bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Design and Evaluation of a Multidirectional Thermal Flow Sensor on Flexible Substrate
Authors: Barmpakos Dimitris , Famelis Ioannis Th. , Moschos Anastasios , Marinatos Damianos , Kaltsas Grigoris
Published: February 2019

The development and the corresponding evaluation of a multidirectional thermal flow sensor are presented in this work. The sensor was fabricated on a flexible substrate, allowing for new applications, since it provides the possibility of installation in nonplanar surfaces such as pipelines. Furthermore, the sensing elements are not in direct contact with the fluid, which increases the device reliability, extends its application range, and allows the noncontact monitoring of fluids. This was achieved by utilizing the substrate as a protective layer between the sensing elements and the fluid under measurement. The operation principle is based on the determination of the flow-induced temperature profile variations. A dedicated experimental setup was designed and used for the device evaluation. Both flow velocity value and direction were successfully extracted, while the results were consistent with the predicted theoretical values. A single-layer back propagation neural network that correlates the sensors’ readouts to the angle of rotation was implemented, which leads to a mean absolute direction estimation error in the order of 2.7 degrees independent to the training procedure datasets.
A Woman with Asthma and Peripheral Ground-Glass Opacities
Authors: Chiu Chia-Yu , David Michael , Musa Aya , Gora Mohmed , Gujral Manmeet Kaur
Published: February 2019

Eosinophilic lung disease is a heterogeneous group of disorders that reveal eosinophil involved lung tissue often in patients with asthma or atopy. Classification and diagnostic criteria of eosinophilic lung disease are not well-established; however, peripheral ground-glass opacity is typical on chest computed tomography. Another etiology of this same radiographic finding reported in the literature is silicone embolism syndrome. Here, we present a 43-year-old female with poorly controlled severe persistent asthma presenting with difficulty breathing. Computed tomography showed peripherally dominant ground-glass opacity. Peripheral blood, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid analysis, and transbronchial biopsy did not find eosinophilia. Serial bronchoalveolar lavage of the demonstrated increasingly blood-tinged fluid. The patient required mechanical ventilation upon admission. After further questioning the patient revealed that she had frequently received injectable cosmetics at non-licensed establishments. Initially, due to past medical history, presentation, and radiographic findings, eosinophilic pneumonia was suspected. However, after a review of the patient’s social history and risk factors, silicone embolisms syndrome became a likely diagnosis. The patient had good clinical response to high dose steroid therapy.
Association between the Urinary Bladder Volume and the Incidence of “De Novo” Overactive Bladder in Patients with Stress Urinary Incontinence Subjected to Sling Surgeries or Burch Procedure
Authors: Ciećwież Sylwester , Chełstowski Kornel , Brodowska Agnieszka , Ptak Magdalena , Kotlęga Dariusz , Starczewski Andrzej
Published: February 2019

Aim. The aim of the study was to compare the incidence of “de novo” overactive bladder (OAB) after sling surgeries and Burch procedure and to analyze the effect of the preoperative bladder volume on the incidence of this condition. Methods. This prospective trial included 290 female patients with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) who were subjected to sling surgeries (TOT or TVT, n=170) or Burch procedure (n=120). Urodynamic testing was performed prior to the surgery and 6 months thereafter. The presence of OAB was diagnosed on the basis of subjective symptoms and urodynamic parameters. Results. The incidence of OAB 3 at 6 months postsurgery was the highest in patients who were subjected to the Burch procedure (14.2% and 17.5%, respectively). The incidence of OAB at 6 months turned out to be significantly higher in patients subjected to the Burch procedure with preoperative bladder volumes greater than 353 ml. We observed the significant postoperative decrease in the bladder volume of women who developed this complication following the Burch procedure. Conclusions. Among surgeries for stress urinary incontinence, Burch procedure is associated with the greatest risk of overactive bladder development. Probably, one reason for the higher incidence of overactive bladder after Burch procedure is the intraoperative reduction of the urinary bladder volume.
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Pregnancy: A Case Series and Review of the Current Literature
Authors: Parrott Jessica , Shilling Alexander , Male Heather J. , Holland Marium , Clark-Ganheart Cecily A.
Published: February 2019

Background. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare disease that can be fatal in pregnancy. We report two cases of severe HLH that highlight etoposide use in pregnancy. Case 1. 28-year-old G2P1 with lupus presented at 18 weeks with acute hypoxic respiratory failure, hepatic dysfunction, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and elevated ferritin. Bone marrow biopsy confirmed HLH. Etoposide and corticosteroid treatment was initiated per HLH protocol; however clinical status declined rapidly. Fetal demise occurred at 21 weeks and she subsequently suffered a massive cerebral vascular accident. She was transitioned to comfort measures and the patient deceased. Case 2. 37-year-old G4P3 presented at 25 weeks with fever, acute liver failure, thrombocytopenia, and elevated ferritin. HLH treatment was initiated, including etoposide, and diagnosis confirmed with liver biopsy. Fetal growth restriction was diagnosed at 27 weeks. Delivery occurred at 37 weeks. The neonate was found to be CMV positive despite negative maternal serology. Conclusion. The addition of etoposide to corticosteroid use is a key component in HLH treatment of nonpregnant individuals. While this is usually avoided in pregnancy, the benefit to the mother may outweigh the potential harm to the fetus in severe cases and it should be strongly considered.
Yi Guan Jian, a Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine, Alleviates Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Liver Injury
Authors: Lixin Xu , Erli Gu , Songping Huang , Yonggen Zhu , Wang Jianping , Lijun Yan
Published: February 2019

