bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Economic fluctuations and long-term trends in depression: a repeated cross-sectional study in Estonia 2004–2016
Authors: Leinsalu Mall , Reile Rainer , Stickley Andrew
Published: August 2019

Background

In the 2000s, the Baltic countries experienced unprecedented credit-driven economic growth that was followed by a deep recession. This study examined the impact of profound macroeconomic changes on population mental health in Estonia in 2004–2016.

Methods

Data on 17 794 individuals in the 20–64 age group were obtained from seven nationally representative cross-sectional surveys. The prevalence of past 30-day depression was calculated for men and women further stratified by sociodemographic characteristics. Multivariable regression analysis was used to assess whether these characteristics were associated with the yearly variation in depression.

Results

In 2006, the adjusted prevalence ratio for depression was 0.77 (95% CI 0.64 to 0.93) for men and 0.85 (95% CI 0.74 to 0.97) for women as compared with 2004; in 2010, the prevalence ratio as compared with 2008 for both men and women was 1.22 (95% CIs 1.04 to 1.43 and 1.09 to 1.37, respectively). Among men, the increase in the prevalence of depression in 2008–2010 was statistically significant for 35–64 year olds, ethnic Estonians, those who were married, mid-educated or were employed, whereas among women, a significant increase was observed in 50–64 year olds, Estonians and non-Estonians, those who were not-married, were highly educated or mid-educated, in the mid-income group or were employed.

Conclusions

Population mental health is responsive to macroeconomic changes. In less wealthy high-income countries, the greater impact of recession on depression among advantaged groups may relate to a higher debt burden coupled with job insecurity.
Financial stress and mental health among higher education students in the UK up to 2018: rapid review of evidence
Authors: McCloud Tayla , Bann David
Published: August 2019

Introduction

In the United Kingdom and many other countries, debt accrued during higher education has increased substantially in recent decades. The prevalence of common mental health problems has also increased alongside these changes. However, it is as yet unclear whether there is an association between financial stress and mental health among higher education students.

Methods

We conducted a rapid review of the peer-reviewed scientific literature. Eligible studies were English-language publications testing the association between any indicator of financial stress and mental health among higher education students in the UK. Papers were located through a systematic search of PsychINFO, PubMed and Embase up to November 2018.

Results

The search strategy yielded 1272 studies—9 met the inclusion criteria. A further two were identified through hand-searching. The median sample size was 408. Only three of seven studies found an association between higher debt and worse mental health. There was a consistent cross-sectional relationship between worse mental health and both experience of financial difficulties (seven of seven studies) and debt worry/financial concern (four of five studies), though longitudinal evidence was mixed and limited to six studies.

Conclusion

Among higher education students in the UK, there is little evidence that the amount of debt is associated with mental health. However, more subjective measures of increased financial stress were more consistently associated with worse mental health outcomes. Nevertheless, the identified evidence was judged to be weak; further research is required to examine whether links between financial stress and mental health outcomes are robust and causal in nature.
Effort–reward imbalance and long-term benzodiazepine use: longitudinal findings from the CONSTANCES cohort
Authors: Airagnes Guillaume , Lemogne Cédric , Kab Sofiane , Hoertel Nicolas , Goldberg Marcel , Wahrendorf Morten , Siegrist Johannes , Roquelaure Yves , Limosin Frédéric , Zins Marie
Published: August 2019

Objectives

To examine the association between effort–reward imbalance and incident long-term benzodiazepine use (LTBU).

Methods

We included 31 077 employed participants enrolled in the French population-based CONSTANCES cohort between 2012 and 2014 who had not undergone LTBU in the 2 years before enrolment. LTBU was examined using drug reimbursement administrative databases. The effort–reward imbalance was calculated in quartiles. We computed ORs (95% CIs) for LTBU according to effort–reward imbalance over a 2-year follow-up period. We adjusted for age, gender, education, occupational grade, income, marital status, tobacco smoking, risk of alcohol use disorder, depressive symptoms and self-rated health.

Results

Over the 2-year follow-up, 294 (0.9%) participants experienced incident LTBU. In the univariable analysis, effort–reward imbalance was associated with subsequent LTBU with ORs of 1.79 (95% CI 1.23 to 2.62) and 2.73 (95% CI 1.89 to 3.95) for the third and fourth quartiles, respectively, compared with the first quartile. There was no interaction between effort–reward imbalance and any of the considered variables other than tobacco smoking (p=0.033). The association remained significant in both smokers and non-smokers, with higher odds for smokers (p=0.031). In the fully adjusted model, the association remained significant for the third and fourth quartiles, with ORs of 1.74 (95% CI 1.17 to 2.57) and 2.18 (95% CI 1.50 to 3.16), respectively. These associations were dose dependent (p for trend <0.001).

Conclusions

Effort–reward imbalance was linked with incident LTBU over a 2-year follow-up period after adjustment for sociodemographic and health-related factors. Thus, screening and prevention of the risk of LTBU should be systematised among individuals experiencing effort–reward imbalance, with special attention paid to smokers.
Visualization of stent apposition after stent-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysms using high resolution 3D fusion images acquired by C-arm CT
Authors: Kato Naoki , Yuki Ichiro , Ishibashi Toshihiro , Ikemura Ayako , Kan Issei , Nishimura Kengo , Kodama Tomonobu , Kaku Syougo , Abe Yukiko , Otani Katharina , Murayama Yuichi
Published: August 2019

Purpose

We used an imaging technique based on 3-dimensional (3D) C-arm CT to assess the apposition of three types of stents after coiling of intracranial aneurysms.

