bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Ocorrência de Ephydatia crateriformis (Potts) na América do Sul
Authors: Carvalho João De Paiva
Published: March 2017

Trata o presente trabalho de um espongiário encontrado no rio Ribeira de Iguape, tanto na lagôa denominada de "Pastinho" como de outra, sem nome certo, situada a montante, próximo à embocadura do rio Jacupiranga. Na localidade mais exposta à corrente e rica em substâncias alimentícias (Mapa I-b) houve colónias massiças, assaz volumosas; nas águas menos ricas em matéria orgânica (Mapa I-a) e, ao mesmo tempo, mais calmas, as colónias cresceram, em geral, digitiformemente. Ambas as regiões sofrem diariamente a influência das marés, que se faz sentir até pouco acima da barra do citado rio. A espécie deve, pois, ser considerada como de água doce e salôbra. Doas achados mensalmente realizados de janeiro (1941) a outubro, as gêmulas apareceram somente no período de junho a agosto. E. crateriformis não foi até agora verificada na América do sul, sendo as duas localidades mais próximas, a península de Yucatan e a zona fronteiriça entre o México e a Calofórnia. Confrontando as espículas das gêmulas do material atual com as da forma típica de Ephydatia crateriformis (Potts), verifiquei entroncamento ou robutez não presente na forma típica. A conselho do Prof. Dr. Walter Arndt (Berlin), considerei o dito carater como sinal distintivo duma nova forma,  E. crateriformis forma arndti, denominada em homenagem àquele pesquizador.
Respostas dos Melanóforos de Traíra (Hoplias malabaricus) a vários excitantes
Authors: Mendes Erasmo G.
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
Sôbre a articulação em Crisiidae (Bryozoa)
Authors: Sawaya Michel P.
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
Sôbre a pele de Siphonops annulatus
Authors: Sawaya Alzira
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
Sôbre Cestoda de Teleosteos marinhos
Authors: Mendes Marta Vannucci
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
Contribuição para a fisiologia dos sistemas respiratório e circulatório de Siphonops annulatus (Amphíbia-Gymnophíona)
Authors: Mendes Erasmo Garcia
Published: March 2017

No presente trabalho foram realizadas observações e experiências sôbre os aparelhos respiratório e circulatório de Siphonops annulatus. Tres foram suas finalidades principais: a) determinar a sobrevivência de S. an. à supressão da respiração pulmonar, bem como a importância da respiração cutânea neste Ginofiono; b) analisar o mecanismo da respiração pulmonar, e o papel das chamadas oscilações gulares; c) estudar o mecanismo da circulação intracardíaca.
Consumo de oxigênio, em diferentes tensões, por Trichodactylus petropolitanus Goeldi (Crustacea, Brachyura)
Authors: Valente Domingos
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
Sôbre a biologia de alguns peixes de respiração aérea. (Lepidosiren paradoxa FITZ. e Arapaima gigas CUV)
Authors: Sawaya Paulo
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
Nota sôbre a ecologia de alguns Crustáceos Decápodos marinhos de São Paulo
Authors: Sawaya Paulo , Pereira Rubens Salomé
Published: March 2017

1. As análises do conteúdo mineral do sôro sanguíneo de Callinectes danae Smith provenientes do canal de São Sebastião comprovam a sua característica euryhalinidade. Comparadas com os de C. danae da baia de Santos, revelam maior concentração dos ions Na e Ca.2. Registram-se no presente trabalho os resultados de análises do conteúdo mineral do soro sanguíneo de mais dois outros Crustáceos Decápodos : Portunus (Achelous) spinimanus Latreille e Arenaeus cribarius (Lamarck).3. Embora pertencentes todos à mesma família, mostram sensiveis divergências no têor mineral dos respectivos sôros sanguíneos.
Sôbre alguns camarões dágua doce do Brasil
Authors: Sawaya Michel Pedro
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
Metabolismo respiratório de peixes de respiração aérea (Lepidosiren paradoxa Fitz)
Authors: Sawaya Paulo
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
Nymphopsis melidae, SP. N. e observações sôbre a respiração nos pantopoda
Authors: Sawaya Michel Pedro
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
Turbelários marinhos no Brasil
Authors: Marcus Ernst
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
An Amazonian heteronemertine
Authors: Marcus Eveline Du Bois-Reymond
Published: March 2017

Dr. Harald Sioli - Belém (Pará) colecionou 4 espécimes de um Nemertino, no rio Tapajoz, perto de Santarém, a 28 m. de profundidade. Trata-se de um Heteronemertino, chamado Siolineus turbidus, gen. nov., spec. nov., da família Lineidae, sub-família Lineinae. Distingue-se dos gêneros mais próximos, Euborlasia e Lineus, pela substituição, na cutis, da grossa camada de tecido conjuntivo por músculos sub-epiteliais, longitudinais, pelo desenvolvimento desigual dos dois cruzamentos das fibras musculares anelares da tromba, pelo rincoceloma comprido e pelos divertículos intestinais profundos.
Turbellaria do Brasil
Authors: Marcus Ernst
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
Sôbre o coração, o sistema nervoso estômato-gástrico e a circulação cardíaca nos escorpiões do gênero Tityus C. L. Koch, 1836
Authors: Soares Benedicto Abilio Monteiro
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
Turbellaria brasileiros (9)
Authors: Marcus Ernst
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
On South American Geoplanids
Authors: Marcus Eveline Du Bois-Reymond
Published: March 2017

