bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Potassium-Competitive Acid Blocker-Based Regimen as Second-Line Therapy Improves Helicobacter pylori Eradication
Authors: Nabeta Haruaki , Shinozaki Satoshi , Abe Yasuhiro , Koyanagi Ryota , Nakamichi Taro , Kobayashi Yasutoshi , Lefor Alan Kawarai , Hirashima Hayato
Published: April 2019

Background/Aims: Although a potassium-competitive acid blocker (PCAB)-based regimen improves the rate of successful Helicobacter pylori first-line eradication, the efficacy of a PCAB-based regimen as second-line therapy is unclear. The aim of this study is to compare the success of second-line eradication of H. pylori using PCAB and proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-based regimens. Methods: From 2014 to 2017, 624 patients who underwent second-line H. pylori eradication were enrolled. A standard triple regimen for second-line H. pylori eradication includes metronidazole 250 mg, amoxicillin 750 mg, and PPI or PCAB twice daily for 7 days. The success of eradication was compared using intention-to-treat, per-protocol, and propensity-score matching analysis. Results: All patients completed the 7-day course of therapy. Patients using a PCAB-based regimen had a higher rate of eradication than those using a PPI-based regimen in both intention-to-treat (90% [298/330] vs. 85% [250/294], p = 0.045) and per-protocol analyses (96% [298/309] vs. 91% [250/274], p = 0.008). Adverse events occurred in 4 patients. Propensity score matching analysis acquired 274 matched pairs. Patients using a PCAB-based regimen had a higher rate of eradication than those using a PPI-based regimen (96% [264/274] vs. 91% [250/274], p = 0.013). Conclusions: PCAB-based second-line H. pylori eradication is significantly better than PPI-based therapy.
Testicular Sonographic Color Doppler Dynamic Tissue Perfusion Measurements in Adolescents with Varicocele
Authors: Jedrzejewski Grzegorz , Osemlak Pawel , Wieczorek Andrzej Pawel , Nachulewicz Pawel
Published: April 2019

Aim: The aim of the study was an assessment of the effects of varicocele on testis parenchyma and microcirculation with the use of the dynamic tissue perfusion measurements. Methods: Color Doppler sonographic dynamic testis parenchyma perfusion measurements were performed with Pixel­Flux software in 30 children with left testis varicocele. The right testes without varicocele comprised the control group. Results: Testicular parenchymal perfusion in testes with varicocele was reduced when compared to the control testes. The differences were found in all measured perfusion parameters. Statistical significance was found in the case of mean velocity and resistance index parameters. According to the grade of varicocele, the perfusion was the most reduced in patients with grade III of varicocele. Conclusion: Testicular parenchymal perfusion decreases in patients with varicocele, mostly in higher grades of varicocele. In case of validation, the method can be used in determining the damage of the testis with varicocele and the need for surgery.
Histopathologic Features that Predict Transplant Glomerulopathy Progression in a Chinese Cohort
Authors: Li Xue , Chen Jinsong , Cheng Dongrui , Wang Wei , Xie Kenan , Zhang Mingchao , Xu Feng , Wen Jiqiu , Tang Zheng
Published: April 2019

Background: Transplant glomerulopathy (TG) represents a major cause of long-term allograft failure and is the leading cause of overall post-transplant proteinuria. The extent to which histopathologic features predicts prognostication is uncertain. Methods: A single-center retrospective cohort with biopsy-proven TG was investigated. Renal biopsies were scored according to Banff 2017. The primary outcome was death-censored graft failure defined as return to dialysis or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decreased to <15 mL/min/1.73 m2. The prognostic significance of clinical and histopathologic parameters was determined using Cox proportional hazards models. Results: Data from 180 cases were available for analysis with a median follow-up of 5.0 (2.6–8.2) years. In multivariable models, ci + ct score (HR 3.1; 95% CI 2.0–4.9), cg score (HR 1.7; 95% CI 1.1–2.8), eGFR (HR 2.1; 95% CI 1.4–3.2) and proteinuria (HR 2.4; 95% CI 1.6–3.7) were independent predictors of the primary outcome. Mesangial Immunoglobulin A deposition did not significantly affect allograft survival. The only significant pathologic factors for the severity of proteinuria were cg and g + ptc (adjusted R2 = 0.46) as determined by multivariable stepwise linear regression analysis. Conclusions: Severe ci + ct and cg at biopsy were predictors of unfavorable allograft prognosis in TG patients even after taking into consideration clinical characteristics. Histologic severity of cg and g + ptc was significantly associated with clinical proteinuria.
СВІТЛІЙ ПАМ’ЯТІ ТИХОНОВА ОЛЕКСАНДРА ІВАНОВИЧА
Authors: Of Pharmacy National University
Published: April 2019

Стаття-спогад про видатну особистість Тихонова Олександра Івановича, доктора фармацевтичних наук, академіка Української академії наук, заслуженого діяча науки і техніки, винахідника, професіонала та патріота української фармації.
СВІТЛІЙ ПАМ’ЯТІ БЕЗУГЛОГО ПЕТРА ОВКСЕНТІЙОВИЧА
Authors: Of Pharmacy National University
Published: April 2019

Стаття-спогад про видатну особистість Безуглого Петра Овксентійовича, доктора фармацевтичних наук, академіка Академії наук вищої освіти України, винахідника, професіонала та патріота української фармації.
Hip Hop como resistência e espaço de opressão nas relações de gênero: uma análise do discurso de Vacilão e Trepadeira
Authors: Malta Renata Barreto , Santos Jônatas Breno Silva , Dos Santos Jonathan Batista , Souza Tássia Azevedo Santos , Mota Santos Verilane dos Santos
Published: April 2019

