bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Derivations of polynomial semirings
Authors: Vladeva Dimitrinka
Published: August 2019

The aim of this paper is the investigation of derivations in semiring of polynomials over idempotent semiring. For semiring [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is a commutative idempotent semiring we construct derivations corresponding to the polynomials from the principal ideal [Formula: see text] and prove that the set of these derivations is a non-commutative idempotent semiring closed under the Jordan product of derivations — Theorem 3.3. We introduce generalized inner derivations defined as derivations acting only over the coefficients of the polynomial and consider [Formula: see text]-derivations in classical sense of Jacobson. In the main result, Theorem 5.3, we show that any derivation in [Formula: see text] can be represented as a sum of a generalized inner derivation and an [Formula: see text]-derivation.
Minimal hard surface-unlink and classical unlink diagrams
Authors: Jabłonowski Michał
Published: August 2019

We describe a method for generating minimal hard prime surface-link diagrams. We extend the known examples of minimal hard prime classical unknot and unlink diagrams up to three components and generate figures of all minimal hard prime surface-unknot and surface-unlink diagrams with prime base surface components up to 10 crossings.
Biquandle virtual brackets
Authors: Nelson Sam , Oshiro Kanako , Shimizu Ayaka , Yaguchi Yoshiro
Published: August 2019

We introduce an infinite family of quantum enhancements of the biquandle counting invariant which we call biquandle virtual brackets. Defined in terms of skein invariants of biquandle colored oriented knot and link diagrams with values in a commutative ring [Formula: see text] using virtual crossings as smoothings, these invariants take the form of multisets of elements of [Formula: see text] and can be written in a “polynomial” form for convenience. The family of invariants defined herein includes as special cases all quandle and biquandle 2-cocycle invariants, all classical skein invariants (Alexander–Conway, Jones, HOMFLYPT and Kauffman polynomials) and all biquandle bracket invariants defined in [S. Nelson, M. E. Orrison and V. Rivera, Quantum enhancements and biquandle brackets, J. Knot Theory Ramifications 26(5) (2017) 1750034] as well as new invariants defined using virtual crossings in a fundamental way, without an obvious purely classical definition.
Knot types of generalized Kirchhoff rods
Authors: Needham Tom
Published: August 2019

Kirchhoff energy is a classical functional on the space of arclength-parameterized framed curves whose critical points approximate configurations of springy elastic rods. We introduce a generalized functional on the space of framed curves of arbitrary parameterization, which model rods with axial stretch or cross-sectional inflation. Our main result gives explicit parameterizations for all periodic critical framed curves for this generalized functional. The main technical tool is a correspondence between the moduli space of shape similarity classes of closed framed curves and an infinite-dimensional Grassmann manifold. The critical framed curves have surprisingly simple parameterizations, but they still exhibit interesting topological features. In particular, we show that for each critical energy level there is a one-parameter family of framed curves whose base curves pass through exactly two torus knot types, echoing a similar result of Ivey and Singer for classical Kirchhoff energy. In contrast to the classical theory, the generalized functional has knotted critical points which are not torus knots.
Investigation of the synthesis of the unknown superheavy nuclei 309,312126
Authors: Nhan Hao T. V. , Duy N. N. , Chae K. Y. , Quang Hung N. , Nhu Le N.
Published: August 2019

In this paper, we applied the method developed by Santhosh and Safoora in [Phys. Rev. C  94 (2016) 024623; 95 (2017) 064611] to theoretically investigate the fusion, evaporation-residue (ER) and fission cross-sections of the synthesis of the unknown superheavy [Formula: see text]126 nuclei produced by using the [Formula: see text]Ni + [Formula: see text]Cf and [Formula: see text]Zn + [Formula: see text]Cm combinations. The charge asymmetry, mass asymmetry and fissility of the DiNuclear System (DNS) in the synthesis of the mentioned combinations are also estimated. The calculated results show that the ER cross-sections for the synthesis of the [Formula: see text]126 nuclei are predicted to be much less than 1.0[Formula: see text]fb. In particular, it has been found that there may exist a valley of the ER cross-sections in the synthesis of a superheavy [Formula: see text] element, which produces the [Formula: see text]126 isotope. Subsequently, a model for the mass dependence of the ER cross-section in the synthesis of the [Formula: see text]126 isotopes has been proposed for the first time. On the other hand, the quasi-fission process strongly dominates over the fusion in the two concerned interacting systems. The present results, together with those reported in the previous studies, indicate that the investigated projectile–target combinations are not capable for the synthesis of the [Formula: see text]126 isotopes due to tiny fusion cross-sections (about 2–3[Formula: see text]zb), which go beyond the limitations of available facilities. Further studies are thus recommended to search for alternative interacting systems. In conclusion, this work provides useful information for the synthesis of the gap isotopes [Formula: see text]126, which have not been well studied up to date.
Calderón’s reproducing formulas for the Weinstein L2-multiplier operators
Authors: Saoudi Ahmed
Published: August 2019

The aim of this work is to study the Weinstein [Formula: see text]-multiplier operators on [Formula: see text] and we give for them Calderón’s reproducing formulas and best approximation using the theory of Weinstein transform and reproducing kernels.
Piezocomposite transducer design and performance for high resolution ultrasound imaging transducers
Authors: Hanse Wampo F. L. , Lemanle Sanga R. P. , Maréchal P. , Ntamack G. E.
Published: August 2019

