bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Entre exposição e desaparecimento: por uma ética das imagens do rosto
Authors: Lage Leandro Rodrigues , Klautau Filho Mariano
Published: January 2019

Poderia a exposição ostensiva de certos indivíduos e povos converter-se em desaparição? O artigo problematiza os trabalhos artísticos dos paraenses Éder Oliveira e Wagner Almeida à luz de abordagens estéticas e políticas preocupadas com a regulação das disposições afetivas e da comoção (Butler), a significância ética do rosto como interpelação à responsabilidade para com o outro (Lévinas), a dimensão potencialmente política desses gestos artísticos e imagéticos em seu trabalho de identificação e desidentificação de sujeitos (Rancière) e os discursos que envolvem a estética documental na arte (Sekula). Busca-se compreender como tais imagens enquadram diferentes sujeitos e modos de vida, segundo gestos artísticos de regulação dos afetos, do visível e do “audível”.
Pathé-Baby: a literatura como se fosse cinema
Authors: Zamberlan Lucas da Cunha
Published: January 2019

Este trabalho busca investigar a intrínseca relação entre literatura e cinema em Pathé-Baby, publicado por António de Alcântara Machado em 1926. Para tanto, foi utilizado um aporte teórico formado, fundamentalmente, por nomes como Rajewsky e Prümm para recrutar a teoria da intermidialidade; Lotman, Bilharino e Hutcheon para aprofundar as questões que envolvem os processos operacionais e estéticos do cinema; e Friedman e Jahn com o intuito de analisar o comportamento do narrador na obra analisada. A partir dos resultados obtidos, fica evidente, além do poder de emulação de Pathé-Baby – que se apropria de elementos próprios do cinema, funcionando como um filme mudo –, a expressividade visual que o livro apresenta, aproximando as artes em um diálogo fecundo entre imagem e texto.
Entrevista com Rosalind Krauss
Authors: Bois Yve-Alain , Nones Leonardo
Published: January 2019

Nesta entrevista, realizada em 2012 e originalmente publicada no jornal The Brooklyn Rail, Rosalind Krauss debate com Yve-Alain Bois os principais argumentos presentes em seu livro Under Blue Cup [Sob a xícara azul], lançado em 2011. A severa crítica feita pela autora, do fenômeno internacional das instalações de arte, é defrontada com a própria experiência crítica de Bois, a partir do trabalho de determinados artistas que, segundo ela, importam justo na medida em que propõem a crítica dos meios artísticos tradicionais sem que, por isso, revelem indiferença a eles. O diálogo, que revela traços da formação intelectual de ambos, lança luz a diferentes métodos de trabalho e à centralidade da noção de forma na arte mais experimental do século XX.
Volpi
Authors: Mendes Murilo
Published: January 2019

Volpi, de Murilo Mendes, foi publicado em 1980 em Transístor: antologia de prosa (1931 - 1974).
O eterno retorno do mesmo e a subversão da noção de fatalismo
Authors: Melo Neto João Evangelista Tude
Published: January 2019

Tradicionalmente, ‘fatalismo’ é compreendido como uma doutrina que ensina a rigidez de um fado que anula o poder das ações humanas. Essa acepção de fatalismo não é, contudo, corroborada por Nietzsche. O autor, entretanto, não abandona o termo e passa a compreendê-lo num sentido subvertido. Levando isso em conta, os objetivos de nosso trabalho consistem em: 1) examinar de que forma Nietzsche compreende o termo ‘fatalismo’ em alguns momentos de sua obra; 2) tentar mostrar que as acepções de fatalismo nesses momentos possuem correspondência conceitual; 3) tentar entender a noção de fatalismo à luz da cosmologia nietzschiana.

Palavras-chaveFatalismo; Tempo; Eterno retorno do mesmo; Cosmologia; Transvaloração.
O que são ideais ascéticos? Dogville: a imagem invertida
Authors: Azeredo Vânia Dutra
Published: January 2019

Neste artigo, utilizaremos os conceitos nietzschianos de ideais ascéticos, ressentimento e moral de rebanho visando mostrar o entrelaçamento apontado por Nietzsche entre humanidade e doença a partir de uma leitura do filme Dogville de Lars Von Trier.
Andreas Urs Sommer. Nietzsche-Kommentar 5/1. Kommentar zu Nietzsches Jenseits von Gut und Bose.
Authors: Nasser Eduardo
Published: January 2019

Andreas Urs SOMMERNietzsche-Kommentar 5/1. Kommentar zu Nietzsches Jenseits von Gut und Bose. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2016. xvii + 989 pp.
Appropriateness of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Appropriate Use Criteria Outperform Certificate of Need
Authors: Anderson H. Vernon
Published: January 2019

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Scalable and Flexible Unsupervised Feature Selection
Authors: Hu Haojie , Wang Rong , Yang Xiaojun , Nie Feiping
Published: January 2019

