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Taxonomic reallocation of Cenozoic dinoflagellate cysts from Japan and the Bering Sea

Abstract The publications of Matsuoka (1983) and Bujak (1984) on dinoflagellate cysts from the Neogene of Japan and the Paleogene‐Neogene of the Bering Sea‐northern North Pacific areas, respectively, resulted in the erection of two new species by each author which are synonymous. Impagidinium pacificum Bujak and Spiniferites ovatus Bujak are therefore designated junior synonyms of Impagidinium japonicum Matsuoka and Spiniferites hexatypicus Matsuoka. Another species, Spiniferites ovatus Matsuoka, does not occur in the material examined by Bujak. Specimens assigned by Matsuoka to Nematosphaeropsis labyrinthea and Tectatodinium pellitum are reassigned to Nematosphaeropsis lemniscata Bujak and Filisphaera filifera Bujak, respectively. The species Reticulatosphaera stellata Matsuoka, which Matsuoka designated the type species of his new genus Reticulatosphaera, is designated a subjective junior synonym of a species originally named by Benedek (1972) as Cleistosphaeridium actinocoronatum. C. actinocoronatum is.
Evolution of Sexual Dichromatism. 2. Carotenoids and Melanins Contribute to Sexual Dichromatism in New World Orioles (Icterus spp.)

Abstract Several recent studies have investigated how different proximate mechanisms of color production contribute to sexual dichromatism. These studies suggest that carotenoid pigments—which are frequently subject to sexual selection—are more strongly associated with sexual dichromatism than melanins. This reasoning implicitly assumes that increased male elaboration leads to sexual dichromatism. However, sexual dichromatism can be generated through multiple evolutionary pathways, including decreases in female elaboration. We examined whether evolutionary changes in carotenoid- and melanin-based plumage were correlated within New World orioles (Icterus spp.), a genus in which male elaboration is ancestral and only female elaboration varies. We found a significant correlation between evolutionary changes in the degree of carotenoid and eumelanin sexual dichromatism. These findings differ from those of previous comparative studies and suggest the possibility of interesting differences when different evolutionary pathways—such as changes in male versus female coloration—lead to sexual dichromatism.
Macroanatomy of the Cranial Cervical Ganglion in Angora Goat.

The cranial cervical ganglia (CCG) in the heads of six adult (three male and three female) Angora goats were dissected in detail. The ganglion was located on the ventral aspect of the tympanic bulla, cranio- ventral to the atlas, medio-ventral to the jugular process and lateral to the longus capitis muscle. The branches of the ganglion were the internal and external carotid nerves, the jugular and laryngopharyngeal nerves and the connecting branches to the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerve. The internal carotid nerve arose as three branches (cranial, caudal and medial) from the cranial region of the ganglion. The cranial branch, the profound petrosal nerve, entered the pterygoid canal. The caudal branch terminated at the trigeminal ganglion. The medial branch terminated at the cavernous sinus. The other cranial branch ramifying from the cranial region of the ganglion was the jugular nerve. The internal carotid and laryngopharyngeal nerves arose from the caudal region of the ganglion. In conclusion, compared with published data on other species, we found differences in the number and courses of the branches ramifying from the CCG of Angora goats and in the branches connected to the vagus, glossopharyngeal and hypoglossal nerves.
Spatially Narrow Wet Prairies