Objective. To study the protective effect of Yi Guan Jian (YGJ) on liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) in mice.Methods.50 ICR mice were randomly divided into 5 groups: control group, carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) group, CCl4+ silymarin Group (200 mg/kg), carbon CCl4+ YGJ Group (11.5, 23 g/kg). Except the mice in the control group and the CCl4 group that were given the same volume of distilled water, the mice in other groups were given the drugs for seven days. 2 hours after the last administration, except the mice in the control group, the mice in other groups had intraperitoneal injection of 0.1% CCl4vegetable oil solution (10 ml/kg). Mice in control group had intraperitoneal injection of the same volume of vegetable oil. After 18h, the blood and liver were collected. The liver of mice was stained with HE staining, the levels of alanine transaminase (ALT) and glutamic pyruvic transaminas (AST) in serum were detected, malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD), interleukin (IL-6, Il-1β), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) in serum and liver were detected, and the Western blot was used to detect the levels of MAPK/NF-κB pathway.Results. YGJ significantly decreased the levels of ALT and AST. The contents of MDA, IL-6, Il-1β, and TNF-αin serum and liver were significantly decreased and the contents of SOD in serum and liver were significantly decreased by YGJ, which significantly improved the pathological changes of liver tissue in mice. The levels of MAPK/NF-κB pathway were significantly decreased by YGJ.Conclusion. YGJ has protective effect on CCl4induced liver injury in mice, which may be related to the MAPK/NF-κB signaling pathway.
MDM2 and MDM4 Are Therapeutic Vulnerabilities in Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors
Authors: Howard Thomas P. , Arnoff Taylor E. , Song Melinda R. , Giacomelli Andrew O. , Wang Xiaofeng , Hong Andrew L. , Dharia Neekesh V. , Wang Su , Vazquez Francisca , Pham Minh-Tam , Morgan Ann M. , Wachter Franziska , Bird Gregory H. , Kugener Guillaume , Oberlick Elaine M. , Rees Matthew G. , Tiv Hong L. , Hwang Justin H. , Walsh Katherine H. , Cook April , Krill-Burger John M. , Tsherniak Aviad , Gokhale Prafulla C. , Park Peter J. , Stegmaier Kimberly , Walensky Loren D. , Hahn William C. , Roberts Charles W.M.
Published: February 2019

Malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRT) are highly aggressive pediatric cancers that respond poorly to current therapies. In this study, we screened several MRT cell lines with large-scale RNAi, CRISPR-Cas9, and small-molecule libraries to identify potential drug targets specific for these cancers. We discovered MDM2 and MDM4, the canonical negative regulators of p53, as significant vulnerabilities. Using two compounds currently in clinical development, idasanutlin (MDM2-specific) and ATSP-7041 (MDM2/4-dual), we show that MRT cells were more sensitive than other p53 wild-type cancer cell lines to inhibition of MDM2 alone as well as dual inhibition of MDM2/4. These compounds caused significant upregulation of the p53 pathway in MRT cells, and sensitivity was ablated by CRISPR-Cas9–mediated inactivation of TP53. We show that loss of SMARCB1, a subunit of the SWI/SNF (BAF) complex mutated in nearly all MRTs, sensitized cells to MDM2 and MDM2/4 inhibition by enhancing p53-mediated apoptosis. Both MDM2 and MDM2/4 inhibition slowed MRT xenograft growth in vivo, with a 5-day idasanutlin pulse causing marked regression of all xenografts, including durable complete responses in 50% of mice. Together, these studies identify a genetic connection between mutations in the SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling complex and the tumor suppressor gene TP53 and provide preclinical evidence to support the targeting of MDM2 and MDM4 in this often-fatal pediatric cancer.

Significance:

This study identifies two targets, MDM2 and MDM4, as vulnerabilities in a deadly pediatric cancer and provides preclinical evidence that compounds inhibiting these proteins have therapeutic potential.
Memórias a passos e passes em O Drible
Authors: Effting Marilda Aparecida de Oliveira
Published: February 2019

Em O Drible, Sérgio Rodrigues desenha uma história crivada de elementos conhecidos do cenário nacional, como a política e suas mazelas, quando discorre, na trama, situações inerentes ao antes e ao durante do período sombrio da ditadura militar, no Brasil. No entanto, o futebol é o fio condutor para a constituição do romance. E é nele, no futebol, que estão ancoradas todas as veias estruturantes da narrativa. Pretende-se, neste ensaio, apresentar uma leitura de O Drible evidenciando ecos de memórias, juntamente com o tempo, nas imbricações entre o real e o ficcional, a partir das lembranças da personagem Murilo Filho.
Conceição Evaristo: a reconstrução de uma identidade fragmentada em Becos da memória.
Authors: Champagnat Pauline
Published: February 2019

Este artigo pretende investigar como uma identidade – no caso a identidade afro-brasileira – que, por força dos acontecimentos históricos foi fragmentada, pode buscar no recurso da literatura uma ferramenta para o resgate das suas “memórias subterrâneas”. O termo “diaspóra”, apesar de polêmico neste caso, pode ser usado para definir a migração forçada sofrida pelos africanos que viriam a ser escravos no Brasil. Seus descendentes, na busca dos fragmentos identitários perdidos, podem achar um início de resposta no resgate das “memórias subterrâneas” (Michael Pollak, 1993), como nós veremos em primeiro lugar. Em segundo lugar, pensaremos mais profundamente sobre a importância da memória coletiva de um grupo marginalizado para a reconstrução da sua identidade. Para terminar, falaremos sobre a necessidade de reescrita da história a partir de um ponto de vista renovado em  Becos da Memória (2017), de Conceição Evaristo.
Perspectivas ficcionais contemporâneas sobre a modernização e a globalização em cidades do "sul"
Authors: Weigel François
Published: February 2019