Recently, graph-based unsupervised feature selection algorithms (GUFS) have been shown to efficiently handle prevalent high-dimensional unlabeled data. One common drawback associated with existing graph-based approaches is that they tend to be time-consuming and in need of large storage, especially when faced with the increasing size of data. Research has started using anchors to accelerate graph-based learning model for feature selection, while the hard linear constraint between the data matrix and the lower-dimensional representation is usually overstrict in many applications. In this letter, we propose a flexible linearization model with anchor graph and [Formula: see text]-norm regularization, which can deal with large-scale data sets and improve the performance of the existing anchor-based method. In addition, the anchor-based graph Laplacian is constructed to characterize the manifold embedding structure by means of a parameter-free adaptive neighbor assignment strategy. An efficient iterative algorithm is developed to address the optimization problem, and we also prove the convergence of the algorithm. Experiments on several public data sets demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the method we propose.
Gradient Descent with Identity Initialization Efficiently Learns Positive-Definite Linear Transformations by Deep Residual Networks
Authors: Bartlett Peter L. , Helmbold David P. , Long Philip M.
Published: January 2019

We analyze algorithms for approximating a function [Formula: see text] mapping [Formula: see text] to [Formula: see text] using deep linear neural networks, that is, that learn a function [Formula: see text] parameterized by matrices [Formula: see text] and defined by [Formula: see text]. We focus on algorithms that learn through gradient descent on the population quadratic loss in the case that the distribution over the inputs is isotropic. We provide polynomial bounds on the number of iterations for gradient descent to approximate the least-squares matrix [Formula: see text], in the case where the initial hypothesis [Formula: see text] has excess loss bounded by a small enough constant. We also show that gradient descent fails to converge for [Formula: see text] whose distance from the identity is a larger constant, and we show that some forms of regularization toward the identity in each layer do not help. If [Formula: see text] is symmetric positive definite, we show that an algorithm that initializes [Formula: see text] learns an [Formula: see text]-approximation of [Formula: see text] using a number of updates polynomial in [Formula: see text], the condition number of [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text]. In contrast, we show that if the least-squares matrix [Formula: see text] is symmetric and has a negative eigenvalue, then all members of a class of algorithms that perform gradient descent with identity initialization, and optionally regularize toward the identity in each layer, fail to converge. We analyze an algorithm for the case that [Formula: see text] satisfies [Formula: see text] for all [Formula: see text] but may not be symmetric. This algorithm uses two regularizers: one that maintains the invariant [Formula: see text] for all [Formula: see text] and the other that “balances” [Formula: see text] so that they have the same singular values.
Advancing System Performance with Redundancy: From Biological to Artificial Designs
Authors: Nguyen Anh Tuan , Xu Jian , Luu Diu Khue , Zhao Qi , Yang Zhi
Published: January 2019

Redundancy is a fundamental characteristic of many biological processes such as those in the genetic, visual, muscular, and nervous systems, yet its driven mechanism has not been fully comprehended. Until recently, the only understanding of redundancy is as a mean to attain fault tolerance, which is reflected in the design of many man-made systems. On the contrary, our previous work on redundant sensing (RS) has demonstrated an example where redundancy can be engineered solely for enhancing accuracy and precision. The design was inspired by the binocular structure of human vision, which we believe may share a similar operation. In this letter, we present a unified theory describing how such utilization of redundancy is feasible through two complementary mechanisms: representational redundancy (RPR) and entangled redundancy (ETR). We also point out two additional examples where our new understanding of redundancy can be applied to justify a system's superior performance. One is the human musculoskeletal system (HMS), a biological instance, and the other is the deep residual neural network (ResNet), an artificial counterpart. We envision that our theory would provide a framework for the future development of bio-inspired redundant artificial systems, as well as assist studies of the fundamental mechanisms governing various biological processes.
Revision of the Rhinocylapus-group (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae)
Authors: WOLSKI ANDRZEJ
Published: January 2019

Mycetocylapus Poppius, Proamblia Bergroth, Rhinocylapidius Poppius, and Rhinocylapus Poppius are revised. Three new species of Rhinocylapus: Rh. kmentii, Rh. pallescens, and Rh. redeii spp. nov. are described from the Malaysia, Philippines, and Indonesian Borneo, respectively. Rhinocylapidius velocipedoides Poppius is restored to its original genus. The lectotype for Proamblia cunealis (Poppius) is designated. Dorsal habitus color photographs of all species, scanning electron micrographs of the species of each genus, and pictures of male genitalia are provided. Keys to all the taxa are presented.
Three new species of Leptonema Guérin (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from southeastern Brazil
Authors: JARDIM GABRIELA ABRANTES , DUMAS LEANDRO LOURENÇO , Nessimian Jorge Luiz
Published: January 2019

The genus Leptonema is one of the most diverse within the order Trichoptera, being widespread in the Neotropics. Three new species of Leptonema: Leptonema ferelunatum, L. santosi, and L. serratum are described and illustrated from male specimens collected in Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil.
Eviota nigrispina, a New Goby from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan (Teleostei: Gobiidae)
Authors: GREENFIELD DAVID W. , SUZUKI TOSHIYUKI
Published: January 2019

A new species of goby, Eviota nigrispina, is described from the Ryukyu Islands Japan. The species belongs to cephalic sensory-pore pattern group 2 of Lachner and Karnella (1980), has an 8/7 dorsal/anal formula, unbranched pectoral-fin rays. It has a distinct black stripe running along the backbone in live or freshly caught fish, and strong black pigment along scale pockets on the ventral half of the sides when preserved.
Descriptions of life-stages of Blastobasis repartella (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Coleophoridae: Blastobasinae) and observations on its biology in switchgrass
Authors: ADAMSKI D. , JOHNSON P. J. , BOE A. A. , BRADSHAW J. D. , PULTYNIEWICZ ALAN
Published: January 2019