Abstract Wet prairies in the Southeast consist of floristically diverse grass-sedge ecosystems that are conspicuously lacking in woody species because of seasonal soil saturation and frequent fire. They occupy a landscape position between mesic, pyrogenic pine savannas and hydric swamps and marshes. Wet prairies are recognized wherever they occur on broad expanses of land; however, many go unrecognized or are mistaken for ecotones where they occupy strips of land that narrowly separate pine savannas from more deeply inundated wetlands. Such spatially narrow wet prairie in west-central Florida was characterized in terms of its plant species composition and abundance, soils, and elevations relative to the saw-palmetto line (border with pine savanna), the cypress strand line (border with deeper wetlands), lichen line (maximum inundation following major storm events), and taper points on cypress buttresses (wet season normal pool). Wet prairie ranged horizontally from 1.5 to 30 m wide (mean 12.7 ± 3.9 m) and vertically up to 24 cm in elevation (mean 13 ± 6.7 cm) relative to its cypress strand line and saw palmetto line, respectively. The mean elevation of taper points varied from place to place from 3 to 15 cm above the saw palmetto line, indicating shallow wet-seasonal inundation. Soils were mostly hydric (71%), level, very poorly drained, sandy, and contained a spodic horizon. The wet prairie plant community was characterized by 97 species (25 grasses, 16 sedges, 51 forbs, and 5 shrubs—all Hypericum spp.) of which 76 species were K-strategists and 21 r-strategists. The mean number of species per m2 was 12.3 ± 3.3.
How does Self Efficacy of Tuberculosis Patients Correlate with the Implementation of Standard Operational Procedure of Treatment?

Tuberculosis (TBC) treatment should be consistently done by patients and be interrupted since it will: 1) have an impact on drug and bacterial resistance, 2) take longer treatment, 3) impact on saturation to patients, and 4) increase the doses of the drug. Given the complexities of the above fact, the present study was designed to uncover the correlation between self-efficacy and the implementation of standard operational procedure of treatment. A total sample of 100 respondents were recruited purposively. The instrument employed in this study was a set of questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Spearman Rank Analysis test. In this study, p-value 0,000<0,05 was obtained. The result of this study indicated that there was a relationship between self-efficacy and the implementation of standard operational procedure of treatment encountered by tuberculosis patients. Patients with pulmonary TBC who had high self-efficacy will be able to implement the standard operational procedure at home, including the ethics of coughing, environmental health, smoking prohibition, personal protective equipment, regular taking medicine and nutrition consumption. These are significant in the treatment and prevention of transmission processes. This study has set as a practical perspective in preventing transmission of Tuberculosis within families and communities. Keywords: Tuberculosis (TBC) treatment should be consistently done by patients and be interrupted since it will: 1) have an impact on drug and bacterial resistance, 2) take longer treatment, 3) impact on saturation to patients, and 4) increase the doses of the drug. Given the complexities of the above fact, the present study was designed to uncover the correlation between self-efficacy and the implementation of standard operational procedure of treatment. A total sample of 100 respondents were recruited purposively. The instrument employed in this study was a set of questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Spearman Rank Analysis test. In this study, p-value 0,000<0,05 was obtained. The result of this study indicated that there was a relationship between self-efficacy and the implementation of standard operational procedure of treatment encountered by tuberculosis patients. Patients with pulmonary TBC who had high self-efficacy will be able to implement the standard operational procedure at home, including the ethics of coughing, environmental health, smoking prohibition, personal protective equipment, regular taking medicine and nutrition consumption. These are significant in the treatment and prevention of transmission processes. This study has set as a practical perspective in preventing transmission of Tuberculosis within families and communities. Keywords: self-efficacy, knowledge level, treatment, tuberculosis patient
Algal symbiosis in larger foraminifera