O trabalho presente contém a descrição de 17 espécies das Geoplanidae. Registrando a fauna das bromeliáceas, Dr. Firmino de Castro (Rio de Janeiro) colecionou em Brusque (Sta. Catarina), perto de Blumenau, Geoplana pulchella Fr. Müller, G. sexstriata Graff, e Choeradoplana langi Graff. O material da última concorda com a descrição original em todos os pormenores
Freshwater nemertines from the Amazon Region and from South Africa
Authors: Corrêa Diva Diniz
Published: March 2017

Stiasny-Wijnhoff (1938) reconhece 6 espécies válidas do gênero Prostoma, a saber: P. lumbricoideum Dug., graecense (Böhm.), eilhardi (Montg.), grande (Ikeda), padanum Peir., e puteale Beauchamp. P. rubrum (Leidy) revalidado por Coe (1918), para as espécies norte-americanas aquarum dulcium Sill. e asensoriatum Montg., considera Stiasny-Wijnhoff  provavelmente idêntico a P. graecense. Mas, se rubrum for entendido na base da diagnose de asensoriatum, não possue órgão sensorial frontal (presente em graecense) e as glândulas cefálicas não desembocam concentradamente (em graecense, sim). Os caracteres mencionados de rubrum (ou asensoriatum) foram reencontrados em material do México (Rioja 1941) e da Venezuela (Cordero 1943). Por isso, esta espécie até agora conhecida só do novo mundo, sem órgão frontal e com desembocadura difusa das glândulas cefálicas, deve ser acrescentada à lista de Stiasny-Wijnhoff.
Notas sôbre o desenvolvimento normal de um sapo - Bufo ictéricus L.
Authors: Rosa Carlos Nobre
Published: March 2017

As diferentes fases de desenvolvimento do sapo (Bufo ictericus L.) têm sido pouco descrita. A partir da fecundação até o aparecimento do broto da perna ocorrem em 264 horas. A temperatura média foi de 22°C.
Cholinesterase activity of electric organ of Narcine brasiliensis (Ölfers)
Authors: Sawaya Paulo , Mendes Erasmo G.
Published: March 2017

Usando a técnica manométrica, determinou-se a atividade colinesterásica do órgão elétrico do Treme-treme (Narcine brasiliensis), a 25°C. Extratos de órgão foram obtidos em água do mar artificial segundo Pantin e também nesse meio foi dissolvida a acetilcolina. Extratos equivalentes a 1.00, 0.75, 0.50 e 0.25 mg de órgão elétrico, quando em presença de 1 mg de ACh, hidrolizaram em 1 hora, respectivamente 0.815, 0.657, 0.480 e 0.223 mg de ester (valores médios) (tab. I, fig. 1). Os mesmos extratos, quando em presença de 2 mg de ACh, hidrolizaram em 1 hora, cerca de 1.110, 0.590, 0.326 e 0.140 mg de substância e, em 2 horas, 1.585, 1.000, 0.592 e 0.241. (tab. II, fig. 2). Os resultados indicam, pois, que no órgão elétrico de narcine o teôr de colinesterase, embora bem alto, é inferior ao da espécie européia proxima, Torpedo, onde marnay determinou que 100 mg de órgão elétrico podem hidrolizar em 1 hora cerca de 150 mg de ACh.
The opisthobranch pseudovermis from Brazil
Authors: Marcus Eveline Du Bois-Reymond
Published: March 2017

O gênero Pseudovermis Pereyaslawzewa 1891, que se tornou conhecido pela monografia de Kowalevsky (1901), representa a família Pseudovermidae Pelseneer 1906, evidentemente relacionada com as Tergipedidae (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Aeolidiacea). Além de Pseudovermis paradoxus Pereyaslawzewa, do Mar Negro, com curtos cnidosacos retracteis, e P. papilifer Kowal., do Mar Egeu, com cerata digitiformes, ainda figuram duas espécies não denominadas na literatura, uma do Mar Egeu, com cnidosacos curtos (Kowalesvsky 1901), e outra do Mar do Norte (Jaeckel, 1952).
Bryozoa from lake Titicaca
Authors: Marcus Eveline Du Bois-Reymond
Published: March 2017

Este artigo não contém resumo.
Smartphone-Based Geofencing to Ascertain Hospitalizations
Authors: Nguyen Kaylin T. , Olgin Jeffrey E. , Pletcher Mark J. , Ng Madelena , Kaye Leanne , Moturu Sai , Gladstone Rachel A. , Malladi Chaitanya , Fann Amy H. , Maguire Carol , Bettencourt Laura , Christensen Matthew A. , Marcus Gregory M.
Published: March 2017

Background—

Ascertainment of hospitalizations is critical to assess quality of care and the effectiveness and adverse effects of various therapies. Smartphones, mobile geolocators that are ubiquitous, have not been leveraged to ascertain hospitalizations. Therefore, we evaluated the use of smartphone-based geofencing to track hospitalizations.

Methods and Results—

Participants aged ≥18 years installed a mobile application programmed to geofence all hospitals using global positioning systems and cell phone tower triangulation and to trigger a smartphone-based questionnaire when located in a hospital for ≥4 hours. An in-person study included consecutive consenting patients scheduled for electrophysiology and cardiac catheterization procedures. A remote arm invited Health eHeart Study participants who consented and engaged with the study via the internet only. The accuracy of application-detected hospitalizations was confirmed by medical record review as the reference standard. Of 22 eligible in-person patients, 17 hospitalizations were detected (sensitivity 77%; 95% confidence interval, 55%–92%). The length of stay according to the application was positively correlated with the length of stay ascertained via the electronic medical record (
r
=0.53;
P
=0.03). In the remote arm, the application was downloaded by 3443 participants residing in all 50 US states; 243 hospital visits at 119 different hospitals were detected through the application. The positive predictive value for an application-reported hospitalization was 65% (95% confidence interval, 57%–72%).

