bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Abstract P412: Increased Forward and Backward Arterial Wave Reflections Are Found in Adolescents With Obesity or Obesity-Related Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Tran Andrew H , Kimball Thomas R , Khoury Phil R , Dolan Lawrence M , Urbina Elaine M
Published: March 2019

Introduction:
Pulse wave analysis provides an estimation of central (aortic) pressure and arterial wave reflections which relate to LV dysfunction and risk of CV events in adults. Recent adult studies suggest separation of the forward and backward waves may provide improved risk stratification for CV events. Data in youth are lacking.

Hypothesis:
We hypothesized that a significant difference in arterial wave reflections would be identified in young subjects with adverse CV risk factors.

Methods:
Vital signs, fasting lipids, glucose, insulin, HbA1c, and CRP were obtained in 551 patients aged 10-24 years in a study comparing vascular health among lean (L= 199), obese (O=173) and subjects with type 2 diabetes (T=179). Wave separation analyses were performed on pressure tracings obtained from radial artery tonometry. Group differences in CV risk factors and wave reflections were assessed using ANOVA. General linear models were constructed to elucidate independent predictors of wave reflections.

Results:
A more adverse CV risk profile was found in O and T subjects compared to L (higher BMI, SBP, DBP, LDL, TG, CRP, lower HDL in O and T vs L; all p≤0.0003). The T group had higher glucose, insulin, and HbA1c compared to the L and O groups (all p≤0.0001). The forward pulse wave amplitude (Pf) and the backward pulse wave amplitude (Pb) were significantly higher (P<0.0001) in the O and T groups compared to the L subjects (figure). The independent determinants of Pf included age, sex, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), height, SBP, DBP, and HR (R2=0.24, p<0.0001). Independent determinants of Pb included group, WHR, SBP, HR, and log insulin (R2=0.43, p<0.0001).

Conclusions:
Adolescents and young adults with obesity and T2DM have altered forward and backward arterial wave reflections compared to lean controls related to adiposity, BP, and insulin levels. These new parameters may be useful in risk stratifying patients with adverse cardiovascular risk factors.
Abstract P415: Correlation of Screening Electrocardiogram, Transthoracic Echocardiogram, and ASCVD Risk Score to 10 Year ASCVD Outcomes Among Asymptomatic Community Dwelling Women
Authors: Agdamag Arianne Clare , Gomez Joanne Michelle , Patel Nilam P , Camara Maria Isabel , Alalade Simisola , Khazey Katherine , Patiath Meghna , Kats Isabel , Fleisher Emma , Oliveros Soles Estefania , Aggarwal Neelum , Williams Kim , Volgman Annabelle
Published: March 2019

Background:
The efficacy and value of non-traditional screening methods such as electrocardiogram (ECG) and transthoracic echocardiography(TTE) remain unknown. In this study, we examined the correlation between initial ECG and TTE findings, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) 10 year risk score with actual 10-year ASCVD outcomes among asymptomatic women from a community-based screening program cohort at Rush University Medical Center.

Methodology:
A 10-year follow-up survey was conducted in March-September 2018 from the 355 participants from the initial 2BigHearts community screening program in 2007. Demographics, past medical history, ASCVD outcomes (stroke, non-fatal MI, PAD), and self-reported medication lists were obtained from the 107 participants who responded to the survey. Pearson Chi-square Test was used to determine the association of ECG, TTE, and calculated ASCVD risk score with ASCVD outcomes and heart failure(HF).

Results:
Amongst the 107 participants (mean age 63±10.6 years, 68.3% (71/104) Caucasian, 18.3% (19/104) African American, 8.6% (9/104) Hispanic, 4.8% (5/104) Asian), 15% (16/107) had baseline TTE abnormality with chamber enlargement as most common while 29.9% (32/107) had baseline ECG abnormality with conduction abnormalities as most common. The mean ASCVD 10 year risk score was 4.02%±4.5%. Of the 107, 11 had ASCVD score ≥ 7.5% of which 2 developed non-fatal MI and PAD. Other co-morbid conditions included 29% (31/107) hyperlipidemia, 22.4% (24/107) hypertension, 8.4% (9/107) diabetes, 6.5% (7/107) obstructive sleep apnea and 12.1% (13/107) any type of cancer. Chi-square testing showed no statistically significant correlation between ECG or TTE abnormality with ASCVD outcome (p=0.251 ECG, p=0.461 TTE). Baseline ASCVD risk score of ≥7.5% was associated with 10-year ASCVD outcome (p=0.003) and abnormal TTE at baseline was associated with heart failure in 10-year follow-up (p=0.017).

Conclusion:
This study found no association between abnormal screening ECG and TTE findings with 10-year ASCVD outcomes (stroke, non-fatal MI, PAD). However, abnormal TTE findings are associated with HF. ASCVD pooled cohort equation proved to be better than ECG and TTE in predicting ASCVD outcomes.
Two new diatom species (Bacillariophyceae) from Brazilian floodplain: Actinella hermes-moreirae sp. nov. and Gomphonema mutunensis sp. nov.
Authors: RUWER DAIANE T. , LUDWIG THELMA A.V. , RODRIGUES LILIANA
Published: March 2019

