bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Abstract WP84: Hemispheric White Matter Sparing and Neurological Outcome After Recanalization Treatment in ESCAPE Trial
Authors: Singh Ravinder-Jeet , Najm Mohammed , Menon Bijoy K , Demchuk Andrew M , Goyal Mayank , Hill Michael D , Almekhlafi Mohammed A
Published: January 2019

Background:
Ischemic tolerance differs between white matter (WM) and grey matter. Timely reperfusion may result in preferential sparing of WM. We investigated if the degree of WM sparing after recanalization therapy has an impact on early neurological recovery and functional outcomes.

Methods:
Patients from ESCAPE trial were included if they had follow-up MRI brain. WM involvement was scored on a semiquantitative scale which divides hemispheric WM into twelve regions (Figure), adding one point for each area involved. Using receiver operating characteristics analysis and Youden J, optimum cutoff value of WM score for favorable outcome (90-day mRS≤2) was calculated and then used to classify patients into WM spared vs involved groups. Early neurological recovery was compared using difference in median 24-h NIHSS. Multivariable logistic regression was used to test the association between the WM score and outcome.

Results:
Among 108 patients, median WM score was 2 (IQR 1-4) in EVT (endovascular thrombectomy) arm (n= 70) and 3 (IQR 1-6) in control arm (n= 38). The threshold of ≤2 (WM spared) had sensitivity 69.1 and specificity of 69.8% for favorable outcome (AUC 0.74; 95% CI, 0.65 to 0.82; P<0.001). WM sparing was independently associated with favorable outcome after adjusting for age, baseline NIHSS, EVT use, cortical involvement, infarct volume and symptomatic hemorrhage (adjusted OR 5.34; 95% CI, 1.62-17.9, P=0.006). These patients had better neurological recovery (median 24-h NIHSS 4 in WMspared vs 11 in WMinvolved group; P <0.001) and lower infarct volumes (8 ml vs 47 ml; P <0.001). Patient with WMspared also had numerically lower incidence of malignant brain edema (0 vs 5.6%; P=0.24), intracerebral hemorrhage (symptomatic 0 vs 7.4%; P=0.12), and mortality (3.7 vs 11.1%; P=0.27) than WM involved group.

Conclusion:
White matter sparing was an independent predictor of early neurological recovery, and functional outcomes in the ESCAPE trial.
Abstract WP9: Improving Selection of Patients for Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke:External Validation of a Clinical Decision Tool in Data from the Hermes Collaboration
Authors: Venema Esmee , Mulder Maxim J , Roozenbeek Bob , Brown Scott , Majoie Charles B , Demchuk Andrew , Muir Keith , Davalos Antoni , Mitchell Peter J , Bracard Serge , Hill Michael D , White Philip , Campbell Bruce C , Guillemin Francis , Saver Jeffrey L , Jovin Tudor , Goyal Mayank , van der Lugt Aad , Dippel Diederik W , Lingsma Hester F ,   Hermes Collaborators
Published: January 2019

Background:
Benefit of endovascular treatment (EVT) varies between individual patients with acute ischemic stroke. The MR PREDICTS decision tool, previously developed in the MR CLEAN trial, predicts outcome with and without EVT based on baseline patient characteristics and imaging characteristics (www.mrpredicts.com). We externally validated this model with data from recent EVT trials.

Methods:
Individual patient data was derived from the six other randomized controlled trials within the HERMES collaboration (ESCAPE, REVASCAT, SWIFT-PRIME, EXTEND-IA, THRACE and PISTE). Outcome of the ordinal logistic regression model was the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 90 days after stroke. Treatment benefit was defined as the difference between the predicted probability of achieving functional independence (mRS score 0-2) with and without EVT. Model performance was evaluated according to discrimination (measured with the c-statistic which ranges from 0.5 to 1) and calibration. Model coefficients were updated after calibration.