Foraminifera with endosymbiotic algae abound in shallow tropical and semitropical seas. Diverse groups of contemporary foraminifera are the hosts for a wide variety of endosymbiotic algae (diatoms, dinoflagellates, unicellular chlorophytes, unicellular rhodophytes and/or cyanobacteria) or their plastids suggesting that foraminifera are particularly good partners for the establishment of symbioses. The fossil record supports this idea. Since the Pennsylvanian there have been evolutionary bursts of symbiont bearing lineages of foraminifera in shallow, well-illuminated tropical and semi-tropical seas. Two factors predispose symbiosis in the group: 1) their general camera! subdivision (this compartmentalizes and separates different cellular activities: e.g. digestion is spatially separated from symbionts) and 2) asexual reproduction insures vertical transmission of symbionts. Host-symbiont specificity in diatom-bearing foraminifera is not finical; the same host species can harbor any one of several dozen diverse species of pennate diatoms. Nitzschia frustulum symbiotica is the most common of the diatom symbionts, being found in ∼30% of the associations. Nanofrustulum shiloi, Nitzschia laevis, Nitzschia panduriformis and Amphora spp. are also more common than the other symbiont species. Often a second species of diatom can be isolated from the same host. Experiments demonstrate that some endosymbiotic diatom species can replace others. Red cyanobacteria have been found in dinoflagellate-bearing soritines. Specimens of Marginopora vertebralis from Lizard Island also host small numbers of prymnesiids. Many questions about host-symbiont relationships remain to be explored. Calcification of symbiont-bearing species is enhanced in the light. Foraminifera seem selective in the species of algae they assimilate. A number of species (Archais angulatis, Sorites marginalis, Amphisorus hemprichii, and Amphistegina spp) cannot grow if they are starved, even when incubated in the light, suggesting that algal photosynthesis alone does not satisfy their needs. Starved Heterostigina depressa, in contrast, grew in the light in the absence of obvious feeding on algae, but feeding on bacteria was not ruled out. Each host species grows within a range of light intensity. Symbiont-bearing foraminifera migrate toward or away from light sources if conditions permit them to do so. Both field observations and laboratory experiments suggest that larger foraminifera, as a group, grow best in oligotrophic conditions. Growth of hosts with their symbionts in the laboratory is balanced in illuminated chemostats that continuously supply low concentrations of nutrients.
Does morphology reflect osteohistology-based ontogeny? A case study of Late Cretaceous pterosaur jaw symphyses from Hungary reveals hidden taxonomic diversity

Abstract With a single complete mandible and 56 mandibular symphyseal fragments of various sizes, the Late Cretaceous Hungarian azhdarchid material has been considered one of the most extensive monospecific pterosaur assemblages in the world. Representing a broad size range, these elements have been thought to demonstrate a developmental series of Bakonydraco galaczi. As such, they were ideal to test whether absolute size and/or morphology reliably indicate relative ontogenetic stages in this pterosaur. Forty-five specimens were selected for multivariate morphometrics and classified into four size classes. After acquiring the morphometric data set, we thin-sectioned eight symphyses representing all size groups and classified them into relative ontogenetic stages based on qualitative microstructural inspection prior to quantitative histological analyses. Microstructural characters suggestive of developmental state were then quantified for intra- and interindividual uni- and multivariate analyses to test the correspondence among the results of qualitative and quantitative analyses. In contrast to our expectations, histological features identified the smallest specimen as an adult and not an early juvenile. The substantial size difference between this specimen and other adults, along with its distinct microanatomical and histological features, implies the presence of at least two pterosaur taxa in this symphysis assemblage. This hypothesis is further supported by multivariate morphometrics, which separate the smallest symphyses from all other specimens that form one continuous group. Although the latter group also shows considerable size variability in corresponding ontogenetic stages, this suggests developmental plasticity rather than the presence of even more taxa, and indicates that symphysis size and morphology are poor indicators of skeletal maturity in these animals. Hence, bone histology is an important independent test of the assessment of ontogenetic stage using size and morphology.
Helicobacter pylori Induces Antiapoptosis through Nuclear Factor–κB Activation

Although Helicobacter pylori is classified as a definite carcinogen, the mechanism underlying gastric carcinogenesis is not yet clear. We previously have shown that H. pylori activates an antiapoptotic gene, the cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 2 (c-IAP2), the underlying mechanism of which was investigated in the present study. cDNA array and real-time PCR analyses indicated that H. pylori showed a stimulatory effect on the expression of c-IAP2. Isogenic mutant strains with impaired cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI) expression showed weaker induction. Analyses that used the in situ terminal deoxynucleotide transferase-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling method indicated suppression of antiapoptosis by the antisense c-IAP2 oligonucleotide. Reporter assays with deletion and mutation constructs for the c-IAP2 promoter showed that nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) binding sites are indispensable for transactivation. Super-repressor IkappaBalpha or NF-kappaB inhibitor reduced c-IAP2 transactivation by H. pylori, and exogenous expression of c-IAP2 inhibited apoptosis seen with H. pylori. In conclusion, H. pylori induces antiapoptosis through c-IAP2 transactivation following cagPAI-dependent NF-kappaB activation. The interaction of these stimuli may play a role in gastric carcinogenesis.
The parasite-stress theory of sociality, the behavioral immune system, and human social and cognitive uniqueness.