Floodplains are heterogeneous ecosystems that occupy a large area in the neotropic regions, which show great diatom diversity. During a floristic survey of periphytic and sedimentary samples in a swamp from the Upper Paraná River Floodplain in Brazil, a new species of Actinella Lewis and Gomphonema Ehrenberg (Bacillariophyceae) were found. We detailed their morphology using light and scanning electron microscopy. Actinella hermes-moreirae sp. nov. is distinguished by its small valve lengths, low length to width ratio, moderately arched valves, absence of spines and the slightly arched termination of the raphe. Gomphonema mutunensis sp. nov. differs by the rostrate and sub-rostrate headpole, attenuated-rounded footpole and differently-shaped areolae.
To be or not to be: On the usefulness of infraspecific names in Heterocapsa steinii (Heterocapsaceae, Peridiniales)
Authors: GOTTSCHLING MARC , TILLMANN URBAN , KUSBER WOLF-HENNING , ELBRÄCHTER MALTE , HOPPENRATH MONA
Published: March 2019

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Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)ó2nd edition
Authors: PETIT RICHARD E. , HARASEWYCH M. G.
Published: March 2019

This catalogue of cancellarioidean taxa is composed of three sections. The first lists alphabetically 124 genus-group taxa originally proposed or later included within the superfamily as well as 24 misspelled or nude names. The second section lists alphabetically 1,864 species-group names proposed in or subsequently referred to genera now considered to belong in Cancellarioidea. Also listed are 392 nude names, misspellings and incorrect attributions. The third section consists of a bibliography of works referred to in this paper.
Two new species of the feather mite genus Dicrurobius Mironov, 2001 (Acari: Astigmata: Pteronyssidae) from drongos (Passeriformes: Dicruridae) in Africa
Authors: MIRONOV SERGEY V. , WAUTHY GEORGES
Published: March 2019

Two new species of the feather mite genus Dicrurobius Mironov, 2001 are described from drongos (Passeriformes: Dicruridae) in Africa: Dicrurobius alatus sp. n. from Dicrurus atripennis Swainson, 1837 and D. cameroonensis sp. n. from Dicrurus adsimilis (Bechstein, 1794). New data on host associations and distribution of the sole formerly known species, D. monacrotrichus (Gaud, 1952), are given. A key to three Dicrurobius species known to date is presented.
A new Leioproctus with unique wing venation in males (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Paracolletinae) with comments on unusual wing modifications in bees
Authors: PACKER LAURENCE
Published: March 2019

Leioproctus idiotropoptera Packer, new species, is described on the basis of one male and two females from the Northern Territory, Australia.  The male has modifications of the venation and setation of the forewing that are unparalleled among the bees and also possesses highly modified mandibles and fore- and midlegs.  The new species does not fall easily into any of the presently named subgenera of Leioproctus, but, given the great need for revision of this group, an additional subgeneric name is not presented at this time.  Some comments on unusual wing modifications in bees are made.
On the taxonomic status of Cicada orni Linnaeus (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) from Lesbos island in Greece
Authors: SIMÕES PAULA CRISTINA , BOULARD MICHEL , QUARTAU JOSÉ ALBERTO
Published: March 2019

A male of Cicada orni Linnaeus, 1758 from the island of Lesbos (Greece) was found in a recent study to be different from the typical species on the basis of longer echemes and a higher peak frequency. As such it was described as the new subspecies C. orni lesbosiensis Boulard, 2000. The present study is a more thorough analysis of the calling song of further material of C. orni collected in the island of Lesbos as well as in the surrounding area, i.e., other Aegean islands and the Greek and Turkish mainlands. This acoustic signal was recorded, comparatively analysed in time and frequency domains and no significant differences were found between this Lesbos sample with nearby populations. Therefore, the present results do not support the designation of the Lesbos material as an independent subspecies.
A new species of Exaerete Hoffmannsegg (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) from Brazil
Authors: ANJOS-SILVA EVANDSON JOSÉ DOS , REBÊLO JOSÉ MANUEL MACÁRIO
Published: March 2019

This paper describes males of a new species of the cleptoparasitic euglossine genus Exaerete Hoffmannsegg. Exaerete guaykuru Anjos-Silva and Rebêlo new species, was found in the moist forest of Planalto dos Guimarães, located in the Chapada dos Guimarães National Park in southern Mato Grosso, Brazil. Three males were captured using methyl salycilate baits in November 2004, at the beginning of the wet season. Illustrations of male features, including genitalia, and a key to species are provided.
Shallow water tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida: Tanaidacea) from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands
Authors: BAMBER ROGER N.
Published: March 2019

The Pacific collections by the MUSORSTOM campaigns of the Paris Museum over the last twenty years include a total of four species of Tanaidacea from shallow waters of the New Caledonia region and all new to science. These species are described herein, one in the family Tanaidae, Zeuxo (Parazeuxo) cloacarattus, and three in the family Leptocheliidae, viz. Pseudoleptochelia bulbus, the second Pacific species recorded for this genus, a species of the Leptochelia minuta agg. represented only by males, and a species with unusual cheliped carpus morphology which is placed in a new genus as Konarus cheiris.
Microchironomus Kieffer from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
Authors: YAN CHUNCAI C. , WANG XINHUA H.
Published: March 2019

The genus Microchironomus Kieffer from China is reviewed and one new species, M. cavus, is described and illustrated on the basis of the male. Microchironomus tabarui Sasa is recorded for the first time from China. Microchironomus tener (Kieffer) and M. deribae (Freeman) from China are redescribed. A world key to males is given. Parachironomus trisetifer Hashimoto et al. is transferred to the genus Microchironomus, and Microchironomus clarilatus Guha & Chaudhuri is transferred to the genus Demicryptochironomus.
Phylogeny of the clawed lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Homarida)
Authors: AHYONG SHANE T.
Published: March 2019