Conclusions—

Mobile application–based ascertainment of hospitalizations can be achieved with modest accuracy. This first proof of concept may ultimately be applicable to geofencing other types of prespecified locations to facilitate healthcare research and patient care.
Soluble FLT1 Gene Therapy Alleviates Brain Arteriovenous Malformation Severity
Authors: Zhu Wan , Shen Fanxia , Mao Lei , Zhan Lei , Kang Shuai , Sun Zhengda , Nelson Jeffrey , Zhang Rui , Zou Dingquan , McDougall Cameron M. , Lawton Michael T. , Vu Thiennu H. , Wu Zhijian , Scaria Abraham , Colosi Peter , Forsayeth John , Su Hua
Published: March 2017

Background and Purpose—

Brain arteriovenous malformation (bAVM) is an important risk factor for intracranial hemorrhage. Current therapies are associated with high morbidities. Excessive vascular endothelial growth factor has been implicated in bAVM pathophysiology. Because soluble FLT1 binds to vascular endothelial growth factor with high affinity, we tested intravenous delivery of an adeno-associated viral vector serotype-9 expressing soluble FLT1 (AAV9-sFLT1) to alleviate the bAVM phenotype.

Methods—

Two mouse models were used. In model 1, bAVM was induced in R26CreER;
Eng
2f/2f
mice through global
Eng
gene deletion and brain focal angiogenic stimulation; AAV2-sFLT02 (an AAV expressing a shorter form of sFLT1) was injected into the brain at the time of model induction, and AAV9-sFLT1, intravenously injected 8 weeks after. In model 2, SM22αCre;
Eng
2f/2f
mice had a 90% occurrence of spontaneous bAVM at 5 weeks of age and 50% mortality at 6 weeks; AAV9-sFLT1 was intravenously delivered into 4- to 5-week-old mice. Tissue samples were collected 4 weeks after AAV9-sFLT1 delivery.

Results—

AAV2-sFLT02 inhibited bAVM formation, and AAV9-sFLT1 reduced abnormal vessels in model 1 (GFP versus sFLT1: 3.66±1.58/200 vessels versus 1.98±1.29,
P
<0.05). AAV9-sFLT1 reduced the occurrence of bAVM (GFP versus sFLT1: 100% versus 36%) and mortality (GFP versus sFLT1: 57% [12/22 mice] versus 24% [4/19 mice],
P
<0.05) in model 2. Kidney and liver function did not change significantly. Minor liver inflammation was found in 56% of AAV9-sFLT1–treated model 1 mice.

Conclusions—

By applying a regulated mechanism to restrict sFLT1 expression to bAVM, AAV9-sFLT1 can potentially be developed into a safer therapy to reduce the bAVM severity.
Sarah Coakley’s Théologie Totale: Starting with the Holy Spirit and/or Starting with Pneumatology?
Authors: Stephenson Christopher A.
Published: March 2017

God, Sexuality, and the Self, the inaugural volume of Sarah Coakley’s théologie totale, is a revision of the task of systematic theology that comes at a time in which some critics feel this genre of theology should be jettisoned. Intertwining the doctrine of the Trinity and theological method, the book is a programmatic statement on the relationship between human and divine desire. It also proposes a close relationship between social-scientific field work and qualitative analysis in constructive theology. What is perhaps most important for Pentecostal theology is the potential the book creates for théologie totale to be a third article theology, a theology with a pronounced pneumatological orientation throughout. Based largely on Romans 8, Coakley’s ‘incorporative’ model of the Trinity invites theologians to ‘start with the Holy Spirit’. This should encourage Pentecostals to pursue further the prospects of a pneumatological theology. At the same time, Pentecostals might want to incorporate the voice of Luke–Acts into the Pauline voice that Coakley accentuates well.
Charisma and Apophasis: A Dialogue with Sarah Coakley’s God, Sexuality, and the Self
Authors: Castelo Daniel
Published: March 2017

This article continues the engagement of Sarah Coakley’s God, Sexuality and the Self, here in reference to the themes of charisma and apophasis. As to the first, Coakley takes a nuanced approach to charismatic spirituality in the volume based on fieldwork done among particular churches in her hometown at the time. The fieldwork suggests to Coakley a source of both ‘embarrassment’ and ‘riches’. Pentecostalism has experienced both in its own history, an observation which raises a host of questions that in turn leads to the second theme, apophasis. On this point, Pentecostals would do well to integrate more explicitly apophatic dimensions into what Coakley considers the charismatic prayer logic of Romans 8.
The Lukan Beatitudes (Luke 6.20–26) in the Canonical Choir: A ‘Test Case’ for John Christopher Thomas’ Hermeneutical Proposal
Authors: Coleman Rachel L.
Published: March 2017

John Christopher Thomas proposes the metaphor of a black gospel choir as a hermeneutical tool that will allow interpreters to hear the diverse voices of Scripture in both their solo melodies and their joined harmonies. This paper uses an analysis of Luke’s beatitudes and woes as a test case for Thomas’ metaphor.
The Full Gospel and the Apocalypse
Authors: Newton Jon K.
Published: March 2017