Results:
We included 1243 patients (633 assigned to EVT, 610 assigned to control). The c-statistic was 0.67 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.65-0.69) for the ordinal mRS and 0.73 (95% CI 0.70-0.76) for functional independence, similar to previous performance. Outcomes were systematically better than predicted (calibration slope 0.89 and intercept 0.52). The observed probability of functional independence was higher than predicted for both treated patients (54% vs 40%) and controls (35% vs 26%), but the observed treatment benefit was similar (19% and 14%). Figure 1 shows a screenshot of the decision tool for use in clinical practice.

Conclusion:
Our model predicted outcome in a large representative trial population with discriminative value comparable to other well-known prediction tools. The decision tool can be used to support clinical decision making in ischemic stroke by selection of patients for EVT.
Abstract WP95: Microct Data Can Distinguish Between
in vitro
Clot Types of Different Composition
Authors: Muster Michel , Luthman Anna Siri , Fitzgerald Sean , Doyle Karen , Lovblad Karl O
Published: January 2019

Introduction:
Several clinical studies have demonstrated that thrombectomy leads to improved clinical outcome and extends the treatment window for patients with acute ischemic stroke. This has motivated an expansion of the arsenal of available thrombectomy devices and an increased interest in image-guided patient selection and treatment.
In vitro
and
in vivo
studies have shown that the choice of thrombectomy device may be optimized according to the composition of the occluding clot. Baseline imaging may, therefore, guide the thrombectomy device choice, provided that the composition of the clot can be determined by imaging. Due to the low soft tissue contrast of CT images, the extraction of image parameters may, however, be confounded by pooling of blood around the occlusion.

Hypothesis:
MicroCT images can be used to verify the x-ray density of the extracted clots in an unambiguous manner. These images may eventually be correlated to clinical baseline imaging to determine whether the x-ray density extracted from clinical images is representative of the clot or confounded by the pooling of blood around the occlusion.

Methods:
In this pilot study, we investigated whether the x-ray density, as measured with a microCT (Qunatum GX; Perkin Elmer), could be used to distinguish between clot analogs made from whole blood (n=1) and clots of blood constituents mixed to produce ratios of 95% : 5% (n=1) and 5% : 95% red blood cells : fibrin (n=1). After imaging, the compositions of the clots were histologically verified by H&E staining.

Results:
MicroCT data could be used to distinguish between red blood cell rich, whole blood and fibrinous clots with area-under-curve of receiver operating curves ranging between 0.64 and 0.82. The compositions of the red blood cell rich, the whole blood and the fibrinous clot were verified to contain 94% red blood cells and 6% fibrin, 70% red blood cells and 30 % fibrin, and 97% fibrin and 3% white blood cells respectively.

Conclusions:
X-ray density—as measured on a microCT— can be used to infer the composition of blood clots. Further studies will be performed to determine whether the x-ray density of patient-derived clots, as measured with the microCT, is representative of the appearance of the clots on clinical baseline imaging.
National Trends in Hospitalizations for Stroke Associated With Infective Endocarditis and Opioid Use Between 1993 and 2015
Authors: Salehi Omran Setareh , Chatterjee Abhinaba , Chen Monica L. , Lerario Michael P. , Merkler Alexander E. , Kamel Hooman
Published: January 2019

Background and Purpose—

There has been a recent sharp rise in opioid-related deaths in the United States. Intravenous opioid use can lead to infective endocarditis (IE) which can result in stroke. There are scant data on recent trends in this neurological complication of opioid abuse. We hypothesized that increasing opioid abuse has led to a higher incidence of stroke associated with IE and opioid use.

Methods—

We used the 1993 to 2015 releases of the National Inpatient Sample and validated
International Classification of Diseases
,
Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification
codes (
ICD-9-CM
) to identify hospitalizations with the combination of opioid abuse, IE, and stroke (defined as ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, or subarachnoid hemorrhage). Survey weights provided by the National Inpatient Sample were used to calculate nationally representative estimates and population estimates from the United States. Census data were used to calculate annual hospitalization rates per 10 million person-years. Joinpoint regression was used to assess trends.

