bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
O uso de infraestruturas verde e azul na revitalização urbana e na melhoria do manejo das águas pluviais
Authors: Guimarães Luciana Fernandes , Oliveira Antonio Krishnamurti Beleño de , Veríssimo Lays De Freitas , Merlo Mylenna Linares , Vérol Aline Pires
Published: May 2019

A expansão das áreas urbanas e a pressão sobre o uso do solo alteraram as funções ecológicas e ecossistêmicas do ambiente. Estratégias de adaptação como as infraestruturas verde e azul podem reduzir os efeitos negativos das ações antrópicas, além de proporcionarem benefícios para a saúde e qualidade de vida da população. Essas estratégias podem destacar-se como alternativas mais sustentáveis, econômicas, multifuncionais e flexíveis em comparação com as soluções tradicionais. Dentre as diversas funções que as infraestruturas verde e azul podem assumir, o trabalho pretende destacar a capacidade de diminuição do risco hidráulico aliada à promoção da revitalização do ambiente urbano, por meio da implantação de parques urbanos, recomposição da vegetação e interligação de áreas verdes às novas áreas de lazer. Para o desenvolvimento dessa análise, foram propostas intervenções na sub-bacia do Rio Comprido, no Rio de Janeiro, considerando o rio como elemento estruturador da paisagem. Essas intervenções foram simuladas através de um modelo matemático, denominado MODCEL, que permite estimar as alturas de inundação nos cenários atual e de projeto. Como resultado, observa-se que, apesar dos limitados espaços livres, a multifuncionalidade das infraestruturas verde e azul introduz diversas melhorias para a sociedade.
PALAVRAS DE LUXÚRIA E DE DEBOCHE: HOMOEROTISMO NO ALMANAK CARALHAL
Authors: Cruz Eduardo Da
Published: May 2019

Este artigo propõe uma apresentação do Almanak Caralhal, um almanaque satírico português oitocentista. Tomando esse impresso como escrita de uma história cultural que possibilita recompor discursos sobre questões culturais e políticas que atravessavam aquele momento de produção, além de recuperar seu papel como agente que intervinha na sociedade e na cultura, destaca-se seu conteúdo homoerótico. Aponta-se sua relação com a literatura portuguesa e com a cultura homoerótica do período.
CONSTRUÇÃO E PROBLEMATIZAÇÃO DA IDENTIDADE LÉSBICA NA OBRA DE CASSANDRA RIOS
Authors: Silva Leonardo Alexander Do Carmo
Published: May 2019

Grande parte da produção literária de Cassandra Rios, muito popular nos anos 1960 e 1970, é consagrada à descrição de relações homossexuais femininas em cenários urbanos. Em sua obra, a autora deu voz a personagens lésbicas, seus desejos e suas angústias. O sentimento de inadequação, bastante presente nesses romances está, muitas vezes, associado à busca por uma identidade ou mesmo por uma definição de lesbianidade. Este trabalho tem por objetivo mostrar de que maneira Cassandra Rios, através de suas personagens femininas, representa e dá visibilidade a um “estar/ser à margem”. Buscaremos mostrar também que, ao buscar construir uma “identidade” lésbica, a autora problematiza questões que se tornarão, nas décadas seguintes, centrais para a teoria queer como a diferença entre orientação sexual e identidade de gênero e a noção de performatividade.
CONTRA OS QUEERS, MARCHAR, MARCHAR!
Authors: Curopos Fernando
Published: May 2019

Nos finais do século XIX, os republicanos portugueses vão tentar abalar a monarquia praticando um verdadeiro gay bashing contra algumas figuras do governo. A homofobia torna-se um elemento de ataque político para demonstrar “a degenerescência” da monarquia. Embora a igreja também fosse um alvo, em Portugal, os ataques raramente foram ad hominem. No entanto, a publicação de O Bispo de Beja (Santos Vieira, 1910), vai alimentar tanto o anticlericalismo republicano quanto a homofobia, constituindo um texto eminentemente queer por dar visibilidade a uma sexualidade não normativa, já presente na literatura erótica e pornográfica publicada em Portugal ao longo do século XIX.
NA ROTA DO ESCÁRNIO E DO MALDIZER: A SÉRIE PORTUGUESA "BICHA DO DEMÓNIO"
Authors: Valentim Jorge Vicente
Published: May 2019

Este ensaio tem como objetivo a leitura da série portuguesa Bicha do Demónio  (2009-2010), produzida exclusivamente para divulgação na rede pelo site Youtube, tomando  como ponto  de  partida  a  presença  de  uma  veia  satírica,  observada  sob  dois  aspectos:  o  primeiro, enquanto  continuidade  de  uma  tradição  literária  e  cultural  do  escárnio  e  do  maldizer;  e  o segundo, como exposição  direta das subjetividades sexuais, bem como das multiplicidades do universo homossexual português.
ALGUMAS INTERSECIONALIDADES E UM TEXTO CUIR PRA CHAMAR DE “(M)EU”: RETRATOS DA PRODUÇÃO ESTÉTICA AFROLUSOBRASILEIRA
Authors: Inácio Emerson Da Cruz
Published: May 2019