O presente estudo consiste na análise das músicas “Vacilão” e “Trepadeira”, de autoria do rapper Emicida, utilizando o protocolo de Análise de Discurso (AD) proposto pela pesquisadora Katarini Miguel (2014). O artigo suscita discussões sobre as relações de poder a partir do gênero, a cultura do Hip Hop e o machismo escancarado, discrepante com a resistência feminista ainda emergente nas produções culturais desse universo. Baseando-nos nos Estudos Culturais, buscamos elucidar conceitos e significados relevantes para essa pesquisa. Ademais, propomos observar, a partir do corpus, os aspectos da construção de sentido das letras das músicas, a manifestação do eu lírico nas obras, em contraste com o posicionamento do autor, o discurso ideológico, o encadeamento de ideias, associações e analogias, os quais revelam o sexismo que prevalece nesse espaço considerado de resistência.
Visualidad de las víctimas del conflicto armado colombiano: palabra y memoria em contravía TV
Authors: Llanos Gober Mauricio Gómez , Rocha Simone Maria
Published: April 2019

El artículo tiene por objetivo analizar cómo son figuradas las víctimas del conflito armado en Colombia. Desde el análisis visual de una edición del programa de televisión Contravía TV, dedicado a la comunidad de paz de San José de Apartadó, buscamos comprender en sus elementos estilísticos cuál es la idea de víctima sugerida en esta producción periodística. Para ello, nos basamos en la perspectiva teórica de los visual studies y las contribuciones metodológicas del estilo televisivo, pues, pensamos que las dimensiones materiales y formales del medio nos permiten tematizar cuestiones sociales y políticas propias de su contexto.
Informar para mobilizar: o caso do jornal anarquista A Plebe
Authors: Strongren Fernando Figueiredo , Machado Liliane Maria Macedo
Published: April 2019

O fortalecimento da indústria e a imigração de operários europeus para o Brasil entre o final do século XIX e início do século XX propiciou um campo fértil para o crescimento do movimento operário e anarquista, que resultou em mais de 300 jornais e revistas operárias publicadas nesse período. Neste artigo, tomamos como objeto de estudo as 13 primeiras edições de A Plebe, um dos mais importantes jornais anarquistas do período, com o objetivo de investigar de que forma o movimento anarquista fazia uso do jornalismo como meio de legitimação e fortalecimento de suas organizações. Empregamos como metodologia de pesquisa os conceitos de discurso midiático, exotérico e esotérico, formulados por Adriano Duarte Rodrigues, que aludem às quatro funções do discurso: pedagógica, simbólica, mobilizadora e reparadora. Após empreendermos a análise, observamos que os jornais anarquistas realizam dupla função: informar seus leitores e formar entre eles novos militantes libertários.
A percepção de usuários acima de 60 anos através de categorização de imagens capturadas por hashtags no Instagram no contexto da tecnologia móvel digital
Authors: Streck Melissa
Published: April 2019

O presente artigo traz um estudo sobre a percepção de idosos nas mídias digitais através de imagens publicadas com marcação de quatro hashtags que identificam este público. Para tanto, é trazida a visão do idoso de si, além da visão de terceiros sobre este público. As hashtags determinadas para a captura de dados foram de âmbito nacional e internacional, tendo as imagens posteriormente sido categorizadas por assuntos, sendo possível então um comparativo. O resultado da pesquisa sugere uma percepção divergente da visão de si deste público versus a visão de terceiros. Isto é mostrado no contexto nacional e internacional, gerando uma discussão acerca do tema do envelhecimento populacional global e sua relação com novas tecnologias.
Revivendo memórias do jornalismo potiguar
Authors: Teixeira Wilson Galvão de Freitas
Published: April 2019

Constituem o indiscutível valor histórico do livro Memórias: Faculdade de Jornalismo Eloy de Souza os contornos do cenário social da então ainda incipiente capital do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, bem como o acesso a informações que extravasam os limites simbólicos da cidade e explicitam a importância do legado da Faculdade de Jornalismo Eloy de Souza para a história, a educação e a cultura do estado.
Televisualidades da matriz religiosa espírita na telenovela brasileira
Authors: Silva Marcos Vinicius Meigre e
Published: April 2019

Este trabalho busca investigar quais marcas televisuais estão presentes na conformação das chamadas telenovelas espíritas e quais fatores socioculturais justificam tais construções. Sustentados nos estudos visuais e no estilo televisivo, identificamos produções que reverberam aspectos como reencarnação, pluralidade das existências, condição espiritual dos seres e atuação sobre médiuns como categorias fundamentais e em poroso diálogo com o imaginário nacional acerca da espiritualidade. Buscamos entender a especificidade do meio televisivo ao tratar de uma mediação tão arraigada em nossas sociedades latinas: a religiosidade.
Notícias de uma invasão: ficção científica, quadrinhos e catástrofe em El Eternauta, de Héctor Germán Oesterheld
Authors: Pinto Fabio Bortolazzo
Published: April 2019

Este artigo é parte de um amplo estudo sobre uma história em quadrinhos argentina, El Eternauta, de autoria de Héctor Germán Oesterheld. De maneira panorâmica, enfatizando certos pontos importantes da relação entre essa obra e a cultura popular do país vizinho, buscamos explorar as características e possibilidades de compreensão da narrativa de Oesterheld e seu cruzamento com o compromisso militante assumido pelo autor durante a mais recente ditadura militar argentina.
Rare Missense Variants in
TLN1
Are Associated With Familial and Sporadic Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
Authors: Turley Tamiel N. , Theis Jeanne L. , Sundsbak Rhianna S. , Evans Jared M. , O’Byrne Megan M. , Gulati Rajiv , Tweet Marysia S. , Hayes Sharonne N. , Olson Timothy M.
Published: April 2019

Background:

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an uncommon idiopathic disorder predominantly affecting young, otherwise healthy women. Rare familial cases reveal a genetic predisposition to disease. The aim of this study was to identify a novel susceptibility gene for SCAD.