Piezocomposite design for dedicated ultrasonic imaging applications requires precise homogenization models for predicting the electromechanical characteristics of the new material. Thus, several homogenization models have been developed. As part of this work, we applied several analytical homogenization models for piezocomposite of 2–2 and 1–3 connectivities. To validate these analytical models, a comparative study was made between various models and experimental measurements. As a result, these homogenized electromechanical properties are effectively used for the calculation and comparison of electroacoustic response for typical transducers aimed at ultrasound imaging applications. An optimal design of transducer aimed at ultrasound imaging applications is proposed as a dedicated imaging performance index, elaborated through a trade-off between sensitivity and bandwidth.
Random representation of Blasius’ formula through stochastic complex integrals
Authors: Yamamuro Kouji
Published: August 2019

Two-dimensional flow is considered in the complex plane. We discuss Blasius’ formula in a perfect fluid through stochastic complex integrals. This formula is also investigated in a viscous fluid. We mention the theorems corresponding to Green’s formulae last.
Personalized Visited-POI Assignment to Individual Raw GPS Trajectories
Authors: Suzuki Jun , Suhara Yoshihiko , Toda Hiroyuki , Nishida Kyosuke
Published: August 2019

Knowledge discovery from GPS trajectory data is an essential topic in several scientific areas, including data mining, human behavior analysis, and user modeling. This article proposes a task that assigns personalized visited points of interest (POIs). Its goal is to assign every fine-grain location (i.e., POIs) that a user actually visited, which we call
visited-POI
, to the corresponding span of his or her (personal) GPS trajectories. We also introduce a novel algorithm to solve this assignment task. First, we exhaustively extract stay-points as span candidates of visits using a variant of a conventional stay-point extraction method and then extract POIs that are located close to the extracted stay-points as visited-POI candidates. Then, we simultaneously predict which stay-points and POIs can be actual user visits by considering various aspects, which we formulate as integer linear programming. Experimental results conducted on a real user dataset show that our method achieves higher accuracy in the visited-POI assignment task than the various cascaded procedures of conventional methods.
From Rocks to Pebbles
Authors: Brown Philip E. , Dasu Tamraparni , Kanza Yaron , Srivastava Divesh
Published: August 2019

Spatiotemporal streams are prone to data quality issues such as missing, duplicated and delayed data—when data generating sensors malfunction, data transmissions experience problems, or when data are stored or processed improperly. However, many important real-time applications rely on the continuous availability of stream values, e.g., to monitor traffic flow, resource usage, weather phenomena, and so on. Other non real-time applications that support continuous or offline historical analytics also require high quality data to avoid producing misleading output such as false positives, erroneous conclusions, and decisions.

In this article, we study the problem of smoothing streams produced by an overlay of sensors. We present nonparametric (data-driven, distribution free) statistical methods to provide an uninterrupted stream of high-quality spatiotemporal data to real-time applications, even when the raw stream suffers data quality issues, such as noise or missing values. Our novel family of
robust methods
computes
smoothed values
(SVs) that could be used as proxies for data of questionable quality. The methods make use of a partition of the monitored area into cells to compute SVs based on historical data and the deviation from normalcy in neighboring spatial cells in a way that outperforms standard regression or interpolation. Our methods use incremental computation for efficiency, and they differ in how the deviations are normalized, e.g., with respect to zeroth-order, first-order, and second-order moments. We use three real data sets to run a suite of experiments and empirically demonstrate the superiority of the method that uses normalization with respect to variability.
Spatial Ensemble Learning for Heterogeneous Geographic Data with Class Ambiguity
Authors: Jiang Zhe , Sainju Arpan Man , Li Yan , Shekhar Shashi , Knight Joseph
Published: August 2019

Class ambiguity refers to the phenomenon whereby similar features correspond to different classes at different locations. Given heterogeneous geographic data with class ambiguity, the spatial ensemble learning (SEL) problem aims to find a decomposition of the geographic area into disjoint zones such that class ambiguity is minimized and a local classifier can be learned in each zone. The problem is important for applications such as land cover mapping from heterogeneous earth observation data with spectral confusion. However, the problem is challenging due to its high computational cost. Related work in ensemble learning either assumes an identical sample distribution (e.g., bagging, boosting, random forest) or decomposes multi-modular input data in the feature vector space (e.g., mixture of experts, multimodal ensemble) and thus cannot effectively minimize class ambiguity. In contrast, we propose a spatial ensemble framework that explicitly partitions input data in geographic space. Our approach first preprocesses data into homogeneous spatial patches and uses a greedy heuristic to allocate pairs of patches with high class ambiguity into different zones. We further extend our spatial ensemble learning framework with spatial dependency between nearby zones based on the spatial autocorrelation effect. Both theoretical analysis and experimental evaluations on two real world wetland mapping datasets show the feasibility of the proposed approach.
How to Teach Online: An interview with Dr. Angel Pazurek
Authors: Koseoglu Suzan , Bozkurt Aras
Published: August 2019

This interview, which is about online teaching, was conducted with Angel Pazurek by Suzan Koseoglu and Aras Bozkurt. Pazurek is a senior lecturer and graduate faculty member in learning technologies at the University of Minnesota. She teaches and works on digital literacy, social media, online teaching and learning design, and research methodologies for learning technologies. In this interview, she discusses her experiences with online teaching by drawing attention to issues such as teaching philosophy and designing for the learner experience.
Answering Huxley: “now” students take a “then” exam
Authors: Rangachari P. K.
Published: August 2019