Num contexto de grandes transformações sociais e de modernização econômica e urbanística, Texaco (1992) de Patrick Chamoiseau, O desejo de Kianda (1995) de Pepetela e Cinzas do norte (2005) de Milton Hatoum, apesar de diferenças óbvias no que diz respeito às cidades de referência, mas também ao estilo e aos enredos, são três obras que retratam, através de uma estrutura fragmentada, a diversidade e a pulsação da vida num espaço urbano em que o capitalismo tende a desagregar os laços humanos. Tentaremos indicar em que medida os romances aqui discutidos oferecem um olhar sobre a modificação, mal planejada, das paisagens urbanas, assim como a destruição da natureza; iluminam o acirramento dos contrates sociais e espaciais, que são germes da miséria e da violência urbana; e, por fim, destacam espaços periféricos que foram construídos para responder precipitadamente ao aumento das populações urbanas em regiões do mundo que foram marcadas pela colonialidade.
aporte de las mujeres a la investigación crítica de la comunicación en América Latina
Authors: Berkin Sarah Corona
Published: February 2019

Este artículo coincide con el nuevo Plan del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (Conacyt) en México titulado: “Ciencia Comprometida con la Sociedad y el Ambiente”.1 A causa de sus características inclusivas, la autora comparte algunas de las ideas que se encuentran en la perspectiva científica que el próximo gobierno propone para un nuevo país antes de abordar el tema de las mujeres investigadoras, precursoras de los estúdios de comunicación.
Os desaparecidos, os fantasmas e o corpo como arquivo: o conflito sírio na dança-teatro contemporânea
Authors: Raposo Sílvia Alexandra
Published: February 2019

O presente artigo propõe uma análise da dança teatral partindo do binómio performance/política no qual se perspectiva o corpo como lugar privilegiado para a análise do poder, uma vez que um corpo ao dançar posiciona-se sempre politicamente. Para tal, procura-se contextualizar a dança-teatro dos espectáculo Antes que matem os elefantes, da Companhia Olga Roriz, e Eu Sou Mediterrâneo, da Companhia Vidas de A a Z, no seu percurso artístico e analisar as suas linguagens coreográficas e cénicas tendo em vista uma compreensão do corpo que dança como um corpo que sofre as acções das relações de poder, analisando-o como um lugar de tensão e embates que desenvolve articulações com a memória e esquecimento num jogo sensório-corporal, falando-se do corpo como arquivo e como lugar de memória e resistência e perspectivando-o como um lugar privilegiado para a análise do poder.
Nas terras do Sul
Authors: Oliveira Everton de
Published: February 2019

Neste artigo analiso como o tempo, em uma comunidade alemã do sul do Brasil, era formado por movimentos e narrativas que nos ofereciam suas territorialidades e relacionalidades. De tradição rural e católica, as comunidades da Encosta da Serra, RS, formaram-se em meados do século XIX. Desde o início com poucas terras, os colonos lideram com sua partilha a cada geração descendente, o que acentuou a crise do trabalho agrícola no momento em que as indústrias calçadistas chegavam a São Martinho, comunidade por mim acompanhada, no final dos anos 1970. Esse processo já foi analisado como capaz de causar o colapso do “sistema” da colônia, especialmente em relação às terras e ao parentesco. Em outra direção, apresento como preceitos elementares da ética alemã se mantiveram em movimento e instigaram outros movimentos, que traçavam os tempos das comunidades e das vilas, dispondo de suas terras, ancestral histórico e ativo da colônia.
Corpo kuilot
Authors: Maciel Lucas da Costa
Published: February 2019

A partir do relato da experiência de assédio sexual em campo, este ensaio discute as estruturas elementares de produção de conhecimento etnográfico em dois sentidos: em relação aos nativos e em relação aos pares antropólogos. Veremos de que forma, na constituição dos dois momentos do efeito etnográfico, a violência dos pares pode ser entendida como uma extensão da violência sofrida entre os nativos. Por fim, advoga-se por uma genderização do corpo do antropólogo, atentando para o modo em que as relações entre pares determinam formas de se entender a experiência com os nativos.
Penhkár
Authors: Cimbaluk Lucas
Published: February 2019

GIBRAM, Paola Andrade. Penhkár: política, parentesco e outras histórias kaingang. Curitiba: Appris; Florianópolis: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa Brasil Plural, 2016. 213p
Mitochondrial Morphology, Dynamics, and Function in Human Pressure Overload or Ischemic Heart Disease With Preserved or Reduced Ejection Fraction
Authors: Chaanine Antoine H. , Joyce Lyle D. , Stulak John M. , Maltais Simon , Joyce David L. , Dearani Joseph A. , Klaus Katherine , Nair K. Sreekumaran , Hajjar Roger J. , Redfield Margaret M.
Published: February 2019

Background:

The FOXO3a (forkhead box O3a)-BNIP3 (B-cell lymphoma 2/adenovirus E1B 19kDa interacting protein 3) pathway modulates mitochondrial dynamics and function and contributes to myocardial remodeling in rodent models of heart failure. We sought to investigate the expression of this pathway along with the expression of mitochondrial biogenesis (PGC-1α [peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α]), dynamics (DRP-1 [dynamin-related protein 1], OPA-1 [optic atrophy 1], and MFN 2 [mitofusin 2]), and oxidative phosphorylation (citrate synthase and electron transport chain complexes) markers and COX IV (cytochrome C oxidase) activity in myocardium from patients with valvular or ischemic heart disease and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) or heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).