As we seek to chart a way forward into our second century, many Pentecostals are re-looking at the fundamentals that have defined them as a stream within Christianity. Thus, some Pentecostal theologians are re-examining and redefining the ‘full gospel’, the fourfold or fivefold revelation of Jesus Christ as Savior, Healer, Sanctifier, Spirit Baptizer, and Coming King. In this article, the author surveys these discussions on the ‘full gospel’ and looks into the book of Revelation for a fresh perspective on this topic. It is argued that each aspect of the fivefold revelation of Jesus is reflected in Revelation to some degree, but not always in the way Pentecostals have taught it. Therefore, a dialogue between classic Pentecostalism and Revelation opens up new ways of looking at both.
Transnational Armed Conflicts
Authors: Carron Djemila
Published: March 2017

Situations of hostility between States and armed groups located on the territories of other States are difficult to classify because they call into question the categories of international and non-international armed conflicts. This contribution argues for the single classification of non-international armed conflicts of those transnational armed conflicts. The article starts with a clarification on the relevant circumstances for the contribution. The different classifications proposed by scholars, tribunals and States are then examined, leading us to our arguments for a single classification of non-international armed conflicts, and to the test adopted for a rapid categorization of those transnational hostilities. Finally, we mention some important observations and challenges on this topic, like the classification of situations involving at the same time hostilities between a State and an armed group located on the territory of another State and the occupation of the territory of this second State.
How Does Literary Theory Cross Boundaries (or Not)?
Authors: Gerbaudo Analía
Published: March 2017

This article analyzes the obstacles that hinder the reconstruction of the processes of institutionalization and internationalization of literary studies in Argentina within the framework of the project International Cooperation in the Social-Sciences and Humanities: Comparative Socio-Historical Perspectives and Future Possibilities, directed by Gisèle Sapiro. These obstacles were negotiated partly through the creation of two categories: “stories” and “fantasies of nano-intervention.” The article introduces these categories, along with some examples that enable reflection on the factors that impede or condition the international circulation of literary theory.
Corpse Narratives and the Teleology of World Literary History
Authors: Hoyos Héctor
Published: March 2017

The present essay proposes an orientation towards the corpse as a viable telos for the present-day revival of World Literature as critical paradigm. The argument has three parts. First, it characterizes two central tenets of the existing paradigm: a profession of dynamism for its own sake and an implicit lack of finality. Drawing on Kristeva and on examples from contemporary Latin American fiction, especially Roberto Bolaño’s 2666, the article then introduces corpse narratives that embrace the abject and reorient critical practice towards materiality. Finally, the conclusions propose a modest agenda for a different “worldliteraturism” that valorizes abject materiality over high-minded idealism.
Transnational Intellectuals
Authors: Montaldo Graciela
Published: March 2017

The purpose of this article here is to consider the two-ways street opened by the experience of the mass culture. What happens when European writers visit the “margins”? What happens when they are face to face with the peripheral audiences? I’ll try to answer this question in the frame of a condition of World Literature: the emergence of mass culture. The industry of distinguished visitors had a series of emblematic moments in Argentina and Brazil in the early twentieth century. Those are the years of the “democratization” of the countries, the pick of the immigration processes and the emergence of mass culture.
Clarice Lispector in the Foreign Legion
Authors: Aguilar Gonzalo
Published: March 2017

Despite her recent recognition and translation into many languages, despite being crucial reading in the context of 1970s feminism, and despite being considered one of the most important writers of Brazil, Clarice Lispector is rarely present in critical texts on world literature. This article aims to address Lispector’s marginal presence in world literature, underscoring her strangeness, her foreignness, the condição estrangeira that is central to her literature. Looking at Lispector’s novels and columns, I trace this condition as the point of departure for a new critical map of world literature.
The final stadium larva of Euphaea decorata Hagen in Selys, 1853, from Fujian, China (Odonata: Zygoptera: Euphaeidae)
Authors: XU QI-HAN
Published: March 2017

The final stadium larva of Euphaea decorata Hagen in Selys is described and illustrated for the first time. The larva of E. decorata is typical of the genus and characterized by having a flat and long body with large saccoid caudal gills, seven pairs of lateral abdominal gills, two or three large and sharp spines in front of the ventral margin of the eyes, and tridentate palpal lobes of the prementum. The supposed larva of Rhipidolestes nectans is corrected to that of an unknown Euphaeidae. Known Euphaea larvae are shown to be generally very similar, but an old report suggests that the Indian species E. dispar and E. fraseri may show sufficient differences to restore them to the genus Indophaea.
Descriptions of eight new Acrogonia species from the Amazon region, including peculiar features of the female genitalia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini)
Authors: SILVA ROBERTA DOS SANTOS DA , CAVICHIOLI RODNEY R. , TAKIYA DANIELA M. , MEJDALANI GABRIEL
Published: March 2017

Eight new species of the agriculturally important sharpshooter genus Acrogonia Stål, 1869 are described and illustrated from Brazil (one of them also recorded from Peru): A. amazonensis sp. nov. (state of Amazonas), A. clarae sp. nov. (states of Amazonas and Amapá), A. barbara sp. nov. (state of Mato Grosso), A. youngi sp. nov. (department of Madre de Dios in Peru and state of Acre), A. albertoi sp. nov. (state of Pará), A. tenuis sp. nov. (state of Mato Grosso), A. filiformis sp. nov. (states of Pará and Mato Grosso), and A. interrupta sp. nov. (state of Mato Grosso). In addition to the external morphology, color pattern and male genitalia, this paper includes detailed descriptions and illustrations of the female genitalia of three new species (A. barbara, A. filiformis and A. tenuis). The first ovipositor valvulae of A. tenuis are quite peculiar because they bear a large basal lobe and a projection on the median portion of the ventral margin, both displaying setae. Females of the other five new species are not known.
Six new Brazilian species of Polana (Varpulana) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Gyponini) with key to males
Authors: DOMAHOVSKI ALEXANDRE CRUZ , CAVICHIOLI RODNEY RAMIRO
Published: March 2017

