bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Loss-Aware CMT-Based Multipathing Scheme for Efficient Data Delivery to Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
Authors: Liu Qinghua , Ke Fenfen , Liu Zhihua , Zeng Jiaxin
Published: February 2019

With the rapid development of wireless networks, multiple network interfaces are gradually being designed into more and more mobile devices. When it comes to data delivery, Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)-based Concurrent Multipath Transfer (CMT) has proven to be quite useful solution for multiple home networks, and it could become the key transport protocol for the next generation of wireless communications. The CMT delay caused by data rearrangement has been noticed by researchers, but they have seldom considered the frequent occurrence of packet loss that occurs in the high-loss networks. In this paper, we proposed an original loss-aware solution for multipath concurrent transmission (CMT-LA) that achieves the following goals: (1) identifying packet loss on all paths, (2) distributing packets adaptively across multiple available paths according to their packet loss and loss variation, and (3) maintaining the features of bandwidth aggregation and parallel transmission of CMT while improving the throughput performance. The results of our simulations showed that the proposed CMT-LA reduces reordering delay and unnecessary fast retransmissions, thereby demonstrating that CMT-LA is a more efficient data delivery scheme than classic CMT.
Disparities and Trends in Genetic Testing and Erlotinib Treatment among Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients
Authors: Palazzo Lauren L. , Sheehan Deirdre F. , Tramontano Angela C. , Kong Chung Yin
Published: February 2019

Background:

Despite reports of socioeconomic disparities in rates of genetic testing and targeted therapy treatment for metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), little is known about whether such disparities are changing over time.

Methods:

We performed a retrospective analysis to identify disparities and trends in genetic testing and treatment with erlotinib. Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database, we identified 9,900 patients with stage IV NSCLC diagnosed in 2007 to 2011 at age 65 or older. We performed logistic regression analyses to identify patient factors associated with odds of receiving a genetic test and erlotinib treatment, and to assess trends in these differences with respect to diagnosis year.

Results:

Patients were more likely to receive genetic testing if they were under age 75 at diagnosis [odds ratio (OR), 1.55] independent of comorbidity level, and this age-based gap showed a decrease over time (OR, 0.93). For untested patients, erlotinib treatment was associated with race (OR, 0.58, black vs. white; OR, 2.45, Asian vs. white), and was more likely among female patients (OR, 1.45); for tested patients, erlotinib treatment was less likely among low-income patients (OR, 0.32). Most of these associations persisted or increased in magnitude.

Conclusions:

Race and sex are associated with rates of erlotinib treatment for patients who did not receive genetic testing, and low-income status is associated with treatment rates for those who did receive testing. The racial disparity remained stable over time, while the income-based disparity grew larger.

Impact:

Attention to reducing disparities is needed as precision cancer treatments continue to be developed.
FDA Approval Summary: Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Microsatellite Instability-High Solid Tumors
Authors: Marcus Leigh , Lemery Steven J. , Keegan Patricia , Pazdur Richard
Published: February 2019

The FDA approved pembrolizumab on May 23, 2017, for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with unresectable or metastatic, microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H), or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) solid tumors that have progressed following prior treatment and who have no satisfactory alternative treatment options and for the treatment of unresectable or metastatic MSI-H or dMMR colorectal cancer that has progressed following treatment with a fluoropyrimidine, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan. The FDA granted the approval based on an understanding of the biology of MSI-H/dMMR across different tumors along with the clinically important effects on overall response rate (ORR) observed in patients who were enrolled in 1 of 5 single-arm clinical trials. The ORR was 39.6% among 149 patients with 15 different tumor types (95% confidence interval, 31.7–47.9), with a 7% complete response rate. The duration of response ranged from 1.6+ months to 22.7+ months, with 78% of responses lasting ≥6 months. Overall, the adverse event profile of pembrolizumab was similar to the adverse event profile observed across prior trials that supported the approval of pembrolizumab in other indications. This approval of pembrolizumab is the first time that the FDA has approved a cancer treatment for an indication based on a common biomarker rather than the primary site of origin.
Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt Signaling is Functionally Essential in Myxoid Liposarcoma
Authors: Trautmann Marcel , Cyra Magdalene , Isfort Ilka , Jeiler Birte , Krüger Arne , Grünewald Inga , Steinestel Konrad , Altvater Bianca , Rossig Claudia , Hafner Susanne , Simmet Thomas , Becker Jessica , Åman Pierre , Wardelmann Eva , Huss Sebastian , Hartmann Wolfgang
Published: February 2019

Myxoid liposarcoma (MLS) is an aggressive soft-tissue tumor characterized by a specific reciprocal t(12;16) translocation resulting in expression of the chimeric FUS–DDIT3 fusion protein, an oncogenic transcription factor. Similar to other translocation-associated sarcomas, MLS is characterized by a low frequency of somatic mutations, albeit a subset of MLS has previously been shown to be associated with activating PIK3CA mutations. This study was performed to assess the prevalence of PI3K/Akt signaling alterations in MLS and the potential of PI3K-directed therapeutic concepts. In a large cohort of MLS, key components of the PI3K/Akt signaling cascade were evaluated by next generation seqeuncing (NGS), fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and immunohistochemistry (IHC). In three MLS cell lines, PI3K activity was inhibited by RNAi and the small-molecule PI3K inhibitor BKM120 (buparlisib) in vitro. An MLS cell line–based avian chorioallantoic membrane model was applied for in vivo confirmation. In total, 26.8% of MLS cases displayed activating alterations in PI3K/Akt signaling components, with PIK3CA gain-of-function mutations representing the most prevalent finding (14.2%). IHC suggested PI3K/Akt activation in a far larger subgroup of MLS, implying alternative mechanisms of pathway activation. PI3K-directed therapeutic interference showed that MLS cell proliferation and viability significantly depended on PI3K-mediated signals in vitro and in vivo. Our preclinical study underlines the elementary role of PI3K/Akt signals in MLS tumorigenesis and provides a molecularly based rationale for a PI3K-targeted therapeutic approach which may be particularly effective in the subgroup of tumors carrying activating genetic alterations in PI3K/Akt signaling components.
Mutation in afsR Leads to A-Factor Deficiency in Streptomyces griseus B2682
Authors: Szilágyi Melinda , Márton Éva , Lukács Dávid , Birkó Zsuzsanna , Kele Zoltán , Biró Sándor
Published: February 2019