O presente artigo pretende fazer convergir a produção estética lusoafrobrasileira e o pensamento “cuir”, aqui adotado como uma estratégia discursiva e de análise, que pode favorecer à percepção das novas manifestações estéticas oriundas de sujeitos da diferença.
VEGF (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor) Functionalized Magnetic Beads in a Microfluidic Device to Improve the Angiogenic Balance in Preeclampsia
Authors: Trapiella-Alfonso Laura , Alexandre Lucile , Fraichard Camille , Pons Kelly , Dumas Simon , Huart Lucie , Gaucher Jean-François , Hebert-Schuster Marylise , Guibourdenche Jean , Fournier Thierry , Vidal Michel , Broutin Isabelle , Lecomte-Raclet Laurence , Malaquin Laurent , Descroix Stéphanie , Tsatsaris Vassilis , Gagey-Eilstein Nathalie , Lecarpentier Edouard
Published: May 2019

Preeclampsia is a hypertensive pregnancy disease associated with a massive increase in sFlt-1 (soluble form of the vascular endothelial growth factor 1) in the maternal circulation, responsible for angiogenic imbalance and endothelial dysfunction. Pilot studies suggest that extracorporeal apheresis may reduce circulating sFlt-1 and prolong pregnancy. Nonspecific apheresis systems have potential adverse effects because of the capture of many other molecules. Our concept is based on a specific and competitive apheresis approach using VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) functionalized magnetic beads to capture sFlt-1 while releasing endogenous PlGF (placental growth factor) to restore a physiological angiogenic balance. Magnetic beads were functionalized with VEGF to capture sFlt-1. Experiments were performed using PBS, conditioned media from human trophoblastic cells, and human plasma. The proof of concept was validated in dynamic conditions in a microfluidic device as an approach mimicking real apheresis. Magnetic beads were functionalized with VEGF and characterized to evaluate their surface ligand density and recognition capabilities. VEGF-coated magnetic beads proved to be an efficient support in capturing sFlt-1 and releasing PlGF. In static conditions, sFlt-1 concentration decreased by 33±13%, whereas PlGF concentration increased by 27±10%. In dynamic conditions, the performances were improved, with 40% reduction of sFlt-1 and up to 2-fold increase of free PlGF. The sFlt-1/PlGF ratio was reduced by 63% in the plasma of preeclamptic patients. Apheresis was also associated with VEGF release. A ligand-based approach using VEGF-coated beads is an effective approach to the capture of sFlt-1 and the release of endogenous PlGF. It offers new perspectives for the treatment of preeclampsia.
Sodium Reduction, Metabolomic Profiling, and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Untreated Black Hypertensives
Authors: Chen Li , He Feng J. , Dong Yanbin , Huang Ying , Harshfield Gregory A. , Zhu Haidong
Published: May 2019

Dietary sodium restriction has multiple beneficial effects on cardiovascular health. The underlying mechanisms are not fully understood, and the roles of metabolomics have been rarely studied. We aimed to test the hypothesis that the reduction in dietary sodium intake would induce changes in metabolomic profiling among black hypertensives, and the changes would be associated with reduced blood pressure (BP) and improved skin capillary density. A total of 64 untreated black hypertensives were included from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled cross-over trial of sodium reduction. The participants were given either 9 slow sodium tablets (10 mmol sodium per tablet) or placebo tablets daily for 6 weeks, they then crossed over to receive the other tablets for another 6 weeks, while on reduced sodium diet aiming at achieving daily sodium intake around 2.0 g. Untargeted metabolomic profiling was performed in paired serum samples, which were collected at the end of each period, so were BP and capillary density. Mixed-effects models were used. There were 34 metabolites identified with raw
P
’s<0.05. Among those, 2 metabolites including β-hydroxyisovalerate and methionine sulfone were significantly increased with sodium reduction (false discovery rate =0.006 and 0.099, respectively). Increased β-hydroxyisovalerate was associated with reduced office systolic BP and ambulatory daytime systolic BP, whereas increased methionine sulfone was associated with reduced 24-hour diastolic BP, ambulatory nighttime diastolic BP, and increased skin capillary density. Our results suggest that dietary sodium reduction increases the circulating levels of β-hydroxyisovalerate and methionine sulfone. Further studies are warranted.

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Impact of Financialization and Financial Development on Inequality:  Panel Cointegration Results Using OECD Data
Authors: Shin Hochul , Lee Keun
Published: May 2019

This study compares the long-run impact of financialization and financial development on inequality through the panel cointegration approach using OECD country data. Results show that financialization, especially high-dividend tendency in non-financial corporations, is one of the causes of rising inequality measured as the share of the top 10 percent richest. Other measures of financialization, such as the increasing size of the financial sector and financial globalization, are not robustly linked to inequality. In addition, the argument that financial development reduces inequality by relaxing the credit constraints of the poor is not supported, and no evidence shows that financial development aggravates inequality. Further, the impact of skills-biased technological change is not a robust variable in explaining inequality. A policy implication is that a simple focus on financial development is not enough to reduce inequality. Government policies are necessary, including differentiated taxation on dividends and reinvestments, which induce non-financial firms to focus on productive reinvestments from profits and discourage high dividends for shareholders.
Money Demand in a Dollarized Economy: Evidence from Laos PDR
Authors: Kyophilavong Phouphet , Uddin Gazi Salah , Shahbaz Muhammad , Harvie Charles , Charoenrat Teerawat
Published: May 2019