Six new species of Polana (Varpulana) are described and illustrated, all from Brazil: P. (V.) bahiensis sp. nov., state of Bahia; P. (V.) grossii sp. nov., states of Bahia and Minas Gerais; P. (V.) intricata sp. nov., state of Bahia, P. (V.) naja sp. nov., states of Bahia and Minas Gerais; P. (V.) sapitanduva sp. nov., states of Paraná and Rio de Janeiro and P. (V.) vulgaris sp. nov., state of Paraná. A key to 11 known species of P. (Varpulana) is presented. New records from several Brazilian states are added.
Euastacus vesper sp. nov., a new giant spiny crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the Great Dividing Range, New South Wales, Australia
Authors: MCCORMACK ROBERT B. , AHYONG SHANE T.
Published: March 2017

Euastacus vesper sp. nov., is described from the upper Cudgegong River, Coricudgy State Forest, New South Wales, Australia. The new species occurs in the western drainage of the Great Dividing Range, and is most closely related to E. spinifer (Heller, 1865), which occurs on the eastern side of the range. Euastacus vesper differs from E. spinifer by its considerably smaller maximum size (OCL 67.9 mm versus 116.7 mm), greater degree of thoracic spination loosely arrayed in three instead of two rows and absence of the antennular basipodite and coxopodite spines. Observations on burrowing, ecological preferences and biology are presented.
A new species in the troglomorphic scorpion genus Troglotayosicus from Colombia, representing the northernmost known record for the genus (Scorpiones, Troglotayosicidae)
Authors: BOTERO-TRUJILLO RICARDO , GONZÁLEZ-GÓMEZ JULIO C. , VALENZUELA-ROJAS JUAN C. , GARCÍA LUIS F.
Published: March 2017

We describe a new scorpion species in the troglomorphic genus Troglotayosicus Lourenço, 1981 from Colombia. Troglotayosicus meijdeni sp. nov. inhabits the forest leaf litter at Rivera municipality, on the western slope of the Eastern Andes. The male of the new species remains unknown; however, this species can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the female (and juvenile) morphology. The type locality of T. meijdeni sp. nov. represents the northernmost known record for a population of Troglotayosicus, further extending the known limits of distribution of this genus, and shedding more light on the distributional range of this group of scorpions in northwestern South America. With this description, the number of known species of Troglotayosicus is raised to four; three of them are endogean species living in forested areas in the Andean region of Colombia, whereas one is a hypogean species from a cave in Ecuadorian Amazonia.
Honouring His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Bhutan: Megalestes gyalsey (Odonata: Synlestidae)
Authors: GYELTSHEN T. , KALKMAN V.J. , ORR A.G.
Published: March 2017

Megalestes gyalsey spec. nov. is described from a single male from Trongsa District in Bhutan. The species was discovered during field work conducted in 2015 for the Bhutan invertebrate biodiversity project. The species is named in honour of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, the Gyalsey of Bhutan, on the occasion of his first birthday.
Anticyclonic Eddy Sheddings from Kuroshio Loop and the Accompanying Cyclonic Eddy in the Northeastern South China Sea
Authors: Zhang Zhiwei , Zhao Wei , Qiu Bo , Tian Jiwei
Published: March 2017

Sheddings of Kuroshio Loop Current (KLC) eddies in the northeastern South China Sea (SCS) are investigated using mooring arrays, multiple satellite data, and data-assimilative HYCOM products. Based on altimeter sea surface heights between 1992 and 2014, a total of 19 prominent KLC eddy shedding (KLCES) events were identified, among which four events were confirmed by the concurrent moored and satellite observations. Compared to the leaping behavior of Kuroshio, KLCES is a relatively short-duration phenomenon that primarily occurs in boreal autumn and winter. The KLC and its shedding anticyclonic eddy (AE) trap a large amount of Pacific water with high temperature–salinity and low chlorophyll concentration in the upper layer. The corresponding annual-mean transport caused by KLCES reaches 0.24–0.38 Sv (1 Sv ≡ 106 m3 s−1), accounting for 6.8%–10.8% of the upper-layer Luzon Strait transport. Altimeter-based statistics show that among ~90% of the historical KLCES events, a cyclonic eddy (CE) is immediately generated behind the AE southwest of Taiwan. Both energetics and stability analyses reveal that because of its large horizontal velocity shear southwest of Taiwan, the northern branch of KLC is strongly unstable and the barotropic instability of KLC constitutes the primary generation mechanism for the CE. After CE is generated, it quickly grows and gradually migrates southward, which in turn facilitates the detachment of AE from KLC. The intrinsic relationship between KLC and CE explains well why eddy pairs are commonly observed in the region southwest of Taiwan.
Effects of Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction on Dynamic Postural Stability Measured by the Functional Reach Test and Timed Up and Go Test
Authors: Nishi Toshiko , Kamogashira Teru , Fujimoto Chisato , Kinoshita Makoto , Egami Naoya , Sugasawa Keiko , Yamasoba Tatsuya , Iwasaki Shinichi
Published: March 2017

Objective:

To investigate the influence of vestibular function on dynamic postural stability assessed by the functional reach test (FRT) and the timed up and go test (TUG).