Blastobasis repartella (Dietz) is a borer in the proaxis and basal nodes and internodes of above ground stems of Panicum virgatum L. (Poaceae). The adult and immature stages are described herein, including diagnoses of the adult and larva, as this insect may be easily confused with a closely related grass-feeding congener, Blastobasis graminea Adamski, which is also known to occur in the United States. The biology of B. repartella is described. Figures of the adult, illustrations of the male and female genitalia, wing venation, the chaetotaxy of the larva (supplemented with scanning electron micrographs), and pupa are provided. Bassus difficilis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is reported as a larval/pupal parasitoid of B. repartella. A new host record for Aethes spartinana (Barnes & McDunnough) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) is also reported.
A phylogenetic reassessment of African fossorial skinks in the subfamily Acontinae (Squamata: Scincidae): evidence for parallelism and polyphyly
Authors: LAMB TRIP , BISWAS SAYANTAN , BAUER AARON M.
Published: January 2019

The Acontinae is a well-supported clade of limbless skinks from sub-Saharan Africa for which three fossorial genera⎯Acontias, Acontophiops, and Typhlosaurus⎯have been traditionally recognized. However, recent phylogenetic analyses demonstrate conflicting support for the monophyly of Acontias and Typhlosaurus, despite limited taxon sampling for the latter genus. We re-investigate acontine evolutionary relationships, including all currently recognized species of Typhlosaurus, in phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial (Cytb, Co1, 16s) and nuclear (Rag1) gene sequences. Our results show that Typhlosaurus is polyphyletic and represented in three distinct clades, one of which constitutes the sister lineage to other acontines. The remaining typhlosaurs form strongly-supported clades with either Acontophiops or the recently-described genus Microacontias (formerly Acontias lineatus and A. litoralis). We use this new phylogenetic framework to revise acontine taxonomy. Typhlosaurus is restricted to five species from southwestern Africa, all characterized by an attenuate body form. Acontias is expanded to include the former T. aurantiacus, T. cregoi, and T. lineatus groups as well as Acontophiops and Microacontias. Species transfer between acontine genera created two secondary homonyms; thus the affected taxa are assigned replacement names.
A new species of night lizard of the genus Lepidophyma (Squamata: Xantusiidae) from southern Puebla, México
Authors: GARCÍA-VÁZQUEZ URI OMAR , CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ LUIS , AGUILAR-LÓPEZ JOSÉ LUIS
Published: January 2019

A new species of Lepidophyma is described from the Sierra Negra in southern Puebla. This new species is known only from the type locality and is characterized by a combination of several characters (number of dorsal scales, total of femoral pores, number of lateral tubercles, number the dorsal interwhorls separated the whorls, number of the paravertebral rows, number of the toe lamellae and number of gulars). It lives between rocks in remnants of Tropical Evergreen Forest. The description of this new species increases the number of species in the genus to 19.
Glyptogidiella omanica gen. et sp. nov., an inland groundwater bogidiellid from Oman with enlarged coxal plate V (Crustacea, Amphipoda)
Authors: VONK RONALD , JAUME DAMIÀ
Published: January 2019

A new genus and species of Amphipoda is reported from inland ground waters of the Sultanate of Oman. Although Glyptogidiella omanica gen. et sp. nov. exhibits several features typical of the Bogidiellidae (i. e. combined display of distinct carpal lobe on first gnathopod, reduced pleopodal rami, and unsegmented exopodite of third uropod), its exceptionally large fifth coxal plate and short rami of third uropod do not fit in the restricted diagnosis of the family as recently presented elsewhere. In fact, the enlarged coxal plate V is a feature not reported in any other amphipod, whereas no other bogidiellid displays an expanded basis on pereopod VII. The habitus of Glyptogidiella is not typical for a dweller of a true interstitial niche, with its short antennae, large coxal plate and short and stubby rami on the third uropod. This suggests that the interstitial medium could not be the primary habitat for the species, and that the underground of wadis might contain interstices of large size and could also be in contact with karstic hollows.
The advertisement call of the Narrow-mouthed frog Chiasmocleis avilapiresae Peloso & Sturaro, 2008 (Amphibia, Anura, Microhylidae)
Authors: BARROS FLÁVIO BEZERRA , PELOSO PEDRO L. V. , VICENTE LUÍS , PEREIRA HENRIQUE MIGUEL , STURARO MARCELO JOSÉ
Published: January 2019

Chiasmocleis currently comprises 25 species distributed from Panama through most of northern and central South America east of the Andes (Frost 2010). Santana et al. (2009) summarized available literature data on the advertisement call of the 12 species of Chiasmocleis with calls described and observed inter and intraspecific variation in the calls then available.
Descriptions of the first-instar larva of the hypogaeic species Neobidessodes limestoneensis (Watts & Humphreys) and of the third-instar larva of Hydroglyphus balkei Hendrich (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini) with phylogenetic considerations
Authors: MICHAT MARIANO C. , ALARIE YVES , WATTS CHRIS H. S.
Published: January 2019