Background/Aims: A-factor, a γ-butyrolactone autoregulator, in Streptomyces griseus is involved in the regulation of differentiation and antibiotic production. Here we studied the S. griseus B2682-AFN (A-factor negative) bald mutant that harbors a nonsense mutation in the afsR gene encoding a pleiotropic regulator. Our aim was to prove that this mutation is the cause of the A-factor deficiency in AFN. We also studied whether AfsR regulates A-factor production by AfsA, which is supposed to be the only specific key enzyme in A-factor biosynthesis. Methods: Wild afsR was cloned to the pHJL401 shuttle vector and was transformed to the S. griseus AFN and B2682 strains. During phenotypic characterization, sporulation, antibiotic, protease, A-factor, and AfsA protein production were studied. Results: Transformation of AFN by a wild afsR restored its phenotype including sporulation, antibiotic, extracellular protease, and A-factor production. Introduction of afsR to the B2682 wild-type strain resulted in antibiotic and extracellular protease overproduction that was accompanied with an elevated A-factor level. AfsA was detected both in AFN and B2682. Conclusions: AfsR has an effect on the regulation of A-factor production in S. griseus. The presence of AfsA is not sufficient for normal A-factor production. AfsR regulates A-factor biosynthesis independently of AfsA.
Efficacy of Prophylactic Antimicrobial Administration of Tazobactam/Piperacillin for Radical Cystectomy with Urinary Diversion: A Multicenter Study
Authors: Shigemura Katsumi , Tanaka Kazushi , Hamasuna Ryoichi , Ishikawa Kiyohito , Matsumoto Tetsuro , Arakawa Soichi , Kiyota Hiroshi , Yamamoto Shingo , Fujisawa Masato ,   Japanese Research Group for Urinary Tract Infection (JRGU)
Published: February 2019

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between prophylactic antibiotic administration (PAA) and postoperative infection after radical cystectomy with urinary diversion in patients with invasive bladder cancer. Methods: Forty-nine consecutive cases were analyzed prospectively. Postoperative infections were categorized as surgical site infection (SSI) and remote infection (RI). We used the antibiotics tazobactam/piperacillin (TAZ/PIPC) as PAA (48 h). Results: A total of 18 (36.7%) patients had postoperative infections, 4/18 (22.2%) patients had wound infections, and 12/18 (66.7%) patients had RI. In the risk factor study for SSI and RI occurrences, we found that the surgical time was significantly shorter in the non-infection group (p = 0.031). Taken together, these results suggest that TAZ/PIPC with shorter PAA duration (48 h) might lead to a lower rate of postoperative infections. Conclusions: Our data showed that PAA with TAZ/PIPC with a shorter duration PAA (48 h) might be recommended for RC with urinary diversion. We found that the surgical time was significantly shorter in the non-infection group. A prospective study based on our data is desirable to establish or revise PAA strategy for prophylactic medication to prevent postoperative infection after RC with urinary diversion.
Internet-Based Cognitive-Behavioural Intervention for Women with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors: Weise Cornelia , Kaiser Gudrun , Janda Carolyn , Kues Johanna N. , Andersson Gerhard , Strahler Jana , Kleinstäuber Maria
Published: February 2019

Background: Given the high prevalence of clinically relevant premenstrual symptoms and the associated impairment, there is a need for effective treatments. Initial evidence suggests cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) as an effective treatment for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). The aim of the current randomized clinical trial was to evaluate an Internet-based CBT (iCBT) to reduce the burden of PMDD. Methods: In all, 174 women with PMDD were recruited via newspaper articles, flyers, and social media. They were randomized to a treatment group (TG; n = 86) or waitlist control group (CG; n = 88). Women of the TG received an 8-week therapist-guided iCBT. Data were assessed before and after treatment/waiting, and 6 months after intervention with prospective symptom diaries and questionnaires in the premenstrual phase. Treatment effects and moderators were analysed using hierarchical linear modelling. Results: Significant time × group interaction effects on functional impairment and psychological impairment, impact on everyday life, symptom intensity, and symptom disability in favour of the TG indicated the efficacy of the treatment. Follow-up assessments demonstrated treatment effects to be stable until 6 months after treatment. Additionally, significant interactions with moderator variables were found. In the TG, higher levels of active coping and lower levels of support-seeking coping were associated with stronger improvement in interference in everyday life and symptom intensity. In addition, lower levels of perceived stress were associated with stronger improvement in functional impairment. Conclusion: The iCBT was highly effective in reducing the burden of PMDD. It appears to be particularly important to address coping styles and stress management in the treatment.
Prevalência e fatores associados à polifarmácia em idosos comunitários
Authors: Carneiro Jair Almeida , Ramos Gizele Carmem Fagundes , Barbosa Ana Teresa Fernandes , Medeiros Sarah Magalhães , Lima Cássio De Almeida , Costa Fernanda Marques da , Caldeira Antônio Prates
Published: February 2019