Study design:

Retrospective study.

Setting:

Tertiary referral center.

Subjects and Methods:

The FRT and TUG were performed in 399 patients with dizziness. The effects of peripheral vestibular dysfunction assessed by the caloric test and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMPs) to air-conducted sound (500 Hz, tone burst) on the results of FRT and TUG were analyzed.

Results:

Neither FRT nor TUG scores showed significant differences in relation to the results of the caloric test ( P > .3). The FRT scores in patients who showed abnormal cVEMP responses on both sides were significantly smaller than those in patients who showed normal cVEMP responses ( P < .01). The TUG scores in patients who showed abnormal cVEMP responses on both sides were significantly greater than those in patients who showed normal cVEMP responses ( P < .05).

Conclusion:

The vestibulo-spinal reflex mediated by the saccule and its afferents is one of the factors that influence the maintenance of dynamic postural stability as measured by FRT and TUG.
Preferred Interpersonal Distances: A Global Comparison
Authors: Sorokowska Agnieszka , Sorokowski Piotr , Hilpert Peter , Cantarero Katarzyna , Frackowiak Tomasz , Ahmadi Khodabakhsh , Alghraibeh Ahmad M. , Aryeetey Richmond , Bertoni Anna , Bettache Karim , Blumen Sheyla , Błażejewska Marta , Bortolini Tiago , Butovskaya Marina , Castro Felipe Nalon , Cetinkaya Hakan , Cunha Diana , David Daniel , David Oana A. , Dileym Fahd A. , Domínguez Espinosa Alejandra del Carmen , Donato Silvia , Dronova Daria , Dural Seda , Fialová Jitka , Fisher Maryanne , Gulbetekin Evrim , Hamamcıoğlu Akkaya Aslıhan , Hromatko Ivana , Iafrate Raffaella , Iesyp Mariana , James Bawo , Jaranovic Jelena , Jiang Feng , Kimamo Charles Obadiah , Kjelvik Grete , Koç Fırat , Laar Amos , de Araújo Lopes Fívia , Macbeth Guillermo , Marcano Nicole M. , Martinez Rocio , Mesko Norbert , Molodovskaya Natalya , Moradi Khadijeh , Motahari Zahrasadat , Mühlhauser Alexandra , Natividade Jean Carlos , Ntayi Joseph , Oberzaucher Elisabeth , Ojedokun Oluyinka , Omar-Fauzee Mohd Sofian Bin , Onyishi Ike E. , Paluszak Anna , Portugal Alda , Razumiejczyk Eugenia , Realo Anu , Relvas Ana Paula , Rivas Maria , Rizwan Muhammad , Salkičević Svjetlana , Sarmány-Schuller Ivan , Schmehl Susanne , Senyk Oksana , Sinding Charlotte , Stamkou Eftychia , Stoyanova Stanislava , Šukolová Denisa , Sutresna Nina , Tadinac Meri , Teras Andero , Tinoco Ponciano Edna Lúcia , Tripathi Ritu , Tripathi Nachiketa , Tripathi Mamta , Uhryn Olja , Yamamoto Maria Emília , Yoo Gyesook , Pierce John D.
Published: March 2017

Human spatial behavior has been the focus of hundreds of previous research studies. However, the conclusions and generalizability of previous studies on interpersonal distance preferences were limited by some important methodological and sampling issues. The objective of the present study was to compare preferred interpersonal distances across the world and to overcome the problems observed in previous studies. We present an extensive analysis of interpersonal distances over a large data set ( N = 8,943 participants from 42 countries). We attempted to relate the preferred social, personal, and intimate distances observed in each country to a set of individual characteristics of the participants, and some attributes of their cultures. Our study indicates that individual characteristics (age and gender) influence interpersonal space preferences and that some variation in results can be explained by temperature in a given region. We also present objective values of preferred interpersonal distances in different regions, which might be used as a reference data point in future studies.
The Role of Perception in the Typology of Geminate Consonants: Effects of Manner of Articulation, Segmental Environment, Position, and Stress
Authors: Dmitrieva Olga
Published: March 2017

The present study seeks to answer the question of whether consonant duration is perceived differently across consonants of different manners of articulation and in different contextual environments and whether such differences may be related to the typology of geminates. The results of the cross-linguistic identification experiment suggest higher perceptual acuity in labeling short and long consonants in sonorants than in obstruents. Duration categories were also more consistently and clearly labeled in the intervocalic than in the preconsonantal environment, in the word-initial than in the word-final position, and after stressed vowels than between unstressed vowels. These perceptual asymmetries are in line with some typological tendencies, such as the cross-linguistic preference for intervocalic and post-stress geminates, but contradict other proposed cross-linguistic patterns, such as the preference for obstruent geminates and the abundance of word-final geminates.
The art of partnerships
Authors: Bowen Daniel H. , Kisida Brian
Published: March 2017

The shift from the No Child Left Behind Act to the recently authorized Every Student Succeeds Act could beckon a renaissance of K-12 arts education in the U.S. Over the past decade, NCLB’s increased emphasis on accountability testing in core subjects has coincided with a notable decline in school-based arts exposure. Recognizing this trend and anticipating its consequences, many school districts and arts education advocacy organizations have been tackling this challenge through innovative, community-based partnerships that leverage existing arts education resources, bringing local arts organizations, cultural institutions, artists, and philanthropic efforts together to provide enriching opportunities for students in high-need schools. These partnerships provide models that schools, districts, and states could adopt to strengthen their arts programs.
Orchestrating a new approach to learning
Authors: Kaplan Michael
Published: March 2017