The first-instar larva of Neobidessodes Hendrich & Balke (through the hypogaeic species N. limestoneensis (Watts & Humphreys)) and the third-instar larva of Hydroglyphus Motschulsky (through H. balkei Hendrich) (Dytiscidae: Bidessini) are described and illustrated in detail for the first time, including detailed morphometric and chaetotaxic analyses of the cephalic capsule, head appendages, legs, last abdominal segment and urogomphi. A cladistic analysis including 51 characters and 32 hydroporine taxa is performed, which supports the inclusion of both genera in the tribe Bidessini based on the absence of the primary pore ABc on the last abdominal segment. The third instar of H. balkei is characterized by the absence of secondary setae on the urogomphi and anterior secondary setae on the coxa, and the presence of 8–9 secondary setae on the mesofemur. On the other hand, the first instar of N. limestoneensis bears 14 lamellae clypeales on the anteroventral margin of the nasale. This species has evolved several morphological characters that are probably associated with its hypogaeic existence, including a lightly sclerotized body, relatively longer cephalic capsule and mandibles, a strongly reduced occipital foramen, absence of stemmata, and short claws. However, primary chaetotaxy apparently has remained as a very conservative expression of the phenotype.
A contribution to Sticholotis Crotch from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Sticholotidini)
Authors: TOMASZEWSKA WIOLETTA , ŁĄCZYŃSKI PIOTR
Published: January 2019

Known species of Sticholotis Crotch from Myanmar are redescribed, diagnosed and illustrated, and a key for their identification is presented. Notes on the genus and nomenclatural history for each species are provided. Lectotypes are designated for Orcus bipunctatus Gorham, Orcus quadriguttatus Gorham and Orcus discoideus Gorham. A neotype is designated for Sticholotis dohrni Weise.
Anaticola crassicornis (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) on wild geese from Pakistan
Authors: NAZ SAIMA , RIZVI SYED ANSER , SYCHRA OLDRICH
Published: January 2019

Twenty-eight geese (Anser anser, A. albifrons and A. indicus) from different localities around Karachi, Pakistan, were examined for lice. One species of chewing louse, Anaticola crassicornis (Scopoli), was found on every bird examined. This is the first record of this louse species from members of Anser. In the light of past confusion, the authors redescribe A. crassicornis in detail, with special reference to its genitalia, and compare it with A. anseris. Despite the louse not appearing on ducks sampled at the same time as the geese, we hypothesize that A. crassicornis is likely to have passed to the geese as a result of recent host switching from an unidentified anatid host.
A new genus and species of Edessinae from Amazon Region (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)
Authors: FERNANDES JOSÉ ANTÔNIO MARIN
Published: January 2019

The new genus Doesburgedessa is here proposed to include Edessa rugifera Stål, 1872 (type species) and four other species new to science: D. nigrolimbata sp. nov., D. armata sp. nov., D. elongatispina sp. nov., and D. linnei sp. nov. The new genus is characterized by a very unusual metasternal process with a single anterior projection that clearly derives from the bifurcated metasternal process found in Edessa. These species are restricted to the Amazon region; D. rugifera n. comb. is known from Brazil (Amazonas and Mato Grosso), D. nigrolimbata sp. nov. from Peru (Madre de Dios) and Bolivia (Santa Cruz), D. armata sp. nov. from Brazil (Pará and Mato Grosso), D. linnei sp. nov. from French Guiana (Cayenne and St Laurent du Maroni) and Guyana (East Berbice-Corentyne), and D. elongatispina sp. nov. from Brazil (Amazonas). The species were illustrated and photographed and the descriptions were made using external morphological characters, mostly from the metasternal process and the male and female genitalia.
Keys to the genera and species of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the West Indies and description of a new species of Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy
Authors: WHITWORTH TERRY
Published: January 2019

Keys to 11 genera and 21 species of Calliphoridae found or likely to be found in the West Indies are given. Species distributions and key characters are discussed. Lucilia fayeae sp. nov. is described from numerous specimens from Dominica, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent. Calliphora maestrica Peris et al. is redescribed and the male of the species is described for the first time.
Erratum: Zamanpoore, M., Grabowski, M., Poeckl, M. & Schiemer, F. (2010) Two new Gammarus species (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from warm springs in the south-east pre-alpine area of the Zagros, Iran: habitats with physiological challenges. Zootaxa, 2546, 31–51.
Authors: ZAMANPOORE M. , GRABOWSKI M. , POECKL M. , SCHIEMER F.
Published: January 2019

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Discovery of the centipede family Plutoniumidae (Chilopoda) in Asia: a new species of Theatops from China, and the taxonomic value of spiracle distributions in Scolopendromorpha
Authors: DI ZHIYONG , CAO ZHIJIAN , WU YINGLIANG , YIN SHIJIN , EDGECOMBE GREGORY D. , LI WENXIN
Published: January 2019

Theatops chuanensis n. sp. is proposed for a Chinese representative of Plutoniumidae, the first Asian record of this otherwise North American and southern European chilopod family. Its ultimate legs lack prefemoral and femoral spines, and the species is unique within Theatops in possessing spiracles on segment 7. The reliability of segment 7 spiracles as a criterion for diagnosing scolopendromorph genera is challenged by various lines of evidence. An updated key to genera and species of Plutoniumidae is provided.
First record of Hyalascus (Hexactinellida: Rossellidae) from the Indian Ocean, with description of a new species from a volcanic seamount in the Andaman Sea
Authors: SAUTYA SABYASACHI , TABACHNICK KONSTANTIN R. , INGOLE BABAN
Published: January 2019

