scholarly journals Challenges of Integrating and Curating Nomenclatural and Taxonomic Data in the World Checklist of Vascular Plants 

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Turner ◽  
Rafaël Govaerts
Keyword(s):  
Data Integration ◽  
Real World ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
The World ◽  
Plant Families

The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) is the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG) Kew’s global names and taxonomy output. The underlying data sources, the International Plant Names Index (IPNI), the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP), and the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families – in Review (WCSP – In Review) are actively curated by a dedicated editorial team, who manage contributions from a wide range of international partners. WCVP is the intersection between IPNI and WCSP/WCSP-In Review and provides the names and taxonomy backbone for Plants of the World Online (POWO) – the web portal bringing Kew scientific data online. WCSP contains the peer reviewed taxonomic data covering about half of all vascular plant families. The taxonomy presented in WCSP is currently widely used, with most authoritative web resources on plants using the WCSP data either directly or indirectly. WCVP will bring this together with the remaining families currently in the ‘In-Review’ database. IPNI is a nomenclatural listing of all effectively published taxonomic acts for Plant Names (new species, new combinations, new names at rank of Family down to infraspecific). It is a project that has been continually compiling lists of new plant names since 1895. It provides the basis of many external plant names databases including Tropicos and GBIF and a point of contact for users to ask questions on plant nomenclature, with a public facing access to the nomenclatural expertise at Kew. The database is actively maintained, edited and added to daily. This presentation will cover: The integration of the resources and how the integrated product will be presented online How the integrated product supports outputs like POWO Experiences from the data integration process (the matching tools iteratively developed and tested in real world circumstances by dedicated staff) The development of programmatic API access and names matching tools The drafting of a data paper describing the WCVP (with access to a full download) The integration of the resources and how the integrated product will be presented online How the integrated product supports outputs like POWO Experiences from the data integration process (the matching tools iteratively developed and tested in real world circumstances by dedicated staff) The development of programmatic API access and names matching tools The drafting of a data paper describing the WCVP (with access to a full download)

scholarly journals Counting counts: revised estimates of numbers of accepted species of flowering plants, seed plants, vascular plants and land plants with a review of other recent estimates

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 272 (1) ◽  
pp. 82 ◽  
Author(s):  
EIMEAR NIC LUGHADHA ◽  
RAFAËL GOVAERTS ◽  
IRINA BELYAEVA ◽  
NICHOLAS BLACK ◽  
HEATHER LINDON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Plants ◽  
Flowering Plants ◽  
Land Plants ◽  
Seed Plants ◽  
Seed Plant ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
The World ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
International Plant

We present revised estimates of the numbers of accepted species of flowering plants (369,434), seed plants (370,492), vascular plants (383,671) and land plants (403,911) based on a recently de-duplicated version of the International Plant Names Index and rates of synonymy calculated from the seed plant families published in the World checklist of selected plant families. Alternative approaches to estimating or calculating the number of accepted plant species are discussed and differences between results are highlighted and interpreted.

3D Technology – Additive Manufacturing Applications and Prospects (Vol. 24, No. 9, Full Issue)

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (09) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
3D Printing ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Real World ◽  
Vaccine Development ◽  
Health Screening ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Real World Applications ◽  
Manufacturing Applications

For the month of September 2020, APBN dives into the world of 3D printing and its wide range of real-world applications. Keeping our focus on the topic of the year, the COVID-19 pandemic, we explore the environmental impact of the global outbreak as well as gain insight to the top 5 vaccine platforms used in vaccine development. Discover more about technological advancements and how it is assisting innovation in geriatric health screening.

scholarly journals Лексико-семантический анализ лексемы балтырған (с использованием материалов корпуса башкирского языка)

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1406-1414
Author(s):  
Anita Sh. Ishmukhametova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Medicinal Herb ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
The World