The generic and familial structure of the clawed lobsters, Homarida, was studied by cladistic analysis. Previous phylogenetic studies of the clawed lobster genera have focussed on the putative nephropoid families: Nephropidae, Thaumastochelidae, and Chilenophoberidae. Recent high-level studies of decapod phylogeny, however, show that in addition to Nephropidae and Thaumastochelidae (both Nephropoidea), the Enoplometopidae (Enoplometopoidea) are ingroup homaridans. Conversely, the homaridan placement of Chilenophoberidae has been questioned, instead possibly having astacidan affinities. This study, building on previous analyses, incorporates additional taxa and data to examine phylogenetic relationships of the genera and families. Analyses were conducted including both extant and extinct taxa (analysis A), and with extant taxa only (analysis B). The resulting topologies from analyses A & B were largely compatible indicating that the phylogenetic signal among homaridan genera was not significantly impacted by fossil taxa. Results support recognition of Nephropoidea, comprising Thaumastochelidae and Nephropidae, and Enoplometopoidea, comprising Enoplometopidae and Uncinidae. Affinities of Chilenophoberidae were found to lie with Astacida rather than Homarida, albeit with weak jackknife support. Thaumastochelidae is strongly supported as monophyletic, with two extant genera and the extinct Oncopareia. Present data, however, are equivocal about an independently monophyletic Nephropidae.
New Philippine record of south american sailfin catfishes (Pisces: Loricariidae)
Authors: CHAVEZ JOEL M. , DE LA PAZ REYNALDO M. , MANOHAR SURYA KRISHNA , PAGULAYAN ROBERTO C. , CARANDANG VI JOSE R.
Published: March 2019

A taxonomic and biogeographic study of the introduced suckermouth armored catfishes locally known as “janitor fish” is briefly described. Specimens were collected from five sites in the Laguna de Bay basin and were examined for 19 meristic and 37 morphometric characters and other external features including coloration. Results were compared with existing literature on fishes in the family Loricariidae. Examination revealed that specimens of janitor fish, previously reported as Hypostomus plecostomus, actually belong to the genus Pterygoplichthys, family Loricariidae. Collected specimens consisted of two species—Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus and Pterygoplichthys pardalis. Both species were collected from the five sites except in Pasig River where only P. disjunctivus was collected.
Parapionosyllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae: Exogoninae) from Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) with description of a new species and new records
Authors: RIERA RODRIGO , NÚÑEZ JORGE , BRITO MARÍA D.C.
Published: March 2019

Three species of Parapionosyllis: P. minuta (Pierantoni, 1903), P. macaronesiensis Brito, Núñez & San Martín, 2000 and a new species P. abriguensis, were recorded from shallow subtidal sandy substrates of Tenerife. The new species is characterized by having bidentate ventral simple chaetae and a marked dorso-ventral gradation in the length of the compound chaetae. Data on the ecology of these species, as well as a key for all Parapionosyllis known from the Canary Islands are provided.
A new dendrobatid frog (Anura: Dendrobatidae: Colostethus) from Aprada tepui, southern Venezuela
Authors: BARRIO-AMORÓS CÉSAR L.
Published: March 2019

A new species of Colostethus is described from Venezuelan Guayana. It inhabits the slopes of Aprada tepui, a sandstone table mountain in southern Venezuela. The new species is distinguished from close relatives by its particular pattern, absence of fringes on fingers, presence of a lingual process, and yellow and orange ventral coloration. It is the 18 th described species of Colostethus from Venezuelan Guayana.
A new species of Loxosomatidae (Entoprocta) from the Atlantic Ocean: Loxosomella cubana n. sp.
Authors: VARELA CARLOS , DE FIGUEROA J. MANUEL TIERNO , SÁNCHEZ-TOCINO LUIS
Published: March 2019

A new species of Entoprocta belonging to the genus Loxosomella is described: L. cubana n. sp. It has been found on the coast of Cuba living as an epizoite on the sponge Aiolochroia crassa. It is one of the largest Loxosomatidae described up to now and the first record of an entoproct for Cuba.
Direct development in some Australopapuan microhylid frogs of the genera Austrochaperina, Cophixalus and Oreophryne (Anura: Microhylidae) from northern Australia and Papua New Guinea
Authors: ANSTIS MARION , PARKER FRED , HAWKES TIM , MORRIS IAN , RICHARDS STEPHEN J.
Published: March 2019

Embryonic development in fifteen Australopapuan microhylid frogs of the genera Austrochaperina, Cophixalus and Oreophryne is described. These frogs have direct development during which the embryo develops to a minute froglet within the jelly capsule. Development of the operculum, presence of external gills, tail structure, gut development and timing of forelimb emergence are described and compared with the direct-developing eleutherodactylid Eleutherodactylus coqui from Puerto Rico and three Australian myobatrachid genera with direct development (Arenophryne, Metacrinia and Myobatrachus). We comment on those differences that likely reflect examples of convergent and divergent evolution and heterochrony.
A new dichromatic species of Oaxacanthaxia Bellamy 1991
(Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Quintana Roo, México
Authors: BELLAMY C. L.
Published: March 2019