Methods and Results:

Subepicardial left ventricular biopsies (10×1×1 mm
3
) were obtained at aortic valve replacement (HFpEF
AVR
, n=5; and HFrEF
AVR
, n=4), coronary artery bypass grafting (HFpEF
CABG
, n=5; and HFrEF
CABG
, n=5), or left ventricular assist device implantation (HFrEF
LVAD
, n=4). Subepicardial biopsies from patients with normal left ventricular function (n=2) and from donor hearts (n=3) served as controls (normal). Relative to normal, mitochondrial fragmentation and cristae destruction were evident, and mitochondrial area was decreased in HFpEF; 1.00±0.09 versus 0.71±0.08;
P
=0.016. These mitochondrial morphological changes were more pronounced in HFrEF (0.54±0.06);
P
=0.002 HFpEF versus HFrEF. BNIP3 (monomer+dimer) expression was increased in HFpEF (3.99±2.44) and in HFrEF (5.19±1.70) relative to normal;
P
=0.004 and
P
<0.001, respectively. However, BNIP3 monomer was increased in HFrEF (4.32±1.43) compared with normal (0.99±0.06) and HFpEF (1.97±0.90);
P
=0.001 and 0.004, respectively. The HFrEF group uniquely showed increase in DRP-1 expression (1.94±0.38) and decreases in PGC-1α expression (0.61±0.07) and COX IV activity (0.70±0.10) relative to normal;
P
=0.013,
P
<0.001, and
P
<0.001, respectively, with no significant change in electron transport chain complexes expression.

Conclusions:

These findings in human myocardium confirm studies in rodents where contractile dysfunction is associated with activation of the FOXO3a-BNIP3 pathway and altered mitochondrial dynamics, biogenesis, and function.
Low Diastolic Blood Pressure is Not Related to Risk of First Episode of Stroke in a High‐Risk Population: A Secondary Analysis of SPRINT
Authors: Sobieraj Piotr , Lewandowski Jacek , Siński Maciej , Symonides Bartosz , Gaciong Zbigniew
Published: February 2019

Background

Hypertension is the most prevalent and leading risk factor for stroke. SPRINT (The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial) assessed the effects on cardiovascular event risk of intensive compared with standard systolic blood pressure reduction. In this secondary analysis of
SPRINT
data, we investigated how low on‐treatment diastolic blood pressure (
DBP
) influenced risk for stroke events.

Methods and Results

For this analysis, we used
SPRINT
_
POP
(Primary Outcome Paper) Research Materials from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Biologic Specimen and Data Repository Information Coordinating Center. Data for 8944
SPRINT
participants were analyzed from the period after target blood pressure was achieved until the end of the trial. Overall, there were 110 stroke events, including 49 from the intensive‐treatment arm and 61 in the standard‐treatment group. In participants with
DBP
<70 mm Hg, stroke risk was higher than with
DBP
≥70 mm Hg (hazard ratio, 1.467; 95% CI 1.009–2.133;
P
=0.0445). Univariable Cox proportional hazard risk analysis showed that in the whole group, age and cardiovascular and chronic renal diseases were stroke risk factors. These risk factors were related to lower
DBP
and higher pulse pressure, however, not to study arm. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard analysis revealed that only age, history of cardiovascular disease, current smoking status and on‐treatment systolic blood pressure were significantly related to stroke risk.

Conclusions

Low on‐treatment
DBP
is not related to the risk for the first stroke, in contrast to older age, the history of cardiovascular disease, current smoking status, and on‐treatment systolic blood pressure.

Clinical Trial Registration

URL:
https://www.clinicaltrials.gov
. Unique identifier:
NCT
01206062.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging or Computed Tomography Before Treatment in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Authors: Provost Corentin , Soudant Marc , Legrand Laurence , Ben Hassen Wagih , Xie Yu , Soize Sébastien , Bourcier Romain , Benzakoun Joseph , Edjlali Myriam , Boulouis Grégoire , Raoult Hélène , Guillemin Francis , Naggara Olivier , Bracard Serge , Oppenheim Catherine
Published: February 2019

Background and Purpose—

The acute management of stroke patients requires a fast and efficient screening imaging modality. We compared workflow and functional outcome in acute ischemic stroke patients screened by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) before treatment in the THRACE trial (Thrombectomie des Artères Cérébrales), with the emphasis on the duration of the imaging step.

Methods—

The THRACE randomized trial (June 2010 to February 2015) evaluated the efficacy of mechanical thrombectomy after intravenous tPA (tissue-type plasminogen activator) in ischemic stroke patients with proximal occlusion. The choice of screening imaging modality was left to each enrolling center. Differences between MRI and CT groups were assessed using univariable analysis and the impact of imaging modality on favorable 3-month functional outcome (modified Rankin Scale score of ≤2) was tested using multivariable logistic regression.

Results—

Four hundred one patients were included (25 centers), comprising 299 MRI-selected and 102 CT-selected patients. Median baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score was 18 in both groups. MRI scan duration (median [interquartile range]) was longer than CT (MRI: 13 minutes [10–16]; CT: 9 minutes [7–12];
P
<0.001). Stroke-onset-to-imaging time (MRI: median 114 minutes [interquartile range, 89–138]; CT: 107 minutes [88–139];
P
=0.19), onset-to-intravenous tPA time (MRI: 150 minutes [124–179]; CT: 150 minutes [123–180];
P
=0.38) and onset-to-angiography-suite time (MRI: 200 minutes [170–250]; CT: 213 minutes [180–246];
P
=0.57) did not differ between groups. Imaging modality was not significantly associated with functional outcome in the multivariable analysis.

Conclusions—

Although MRI scan duration is slightly longer than CT, MRI-based selection for acute ischemic stroke patients is accomplished within a timeframe similar to CT-based selection, without delaying treatment or impacting functional outcome. This should help to promote wider use of MRI, which has inherent imaging advantages over CT.