Identification of names of plant curatives and substances in folk and fiction texts shows close interactions between man and the world, attitudes of people towards nature. Research in phytonyms and medicinal plant names proper is most essential for the understanding of a nation’s cultural heritage. The paper examines the lexeme балтырған in Bashkir discourse. Materials. The analyzed materials include linguistic dictionaries, folklore and fiction texts of the Machine Fund of the Bashkir Language, and etymological dictionaries of Altaic languages. Goals. The study aims at a comparative investigation of the lexeme балтырған ‘hogweed’. Results. The term proves a widespread phytonym in Bashkir discourse, which is attested by that it denotes a wide range of plant species in Bashkir and has parallels in other Turkic and Mongolic languages. The lexeme is included in academic, explanatory, dialectal, phrasal, and mythological dictionaries of the Bashkir language. The comparative analysis shows that baltyrγan ‘hogweed’ usually denotes a plant of the order Apiales, a medicinal herb. Baltyrγan~ baltirγana contains the initial bal / baltïr / baldïr with the meaning ‘green, young, fresh’.

scholarly journals Discovering simple heuristics from mental simulation

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick Callaway ◽  
Jessica Hamrick ◽  
Tom Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Science ◽  
Real World ◽  
Mental Simulation ◽  
Generative Models ◽  
The Other ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Simple Heuristics ◽  
Relevant Outcome

In the history of cognitive science, there have been two competing philosophies regarding how people reason about the world. In one, people rely on rich, generative models to make predictions about a wide range of scenarios; while in the other, people have a large “bag of tricks”, idiosyncratic heuristics that tend to work well in practice. In this paper, we suggest that rather than being in opposition to one another, these two ideas complement each other. We argue that people’s capacity for mental simulation may support their ability to learn new cue- based heuristics, and demonstrate this phenomenon in two experiments. However, our results also indicate that participants are far less likely to learn a heuristic when there is no logical or explicitly conveyed relationship between the cue and the relevant outcome. Furthermore, simulation—while a potentially useful tool—is no substitute for real world experience.

scholarly journals WorldFlora: An R package for exact and fuzzy matching of plant names against the World Flora Online Taxonomic Backbone data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roeland Kindt
Keyword(s):  
Success Rate ◽  
Tree Species ◽  
Vascular Plants ◽  
R Package ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Plant Names ◽  
The World ◽  
Fuzzy Matching ◽  
Timber Tree

ABSTRACTPremise of the studyStandardization of plant names is a critical step in various fields of biology including biodiversity, biogeography and vegetation research. WorldFlora matches lists of plant names with a static copy from World Flora Online (WFO), an ongoing global effort of completing an online flora of all known vascular plants and bryophytes by 2020.Methods and resultsBased on direct and fuzzy matching, WorldFlora inserts matching cases from the WFO to a submitted data set of with taxa. Results of selecting the expected best single matches are presented for four data sets, including a working list of commercial timber tree species, a subset from GlobalTreeSearch and 2 data sets used in previous comparisons of software tools for correcting taxon names. The success rate of credible matches varied from 94.7 (568 taxa) to 99.9 (1740 taxa) percent.ConclusionsWorldFlora offers a straightforward pipeline for semi-automatic plant name checking.

scholarly journals Problematic Observations using Firefly Algorithm and its Variants

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Efficient Algorithm ◽  
Efficient Solution ◽  
Firefly Algorithm ◽  
Physical Problems ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Nature Inspired Algorithm ◽  
The World ◽  
Nature Inspired Algorithms ◽  
Real World Problems

Real world problems can be analyzed and solved effectively and efficiently by observing the environment and its phenomenon. We can analyze the nature of the problem by looking for a solution in the environment. The evolution of such systematic handling of the problematic scenario to find an amicable and efficient solution can be applied to real world physical problems. Thus the application of procedures (algorithms) by different species has evolved into a novel idea referred as Nature Inspired Algorithms. It has gained wider publicity and popularity in the present research. One of the most popular nature inspired algorithm which has grabbed the attention of the world is Firefly Algorithm (FA).The Firefly Algorithm has a wide range of applicability in different disciplines. We tried to compare this algorithm along with its variants. We also throw some light on various characteristics of the Firefly Algorithm that makes it a far more efficient algorithm when compared to the rest of such similar algorithms

scholarly journals Editorial

2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Keyword(s):  
Later Life ◽  
Editorial Team ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Production Cycle ◽  
Review Section ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Rolling Production ◽  
Areas Of Interest ◽  
New Millennium