In 2011, the directors of the Phoenix Symphony came up with a bold plan to improve and expand their community outreach programs. Inspired by the growing movement to integrate the arts with the other subjects in the K-12 curriculum, they created a thriving program called Mind Over Music, which pairs professional musicians with local elementary school teachers, helping them design and deliver lessons that blend music education with instruction in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Teacher self-captured video
Authors: Sherin Miriam Gamoran , Dyer Elizabeth B.
Published: March 2017

Videos are often used for demonstration and evaluation, but a more productive approach would be using video to support teachers’ ability to notice and interpret classroom interactions. That requires thinking carefully about the physical aspects of shooting video — where the camera is placed and how easily student interactions can be heard — as well as ensuring that videos capture examples of practice and not just exemplars, and that they capture moments of confusion and not just moments of clarity.
Got grit? Maybe…
Authors: Duckor Brent
Published: March 2017

The constructs that currently animate today’s dispositions movement are grit and growth mindset. However, the evidence for the reliability and instructional uses of such noncognitive factors in K-12 schools -- and of the surveys and tools that attempt to measure them -- is thin. After a look at the “logic of assessment” with its focus on cognition, observation, and interpretation, the author concludes that the noncognitive data and metrics used by reformers to support decisions to group schools by levels of grit or place students in particular interventions to improve mindset must be validated with common sense and a body of technical evidence.
Teaching with evidence
Authors: Crocco Margaret , Halvorsen Anne-Lise , Jacobsen Rebecca , Segall Avner
Published: March 2017

In this age of real and fake news, students need to be able to assess the trustworthiness of evidence. The authors’ current research examines students’ use of evidence in secondary social studies classrooms as students deliberate contemporary public policy issues. The authors found that students shifted their evaluations of the trustworthiness of evidence depending on whether they were making these assessments in the abstract or in the context of a specific issue. In the abstract, evidence like statistical data ranked high, but when students considered a policy issue, they gave greater weight to anecdote and personal experience. The authors offer several recommendations for teaching good evidence use.
Strain, Negative Emotions, and Suicidal Behaviors Among Adolescents
Authors: Yıldız Muhammed , Solakoglu Özgür
Published: March 2017

Using data from the 2008 Youth in Europe Survey, this study applies general strain theory of deviance to suicidal behaviors of Turkish adolescents. The effects of various socioenvironmental strains on suicidal ideation and suicidal attempt, including mediating effects of negative affective states, are investigated. Results indicate that Agnew’s theory provides a useful theoretical model for researchers of adolescent suicidality. Almost all of the strain measures were significantly associated with both suicidal ideation and suicidal attempt, and measures of anger and depression at least partially mediated the effects of the strains. Other results, implications, and limitations of the study are discussed.
Wavelet-fractal diagnosis model and its criterion for concrete dam crack status
Authors: Su Huaizhi , Chen Jian , Wen Zhiping , Wang Feng
Published: March 2017

The methods on fractal, phase space reconstruction and wavelet are integrated to analyze the observed data of concrete dam cracks. The diagnosis model and appropriate criterion for evolution characteristics of concrete dam crack are developed. Firstly, a wavelet threshold value de-noising algorithm is introduced to process the crack observations of concrete dam. The phase space reconstruction for data series after noise reduction is investigated and the parameter selection method is presented. Then the correlation dimension and Kolmogorov entropy-based models are built to evaluate the crack status of concrete dam. The corresponding criteria are given. Finally, the identification capability of the proposed approach is demonstrated with an actual case. It is indicated that the noise reduction of observed data has the important effect on improving the diagnosis accuracy of crack status. The observed behavior of dam crack has obvious fractal characteristics. The effective diagnosis for crack status of concrete dam can be implemented using the correlation dimension and Kolmogorov entropy-based criteria.
Optimal backstepping control for a ship using firefly optimization algorithm and disturbance observer
Authors: Ejaz Muhammad , Chen Mou
Published: March 2017

In this paper, an optimal control scheme is presented for a ship in the presence of external disturbances. Using the backstepping technique and a disturbance observer method, a nonlinear control scheme has been designed and its closed loop system stability has been guaranteed. The parameters of the proposed controller have been optimized via a metaheuristic optimization algorithm called the firefly algorithm. In the optimization design, the modified Integral of the time-weighted absolute value of the error has been used as the cost function. To prove the effectiveness of the controller, the results are compared via simulation with the traditional backstepping controller on a model ship named Cybership II.
Robust adaptive fault tolerant control for a class of linearly parameterized uncertain nonlinear systems: An integrated method
Authors: Wang Zheng , Zhang Bo , Yuan Jianping , Che Dejia
Published: March 2017

In the fault tolerant control systems, there often exist coupled uncertainties between the fault estimate subsystems and the state control subsystems. The coupled uncertainties are often ignored in the conventional separated design approaches, and the control performance degradation or even in-stability may be induced. To address this problem, an integrated fault tolerant control method is developed in this paper. The key point of this paper is to design the fault estimator and the fault tolerant controller from the perspective of the composite system comprised of the two subsystems. A combined weight update law, associating with both the state control dynamic equation and the observation error subsystem, is obtained. A new sufficient condition for the closed-loop stability is derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Based on a combined Lyapunov function, the composite closed-loop system is proven to be globally stable. Meanwhile, with the parameterized nonlinear functions and the unknown actuator/sensor faults, the coupled uncertainties are analyzed. Several illustrative examples are employed and the simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
Parental involvement in municipal schools in Chile: Why do parents choose to get involved?
Authors: Reininger Taly , Santana López Alejandra
Published: March 2017