Modelo do estudo: estudo epidemiológico, transversal, analítico, de base populacional. Objetivo do estudo: estimar a prevalência de polifarmácia em idosos comunitários e identificar os fatores associados em área não metropolitana do Brasil. Metodologia: Trata-se de estudo epidemiológico, transversal, analítico, de base populacional. Foi conduzido em Montes Claros – Minas Gerais, Brasil, a partir de uma amostragem censitária por conglomerado. Investigou-se a associação entre a variável dependente, polifarmácia (uso de cinco ou mais medicamentos), e as variáveis independentes (sociodemográficas e relativas à saúde). Após a análise bivariada, as variáveis associadas até o nível de 25% foram analisadas de maneira conjunta por meio de Regressão Logística. O nível de significância final assumido foi de 5%. Resultados: entre os 686 idosos avaliados, a prevalência de polifarmácia foi de 23,5%. No modelo final, permaneceram como fatores associados ao desfecho: hipertensão arterial, diabetes mellitus, problema cardíaco, osteoporose, acidente vascular encefálico, fragilidade e não saber ler. Conclusão: houve elevada prevalência de polifarmácia e importantes associações com fatores relativos às doenças crônicas e à fragilidade, sendo o fato de saber ler um fator de proteção. Tais constatações reforçam a necessidade de uma assistência de qualidade que reconheça as especificidades dos idosos comunitários na realidade evidenciada.
Fibromialgia
Authors: Conte Mariana Storino , Dumbra Gabriel Antonio Cabriott , Roma Daniela Vichiato Polizelli , Fucuta Patricia Da Silva , Miyaza Maria Cristina De Oliveira Santos
Published: February 2019

A fibromialgia (FM), doença caracterizada por dor musculoesquelética difusa acompanhada de outros sintomas não relacionados ao aparelho locomotor, apresenta prevalência no Brasil de 2,5%. Objetivo: avaliar a prática de atividade física, os sintomas de depressão e a qualidade de vida em pacientes com FM. Tipo de estudo: Estudo observacional retrospectivo. Método: Participaram do estudo 50 pacientes adultos com diagnóstico de FM de acordo com os critérios de classificação do American College of Rheumatology (ACR), sendo excluídos os que apresentaram comorbidades. Após aprovação do projeto pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa, pacientes que compareceram à consulta de rotina em consultório privado de reumatologia e atenderam aos critérios de inclusão foram convidados a participar do estudo. A análise dos dados foi realizada por meio dos testes Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney e coeficiente de correlação de Pearson. Valores de P<0,05 foram considerados significantes. Resultados: Houve predominância do sexo feminino, idade média de 47 anos, etnia branca, estado civil casado e com filhos. O resultado da EVA variou entre 0 (n=9) a 8 (n=6). O FIQ variou entre 0 e 86,7 e o BDI total entre 0 e 26. A BDI-13 variou entre 0 e 22. Houve correlação positiva do escore do BDI-13 com o FIQ-total e do BDI-13 com o escore EVA. Conclusão: Os dados não sugerem impacto significativo da atividade física na melhora dos sintomas de dor, qualidade de vida e depressão em pacientes com fibromia
Lectotypification of the name Androsace mathildae Levier (Primulaceae)
Authors: BARTOLUCCI FABRIZIO , CONTI FABIO
Published: February 2019

Androsace mathildae Levier (1877: 43) is endemic to Abruzzo (central Italy; Bartolucci et al. 2017, 2018), occurring in the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga national Park (Conti & Bartolucci 2016) and in the Majella national Park (F. Conti and collaborators, submitted), on limestone rocks and screes between 2,350 and 2,900 m a.s.l. This species is listed in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive 92/43/ECC (Rossi et al. 2016), and, according to the IUCN criteria, is evaluated as Least Concern (LC; Rossi et al. 2013, Orsenigo et al. 2018). Androsace mathildae is also included in the project LIFE15 NAT/IT/000946 “Safeguard and valorization of the plant species of EU interest in the Natural Parks of the Abruzzo Apennine” (Di Martino et al. 2016).The present contribution is part of an ongoing project promoted by the Italian Botanical Society aimed at recognizing and typifying all the taxa described from Italy, in order to increase their systematic knowledge and promote further studies (Domina et al. 2012, Passalacqua et al. 2014, Peruzzi et al. 2015, Brundu et al. 2017). The name Androsace mathildae, to the best of our knowledge, was not yet typified (Peruzzi et al. 2015).
Barcoding without DNA? Species identification using near infrared spectroscopy
Authors: RODRÍGUEZ-FERNÁNDEZ JAIME I. , DE CARVALHO CLAUDIO J. B. , PASQUINI CELIO , DE LIMA KÁSSIO MICHELL GOMES , MOURA MAURICIO O. , ARÍZAGA GREGORIO G. CARBAJAL
Published: February 2019

Hennig's holomorphology concept defines taxonomy as a process that synthesizes evidence from all relevant comparative sources. One possible source is metabolomics, in which the global metabolic profile is analyzed. An integral metabolic profile can be quickly obtained, nondestructively, through spectroscopy in the near infrared region. Here we use near infrared spectroscopy and chemometry to identify nine species of flies in the genus Neodexiopsis Malloch (Muscidae, Diptera). This genus is the most species-rich of the Muscoidea in the Neotropical region. Identification success demonstrates that near infrared spectroscopy may provide a new source of data to test and organize hypotheses of species delimitation. Comparing near infrared spectroscopy with DNA barcoding, spectroscopy may have even greater conceptual merit as a true barcode of life.
Validating the occurrence of Caribbean reef sharks, Carcharhinus perezi (Poey), (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes) in the northern Gulf of Mexico, with a key for sharks of the family Carcharhinidae inhabiting the region
Authors: DRIGGERS III WILLIAM B. , HOFFMAYER ERIC R. , HICKERSON EMMA L. , MARTIN TIMOTHY L. , GLEDHILL CHRISTOPHER T.
Published: February 2019