Methods

All patients with intracranial aneurysms were considered who received stent-assisted coiling with Enterprise2, Neuroform EZ, or Neuroform Atlas stents confirmed by C-arm CT imaging at our institution between June 2015 and November 2017. A 3D digital subtraction angiography (DSA) scan for vessel imaging followed by a high-resolution cone beam CT (HR-CBCT) scan for coil and stent imaging was performed. The images were fused to obtain dual volume 3D fusion images. We investigated malapposition of the stent trunk (crescent sign) and of the stent edges (edge malapposition) and used the χ2statistic to test for an association with stent types. Inter-rater agreement between two raters was estimated using Cohen’s kappa statistics.

Results

We evaluated 75 consecutive cases. Enterprise2 stents were used in 22 cases, Neuroform EZ in 26, and Neuroform Atlas in 27 cases. By stent type, crescent sign was detected in 27% of Enterprise2, 8% of Neuroform EZ, and none of Neuroform Atlas stents (p=0.007), while edge malapposition was detected in 27% of Enterprise2, 58% of Neuroform EZ, and 30% of Neuroform Atlas stents (p=0.05). Excellent (κ=0.81) and good (κ=0.78) agreement between the raters was found for the detection of edge apposition and crescent sign, respectively.

Conclusion

Stent malapposition was clearly visualized by dual volume 3D imaging. The Neuroform Atlas stents showed good apposition even in vessels with strong curvature.
Association between occupational exposure and Dupuytren’s contracture using a job-exposure matrix and self-reported exposure in the CONSTANCES cohort
Authors: Fadel Marc , Leclerc Annette , Evanoff Bradley , Dale Ann-Marie , Ngabirano Laure , Roquelaure Yves , Descatha Alexis
Published: August 2019

Background

Although several studies highlighted an association between occupational exposure and Dupuytren’s contracture (DC), they were often limited by the highly selected population. We aimed to study this association using a job-exposure matrix (JEM) and self-reported exposure in a large cohort.

Methods

From CONSTANCES, a French population-based prospective cohort, we retrieved sex, age, social position, alcohol/tobacco intake and diabetes. Lifetime exposures were assessed by two different methods: with the biomechanical JEM ‘JEM Constances’, we assessed exposure to vibration and/or forearm rotation for participants whose work history was available, and from a self-administered questionnaire, we retrieved self-reported exposure to arduous work and/or carrying heavy loads. Surgery for DC was collected from the French Health Administrative database from 2009 to 2016. Multivariate logistic regression models adjusted for confounders were built to assess association between surgery for DC and occupational exposures.

Results

Work history was retrieved for 23 795 subjects among whom 98 underwent surgery for DC. Adjusted OR (aOR) was 2.08 (1.03–4.2) for being ever exposed to vibration and/or forearm rotation for subjects <60 years and 1.20 (0.69–2.08) for subjects ≥60 years. Data for self-reported exposure were available for 81 801 participants among whom 367 underwent surgery for DC. aOR for being exposed more than 20 years to arduous work and/or carrying heavy loads was 2.01 (1.32–3.04) for subjects <60 years and 1.04 (0.7–1.54) for subjects ≥60.

Conclusions

Manual work is associated with surgery for DC among younger subjects. Monitoring exposed workers is important to prevent future functional limitations.
Establishing modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test (mCAFT) cut-points to detect clustered cardiometabolic risk among Canadian children and youth aged 9 to 17 years
Authors: Lang Justin J. , Wolfe Phillips Emily , Hoffmann Matt D. , Prince Stephanie A.
Published: August 2019

The objective of this study was to establish cut-points to identify potential clustered cardiometabolic risk among children (aged 9–13 years) and youth (aged 14–17 years) using the modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test (mCAFT). Nationally representative cross-sectional data were obtained from cycles 1 and 2 (2007–2011) of the Canadian Health Measures Survey. Cardiorespiratory fitness was measured using the mCAFT, which was used to estimate peak oxygen consumption. Clustered cardiometabolic health was identified as the mean of 4 standardized variables: sum of 4 skinfolds; total cholesterol–to–high-density lipoprotein ratio; and systolic and diastolic blood pressure. In total, 2106 (49% female) participants were retained for this analysis. The optimal mCAFT cut-point for males was 49 and 46 mL·kg–1·min–1 among children and youth, respectively. Among females, the mCAFT cut-point was 46 and 37 mL·kg–1·min–1 among children and youth, respectively. In 2016–2017, 83% of females and 71% of males met the new mCAFT cut-points. The mCAFT cut-points can help identify children and youth at potential risk of poor cardiometabolic health in public health surveillance, clinical, and school-based settings.

Novelty We developed new mCAFT cut-points to identify potential clustered cardiometabolic risk among Canadian children and youth. These mCAFT cut-points can be used to inform national health surveillance efforts.
Development and application of DNA-aptamer-coupled magnetic beads and aptasensors for the detection of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in drinking and recreational water resources
Authors: Iqbal Asma , Liu Juewen , Dixon Brent , Zargar Bahram , Sattar Syed A.
Published: August 2019