Methods:

Whole-exome sequencing was performed in a family comprised of 3 affected individuals and filtered to identify rare, predicted deleterious, segregating variants. Immunohistochemical staining was used to evaluate protein expression of the identified candidate gene. The prevalence and spectrum of rare (<0.1%) variants within binding domains was determined by next-generation sequencing or denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography in a sporadic SCAD cohort of 675 unrelated individuals.

Results:

We identified a rare heterozygous missense variant within a highly conserved β-integrin–binding domain of
TLN1
segregating with familial SCAD.
TLN1
encodes talin 1—a large cytoplasmic protein of the integrin adhesion complex that links the actin cytoskeleton and extracellular matrix. Consistent with high mRNA expression in arterial tissues, robust immunohistochemical staining of talin 1 was demonstrated in coronary arteries. Nine additional rare heterozygous missense variants in
TLN1
were identified in 10 sporadic cases. Incomplete penetrance, suggesting genetic or environmental modifiers of this episodic disorder, was evident in the familial case and 5 individuals with sporadic SCAD from whom parental DNA was available.

Conclusions:

Our findings reveal
TLN1
as a disease-associated gene in familial and sporadic SCAD and, together with abnormal vascular phenotypes reported in animal models of talin 1 disruption, implicate impaired structural integrity of the coronary artery cytoskeleton in SCAD susceptibility.
Siponimod (BAF312) Treatment Reduces Brain Infiltration but Not Lesion Volume in Middle-Aged Mice in Experimental Stroke
Authors: Vogelgesang Antje , Domanska Grazyna , Ruhnau Johanna , Dressel Alexander , Kirsch Michael , Schulze Juliane
Published: April 2019

Background and Purpose—

The contribution of neuroinflammation and, in particular, the infiltration of the brain by lymphocytes is increasingly recognized as a substantial pathophysiological mechanism after stroke. The interaction of lymphocytes with endothelial cells and platelets, termed thromboinflammation, fosters microvascular dysfunction and secondary infarct growth. Siponimod is an S1PR (sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor) modulator, which blocks the egress of lymphocytes from lymphoid organs and has demonstrated beneficial effects in multiple sclerosis treatment. We investigated the effect of treatment with siponimod on stroke outcome in a mouse model of cerebral ischemia.

Methods—

Transient middle cerebral artery occlusion was induced in middle-aged wild-type mice. Animals were either treated with siponimod (3 mg/kg; intraperitoneal) or vehicle for 6 days. Stroke outcome was assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (spleen volume: prestroke, day 3, and day 7; infarct volume: days 1, 3, and 7) and behavioral tests (prestroke, day 2, and day 6). Immune cells of the peripheral blood and brain-infiltrating cells ipsilateral and contralateral were analyzed by VETScan and by flow cytometry.

Results—

Siponimod significantly induced lymphopenia on day 7 after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion and reduced T-lymphocyte accumulation in the central nervous system. No effect was detected for lesion size.

Conclusions—

For siponimod administered at 3 mg/kg in transient middle cerebral artery occlusion mouse model, our findings do not provide preclinical evidence for the use of S1PR1/5 modulators as neuroprotectant in stroke therapy.
Five-Year Risk of Major Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Events After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Authors: Casolla Barbara , Moulin Solène , Kyheng Maéva , Hénon Hilde , Labreuche Julien , Leys Didier , Bauters Christophe , Cordonnier Charlotte
Published: April 2019

Background and Purpose—

We aimed to determine incidences and predictors of major vascular events in intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) survivors.

Methods—

We did a prospective observational cohort study in patients with spontaneous ICH from the Prognosis of Intracerebral Hemorrhage cohort in Lille, France. We studied incidences and predictors of long-term vascular events (cerebral and extracerebral, ischemic and hemorrhagic) in patients alive at 30 days with a prespecified subgroup analysis according to ICH location. We performed multivariable analyses (competing risk analyses, with death during follow-up as a competing event).

Results—

From the 560 patients with spontaneous ICH enrolled between November 2004 and March 2009, we included 310 patients (median age, 70 years). Eighty-two patients presented at least 1 major vascular event leading to an incidence rate of 20.0% (95% CI, 15.7–24.7) at 5 years after ICH. In the overall cohort, ischemic events were more frequent than hemorrhagic events. However, the incidence strikingly differed according to ICH location: deep ICH was associated with future ischemic events (subhazard ratio, 1.85; 95% CI, 1.01–3.40), whereas lobar ICH with hemorrhagic events (subhazard ratio, 2.38; 95% CI, 1.17–4.86). In deep ICH, the incidence of ischemic events at 5 years was 6× higher than the incidence of hemorrhagic events.

Conclusions—

ICH survivors are at high risk of both cerebral and extracerebral vascular events. The ischemic or hemorrhagic risk profile varies according to the index ICH location with a stronger ischemic risk in deep ICH. Secondary prevention, tailored on ICH location, should target not only cerebral recurrences but also extracerebral vascular events.
Subarachnoid and Subdural Hemorrhages in Lobar Intracerebral Hemorrhage Associated With Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Authors: Viguier Alain , Raposo Nicolas , Patsoura Sofia , Calviere Lionel , Albucher Jean François , Ruidavets Jean Bernard , Chollet François , Cognard Christophe , Olivot Jean Marc , Bonneville Fabrice
Published: April 2019

Background and Purpose—

Identifying underlying cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) has important clinical implication. Convexity subarachnoid hemorrhage (cSAH) and subdural hemorrhage (SDH) are computed tomography features of CAA-related ICH. We explored whether cSAH and SDH could be additional magnetic resonance imaging markers of CAA in lobar ICH survivors.