Among the sharks inhabiting the continental shelf waters of the western North Atlantic Ocean, those within the genus Carcharhinus are the most speciose (Castro 2011). Authoritative sources agree on the presence of twelve species of carcharhinids in the northern Gulf of Mexico; however, they disagree on the presence of a thirteenth species, C. perezi (Poey), in the region (Compagno 1984, Compagno 2002, McEachran & Fechhelm 1998, Castro 2011). While the range of C. perezi is well-documented to extend from the southeastern coast of Florida and the Bahamas to Brazil (Castro 2011), published records of C. perezi occurring in the northern Gulf of Mexico are limited to two sources. In their description of Eulamia springeri, a junior synonym of C. perezi, Bigelow & Schroeder (1944) place the species in the northern Gulf of Mexico based on “a somewhat shrivelled skin with head” from a specimen collected off the west coast of Florida that was reported by the authors to be “probably of this species.” Later, Springer (1960) reported the capture of a single specimen off the Mississippi River Delta in 1947; however, no detail of the capture was provided other than it being listed within a table summarizing shark species collected during exploratory fishing operations.
A new highland species of Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1871 (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Pantepui region, northern South America
Authors: KOK PHILIPPE J. R. , MEANS D. BRUCE , BOSSUYT FRANKY
Published: February 2019

A new strabomantid frog of the genus Pristimantis Jiménez de la Espada, 1871 is described from the Eastern Pantepui Region, Guiana Shield, northern South America. The new species, Pristimantis aureoventris sp. nov., is known so far from two neighbouring tepuis, namely Wei Assipu Tepui (type locality) at the border between Guyana and Brazil and Mount Roraima in Guyana, and occurs between 2210–2305 m elevation. The new taxon is distinguished from all known congeners by the following combination of characters: Finger I < II; tympanum distinct; basal webbing between Toes IV-V; broad lateral fringes on fingers and toes; ventral skin areolate; vocal slits absent in male; two non-spinous whitish nuptial pads and vocal sac present in male; high degree of pattern polymorphism; throat, chest, and belly golden yellow, usually with reddish brown to dark brown mottling; internal organs little or not visible through the ventral skin in life. The call of the new species consists of bouts of a single amplitude-modulated (decreasing to the end) note repeated at a rate of ca. 18 notes/min with a dominant frequency ranging from 2180 to 2430 Hz.
A new characid fish, Moenkhausia aurantia (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae), from the upper rio Tocantins basin in Central Brazil
Authors: BERTACO VINICIUS A. , JEREP FERNANDO C. , CARVALHO FERNANDO R.
Published: February 2019

A new characid species, Moenkhausia aurantia, is described from the upper portions of rio Tocantins basin, in the Chapada dos Veadeiros, Goiás State, central Brazil. The new species differs from its congeners by the combination of 3 or 4 scale rows below and 5 or 6 scale rows above the lateral line, 21–25 branched anal-fin rays, 33–35 lateral line scales, 2–4 maxillary teeth, one diffuse humeral spot, and caudal spot continuous to the longitudinal line which extends posteriorly over the middle caudal-fin rays. A key to identify Moenkhausia species describe from the Tocantins-Araguaia basin is provided.
Redescription of the rheophilous cladocera Camptocercus vietnamensis Than, 1980 (Cladocera: Anomopoda: Chydoridae)
Authors: SINEV ARTEM Y.
Published: February 2019

Little-known Vietnamese chydorid cladocera, Camptocercus vetnamensis Than, 1980 is redescribed on the material from Cat Tien national park, South Vietnam. Detailed morphology of limbs is described for the first time. In some features, C. vietnamensis is similar to C. uncinatus Smirnov, 1971, but can be easily differentiated from it by smaller size, morphology of postabdomen and labrum. C. vietnamensis is the only species of the genus Camptocercus strictly confined to the rheic conditions.
Redescription of Rhodostrophia lenis Wiltshire 1966 and R. vartianae Wiltshire, 1966, with new distributional data (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Sterrhinae)
Authors: SH. HOSSEIN RAJAEI , TRUSCH ROBERT
Published: February 2019

The geometrid moth genus Rhodostrophia Hübner, 1823 belongs to the subfamily Sterrhinae, which presently contains 73 species (Parsons et al. 1999, Sihvonen & Nupponen 2005, Trusch & Hausmann 2007). The genus ranges from Europe, North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula to Taiwan, with focal diversity in western and central Asia; three species occur in Chile (Trusch & Hausmann 2007). Diagnostic characters for Rhodostrophia include: forewing with double areole (cf. fig. 11), R2–R4 stalked, R5 from apex of second areole; hindwing with Rs and M1 stalked, M3 and CuA1 usually separate; long quadripectinate male antenna with four thin branches arising from each flagellomer (pectinations reaching antennal tip); frons slightly convex, length of palpi equal to or slightly exceeding diameter of eye (Hausmann 2004; venation terminology after Scoble 1995).
Catalog of the Acari types deposited in the American Museum of Natural History, New York (Arthropoda: Arachnida)
Authors: HERNANDES FABIO A. , HUFF JEREMY C. , OCONNOR BARRY M.
Published: February 2019