Parasite adversity was an important source of Darwinian selection in human evolutionary history because parasites selected for a diversity of human behavioral parasite-defenses in addition to the numerous defenses provided by the classical human immune system. We argue for a broader view of behavioral immunity than has been emphasized recently. We propose a new hypothesis for the evolution of the unique cognitive and social adaptations of humans. We argue that, in human evolutionary history, as weaponry and other technologies reduced the importance of the physical environment, typical ecological challenges, and predators as agents of selection shaping mental and social traits, parasites became more important selection agents on these traits. Also, we suggest that the reduction of natural selection in the context of predation in human evolutionary history resulted in selection favoring high pathogenicity in human parasites because predation is focused on debilitated prey and hence selects against pathogenicity in the parasites involved. The new hypothesis argues that, in human evolutionary history, temporal variation in local parasite adversity gave rise to frequent change and complexity in the values that are adaptive for individuals to use in their social navigation in relation to the degree of local disease stress, and that selection in this context accounts for the evolution of aspects of human uniqueness in cognitive ability and sociality. The new hypothesis is akin to the social brain hypothesis but is contrary to the version of that hypothesis deemphasizing parasites. Tests of the new hypothesis are addressed.
CHARACTER DEFINITIONS AND CHARACTER STATE DELINEATION: THE BETE NOIRE OF PHYLOGENETIC INFERENCE

Abstract— Currently characters are static concepts whose definition and state delineations seldom undergo any scrutiny. Common systematic practice tends to synthesize character slates by combining or dividing observed conditions, a situation most likely due to current theoretical limitations in phylogenetic inference, which tends to ignore problems of multistate characters. This process we refer to as the “synthetic” method for character definition. Character definitions derived for the genera of North American Cochylini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) using “synthetic” character states postulated that the cochylines were not monophyletic. The use of cladogram characters and nearest neighbor matrices in uncovering potential flaws in character state delineation is demonstrated. The “synthetic” set of character definitions proved deficient upon such analysis, principally due to its attempt to force highly variable features into a few states. The set of character definitions produced from this analysis is referred to as “reflective” because it does not ignore observed variation. It produces characters with many states and presents problems of setting up transformation series. Three means lor deriving transformations are applied to produce transformation series for the reflective set of character definitions: the unordered outgroup method, morphocline analysis and Transformation Series Analysis (TSA). All three data sets postulated the Cochylini as monophyletic. The three sets of phylogenies were compared. Consensus trees are ambiguous when analysing changes in hierarchy. In order to summarize these results in a manner which does not destroy the phylogenetic structure, positional subtrees, a new means for summarizing multiple solution cladograms, are introduced. It was found that all three sets of transformations produced very different cladograms which in turn were very different from the tree produced by the original, synthetic definitions. The results of each of these methods were assessed for their internal consistency. TSA gave the least contradictory results.
Phytochrome B mediates the photoperiodic control of tuber formation in potato

To determine whether phytochrome B is involved in the response of potato plants to photoperiod, a potato PHYB cDNA fragment was inserted in the antisense orientation behind the 35S CaMV promoter in Bin19 and this construct was transformed into Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena plants which normally require short days for tuberization. Two independent transformants were obtained that had much lower levels of PHYB mRNA and protein, and which exhibited phenotypes characteristic of phyB mutants, for example, elongated stems and decreased chlorophyll content. The level of phyA, and of several phytochrome A-controlled responses, was unaffected in these plants. The photoperiodic control of tuberization in these antisense PHYB plants was abolished, the plants tuberizing in short day, long day, or short day plus night break conditions. This result shows that phytochrome B is required for the photoperiodic control of tuberization in potato (Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena) and that it regulates this developmental process by preventing tuber formation in non-inductive photoperiods rather than by promoting tuberization in inductive photoperiods.
Restoration of Wetlands from Abandoned Rice Fields for Nutrient Removal, and Biological Community and Landscape Diversity