Utilizing Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler's (1995, 2005) theoretical framework on parental involvement, this study examined a cross-sectional sample of 516 parents of children in the first and fourth grade in municipal schools in Chile. The research sought to examine the association between parental motivational beliefs, parental perceptions of invitations for involvement, and parental perceived life context, and parental at-home and at-school involvement when controlling for child, parent, and household characteristics. Results from this study indicate that child invitations for involvement, parental sense of self-efficacy, income, and child's grade level are significantly associated with parental at home and at school involvement. Time and energy was also significantly associated with parental at school involvement. Understanding the importance of parental involvement as a protective factor in children's mental health, the article concludes with reflections on the findings for school-based mental health interventions. Specifically, the conclusions explore how to integrate family involvement initiatives and increase parental involvement, taking into account parental motivations for involvement in an international setting.
Home Country Institutions Behind Cross-Border Acquisition Performance
Authors: Zhu Hong (Susan) , Ma Xufei , Sauerwald Steve , Peng Mike W.
Published: March 2017

How do home country institutions influence cross-border postacquisition performance? We develop an institutional framework showing that informal and formal institutions not only have important individual effects but also work together in complex and interesting ways. While collectivism and humane orientation (two major informal institutions) can facilitate postacquisition integration and firm performance, shareholder orientation and property rights protection (two formal institutions) constrain postacquisition integration and firm performance. As acquirers are simultaneously embedded in their home countries’ informal and formal institutions, we further hypothesize that the positive effects of collectivism and humane orientation can be weakened by incompatible formal institutions that hamper postacquisition collaborative efforts. We find strong support for our hypotheses in a multilevel analysis of a sample of 12,021 cross-border acquisitions involving 43 home and target countries between 1995 and 2003.
Impacts of Higher Education Institutions on Local Population and Employment Growth
Authors: Apatov Eyal , Grimes Arthur
Published: March 2017

We examine the relationship between higher education institutions (HEIs) and local population and employment growth, using a sample of fifty-seven New Zealand territorial local authorities between 1986 and 2013. We account for HEI endogeneity by estimating with difference generalized method of moments; by including lagged growth plus a large set of other controls; and by including official demographic projections to account for growth-related factors, including university student numbers, which were projected by official statisticians but are otherwise unobservable to the econometrician. Holding all else equal, we find that a greater share of university equivalent full-time students (EFTS) to working-age population raises population and employment growth. At the means, a one percentage point increase in the university EFTS share is associated with a 0.19 (0.14) percentage point increase in the annual average population (employment) growth rate. This (significant) relationship holds under virtually all alternative specifications, including different HEI activity definitions, samples, and specifications. Growth related to polytechnic activity is much weaker and is estimated far less precisely. Consistent with urbanization (but not localization) externalities, we find no evidence for complementarities between HEI activity and several innovation-related area characteristics, possibly reflecting the primary industry base of New Zealand.
States of Reform
Authors: Singer Phillip M.
Published: March 2017

A growing percentage of state budgets has been focused on caring for individuals who receive long-term services and supports (LTSS). States have an important tool to reduce the costs of caring for individuals with LTSS, Medicaid Section 1915(c) waivers. Using logistic regression, whether and when a state decides to apply for a waiver during the years 1993–2014 is tested. Wealthier, larger states are more likely to apply for waivers, while previous waiver applications are related to fewer applications. The role of political polarization within the legislature has mixed results on whether a state decides to apply for a waiver.
Stress, dyadic coping, and relationship satisfaction in late adolescent couples
Authors: Breitenstein Christina J. , Milek Anne , Nussbeck Fridtjof W. , Davila Joanne , Bodenmann Guy
Published: March 2017

In adult couples, stress emerging outside the relationship (extra-dyadic stress) spills over into the relationship evoking conflict between the partners (intra-dyadic stress), which itself has a negative effect on relationship satisfaction over time. This detrimental effect of stress spillover can be buffered by adequate dyadic coping (DC) skills of both partners. The current study aimed at replicating these effects in a sample of 96 Swiss adult couples and 124 Swiss late adolescent (non-cohabitating) couples, who were in a serious relationship for at least 1 year. We examined (a) whether extra-dyadic stress is associated with intra-dyadic stress and relationship satisfaction and (b) whether the potential buffering effect of DC on these associations already exists in this important developmental phase. Contrary to the adult sample, for which indirect actor and partner effects were significant, we found a marginally significantly negative indirect actor effect of extra-dyadic stress on relationship satisfaction via intra-dyadic stress in late adolescents only for participants experiencing high extra-dyadic stress and low support from the partner. DC moderated the spillover between extra-dyadic and intra-dyadic stress for late adolescents. This study highlights the importance of investigating dyadic processes in romantic relationships in late adolescence to gain an insight into these relationships and the associated developmental processes.
Uncertainty issues and management in adult children’s stories of their estrangement with their parents
Authors: Scharp Kristina M. , McLaren Rachel M.
Published: March 2017

Framed in the uncertainty literature, the present study explores the uncertainty issues and management practices of adult children who are in the estrangement process with their parents. Results from 52 narrative interviews reveal six types of uncertainty and six management processes. Taken together, results suggest that the estrangement process is marked by chronic uncertainty that can serve multiple functions. Theoretical implications and practical applications are discussed.