A catalog of the type specimens of Acari representing 45 families, 153 genera and 377 species deposited at the American Museum of Natural History is presented. Additional material from the original type series deposited in other institutions is also noted. Where possible, the host is indicated.
The oonopid spider genus Ischnothyreus in Borneo (Oonopidae, Araneae)
Authors: KRANZ-BALTENSPERGER YVONNE
Published: February 2019

The genus Ischnothyreus is reported for the first time from Borneo with 17 new species (I. balu, I. barus, I. danum, I. deelemanae, I. elvis, I. falcifer, I. flabellifer, I. flippi, I. florifer, I. fobor, I. hooki, I. jojo, I. kalimantan, I. matang, I. mulumi, I. rex, I. serapi). All species are diagnosed, described and illustrated.
Fallicambarus (F.) wallsi (Decapoda: Cambaridae), a new burrowing crayfish from eastern Texas
Authors: JOHNSON DANIEL P.
Published: February 2019

Fallicambarus (F.) wallsi is described from San Augustine and Sabine counties, Texas. It may be distinguished from its nearest relative, F. (F.) kountzeae, by its distomesially oriented proximal margin of the cheliped's palm mesial to the condyle; proportionately longer mesial margin of the palm; lack of a distinct excision on the dactyl's opposable margin; more strongly tapering mesial process and absent or reduced cephalic process of the first pleopod of the first form male; and proportionately broader mesial ramus of the uropod, antennal scale and areola. An identification key is provided for the subgenus Fallicambarus.
New flat mite genera (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae)associated with Australian sedges (Cyperaceae)
Authors: BEARD JENNIFER J. , OCHOA RONALD
Published: February 2019

Two new genera, Gahniacarus gen. nov. and Cyperacarus gen. nov., and four new species, G. gersonus sp. nov., G. tuberculatus sp. nov., C. naomae sp. nov. and C. foliatus sp. nov., are described from native Australian sedge species in the genus Gahnia (Cyperaceae). Leg chaetotaxy is provided for all stages of each species. The importance of taxonomic characters offered by immature stages and ontogenetic changes in leg chaetotaxy are discussed. A key to the Tenuipalpidae associated with Cyperaceae in Australia is provided.
New taxa of Mirolliini from South East Asia and evidence for an abdominal gland in male Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
Authors: INGRISCH SIGFRID
Published: February 2019

Identification of various unworked museum specimens and newly received material from Sabah, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, North Thailand, and North East India resulted in the discovery of new taxa of Mirolliini. Two genera and twelve species are described as new: Amirollia gen. n. (type species A. furcata sp. n.), Hemimirollia gen. n. (type species Mirollia gracilis Karny, 1925); Amirollia furcata sp. n.; Deflorita marginata sp. n., D. protecta sp. n., Hueikaeana andreji sp. n., H. quadrimaculata sp. n., Mirollia forcipata sp. n., M. malaya sp. n., M. paralata sp. n., M. rumidi sp. n., M. secunda sp. n., M. spinulosa sp. n., and M. tawai sp. n. Four new combinations are proposed: Mirollia gracilis Karny, 1925 and M. luteipennis Karny, 1925 are combined with Hemimirollia; Mirollia ulla Gorochov, 2008 is combined with Amirollia; Hueikaeana decora Gorochov, 2008 is combined with Deflorita and the male described for the first time. The females of2 · Zootaxa 2943 © 2011 Magnolia PressDeflorita bella Gorochov, 2008 and Mirollia longipinna Ingrisch & Shishodia, 1998 are described for the first time. Stridulation of M. secunda sp. n. is reported. The study also revealed formerly unreported modifications of the anterior abdominal tergites in males of all species under study, which are interpreted as abdominal glands.
Study of a part of the A. G. Olivier Lixini collection (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): lectotype designations, new synonymies and nomenclatural acts
Authors: GÜLTEKİN LEVENT , PERRIN HÉLÈNE
Published: February 2019

A search for Lixini (Curculionidae: Lixinae) species housed in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris and the Swedish Natural History Museum, Stockholm allowed the study of a part of the G. -A. Olivier collection. Lectotypes are designated for Larinus centaurii (Olivier, 1807), Larinus cuniculus (Olivier, 1807), Larinus gravidus (Olivier, 1807), Larinus carthami (Olivier, 1807), Lixus cardui Olivier, 1807, Lixus iridis Olivier, 1807, Lixus recurvus Olivier, 1807 and Lixus myagri Olivier, 1807. The following new synonymies and homonymies become evident: Larinus centaurii (Olivier, 1807) [= L. ungulatus Gyllenhal, 1835 syn. nov., L. centaureae Becker, 1864 nom. nud., L. beckeri Petri, 1907 syn. nov.]; Larinus cuniculus (Olivier, 1807) [= L. marki Ter-Minassian, 1982 syn. nov.]; Larinus ursus (Fabricius, 1792) [= L. cuniculus Walker, 1871 hom. nov. nec L. cuniculus (Olivier, 1807) syn. nov.]; Larinus gravidus (Olivier, 1807) [= L. schoenherri Capiomont, 1874 syn. nov.]; Larinus carthami (Olivier, 1807) [= L. crassus Capiomont, 1874 syn. nov., L. griseotessellatus Capiomont, 1874 syn. nov.; L. breviusculus Desbrochers, 1892 syn. nov.]; Lixus recurvus Olivier, 1807 [= L. nordmanni Hochhuth, 1847 syn. nov.]; Lixus myagri Olivier, 1807 [= L. lycophoeus Boheman, 1835 syn. nov. ].
Recommendations about nomenclature for papers submitted to Zootaxa
Authors: DUBOIS ALAIN , MINELLI ALESSANDRO , ZHANG ZHI-QIANG
Published: February 2019