Methods—

We analyzed data from consecutive patients with acute lobar ICH associated with CAA (CAA-ICH) or not attributed to CAA (non–CAA-ICH). Magnetic resonance imaging scans were analyzed for cSAH, SDH, and markers of small vessel disease. The associations of cSAH and SDH with the diagnosis of probable CAA based on the modified Boston criteria were explored using multivariable models.

Results—

We included 165 patients with acute lobar ICH (mean age 70±13 years): 72 patients with CAA-ICH and 93 with non–CAA-ICH. Patients with CAA-ICH had a higher prevalence of cSAH (73.6% versus 39.8%;
P
<0.001) and SDH (37.5% versus 21.5%;
P
=0.02) than non–CAA-ICH. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, the presence of cSAH was independently associated with CAA-ICH (odds ratio, 2.97; 95% CI, 1.26–6.99;
P
=0.013), whereas there was no association between SDH and CAA-ICH.

Conclusions—

Among survivors of acute lobar ICH, the presence of cSAH is associated with the magnetic resonance imaging–based diagnosis of CAA. Further studies should investigate whether cSAH help improve the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging for in vivo diagnosis of CAA.
Expected Reward Value and Reward Uncertainty Have Temporally Dissociable Effects on Memory Formation
Authors: Stanek Jessica K. , Dickerson Kathryn C. , Chiew Kimberly S. , Clement Nathaniel J. , Adcock R. Alison
Published: April 2019

Anticipating rewards has been shown to enhance memory formation. Although substantial evidence implicates dopamine in this behavioral effect, the precise mechanisms remain ambiguous. Because dopamine nuclei have been associated with two distinct physiological signatures of reward prediction, we hypothesized two dissociable effects on memory formation. These two signatures are a phasic dopamine response immediately following a reward cue that encodes its expected value and a sustained, ramping response that has been demonstrated during high reward uncertainty [Fiorillo, C. D., Tobler, P. N., & Schultz, W. Discrete coding of reward probability and uncertainty by dopamine neurons. Science, 299, 1898–1902, 2003]. Here, we show in humans that the impact of reward anticipation on memory for an event depends on its timing relative to these physiological signatures. By manipulating reward probability (100%, 50%, or 0%) and the timing of the event to be encoded (just after the reward cue versus just before expected reward outcome), we demonstrated the predicted double dissociation: Early during reward anticipation, memory formation was improved by increased expected reward value, whereas late during reward anticipation, memory formation was enhanced by reward uncertainty. Notably, although the memory benefits of high expected reward in the early interval were consolidation dependent, the memory benefits of high uncertainty in the later interval were not. These findings support the view that expected reward benefits memory consolidation via phasic dopamine release. The novel finding of a distinct memory enhancement, temporally consistent with sustained anticipatory dopamine release, points toward new mechanisms of memory modulation by reward now ripe for further investigation.
Learning Multilingual Word Embeddings in Latent Metric Space: A Geometric Approach
Authors: Jawanpuria Pratik , Balgovind Arjun , Kunchukuttan Anoop , Mishra Bamdev
Published: April 2019

We propose a novel geometric approach for learning bilingual mappings given monolingual embeddings and a bilingual dictionary. Our approach decouples the source-to-target language transformation into (a) language-specific rotations on the original embeddings to align them in a common, latent space, and (b) a language-independent similarity metric in this common space to better model the similarity between the embeddings. Overall, we pose the bilingual mapping problem as a classification problem on smooth Riemannian manifolds. Empirically, our approach outperforms previous approaches on the bilingual lexicon induction and cross-lingual word similarity tasks.

We next generalize our framework to represent multiple languages in a common latent space. Language-specific rotations for all the languages and a common similarity metric in the latent space are learned jointly from bilingual dictionaries for multiple language pairs. We illustrate the effectiveness of joint learning for multiple languages in an indirect word translation setting.
Validity and redescription of the flathead fish, Onigocia macrocephala (Weber, 1913) (Teleostei: Platycephalidae)
Authors: IMAMURA HISASHI
Published: April 2019

After the original description, Platycephalus macrocephalus Weber, 1913 has been rarely treated as a valid species and its taxonomic status has been unclear. It was revealed here that seven syntypes of the species belong to two species and four of them are identical with Onigocia grandisquama (Regan, 1908) but the remaining three specimens are identified as a distinct species of Onigocia Jordan & Thompson, 1913, which has been mistakenly identified as Onigocia macrolepis (Bleeker, 1854) by several authors. One of the three specimens illustrated in the original description is designated as the lectotype of the species. Onigocia macrocephala is separable from its other congeners in having 21–23 (mode 22) pectoral fin rays, 9–10 caudal fin rays, 1 + 4–6 = 5–7 (mode 6) gill rakers, a larger head (38.8–42.3% SL), a single ocular flap present and usually extending slightly beyond the posterior margin of the orbit, a few or several small and short papillae on the posteromedial portion of the eye in larger specimens, the upper iris lappet short and branched, the lachrymal with two distinct antrorse spines anteriorly, a notch on the suborbital ridge below the eye, and no interopercular flap.
A revision of the spider genus Echinax Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (Araneae: Corinnidae) in the Afrotropical Region
Authors: HADDAD CHARLES R.
Published: April 2019