Results—

From 1993 through 2015, there were 5283 hospitalizations with stroke associated with IE and opioid use. Across this period, the rate of such hospitalizations increased from 2.4 (95% CI, 0.5–4.3) to 18.8 (95% CI, 14.4–23.3) per 10 million US residents. Joinpoint regression detected 2 segments: no significant change in the hospitalization rate was apparent from 1993 to 2008 (annual percentage change, 1.9%; 95% CI, −2.2% to 6.1%), and then rates significantly increased from 2008 to 2015 (annual percentage change, 20.3%; 95% CI, 10.5%–30.9%), most dramatically in non-Hispanic white patients in the Northeastern and Southern United States.

Conclusions—

US hospitalization rates for stroke associated with IE and opioid use were stable for ≈2 decades but then sharply increased starting in 2008, coinciding with the emergence of the opioid epidemic.
New tanaidomorph Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from submarine mud-volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz (North-east Atlantic)
Authors: BŁAŻEWICZ-PASZKOWYCZ MAGDALENA , BAMBER ROGER N , CUNHA MARINA R
Published: January 2019

Faunal collections from mud-volcano sites in the Gulf of Cadiz, at depths between 355 and 3061 m, have revealed a high diversity (and in some cases high density) of tanaidaceans. The present study reports on nine new tanaidomorph species from eight different genera from this material. These include representatives of genera known elsewhere from non-ventassociated deep-sea habitats, but notably only the second and third (respectively) representatives of two genera, Coalecerotanais and Cristatotanais, known previously from cold-seep-habitats in the Gulf of Mexico. The genus Spinitanaopsis is synonymized with Cristatotanais. The tanaidacean records to date from hydrothermal vents or cold seeps are collated as a context for the present material. The possibilities of habitat-endemism in tanaidacean taxa associated with reducing environments and their biogeography are discussed.
Description of the unknown fifth instar of Emblethis duplicatus Seidenstücker, 1963 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae), with a key to 5th instar nymphs of Emblethis Fieber, 1860
Authors: LIS BARBARA
Published: January 2019

Currently, the Palaearctic genus Emblethis Fieber, 1860 comprises 29 species (Péricart 2001). Up to date, the 5th instars were known only for five species representing this genus, i.e., E. ciliatus Horváth, E. verbasci (Fabricius), E. griseus (Wolff), E. denticollis Horváth, and E. minutus Kiritshenko— descriptions and keys for their identification were provided by Putshkov (1969), and Péricart (1999).
Dusted off—the African Amietophrynus superciliaris-species complex of giant toads
Authors: BAREJ MICHAEL F. , SCHMITZ ANDREAS , MENEGON MICHELE , HILLERS ANNIKA , HINKEL HARALD , BÖHME WOLFGANG , RÖDEL MARK-OLIVER
Published: January 2019