x Twenty years ago, a new buprestid genus and species, Oaxacanthaxia viridis Bellamy 1991 was described for specimens collected by Jim Cope during the summer of 1989 in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México (Bellamy 1991). The summer following that publication (1992), a group of 10 buprestiphiles from Australia, Czech Republic, Germany, the United States and Russia combined forces to collect in southern México (Guerrerro and Oaxaca), hoping to find, among many other taxa, O. viridis. That quest was partly successful (only one female specimen collected by Dave Verity), but completely unexpectedly Ted MacRae, Gayle Nelson and Dave Verity collected a second species of Oaxacanthaxia, which was described as O. nigroaenea by Nelson & MacRae (1994). Twelve years later, Niehuis & Gottwald (2006) described a new species from Nicaragua: O. vandenberghei, named for Manfred Niehuis’ nephew Eric van den Berghe, who had lived and collected for several years in Nicaragua. Most recently Hornburg & Gottwald (2008) described O. aenea from Venezuela, greatly expanding the range of the genus.
Review of Chinese Empoasca Walsh (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), with description of seven new species and some new Chinese records
Authors: LIU YANG , QIN DAO-ZHENG , FLETCHER MURRAY J. , ZHANG YA-LIN
Published: March 2019

Seven new species of Empoasca (Empoasca) Walsh, 1862 are described and illustrated. Five of the new species belong to the Empoasca warchalowskii group: Empoasca (Empoasca) longa Zhang & Liu, Empoasca (Empoasca) megalophylla Qin & Liu, Empoasca (Empoasca) paragucia Fletcher & Liu, Empoasca (Empoasca) undulata Zhang & Liu, Empoasca (Empoasca) vickiae Liu, spp. nov. The other two new species cannot be placed into a species group: Empoasca (Empoas- ca) dendritica Qin & Liu and Empoasca (Empoasca) polyprocessa Fletcher & Liu, spp. nov. An additional 15 species and the subgenus Empoasca (Livasca) Dworakowska & Viraktamath, 1978 are recorded for the first time from China.
Four new records of shore fishes for the Red Sea, with notes on Parupeneus heptacanthus and Diodon liturosus
Authors: BOGORODSKY SERGEY V. , RANDALL JOHN E. , GOLANI DANIEL
Published: March 2019

New records of fishes for the Red Sea include the Indian Oil Sardine, Sardinella longiceps Valenciennes, based on two specimens obtained in the fish market of Hurghada, Egypt; the Needle Pipehorse, Kyonemichthys rumengani Gomon from a single specimen from Hamata, Egypt; the Herring Scad, Alepes vari (Cuvier), from an underwater photograph taken at the Hanish Islands at the southern end of the Red Sea; and the Twospot Hogfish, Bodianus bimaculatus Allen, from an underwater photograph taken of a subadult off Jeddah. An underwater photograph of the Cinnabar Goatfish, Parupeneus heptacanthus (Lacepède), taken at Marsa Alam, Egypt was first misidentified as P. procerigena Kim & Amaoka; a comparison of these two species is provided. The range of the Blackblotched Porcupinefish, Diodon liturosus Shaw, is extended from the southern to the northern Red Sea. Three individuals that were photographed in Egypt had numerous small black spots on the fins. The species lacks spots on the fins elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific region.
Descriptions of five new species of the Neotropical Mictopsichia group of genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Authors: RAZOWSKI JÓZEF
Published: March 2019

Five new species of the Mictopsichia group of genera are described and illustrated: Mictopsichia misahuallia (type locality: Napo Province, Ecuador), Mictopsichia chirripoana (type locality: San José Province, Costa Rica), Rubropsichia kartaboana (type locality: Bartica District, British Guiana), Chamaepsichia cetonia (type locality: Heredia Province, Costa Rica), and Chamaepsichia chitonregis (type locality: T. F. Amazonas, Venezuela). Although the systematic placement of the group is enigmatic, continued assignment to Archipini is recommended.
Bicornucandona gen. nov., sp. nov. (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Finegan Springs (Texas, U.S.A.)
Authors: KÜLKÖYLÜOĞLU OKAN , GIBSON RANDY , DIAZ PETER H. , COLIN JEAN-PAUL
Published: March 2019

A new freshwater ostracod genus, Bicornucandona gen. nov. and its type species (Bicornucandona fineganensis sp. nov.) are described from Finegan Springs, Texas, U.S.A. The new genus differs from the related genera in the presence of two horn-like structures on the dorsal margin of the left valve in both sexes. This is also the diagnostic character of the type species. Differences in the structure of the hemipenes and prehensile palps of the male, and the shapes of some other soft body parts also separate this genus from the related species. Taxonomic status of the new genus and species are compared and discussed with both living and fossil relatives.
Description of a third species in the alpheid shrimp genus Richalpheus Anker & Jeng, 2006 (Crustacea, Decapoda)
Authors: ANKER ARTHUR
Published: March 2019

A new species of the alpheid genus Richalpheus Anker & Jeng, 2006 is described from the Egyptian Red Sea and Moorea, French Polynesia. Richalpheus alpheoides sp. nov. differs from the two previously described species of this genus, R. palmeri Anker & Jeng, 2006 and R. dahabensis Dworschak & Anker, 2007, by the presence of a distinct proximal tooth on the dactylus fitting into a shallow fossa on the pollex of the major chela, reminiscent of the snapping mechanism in Alpheus Fabricius, 1798. Recently collected material of R. palmeri from Moorea is reported, whilst a specimen previously reported as R. palmeri is reassigned to R. alpheoides sp. nov. A key to the three known species of Richalpheus is provided.
Three new species of African suckermouth catfishes, genus Chiloglanis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), from the lower Malagarasi and Luiche rivers of western Tanzania
Authors: FRIEL JOHN P. , VIGLIOTTA THOMAS R.
Published: March 2019