The cryptic arboreal castianeirine genus Echinax Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 (Araneae: Corinnidae), previously known only from South-East Asia, is recorded from the Afrotropical Region for the first time. The female of Copa longespina Simon, 1909 is redescribed, the male is described for the first time, and the species is transferred to Echinax as E. longespina (Simon, 1909) comb. nov. It occurs widely throughout equatorial Africa, from Kenya and Tanzania in the east to Liberia in the west. Six new species are described from both sexes: E. clara sp. nov. from D.R. Congo and Ghana, E. hesperis sp. nov. from Ivory Coast, E. natalensis sp. nov. and E. similis sp. nov. from South Africa, E. scharffi sp. nov. from Tanzania, and E. spatulata sp. nov., widespread across tropical Africa. The available ecological data indicates that all seven species are mainly arboreal and represent a prominent component of corinnid assemblage collected by canopy fogging, especially in forests.
Britorchestia, a new talitrid genus from western Europe and the Mediterranean Sea and a revision of Pseudorchestoidea and Sardorchestia (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae)
Authors: LOWRY J. K. , BOPIAH ARUNDATHI
Published: April 2019

A new talitrid amphipod genus, Britorchestia from western Europe and the Mediterranean Sea is described here and the genera Pseudorchestoidea and Sardorchestia are redescribed.
Erratum: MURAT ÖZAYDINLI & CH. OLIVER COLEMAN (2012) Ampithoe bizseli n. sp. (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from the west coast of Turkey. Zootaxa, 3388, 17–28.
Authors: ÖZAYDINLI MURAT , COLEMAN CH. OLIVER
Published: April 2019

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Revision of Cossinae and small Zeuzerinae from Australia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)
Authors: KALLIES AXEL , HILTON DOUGLAS J
Published: April 2019

In this paper we review the genera of Cossinae of Australia and describe seven new species, Culama anthracica sp. nov., C. suffusca sp. nov., C. alpina sp. nov., C. glauca sp. nov., Zyganisus propedia sp. nov., Z. cadigalorum sp. nov., and Z. acalanthis sp. nov. C. mesogeia Turner, 1932 syn. nov. and C. rhytiphorus (Lower, 1893) syn. nov. are both synonymised with C. australis Walker, 1856. Macrocyttara Turner 1918 gen. rev., with two species, M. expressa (Lucas, 1902) comb. rev. and M. pamphaea Turner, 1945 comb. rev., is resurrected from synonymy with Culama Walker, 1856. Cossodes White, 1841, here tentatively considered to belong to Cossinae, is characterized and the genitalia of the only species in this genus, C. lyonetii White, 1841, are figured. Furthermore, we review some smaller species of Zeuzerinae, all belonging to Sympycnodes Turner, 1932, which is redefined here. We describe another six new species, Sympycnodes dunnorum sp. nov., S. digitata sp. nov., S. interstincta sp. nov., S. adrienneae sp. nov., S. salterra sp. nov., and S. uptoni sp. nov. Two new combinations are introduced, Sympycnodes epicycla (Turner, 1945) comb. nov. and Sympycnodes arachnophora (Turner, 1945) comb. nov.
New species and new records of Afrotropical Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with a key to the species
Authors: HIPPA HEIKKI , KURINA OLAVI
Published: April 2019

The following 24 new species of Manota are described: M. abakiga (Uganda), M. aculifera (Ghana, Uganda), M. afra (Uganda), M. bracteata (Uganda), M. clurina (Uganda), M. comata (Ghana, Uganda), M. dissidens (Ghana), M. foliolata (Uganda), M. freerki (Uganda), M. ghanaensis (Ghana), M. katusabei (Ghana, Uganda), M. kibaleensis (Uganda), M. pedicellata (Uganda), M. petiolata (Uganda), M. pilosa (Uganda), M. pinnata (Uganda), M. pinnulata (Uganda), M. redunca (Uganda), M. relicina (Uganda), M. senticosa (Uganda), M. simina (Uganda), M. toomasi (Uganda), M. toroensis (Uganda), and M. usubi (Uganda). New records for the following species are given: M. lachaisei Matile (Uganda), M. mabokeensis Matile (Uganda), M. mazumbaiensis Søli (Ghana, Uganda), M. teocchii Matile (Uganda) and M. whiteleyi Jaschhof & Mostovski (Uganda). Redescriptions of M. lachaisei and M. teocchii as well as drawings of the hypopygium of M. mazumbaiensis are given. Altogether 51 species of Manota are presently known from the Afrotropical region.
Four new species of Hemicaecilius Enderlein (Lachesillidae: Psocoptera) from Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Authors: ALDRETE ALFONSO N. GARCÍA , OBANDO RANULFO GONZÁLEZ , CARREJO NANCY S.
Published: April 2019

Four related species of Hemicaecilius, from Valle del Cauca, Colombia, are here described and illustrated. They constitutea species assemblage distinct from two of the known species of the genus, H. venezolanus and H. cuzcoensis, found to thenorth and south, respectively from Valle del Cauca, along the Andes. The types are deposited in the Entomological Museum, Universidad del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Colombia (MUSENUV).
A review of the ant genus Adelomyrmex Emery 1897 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Central America
Authors: LONGINO JOHN T.
Published: April 2019

The taxonomy and natural history of the ant genus Adelomyrmex Emery is reviewed for the Central American region. Theyare small, litter-inhabiting ants most often collected in Berlese and Winkler samples. Although the genus and its relativeshave a pantropical distribution, Central American cloud forests are the only places where they are abundant and diverse.Several Adelomyrmex species are mountain-top endemics with very restricted ranges, and climate change clearly posesthe threat of mountain-top extinction. The 21 Mexican and Central American species are treated in some detail and a keyto the 26 mainland New World species is provided. Nine new species are described, eight from Mexico and Central Amer-ica (A. anxiocalor sp. nov., A. bispeculum sp. nov., A. dentivagans sp. nov., A. marginodus sp. nov., A. metzabok sp. nov.,A. nortenyo sp. nov., A. paratristani sp. nov., and A. quetzal sp. nov.) and one from the oceanic Isla del Coco in the easternPacific (A. coco sp. nov.). New synonymy is proposed for Adelomyrmex tristani (Menozzi, 1931) (= A. brevispinosus Fernández, 2003, syn. nov.).
Taxonomic study of the genus Stilbops Förster from Japan (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Stilbopinae)
Authors: WATANABE KYOHEI , MAETO KAORU
Published: April 2019