A new species of Hyalascus is described from the submarine volcanic crater seamount of Andaman Back-arc Basin, Indian Ocean. The genus was previously known in the Pacific Ocean only.
A new species of the genus Indolipa Emeljanov, 2001 from China (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae: Pentastirini), with a checklist of world species
Authors: GUO HONG-WEI , FENG JI-NIAN
Published: January 2019

The cixiid planthopper genus Indolipa Emeljanov, 2001 is revised taxonomically. Seventeen species are recognized of which one, Indolipa gansuensis sp. nov., is new to science. Indolipa kureongensis (Distant, 1911) and I. gansuensis represent the first record of the genus for the Palaearctic Region. A list of all known species of the genus Indolipa is given as well as new descriptions, illustrations and an identification key to Chinese species.
Two new species Pararhabdepyris Gorbatovskii (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Australia and Thailand
Authors: AZEVEDO CELSO O. , BARBOSA DIEGO N.
Published: January 2019

Pararhabdepyris is recorded from Australian and Oriental regions for the first time. Two new species are described and illustrated. Pararhabdepyris balios sp. nov. from Australia is characterized by having scutellar groove wide and trabeculate and tergite II with a pair of half-moon shaped spot at anterior sublateral region. Pararhabdepyris lophos sp. nov. from Thailand is characterized by having clypeus with a wide median lobe and frons with frontal carina. Pararhabdepyris is now known from three species.
Taxonomy of the carinaless group of Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with description of seven new species
Authors: MURAO RYUKI , TADAUCHI OSAMU , GOUBARA MASASHI , MAETA YASUO
Published: January 2019

Seven new species of the carinaless group of Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) are described from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan: Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) canaliculatum Murao sp. nov., and L. (E.) urumaense Murao sp. nov. from the central Ryukyus; L. (E.) bicornutum Murao sp. nov., L. (E.) donanense Murao sp. nov., L. (E.) latifacies Murao sp. nov., L. (E.) silvicolum Murao sp. nov., and L. (E.) yonaguniense Murao sp. nov. from the southern Ryukyus. Both L. (E.) amamiense Ebmer & Sakagami and L. (E.) zipangu Ebmer & Sakagami are redescribed, including the first descriptions of their males. An identification key to the carinaless Evylaeus species occurring in the central and southern Ryukyus is provided, as well as data on the geographical distribution, flight, and flower records of each species.
Notes on the genus Eumantispa Okamoto, 1910 from mainland of China (Neuroptera, Mantispidae)
Authors: YANG XIUSHUAI , LIU ZHIQI
Published: January 2019

The genus Eumantispa from mainland of China is revised including the description of a new species, Eumantispa pseudoharmandi sp. nov. A key to the species of Eumantispa from mainland of China is provided.
The Pachyprotasis indica group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in China with descriptions of eight new species
Authors: ZHONG YIHAI , WEI MEICAI
Published: January 2019

The Pachyprotasis indica group is revised from China and a key is provided for all species associated with this group. Eight new species are described: P. rufigaster sp. nov. (Yunnan), P. fulvicornis sp. nov. (Hunan), P. jiangi sp. nov. (Hubei), P. paraspinilabria sp. nov. (Sichuan), P. rufotegulata sp. nov. (Sichuan), P. spinilabria sp. nov. (Hubei), P. youi sp. nov. (Guizhou), P. zhouhui sp. nov. (Yunnan).
Lacunicambarus chimera: a new species of burrowing crayfish (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee
Authors: GLON MAEL G. , THOMA ROGER F. , DALY MARYMEGAN , FREUDENSTEIN JOHN V.
Published: January 2019

Lacunicambarus diogenes (Girard 1852) was, until recently, considered to be one of the most widely distributed North American crayfish species, occurring in 31 U.S. States and one Canadian province east of the North American Rocky Mountains. Glon et al. (2018) investigated this claim and found that L. diogenes sensu lato was actually a species complex. The authors redescribed L. diogenes and restricted its range to the Atlantic Coastal Plain and Piedmont ecoregions of eastern North America. In doing so, they also revealed the existence of several probable undescribed species of Lacunicambarus that were previously considered to be L. diogenes. Here, we use morphological and molecular techniques to distinguish and describe one of these species: Lacunicambarus chimera sp. nov., a large primary burrowing crayfish found in parts of the Lower Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee and Upper Mississippi River Basins. Lacunicambarus chimera is morphologically similar to L. diogenes, from which it can be distinguished by the greater number of spines on the ventrolateral margin of its merus, its wider antennal scale terminating in a short spine, and the presence of a single longitudinal stripe on the dorsal side of its abdomen. We also provide an updated key to Lacunicambarus.
A new genus of Trechini beetles from the Eastern Himalaya (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Authors: BELOUSOV IGOR A. , KABAK ILYA I. , SCHMIDT JOACHIM
Published: January 2019

Himalotrechus humeratus gen. n., sp. n. is described from the easternmost portion of the Greater Himalaya in the Arunachal Pradesh State of India. The relationships of this new genus within Trechini are discussed based on the relevant characters in external and genital morphology. Himalotrechus gen. n. is likely to be a member of the Epaphiopsis Complex (Deuve et al., 2016).
The Quinault Blowdown: A Microscale Wind Event Driven by a Mountain-Wave Rotor
Authors: Mass Clifford F. , Conrick Robert , Weber Nicholas , Zagrodnik Joseph P.
Published: January 2019