The rapid success of Zootaxa has been due in part to the decentralization of its editorial process and to the taxonomic specialization of members of the editorial board (Zhang 2010). Both these factors allowed a quicker publication of papers than in many other journals, after an appropriate review by editors well acquainted with the taxa covered and the relevant literature.
Comments on the establishment of the one to one relationship between characters as a prerequisite for homology assessment in phylogenetic studies
Authors: BRITZ RALF , JOHNSON G. DAVID
Published: February 2019

In two recent papers Mooi & Gill (2010a, 2010b) stressed that the evaluation and discussion of character homologies and their significance as synapomorphies has disappeared from current molecular phylogenetic analyses in ichthyology (see Chakrabarty (2010) and Smith (2010) for a different perspective). Synapomorphies represent the evidence that allows us to postulate phylogenetic groupings under the paradigm of Hennig’s (1950, 1966) phylogenetic systematics. Therefore, their absence would indeed indicate an absence of evidence and hence a reason for serious concern. In the following paragraphs we provide a brief review of the differences between morphological and molecular approaches in relation to the establishment of homology.
The Cause and Effect of Polarization: Thoughts on the “Morphological vs. Molecular Debate” in Systematics, with Examples from the Study of Sturgeons (Actinopterygii: Acipenseridae)
Authors: DILLMAN CASEY B. , HILTON ERIC J.
Published: February 2019

As eloquently stated by Nelson and Ladiges (2001) in the passage above, the way that systematic data is analyzed almost certainly will affect how it becomes interpreted. Often the way in which data are analyzed will depend on the type of data being considered. Regardless of the methods employed or data under consideration, there are several levels to analysis and systematic studies - whether based on morphology or molecules. For Grande and Bemis (1998:647), this followed an empirical exploratory-analytical-explanatory progression, so that “no conscious assumptions about processes of speciation, completeness of the fossil record, geographical dispersal, specific ancestors, specific areas of endemism, or ‘true’ phylogenies” will bias the results of the analysis. We agree with this as a starting point, but rephrase and add to it here. In our view, systematic studies encompass four phases: 1, Data generation, which is equivalent to Grande and Bemis’ “empirical exploratory” phase, and for morphologically based studies this involves specimen examination and comparisons, whereas in molecular studies, this involves amplification and sequencing of specific genes; 2, Data analysis, which is similar to Grande and Bemis’ analytical phase, and involves “sorting” of data, already with hypotheses of homology in place (similarly scored characters, sequence alignment, etc.), by some method (parsimony, likelihood, or Bayesian), to search for patterns in the data. We see Grande and Bemis’ “explanatory” phase as encompassing two distinct yet interrelated activities: 3, data examination—an iterative process of checking and re-checking character definitions or character coding, often spurred on by primary homology statements being interpreted as homoplasies in light of other characters; and 4, data explanation, or interpretation of evolutionary scenarios (e.g., life history evolution, biogeography, etc.) based on the pattern of phylogeny resulting from the analysis of character data.
Resemblance as Evidence of Ancestry
Authors: NELSON G.
Published: February 2019

The Connection between three ideas, resemblance as evidence of ancestry, was made long ago by Denis Diderot (1713–1784), a notable figure of the French enlightenment, the siècle des lumières (Lovejoy, 1904: 325). In 1753 he provided an example of what today is termed “transformational homology” (Patterson, 1982: 36): “If one con­siders the animal kingdom, and particularly the mammals, there is not one that lacks the functions and the parts, particularly internal ones, that are entirely similar to the others; so much so that it is easy to believe that there was a first prototype for all of them, for which nature merely elongated, shortened, transformed, multiplied, or obliterated certain organs. Imagine the fingers of the hand united, and the substance of the nails so abundant that it extends over the whole; then in place of the hand of a man, you have the foot of a horse.”
Additions to “The Cypriniformes Tree of Confusion”
Authors: BRITZ RALF , CONWAY KEVIN W.
Published: February 2019

Since the acceptance of our paper (Britz & Conway 2011), two publications have appeared that have relevance to the topic discussed and need to be mentioned. Mabee et al. (2011) is the first morphological phylogenetic analysis produced by the Cypriniformes Tree of Life project and covers 62 characters from gill arch, and hyoid osteology in 53 cypriniform taxa. Tang et al.’s (2011) molecular analysis of the cyprinid subfamily Gobioninae also included the three miniature taxa Sundadanio, Paedocypris and Danionella and was based on two mitochondrial and two nuclear genes. Their parsimony analysis recovered all three taxa in the cyprinid subfamily Danioninae, with Paedocypris and Danionella as sister groups, with this clade forming the sister group to a clade comprising Sundadanio and Esomus. Their maximum likelihood analysis confirmed their placement in danionines and found Paedocypris as the sister group to Sundadanio, and Danionella as the sister group of Danio rerio, Devario auropurpureus and Microrasbora rubescens. Their partitioned Bayesian analysis, however, recovered Sundadanio as the sister group of Leptobarbus, Danionella as the sister group to Danio, Devario and Microrasbora, and Paedocypris as the sister group to all other Cypriniformes, as did Mayden & Chen (2010). This remarkable difference in the position of the three taxa between the different trees was not even mentioned or discussed except in the brief remark relating only to Paedocypris (p. 11): “The Bayesian results agree on a monophyletic Cypriniformes, but recover a putative cyprinid (Paedocypris) as the sister group to all other cypriniform fishes.”
Overview
Authors: DE CARVALHO MARCELO R. , CRAIG MATTHEW T.
Published: February 2019