Twenty-eight undergraduate students in a health sciences program volunteered for an exercise in the history of examinations. They had completed a second-year course in anatomy and physiology in which they studied modern texts and took standard contemporary exams. For this historical “experiment,” students studied selected chapters from two 19th century physiology texts (by Foster M. A Textbook of Physiology, 1895; and Broussais FJV. A Treatise on Physiology Applied to Pathology, 1828). They then took a 1-h-long exam in which they answered two essay-type questions set by Thomas Henry Huxley for second-year medical students at the University of London in 1853 and 1857. These were selected from a question bank provided by Dr. P. Mazumdar (University of Toronto). A questionnaire probed their contrasting experiences. Many wrote thoughtful, reflective comments on the exercise, which not only gave them an insight into the difficulties faced by students in the past, but also proved to be a valuable learning experience (average score: 8.6 ± 1.6 SD).
The Indenoisoquinoline TOP1 Inhibitors Selectively Target Homologous Recombination-Deficient and Schlafen 11-Positive Cancer Cells and Synergize with Olaparib
Authors: Marzi Laetitia , Szabova Ludmila , Gordon Melanie , Weaver Ohler Zoe , Sharan Shyam K. , Beshiri Michael L. , Etemadi Moudjib , Murai Junko , Kelly Kathleen , Pommier Yves
Published: August 2019

Purpose:

Irinotecan and topotecan are used to treat a variety of different cancers. However, they have limitations, including chemical instability and severe side effects. To overcome these limitations, we developed the clinical indenoisoquinolines: LMP400 (indotecan), LMP776 (indimitecan), and LMP744. The purpose of the study is to build the molecular rationale for phase II clinical trials.

Experimental Design:

CellMinerCDB (http://discover.nci.nih.gov/cellminercdb) was used to mine the cancer cell lines genomic databases. The causality of Schlafen11 (SLFN11) was validated in isogenic cell lines. Because topoisomerase I (TOP1)-mediated replication DNA damage is repaired by homologous recombination (HR), we tested the “synthetic lethality” of HR-deficient (HRD) cells. Survival and cell-cycle alterations were performed after drug treatments in isogenic DT40, DLD1, and OVCAR cell lines with BRCA1, BRCA2, or PALB2 deficiencies and in organoids cultured from prostate cancer patient-derived xenografts with BRCA2 loss. We also used an ovarian orthotopic allograft model with BRCA1 loss to validate the efficacy of LMP400 and olaparib combination.

Results:

CellMinerCDB reveals that SLFN11, which kills cells undergoing replicative stress, is a dominant drug determinant to the clinical indenoisoquinolines. In addition, BRCA1-, BRCA2-, and PALB2-deficient cells were hypersensitive to the indenoisoquinolines. All 3 clinical indenoisoquinolines were also synergistic with olaparib, especially in the HRD cells. The synergy between LMP400 and olaparib was confirmed in the orthotopic allograft model harboring BRCA1 loss.

Conclusions:

Our results provide a rationale for molecularly designed clinical trials with the indenoisoquinolines as single agents and in combination with PARP inhibitors in HRD cancers expressing SLFN11.
Targeting RNA Polymerase I with Hernandonine Inhibits Ribosomal RNA Synthesis and Tumor Cell Growth
Authors: Chen Yen-Ting , Chen Jih-Jung , Wang Hsiang-Tsui
Published: August 2019

RNA polymerase I (RNA Pol. I) activity is consistently expanded in multiplying cells to continue the expanded interest for ribosome generation and protein synthesis, which are fundamental for cell development and division. Thus, selective inhibitors of RNA Pol. I may offer a general helpful intends to block cancer cell multiplication. Hernandonine, isolated from the root wood of Hernandia nymphaeifolia, causes rearrangement of nucleolar proteins consistent with segregation of the nucleolus, a hallmark of RNA Pol. I transcription stress. Furthermore, the compound destabilizes RPA194, the large catalytic protein of RNA Pol. I, in a proteasome-dependent manner and inhibits nascent rRNA synthesis and expression of the 45S rRNA precursor. Finally, hernandonine induces cellular apoptosis through a p53-dependent or p53-independent process in solid tumor cell lines. These outcomes feature the prevailing effect of RNA Pol. I transcription stress on apoptosis pathway initiation and present a synthetically novel and significant molecule that represses RNA Pol. I, making it a potential objective for malignancy treatment.

Implications:

Our findings position hernandonine as a potential, particular, and orally administered cancer treatment agent appropriate for use in investigational clinical trials.
Lung Adenocarcinoma with Cheek Dysesthesia as an Initial Symptom: A Case Report and Literature Review
Authors: Bandoh Nobuyuki , Ichikawa Haruyuki , Asahi Atsuyoshi , Kono Michihisa , Harabuchi Shohei , Sato Ryosuke , Uemura Akihiro , Goto Takashi , Yamaguchi Tomomi , Kato Yasutaka , Furukawa Hironori , Takei Hidehiro , Harabuchi Yasuaki
Published: August 2019