This paper uses a time series perspective to examine the determinants and stability of the money demand function in the case of Laos PDR. An autoregressive distributed lag bounds testing approach to cointegration in the presence of structural breaks and Granger causality in a vector error correction method framework are applied to data covering the period 1992:Q1 to 2013:Q4. The results indicate that the money demand function is stable when exchange rate fluctuations are incorporated, and the causality analysis reveals that there is a feedback effect between money demand and the exchange rate in the long run. This implies that the exchange rate plays an important role in influencing money demand in the case of a dollarized economy such as that of Laos.
Differences in flight initiation distance (FID) between rural and urban populations of two species of Australian birds
Authors: Davey Sara , Massaro Melanie , Freire Rafael
Published: May 2019

Although flight initiation distance (FID) has been shown to be shorter in urban compared to rural populations of birds, less is known about how the characteristics of the urban environment, such as the population size and age of the city influences the FID and other aspects of anti-predator behaviour. Urban willie wagtails and magpie larks in a relatively small and new town had shorter FID than rural conspecifics. Both species were more likely to show a short, rather than long, escape flight if the experimenter started walking towards the bird from further away. There was some indication that urban birds may be more likely to show a short escape flight than rural birds. We conclude that anti-predator responses of birds can be influenced by a relatively small, recently established and sparsely-populated town. Additionally, the possibility of the characteristics of the urban centre influencing variation in the FID response is discussed.
On Filipinodiaptomus Lai, Mamaril Sr. & Fernando, 1979 (Calanoida, Diaptomidae): redescription and re-allocation of the Philippine endemic Diaptomus vexillifer Brehm, 1933
Authors: Li Huiming , Guinto Shea K. P. , Papa Rey D. S. , Han Bo-Ping , Magbanua Francis S. , Rizo Eric Z. C. , Dumont Henri J. , Lin Qiuqi
Published: May 2019

The original description of Diaptomus vexillifer Brehm, 1933,
endemic to Lake Danao (Leyte Island), was elementary and lacking taxonomically
satisfactory characters. In this paper, we redescribe the Philippine-endemic
genus Filipinodiaptomus Lai, Mamaril Sr. & Fernando, 1979
and the species D. vexillifer collected from its type locality,
using light and scanning electron microscopy and an analysis of the mtCOI gene
and the ITS of the nuclear 18S operon. We found that D.
vexillifer is the second species under this endemic genus. A
neotype and paraneotypes are hereby designated. Also a detailed morphological
comparison is made between Filipinodiaptomus vexillifer (Brehm,
1933) comb. nov. and Filipinodiaptomus insulanus (Wright,
1928). Their taxonomic characters, interspecies relationship, and biogeography
are likewise discussed.
A report of the free-living freshwater planktonic copepods from an ephemeral pool in Limpopo Province, South Africa, with the description of Microcyclops raynerae n. sp.
Authors: Mnisi Peral , Dippenaar Susan M.
Published: May 2019

Ephemeral pools are biologically important habitats for species adapted to survive through a dry phase. Unfortunately, these pools have been neglected in studies. Copepods are essential in aquatic habitats mainly because of their importance in the food web. Currently there are only 34 species reported from freshwater habitats in South Africa. This study was conducted in an ephemeral pool (Limpopo Province, South Africa). Qualitative sampling was done monthly (December 2014 to June 2015) using a plankton net and specimens were studied through a light microscope. Seven species were collected, three from Calanoida and four from Cyclopoida, including a new species, Microcyclops raynerae. Seven species represent quite a high biodiversity of copepods from a single pool when compared with similar studies previously done in South Africa. The report of Tropocyclops confinis constitutes a new geographical record from South Africa while all other collected species are new records from the Limpopo Province.
Was Zoroastrian Art Invented in Chorasmia?
Authors: Grenet Frantz
Published: May 2019

Before the recent discoveries of the Karakalpak-Australian Expedition to Ancient Chorasmia (KAE) evidence for Zoroastrianism in Chorasmia was scant, coming only from the official use of the Zoroastrian calendar, the onomastics, and the archaeologically documented funerary practices of the region, while the interpretation of remains of temples or fire chapels is subject to discussion.

During the last seasons of work on the material of the KAE excavations at Akchakhan-kala, the royal seat of Chorasmia in the 2nd century BC – 2nd century AD, substantial fragments of wall paintings from the rear wall of the main columned hall of the “Ceremonial Complex” were cleaned and reassembled. It appeared at once that they belong to oversized standing figures, most probably deities. The best preserved image has been identified as Srōsh, god of prayer and protector of the soul after death. The second figure is probably to be identified as a personification of the group of the Fravashis, pre-created souls of the ancestors and protectors of “Aryan people” in battles, also worshipped as deities. A third figure, very partly preserved, perhaps represents Zam-Spandarmad, goddess of the Earth. If these identifications are valid, these deities appear to have been chosen because of their association with the turn of the year. This would be consistent with the possibility that the already known “portrait gallery” of Akchakhan-kala was related to the commemoration of royal and clanic ancestors at the end of the year.