On 27 January 2018, a highly localized, strong wind event occurred along the north shore of Lake Quinault, Washington. The resulting loss of large old-growth trees in a roughly 0.5-km2 region led to blocked roads and power outages. Nearby surface stations did not record anomalous winds, and no tree damage was reported in the surrounding region. Based on public accounts and a nearby seismometer, it appears that the strong winds lasted less than 10 min. Surface and aerial damage surveys showed that the trees fell from a different direction (northerly) than the synoptic or mesoscale f low (southwesterly to southeasterly). Based on high-resolution Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model simulations, it appears that the damaging northerly winds were the result of a strong atmospheric rotor produced by a high-amplitude mountain wave. A simulation with 148-m grid spacing produced a rotor at the same time and location as the treefalls. Synoptic analysis and the high-resolution simulation showed that moderately strong southeasterly flow and a stable layer associated with the approaching occluded front interacted with a ∼750-m-high upstream mountain ridge to produce the mountain wave and associated rotor circulation. The combination of an inversion and strong shear at and above the upstream ridge were outliers in a climatology of soundings from the nearby Quillayute rawinsonde site, suggesting that such intense mountain-wave rotors are unusual in this valley.
IL-31 plays dual roles in lung inflammation in an OVA-induced murine asthma model
Authors: Huang Junqiong , Yue Huan , Jiang Tao , Gao Jing , Shi Yu , Shi Bin , Wu Xiaoxue , Gou Xiaoqin
Published: January 2019

Interleukin 31 (IL-31) is a four-helix cytokine made predominantly by Th2 CD4+ T cells. It was initially identified as being associated with the promotion of atopic dermatitis, where increased levels of IL-31 levels have been found and IL-31 induced the expression of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines in a human bronchial epithelial cell line. However, subsequent study has shown that IL-31RA knockout mice developed exacerbated type 2 inflammation in the lung following infection with Schistosoma mansoni eggs. In this study, we investigated the dynamic expression of IL-31 and IL-31RA during eight consecutive ovalbumin (OVA) challenges and measured the chemokines from lung alveolar epithelial cells induced by IL-31. In addition, we examined the effect deletion of IL-31RA has on lung inflammation and the differentiation of CD4+ T cells. Our results demonstrate that the expression of IL-31 and IL-31RA was elevated after each weekly OVA challenge, although slightly less of both observed after the first week of OVA challenge. IL-31 also promoted the expression of inflammatory chemokines CCL5, CCL6, CCL11, CCL16, CCL22, CCL28, CX3CL1, CXCL3, CXCL14 and CXCL16 in alveolar epithelial cells. Migration of macrophages and T cells was enhanced by culture supernatants of IL-31-stimulated alveolar epithelial cells. Lastly, and in contrast to the IL-31 results, mice deficient in IL-31RA developed exacerbated lung inflammation, increased IL-4-positive cell infiltrates and elevated Th2 cytokine responses in draining lymph nodes. The proliferation of IL-31RA−/− CD4+ T cells was enhanced in vitro after anti-CD3/anti-CD28 antibody stimulation. These data indicate that IL-31/IL-31RA may play dual roles, first as an early inflammatory mediator promoting the secretion of chemokines to recruit inflammatory cells, and subsequently as a late inflammatory suppressor, limiting Th2 cytokine responses in allergic asthma.
Assessment of thiol/disulfide balance as an oxidative stress marker in children with β-thalassemia major
Authors: Guzelcicek Ahmet , Cakirca Gokhan , Erel Ozcan , Solmaz Abdullah
Published: January 2019

Objective: We aimed to investigate the oxidative stress status in children with β-thalassemia major (β-TM) by measuring native thiol (SH), disulfide (SS) and total thiol (SH + SS) plasma levels.

Methods: This study was carried out from November 2017 to March 2018 at the Pediatric Hematology Clinic of the Harran University Medical Faculty Hospital. Blood specimens were collected from 100 participants, including 50 β-TM patients and 50 controls, and SH, SS and SH+SS levels were detected through a newly developed method.

Results: SH, SS, SH+SS levels and SS/SH ratio were markedly higher in β-TM patients than in controls. In β-TM group, SH and SH+SS levels were positively correlated with age, albumin and total bilirubin. Serum ferritin level was positively correlated with SH, SH+SS, aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase.

Conclusions: We found that the SS/SH ratio was high in patients with β-TM, which shows increased oxidative stress. This ratio may be considered as a tool for the determination of oxidative status in such patients due to easily calculate, suitable for routine use and economical.