Amietophrynus superciliaris is known to occur in rain forests from West Africa to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Gabon. We herein present morphological and molecular data indicating the existence of three distinct taxa. The name A. superciliaris superciliaris is restricted to toads from the western Lower Guinean Forest (eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon). We resurrect A. s. chevalieri for the Upper Guinean forest (Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana) and describe a new species occurring in the eastern part of the Lower Guinean Forest (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo). Amietophrynus channingi sp. nov. from eastern Lower Guinean Forest differs from both other taxa by its brownish lateral coloration (reddish-purple in the other taxa). The new species differs morphologically from western Lower Guinean A. s. superciliaris by a less pointed eyelid process, a dark coloured posterior abdominal region and a dark coloured vertebral line (both absent in A. s. superciliaris), the shape of the parotid glands (bulged and rounded at the posterior tip in the new species, slender drop shaped and pointed at the posterior tip in A. s. superciliaris), and juvenile interorbital markings (V-shaped in the new species, usually interrupted and broken in A. s. superciliaris). Amietophrynus channingi sp. nov. differs from the Upper Guinean A. s. chevalieri by the presence of an eyelid process (absent in A. s. chevalieri), presence of a dark vertebral line and a pair of dark spots on the posterior part of the back (both absent in A. s. chevalieri). The Upper Guinean A. s. chevalieri differs from western Lower Guinean A. s. superciliaris by the absence of an eyelid process, a dark coloured posterior abdominal region (absent in A. s. superciliaris) and lacking a pair of dark spots in the posterior part of the back (present in A. s. superciliaris). The new species differs from both other taxa by 2.2–2.8% in the investigated 16S rRNA gene. West African and western Central African populations differ by only 0.9–1.1% in 16S rRNA, lacking any intra-taxon variation within each clade, and are cautiously regarded as subspecies although the genetic distinction is mirrored by strong morphological differences and distinct geographic distribution which may support its elevation to species status once that more comprehensive data become available. A key to the taxa of the A. superciliaris-species complex is provided.
A new species of Mantidactylus (subgenus Chonomantis) from Ranomafana National Park, eastern Madagascar (Amphibia, Anura, Mantellidae)
Authors: BORA PARFAIT , RAMILIJAONA OLGA , RAMINOSOA NOROMALALA , VENCES MIGUEL
Published: January 2019

We describe a new frog species of Mantidactylus belonging to the subgenus Chonomantis from Ranomafana National Park, in the Southern Central East region of Madagascar, at mid-elevations (about 950 m above sea level). Specimens of Mantidactylus paidroa sp. nov. were observed during the day in cavities under large rocks next to a stream in rainforest. Their advertisement calls are unique in Chonomantis and consist of a long series of note pairs. The new species shows a high divergence to other Chonomantis species in DNA sequences of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene (5.6–10.8%). Mantidactylus paidroa is so far only known from several streams in Ranomafana National Park but may have been overlooked at other rainforest sites in eastern Madagascar. We propose an IUCN threat status of Data Deficient for this new species.
Debating Liolaemidae diversity and classification, and a bit more: A response to Lobo et al.
Authors: PINCHEIRA-DONOSO DANIEL
Published: January 2019

The Liolaemidae lizard evolutionary radiation has resulted from active spatial expansions into an extensive territorial area accompanied by active events of cladogenesis that have produced high levels of taxonomic and ecological diversity, especially within the Liolaemus genus. As a result, these lizards have been for decades the subject of intense taxonomic and systematic debates. Here, I provide an analysis of a recent paper where discussions on Liolaemidae diversity and classification involved biased and arbitrary interpretations and observations of two previously published monographs.
Taxonomy of inquilines of oak gall wasps of Panama, with description of eight new species of Synergus Hartig (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Synergini)
Authors: NIEVES-ALDREY JOSE LUIS , MEDIANERO ENRIQUE
Published: January 2019

This paper reports the first study of the inquiline oak gall wasp fauna of Panama. Samples were collected at 19 sites in Panama, and inquiline specimens were reared from 63 gall morphotypes, including six species of Quercus, mainly Q. salicifolia and Q. bumelioides. Two genera were found: Synergus, represented by 10 species, and the recently described genus Agastoroxenia Nieves-Aldrey & Medianero, with a single species, A. panamensis Nieves-Aldrey & Medianero. Synergus was recorded for the first time in Panama; Synergus mesoamericanus and Synergus nicaraguensis, which were formerly recorded from Guatemala and Nicaragua, have now been recorded in Panama, and eight new species of Synergus are described here: Synergus elegans, S. laticephalus, S. ramoni, S. rufinotaulis, S. luteus, S. gabrieli, S. baruensis and S. chiricanus. A key for the identification of the studied fauna is provided. An overall similarity cluster analysis of the inquilines of oak gall wasps of Panama, including one Neotropical and two Palaearctic species as outgroups, is included.
Corallimorphus niwa new species (Cnidaria: Anthozoa), New Zealand members of Corallimorphus, and redefinition of Corallimorphidae and its members
Authors: FAUTIN DAPHNE GAIL
Published: January 2019

