BEYOND NATURAL LANGUAGE: AN ONTOLOGY-BASED DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SCARABAEUS DUNG BEETLE FROM MADAGASCAR (COLEOPTERA, SCARABAEINAE)

Beyond natural language: an ontology-based description of a new Scarabaeus dung beetle from Madagascar (Coleoptera, Scarabaeinae)

The dung beetle genus Scarabaeus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeinae, Scarabaeini), predominantly found in the arid regions of the Old World, includes three endemic species inhabiting the dry ecosystems of western and southern Madagascar.These species are presumed to form a Accessories monophyletic clade nested within the African Scarabaeus.Semantic modellin

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A Two-Step Estimation Method for a Time-Varying INAR Model

This paper proposes a new time-varying integer-valued autoregressive (TV-INAR) model with a state vector following a logistic regression structure.Since the autoregressive coefficient in the model is time-dependent, the Kalman-smoothed method is applicable.Some statistical properties of the model are established.To estimate the parameters of the mo

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Flood Risk Mitigation: Pressing Issues and Challenges

The increase number of natural disasters that struck the world gives damaging impacts to the people and properties.This paper attempts to examine crucial pressing issues and challenges in mitigating flood losses and loss of lives in Malaysia.Only qualitative approach is used Quick Key Wire to address these pressing issues and challenges of natural

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Research of the application of blockchain and smart contract technologies in spectrum management and trading in cognitive radio networks

The rapid growth of wireless communication technologies has led to an exponential increase in the demand for spectrum resources.Spectrum management, the process of allocation and control of limited radio frequency spectrum, is critical to the efficient and equitable distribution of this scarce resource.However, traditional methods of spectrum manag

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