The Japanese species of the genus Stilbops are taxonomically studied, with eleven species recognized. Three Russian Far East species, S. cavigena Kasparyan, S. mandibularis Kasparyan and S. orientalis Kasparyan are new to Japan. Six new species, S. auster sp. nov., S. coeloclypeus sp. nov., S. ezoensis sp. nov., S. japonicus sp. nov., S. michinokuensis sp. nov. and S. montanus sp. nov. are described. A key to Japanese species is provided. Their diversity and distribution patterns in the Eastern Palaearctic Region are also discussed.
An annotated checklist of the South African Acanthodrilidae (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae: Acanthodrilinae, Benhamiinae)
Authors: PLISKO JADWIGA DANUTA
Published: April 2019

A checklist of acanthodrilid species known from South African biotopes is here compiled from the literature and theunpublished KwaZulu-Natal Museum database of Oligochaeta (NMSAD). Most species belong to one of the twosubfamilies, Acanthodrilinae, with a total of 107 valid indigenous species and 17 subspecies, belonging to five genera(Chilota, Eodriloides, Microscolex, Parachilota, Udeina). Furthermore, eight peregrine species of Microscolex(Acanthodrilinae) and Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus) (Benhamiinae) are included. One of them, Dichogaster(Diplothecodrilus) austeni Beddard, 1901 may occur naturally in north-eastern South Africa. For all recorded species thetype localities and known records in South Africa are given. Additional environmental data, when available, are included.The present location of most of the type material is indicated. Five species of Udeina are transferred to Parachilota:Udeina avesicula, U. hogsbackensis, U. septentrionalis, U. pickfordia Lungström, 1968 and U. transvaalensis Lungström,1972, now Parachilota avesiculus, P. hogsbackensis, P. septentrionalis, P. pickfordius, and P. transvaalensis, respectively.Dubious or uncertain genera and species are listed separately, including Hegesipyle Kinberg, 1867 and its only species H.hanno, the first acanthodrilid species recorded from South Africa. Valid species names, synonyms and doubtful species are arranged alphabetically.
Three new species of semi-aquatic freshwater earthworms of the genus Glyphidrilus Horst, 1889 from Malaysia (Clitellata: Oligochaeta: Almidae)
Authors: CHANABUN RATMANEE , SUTCHARIT CHIRASAK , TONGKERD PIYOROS , TAN SHAU-HWAI AILEEN , PANHA SOMSAK
Published: April 2019

Three new species of semi-aquatic freshwater earthworms of the genus Glyphidrilus Horst, 1889 are described from Malaysia.Glyphidrilus bisegmentus sp. n. was collected from Air Banun Pandig, Perak, Glyphidrilus kotatinggi sp. n. from Kota Tinggiwaterfall, Johor, and Glyphidrilus peninsularis sp. n. from Sungei Bantang, Johor. For comparison, type and non-type materialof five morphologically similar species was reinvestigated. The descriptions of the new species include illustrations of the external and internal morphological characteristics.
Earthworms (Clitellata: Acanthodrilidae, Almidae, Eudrilidae, Glossoscolecidae, Ocnerodrilidae) of the coastal region of Gamba, Ogooué-Maritime Province, southwestern Gabon
Authors: JAMES SAMUEL W. , DIVINA GILDAS BRICE
Published: April 2019

This is the first account of earthworms from the Gamba Complex of Protected Areas, a highly biodiverse coastal area ofequatorial Africa. We describe five new species of Dichogaster Beddard, 1888: Dichogaster (Diplothecodrilus)moussavoui sp. nov., D. (Diplothecodrilus) tchignoumbai sp. nov., D. (Diplothecodrilus) tobii sp. nov., D.(Diplothecodrilus) alonsoi sp. nov., and D. (Dichogaster) gambaensis sp. nov.; report several more taxa for which thematerial was not adequate to serve as the basis for new species descriptions, and present new records of several exoticspecies. Coastal Gamba is now known to have ten indigenous species and four introduced species, some of which areknown invasives. Characteristics shared by several Gamba Dichogaster conflict with characters used to define subgenera of Dichogaster, indicating that additional data are needed to resolve relationships within this large taxon.
Four new species of the Amynthas corticis-group (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Hainan Island, China
Authors: SUN JING , JIANG JI-BAO , QIU JIANG-PING
Published: April 2019

This paper describes four new species of earthworms from Hainan Island, China: Amynthas stricosus sp. nov., Amynthas fuscussp. nov., Amynthas montanus sp. nov. and Amynthas genitalis sp. nov. They all belong to the Amynthas corticis-group withfour pairs of spermathecal pores in 5/6–8/9. Amynthas stricosus sp. nov. has postsetal genital papillae within the male poreregion, single or paired in XVII, XIX and XX, a heart-shaped spermathecal ampulla, and the terminal 0.4 of the spermathecaldiverticulum dilated into a band-shaped chamber. Amynthas fuscus sp. nov. has no genital papillae, an irregular heart-shapedspermathecal ampulla, and the terminal 0.25 of the diverticulum dilated into an enlongated ovoid seminal chamber. Amynthasmontanus sp. nov. has two pairs of large ovate and flat-topped genital papillae within the male pore region, diameter0.7–0.8mm, surrounded by epidermal folds, paired on 17/18, 18/19 and accompanied closely with the male pores, heart-shapedspermathecal ampulla, terminal 0.4 of diverticulum dilated into a rod-shaped chamber, with hairpin-looped stalk. Amynthasgenitalis sp. nov. has four longitudinally arranged pairs of ovate and flat-topped genital papillae within the male pore region,diameter 0.4–0.5mm, one paired postsetal and presetal papillae on XVII and XIX respectively, and two paired on XVIIIanterior and posterior to the setal annulet, and small and ovoid spermathecal ampulla, terminal 0.29 of diverticulum dilated into a rod-shaped chamber.
Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)
Authors: HARVEY MICHAEL B. , UGUETO GABRIEL N. , GUTBERLET, JR. RONALD L.
Published: April 2019