Metastasis from lung carcinoma to the sphenoid bone is rare. Patients with symptoms related to sphenoid bone metastasis as the initial presentation of carcinoma are thus also rare. Herein, we report the case of a patient presenting with only cheek dysesthesia as the first sign of lung adenocarcinoma. The 74-year-old woman presented with a 2-month history of left cheek dysesthesia. CT showed a tumor around 2.5 cm in diameter with heterogeneous enhancement of the central focus at the left foramen rotundum in the sphenoid bone. We endoscopically biopsied the tumor through the left sphenoid sinus. Results of histologic examination were consistent with lung adenocarcinoma. FDG-PET/CT analysis demonstrated lung carcinoma that had already metastasized to mediastinal lymph nodes and multiple bones, such as the ribs and lumbar vertebras, in addition to the sphenoid bone. As EGFR gene mutation (p.L858R) was identified, the patient was treated with oral gefinitib. This treatment proved quite effective, and the patient remains alive without tumor growth as of 18 months.
Calzone-Like Traumatic Flap Dislocation Four Years after Laser in situ Keratomileusis
Authors: Fischinger Isaak , Wendelstein Jascha , Bolz Matthias , Tetz Manfred
Published: August 2019

A 46-year-old patient presented with a flip-folded partially dislocated flap after trauma caused by a sheet of paper, four years after a reportedly uneventful laser in situ keratomileusis procedure using microkeratome. Flap re-lift, mechanical debridement, and flap stretching were performed in a first interventional approach. Due to epithelial ingrowth two month after the first intervention, a flap re-lift and mechanical removal of epithelial cells from the stroma bed and flap were performed. In addition, triamcinolone was applied subconjunctivally. Thereafter, best corrected visual acuity of 20/20 was regained and no more epithelial ingrowth was observed. Only few cases of flap dislocation with epithelial ingrowth have been described in the literature following trauma, though none of a permanently inward folded flap. The use of subconjunctival triamcinolone is a new approach to prevent recurrent epithelial ingrowth.
A estrutura temática de um conto na tradução do japonês para o português: um enfoque sistêmico-funcional
Authors: Ninomiya Sonia Regina Longhi , Ikeda Sumiko Nishitani
Published: August 2019

Thematic structure of a clause is composed of Theme, the starting point of the message that lends prominence to some elements that compose it, thus establishing the base to interpret the remainder of the clause, the Rheme. Researchers show that the choice of the Theme generate communicational implications in literary translation, interfering in the interpretation of the message. This thesis compares one short story taken from modern Japanese literature and its translation into Portuguese with the aim of analyzing the difference in the realization of the thematic structure in these languages, and the difference in the interpretation of the short story. The article is supported by the premises of Systemic-Functional Linguistics. The analyses show that differences in structure are driven by differences due to linguistic typology, and lead to differences in the text Interpretation.
外国人児童が在籍する日本の公立学校での管理職の役割
Authors: 明香 伊澤
Published: August 2019

It has started that Japanese language instruction for Foreign school-children became special curriculum officially since 2014.They say that the role of school leaders would be more important. The study herein aims to investigate the role of school leaders in Japanese public school to have system of Japanese language instruction for foreign school-children by interview of a former school principal. The study has proved that it is important that school leaders have attitudes to support foreigner in school, comply with the request of language educator and promote the system of team with classroom teacher, language educator and school leaders. It is not enough to inform this new curriculum for teachers but it would be big influence for public schools in order to get a budget for human resource
Análise da relação família/escola entre descendentes de japoneses (1950-2000)
Authors: Shibata Hiromi
Published: August 2019

Based on studies about cultural capital (BOURDIEU, 1979, 1998, 2007) and the relationship between family and school (ALMEIDA; NOGUEIRA, 2002; DUBET, 1997; NOGUEIRA; ROMANELLI; ZAGO, 2000; SINGLY, 1997 and 2007), this article presents the results of the research done between 2005 and 2008 about the nature of the flux of demand in a private institution in the city of São Paulo by a significant number of Japanese descendent between the 50s and 90s. In cross-checking the contexts, the criteria that guided the choice of the school pursued; moreover, this placed the families researched in the set of changes that occurred in the Brazilian society, inside which the nikkey community built their ways of integration and social mobility.
De Aomori ao Shuri: excertos do dialeto da língua japonesa
Authors: Lira Kaoru Tanaka de , Lira Marcus Tanaka de
Published: August 2019

The Japanese territory, constituted by several mountainous islands, shows a wide variety of dialects, often unintelligible to other inhabitants of the country. Hoping to solve the dearth of material describing the variety of dialects found in Japan that may be useful to students of different universitylevel Japanese language courses in activity in Brazil, the following pages describe briefly some of the different aspects found among Japanese dialects in the archipelago. After the introduction of the concept of dialect, standard language, common language, and what the dialect divisions in Japan are, there is an explanation concerning language variation at the phonetic, phonological, and morphosyntactic levels of the language, as well as a sample of the Tsugaru and Tosa dialects.
The Role of Encoding Strategy in the Memory for Expectation-Violating Concepts
Authors: Porubanova Michaela
Published: August 2019