Clinical Trial Registration—

URL:
https://www.clinicaltrials.gov
. Unique identifier: NCT01062698.
Three new species of Tricholoma from Costa Rica
Authors: OVREBO CLARK L. , HUGHES KAREN W. , HALLING ROY E.
Published: February 2019

Three new species of Tricholoma are described from Costa Rican montane forests with additional collections cited from the United States. The new species are Tricholoma felschii sp. nov., Tricholoma costaricense sp. nov. and Tricholoma atratum sp. nov. A discussion of Tricholoma luteomaculosum is also included. These taxa share morphological features of strong farinaceous odor and taste, pseudoparenchymatous pileal subcutis, and rugulose pileus at some stage of development. In addition, cheilocystidia occur in two of the taxa but not the third. Phylogenies are presented based on ITS sequences.
Paris lihengiana (Melanthiaceae: Parideae), a new species from Yunnan, China
Authors: XU ZHUN , WEI NENG , TAN YING , PENG SHUAI , NGUMBAU VERONICAH MUTELE , HU GUANG-WAN , WANG QING-FENG
Published: February 2019

Paris lihengiana (Melanthiaceae), a new species from Yunnan Province, China, is described and illustrated based on evidence from morphological characters and molecular phylogeny. It differs from other species of Paris in its pubescent stem, pedicel and abaxial leaf surface, as well as other characters. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of 33 taxa in Paris was conducted based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and six plastid markers. Paris lihengiana is supported as a new species by both morphological characters and molecular data.
Nihonogomphus schorri sp. nov. from Huu Lien Nature Reserve, Lang Son Province, Vietnam (Odonata: Gomphidae)
Authors: DO MANH CUONG , KARUBE HARUKI
Published: February 2019

A new species Nihonogomphus schorri Do & Karube, sp. nov. is described on the basis of male specimens collected from Huu Lien Nature Reserve, Lang Son Province, northern Vietnam. It is close to the Chinese species N. bequaerti Chao, 1954 due to the similarity of hamules, anal appendages and vesicle, but is easy toseparate from that species by the vesica spermalis structure and body markings.
Two new species of the genus Irepacma Moriuti, Saito & Lewvanich (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from Guizhou Province, China
Authors: WANG JING-JING , WANG SHU-XIA
Published: February 2019

Irepacma was established by Moriuti, Saito & Lewvanich in 1985, with Irepacma pakiensis Moriuti, Saito & Lewvanich, 1985 as the type species. It shared the two-segmented labial palpus in male with the closely related genera Periacma Meyrick, 1894, Ripeacma Moriuti, Saito & Lewvanich, 1985 and Epiracma Wang, 2005. The typical character to distinguish Irepacma from its allies is the absence of the apophyses anteriores in the female genitalia. In the male genitalia it is closer to Periacma Meyrick, but can be distinguished mostly by the absence of the dorso-proximal process of the valva, or by having a dorso-proximal process that often far exceeds half the length of the valva.
A new bent-toed gecko of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Reptilia, Gekkonidae) from Mount Tompotika, eastern peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia
Authors: ISKANDAR DJOKO T. , RACHMANSAH ANGGA , _ UMILAELA
Published: February 2019

Cyrtodactylus batik is a new species described on the basis of seven specimens collected from Mount Tompotika, in the Balantak Mountains, eastern peninsula of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. This large Cyrtodactylus (up to 115 mm snout– vent length), differs from all other congeners by the combination of striking velvety black dorsal coloration with four irregular dark bands and yellow markings, enlarged tubercles not differently colored from other parts of the dorsum except on the flanks, and the absence of precloacal and femoral pores. The new species, together with C. wallacei and C. jellesmae appear to form an exclusive lineage in Sulawesi.
Sponges from Clipperton Island, East Pacific
Authors: VAN SOEST ROB W. M. , KAISER KIRSTIE L. , VAN SYOC ROBERT
Published: February 2019

Twenty sponge species (totalling 190 individuals) were collected during the 1938, 1994 and 2004/5 expeditions to the remote island of Clipperton in the East Pacific Ocean. Seven species are widespread Indo-Pacific sponges; nine species comprise sponges new to science; four species were represented only by small thin patches insufficient for proper characterization and could be only determined to genus. The new species may not be necessarily endemic to the island, as several show similarities with species described from elsewhere in the East and West Pacific. Four species: Tethya sarai Desqueyroux-Faúndez & Van Soest (1997), Callyspongia (Callyspongia) roosevelti n.sp., Spongia (Spongia) sweeti (Kirkpatrick, 1900) and Suberea etiennei n.sp. were found commonly occurring in localities around the island in depths between 10 and 55 m, growing on dead corals, under overhangs and rubble stones. The remaining sponges were either rare or were thinly encrusting on coral fragments. The latter may be more abundant than appears from the present study as they are probably not easily observed. The sponge fauna of Clipperton Island shows strongest affinities with the Central and West Pacific regions and only two or three species are shared with the East Pacific region.
Revision of the austral South American species of Mortoniella (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae: Protoptilinae)
Authors: BLAHNIK ROGER J. , HOLZENTHAL RALPH W.
Published: February 2019