This, the first edition of Volume 20 of Ageing and Society, coincides with the start of a new decade, a new century and a new millennium. It is fascinating to observe how different organisations, groups and societies are reacting to the passing of this symbolic benchmark. The urge to reminisce and reflect is apparent on many fronts: centenarians reviewing the century; survivors of the great wars dwelling on their troubled memories; a series of generations each swopping stories about their particular cultural revolutions; and, of course, gerontologists and colleagues in the ageing enterprise, faced with the evident needs of later life set in the wider context of an ongoing demographic panic.For our part, we, the editorial team, are – as ever – engaged in the continuing tasks of receiving, reviewing and editing a stream of stimulating articles from all parts of the world and from a wide range of disciplines and perspectives. This is a highly rewarding occupation: from our privileged position we know that social gerontology is the focus of many exciting theoretical and empirical developments.The routines of editing the journal are dominated by a two-monthly rolling production cycle that is lodged within the more leisurely annual cycle. Fixed-length temporal cycles, of course, characterise many aspects of the experience of ageing. Occasionally things change, however, and this also applies to the journal. Regular readers will notice that, with this issue, the review section has changed in content with the appearance of ‘Ageing Updates’. This section will bring together the best features of the Abstracts, Progress Reports, Symposia and Review Articles of past volumes. Ageing Updates will review particular themes, areas of interest and current issues, and may include contrasting perspectives from different contributors. Each Ageing Update will be up to 2,000 words in length. Submissions should be sent to the Review Editors who will referee them in the first instance. If you would like to contribute please contact the Review Editors.The first Ageing Update – to start the new millennium – is written by Sarah Harper. She reviews the current gerontological scene in Britain. Based on her work for the Nuffield Foundation, Sarah reviews the themes of the last decade, discusses the changing research agendas, and identifies issues for future research.We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have contributed to the Abstracts section, producing high quality reviews over the first 19 volumes of the journal.

scholarly journals Poland in the European Union Single Market

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-278
Author(s):  
Paolo Pasimeni
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Structural Evolution ◽  
Single Market ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Polish Economy ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Subject and purpose of work: This paper studies the process of integration of Poland in the EU Single Market. It makes use of official statistics from a wide range of institutions (IMF, OECD, Eurostat, and Statistics Poland) in order to define structural patterns, shedding light on the overall integration of the country with the rest of the world. Materials and methods: The results show the structural evolution of the Polish economy, mainly in terms of its integration process within the EU Single Market. Results: The Single Market has indeed provided an urge for Poland’s integration. Conclusions: Poland can so far be considered a success story in the process of integration in the EU Single Market.

scholarly journals Elastic Worlds

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-14
Author(s):  
Robert Pratten
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
The Real ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Over Time

In participatory transmedia experiences a wide range of player agency is desirable but can be problematic if the game and storyworld boundaries are unknown or ignored. Players breaking the world boundaries can mean an experience must be aborted or stops being fun. Yet breaking the rules is fun and in learning & development experiences like wargaming it might even be part of the goal. How then can authors of participatory experiences that play out in the real world allow players to break the rules but not break the world? How can we design an experience for the greatest player agency and the broadest scope of emergent stories yet prevent the world from travelling so far from the author’s intended state that it becomes unrecognisable, unplayable or unsuitable? This paper introduces the concept of an elastic storyworld as an alternative to a persistent storyworld: a world that stretches to accommodate unexpected player actions and yet restores itself over time. Drawing on definitions of elasticity from physics, the paper suggests ways in which authors might classify and detect player-enacted distortions and how participatory experiences might be designed to be more resilient to the stresses and strains of player agency. 

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