At about this time last year, one of us (MRC) edited a manuscript submitted by systematic ichthyologists Randall D. Mooi and Anthony C. Gill to Zootaxa entitled “Phylogenies without synapomorphies—a crisis in fish systemat­ics: time to show some character” (Mooi & Gill, 2010; hereafter M&G). A preview of this manuscript had been presented at an American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) meeting in 2008, and caused quite a stir among many in attendance. The strong reaction was a response to what was perceived as unfair criticism of the molecular paradigm in the phylogeny of fishes, particularly of percomorphs, the core of their presentation. Before publishing M&G in Zootaxa, the authors were advised that a similarly strong reaction would probably occur. They did not flinch, and hence M&G was published (after peer review). Needless to say, M&G got strong feedback, either in a negative or positive vein, from molecular and morphological workers, respectively. MRC even received a critical e-mail from one molecular worker accusing M&G of superficiality and Zootaxa of employing “low” stan­dards of scholarship.
A Show of Character—a further response to Wiley et al.
Authors: GILL ANTHONY C. , MOOI RANDALL D.
Published: February 2019

Wiley et al. (2011) begin their critique of our paper (Mooi & Gill, 2010) with an assertion: “we need to make itclear that the foundation of their arguments rests not on scientific rigor, but rather on opinions about the re-classification of fishes using molecular data. This bias is the reason that they only targeted researchers who proposed changes in the higher-level taxonomy of fishes using phylogenetic hypotheses based on DNA sequence data (Miya et al. 2007, Smith & Craig 2007, Thacker 2009). In criticizing these studies, they do not suggest any alternative relationships or provide any counter evidence to the proposed relationships.” And on page 8, they apparently read our thoughts (aside from the title, none of the words in quotations was written by us in that context) and concluded: “Mooi & Gill entitled their paper “A crisis in fish systematics” because they long for the days when “real” ichthyologists found “meaningful” characters and “true” relationships.” Finally (p. 9), they contend that “Mooi & Gill’s various studies are usually focused on Johnson & Patterson’s (1993: 555) “disparate twigs of the [percomorph] tree,” whereas the explicit studies they criticize are large-scale and taxon rich datasets that have not otherwise been analyzed in Percomorpha.”
Alburnus magnificus, a new species of bleak from the Orontes River drainage (Teleostei: Leuciscidae)
Authors: FREYHOF JÖRG , TURAN DAVUT
Published: February 2019

Alburnus magnificus, new species, is described from the northern Orontes River drainage in the eastern Mediterranean Sea basin. It is most similar and closely-related to A. qalilus from coastal rivers in Syria south of the Orontes. Alburnus magnificus is distinguished from A. qalilus by having the anal-fin origin below or behind the vertical through the last dorsal-fin ray, 4–5 scale rows between the lateral line and the anal-fin origin, and a flank pattern of bold black, grey or brown scales on a silvery or brown background. The two species are also distinguished by a minimum K2P distance of 1.8% in their COI sequence data.
New synonyms and new combinations for some Delphacidae (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha) of Eastern and Central Palaearctic Region
Authors: EMELJANOV ALEXANDR F.
Published: February 2019

Five new generic and 7 species synonyms and 3 new combinations are proposed for the tribe Delphacini. Atropidius Emeljanov 1982, is placed in synonymy under Glabrinotum Ding, 2006, in so far as Atropidius Emeljanov is homonym of Atropidius Chapui. Stiropis Ding, 2006—under Cormidius Emeljanov, 1972, Metroma Ding, 2006—under Metropidius Emeljanov, 1972, Mengdelphax Ding, 1994—under Movesella Emeljanov, 1982, and Paramestus Ding, 2006—under Pastiroma Dlabola, 1967. Glabrinotum qitaiensis Ding, 2006 is placed in synonymy under Glabrinotum lapilla (Emeljanov, 1982), Mengdelphax neimengensis Ding & Zhang, 1994—under Movesella nuchtica (Dlabola, 1967), Calligypona minutissima Dubovsky, 1966—under Falcotoya minuscula (Horváth, 1897), Calligypona uzbekistanica Dubovsky, 1966—under Flastena fumipennis (Fieber, 1866), Chloriona adunca Ding, 1981—under Paradelphacodes gvosdevi (Mitjaev, 1980), Calligypona brunneola Dubovsky, 1966—under Paradelphacodes paludosus (Flor, 1861), and Calligypona tricolorata Dlabola, 1961 and Delphacodes fenestratus Emeljanov, 1972—under Pseudodelphacodes flaviceps (Fieber, 1866). Elachodelphax xingjiangensis Chen, 2002 is transferred to Scottianella Anufriev, 1980 and Paramestus nigroclypeus Ding, 2006 and Mestus nigrostriatus Ding & Zhang, 2000—to Pastiroma Dlabola, 1967.
The ichthyology collection at the Natural History Museum of El Salvador (MUHNES): Species checklist and new country records
Authors: GONZÁLEZ-MURCIA SAÚL , ÁLVAREZ-CALDERÓN FRANCISCO SAMUEL , ALVARADO-LARIOS RAQUEL , MARÍN-MARTÍNEZ CINDY MARLENE , ANGULO ARTURO
Published: February 2019