Environmentally stable and disinfectant-resistant oocysts of Cryptosporidium spp. shed in the feces of infected humans and animals frequently contaminate water resources and are subsequently spread via potable and recreational waters. The current monoclonal-antibody-based methods for detecting them in water are slow, labor-intensive, and demand skills to interpret the results. We have developed DNA-aptamer-based aptasensors, coupled with magnetic beads, to detect and identify the oocysts of C. parvum for monitoring recreational and drinking water sources. A sensitive and specific electrochemical aptasensor (3′-biotinylated R4–6 aptamer) was used as a secondary ligand to bind the streptavidin-coated magnetic beads. This was incorporated into a probe using gold nanoparticle modified screen-printed carbon electrodes. Square wave voltammetry allowed for specific recognition of C. parvum oocysts. The aptamer-coated probes had an oocyst detection limit of 50. It did not bind to the cysts of Giardia duodenalis, another common waterborne pathogen, thus indicating its high specificity for the target pathogen. The system could successfully detect C. parvum oocysts in spiked samples of the raw lake and river waters. Therefore, the combined use of the aptasensor and magnetic beads has the potential to monitor water quality for C. parvum oocysts in field samples without relying on monoclonal antibodies and skill-demanding microscopy.
Asymptotic analysis to Von Kármán swirling-flow problem
Authors: Wang Chun-Yan
Published: August 2019

In this paper, we consider the Von Kármán swirling-flow problem, which is described by an ordinary equations system. The explicit asymptotic solutions are given by applying the homotopy renormalization method. Furthermore, the numerical simulations verify that our asymptotic solutions have high precision and the absolute errors are less than 0.03, which means that the results obtained are truly valid and can be used practically.
The (n,γ) reaction productions of 35S, 42Ar, 45Ca, 63Ni, 85Kr, 89Sr, 113mCd, 121m,123Sn, 147Pm, 151Sm, 152,154,155Eu, 170,171Tm, 185,188W, 194Os, 204Tl, 210Po, 227Ac, 242,244Cm radioisotopes for using in nuclear battery via phenomenological and microscopic level density models
Authors: Artun Ozan
Published: August 2019

Aims of this work are: (i) Investigation of the production of some radioisotopes that could be used in nuclear battery technology with neutron-induced reaction processes, (ii) Estimation of the cross-section curves of [Formula: see text] reactions for astrophysical processes in the energy region between 1[Formula: see text]eV and 1[Formula: see text]MeV, (iii) Determination of suitable level density models for the [Formula: see text] reaction processes. Additionally, the obtained results were compared with the experimental data and recommended data. Based on the calculated results, to eliminate lack of nuclear data in the literature, we recommend new experiments for some reaction processes to be performed by the experimenters. Moreover, for the [Formula: see text] reaction processes, suitable level density models were proposed.
A Revisit of the Learning Organisation: Is It Time?
Authors: Doyle Alaina M. , Johnson Karen R.
Published: August 2019

The learning organisation (LO) phenomenon was created over 25 years ago. Several definitions of the LO have evolved as well as frameworks, features, and characteristics. One of the challenges of the LO’s credibility was the impetus of the creation of empirical methods. The LO theory has stabilised with the involvement of human resource (HR) researchers to bridge the gap between theory and practice. However, in a rapidly changing, complex, diverse, and competitive work environment, now may be the opportune time to further investigate the scope of the LO. The study examines the utility of the LO definitions and frameworks in relation to shifts in the environment to determine if the concept continues to withstand the landscape of the current workplace and beyond. The importance of creating an LO continues to be top priority in numerous organisational industries and communities and its reach is expanding to a variety of populations. However, the LO concept does not necessarily address constantly changing and complex workplace work demands. Therefore, a new definition of the LO is proposed. Recommendations for future studies and implications for HR research and practice are included.
Extended maximal self-orthogonal codes
Authors: Durğun Yilmaz
Published: August 2019

Self-dual and maximal self-orthogonal codes over [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is even or [Formula: see text](mod 4), are extensively studied in this paper. We prove that every maximal self-orthogonal code can be extended to a self-dual code as in the case of binary Golay code. Using these results, we show that a self-dual code can also be constructed by gluing theory even if the sum of the lengths of the gluing components is odd. Furthermore, the (Hamming) weight enumerator [Formula: see text] of a self-dual code [Formula: see text] is given in terms of a maximal self-orthogonal code [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is obtained by the extension of [Formula: see text].
Permeability of carbonate fault rocks: a case study from Malta
Authors: Cooke Andy P. , Fisher Quentin J. , Michie Emma A. H. , Yielding Graham
Published: August 2019

The inherent heterogeneity of carbonate rocks suggests that carbonate-hosted fault zones are also likely to be heterogeneous. Coupled with a lack of host–fault petrophysical relationships, this makes the hydraulic behaviour of carbonate-hosted fault zones difficult to predict. Here we investigate the link between host rock and fault rock porosity, permeability and texture, by presenting data from series of host rock, damage zone and fault rock samples from normally faulted, shallowly buried limestones from Malta. Core plug X-ray tomography indicates that texturally heterogeneous host rocks lead to greater variability in the porosity and permeability of fault rocks. Fault rocks derived from moderate- to high-porosity (>20%) formations experience permeability reductions of up to six orders of magnitude relative to the host; >30% of these fault rocks could act as baffles or barriers to fluid flow over production timescales. Fault rocks derived from lower-porosity (<20%) algal packstones have permeabilities that are lower than their hosts by up to three orders of magnitude, which is unlikely to impact fluid flow on production timescales. The variability of fault rock permeability is controlled by a number of factors, including the initial host rock texture and porosity, the magnitude of strain localization, and the extent of post-deformation diagenetic alteration. Fault displacement has no obvious control over fault rock permeability. The results enable better predictions of fault rock permeability in similar lithotypes and tectonic regimes. This may enable predictions of across-fault fluid flow potential when combined with data on fault zone architecture.
Estudos de Japonologia no Período Meiji
Authors: Sasaki Elisa Massae
Published: August 2019