Recent fieldwork and review of existing collections containing Chiloglanis specimens from the lower Malagarasi and Luiche rivers in western Tanzania has revealed three new species that are readily distinguished from described congeners by external features. Two of the species, Chiloglanis igamba sp. nov., and Chiloglanis orthodontus sp. nov. are restricted to the Malagarasi basin. The third species, Chiloglanis kazumbei sp. nov., is more broadly distributed in both the Malagarasi and adjacent Luiche basin. A key to all described species within these two basins is presented, along with comments on the distribution and validity of nominal Chiloglanis species examined during this study.
Systematics, distributions and bionomics of the Catopocerini (eyeless soil fungivore beetles) of North America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Catopocerinae)
Authors: PECK STEWART B. , COOK JOYCE
Published: March 2019

This paper is a review and revision of the tribe Catopocerini (Coleoptera: Leoididae: Catopocerinae) of North America. It covers the following genera: Catopocerus Motschulsky, 1870 with five species east of the Mississippi River and the resurrected genus Pinodytes Horn, 1880 with 42 species in North America west of the Mississippi River. All species in the tribe are eyeless and wingless inhabitants of forest soil and litter. Larvae and adults probably feed on subterranean fungi. Pinodytes Horn is resurrected to valid generic status. A neotype is assigned for Catopocerus politus Motschulsky. Lectotypes are designated for Catops cryptophagoides (Mannerheim, 1852) (which is transferred to Pinodytes), and Pinodytes pusio Horn, 1892. The following new synonym is recognized: Catopocerus ulkei Brown, 1933 = Catopocerus politus Motschulsky, 1870. The 33 new species and their distributions are as follows: Pinodytes angulatus (NW Oregon, USA), P. borealis (central Alaska, USA), P. chandleri (N California, USA), P. colorado (Colorado, USA), P. constrictus (S California, USA), P. contortus (E California, USA), P. delnorte (NW California, USA), P. eldorado (E California, USA), P. fresno (central California, USA), P. garibaldi (NW Oregon, USA), P. gibbosus (S California, USA), P. haidagwaii (Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte) Islands, British Columbia, Canada), P. humboldtensis (NW California, USA), P. idaho (NW Idaho, USA), P. isabella (N Idaho, USA), P. klamathensis (SW Oregon and NW California, USA), P. losangeles (S California, USA), P. marinensis (W California, USA), P. minutus (central California, USA), P. monterey ( SW California, USA), P. newtoni (Ozarks region to E Texas, USA), P. orca (SW Oregon, USA), P. parvus (NW California, USA), P. punctatus (W Idaho and E Washington, USA), P. sanjacinto (S California, USA), P. sequoia ( S central California, USA), P. setosus ( SW Oregon and NW California, USA), P. shasta (N California, USA), P. shoshone (N Idaho, USA), P. sinuatus (SW Oregon, USA), P. spinus (N central California, USA), P. tehama (N California, USA), and P. tuolumne (E central California, USA). The following new combinations are established: Pinodytes capizzii (Hatch, 1957), ex Catopocerus; P. cryptophagoides (Mannerheim, 1852), ex Catopocerus; P. imbricatus (Hatch, 1957), ex Catopocerus; P. newelli (Hatch, 1957), ex Catopocerus; P. ovatus (Hatch, 1957), ex Catopocerus; P. pusio Horn, 1892, ex Catopocerus; P. rothi (Hatch, 1957), ex Catopocerus; P. subterraneus (Hatch, 1935), ex Catopocerus; P. tibialis (Hatch, 1957), ex Catopocerus.
Aphyonid-clade species of Australia (Teleostei, Bythitidae) with four species new to Australian waters and a new species of Barathronus
Authors: NIELSEN JØRGEN G. , POGONOSKI JOHN J. , APPLEYARD SHARON A.
Published: March 2019

During voyages in 2017 off southern and southeastern Australia, the Australian Research Vessel Investigator deployed a series of demersal beam trawls to depths of around 5000 metres. Nineteen specimens of the rarely caught aphyonid-clade of the ophidiiform family Bythitidae, representing five species, were caught. Four of these are new to Australian waters:  Barathronus pacificus Nielsen and Eagle, 1974 known from the northeastern and southwestern Pacific Ocean, Paraphyonus bolini (Nielsen, 1974) known from the western Indian and western Pacific Oceans, Paraphyonus rassi (Nielsen, 1975) known from the Atlantic Ocean and Sciadonus pedicellaris Garman, 1899, known from the northeastern Atlantic and northeastern and southwestern Pacific Oceans. Also included are Aphyonus gelatinosus Günther, 1878 known from all oceans including ten specimens from Australian waters, Barathronus maculatus Shcherbachev, 1976 known from South Africa to the westernmost Pacific including 13 specimens from Australian waters, Sciadonus longiventralis Nielsen, 2018 known from the holotype collected off New South Wales and finally Barathronus algrahami n. sp. known from the holotype caught off South Australia and four paratypes from off Taiwan and northern Philippines. Close examination of specimens collected during recent voyages combined with recent and ongoing studies by the first author and DNA COI barcoding analysis enabled an assessment of the aphyonid-clade species hitherto recorded from Australian waters. An identification key to the eight aphyonid clade species known from Australian waters is provided.
Taxonomic notes on Trigonidium and related groups with one new species from the Philippines (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae; Trigonidiinae)
Authors: TAN MING KAI , BAROGA-BARBECHO JESSICA B. , YAP SHERYL A.
Published: March 2019