Notwithstanding much still needs to be elucidated, it appears already certain that these paintings, dating about the beginning of the 1st century AD, are the earliest documented attempt to create a Zoroastrian art directly inspired by the Avesta. The identification of some figures in the Toprak-kala “High Palace” (2nd-3rd centuries AD) can perhaps be reconsidered in the light of this new evidence.
The Oxus Route toward the South
Authors: Minardi Michele
Published: May 2019

In this contribution, in view of the striking evidence from the site of Akchakhan-kala which is casting a completely new light on the archaeology of the Chorasmian polity and the Central Asian region, I explore relations between Ancient Chorasmia and its neighbouring regions to the south, in particular Bactriana. I will try to argue that the oft-referred to favoured political relations of Chorasmia with the Arsacid empire, considering all the evidence now at our disposal, have been misjudged. The material culture of Ancient Chorasmia, throughout the history of the region, clearly shows the existence of a privileged, albeit not exclusive, exchange route toward the region to its south. Chorasmia has always been, since its birth in the 6th century BC, a bridge from the sedentary world toward the steppes and a polity with a distinctive culture that the scarcity of written sources has often deprived of historical individuality and speciously relegated to the periphery of modern western historiography, in the shadow of the better-known superregional powers that established control over Asia and Iran.
“Long Walls” in Ancient Chorasmia and Central Asia
Authors: Khozhaniyazov Gairatdin
Published: May 2019

The Ancient Chorasmian “long wall” of Dévkesken, part of a larger complex situated on a projection of the semi-arid Ustyurt Plateau in today’s Karakalpakstan, is discussed in this paper in light of similar defensive barriers erected in pre-Islamic Central Asia.
Some New Readings of Chorasmian Inscriptions on Silver Vessels and Their Relevance to the Chorasmian Era
Authors: Lurje Pavel B.
Published: May 2019

The article represents an attempt to read and analyze five of eleven inscriptions in Old Chorasmian language written in cursive Chorasmian script. These inscriptions are incised on silver vessels which were mostly found in the Kama region of the district of Perm in Russia.

The article is divided into sections. Its first section presents a list of the material discussed and the status quaestionis of the article, introduces the variations of the Chorasmian script throughout time. The second section is devoted to the analysis of the words which are recurrent in the inscriptions and to the definition of the formularies used in the inscriptions under scrutiny. The third section provides tentative reading of inscriptions on five vessels kept in the Hermitage museum. It is here assumed that some of the Chorasmian inscriptions indicate that the vessels were votive offerings to Nanaia and probably to other deities.

The fourth and last section of the paper focuses on the indications of weight attested on silver vessels and on the related chronology. It is shown that the value of the unit of weight (ZWZN /stēr/) on most of the vessels (c. 3,6-3,7 grams) corresponds to the silver standard weight used in the coinage of the Chorasmian king Shaushfarn and his less prominent predecessor Shyat. Consequently, it is assumed that the Chorasmian silver vessels were labeled and probably produced during Shaushfarn’s reign about the mid-8th century AD. Since four inscriptions with indication of weight are dated according to the Chorasmian Era (years from 700 to 723(?) of this era), this observation supports the author’s opinion that this indigenous era started towards the mid-1st century AD.
Central Asia and the Interaction between the Iranian Plateau and the Steppes in Late First Millennium BC
Authors: Lhuillier Johanna , Bendezu-Sarmiento Julio
Published: May 2019

Research led by the joint French-Turkmen Archaeological Expedition (MAFTur) at Ulug-depe have brought to light the longest continuous stratigraphic sequence of southern Central Asia, starting from the Late Neolithic up to the Middle Iron Age. During the last fieldwork seasons, a later, still poorly-known occupation has been identified: after its abandonment at the end of the Middle Iron Age period, Ulug-depe was briefly reoccupied during the late 1st millennium BC. The archaeological levels related to this occupation are extremely poorly preserved, and this stage is mainly witnessed by a particular pottery complex. Preliminary and ongoing researches on this pottery complex suggest that it principally includes Hellenistic-period vessels associated with some more unusual shapes. This association of material finds analogies in the area of interaction between the northern and the southern parts of Central Asia (i.e., in Uzbekistan, in a territory stretching from Tashkent to the Aral Sea through the Syr Darya area). In this paper, we will present a first overview of these discoveries, placing Ulug-depe at the crossroads of different cultural groups, sedentary and possibly nomadic, at the end of the 1st millennium BC.
Ai Khanoum after 145 BC
Authors: Martinez-Sève Laurianne
Published: May 2019

The attack that caused the ruin of Ai Khanoum around 145 BC was a key event of its history. This was the beginning of the so-called post-palatial period, which is often considered of short duration. The article intends to provide a general study of this last stage of the history of the city, taking into account the information already published, but also the new evidence resulting from the ongoing study of its main sanctuary (henceforth the Sanctuary). The few inhabitants of Ai Khanoum still living in the city after 145 BC reoccupied its private and public buildings and were engaged in the recovering of all the riches of the former Graeco-Bactrian capital. They exploited the stone materials, the metallic objects, the furniture and even reused the ceramics abandoned in the town. The Sanctuary remained in activity for a while, under the control of an authority who undertook maintenance operations, but the religious conceptions of the population underwent some major changes. This study also enables to review the common assumptions regarding the role played by nomadic people during this period.
A Burial of 915 A.H. at the Walls of Derbent
Authors: Gadjiev Murtazali
Published: May 2019

The article describes a Muslim grave, dated 915 A.H. (1509-10 A.D.), found near the citadel of Derbent. According to the epitaph, the stela was erected on the tomb of Shah Vali b. Shaqil who was assigned the title of šahīd al-sa‘īd (“happy martyr”). The date on the grave refers to the period of the military actions at the walls of Derbent, particularly to the siege of the city by the troops of Shah Ismail Safavi.
A Story of Blood: Remarks on Yaghnobi waxn and Avestan vohu-, vohunı̄̆-/vohuna-
Authors: Panaino Antonio
Published: May 2019