In the end of the Tokugawa period (1603-1868), inaugurated the Meiji period (1868- 1912), which implies a transformation without precedent in Japan, when it began to have an intense contact with Western countries, sending diplomatic missions, as the Iwakura Mission, as well as getting hired foreigners (Oyatoi gaikokujin), to acquire knowledge and technology and thus they match and even surpass them in the late 19th century to the 20th. In this context, Japanology, that is, how to think and imagine Japan also won other contours.
A geometria do universo: tempo e espaço em Avalovara e em 1Q84
Authors: Ferreira Cacio José
Published: August 2019

This paper investigates comparatively the literary works Avalovara, by Osman Lins and 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami, from the perspective of specific speeches in the two novels in contrast, seeking to identify meaningful and relevant common perspectives on space and time, established in the field of creation and intertextuality in order to, understand the differences, by means of in-depth study and revealing the temporal and spatial issues, thereby recognizing the founding elements of the literary realm of the authors in their creative and ideological grainfields, which obviously connect with all the surroundings - their times and their spaces. Thus, understanding the relationships on the temporal matter, space, geometry, duplicity and texts, each in their own way, finding traces of similarity in the construction of the literary works.
Economia de marcações
Authors: Cardoso Pedro Ribeiro
Published: August 2019

O propósito deste artigo é discutir, a partir da leitura de The End of Early Music de Bruce Haynes (2007), a relação entre compositor e intérprete, analisando como a figura do compositor-intérprete foi se desdobrando em dois papéis distintos a partir da especialização musical oriunda da ideologia romântica do século XIX. Esta repercute até hoje, e tem, entre outras decorrências, o atrofiar da improvisação e da criação espontânea na música ocidental de concerto. Por meio dos estilos improvisados da escrita para cravo, principalmente dos prelúdios franceses, a economia de marcações na partitura será discutida como uma tentativa de reintegração das figuras do intérprete e compositor, ao restabelecer o espaço para a colaboração, oralidade, improvisação e a criação espontânea.
O Grupo Chiquinha Gonzaga e a composição "Atraente"
Authors: Cantos Savelli Gomes Rodrigo
Published: August 2019

Analiso os discursos em torno da estreia da composição “Atraente” – primeira composição de Chiquinha Gonzaga, lançada em 1887 – e os discursos sobre a trajetória do grupo de choro intitulado “Grupo Chiquinha Gonzaga” – criado e dirigido pela própria maestrina, aproximadamente entre os anos de 1910 e 1920 – com objetivo de compreender como e em que medida as narrativas sobre ambos acontecimentos musicais podem constituir fontes biográficas e autobiográficas sobre a compositora e sua arte. Busco por meio do exame das narrativas apontar as modificações, permanências, contradições e transformações que revelem aspectos significativos em torno das relações de gênero, raça e classe que constituíram e constituem a música brasileira como um campo de verdade, de saber e de poder.
Resenha do livro Eunice Katunda: musicista brasileira, de Carlos Kater
Authors: Candido Marisa Milan , Monteiro da Silva Eliana Maria de Almeida
Published: August 2019

A resenha do livro Eunice Katunda: musicista brasileira, escrito por Carlos Kater e publicado em 2001 pela Editora Annablume, tem como objetivo apontar seu conteúdo e os principais tópicos abordados. O livro, que foi o primeiro trabalho realizado acerca da pianista e compositora, conta com um esboço biográfico da artista, um catálogo de obras inédito de sua produção, além de cartas e textos de sua própria autoria.
Ópera, raça e gênero sob o ponto de vista de artistas negras/os
Authors: Rosa Antonilde , Adour da Câmara Andréa Albuquerque
Published: August 2019

Esta proposta se configura em um ensaio teórico sobre ópera, raça e gênero a partir do ponto de vista de artistas negras(os). Para o embasamento das reflexões temos como referencial teórico autores que estudam sobre a temática, como por exemplo a musicóloga Naomi André no livro Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement. Compreende-se que, esta proposta é fundamental para construção de debates mais amplos para se tratar de protagonismos de compositoras(es) e artistas negras(os), bem como em uma contranarrativa àquilo que Lélia Gonzales chama da "neurose cultural". Esta reflexão é relevante para se desnaturalizar estereótipos sobre intelectuais e artistas negras(os).
Género, politica y espacio
Authors: Dezillio Romina
Published: August 2019

Este trabajo constituye un estudio acerca de la primera actuación de una mujer como directora de orquesta y compositora en el Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires, Argentina. El acontecimiento data del 22 de noviembre de 1949 y estuvo protagonizado por Celia Torrá (1884-1962): violinista, compositora y directora de coro y orquesta, en el marco de las celebraciones del Día de la Música en honor a Santa Cecilia.

Con el propósito de realizar una contribución a la historia de las mujeres músicas en el período de su profesionalización se considera el contexto político del peronismo y las transformaciones en materia de políticas culturales, especialmente aquellas que afectaron el funcionamiento del Teatro Colón. Las significaciones aludidas en la prensa periódica y las construcciones historiográficas posteriores se analizan a partir de la perspectiva de género.
Feasibility, Safety, and Efficacy of Posterior Wall Isolation During Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Authors: Thiyagarajah Anand , Kadhim Kadhim , Lau Dennis H. , Emami Mehrdad , Linz Dominik , Khokhar Kashif , Munawar Dian A. , Mishima Ricardo , Malik Varun , O’Shea Catherine , Mahajan Rajiv , Sanders Prashanthan
Published: August 2019

Background:

The posterior left atrium is an arrhythmogenic substrate that contributes to the initiation and maintenance of atrial fibrillation (AF); however, the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of posterior wall isolation (PWI) as an AF ablation strategy has not been widely reported.