Minimal counterintuitiveness and its automatic processing has been suggested as the explanation of persistence and transmission of cultural ideas. This purported automatic processing remains relatively unexplored. We manipulated encoding strategy to assess the persistence of memory for different types of expectation violation. Participants viewed concepts including two types of expectation violation (schema-level or domain-level) or no violation under three different encoding conditions: in the shallow condition participants focused on the perceptual attributes of the concepts, a deep condition probed their semantic meaning, and intentional remembering condition. Participants’ recall was tested immediately as well as 2 weeks later. Our findings showed the greatest memory enhancement for schema-level violations regardless of the encoding condition, while the memory for domain-level violations improved over time. These results suggest two distinct memory patterns for different types of violations, and illustrate the importance of elaborative processes in memory consolidation especially for violations to our expectations.
How Prone are Bulgarians to Heuristics and Biases? Implications for Studying Rationality across Cultures
Authors: Rachev Nikolay R. , Petkova Miglena
Published: August 2019

Dual-processes theories of cognition implicitly assume universality of the human mind. However, research has shown that large-scale differences exist in thinking styles across cultures. Thereby, the universality of the effects found in Western samples remains an open empirical question. Here, we explored whether effects predicted by prospect theory, such as the framing effect, would be observed in a sample of 312 Bulgarian students. Overall, the size of the framing effect was smaller than in the original studies. Most notably, we failed to reproduce the framing effect in the famous Asian Disease problem, using a rating response format. In a between-subjects design, decision- making performance was completely independent of university admission grades. We propose that studying the size of the effects across cultures is needed in order to establish the effects’ level of universality. More broadly, we suggest ways in which knowledge of cultural settings can help elaborate or test dual-process predictions.
The Aztec Gods in Blended-Space: a Cognitive Approach to Ritual Time
Authors: Dehouve Danièle
Published: August 2019

By applying diverse approaches to study the Aztec gods, light can be shed on different aspects of their personalities. In this article the cognitive theory of conceptual blending, developed by Fauconnier and Turner, is applied. In this perspective the functioning of the human mind is viewed as being grounded on the constant blending of mental spaces, a process that, in turn, makes new mental spaces emerge. After briefly reviewing the attempts to apply this theory to the ritual domain in general, I consider two types of Aztec rituals, one dedicated to the rain god Tlaloc, and the other to Xochiquetzal, the goddess of seduction. I show the importance of the compression of time in the blending process that condenses three moments: mythical time, ritual time and the immediate future. The capability of the gods to subvert the lineal passage of time and to compress past, present and future stands out as a one of the chief characteristics highlighting the advantages found by applying Blending-Theory.
Evolutionary, Cognitive, and Contextual Approaches to the Study of Religious Systems
Authors: Lang Martin , Kundt Radek
Published: August 2019

The explanatory gap between the life sciences and the humanities that is present in the study of human phenomena impedes productive interdisciplinary examination that such a complex subject requires. Manifested as epistemological tensions over reductionism vs. holism, nature vs. nurture, and the study of micro vs. macro context, the divergent research approaches in the humanities and the sciences produce separate bodies of knowledge that are difficult to reconcile. To remedy this incommensurability, the article proposes to employ the complex adaptive systems approach, which allows to study specific cultural systems in their ecologies and to account for the myriads of factors that constitute such systems, including nonlinear interactions between these factors and their evolution. On a specific example of religious systems, we show that by studying cultural systems in their contextual variability, mechanistic composition, and evolutionary history, the humanities and the sciences should be able to fruitfully collaborate while avoiding previous pitfalls of excessive reductionism, genetic determinism, and sweeping overgeneralizations, on the one hand, and pitfalls of excessive holism, cultural determinism, and aversion to any generalizations, on the other hand.
Flooded Catholicism
Authors: Pasquier Michael
Published: August 2019

In 2016 a massive rain storm flooded over 75,000 structures throughout Louisiana, contributing to the deaths of thirteen people and transforming the lives of thousands of victims. A representative of the Red Cross described the event as “the worst [natural disaster] to hit the United States since Superstorm Sandy.” Prayer during times of disaster is something to be expected. By listening to Catholics talk about praying and flooding in Louisiana, one can witness the breakdown of the Catholic Church’s theological and devotional prescriptions for prayer. The multivalence and diversity of prayer is on display in the lives and memories of those who flooded, challenging the notion that there is some kind of distinctly Catholic imagination that equips Catholics with the wherewithal to navigate the natural and supernatural tumult of something like a flood.
Catholicism Doesn’t Always Mean What You Think It Means
Authors: Byrne Julie
Published: August 2019

Anthropologists of Catholicism should consider “floating” Catholicism as a signifier and resisting ingrained habits of essentializing and assuming its referent or content, exemplified by still-frequent quotations of sociologist Andrew Greeley’s exceptionalist idea of the “sacramental imagination.” I use examples from my work including everyday micropolitics, independent Catholics, and cultural Catholics, as well as the work of Maya Mayblin and Jon Bialecki, to suggest a catholic—in the small-c sense of all-encompassing—approach that has the potential to sustain the anthropology of Catholicism as a radical space for investigation and discovery. I revisit Greeley’s “sacramental imagination” in the context of its quotation in a U.S. museum exhibit and connect its appeal to Roman Catholic empire-making.
Fieldwork in Ecclesial Borderlands
Authors: Reynolds Susan Bigelow
Published: August 2019

Roman Catholic parishes in the United States are steadily becoming more diverse. This article examines St. Mary of the Angels, a small, urban, economically marginal, highly diverse Roman Catholic parish in Boston, as a case study in the question of how researchers might approach the tension between cultural dynamism and structural stability at the heart of multiethnic parish life. Attending to the ways in which parishioners articulated their decisions to belong to St. Mary’s, I demonstrate how their renegotiation of the relationship between parish, place, and belonging reflects broader dynamics underway in U.S. Catholicism. I propose the metaphor of the ecclesial borderland as lens through which to interpret parishes where multiple cultural subcommunities coexist and converge.
Soul Murder
Authors: Clites Brian J.
Published: August 2019

