An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the genera Anidrytus Gerstaecker and Epopterus Chevrolat, with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Endomychidae)

The endomychid beetle genera Anidrytus Gerstaecker and Epopterus Chevrolat have been confused for many years. This paper discusses the similarities and differences of these genera, describes new species, makes some nomenclatural changes, and illustrates the genitalia for many species. New species described: Epopterus picticollis, E. bioculatus, E. confusus, E. gracilis, E. loretensis, E. anomalus, E. aravacus, E. atriventris, E. crypticus, E. quechuanus, E. callerianus, E. flavonotatus, E. submaculatus, E. parvus, Anidrytus nimbiferus, A. parki, A. compactus, A. gibbosus, A. circumcinctus, A. bechyneorum, A. batesi, A. mexicanus, A. trinitatis, A. major, A. humerosus, A. grandis, A. cardiosoma. New synonymies: E. vacuus Gerstaecker (= E. scalaris Gorham); E. decempunctatus Gerstaecker (= E. bifasciatus Pic); E. variegatus Erichson (= E. decoratus Kirsch); A. contractus Gerstaecker (= A. dolosus Gorham); A. helvolus Gerstaecker (= Ephebus ignobilis Gorham); A. parallelus Gerstaecker (= Ephebus depressus Gorham). Changes in nomenclatural status or combination: Epopterus kirshi Strohecker is reduced to a subspecies of E. partitus Gerstaecker; E. angustatus Strohecker is reduced to a subspecies of E. fasciatus (Fabricius); E. fuliginosus Guerin-Meneville is transferred to Anidrytus

The Canonical Coset Decomposition of Unitary Matrices Through Householder Transformations

This paper reveals the relation between the canonical coset decomposition of unitary matrices and the corresponding decomposition via Householder reflections. These results can be used to parametrize unitary matrices via Householder reflections

A NEW SPECIES OF·;SPATHOMELES FROM BORNEO (Coleoptera: Endomychidae)

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Steps to an Ecology of Networked Knowledge and Innovation: Enabling new forms of collaboration among sciences, engineering, arts, and design

SEAD network White Papers ReportThe final White Papers (posted at http://seadnetwork.wordpress.com/white-paper- abstracts/final-white-papers/) represent a spectrum of interests in advocating for transdisciplinarity among arts, sciences, and technologies. All authors submitted plans of action and identified stakeholders they perceived as instrumental in carrying out such plans. The individual efforts led to an international scope. One of the important characteristics of this collection is that the papers do not represent a collective aim toward an explicit initiative. Rather, they offer a broad array of views on barriers faced and prospective solutions. In summary, the collected White Papers and associated Meta- analyses began as an effort to take the pulse of the SEAD community as broadly as possible. The ideas they generated provide a fruitful basis for gauging trends and challenges in facilitating the growth of the network and implementing future SEAD initiatives.National Science Foundation Grant No.1142510. Additional funding was provided by the ATEC program at the University of Texas at Dallas and the Institute for Applied Creativity at Texas A&M University

Electronic collage : the videodisc and interactive narrative

Thesis (M.S.V.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCHBibliography: leaves 52-59.by Carol Strohecker.M.S.V.S

Why knot?

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1991.Includes bibliographical references (p. 535-551).Carol Strohecker.Ph.D

Conrad's Secret Sharer as the Pole within: The Polish Father as Doppelgänger

"Conrad' s Secret Sharer as the Pole Within: The Polish Father as Doppelgänger" establishes an As If hypothesis that presents "The Secret Sharer" as a paradigm for reading the Conradian canon. Although other critics have written on Conrad 's father figure, his Polishness, and the double, my essay assumes a combined methodology based on biographical, psychological, symbolic, and doppelgänger strategies for setting up my thesis and text decoding. The first three chapters provide the background and methodology to be applied to "The Secret Sharer" explication in the last two chapters. Beginning with Chapter I, "Conrad's Polishness and the Dual Polish Father Figure," the biographical and cultural basis for Conrad's Polish matrix and his ambivalence as "Homo Duplex" are explored. Chapter II, "Conrad and the Fictional Father," reviews the proliferation of Conradian father figures, seeing the Lacanian metaphor of the father in its conflict over law and desire as significant in Conrad's generation of themes of crisis over identity involving betrayal, guilt, and questions of fidelity to paternal ideals. In addition, the father is discussed as "symbol" in preparation for equating the Polish father, Apollo, with the doppelgänger. Chapter III, "Conrad's Symbolic Approach to Fiction: The Double as Symbol: Motifs of the Doppelgänger" stresses Conrad's claim that all great art is symbolic. The double is examined as symbol of the unconscious in its many doppelgänger motifs. Finally, in Chapters IV and V, "The Secret Sharer as Pole Within: The Doppelgänger as Apollo, the Polish Father" Parts I and II, concepts from preceding chapters are used to formulate the thesis for "The Secret Sharer" as paradigm for interpreting Conrad's fiction. In this hypothetical approach, there is no attempt to be definitive and no intention to be dogmatic; the only purpose is to explore cognitive possibilities of meaning to enrich, not reduce, the close reading of "The Secret Sharer" and provide a paradigm of thesis generation for Conrad's major fiction

Novel bis-(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine derivatives and lanthanide(III) complexes for emissive materials

The electromagnetic emissions of the lanthanide series have served as inspiration for intense research in numerous fields, including emissive materials for lighting, displays, bioimaging, biomarkers, photodynamic cancer therapy, and laser material purposes. 2,6-bis(pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine (bppy) has been shown to effectively sensitize lanthanide emission, particularly when incorporated into a complex with europium tris(2-thenoyltrifluoroacetonate) (Eu(tta)₃). However, the majority of synthetic modification of this complex involves functionalization of the 4- position of the pyridine ring, or catalytic coupling of bppy species bearing halogen substituents at the 4- positions of the pyrazole rings. The unifying focus of this work is the development of novel syntheses to functionalize bppy at the 4- positions of the bppy pyrazole rings with functional groups other than halogen coupling products, such as nitro groups, amines, amides, imines, azides, azo- compounds, thiols, sulfides and sulfonate derivatives. The driving force of the synthesis of these novel functionalized ligands is the adaptation of the highly-luminescent Eu(tta)₃bppy complex for a variety of specific applications. Targeted synthesis of diarylamido-bppy derivatives was performed as an investigation into the development of a conjugation-interrupted metallopolymer for efficient emissive layers in OLED devices with the goal of preserving efficient Eu(III) ion sensitization while incorporating 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (EDOT) substituents which are readily electropolymerized. These new ligands and associated complexes were investigated by analytical techniques such as cyclic voltammetry, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy and spectrofluorimetry to quantitatively characterize the electronic energies which are vital to the light emission process from lanthanide ions. Analysis of these data gave insight into properties such as quantum yield, polymerization, and triplet-state energies to qualitatively assess emissive material performance. Additionally, synthetic routes to imino-, azo-, azido-, triazolyl-, mercapto-, sulfido- and sulfonic acid-bppy derivatives were pursued as means to broaden the scope of applications of this ligand system. Finally, the structural and spectroscopic properties of several novel lanthanide(III) species are reported and discussed. Ultimate conclusions, outlooks and further directions of each of these studies are also disclosed hereinChemistr