Methods:

We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies performing PWI to assess (1) acute procedural success including the ability to achieve PWI and the number of procedure-related complications, (2) Long-term, clinical success including rates of arrhythmia recurrence and posterior wall reconnection, and (3) The efficacy of PWI compared with pulmonary vein isolation on preventing arrhythmia recurrence. MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Web of Science databases were searched in May 2018 to retrieve relevant studies. Results were pooled using a random effects model.

Results:

Seventeen studies (13 box isolation, 3 single ring isolation, and 1 debulking ablation) comprising 1643 patients (31.3% paroxysmal AF, left atrial diameter 41±3.1 mm) were included in the final analysis. In studies focusing specifically on PWI, the acute procedural success rate for achieving PWI was 94.1% (95% CI, 87.2%–99.3%). Single-procedure 12-month freedom from atrial arrhythmia was 65.3% (95% CI, 57.7%–73.9%) overall and 61.9% (54.2%–70.8%) for persistent AF. Randomized control trials comparing PWI to pulmonary vein isolation (3 studies, 444 patients) yielded conflicting results and could not confirm an incremental benefit to PWI. Fifteen major complications (0.1%), including 2 atrio-esophageal fistulas, were reported.

Conclusions:

PWI as an end point of AF ablation can be achieved in a large proportion of cases with good rates of 12-month freedom from atrial arrhythmia. Although the procedure-related complication rate is low, it did not eliminate the risk of atrio-esophageal fistula.

Registration:

URL:
http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero
. PROSPERO registration number: CRD42018107212.
(En)gendering Shoreline Law: Nishnaabeg Relational Politics Along the Trent Severn Waterway
Authors: Whetung Madeline
Published: August 2019

This article examines the colonization of Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg territory by the Trent Severn Waterway. By examining legal bracketing as a process within Canadian common law alongside prevailing Nishnaabeg philosophy and legal thought, I consider how the construction of a canal system connecting Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay disrupted practices integral to Nishnaabeg law. I offer up the concept of shoreline law as a way to understand particular place-based relationships that Mississaugas hold with water and land and other beings with which they share territory. In particular, I show how colonial domination of Nishnaabeg territory resulted in a gendered dispossession of land that continues to have reverberations throughout Nishnaabeg political systems today. Shoreline law offers up a way to rethink international relations by showing the importance of multiple relationships within the shared space of the shoreline.
Five new species of Rhodocodon (Asparagaceae, Scilloideae) from Madagascar

Authors: KNIRSCH WALTER , MARTÍNEZ-AZORÍN MARIO , PFOSSER MARTIN , BRUDERMANN ANDREAS , ANDRIANTIANA JACKY , WETSCHNIG WOLFGANG
Published: August 2019

As part of a taxonomic revision of Rhodocodon, five new species are here described based on distinct syndromes of morphological characters and biogeographical patterns. Rhodocodon petrae resembles R. calcicola but differs in flower morphology and leaf size. Rhodocodon viridans is related to R. intermedius but differs in its proliferous bulb, synanthous leaves, green flowers and long style. Rhodocodon rubescens shows affinities to R. rotundus and R. campanulatus in general appearance but the former shows a different vegetative habit, thicker peduncle, shorter pedicels and larger flowers. Rhodocodon perrieri and R. siederi are related to R. mascarenensis but the two new species differ by the number and morphology of leaves, and flower morphology. A complete morphological description for all new species is provided, including data on biology, ecology and distribution. Furthermore, an identification key for all currently known Rhodocodon species is presented to facilitate future taxonomic work in this genus.
Hemiboea thanhhoensis (Gesneriaceae), a new species from northern Vietnam

Authors: NGUYEN CUONG HUU , AVERYANOV LEONID VLADIMIROVICH , WEN FANG
Published: August 2019

Before 2010, Hemiboea Clarke (1798: 18) included about 23 species and 5 varieties mostly in central, southern and southwestern China, northern Vietnam and southern Japan (Ryukyu Islands), with the highest species diversity in southern and southwestern China (Weber 2004, Li & Wang 2004). Over the last two decades, 11 new taxa have been found and described in southern and southwestern China: eight new species and one new variety from Guangxi province (Li 2004, Li & Liu 2004, Xu et al. 2010, 2012, Wen et al. 2011, 2013, Pan et al. 2012, Zhou et al. 2013), two new species from Yunnan (Zhang et al. 2014, Chen et al. 2018), and one from Guizhou (Li et al. 2018). Meanwhile, the genus Metabriggsia Wang (1983: 1) including two species was revised and merged within Hemiboea (Weber et al. 2011). Additionally, H. subcapitata var. pterocaulis Li (2004: 261) was assigned from a variety to a distinct species, namely H. pterocaulis (Z.Y.Li) J.Huang, X.G.Xiang & Q.Zhang in Huang et al. (2017: 8) based on extensive morphological, phenological and molecular studies.
Species of the subgenera Aquilaspio and Prionospio (Polychaeta: Spionidae: Prionospio) from the southern coast of Turkey (Levantine Sea, eastern Mediterranean), with description of a new species and two new reports for the Mediterranean fauna
Authors: DAGLI ERTAN , ÇINAR MELIH ERTAN
Published: August 2019