This article explores the Catholic imaginaries of survivors of clergy sexual abuse by focusing on soul murder, a psychoanalytic concept that the survivor movement appropriated and which has now become central to Catholic survivors’ understandings of their trauma as children. Soul murder names the experience of child sexual abuse as the annihilation of a child’s network of relationships and the ongoing loss as adults of basic relational skills such as intimacy and trust. In addition to losing these social networks, clergy abuse victims frequently lose their relationship with God. This article provides examples of survivors’ efforts to resurrect their faith by reimagining and reconstructing their relationships with one another, God, the sacraments, and the Roman Catholic Church. Through their material culture, reform efforts, home liturgies, and protests, survivors embody a Catholic imaginary whose abundance both enabled their childhood abuse and gives meaning to their adult suffering.
Erratum: MASROOR, R. (2009) A new arboreal species of Cyrtopodion (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Deh Akro-II Wetlands Complex, Sindh, Pakistan. Zootaxa, 2243, 5767.
Authors: MASROOR R.
Published: August 2019

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A key to Siberian flies of the genus Coenosia Meigen (Diptera, Muscidae) with the descriptions of three new species
Authors: SOROKINA VERA S.
Published: August 2019

A key is provided to the 36 species of the genus Coenosia Meigen, 1826 known from Siberia including three new species from the Respublika Altay (Coenosia altaica sp. nov., Coenosia tangera sp. nov., Coenosia ukokensis sp. nov.) and one additional Far East species that may be found in Siberia (Coenosia nigrotincta Hennig). Coenosia alpicola (Pokorny) is newly recorded from Siberia, and also represents a new record from Russia. Coenosia apukаensis Hennig and Coenosia rufipalpis Meigen are newly recorded from Siberia. The male terminalia and the female ovipositors of the new species are figured. New faunistic data is given for some previously described species of Siberian Coenosia.
Species of the genus Limnellia from China (Diptera: Ephydridae)
Authors: ZHANG JUNHUA , YANG DING
Published: August 2019

The genus Limnellia Malloch is recorded from China as well as the Oriental region for the first time. Two new species, Limnellia flavitarsis sp. nov. and L. luchunensis sp. nov., are described, and two species, L. stenhammari (Zetterstedt) and L. maculipennis Malloch, are recorded from China for the first time. A key of the genus Limnellia from China is presented.
The species of Megaphragma Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from Argentina
Authors: VIGGIANI GENNARO , ALBARRACIN ERICA LUFT , VIRLA EDUARDO
Published: August 2019

Trichogrammatidae are an almost worldwide family of egg parasitoids that consist of 88 genera (Pinto 2006). Species of Megaphragma Timberlake (tribe Oligositini) are egg parasitoids of Thysanoptera. Fifteen species are assigned to Megaphragma, but only three have been reported from the Neotropical region (Noyes 2002). Megaphragma mymaripenne Timberlake (1924) has been recorded previously from Argentina (De Santis 1970), but M. striatum Viggiani (1997) was known only from Mexico, and M. caribea Delvare (1993) is known only from Guadeloupe (Noyes 2002; Pinto 2006).
Additional records of Heteroptera (Hemiptera) from Argentina
Authors: INÉS OLIVO VERÓNICA , DEL CARMEN COSCARÓN MARIA
Published: August 2019

New Heteroptera findings of Anthocoridae (1 sp.), Coreidae (5 sp.), Cydnidae (1 sp.), Miridae (6 sp.), Nabidae (2 sp.), and Reduviidae (8 sp.) are given from Argentina. New country records are mentioned for the families Coreidae: Lybius dichrous Stål, Vilga (Vilgula) serrulata Montandon, Vilga (Laevivilga) divaricata Distant; and Reduviidae: Apiomerus flavipennis Herrich-Schaeffer, Rasahus paraguayensis Coscarón, Ricolla femoralis Distant, and R. quadrispinosa (Linné).
A taxonomic revision of the genus Metadrinomyia Shima (Diptera: Tachinidae) with descriptions of two new species
Authors: BYUN HYE-WOO , HAN HO-YEON
Published: August 2019

A little known tachinid genus, Metadrinomyia Shima, is revised based on four East Asian species including two new to science: M. flavifrons sp. nov. and M. xanthokolos sp. nov. The majority of the specimens used in this study were collected from low vegetation in the foothills of mountains in South Korea. The new species can be clearly distinguished from their congeners by their pruinosity, chaetotaxy and genitalic structures. A key, descriptions, photographs, and illustrations of the male genitalic structures are provided and the phylogenetic relationships among the species are investigated.
A new species of Dryocoetoides Hopkins from southern Florida (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
Authors: ATKINSON T. H.
Published: August 2019