The taxonomy of Old World Trigonidiinae (sword-tailed crickets) is in need of major revision. This includes its type genus Trigonidium. Various authors have different opinions on what constitutes the subgenera and species of Trigonidium s. l. and this has led to considerable confusion and inconsistencies. Recent use of molecular data has helped make some progress in resolving some of these problems, but there are still limitations. In this paper, we aim to provide a baseline to resolve the confusion in the taxonomy of Trigonidium s. l. Firstly, we provide a literature review of the contentious taxa related to Trigonidium and also provide some recommendations on future work for Trigonidium s. l. Secondly, we reanalysed the gene tree (sensu Lu et al., 2018) using more DNA sequences from GenBank to test whether Trigonidium s. str. and Paratrigonidium should be considered separate genera or subgenera of Trigonidium s. l. However, the gene tree based on current data was not conclusive. Lastly, we describe a new species of Trigonidium s. str. from Siargao Island, Mindanao (Philippines): Trigonidium solis sp. nov.
The probable larva of Anotogaster gregoryi Fraser, 1923, with new distributional records of the genus from northern Thailand (Odonata: Cordulegastridae)
Authors: NOVELO-GUTIÉRREZ RODOLFO , SITES ROBERT W.
Published: March 2019

The probable larva of Anotogaster gregoryi Fraser, 1923 is described for the first time by supposition based upon four F-0 larvae collected in the provinces of Loei and Phitsanulok, which are new province records for Anotogaster in Thailand.
Molecular phylogeny of the butterfly tribe Baorini Doherty, 1886 (Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae) in China
Authors: JIANG WEIBIN , HE HAIYAN , LI YUANYUAN , WANG YING , GE CHEN , ZHU JIANQING , YU WEIDONG
Published: March 2019

The butterfly tribe Baorini Doherty, 1886 is a large group of skippers. In this study, a total of 8 genera and 41 species of putative members of this tribe, which represent most of the generic diversity and nearly all the species diversity of the group in China, were sequenced for two mitochondrial genes and three nuclear genes (2084 bp). Phylogenetic relationships and subdivision of this tribe were investigated and the status of the genera are discussed. Partitioned maximum likelihood analyses were performed based on the combined dataset. Our results suggest that the data are split into two well-supported clades in the phylogeny tree. This analysis also represents the most complete phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Baorini in China to date, and includes several genera and species that have been previously excluded from published phylogenies of this group.
Description and ontogenetic morphometrics of eggs and instars of Triatoma costalimai Verano & Galvão, 1959 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)
Authors: RAIGORODSCHI RAQUEL S , ROCHA DAYSE S , JURBERG JOSÉ , GALVÃO CLEBER
Published: March 2019

The triatomines are characterized by obligate hematophagy throughout their life cycle, and they are responsible for the transmission of T. cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease, to humans and other mammals. Triatoma costalimai was described by Verano & Galvão (1959) based on nine specimens found among rocks in the municipality of Taguatinga, Goiás State, Brazil. The species was named in honor of Ângelo Moreira da Costa Lima, an entomologist from the Oswaldo Cruz Institute. It is a sylvatic species but has been found in peridomestic areas and human dwellings in the States of Bahia, Goiás, Mato Grosso, and Minas Gerais, Brazil. Nymphs and eggs of T. costalimai were described using optical microscopy. The eggs are ellipsoid in shape, and most cells are pentagonal. Nymphs display morphological differences, and the colors, legs, and head maintain the same pattern in most instars. Ontogenetic morphometrics was used to visualize the changes that occur during nymphal development. The results showed the discrimination of all instars, but the largest change occurs between the first and second instars.
New combinations, sex association, behavioural notes and potential host record for two Neotropical species of Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
Authors: BERGAMASCHI ANTONIO C. B. , CAMBRA ROBERTO A. , MELO GABRIEL A. R.
Published: March 2019

The present paper transfers Mutilla pumila Burmeister, 1854 and Mutilla pergrata Cresson, 1902 to the genus Pseudomethoca Ashmead, and a lectotype is designated for Mutilla pumila. The male of this species, previously known only from the female sex, is described and the female is redescribed and illustrated for the first time. Sex association was based on laboratory mating trials. Field observations in a montane Atlantic forest site in southern Brazil provided us behavioural notes on attempts of parasitism in nests of the halictine bee Dialictus seabrai (Moure, 1956).
Driving while navigating: On-road driving performance using GPS or printed instructions
Authors: Cochran Lauren Marchman , Dickerson Anne E.
Published: March 2019

Background.

Route navigation is a high-level skill and requires intact executive functioning to successfully find one’s way while driving in unfamiliar environments.

Purpose.

Driving performances were compared while navigating using electronic devices and printed directions on unfamiliar driving routes as well as in an interactive driving simulator.

Method.

Twenty-four participants drove two on-road routes using GPS and printed directions, and navigated using printed directions in the simulator, using a point system to evaluate performance. The two unfamiliar routes, order of simulator and on-road driving, and use of GPS and printed directions were counterbalanced. Paired t test were used to compare both GPS versus printed directions and performance between on-road driving and the simulator.

Findings.

Participants’ performance using GPS on the road was significantly better than with printed directions. There was no significant difference between performance in the simulator and on the road.