Species of Mortoniella are revised for the southern part of the South American continent, including the countries of Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. The M. velasquezi species group is diagnosed for the first time and the M. bilineata species group is more critically defined. Males of all species from the region, except M. armata (Jacquemart, 1963), are figured, and a key is provided for their identification. Included in the revision are 11 described species and 22 new species. Previously described species that are redescribed and figured include the following: Mortoniella albolineata Ul-mer, 1907; M. argentinica Flint, 1974; M. catarinensis (Flint, 1974); M. collegarum (Rueda & Gibon, 2008); M. guairica (Flint, 1974); M. ormina (Mosely, 1939); M. pocita (Flint, 1983); M. punensis (Flint, 1983); M. teutona (Mosely, 1939); M. unota (Mosely, 1939); and M. wygodzinskii (Schmid, 1958). Mortoniella collegarum, originally described from Bolivia and Argentina, is here reported from Chile, representing the first distributional record of Mortoniella for that country. It is assigned to the M. ormina species group. On morphological considerations, M. argentinica is removed from the M. bilineata species group and left as a species incertae sedis as to species group. Based on its overall similarity to M. argentinica, M. spinulata (Flint, 1991), from Colombia, is removed from the M. leroda species group and left as a species incertae sedis as to species group. New species of Mortoniella described here, followed by their respective areas of distribution, include, for the M. leroda species group: Mortoniella acauda (SE Brazil), M. agosta (SE Brazil), M. asym- metris (Paraguay), M. crescentis (SE Brazil), M. dolonis (SE Brazil), M. guahybae (SE Brazil), M. hystricosa (SE Brazil), M. intervales (SE Brazil), M. latispina (SE Brazil), M. longispina (SE Brazil), M. paraguaiensis (Paraguay), M. parauna (SE Brazil), M. paraunota (Argentina, SE Brazil), M. pumila (SE Brazil), M. pusilla (SE Brazil), M. truncata (SE Brazil), and M. uruguaiensis (SE Brazil, Uruguay); for the M. ormina species group: M. alicula (SE Brazil); and for the M. velasquezi species group: M. bocaina (SE Brazil), M. froehlichi (SE Brazil), and M. tripuiensis (SE Brazil). A new species unplaced as to species group is M. meloi (SE Brazil).
A subjective checklist of the Recent, free-living, non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea)
Authors: MARTENS KOEN , SAVATENALINTON SUKONTHIP
Published: February 2019

We present a subjective list of the Recent, free-living, non-marine ostracods species and genera of the world, with their distribution in the large zoogeographical regions, as well as a list of genera in their present hierarchical taxonomic position. Based on the recognised synonymies, there are at present about 2090 species in c. 209 genera. About half of all species occur in one family, the Cyprididae, which is especially common in the southern Hemisphere. We give three new names for extant homonyms (Cypretta bradyi nom. nov., Cypria kliei nom. nov. and Physocypria dadayi nom. nov.), propose one new combination and one new synonymy and elevate the rank of the tribe Mytilocypridini to that of subfamily (with the same diagnosis).
Revision of Metaconchoecia (Ostracoda: Halocyprididae) and the designation of two new tribes Conchoeciini and Metaconchoeciini
Authors: CHAVTUR VLADIMIR G. , ANGEL MARTIN V.
Published: February 2019

A new tribe of pelagic Ostracoda (Halocyprididae), the Metaconchoeciini, is established to encompass all the species formerly classified in the genus Metaconchoecia. All the remaining genera in the subfamily Conchoecinae are, therefore, assigned to another new tribe, the Conchoeciini. The original genus Metaconchoecia is subdivided into ten genera. Metaconchoecia is retained and nine new genera established namely: Austrinoecia, Clausoecia, Deeveyoecia, Juryoecia, Kyrtoecia, Muelleroecia, Nasoecia, Rotundoecia and Vityazoecia. Keys to these new genera and their component species are provided. Tables summarize the characters that most readily distinguish between the most closely related taxa. Appendices summarize the taxonomic characters and detailed size data for the majority of species that occur in the Atlantic and the North Pacific. A new species, Vityazoecia distoglandula, is described, which is designated as the type species of its genus.
New records of filarioid nematodes (Nematoda: Filarioidea) parasitic in Australasian monotremes, marsupials and murids, with descriptions of nine new species
Authors: SPRATT DAVID M.
Published: February 2019

Filarioid nematodes (Nematoda: Filarioidea) parasitic in Australasian monotremes, marsupials and murid rodents are described from three genera, Breinlia (Breinlia), Pelecitus and Sprattia. New host and geographic records are presented for 24 previously described species from these genera, a second subgenus, Breinlia (Johnstonema) and an additional three genera, Cercopithifilaria, Monanema and Pelecitus. Nine species are described as new, B. (B.) beveridgei sp. nov. from the peritoneal cavity of Macropus parryi Bennett, B. (B.) bigenera sp. nov. from the peritoneal and pleural cavities of Aepyprymnus rufescens (Gray), Onychogalea fraenata (Gould), O. unguifera (Gould) and possibly Antechinus swainsonii (Waterhouse), B. (B.) dorcopsis sp. nov. from the peritoneal cavity of Dorcopsis hageni Heller and D. luctuosa (D’Albertis), B. (B.) melomyos sp. nov. from the peritoneal cavity of Melomys cf. burtoni, B. (B.) oweni sp. nov. from the peritoneal cavity of Dactylopsila trivirgata Gray, B. (B.) presidentei sp. nov. from the peritoneal cavity of Mesembriomys gouldii (Gray), M. macrurus (Peters) and the pleural and peritoneal cavities of Conilurus penicillatus (Gould), B. (B.) tricondylus sp. nov. from the peritoneal cavity of Macropus rufogriseus banksianus (Quoy & Gaimard), B. (B.) zyzomyos sp. nov. from the peritoneal cavity of Zyzomys woodwardi (Thomas) and Z. argurus (Thomas), and Sprattia spearei sp. nov. from the lung (probably blood vessels) of Isoodon macrourus (Gould) . The female of B. (J.) woerlei from the pulmonary artery, right ventricle and lung cysts of Petrogale brachyotis (Gould) is described for the first time. Breinlia (J.) andersoni Spratt & Varughese, 1975 from the subcutaneous connective tissues of Macropus rufus (Desmarest), M. giganteus Shaw, M. robustus erubescens Sclater and Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest) is placed as a synonym of B. (J.) annulipapillata (Johnston & Mawson, 1938) from the subcutaneous connective tissues of M. dorsalis (Gray), O. fraenata and W. bicolor. In general, filarioids predominate in macropodoid hosts and in the north of Australia.
A new hypogean species of Iberian Microtyphlus and review of the taxonomic position of Speleotyphlus and Aphaenotyphlus (Carabidae: Trechinae: Anillini)
Authors: ORTUÑO VICENTE M. , SENDRA ALBERTO
Published: February 2019

