S/N. However, the results that I have investigated from member’s interviews on the creative process of S/N along with my analysis of the recorded images of S/N, indicate a different aspect of the author(s). First, S/N was created through, so to speak, the collective ideas of the members of Dumb type. Further, S/N has at least nine quotations from previous performances, installations, and printed writings, besides the work-in-progress technique. Explicating one of the “author functions” as given by Michel Foucault, each text has plural subjects of the author. However, it has been revealed from members’ interviews that Teiji Furuhashi had a decision-making role in selecting the members’ ideas within the performance. Since then, S/N has had plural subjects of creation; however, Furuhashi is one of the subjects of creation along with the “privileged author.” S/N has plural authors (diffusive authors) yet at the same time, it has a “privileged author,” Teiji Furuhashi (cohesive author)
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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
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No full textCan archives of audiovisual TV interviews be used to make authors more visible to students, and thereby reduce the learning gap between native and non-native language speakers in college classes? We examined students in a college course who learned about one scholar's ideas through watching an audiovisual TV interview (i.e., visible author format) and about another scholar's ideas through reading a formal text description (i.e., invisible author format). For the invisible author, native language speakers scored significantly higher than the non-native language speakers on a corresponding exam question (i.e., a cognitive measure), generated more words on the exam question (i.e., a motivational measure), and mentioned the author's name more often in answering the exam question (i.e., an affective measure). For the visible author, the groups did not differ on any of these measures. These findings provide evidence for the idea that making the author visible through audiovisual TV interviews can eliminate the learning gap between native and non-native language speakers. 3 Universities around the world serve students who are non-native speakers of th
The vanishing author in computer-generated works: a critical analysis of recent Australian case law
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The use of software is ubiquitous in the creation of many copyright works, yet the requirement in copyright law that every work have a human author who engages in independent intellectual effort means that its use may prevent copyright subsistence. Several recent Australian cases have refocused attention on authorship as an essential criterion of copyright subsistence, and these cases suggest that much computer-produced output may be authorless and thus lack copyright protection. This article, the first in a two-part series, analyses how each case deals with the question of authorship of computer-produced works and why the use of software diminishes copyright protection for a significant number of computer-generated works. The article critiques the application of conventional notions of human authorship developed in the pre-computer age to modern productions and suggests alternative approaches to authorship that satisfy both the major objectives of copyright policy and the need to adapt to the computer age. The article argues that, without a broader judicial approach to authorship of computer-generated works, Parliament must remedy the lacuna in protection for these ‘authorless’ works. Possible solutions for reform are suggested. In a forthcoming article, the author comprehensively examines those reform proposals
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
An Author´s Existence
No full textThis bachelor´s thesis represents a sort of personal looking back vhich goes in two parallel lines - looking for oneself in artistic circles and looking for one own creative approach to the life and pedagogy. The work is divided into three parts. First part maps the author´s (not only) family background, in the second part the author leads us through a period of searching and trying to understand oneself through studying artistic and psychosomatic disciplines and the third integrating part concentrates on the present moment as a point of departure for work with the voice and voice pedagogy
Model based defect characterization in composites
Full text linkWork is reported on model-based defect characterization in CFRP composites. The work utilizes computational models of the interaction of NDE probing energy fields (ultrasound and thermography), to determine 1) the measured signal dependence on material and defect properties (forward problem), and 2) an assessment of performance-critical defect properties from analysis of measured NDE signals (inverse problem). Work is reported on model implementation for inspection of CFRP laminates containing multi-ply impact-induced delamination, with application in this paper focusing on ultrasound. A companion paper in these proceedings summarizes corresponding activity in thermography. Inversion of ultrasound data is demonstrated showing the quantitative extraction of damage properties.This proceeding may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing.
This proceeding appeared in Roberts, R., and S. Holland. "Model based defect characterization in composites." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1806, no. 1, p. 090015. AIP Publishing LLC, 2017, and may be found at
DOI: 10.1063/1.4974659.
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