Implications.

Using GPS may be an effective strategy for improving safety. Using a driving simulator may be an efficient means of evaluating the strategic level of driving, executive function, and readiness to drive.
Dude Looks Like a Lady: Gender Deception, Consent and Ethics
Authors: Brooks Victoria , Thompson Jack Clayton
Published: March 2019

Finding the answer to whether consent is present within a sexual encounter has become increasingly difficult for the courts. We argue that this is due to the focus placed on entrenching gender binaries, a conservative sexual ethic and clear offender/victim roles. It should be the case that the court’s task is to find the truth of the encounter in coming to a judgment as to the ethical balance, rather than judging the parties’ conformity to cisnormative and heteronormative roles. This endeavour is obscured by the court’s need to exclude ‘sex talk’, or otherwise testimony as to the messy reality of the encounter, in favour of asserting gender identity and a procreative understanding of sex. We are, therefore, left in the position where the required information necessary for valid consent is obscured by the courts. We draw on an analysis of cases involving issues relating to consent to sex in order to argue for a judicial approach that is informed by a more flexible understanding of sexual autonomy.
Finding Myself Abroad: Adolescent Identity Processes and Sociocultural Adaptation During Intercultural Transitions
Authors: Greischel Henriette , Noack Peter , Neyer Franz J.
Published: March 2019

The present study examined identity development and sociocultural adaptation (SCA) in the context of international mobility experiences. Specifically, we investigated changes and dynamic interactions of SCA and the Host and Home identity dimensions of commitment and reconsideration for adolescent sojourners. Therefore, we used data from 457 German high school exchange students (72.00% female; M age = 15.49 years, SD = 0.70 years) to study the longitudinal interplay of personality characteristics at two occasions over a period of 5 months. The first wave of data collection (T1) took place 8 weeks after the cultural transition. After 7 months abroad, the second measurement (T2) was taken. Longitudinal analyses revealed increases in Host reconsideration, Home commitment, and SCA, as well as a substantial decrease in Home reconsideration over the course of the study. In addition, initial identity levels predicted changes in SCA, whereas adaptation levels showed no predictive effect on later identity change. Indicators of subjective and objective sociocultural distance were tested as moderators for the effect of identity on changes in adaptation. However, results indicated that the impact identity had on adaptation was independent from influences of cultural distance, which further supported the robustness of identity effect patterns. The present research adds a longitudinal perspective on the association of identity and adaptation and contributes to the understanding of their dynamic interplay during cross-cultural transitions.
Getting Ahead in Singapore: How Neighborhoods, Gender, and Ethnicity Affect Enrollment into Elite Schools
Authors: Chua Vincent , Swee Eik Leong , Wellman Barry
Published: March 2019

Is education the social leveler it promises to be? Nowhere is this question better addressed than in Singapore, the emblematic modern-day meritocracy where education has long been hailed as the most important ticket to elite status. In particular, what accounts for gender and ethnic gaps in enrollment into Singapore’s elite junior colleges—the key sorters in the country’s education system? We consider how the wealth of neighborhoods has combined with the elite status of schools to affect the social mobility of gender and ethnic groups. Analyzing data from 40 years of junior college yearbooks (1971–2010), we find persistent differences in educational opportunity. Women and Malays have historically experienced inequality in Singapore, and their student routes to becoming elites differ markedly. For female students, attending an elite junior college in a wealthy neighborhood is associated with wealthy neighborhoods that have a disproportionate number of elite girls’ secondary schools that feed into the junior colleges. By contrast, for Malays, not attending an elite junior college in a wealthy neighborhood has more to do with wealthy neighborhoods underrepresenting Malays in demographic composition. Elite families thus now include better educated women as well as men, yet Malays still rarely become better educated elites. These results underscore the need to carefully map the complex associations and mechanisms between gender and ethnic categorizations, the status of schools, and the characteristics of neighborhoods.
Effect of knowledge management on software product experience with mediating effect of perceived software process improvement: An empirical study for Indian software industry
Authors: Chugh Mitali , Chanderwal Nitin , Upadhyay Rajesh , Punia Devendra Kumar
Published: March 2019

The software development industry is characterised by swift innovation and competition. To survive, software engineering (SE) organisations need to develop high-quality software products in a timely fashion and at low cost. Knowledge-based approaches to software development are extremely supportive to acquiring new knowledge and leveraging existing knowledge from software projects; this enables constant improvement of software development practices. In this empirical study of Indian SE organisations, we study the impact of managing knowledge for perceived software process improvement (PSPI) and its effect on software product quality. Information technology (IT) in knowledge management (KM) is an important facilitator for any SE organisation desiring to exploit evolving technologies for management of their knowledge assets and for carrying out various KM processes of knowledge capture, storage, retrieval and sharing. Surveys collected from Indian SE organisations were analysed to propose a model using a structured equation modelling (SEM) technique. Our findings reveal that the relation between KM and quality of software product is positively mediated by PSPI. These findings reinforce an arena that is of growing importance to researchers and practitioners and which has seen only a limited number of empirical studies to date in the context of Indian SE organisations.
Marketing and Regional Integration for Food Security in the Arab World
Authors: Bagnied Mohsen A. , Speece Mark
Published: March 2019