Despite advances within particular groups, systematics of the Teiidae has long been unsatisfactory, because fewmorphological characters have been described for this family. Consequently, most species have been assigned to the large,polyphyletic, and poorly defined genera Ameiva and Cnemidophorus. We describe 137 morphological characters andscore them for most species of Neotropical Teiidae. Important, but previously undescribed, character suites include pupilshape; the frontal ridge; longitudinal division of the interparietal; the rostral groove; patterns of supraciliary fusion; thepreauricular skin fold; the “toothy” first supralabial; modified apical granules; the pectoral sulcus; expansion of scales atthe heel; tibiotarsal shields; scales between the digital lamellae along the postaxial edges of the toes; scale surfacemicrostructure of macrohoneycomb, macroridges, or lamellae; distribution patterns and morphology of lenticular scaleorgans; types of epidermal generation glands; and several hemipenial structures. We propose a new taxonomy of theTeiidae based on recovered evolutionary history and numerous morphological characters surveyed in this study. Werecognize three subfamilies: Callopistinae new subfamily, Teiinae Estes et al., and Tupinambinae Estes et al. To resolvepolyphyly of Ameiva and Cnemidophorus, we erect four new genera for various groups of Neotropical Teiidae: Ameivulanew genus, Aurivela new genus, Contomastix new genus, and Medopheos new genus. We resurrect Holcosus Cope fromthe synonymy of Ameiva and Salvator Duméril and Bibron from the synonymy of Tupinambis. On the basis of sharedderived characters, we propose new species groups of our redefined Ameiva and Cnemidophorus. We incorporate our newcharacters into a key to the genera and species groups of Teiidae. A phylogenetic hypothesis of Teiidae based onmorphological characters differs substantially from hypotheses based on mitochondrial DNA. The phylogeny based onmorphology is consistent with well-established biogeographic patterns of Neotropical vertebrates and explains extreme morphological divergence in such genera as Kentropyx and Aurivela.
Revision and cladistic analysis of the Afrotropical endemic genus Smeringopus Simon, 1890 (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Authors: HUBER BERNHARD A.
Published: April 2019

The genus Smeringopus Simon, 1890 is revised, with redescriptions of most previously known species and descriptionsof 36 new species. With now 55 species, Smeringopus becomes the most species-rich pholcid genus in Africa.Smeringopus is largely restricted to central, southern, and eastern Africa, where it includes some of the largest and mostconspicuous pholcid spiders in the region. A first cladistic analysis of Smeringopus, including outgroup representatives ofall other genera of Smeringopinae, strongly suggests that the central and western African Smeringopina Kraus, 1957 isthe sister taxon of Smeringopus. Smeringopus is here divided into twelve operational species groups, most of which arecharacterized by putative synapomorphies and by specific geographic distributions. Three species are newly synonymizedwith S. pallidus (Blackwall, 1858): S. excavatus (Simon, 1877); S. pholcicus Strand, 1907; and S. buehleri Schenkel, 1944.Smeringopus madagascariensis Millot, 1946 is newly synonymized with S. carli Lessert, 1915. Crossoprizacylindrogaster Simon, 1907 is transferred to Smeringopus. The following new species are described: S. badplaas; S. blyde;S. bujongolo; S. butare; S. bwindi; S. chibububo; S. chogoria; S. dehoop; S. dundo; S. florisbad; S. hanglip; S. harare; S.isangi; S. kalomo; S. katanga; S. koppies; S. lotzi; S. lubondai; S. luki; S. lydenberg; S. mayombe; S. mgahinga; S. mlilwane;S. moxico; S. mpanga; S. ndumo; S. ngangao; S. oromia; S. principe; S. ruhiza; S. saruanle; S. sederberg; S. tombua; S. turkana; S. ubicki; S. uisib.
A new species of the genus Ilyocryptus Sars, 1862 (Cladocera: Anomopoda: Ilyocryptidae) from the East Asian Palaearctic
Authors: JEONG HYUN GI , KOTOV ALEXEY A. , LEE WONCHOEL
Published: April 2019

A new Palaearctic species of the genus Ilyocryptus Sars, 1862 (Cladocera: Anomopoda: Ilyocryptidae) is described basedon samples from Republic of Korea, Japan, and the Far East of Russia. This taxon was mis-identified by some previousauthors as I. agilis Kurz, 1878. Among the agilis-like species sensu Kotov & Elías-Gutiérrez (2009), I. yooni sp.nov. isunique in absence of any setules or denticles near preanal teeth on the postabdomen. It also differs from its closest relativeI. agilis s.str. in (1) a more sharp dorsal keel; (2) short setae at postero-ventral portion of valve; (3) a long abdominalprojection; (4) presence of spinules on internal wall of anus; (5) shorter antenna I; (6) distal burrowing spine not projectedbehind distal end on basal segment of antenna II; (7) spine on proximal segment of antennal exopod not longer than thenext segment; (8) setae at bases of the flap at inner-distal portion of limb III of different size and armature. Apparently I. yooni sp. nov. is a member of the Far East endemic species complex, recently defined by Kotov et al. (2011, 2012).
Notes on Iniocyphus iheringi Raffray, 1912 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
Authors: KURBATOV SERGEY A. , CUCCODORO GIULIO
Published: April 2019