During the course of an extensive survey of Coleoptera from tropical southern Florida, a specimen of the exclusively Neotropical genus Dryocoetoides was found in flight intercept traps (Atkinson and Peck, 1994; Peck, 1989).  Over the intervening years I have had the opportunity to compare the specimen with material in the U.S. National Museum  and in the S. L. Wood collection (recently transferred to the USNM).   Wood's ( 2007) recent monograph of the South American species of Scolytinae included a key to all the known species of the genus, not only those known from South America.  Based on that key and included descriptions I was able narrow down the possibilities and to borrow selected Schedl types from the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.  As a result, I have reached the conclusion that this specimen represents an undescribed species.  It is described here to make the name available for a regional monograph of the bark and ambrosia beetles of the southeastern U.S. (Atkinson, in prep.).
Insects found in birds nests from Argentina: cytogenetic studies in Cimicidae (Hemiptera) and its taxonomical and phylogenetic implications
Authors: POGGIO MARIA G. , BRESSA MARIA J. , PAPESCHI ALBA G. , IORIO OSVALDO DI , TURIENZO PAOLA
Published: August 2019

The Cimicidae (Hemiptera) are known to be blood ectoparasites primarily on birds and bats. Three species of the subfamily Haematosiphoninae are known from Argentina: Acanthocrios furnarii, Ornithocoris toledoi, and Psitticimex uritui; all feed on diverse avian hosts. The chromosome number and male meiosis of A. furnarii, and P. uritui from new Argentinean samples are analyzed and compared with previous data. The sample of A. furnarii described by Ueshima (1966) with 2n = 32 + XY (male), strikingly differs from the present results (2n = 10 + XY, male). The diploid number of P. uritui agree with the previously reported by Ueshima (1966), 2n = 28 + X 1 X 2 Y (male). Taxonomical implications about the identity of A. furnarii are discussed and the mechanisms of the karyotype evolution of species belonging to Haematosiphoninae are proposed.
New data on some Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Mediterranean Region
Authors: CANEPARI CLAUDIO
Published: August 2019

Scymnus incisus H. Lindberg, 1931 resurrected name is a valid species, not a synonym of Nephus (Nephus) peyerimhoffi (Sicard, 1923). Nephus quadrimaculatus bucciarellii Canepari & Tedeschi, 1977 is removed from synonymy with N. (N.) ulbrichi Fürsch, 1977 and synonymized with N. (N.) schatzmayri Canepari & Tedeschi, 1977 syn. nov. Hyperaspis inexpectata Günther, 1959 resurrected name is a valid species, not a synonym of H. concolor Suffrian, 1843. Four species are newly recorded from Sardinia: Diomus rubidus (Motshulsky, 1837), Scymnus (Scymnus) femoralis (Gyllenhal, 1827), Hyperaspis (Hyperaspis) duvergeri Fürsch, 1985 and H. (H.) inexpectata Günther, 1959.
The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Sardinia, with description of two new species
Authors: HAENNI JEAN-PAUL
Published: August 2019

The occurrence of eight species of Bibionidae is reported from Sardinia, mainly based upon recent collections made in the south-western part of the island. Two species, Dilophus bispinosus Lundström, 1913 and D. humeralis Zetterstedt, 1850, are new records for Sardinia, while two species are described as new to science: Bibio sardocyrneus sp. nov. (from Sardinia and Corsica) and Dilophus sardous sp. nov. (from Sardinia). The presence on the island of a ninth species, D. femoratus (Meigen, 1804), is considered as dubious. Finally, the following synonymy is proposed: Bibio hortulanus (Linnaeus, 1758) = Bibio siculus Loew, 1846 syn. rev.
Research on the Terrestrial Arthropods of Sardinia (cover)
Authors: CERRETTI PIERFILIPPO , MASON FRANCO , MINELLI ALESSANDRO , NARDI GIANLUCA , WHITMORE DANIEL
Published: August 2019

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A new synonymy and a new species of Mydidae (Diptera) from Madagascar
Authors: KONDRATIEFF B. C.
Published: August 2019

Kondratieff et al. (2005) proposed a new genus of mydas fly, Hessemydas from Madagascar and included two new species, H. parkeri Kondratieff, Carr and Irwin and H. tulear Kondratieff, Carr and Irwin. Additionally, the previously described Leptomydas seyrigi Séguy, the only mydas fly previously known from the island was placed in Hessemydas. Séguy (1960) originally described this species from a single male collected at Behara. Kondratieff et al. (2005) indicated that despite numerous inquires to the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, the holotype of L. seyrigi was unavailable for examination. However, recently, through the courtesy of Christophe Daugeron, the holotype was located and made available for examination. Unfortunately, H. tulear was determined to be a junior subjective synonym of H. seyrigi. Also recently, Norman D. Penny, California Academy of Sciences made additional specimens of mydas flies available from Madagascar for determination. Among this material, a new species of Hessemydas was discovered and is described below.
A new species of the genus Toccolosida Walker, 1863 from India (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyralinae)
Authors: SINGH NAVNEET , CHANDRA KAILASH , KIRTI JAGBIR SINGH , RANJAN RAHUL
Published: August 2019