A new species of cave-dwelling Anillini (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Microtyphlus charon n. sp. is described from the “Surgencia de l’Orao” Cave (Valencia, East Spain). M. charon n. sp. is close to two troglobiomorphic species, M. infernalis and M. alegrei (new comb.), sharing the same aedeagus morphology. These three species constitute a monophyletic group that is hypothesized as originating in the endogean environment of the southern end of the Iberian Mountain Range, around the Valencia trough. These three species live in caves that were possibly isolated by the Miocene basins. The analysis of key morphological characters in the Microtyphlus phyletic series showed that the slenderness of appendages, that defines taxa as Speleotyphlus and Aphaenotyphlus, are of little phylogenetic value, as this also happens with other troglobiomorphic features (e.g., depigmentation). However, other morphological characteristics (male aedeagus, chaetotaxy, labial tooth) suggest a close relationship between Microtyphlus, Speleotyphlus and Aphaenotyphlus, which leads us to propose the last two taxa as synonyms of Microtyphlus.
Review of the Palaearctic species of Macromyrme Lelej 1984 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with description of a new species from Egypt
Authors: EL-TORKEY ASHRAF M. , OSHAIBAH ALAA DIN A. , SALEM MAGDI M. H. , HOSNI MOHAMMAD T. , ABDEL-RHMAN ABDEL-RHMAN G. , SOLIMAN AHMED M.
Published: February 2019

Three Palaearctic species of Macromyrme Lelej 1984 from the tribe Mutillini are reviewed. A new species, M. leleji Soliman, sp. nov. from South Sinai (Egypt) is described.
Nikoides schmitti Manning & Chace, 1971 (Caridea: Processidae) in the South Atlantic Ocean, with an updated list and key for processid shrimps of Brazil
Authors: ALMEIDA ALEXANDRE OLIVEIRA , BEZERRA LUIS ERNESTO ARRUDA
Published: February 2019

The shrimp Nikoides schmitti Manning & Chace, 1971 (Decapoda: Caridea: Processidae) is reported for the first time from the South Atlantic Ocean, based on four specimens dredged on soft bottoms of the continental shelf of the Camamu Basin, Bahia, Brazil (13°28’–13°30’S; 38°47’–38°49’W), at a depth range of 38–49 m depth. The Brazilian material is illustrated and an updated list of the Brazilian processid shrimps and a key for their identification are provided.
New species of oak gallwasps from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)
Authors: TANG CHANG-TI , MELIKA GEORGE , YANG MAN-MIAO , NICHOLLS JAMES A. , STONE GRAHAM N.
Published: February 2019

Three new species of oak gallwasps from Taiwan are described: Andricus songshui and Andricus pseudocurvator, both known to induce integral leaf galls on Quercus serrata, and Plagiotrochus glaucus which induces stem swelling-like galls on Quercus glauca. Galls and adults of new species are described; data on the diagnosis, distribution and biology of the new species and a key to the Taiwanese Andricus species are also given.
First record and new species of Tortopsis Molineri, 2010 (Ephemeroptera, Polymitarcyidae) from Brazil
Authors: GONÇALVES INÊS C. , DA-SILVA ELIDIOMAR R. , NESSIMIAN JORGE L.
Published: February 2019

A new species of the recently erected genus Tortopsis is described from males and females imagos collected in Macaé river, Rio de Janeiro State. Tortopsis canum sp. nov. can be recognized by the color pattern of the head and pronotum, strongly shaded with black in both sexes, male genitalia with parastyli long and straight and female parastyli receptor “C” shaped, with receptors large, occupying nearly all extension of sternum VIII. This new species represents the first record of the genus Tortopsis in Brazil.
New species of Acoela from the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and the South Pacific
Authors: NILSSON KARIN SARA , WALLBERG ANDREAS , JONDELIUS Ulf
Published: February 2019

Eight new species of Acoela are reported including the first Acoela recorded from New Caledonia and the first acoel described from volcanic carbon dioxide vents. Pharyngia furva gen. et sp.nov. (Isodiametridae) and Philactinoposthia brevis sp.nov. (Actinoposthiidae) from the Red Sea; Childia curinii sp.nov. (Childiidae), Philactinoposthia ischiae sp.nov. and Philactinoposthia multipunctata sp.nov. from the Mediterranean; Philactinoposthia novaecaledoniae sp.nov., Childia aculifera sp.nov. and Solenofilomorpha justinei sp.nov. (Solenofilomorphidae) from the South Pacific are described. Nucleotide sequences for the nuclear ribosomal 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA and the mitochondrial COI genes were determined for the new species and used in a Bayesian molecular phylogenetic analysis.
Parapercis lutevittata, a new cryptic species of Parapercis (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae), from the western Pacific based on morphological evidence and DNA barcoding
Authors: LIAO YUN-CHIH , CHENG TUN-YUAN , SHAO KWANG-TSAO
Published: February 2019

Parapercis lutevittata sp. nov., a new cryptic species closely related to Parapercis sexfasciata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843), is described from the western Pacific Ocean off Japan and Taiwan based on morphological and molecular evidences. It differs from congeners by having four to five large V-shaped transverse dark-brown bands over the upper side of the body, dorsal fin between the spinous and soft-rayed portions without a prominent notch, a large dark-brown blotch on the pectoral fin base, a large black spot over the caudal fin base, and a dark vertical band below the eye. The new species differs from its sympatric species P. sexfasciata in having an additional numerous small black dots on the base of the pectoral fin (versus with only a single large dark blotch in P. sexfasciata), small black dots scattered on area between the Vshaped transverse bands, absence of black spots on the base of the dorsal fin ray membrane, and one longitudinal yellow stripe on body sides when in fresh. In addition, the 633 base pairs of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (CO I or COX I) gene in DNA barcoding showed a deep 7.9% genetic divergence between these two similar species. The Neighbor-joining algorithm also revealed that the specimens of these two species are clearly separated.
A revision of the genus Stenonartonia Giordani Soika 1973 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)
Authors: GARCETE-BARRETT BOLÍVAR R.
Published: February 2019