The present study deals with species of the subgenera Prionospio (Aquilaspio) and Prionospio (Prionospio) collected from various habitats and depths along the southern coast of Turkey in September and October 2005. The examination of a large collection of material revealed 10 species, of which one species, Prionospio (P.) ergeni n. sp., is new to science; two species, P. (P.) depauperata and P. (A.) krusadensis, are new to the Mediterranean fauna; and one species, P. (A.) sexoculata, is new to the Turkish marine fauna. Prionospio (P.) ergeni n. sp. differs from all other Prionospio species in having three pairs of pinnate branchiae between chaetigers 2 and 4 and one pair of apinnate branchiae on chaetiger 5. Four species―P. (P.) saccifera, P. (A.) sexoculata, P. (P.) depauperata, and P. (A.) krusadensis―are aliens. The former two species could have been introduced to the Mediterranean from the Red Sea through the Suez Canal (Lessepsian migrants) and the others from the Pacific or Indian Oceans via ballast water of ships. The morphological, ecological, and distributional features of these species are discussed.
A new species of Litoria (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from the foothills of the Foja Mountains, Papua Province, Indonesia
Authors: RICHARDS STEPHEN J. , OLIVER PAUL M. , KREY KELIOPAS , TJATURADI BURHAN
Published: August 2019

Litoria gasconi sp. nov. is described from low, forest-covered ridges on the southern edge of the Foja Mountains, Papua Province, Indonesia. It is most similar to Litoria multiplica (Tyler, 1964) but can be differentiated from that species and all other described Litoria by a unique combination of characters including moderate size (males 39.3–41.6 SVL), green dorsum with yellow spots in life, relatively large eyes (EYE/SVL 0.12–0.15), dermal ridges below the vent and on the posterior edge of both fore and hindlimbs, complete absence of blue thigh and lateral colouration, and its unique advertisement call consisting of a single soft, distinctly pulsed chirp. New data on the morphology and ecology of the superficially similar and poorly known species Litoria multiplica are also presented. Recent surveys in the Foja Mountains have revealed a diverse frog fauna with numerous unrecognised or poorly known taxa; these ranges are likely to be a previously unrecognised and largely unexplored centre of tropical vertebrate endemism.
Danionella priapus, a new species of miniature cyprinid fish from West Bengal, India (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)
Authors: BRITZ RALF
Published: August 2019

Danionella priapus, a new species of sexually dimorphic miniature cyprinid from the Brahmaputra drainage in India, is distinguished from the other three species in the genus by the presence in adult males of a conical projection of the genital papilla situated between funnel-shaped pelvic fins, the number of analand pectoral-fin rays, and the position of insertion of the last anal-fin pterygiophore. It differs further from D. translucida and D. mirifica in details of the colour pattern, from D. dracula and D. mirifica in number of procurrent caudal-fin rays, from D. translucida in number of vertebrae and from D. dracula in several skeletal characters. Like the other species in the genus, D. priapus shows a developmentally truncated skeleton that is associated with several evolutionary morphological novelties. The present distribution of the Danionella species may be the result of a vicariance event in the early Miocene, when the tectonic uplift of eastern Tibet and the Indo-Burman ranges lead to the interruption of the palaeo-connection between the Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) and the upper Irrawaddy Rivers.
Description of a new scorpionfish (Scorpaenoidei, Sebastolobinae) from the tropical eastern Pacific
Authors: BÉAREZ PHILIPPE , MOTOMURA HIROYUKI
Published: August 2019

A new spiny scorpionfish, Trachyscorpia verai, is described from a single specimen caught by deepwater longline off Puerto López (Ecuador, Tropical Eastern Pacific). This scorpionfish is distinguished from all other species of Trachyscorpia by a unique combination of characters: dorsal-fin spines 12, vertebrae 26, and gas bladder absent. Other diagnostic characters are: maxilla unscaled, third dorsal spine long, and pelvic spine short. This is the second species of Trachyscorpia known from the TEP and the sixth worldwide.
One new species and records of Ichthydium Ehrenberg, 1830 (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) from Sweden with a key to the genus
Authors: KÅNNEBY TOBIAS , TODARO M. ANTONIO , JONDELIUS ULF
Published: August 2019

The freshwater gastrotrich fauna of Sweden is poorly known. Only seven species of freshwater gastrotrichs have been reported so far. This paper is the first in a series of contributions about the Swedish freshwater gastrotrich fauna. Here we describe one new species, Ichthydium skandicum n. sp., from Jämtland, northern Sweden. The new species falls within the boundary of the subgenus Forficulichthys and is morphologically closest to Ichthydium tanytrichum from which it can be differentiated based on the presence of four pairs of dorsal, keeled scales in the posterior trunk region. Moreover, we provide morphometric data for three additional Ichthydium species: I. diacanthum, I. squamigerum and I. tanytrichum, Italian species all of which are reported for the first time outside Italy. Considering the accompanying fauna, a total of thirteen freshwater Gastrotricha are reported for the first time from Sweden. Finally we present a dichotomous key for Ichthydium along with distributional data of the species considered.
The discovery of Megalota in the Neotropics, with a revision of the New World species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutini)
Authors: BROWN JOHN W.
Published: August 2019

Megalota Diakonoff, previously known from the Indoaustralian Region (India, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, and Australia), Madagascar, and Africa, is reported from the Neotropics for the first time. Three previously described New World species (i.e., Megalota submicans (Walsingham), n. comb.; M. delphinosema (Walsingham), n. comb.; and M. plenana (Walker), n. comb.) were concealed within incorrect generic assignments or as “unplaced” species (i.e., lacking contemporary generic assignments). Twenty-one new species are described and illustrated: M. synchysis (TL: Venezuela), M. peruviana (Peru), M. aquilonaris (Mexico), M. vulgaris (Costa Rica), M. cacaulana (Brazil), M. macrosocia (Ecuador), M. ochreoapex (Costa Rica), M. spinulosa (Costa Rica), M. simpliciana (Costa Rica), M. jamaicana (Jamaica), M. ricana (Costa Rica), M. ceratovalva (Venezuela), M. bicolorana (Costa Rica), M. longisetana (Costa Rica), M. deceptana (Costa Rica), M. crassana (Costa Rica), M. gutierrezi (Costa Rica), M. chamelana (Mexico), M. beckeri (Brazil), M. flintana (Brazil), and M. pastranai (Argentina). Males of the genus are characterized by three distinctive features of the genitalia: the uncus consists of a pair of greatly expanded, flattened, variably round or square lobes, densely covered with spines and setae; the valvae are narrow with an elongate, apically spined process arising from the base of the costa; and the juxta is membranous with a narrowly sclerotized Uor J-shaped posterior edge. Five species have been reared from Croton spp. (Euphorbiaceae) in Costa Rica, and this is consistent with a single record of this host for an Australian species of Megalota.
Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus
Authors: DURANTE ANTONIO
Published: August 2019

The Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 are revised, and Afrasura, gen. n., is proposed to accommodate the group. The new genus is differentiated from Asura Walker, 1854 by external features and the morphology of the genitalia. Twenty-one new combinations and/or new species are proposed: Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869) comb. n., status rev. (type species); Afrasura amaniensis (Cieslak & Häuser, 2006) comb. n.; Afrasura crenulata (Bethune-Baker, 1911) comb. n., stat. rev; Afrasura discocellularis (Strand, 1912) comb. n., stat. rev.; Afrasura discreta sp. n.; Afrasura dubitabilis sp. n.; Afrasura emma sp. n.; Afrasura hieroglyphica (Bethune-Baker, 1911) comb. n., stat. rev.; Afrasura hyporhoda (Hampson, 1900) comb. n.; Afrasura ichorina (Butler, 1877) comb. n.; Afrasura neavi (Hampson, 1914) comb. n., stat. rev.; Afrasura numida (Holland, 1893) comb. n.; Afrasura obliterata (Walker, 1864) comb. n.; Afrasura pallescens sp. n.; Afrasura peripherica hilara (Kiriakoff, 1958) comb. n.; Afrasura rivulosa (Walker, 1854) comb. n.; Afrasura submarmorata (Kiriakoff, 1958) comb. n.; Afrasura terlineata sp. n.; Afrasura violacea (Cieslak & Häuser, 2006) comb. n.; and two unplaced species. The following subspecies are proposed: Afrasura indecisa orientalis ssp. n.; Afrasura rivulosa ethiopica ssp. n. The following names are synonymized: Asura fulvia Hampson, 1900 syn. n. and Asura obsolescens Hampson, 1914 syn. n., both synonyms of Afrasura rivulosa (Walker, 1854) comb. n.; Asura xantha Bethune-Baker, 1911 syn n., synonym of Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869) comb. n., stat. rev. A checklist and key to the species of Afrasura gen. n. are provided; habitus and genitalia of all taxa are figured.
New Fulgoridiidae genus from Upper Jurassic Karatau deposits, Kazakhstan (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoroidea)
Authors: SZWEDO JACEK , ŻYŁA DAGMARA
Published: August 2019

Aulieezidium karatauense, a new genus and species of the extinct planthopper family Fulgoridiidae is described from the Upper Jurassic deposits of Karabastau Formation of Aulie, Karatau (Southern Kazakhstan Province, Kazakhstan). The characters of the new genus in respect to other genera placed in Fulgoridiidae are reviewed. The palaeoecological and palaeogeographical data concerning Aulieezidium gen. n. and other genera of Fulgoridiidae are also discussed.
A new species of the genus Sason (Araneae: Barychelidae) from Rameshwaram Island, Tamil Nadu, India
Authors: SILIWAL MANJU , MOLUR SANJAY
Published: August 2019

A new species of the genus Sason, S. rameshwaram sp. nov., of the Brush-footed trapdoor spider family Barychelidae is described from Rameshwaram Island, Tamil Nadu, India. Nest structure and habitat are documented.
A new species of Pachydema Laporte (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Pachydemini) from the Canary Islands
Authors: MICÓ ESTEFANÍA , GALANTE EDUARDO
Published: August 2019

Pachydema megalops sp. nov., a new species from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) is described and illustrated. A key to all Canarian Pachydema Laporte species and illustrations of diagnostic structures are provided.
A new genus and three new species of Drilonematidae (Rhabditida, Drilonematoidea) from earthworms
Authors: IVANOVA ELENA S. , HOPE W. DUANE
Published: August 2019

A new genus and three new species of Drilonematidae (Rhabditidae, Drilonematoidea) from earthworms deposited in the collection of Natural History Museum, Smithsonian Institution are described and illustrated. Paradicelis bursata gen. et sp. n. is closely related to other Dicelinae genera, namely Dicelis Dujardin, 1845 and Adieronema Timm 1966, but is differentiated from both by the presence of a bursa and by whip-like copulatory sensilla. From Dicelis the new genus differs further by the excretory pore being situated in front of the nerve ring. Dicelis eudrilii sp. n. is the first African member of a predominantly Palearctic genus and also shares similarity with Adieronema, but clearly differs from this genus by the eggs lacking a bipolar corona. D. eudrillii is distinguished from other members of Dicelis by having a narrow, conoid tail; prominent excretory pore; nerve ring being situated around the intestine in both adults and juveniles; very long spicules; and by a well-developed spermatheca. Pharyngonema chinense sp. n. is distinguished from the only other member of the genus, Ph. mekongianum, by the shape of the head end with its minute apical tip; smaller circular lateral organs situated at mid-pharyngeal length; larger, slightly bent spicules with blunt, hooked distal process; and smaller, proximally broadened, club-shaped gubernacula. A specimen of Ph. chinense is described with the distal portion of testis forked. Keys to the genera of subfamily Dicelinae and species of Dicelis, Adieronema, Paradicelis and Pharyngonema are presented.
A new mid-altitude rainforest species of Typhlops (Serpentes: Typhlopidae) from Madagascar with notes on the taxonomic status of T. boettgeri Boulenger, T. microcephalus Werner, and T. capensis Rendahl
Authors: WALLACH VAN , GLAW FRANK
Published: August 2019