The Middle East / North Africa (MENA) region faces serious food insecurity, with an increasing gap between food production and consumption. Using resource advantage theory from macromarketing, we demonstrate that the agriculture / agribusiness industry would be highly competitive with economic integration of the Nile Valley (Egypt and Sudan) with the Arab Gulf countries. Individually, these sub-regions have critical disadvantages, but as a bloc, complementary strengths could make the industry quite competitive. Of course, integration within MENA has been discussed for decades, although usually as a political concept, which is unlikely to succeed in the foreseeable future. From a macromarketing perspective, economic integration is quite viable, and very beneficial to food security in the region.
Human Resource Empowerment: Development and Validation of a Measurement Tool
Authors: Pradhan Rabindra Kumar , Panda Madhusmita
Published: March 2019

The present research is an attempt to develop and validate a multidimensional measure of human resource empowerment in the workplace. We have interviewed academicians and corporate practitioners regarding their understanding of empowerment at workplace. On the basis of existing literature, feedback from academicians and industry professionals, a conceptual framework along with 56 item instrument on human resource empowerment was proposed for empirical validation. The instrument initially obtained views from experts on its proposed dimensions and statements. Using content validity ratio (CVR), 51 items were retained in the instrument for further validation. Data were collected on the retained 51 items through field survey on sample of 278 executives randomly selected from Indian service organizations. Exploratory factor analyses (EFA) revealed eight sub-factors measuring two distinct primary factors: structural empowerment and psychological empowerment that measures human resource empowerment. Finally, the proposed model of human resource empowerment was examined to test its model fit by applying SEM through confirmatory factor analysis. 49 items were retained for the new scale of human resource empowerment. The theoretical and applied suggestions along with future research directions of the study are discussed in the context of human resource empowerment and management.
A Critical Evaluation of Motivation to Change Conceptualization, Measurement, and Utility in Counseling and Psychotherapy
Authors: Tambling Rachel R.
Published: March 2019

Motivation to change, or a general sense of readiness to change, is an important construct in mental health counseling initiation, engagement, and persistence. Despite the connection of motivation to change to outcome in therapy, issues persist in the measurement and conceptualization of the construct. This article presents a critical examination of the construct of motivation to change, its measurement, and a proposal to conceptualize motivation as a transient state related to specific, and complex, behavioral changes.
Efficacy and Safety of Low-Frequency, Noncontact Airborne Ultrasound Therapy (Glybetac) For Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Control Study
Authors: Rastogi Ashu , Bhansali Anil , Ramachandran Shankar
Published: March 2019

The diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) healing rates remain dismally low. Therefore, many adjunctive therapies have been evaluated including ultrasound therapy. The prior studies with noncontact, low-frequency ultrasound were retrospective, single arm, unblinded, or with historical controls. The aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of noncontact, low-frequency airborne ultrasound (Glybetac) therapy with sham therapy added to standard treatment in patients with neuropathic, clinically infected, or noninfected DFU (wound size >2 cm2), Wagner grades 2 and 3. Patients received ultrasound or sham therapy for 28 days dosed daily for first 6 days followed by twice a week for next 3 weeks along with standard of care. The primary outcome was percentage of patients with at least >50% decrease in wound area at 4 week of intervention. Fifty-eight patients completed the study protocol. The duration of wound was 15.8 ± 11.2 weeks and 12.1 ± 10.9 weeks and wound area of 11.3 ± 8.2 cm2 and 14.8 ± 13.8 cm2 ( P = .507) in the ultrasound and sham groups, respectively. A >50% reduction in wound area was observed in 97.1% and 73.1% subjects ( P = .042) in ultrasound and sham groups, respectively. Wound contraction was faster in the first 2 weeks with ultrasound therapy, 5.3 cm2, compared with 3.0 cm2 ( P = .025) with sham treatment. Overall, wound area reduction of 69.4 ± 23.2% and 59.6 ± 24.9% ( P = .126) was observed at 4 weeks in the ultrasound and sham groups, respectively. We conclude that the airborne low-frequency ultrasound therapy improves and hastens the healing of chronic neuropathic DFU when combined with standard wound care.
Adjunctive Traditional Chinese Medicine Improves Survival in Patients With Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma Treated With First-Line Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs): A Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study
Authors: Li Chia-Ling , Hsia Te-Chun , Li Chia-Hsiang , Chen Ko-Jung , Yang Yao-Hsu , Yang Su-Tso
Published: March 2019

Objectives: The clinical effect of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) on survival in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma treated with first-line epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) is a major concern and requires more evidence from large-scale clinical studies. Materials and Methods: This population-based cohort study used the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database to enroll patients between 2006 and 2012 who had newly diagnosed locally advanced and metastatic lung adenocarcinoma treated with first-line gefitinib or erlotinib. Survival was tracked until 2013. The patients were separated into TCM users and nonusers, and Cox regression models were applied to determine the association between the use of TCM and the survival of patients. Results: A total of 1988 patients receiving first-line gefitinib or erlotinib for the treatment of EGFR-mutated advanced lung adenocarcinoma, with the exclusion of TCM users after tumor progression, were included in this cohort study. Compared with TCM nonuse, TCM use for ≥180 days was associated with a significantly decreased risk of mortality by 68% (adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 0.32 [95% CI, 0.21-0.50], P < .0001). Compared with TCM nonuse, TCM use for ≥180 days was associated with a significantly decreased risk of disease progression by 59% (adjusted HR, 0.41 [95% CI, 0.29-0.58], P < .0001). Conclusion: This cohort study suggests that adjunctive TCM therapy could improve overall survival and progression-free survival in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma treated with first-line TKIs. Future randomized, controlled trials are required to validate these findings.