The new species of anthozoan Corallimorphus niwa occurs at depths of 926–1773 m in seas around New Zealand. This new species shares with other members of Corallimorphus stiff and hyaline mesoglea, short column relative to its broad oral disc, and deep-sea habitat. It differs from other members of Corallimorphus in having an equal number of marginal and discal tentacles, the discal tentacles arrayed in multiple circlets. Groups of Corallimorphus are defined by tentacle array; C. niwa n. sp. characterizes the new niwa group. Two of the other five valid species of Corallimorphus (C. profundus and C. pilatus) constitute the profundus group, members of which have about four times as many marginal as discal tentacles, the discal tentacles arrayed in a single circlet; the three members of the rigidus group (C. rigidus, C. denhartogi, and C. ingens) have about twice as many marginal as discal tentacles, the discal tentacles arrayed in multiple circlets. The definition of genus Corallimorphus must be modified to accommodate this species; this also involves synonymizing with one another the other two genera of family Corallimorphidae, Corynactis and Pseudocorynactis. The formal definitions of order Corallimorpharia and family Corallimorphidae are adjusted to be in parallel and hierarchical format.
Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a remarkable new genus and two new species of Neotropical freshwater stingrays from the Amazon basin (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae)
Authors: DE CARVALHO MARCELO R. , LOVEJOY NATHAN R.
Published: January 2019

The morphology and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus and two new species of Neotropical freshwater stingrays, family Potamotrygonidae, are investigated and described in detail. The new genus, Heliotrygon, n. gen., and its two new species, Heliotrygon gomesi, n. sp. (type-species) and Heliotrygon rosai, n. sp., are compared to all genera and species of potamotrygonids, based on revisions in progress. Some of the derived features of Heliotrygon include its unique disc proportions (disc highly circular, convex anteriorly at snout region, its width and length very similar), extreme subdivision of suborbital canal (forming a complex honeycomb-like pattern anterolaterally on disc), stout and triangular pelvic girdle, extremely reduced caudal sting, basibranchial copula with very slender and acute anterior extension, and precerebral and frontoparietal fontanellae of about equal width, tapering very little posteriorly. Both new species can be distinguished by their unique color patterns: Heliotrygon gomesi is uniform gray to light tan or brownish dorsally, without distinct patterns, whereas Heliotrygon rosai is characterized by numerous white to creamy-white vermiculate markings over a light brown, tan or gray background color. Additional proportional characters that may further distinguish both species are also discussed. Morphological descriptions are provided for dermal denticles, ventral lateral-line canals, skeleton, and cranial, hyoid and mandibular muscles of Heliotrygon, which clearly corroborate it as the sister group of Paratrygon. Both genera share numerous derived features of the ventral lateral-line canals, neurocranium, scapulocoracoid, pectoral basals, clasper morphology, and specific patterns of the adductor mandibulae and spiracularis medialis muscles. Potamotrygon and Plesiotrygon are demonstrated to share derived characters of their ventral lateral-line canals, in addition to the presence of angular cartilages. Our morphological phylogeny is further corroborated by a molecular phylogenetic analysis of cytochrome b based on four sequences (637 base pairs in length), representing two distinct haplotypes for Heliotrygon gomesi. Parsimony analysis produced a single most parsimonious tree revealing Heliotrygon and Paratrygon as sister taxa (bootstrap proportion of 70%), which together are the sister group to a clade including Plesiotrygon and species of Potamotrygon. These unusual stingrays highlight that potamotrygonid diversity, both in terms of species composition and undetected morphological and molecular patterns, is still poorly known.
Five new species and one new subspecies of Micronoctuidae from China, with a checklist of Chinese species, including Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea, Micronoctuidae)
Authors: FIBIGER MICHAEL , HAN HUI-LIN , KONONENKO VLADIMIR S.
Published: January 2019