The only available specimen of Iniocyphus iheringi Raffray, 1912, type species of the type genus of the tribe Iniocyphini Inyocyphus Raffray, 1912, is redescribed and illustrated in detail. The original spelling of the species epithet iheringi is reinstated over jheringi, which was an incorrect subsequent spelling. The specimen examined is designate as the lectotype.
Modeling and controlling of quadrotor aerial vehicle equipped with a gripper
Authors: Ali Zain Anwar , Li Xinde
Published: April 2019

Arm mounted unmanned aerial vehicles provide more feasible and attractive solution to manipulate objects in remote areas where access to arm mounted ground vehicles is not possible. In this research, an under-actuated quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle model equipped with gripper is utilized to grab objects from inaccessible locations. A dual control structure is proposed for controlling and stabilization of the moving unmanned aerial vehicle along with the motions of the gripper. The control structure consists of model reference adaptive control augmented with an optimal baseline controller. Although model reference adaptive control deals with the uncertainties as well as attitude controlling of unmanned aerial vehicle, baseline controller is utilized to control the gripper, remove unwanted constant errors and disturbances during arm movement. The proposed control structure is applied in 6-degree-of-freedom nonlinear model of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with gripper having (2 degrees of freedom) robotic limb; it is applicable for the simulations to desired path of unmanned aerial vehicle and to grasp object. Moreover, the efficiency of the presented control structure is compared with optimal baseline controller. It is observed that the proposed control algorithm has good transient behavior, better robustness in the presence of continuous uncertainties and gripper movement involved in the model of unmanned aerial vehicle.
Deconvolution in Intravascular Ultrasound to Improve Lateral Resolution
Authors: Li Mingxia , Shao Weiwei , Jiang Xiaoning , Feng Zhihua
Published: April 2019

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is an important diagnostic method for coronary disease. The lateral and axial resolutions of IVUS systems under study are typically ~120 and ~30 µm, respectively. The lateral resolution has a lower quality than the axial one and is restricted by the aperture size of transducers. In addition, this resolution is difficult to further improve physically. However, IVUS is inherently suitable for lateral deconvolution because of its circular imaging area. In this paper, magnitude-based deconvolution was demonstrated to be feasible in IVUS imaging to improve the lateral resolution. The deconvolution process was first simulated to determine the highest feasible resolution. Next, the method was applied to a real system to validate the feasibility. The lateral resolution was improved significantly, that is, 2°-separated targets could be discerned using a transducer with 4.2° –6 dB lateral resolution.
Theatrum Mundi and site in four television Shakespeare films
Authors: Huertas Martín Victor
Published: April 2019

This article explores metatheatricality and site specificity in four Shakespeare television films produced by Illuminations Media: Gregory Doran’s Macbeth (2001), Hamlet (2009) and Julius Caesar (2012), and Rupert Goold’s Macbeth (2010). Drawing on metatheatrical theory applied to the screen and recent criticism on site-specific theatre, I explore the films as self-referential and self-conscious works embedded in environments that oppose the artifice of drama to the ‘reality’ of normative television film. Shakespeare’s aesthetic metaphor, presented in self-contained theatrical worlds, does not depict autonomous fictions but is disrupted by outside ‘reality’.
Barriers Pushed Aside: Insights on Career and Family Success from Women Leaders in Academic Otolaryngology
Authors: Meyer Tanya K. , Bergmark Regan , Zatz Marcy , Sardesai Maya G. , Litvack Jamie R. , Starks Acosta Anne
Published: April 2019

Objective

Although the literature adequately identifies the current gender inequality that exists in academic otolaryngology and describes the barriers to advancement of women in academic medicine, there is little information regarding the daily details of how successful women in academic otolaryngology achieve work‐life balance. This study was designed to better understand how women in academic otolaryngology achieve work‐life balance while negotiating family and childrearing commitments, clinical workload, and scholarly activity, as well as to highlight coping strategies and behaviors that women have used to achieve these successes.

Study Design

Qualitative research design.

Methods

Thirteen successful women in academic otolaryngology with children were recruited using a networking/snowball sampling methodology to participate in a semistructured qualitative interview about the daily process of work‐life balance in an academic otolaryngology practice. A focus group of 7 additional participants was held to validate critical topics/themes.

Results

Four broad categories of findings emerged from the study: (1) participants’ strong commitment to academic medicine, (2) the fluid/elusive nature of work‐life balance, (3) specific approaches to successfully managing home life, and (4) insights related to achieving psychoemotional health.

Conclusions

The conflicting demands between home and professional life are one of the barriers to recruiting, promoting, and retaining women in academic otolaryngology. Fostering a better environment for work‐life balance is critical to promote the advancement of women in otolaryngology and otolaryngology leadership.
Development of Traffic-Based Congestion Pricing and Its Application to Automated Vehicles
Authors: Lee Jooyong , Kockelman Kara M.
Published: April 2019

Improved traffic management techniques are needed to reduce congestion on road networks, especially as “driving” is made easier, through self-driving vehicles. In this paper, reactive congestion pricing varies toll rates based on recent congestion levels, and automated vehicles are added to the conventional traffic mix for evaluation of evolving travel conditions. As expected, drivers with higher values of travel time (VOTT) are more likely to use the tolled route than drivers with lower VOTT, and tolled-route speeds rose (about 4%) while speeds on non-tolled road segments fell (about 15%). Thanks to traveler sorting, net benefits exceeded $600 per hour in all scenarios, using a very small (toy) network. Toll revenues can be distributed uniformly among travelers (resulting in credit-based congestion pricing) or invested in improving bottlenecks and alternative modes. Rising shares of automated vehicles (from 0% to 50% and 100%) also improved outcomes.