The present article analyses the etymological history of Yaghnobi waxn “blood” in the framework of the Sogdian background, and offers a new investigation of the pertinent Avestan Sprachgut with close reference to the stem vohu-, n., “blood”, its derivatives (vohunı̄̆-/vohuna-) and compositional forms, considering their textual occurrences and literary implications. This investigation revises old and new etymological hypotheses (e.g., Bartholomae, Henning, Gershevitch, Schwartz, etc.) about the origin of the word for “blood” in Iranian, finally suggesting a derivation (with some further alternatives) from *su̯asu̯an-/*su̯asun-, explained as an -n-derivative (or even -n-/-r-) from *su-asu-, “good life”. In particular, the author discusses the possible interferences with similar Avestan stems meaning “good” (vohu-) on the steps of Schwartz in the framework of a very complex semantic area as the one covering the image of “blood” and “bleeding” in Indo-Iranian after the progressive collapse in the linguistic Iranian area of an ealier inherited word as *ahr(a)- “blood”.
Some Thoughts on Centring Pan-African Epistemic in the Teaching of Public International Law in African Universities
Authors: Fagbayibo Babatunde
Published: May 2019

The teaching of public international law in Africa remains unresponsive to the imperative of decolonisation. The curriculum in many universities across the continent remain steeped in Eurocentric canons, and does little to disrupt hegemonic assumptions that place European thinkers at the heart of the development of international law. There is little attempt to provide a critical discussion around important epistemologies that emerged from diplomatic interactions between and among pre-colonial African Empires, and with Europeans and Asians; state building/state recognition measures; and negotiations and dispute settlement mechanisms regulating the activities of trade networks. In addition, the consideration of approaches such as the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) that have exposed the non-neutral underpinnings of international law remains marginal or non-existent. In this respect, this article proposes ‘critical integrative approach’ as a viable ontological framework that should shape the inclusion of important pan-African epistemic in the teaching of public international law in African universities.
Speciation with gene flow in marine systems
Authors: Potkamp Gerrit , Fransen Charles H.J.M.
Published: May 2019

Over the last century, a large body of literature emerged on mechanisms driving speciation. Most of the research into these questions focussed on terrestrial systems, while research in marine systems lagged behind. Here, we review the population genetic mechanisms and geographic context of 33 potential cases of speciation with gene flow in the marine realm, using six criteria inferred from theoretical models of speciation. Speciation with gene flow occurs in a wide range of marine taxa. Single traits, which induce assortative mating and are subjected to disruptive selection, such as differences in host-associations in invertebrates or colour pattern in tropical fish, are potentially responsible for a decrease in gene flow and may be driving divergence in the majority of cases. However, much remains unknown, and with the current knowledge, the frequency of ecological speciation with gene flow in marine systems remains difficult to estimate. Standardized, generally applicable statistical methods, explicitly testing different hypotheses of speciation, are, going forward, required to confidently infer speciation with gene flow.
Rapid Audiovisual Temporal Recalibration Generalises Across Spatial Location
Authors: Ju Angela , Orchard-Mills Emily , van der Burg Erik , Alais David
Published: May 2019

Recent exposure to asynchronous multisensory signals has been shown to shift perceived timing between the sensory modalities, a phenomenon known as ‘temporal recalibration’. Recently, Van der Burg et al. (2013, J Neurosci, 33, pp. 14633–14637) reported results showing that recalibration to asynchronous audiovisual events can happen extremely rapidly. In an extended series of variously asynchronous trials, simultaneity judgements were analysed based on the modality order in the preceding trial and showed that shifts in the point of subjective synchrony occurred almost instantaneously, shifting from one trial to the next. Here we replicate the finding that shifts in perceived timing occur following exposure to a single, asynchronous audiovisual stimulus and by manipulating the spatial location of the audiovisual events we demonstrate that recalibration occurs even when the adapting stimulus is presented in a different location. Timing shifts were also observed when the adapting audiovisual pair were defined only by temporal proximity, with the auditory component presented over headphones rather than being collocated with the visual stimulus. Combined with previous findings showing that timing shifts are independent of stimulus features such as colour and pitch, our finding that recalibration is not spatially specific provides strong evidence for a rapid recalibration process that is solely dependent on recent temporal information, regardless of feature or location. These rapid and automatic shifts in perceived synchrony may allow our sensory systems to flexibly adjust to the variation in timing of neural signals occurring as a result of delayed environmental transmission and differing neural latencies for processing vision and audition.
Imāmī Records of Divine Sayings: Some Thoughts on al-Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī’s al-Jawāhir al-saniyya fī-l-aḥādīth al-qudsiyya
Authors: Vilozny Roy
Published: May 2019

This paper addresses the question of ḥadīth qudsī as an independent sub-category of ḥadīth within the Imāmī literary corpus. It focuses on al-Ḥurr al-ʿĀmilī’s (d. 1104/1693) al-Jawāhir al-saniyya fī-l-aḥādīth al-qudsiyya which appears to be the earliest extant Shīʿī compilation entirely devoted to this sort of material. Of the various forms of ḥadīth qudsī in al-ʿĀmilī’s work special attention is paid to traditions in which an Imam cites God directly, without an intermediary in the form of a prophet or an angel. I argue that such traditions represent a more flexible perception of the Imam-Divine relationship than the one familiar to us from theological treatises starting from the Buwayhid period (334/945-447/1055).
Jewish Atheists in Foxholes?
Authors: Gutkowski Stacey
Published: May 2019