How to cite this:Guzelcicek A, Cakirca G, Erel O, Abdullah Solmaz4. Assessment of thiol/disulfide balance as an oxidative stress marker in children with β-thalassemia major. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(1):161-165. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.1.307

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DETERMINATION OF VOLUME AND WEIGHT CHARACTERISTICS AND HUMIDITY OF HOPE YIELD
Authors: Васильев Александр , Vasil'ev Aleksandr , Андреев Роман , Andreev Roman , Алексеев Евгений , Alekseev Evgeniy , Васильев Олег , Vasil'ev Oleg , Зайцев Петр , Zaycev Petr
Published: January 2019

The article describes the experiments on the drying of hops in laboratory conditions in rack-type dryers with electric heating, which, according to the results of tests, will allow to obtain samples of dry hops, comparable in quality to those obtained in industrial dryers. The hop cones were harvested by hand. The study describes the volume-mass characteristics of hop cones, the technology of experimental data processing, as well as the dependence of the volume mass of hops on weather conditions, the ripeness phase and varietal characteristics. The main technical requirements for the design of promising hops, working on various physical principles are justified. The purpose of the research is the analytical and experimental determination of the amount of moisture and dry matter, in order to ensure maximum benefit in terms of time and energy needed for hops drying. Research is relevant due to the need for modern, efficient, fireproof hops drying equipment designed to meet the needs of small and large producers. The relevance of the research is to reduce the dependence of hop-raising enterprises on foreign manufacturers of drying systems, import substitution, expanding the investment opportunities of these organizations, creating technological conditions for intensifying hop production in the country. The presented research will be in demand in the process of developing the concept of promising oast houses.
CREATING FOREST PLANTS OF MULTI-PURPOSE RESOURCE USE BY FORESTRY METHODS
Authors: Прока Ирина , Proka Irina , Бабынин Сергей , Babynin Sergey
Published: January 2019

Based on the results of the analysis and assessment of the problem of meeting the growing needs of resource forest management in relatively densely populated areas with developed transport infrastructure, within the framework of the developed concept of ensuring the intensification of forest reproduction and use by creating forest plantations with silvicultural methods, one of the ways to solve the problem is to develop for the practical application of the target forest management systems for the creation of forest plantations of many special purpose resources, distinguished by relatively high ecological properties, potential for efficient integrated use of forest resources, which creates the possibility (due to their use) of preserving and reducing the intensity of exploitation of valuable forest ecosystems of natural and natural economic origin. To achieve this goal, based on the use of two types of technological organization of territories of different types of forests and potential productivity of cultivated plantation stands, the interrelated implementation of all activities of the forest regeneration cycle is provided. They are organically combined with a relatively intensive multi-purpose resource forest use throughout the forest reproduction cycle. In turn, effective measures for the protection and preservation of forests are ensured by integrating them into phased measures of thinning throughout all stages of forest growth, as well as by rational organization of the creation and use of forest plantations by silvicultural methods. At the same time, measures are provided for forest users to motivate the use of forest-established forest use - the creation and operation of forest plantations, taking into account the introduction of reasonable changes to the Forest Code to expand the possibilities of planted forest growing while preserving environmentally valuable forests.
STUDY THE IMPACT OF BIOPREPARATIONS AND GROWTH STIMULATORS APPLICATION ON USEFUL MICROFLORA AND PRODUCTIVITY OF POTATO
Authors: Черемисин Александр , Cheremisin Aleksandr , Кумпан Владимир , Kumpan Vladimir
Published: January 2019

In field experiments (2016-2017), pre-sowing treatment of potato tubers with complex preparations based on associative rhizobacteria, growth stimulants and micronutrients was studied. The average yield increase amounted to 5.1-8.0 tons per hectare with a decrease in tuber infection with fungal diseases. The effectiveness of biologics varied over the years depending on the activity of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms and the external conditions. The number of microorganisms assimilating nitrogen in the mineral form increased in the variants with preparations Gumi 20 and Mival-Agro by 71-100%, oligonitrophils - by 2-3 times relative to the control. Significantly compared with the control when making drugs, the number of soil fungi increased by 1.5-6.5 times. Processing of tubers with biologics increases the number of seed tubers in the crop, a higher reproduction rate of 1: 8 was obtained on variants with Rizoagrin and Mival –Agro. The greatest effect was obtained from the use of humic fertilizers and silicon organic biostimulator Mival-Agro. Marketability of tubers increased by 1.5-6.5%. Under the influence of bio-fertilizers, an increase in the number of microorganisms in the rhizosphere of potatoes was observed by 42-92% relative to the control.
ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF SPRING WHEAT GRAIN PRODUCTION AT DIFFERENT PRICES OF REALIZATION
Authors: Синещеков Виктор , Sineschekov Viktor , Васильева Надежда , Vasil'eva Nadezhda , Дудкина Елена , Dudkina Elena
Published: January 2019

The article presents the results of research on the economic efficiency of the production of spring wheat grain at different selling prices. They were obtained in the fields of grain-crop crop rotation, depending on the tillage systems on different chemicalization backgrounds in the multifactorial stationary field experiment in the Siberian Federal Agrobiotechnology Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the territory of the OPKh “Elitnoe” Novosibirsk region (central forest-steppe subzone). It has been established that with the realizable value of grain of 7 and 8 thousand rubles per ton, this crop can be successfully grown only according to the steam precursor and mainly on an extensive background. As a predecessor in this case, the early minimum pair is most preferable, black pairs with flat-cut strip depth processing and with minimal processing, in which the profitability of grain production was 75.8%, 69.2 and 67.9% at 7 thousand rubles per ton and 100.9%, 93.4 and 91.8% with 8 thousand rubles per ton respectively. In other cases, at such rates for the grain predecessor on all chemicalization backgrounds, the cultivation of wheat was unprofitable, except for the option of plowing against an extensive background, where it was reasonable to grow wheat for the grain predecessor only at 8 thousand rubles per ton. With a realizable value of wheat of 10 thousand rubles per ton, it is economically advantageous to grow this crop both in pairs and in the grain precursor on the chemicalization backgrounds under study. At such prices, the profit from the sale of grain on an extensive background for the grain predecessor was the highest for plowing - 4355.59 rubles per hectare, significantly less in the variants with soil protection treatments (2645.47-3745.02 rubles per hectare) and “zero” treatment - 2865.65 rubles per hectare. Against an intensive background, high rates of profit were noted in the variant with flat-cut strip depth processing (9091.70 rubles per hectare), for other treatments it was less and varied from 6519.93 to 7223.43 rubles per hectare. The maximum economic effect was obtained from the cultivation of wheat for a couple, where the profit on an extensive background was 16,832.68 rubles per hectare, and on an intensive background - 12894.56 rubles per hectare with current prices for fuels and lubricants and pesticides.
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING IN THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
Authors: Остаев Гамлет , Ostaev Gamlet , Клычова Гузалия , Klychova Guzaliya , Соколова Алина , Sokolova Alina
Published: January 2019