Stenonartonia is a neotropical genus restricted to the forested regions of South America east of the Andes. The genus is revised here and numbers 14 species. Nine new species S. hasyva sp. nov., S. perdita sp. nov., S. cooperi sp. nov., S. guaraya sp. nov., S. rejectoides sp. nov., S. occipitalis sp. nov., S. tanykaju sp. nov., S. hermetica sp. nov., S. grossa sp. nov. are discribed and illustrated. New combination is proposed for S. mimica (Kohl), comb. nov. (from Paranortonia). Lectotype is designated for Nortonia polybioides von Schulthess. A key, along with full descriptions, illustrations of morphological features and distribution maps for all of the species are given.
Chewing lice of the genus Philopterus (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from drongos (Passeriformes: Dicruridae)
Authors: SYCHRA OLDRICH , PALMA RICARDO L. , SAXENA ARUN K. , AHMAD AFTAB , BANSAL NAYANCI , ADAM COSTICĂ
Published: February 2019

The chewing lice of the genus Philopterus parasitic on drongos (Dicruridae) are reviewed. Both sexes of the two species previously known from dicrurid hosts—P. trabecula (Piaget, 1880) and P. kalkalichi Ansari, 1955—are redescribed and illustrated. A new species, Philopterus petrescuae Adam is described from Dicrurus hottentottus from Indonesia. A lectotype for P. trabecula is designated. A record of Philopterus crassipes (Burmeister, 1838) from Dicrurus remifer (Temminck) is discussed and considered to be the result of straggling or contamination.
Euphaea cyanopogon sp. nov. from the Cardamom ecoregion in Cambodia and Vietnam (Odonata: Euphaeidae)
Authors: HÄMÄLÄINEN MATTI , KOSTERIN OLEG E. , KOMPIER TOM
Published: February 2019

Euphaea cyanopogon sp. nov. is described and illustrated from specimens of both sexes collected in the Kampongsaom Peninsula in southern Cambodia and the adjacent Phú Quốc Island in Vietnam, both in the Cardamom ecoregion; the holotype ♂ (at RMNH, Leiden) is from Kbal Chhay Waterfall, Cambodia. The male is characterized by having rather narrow wings without areas of strong pigmentation and a face marked with bright blue. The differences and affinities of the new species with E. pahyapi Hämäläinen, 1985 and some of its other congeners are discussed.
Review of the genus Falsotrachystola Breuning, 1950 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Morimopsini)
Authors: HUANG GUI-QIANG , LI SONG
Published: February 2019

A taxonomic review of the genus Falsotrachystola Breuning, 1950 is presented. A new species, Falsotrachystola dongi sp. nov., is described from Yunnan, southwest China. A redescription and discussion on elytral spot variation of Falsotrachystola asidiformis (Pic, 1915) are provided. Falsotrachystola is redescribed and a key to known species is presented.
A new species of the snake genus Hebius Thompson from Northeast India (Squamata: Natricidae)
Authors: PURKAYASTHA JAYADITYA , DAVID PATRICK
Published: February 2019

A new species of the family Natricidae Bonaparte is described from a single specimen obtained in Arunachal State, northeastern India. On the basis of its external morphology and of its dentition on the upper maxilla, i.e. 24 + 3 distinctly enlarged teeth separated by a short diastema, it is referred to the genus Hebius Thompson. Hebius lacrima spec. nov. is distinguished from other species of the genera Hebius, Amphiesma Duméril, Bibron & Duméril and Herpetoreas Günther, by the combination of an elongate body, 19 dorsal scale rows at midbody, a distinctive broad, white band on the supralabials interrupted by a dark blotch below the eye, absence of dorsolateral stripes replaced by series of transversally elliptical or divided dorsolateral spots, a cream venter with lateral dark blotches, and scales of the first dorsal scale row entirely smooth. The interrupted, broad, lateral stripe of the head differentiates Hebius lacrima spec. nov. from all other species of the genera Hebius and Herpetoreas inhabiting the Indo-Himalayan and Indochinese Regions. This new species is compared in detail with other Asian species of Natricidae having 19 dorsal scale rows.
Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation Activity of 2-D Graphitic Carbon Nitride-SnO2 Nanohybrids
Authors: Kirubakaran Kiran Preethi , Thangavel Sakthivel , Nallamuthu Gouthami , Vasudevan Vinesh , Ramasubramanian Priya Arul Selvi , Kumar Ashwini , Venugopal Gunasekaran
Published: February 2019

In this paper, we report on the facile synthesis of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)-tin oxide (SnO2) nanohybrid as an efficient photocatalyst prepared via sol–gel method. SnO2 nanoparticles are pointcontacted with g-C3N4.
The results of physio-chemical characterizations such as SEM-EDAX, XRD, BET, FT-IR and UV-DRS spectra reveal the successful formation and integration of nanohybrid. The photocatalytic activity has been studied by using methylene-blue as a model dye for degradation. It has been observed that
the pseudo-first order rate constant was increased up to 1.78 times compared with pure SnO2. The enhanced photocatalytic activity was ascribed from the inhibition of electron–hole recombination where g-C3N4 nanosheets acts as an electron receiver from
SnO2 via point contact. This mechanism is further verified via photoluminescence spectra. Our results prominently show new insights and potential applications of g-C3N4-SnO2 nanohybrids in the waste water treatment and environmental remediation sectors.