War and other forms of collective political violence raise existential questions for those touched by them. Recent advances in the study of ‘atheism in foxholes’ have been hitherto overlooked in the sociology of war. But they can further illuminate the relationship between war and existential questions. Bringing these literatures into conversation for the first time, this article analyses a sample of young, secular Jewish-Israelis (hilonim) interviewed in the aftermath of the 2014 Israel-Gaza War. It shows how speakers borrowed from both Jewish and Western secular formations to answer existential questions and ‘manage luck.’ Contributing to the theorization of war as social practice through a case study of ‘foxhole atheism’, the article also invites us to think of war as having a ‘secular’ ontology.
Newly Recorded Species of Diatoms in the Source of Han and Nakdong Rivers, South Korea
Authors: LEE SANG DEUK , YUN SUK MIN , CHO PYO YUN , YANG HYE-WON , KIM OE JUNG
Published: May 2019

For floristic study on diatoms from the source of Han and Nakdong Rivers, we collected samples in February, April, and July 2016 from Geomryongso and Neodeolsam Ponds, South Korea. Geomryongso and Neodeolsam Ponds are sources of Han and Nakdong Rivers, respectively. Thirty-eight infrageneric taxa of freshwater diatoms were identified in the collected samples from study areas. The diatom species were classified into 25 genera, 17 families, 10 orders, 5 subclasses, and 2 classes based on the taxonomic system proposed by Round et al. (1990). Nine diatom taxa—Achnanthes sinaensis, Achnanthidium atomus, Edtheriotia guizhoiana, Fragilaria recapitellata, Gyrosigma procerum, Navicula nipponica, Pinnularia pseudotabellaria, Pinnularia rabenhorstii, and Platessa barhlsii—were newly recorded, whose taxonomic features have been described; they are indicated by asterisk. We presented the taxonomic information, including the systematics, and dimension in the source of two major rivers in Korea. This study might contribute to the understanding of diversity and flora of diatoms in various freshwater environments in Korea.
Taxonomy and biogeography of the freshwater crabs of Tanzania, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae, Platythelphusidae, Deckeniidae)
Authors: REED SADIE K. , CUMBERLIDGE NEIL
Published: May 2019

The taxonomy of the freshwater crabs of Tanzania, East Africa is revised based on a large collection of previously unreported material. The crabs are treated here as a distinct regional subset of the African continental fauna. We recognize 25 species belonging to three genera (Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838, Platythelphusa A. Milne-Edwards, 1872, and Deckenia Hilgendorf, 1869a) and three families (the Potamonautidae Bott, 1970, the Platythelphusidae Colosi, 1920, and the Deckeniidae Ortmann, 1897). Tanzania is home to fourteen species of Potamonautes (including one new species), 9 species of Platythelphusa and 2 species of Deckenia. These estimates can be expected to change as the taxonomy of the freshwater crabs of this region becomes more refined. Potamonautes unisulcatus (Rathbun, 1933) is removed from synonymy and is recognized as a valid species; P. platycentron (Hilgendorf, 1897), originally a subspecies of P. johnstoni (Miers, 1885), is regarded as a valid species; P. ambiguus (Rathbun, 1904) is treated here as a junior subjective synonym of P. johnstoni (Miers, 1885), and P. johnstoni stappersi (Balss, 1936) is treated as a junior subjective synonym of P. loveridgei (Rathbun, 1933). The present work adds another species of Potamonautes, P. xiphoidus n. sp. from Tanzania. A number of morphological characters (including the shape and size of the dorsal membrane of gonopod 1) are identified to help clarify the taxonomy of Potamonautes in Tanzania. A revised species list for Tanzania is provided, as well as updated identification keys to the families, genera and species of Tanzanian freshwater crabs. The distribution of each species is refined based on new localities. Three out of 25 species (12.5%) (P. infravallatus, P. unisulcatus and P. xiphoidus) are endemic to Tanzania, but this number rises to 13 out of 25 (52%) if the Lake Tanganyika endemic species which occur in other countries that border the lake are included. Only two of the 25 Tanzanian species of freshwater crabs (P. lirrangensis and P. suprasulcatus) occur outside of the East African region in the D. R. Congo and Malawi.
Molecular relationships of the Australian Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and implications for the phylogeny of the Geometridae from molecular and morphological data
Authors: YOUNG CATHERINE J.
Published: May 2019

Molecular data from the 28S D2 ribosomal nuclear gene fragment were utilised to construct a phylogeny for the Australian Ennominae. Sequences were obtained from 68 geometrid and 5 outgroup species. Sequences from a smaller subset of 17 species also were analysed using the nuclear protein-coding gene EF-1a. Species were sampled from all major subfamilies of the Geometridae as no a priori assumptions could be made confidently about possible sister groups to the Australian Ennominae.The major findings from these analyses were as follows:(a) Drepanidae are a sister group to Geometridae;(b) Larentiinae are derived basally within the Geometridae; the Sterrhinae are the penultimate basally derived group;(c) Oenochrominae s. str. are closely related to the Geometrinae.(d) Ennominae are not monophyletic;(e) Tasmanian Archiearinae are misplaced in the Archiearinae and have close affinities to Australian Nacophorini (Ennominae);(f) Australian Nacophorini are not monophyletic.These results are at odds with traditionally held beliefs on the origins of Geometridae but are in broad agreement with and elaborate on the findings of Abraham et al. (2001). The implications of these findings in relation to key morphological characters are discussed using the proposed phylogenetic framework.
The first record of Goniagnathini from Australia with description of four new species of Goniagnathus Fieber (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)
Authors: FLETCHER MURRAY J. , ZAHNISER JAMES N.
Published: May 2019