A number of experimental freshwater wetlands (150 m long × 75 m wide) with different ages since they were abandoned as rice fields, were used to analyze the prospects of multipurpose wetland restoration for such degraded areas. Nitrogen and phosphorus removal rate of the wetlands were determined monthly during the flooding season to estimate their efficiency as filters to remove nutrients from agricultural sewage. The number of wetland birds was recorded regularly to identify their habitat preferences. Both the temporal dynamics and changes in the spatial pattern of land use cover during the last 20 years were determined from aerial photographs and field analysis. All the wetlands appeared to be very efficient in the removal of nitrogen and phosphorus exported from rice fields. Usually 50–98% of the nitrogen and less than 50% of the soluble phosphorus were removed by the wetlands at any stage of restoration. Wetland birds preferred wetlands with intermediate plant cover for resting and sleeping activities better than rice fields and either very open wetlands or very dense ones with tall vegetation. Apart from the improvement in water quality and the restoration of natural habitats, restoration of wetland belts around lagoons will increase spatial heterogeneity and diversity of the landscape.
Pemberian Ekstrak Biji Jintan Hitam pada Diabetes Melitus Tipe 2 sebagai Terapi

Diabetes melitus atau DM merupakan kelompok penyakit metabolic dengan karakteristik hiperglikemia yang terjadi akibat kelainan sekresi insulin, kelainan kerja insulin atau kedua-duanya. Prevalensi diabetes melitus pada penduduk usia>15 tahun sebesar 6,9%, Toleransi Glukosa Terganggu atau TGT sebesar 29,9% dan Gula Darah Puasa Terganggu atau GDPT sebesar 36,6%. Diabetes mellitus merupakan silent killer. Adapun gejala-gejala klasik pada diabetes adalah polifagi, polidipsi dan poliuri. Penanganan pasien diabetes terbagi atas terapi farmakologi dan non farmakologi. Literatur review ini bertujuan mengetahui efek pemberian ekstrak biji jintan hitam terhadap pasien diabetes mellitus tipe 2 sebagai terapi alternatif yang sudah dilakukan oleh peneliti sebelumnya. Metode yang digunakan dalam artikel ini adalah penelusuran artikel melalui database NCBI dan Google Scholar. Tahun penerbitan sumber pustaka adalah dari tahun 2001 sampai 2019 dengan 32 sumber pustaka. Berbagai penelitian eksperimental yang dilakukan menunjukkan bahwa kandungan bioaktif pada biji jintan hitam bermanfaat sebagai anti diabetes. Kandungan biji jintan hitam sebagai antioksidan dapat meningkatkan sekresi insulin dengan meningkatkan metabolism energi di mitokondria, meningkatkan jalur intraseluler pada reseptor dan menurunkan glukoneogenesis dengan menekan sintesis enzim glukoneogenik. Kata kunci: diabetes melitus, thymoquine, anti diabetes EFFECT OF BLACK SEED EXTRACT FOR DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2 AS ALTERNATIVE THERAPY ABSTRACT Diabetes mellitus or DM is an group metabolic disease with the hyperglycemia characteristic because of insulin secretion disorder, insulin activity or both of them. The prevalence of diabetes mellitus at the age > 15 years old, is 6.9 percent, 29.9 percent ImpairedGlucoseTolerance or IGT and 36.6 percent ImpairedFastingGlycaemia or IFG. Diabetes mellitus is a silent killer. As for classic symptoms of diabetes are polyphagia, polydipsia and polyuria. Intervention for patient diabetes divided by pharmacological and non pharmacological intervention. This literature review aims to find out which effect of Black Seed for patient of diabetes mellitus type 2 as alternative therapythat have been done by previous researchers. The method used in this article is the search of articles through the NCBI and Google Scholar databases. The year of publication of library sources is from 2009 to 2018 with 29 library sources.Various experimental research conducted showed part bioactive component useful as antidiabetic. Bioactive component as antioxidant can increase insulin secretion by increasing energy metabolism at mitochondria and increasing intraceluler pathway on insulin receptor and reduce gluconeogenesis by reduce synthesis gluconeogenic enzyme. Keywords: diabetes mellitus, thymoquinone, anti diabetic