The genus Toccolosida Walker, 1863 is a member of the Pyralini tribe of the subfamily Pyralinae in the family Pyralidae. It was described as a monotypic genus for Toccolosida rubriceps Walker, 1863 from Sikkim. Snellen (1890, 1892) described two additional species of Toccolosida, T. pallifrons Snellen, 1890 from Sikkim and T. bilinealis Snellen, 1892 from Indonesia and Java. Hampson (1896) erected a new genus Proteinia Hampson, 1896 for T. pallifrons. In 1899, Snellen described another species, T. subolivalis Snellen, 1899 from Indonesia, Sumatra and Padang. Robinson et al. (1994) included two species, T. rubriceps and T. bilinealis, in their account on South East Asian moths and stated that Toccolosida contains 8+ [described as well as undescribed] species from the Indo-Australian region and 6+ species from South East Asia. However, at present the valid Toccolosida species are only three: T. rubriceps, T. bilinealis and T. subolivalis, whereas pallifrons is currently placed in Proteinia (Nuss et al. 2003–2019; pers. comm. Dr. Richard Mally, University Museum of Bergen, Natural History Collections, Bergen, Norway).
Hauntologizing the (un)foreseen present: The 2008 financial crisis in Antonio Muñoz Molina’s La noche de los tiempos and Todo lo que era sólido
Authors: Amezcua David
Published: August 2019

This article deals with Antonio Muñoz Molina’s La noche de los tiempos (2009) and Todo lo que era sólido (2013a) and provides an interdiscursive analysis of both works, aiming to highlight their thematic and affective connections. Similarly, I contend that these works belong in the fabric of cultural narratives around the 2008 financial crisis. On the other hand, the spectral nature of the narrators of both La noche de los tiempos and Todo lo que era sólido is scrutinized, departing from Derrida’s notion of hauntology. Finally, the role of metaphors in the construction of reality is examined, paying heed to Muñoz Molina’s lucid analysis of the dominant metaphors that were used during the years prior to the 2008 financial crisis. His analysis leads us to consider the necessity of creating a new narrative for Europe which helps shape and redefine a new sense of Europeanness.
Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery in lung cancer: largest experience
Authors: Venkitaraman Balasubramanian , Lei Jiang , Liang Wu , Jianqiao Cai
Published: August 2019

Background

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is one of the latest development in minimal invasive thoracic surgery. It is being increasing applied in various parts of the world for the treatment of lung cancer. Although the technique has become popular, there is a lack of largescale literature addressing the safety and oncological outcomes. We aimed to describe our experience, highlighting the short-term outcomes and oncological efficacy.

Methods

From July 2013 to December 2017, 441 uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic procedures were carried out in patients with primary lung cancer and no metastatic disease. The male-to-female ratio was 240:201. The median age of the patients was 63 years (range10 to 85 years).

Results

The median number of mediastinal lymph node stations dissected and median number of mediastinal nodes were 5 and 14, respectively. Ten or more nodes were dissected in 93.1% of patients. All surgeries were complete R0 resection. Minor postoperative morbidity according to the Clavien-Dindo classification was 4%. Seven patients experienced major morbidity requiring intensive care management. There was no 30-day mortality.

Conclusion

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical resection for lung cancer appears to have similar postoperative outcomes to multiport surgery in terms of short-term morbidity and oncological efficacy. Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery can be offered as a standard of care for lung cancer surgery in centers with adequate surgical expertise. Long-term follow-up will be needed to establish the long-term oncological outcomes.
Effect of Pushen capsule for treating vascular mild cognitive impairment: a pilot observational study
Authors: Li Shuo , Cao Geyin , Deng Qiwen , Zhu Dan , Yan Fuling
Published: August 2019

Objective

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) may be beneficial for vascular dementia (VaD). We evaluated the efficacy of Pushen capsule, a compound containing several TCM components, for treating vascular mild cognitive impairment (VaMCI).

Methods

Seventy outpatients with VaMCI were randomized to Pushen capsule or control treatment with Ginkgo biloba. Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and Subjective Memory Loss Rating Scale scores; and lipid, lipoprotein, and haemorheological parameters were collected at baseline, week 4, and week 12 of treatment.

Results

MMSE score at week 12 was significantly higher in the treatment group compared with baseline ( t = −2.352) but was not significantly different from week 12 in the control group. The MoCA score at week 12 was higher than that at baseline for both the treatment and control groups ( t = −2.619 and −2.582, respectively), as was the “delayed recall” item score. Subjective memory loss score and the cognitive function “forgetting acquaintance's name” were significantly higher in the treatment group at week 12 than at baseline ( t = −2.621 and χ2 = 4.419, respectively). Lipid, lipoprotein, and haemorheological parameters were significantly different after treatment in both groups.

Conclusion

The benefits of Pushen capsule on cognitive function in VaMCI were comparable with that of Ginkgo biloba.
Tuning in on motivation: Differences between non-musicians, amateurs, and professional musicians
Authors: Appelgren Alva , Osika Walter , Theorell Töres , Madison Guy , Bojner Horwitz Eva
Published: August 2019

The drive to learn and engage in music varies among individuals. Global motivation to do something can be intrinsic, for example, the joy and satisfaction in an activity. But motivation behind our action can also be extrinsic, such as the desire for fame, status or increased financial resources. The type of motivation probably influences to what degree individuals engage in musical activities. In this study, we examined the associations between the level of musical engagement and self-rated global motivation, factoring in age and sex, in a sample of 5,435 individuals. Musical engagement ranged from no music activity to amateurs and professional musicians. We found that intrinsic motivation increases with level of music activity and that motivation differs depending on sex, with females scoring higher on intrinsic motivation than males. Such differences may be considered in adjusting the forms of support offered to young musicians in music education. The phenomenon of motivation is complex, and we have highlighted areas that require further investigation, but this study has elucidated some differences in motivation types found in men and women, and between non-musicians, amateurs and professional musicians.