Deltocephalus centralis Evans is transfered from Arawa Knight (Tribe Athysanini) to Goniagnathus Fieber (Tribe Goniagnathini) as Goniagnathus centralis (Evans) comb. nov. and the male genitalia described for the first time. Four new Australian species of Goniagnathus are described: G. osmelaki Fletcher, G. venenensis Fletcher, G. crocodontis Fletcher and G. pectinatus Fletcher. This represents the first record of the tribe Goniagnathini in Australia. A key for the identification of the Australian species is provided.
A new Roncus species (Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from Montseny Natural Park (Catalonia, Spain), with remarks on karyology
Authors: ZARAGOZA JUAN A. , ŠÿÁHLAVSKÝ FRANTI“EK
Published: May 2019

Roncus montsenyensis sp. nov. is described from Montseny Natural Park (Catalonia, Spain). The new species is geographically and morphologically close to Roncus cadinensis Zaragoza, 2007, but can be separated from it by palpal morphometrics, the chelal microsetae pattern and karyology. The diploid number was found to be 2n=16 in R. montsenyensis, with only biarmed chromosomes. The diploid number was found to be 2n=38 in R. cadinensis, with a predominance of acrocentric chromosomes. Both species possess the XY sex chromosome system and the X and Y chromosomes are only weakly differentiated.
Cave millipeds of the United States. VI. Sequoiadesmus krejcae, n. gen., n. sp., from Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California, USA (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidea, Macrosternodesmidae)
Authors: SHEAR WILLIAM A. , SHELLEY ROWLAND M.
Published: May 2019

Sequoiadesmus krejcae, n. gen., n. sp., a minute, depigmented polydesmidan milliped, is described from caves in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Tulare County, California. It is provisionally assigned to the Macrosternodesmidae pending further research on representatives of the polydesmidean superfamilies Polydesmoidea and Trichopolydesmoidea in the western United States. Attributes of Macrosternodesmidae, Nearctodesmidae (Trichopolydesmoidea) and Polydesmidae (Polydesmoidea) are compared and contrasted.
Monogeneans of the speckled blue grouper, Epinephelus cyanopodus (Perciformes, Serranidae), from off New Caledonia, with a description of four new species of Pseudorhabdosynochus and one new species of Laticola (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), and evidence of monogenean faunal changes according to the size of fish
Authors: SIGURA AUDE , JUSTINE JEAN-LOU
Published: May 2019

Nine species were identified among 1500 monogeneans collected on the gills of 17 speckled blue groupers, Epinephelus cyanopodus, caught off New Caledonia, South Pacific. A new method for describing squamodiscs in tables is proposed. Diplectanids included one new species of Laticola, which was the most abundant species, and six species of Pseudorhabdosynochus, including four new species, which were differentiated mainly on the basis of morphology of the sclerotised vagina. Laticola cyanus n. sp. is characterised by its genital organs. Pseudorhabdosynochus cyanopodus n. sp. and P. podocyanus n. sp. both have a vagina with a large primary chamber. Pseudorhabdosynochus chauveti n. sp. has a vagina with a long, coiled primary canal. Pseudorhabdosynochus exoticus n. sp. has an aberrant discoid vagina and characters (tip of quadriloculate organ, lateral bar with hook), which differentiate it from all other species. The fivepreviously cited species are strictly specific to E. cyanopodus and were abundant in large (>585 mm) fish. In addition, Haliotrema sp. (Ancyrocephalidae) and Allobenedenia sp. (Capsalidae), both undescribed, were also found on large fish. Pseudorhabdosynochus duitoe Justine, 2007 and P. huitoe Justine, 2007, were collected in very small numbers, mainly in young (345–500 mm) fish; the type-host of these two species is the highfin grouper, E. maculatus, and their occurrence on E. cyanopodus was considered accidental and due to habitat overlap between the young speckled blue groupers and adult highfin groupers. It is hypothesized that the speckled blue groupers are infested by their own, strictly specific monogeneans, only when they encounter older members of their species during spawning aggregations. Spawning aggregations thus play a key role in infestation of coral reef fish by their monoxenic parasites such as monogeneans. Lists are given for other parasites of the speckled blue grouper, including digeneans, cestodes, nematodes, isopods and copepods, with new records from New Caledonia: 41 species of parasites are recorded.
A review of the Oriental grassland leafhopper genus Platyretus Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)
Authors: VIRAKTAMATH C. A. , WEBB M. D. , DAI WU , ZHANG YALIN
Published: May 2019

The genus Platyretus is redescribed and a key to the five included species is given. The new species described are Platyeretus brevipenis Wu & Zhang sp. nov. (from China), P. gangeticus Viraktamath & Webb sp. nov. (from north India and China), P. javanicus Viraktamath & Webb sp. nov. (from Java) and P. sudindicus Viraktamath & Webb sp. nov. (from south India). The type species P. marginatus Melichar and the new species are described and illustrated along with a key to recognize them. Platyretus pseudocinctus Heller & Linnavuori and Platyretus himalayanus Distant are not treated as they are considered as not belonging in this genus. The former probably belongs to an undescribed deltocephaline genus and the latter is a member of Evacanthinae.
Larval redescription of Microstigma maculatum Hagen in Selys, 1860 (Odonata: Pseudostigmatidae) from Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Authors: NEISS ULISSES GASPAR , LENCIONI FREDERICO A. A. , HAMADA NEUSA , FERREIRA-KEPPLER RUTH LEILA
Published: May 2019