We describe a new Typhlops species from mid-altitude rainforest (ca. 950 m elevation) of the Andasibe region in central eastern Madagascar. Typhlops andasibensis sp. nov. is a medium-sized species (up to 340 mm total length) and can be separated from all other Malagasy typhlopids by the combination of 26 midbody scale rows, less than 400 middorsals, and a T–V supralabial imbrication pattern. Typhlops microcephalus is confirmed as a valid species, T. boettgeri is resurrected from the synonymy of T. arenarius, and T. capensis is synonymized with Ramphotyphlops exocoeti. Keys to the three genera and 14 described species of Madagascar and Comoro typhlopids are provided.
Neotype designation and redescription of adult male and immature stages of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) pictipennis (Philippi) (Diptera: Culicidae)
Authors: GONZÁLEZ CHRISTIAN R. , SALLUM MARIA ANICE MUREB
Published: August 2019

A neotype is designated for Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) pictipennis (Philippi) and morphological redescriptions are provided for the adult male, male genitalia, fourth-instar larva and pupa. All specimens, including the neotype were collected in Río Mapocho, Santiago, Chile in 1945 / 1946, and were deposited in the Entomological Collection of Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo (FSP-USP), Brazil. The neotype was previously invalidly designated the allotype of An. pictipennis by Lane and Neghme (1946). Illustrations are provided for diagnostic characteristics of the male genitalia, and larval stage.
Redescription of Periclimenes brockii (De Man, 1888) (Decapoda: Caridea: Pontoniinae) and other De Mans type specimens deposited in the collection of the Senckenberg Natural History Museum (SMF), Frankfurt-at-Maine, Germany
Authors: MARIN IVAN , TÜRKAY MICHAEL
Published: August 2019

The type specimens of 3 species described by Dr. Johannes Govertus De Man, Cuapetes amymone (De Man, 1902), Periclimenella spinifera (De Man, 1902), Periclimenes brockii (De Man, 1888), were re-examined in the collection of the Senckenberg Natural History Museum (SMF), Frankfurt-at-Maine, Germany. Periclimenes brockii De Man, 1888 is found to be a senior synonym of Allopontonia iaini Bruce, 1972 and Periclimenes priodactylus Bruce, 1992.
Erratum: SCHORIES, S., MEYER, M.K. & SCHARTL, M. (2009) Description of Poecilia (Acanthophacelus) obscura n. sp., (Teleostei: Poeciliidae), a new guppy species from western Trinidad, with remarks on P. wingei and the status of the “Endler’s guppy”. Zootaxa, 2266, 35–50.
Authors: SCHORIES S. , MEYER M. K. , SCHARTL M.
Published: August 2019

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Spiders of the genus Sphingius (Araneae: Liocranidae) from China, with description of two new species
Authors: ZHANG FENG , FU JIAN-YING , ZHU MING-SHENG
Published: August 2019

The spider genus Sphingius Thorell, 1890, with four Chinese species, is reviewed. Among these, Sphingius hainan sp. nov. and S. zhangi sp. nov. are new to science. In addition, Scotophaeoides sinensis Schenkel, 1963, the type species of Scotophaeoides Schenkel, 1963 (Gnaphosidae), is transferred to Sphingius (Liocranidae), thus Sphingius is a senior synonym of Scotophaeoides. The species Sphingius pingtung Tso, Zhang, Zhu & Zhang, 2005 is redescribed and illustrated. A distribution map of Chinese Sphingius is provided.
New records of fishes for Trindade-Martin Vaz oceanic insular complex, Brazil
Authors: PINHEIRO HUDSON T. , CAMILATO VICTOR , GASPARINI JOÃO LUIZ , JOYEUX JEAN-CHRISTOPHE
Published: August 2019

Thirty-two new records for shore fishes were made at the Trindade-Martin Vaz oceanic insular complex, located 1,160 km off the Brazilian coast. These records are related to an increase in sampling effort and to temporal variation in population size. Newly found but very abundant species hypothetically exemplify temporal variations in population size. The Vitória-Trindade submarine chain also may function as a series of stepping-stones facilitating transport of typically coastal species. The new records reveal a lack of knowledge of the fish fauna of this unique location. Studies aimed at the exploration of shallow areas, deep reefs and seamounts of the Vitória-Trindade chain, aided by ichthyoplanktonic surveys, are essential to a better understanding of the fish community and the processes of colonization in this oceanic locality.
Two new Cincticostella species from China with a larval key to species of the genus (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae)
Authors: XIE HUI , JIA YAN-YAN , CHEN PING , JACOBUS LUKE M. , ZHOU CHANG-FA
Published: August 2019

The larvae of Cincticostella bifurcata sp. nov. and C. szechuanensis sp. nov. have obvious and well-developed proand mesothoracic projections, which indicates that they belong to the ephemerellid genus Cincticostella. These larvae have unique characters within the genus. Cincticostella bifurcata sp. nov. has bifurcated abdominal tubercles on terga 5–8, and C. szechuanensis sp. nov. has no prominent, paired processes on the abdominal terga. The evolutionary trend of this genus is assumed to be a flattening and decrease in size of the body and a reduction or loss of the maxillary palpi. A key to all known larvae of the genus is provided.