The ichthyology collection at the Natural History Museum of El Salvador (MUHNES) was established in 1970. Herein, we provide the first quantitative and qualitative description of the collection; and the first public record of the specimens and taxa therein represented. The MUHNES fish collection is the largest and most important of El Salvador, hosting 3791 specimens in 1005 lots representing 26 orders, 75 families, 159 genera and 248 species from both marine and freshwater environments, including larval, juvenile and mainly adult specimens. MUHNES specimens include 39% of the 587 species reported in the official national checklist of fishes of El Salvador, and support the inclusion of 47 additional species for a new total of 634. Furthermore, MUHNES specimens support (1) the occurrence of Cathorops fuerthii along the coast of El Salvador, extending its distribution from northern Costa Rica; (2) the occurrence of Atherinella starksi in El Salvador, reducing a gap for records between Nicaragua and México and (3) the extension in the distribution range of Profundulus kreiseri to Morazán, El Salvador. This study represents an advance on the understanding of diversity and distribution of the national ichthyofauna.
Spider mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) from the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve (Ukraine): faunistic survey, reinstatement of the genus Georgiobia Wainstein, 1960 and description of a new species
Authors: ZHOVNERCHUK OLGA , AUGER PHILIPPE
Published: February 2019

Overall results of several spider mite surveys performed in the Black Sea Biosphere Reserve (Ukraine) during the 1990s to 2015 are presented. A total of 20 species were found, belonging to 11 genera, from 58 different host plant species, of which one mite genus, Mesobryobia (Wainstein, 1956), and three species, M. terpoghossiani (Bagdasarian, 1959), Georgiobia richteri (Bagdasarian, 1954) and Tetranychus lonicerae Beglyarov & Mitrofanov, 1973, are new mite records to the Ukrainian acarofauna. Moreover, 15 new host plant species were also recorded as new hosts for 10 spider mite species. In addition, thanks to the newly collected material and a taxonomical historical review, and according to morphological data, we restore the genus Georgiobia Wainstein, 1960, and provide a new diagnosis of this genus. Therefore, a list of several new and reinstated combinations is provided. Finally, a new species, G. skuthiae n. sp., collected in the reserve on Agropyron sp., is described and illustrated, increasing the number of species that belong to the genus Georgiobia to nine.
Expansion of the All-Sky Radiance Assimilation to ATMS at NCEP
Authors: Zhu Yanqiu , Gayno George , Purser R. James , Su Xiujuan , Yang Runhua
Published: February 2019

Since the implementation of all-sky radiance assimilation of the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) in the operational hybrid 4D ensemble–variational Global Forecast System at NCEP in 2016, the all-sky approach has been tested to expand to the radiances of Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) in the Gridpoint Statistical Interpolation analysis system (GSI). Following the all-sky framework implemented for the AMSU-A radiances, ATMS radiance assimilation adopts similar procedures in quality control, bias correction, and model of observation error. Efforts have been focused on special considerations that are necessary because of the unique features of the ATMS radiances and water vapor channels, including surface properties based on fields of view size and shape, and taking care of large departures from the first guess (OmF) along coastlines and radiances affected by strong scattering. More importantly, it is shown that this work makes microwave radiance OmFs become more consistent among different sensors, and provides indications of the deficiencies in quality control procedures of the original ATMS and Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS) clear-sky radiance assimilation. While the generalized tracer effect is noticed, the overall impact on the forecast skill is neutral. This work is included in the upcoming operational implementation in 2019.
Association of Periodontitis with Oral Cancer: A Case-Control Study
Authors: Shin Y.J. , Choung H.W. , Lee J.H. , Rhyu I.C. , Kim H.D.
Published: February 2019

The association between oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and periodontitis in large hospital cases with cohort controls has yet to be evaluated. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of periodontitis with OSCC across tumor location and tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) stage among Koreans ( N = 424). OSCC cases ( n = 146) were recruited from Seoul National University Dental Hospital and matched by age, sex, and smoking to controls ( n = 278) from the Yangpyeong health and periodontal cohort in Korea. OSCC was diagnosed through biopsy and radiographs, including computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Tumor location and TNM stage were classified after the surgery. Periodontitis was defined by alveolar bone loss with panoramic radiographs following the guidelines of the Fifth European Workshop in Periodontology. Alcohol intake, education, physical activity, obesity by body mass index, hypertension by blood pressure, diabetes by plasma glucose, and hypercholesterolemia by plasma cholesterol were considered as confounders. Information about age, sex, smoking, alcohol intake, education, and physical activity was obtained through interview; body mass index and blood pressure, through physical examination; and preoperative glucose and cholesterol, through laboratory tests. Bivariate analysis was applied with Fisher’s exact chi-square test. Multivariable conditional logistic regression models were applied to evaluate the adjusted association of periodontitis with OSCC after controlling for confounders. Subgroup analyses were explored by OSCC and periodontitis. Participants with periodontitis were 3.7 times more likely to have OSCC (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 3.66, 95% CI = 1.46 to 9.23) than participants without periodontitis. The differences in periodontitis were not statistically significant across TNM stages of OSCC ( P > 0.05) and its location ( P > 0.05). The link was highlighted among males (aOR = 6.55), elders aged >60 y (aOR = 4.98), and those with more tooth loss (aOR = 9.99). Our data showed that periodontitis was independently associated with OSCC. Thus, the risk of OSCC could be modulated by reducing periodontitis.
Working After Retirement and Life Satisfaction: Cross-National Comparative Research in Europe
Authors: Dingemans Ellen , Henkens Kène
Published: February 2019

This study examines differences in life satisfaction between full retirees and working retirees in Europe. We hypothesize that these differences depend on the financial resources of retirees and the resources available in the household and country context. We selected retirees from the “Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe” project and estimated country fixed effects models to explain their life satisfaction. The results indicate a positive relationship between working after retirement and life satisfaction for retirees with low pension income without a partner. Additionally, working after retirement seems to be most important for life satisfaction in relatively poor countries.