Management accounting of an economic entity in the agro-industrial complex is a complex of multidimensional system. Sustainable development of a business entity in the agro-industrial complex depends on many different factors and conditions, by which we understand the causes (driving forces) of a process, determining its character or its individual features. From the functioning of management accounting depends on the order of decision-making. In the context of diversity and heterogeneity of factors, a high degree of uncertainty, the complexity of interactions, the study of these factors is a serious problem. Therefore, management personnel should carry out a constant analysis of all factors affecting the enterprise and evaluate their interaction, which reflects the causal relationships that characterize the sustainable development of the agricultural enterprise.
RESULTS OF RESEARCH OF CYLINDER-SPIRAL SOIL-TILLING ROLLER
Authors: Шаронов Иван , Sharonov Ivan , Курдюмов Владимир , Kurdyumov Vladimir , Прошкин Вячеслав , Proshkin Vyacheslav
Published: January 2019

The cylindrical soil tillage roller was developed. In the process of experimental studies of the proposed roller for assessing the quality of tillage from the standpoint of compliance with the soil density agrotechnical requirements adopted coefficient of compliance with the standard kse. As a result of experimental studies, the parameters and modes of operation of the roller have been optimized, at which the required quality of tillage is achieved. Analysis of the mathematical models obtained showed that, after rolling with a cylindrical spiral roller, kse = 0.98 (corresponding to soil density ρ = 1185 ... 1215 kg / m3), which fully satisfies the agrotechnically specified limit of soil density at a seed embedment depth - 1100 ... 1300 kg / m3. The maximum value of kse = 0.98 is achieved when the speed of the unit is v = 11 km per hour, the ballast mass is mb=100 kg, and the turn of the spiral is l=40 mm. It was revealed that after treatment with a cylindrical-spiral soil-cultivating roller, the coefficient of compliance with the standard was kse=0.98, which is significantly higher compared to serial rollers (0.83 - after rolling the SZ-5.4 drill and 0.91 after processing the ring spur roller). When assessing the field surface alignment, it was found that after treatment with a cylindrical-spiral roller, the coefficient of uniformity kv was 0.95, which is respectively 7.1% and 14.2% more compared to the areas treated with annular-heel rollers and annular rollers of the SZ seeder -5.4. In the course of field studies on the experimental field of Ulyanovsk State Agrarian University, it was found that the yield of spring barley after surface treatment of the soil with a cylindrical-spiral roller exceeded by an average of three years for 7.4% and 10.3%, respectively, the yield of this crop after rolling with a KKSh-6 roller and SZ-5,4 seeder wheels. The economic effect of the introduction of the proposed rink due to the increase in yield reaches 1,800 ... 2,460 rubles per 1 hectare of spring barley.
NEW ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE BUCKWHEAT SELECTION
Authors: Кадырова Фанюся , Kadyrova Fanyusya , Кадырова Луиза , Kadyrova Luiza , Хуснутдинова Алсу , Husnutdinova Alsu , Никифорова Ирина , Nikiforova Irina , Галиуллина Гульзия , Galiullina Gul'ziya , Гайнутдинова Эльза , Gaynutdinova El'za
Published: January 2019

The article discuss the efficiency of direction, selection methods and the buckwheat selection effectiveness for environmental plasticity. The results of buckwheat selection in Tatar Agricultural Research Institute over the past 20 years were presented. A detailed assessment of the economic and biological properties of the new variety Yashlek, approved for cultivation in six regions of the Russian Federation, is given. In the analytical center of Tatar Agricultural Research Institute determined the protein content in the groats and its fractional composition. In order to estimate the morphometric parameters of the plants of new samples in comparison with the standard, 30 plants were randomly selected in the harvest ripeness phase. Mathematical data processing was carried out using the AGROS selection program package. The high efficiency of using agroecological backgrounds for screening when creating a new gene pool of buckwheat in breeding for ecological plasticity has been proved. The introduction of a new variety of buckwheat Yashlek in production contributes to the stabilization of high yields of buckwheat, as well as increasing the economic attractiveness of this crop for agricultural producers.
Heterogeneous Price Effects of Consolidation: Evidence from the Car Rental Industry
Authors: Guler Ali Umut , Misra Kanishka , Singh Vishal
Published: January 2019

We show that a horizontal merger can have differential price effects on customer segments depending on their supplier switching costs.