The last-instar larva of Microstigma maculatum Hagen in Selys, 1860 is redescribed and illustrated based on a reared larva collected in a water-filled hole of a fallen tree trunk within an urban forest fragment in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Two new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) associated with Elaeagnaceae in Turkey
Authors: DENİZHAN EVSEL , MONFREDA ROSİTA , DE LİLLO ENRİCO , ÇOBANOGLU SULTAN
Published: May 2019

Turkish populations of eriophyid mites infesting Elaeagnaceae were examined. Two new species are described and illustrated: Anthocoptes cellatus n. sp. was collected on Hippophae rhamnoides L. (seaberry), and Aceria angustifoliae n. sp. was found on Elaeagnus angustifolia L. (Russian olive). A remark on mite mounting was made.
Nomenclatural note on Alena Gyulai, Saldaitis & Zilli, 2019 nec Navás, 1916
Authors: GYULAI PETER , SALDAITIS AIDAS , ZILLI ALBERTO
Published: May 2019

In the article by Gyulai et al. (2019) a primary homonymy was inadvertently established, that is amended herein as: Aliona nom. nov. pro Alena Gyulai, Saldaitis & Zilli, 2019 [Lepidoptera], preoccupied by Návas, 1916 [Raphidioptera].
The Status of Triorophus punctatus LeConte (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Edrotini)
Authors: AALBU ROLF L. , WIRTH CHRISTOPHER C.
Published: May 2019

While working on a revision of Triorophus LeConte, 1851 we examined type material for the genus. One species, Triorophus punctatus LeConte, 1851 (Figs. 1a–1e), was described from a dead, partial specimen (Type 4475, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University) collected at “Vallecitas,” California in October or November of 1850 (LeConte, 1851). The locality likely refers to Vallecito, a contemporary United States Army depot and stage station (Roberts, 1988) located on the western edge of the Colorado Desert in eastern San Diego County (32.9755°, -116.35°).
The genera Smicridea McLachlan and Chimarra Stephens in French Guiana (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae, Philopotamidae)
Authors: GIBON FRANÇOIS-MARIE , SGANGA JULIETA V.
Published: May 2019

A brief collecting exploration to small streams in the coastal zone of French Guiana resulted in the capture of eight species belonging to the genus Smicridea McLachlan 1871 and two belonging to the genus Chimarra Stephens 1829. Given the scarcity of knowledge about the trichopteran fauna of this territory, the results of the study of this material are provided. A new species of the genus Smicridea is described: Smicridea (Rhyacophylax) sanctorum sp. n. Six species of Smicridea are new for French Guiana: Smicridea (R.) abrupta Flint 1974, Smicridea (R.) caligata Flint 1974, Smicridea (R.) columbiana Ulmer 1905, Smicridea (R.) pseudolobata Flint 1978, Smicridea (S.) obliqua Flint 1974, and Smicridea (S.) truncata Flint 1974. These results bring the number of French Guianan Smicridea species to 16. The two Chimarra species represent the first species records of the genus in French Guiana.
First record of the genus Leiocapitella (Annelida: Capitellidae) from China with description of a new species
Authors: LIN JUNHUI , GARCÍA-GARZA MARÍA E. , WANG JIANJUN
Published: May 2019

The capitellid genus Leiocapitella is characterized by the possession of anterior 12–16 chaetigers exclusively with capillaries and the following 1–2 transitional chaetigers with notopodial capillaries and neuropodial hooded hooks. A new species was obtained from the continental shelf of the East China Sea, and is identified herein as Leiocapitella fujianensis. The new species differs from the other four described species by the number and location of transitional chaetigers, the dentition of abdominal hooks, and the methyl green stain on thorax. A key to all Leiocapitella species is provided in this paper.
Different Effects of Two ENSO Types on Arctic Surface Temperature in Boreal Winter
Authors: Li Zhiyu , Zhang Wenjun , Stuecker Malte F. , Xu Haiming , Jin Fei-Fei , Liu Chao
Published: May 2019

The present work investigates different responses of Arctic surface air temperature (SAT) to two ENSO types based on reanalysis datasets and model experiments. We find that eastern Pacific (EP) ENSO events are accompanied by statistically significant SAT responses over the Barents–Kara Seas in February, while central Pacific (CP) events coincide with statistically significant SAT responses over northeastern Canada and Greenland. These impacts are largely of opposite sign for ENSO warm and cold phases. During EP El Niño in February, the enhanced tropospheric polar vortex over Eurasia and associated local low-level northeasterly anomalies over the Barents–Kara Seas lead to anomalously cold SAT in this region. Simultaneously, the enhanced tropospheric polar vortex leads to enhanced sinking air motion and consequently reduced cloud cover. This in turn reduces downward infrared radiation (IR), which further reduces SAT in the Barents–Kara Seas region. Such a robust response cannot be detected during other winter months for EP ENSO events. During CP El Niño, the February SATs over northeastern Canada and Greenland are anomalously warm and coincide with a weakened tropospheric polar vortex and related local low-level southwesterly anomalies originating from the Atlantic Ocean. The anomalous warmth can be enhanced by the local positive feedback. Similar SAT signals as in February during CP ENSO events can also be seen in January, but they are less statistically robust. We demonstrate that these contrasting Arctic February SAT responses are consistent with responses to the two ENSO types with a series of atmospheric general circulation model experiments. These results have implications for the seasonal predictability of regional Arctic SAT anomalies.