Five new species and one subspecies of the family Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) (Bellulia bibella sp. n., Parachrostia pura sp. n., Tactusa virga sp. n., T. flexus sp. n., T. brevis sp. n., and T. discrepans yunnanensis ssp. n.) are described from South China (provinces Yunnan and Guizhou). Three species, Mimachrostia fasciata Sugi, 1982, T. discrepans Fibiger, 2010 and T. pars Fibiger, 2010 are reported from China for the first time. An updated checklist of the Micronoctuidae from China, including Taiwan is presented consisting of 28 species and 2 two subspecies.
Freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from the Iberian Peninsula and Greece: diversity and notes on ecology
Authors: VILA-FARRÉ MIQUEL , SLUYS RONALD , ALMAGRO ÍO , HANDBERG-THORSAGER METTE , ROMERO RAFAEL
Published: January 2019

Few studies have examined the diversity of freshwater planarians in the Iberian Peninsula and Greece. We have searched extensively for specimens, mainly in the Iberian Peninsula, and have gathered information on their taxonomy and biogeography. Two new species of Dendrocoelum and six new species of Phagocata are described. We also review the status of five other species and present distribution maps that summarize records of freshwater planarians in the Iberian Peninsula. The diversity of three ecological groups of freshwater planarians in this area is discussed and we show that it has a rich, stream-dwelling freshwater triclad fauna, contrary to the findings of earlier studies. But our findings support the traditional viewpoint that European lake-dwelling species are scarce in Spain. The distribution pattern of Girardia tigrina is also discussed. We conclude that the critical status of Schmidtea mediterranea in this area is partly due to habitat alteration through human interference.
Rondostreptus, a new spirostreptid genus from southeastern Tanzania (Diplopoda: Spirostreptidae)
Authors: HOFFMAN RICHARD L.
Published: January 2019

The name Rondostreptus kiellandi is proposed for an undescribed genus and species of Spirostreptidae apparently endemic to the Rondo Plateau in southeastern Tanzania. It appears to have no close relatives among the known spirostreptid fauna of East Africa.
On the Iberian endemic subgenus Lathromene Koch (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae): description of the first hypogean Domene Fauvel, 1872 from Portugal
Authors: REBOLEIRA A. S. P. S. , GONÇALVES F. , OROMÍ P.
Published: January 2019

Domene (Lathromene) lusitanica n. sp. from Sicó karstic massif in Portugal is described and compared with other species of the subgenus, representing the first hypogean rove beetle from mainland Portugal. A comparison between Domene lusitanica n. sp. and the other species of the Iberian endemic subgenus Lathromene is made using diagnostic characters. An identification key for the males of Lathromene species is presented, and biogeographical and ecological comments are also included. The species of Domene known from the Iberian Peninsula are listed and their distributions are mapped.
The Centetostoma scabriculum complex—a group of three cryptic species (Arachnida: Opiliones: Nemastomatidae)
Authors: MARTENS JOCHEN
Published: January 2019

Nemastoma scabriculum Simon, 1879 turned out to be a group of three closely related species of the Pyrenees in SW Europe (France and Spain). Though the species are similar in general habit they can easily be recognized by external morphology (structure of the apophysis of male chelicerae) and male genital morphology (penial structure). For Nemastoma scabriculum Simon, 1879 sensu stricto a lectotype is designated. The synonymous Nemastoma ventalloi Mello-Leitao, 1936 is considered to be a distinct species and is re-described. The third species of the group is described as new, Centetostoma juberthiei sp. n. Though partly sympatric in their restricted Pyrenean area, the individual species are found to be small-scale allopatric; only twice have two species been found in syntopy in narrowly circumscribed localities. Centetostoma Kratochvíl, 1958 is confined to presently comprise one Southwest Alpine and three Pyrenean species.
A new Rhagovelia in the armata group from Colombia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae)
Authors: PADILLA-GIL DORA N.
Published: January 2019

Rhagovelia quilichaensis sp. nov. is described from Santander de Quilichao Municipality, Cauca Department, Colombia, and placed in the armata group. A key to the species of Rhagovelia species in the armata group from Colombia is provided.
Cryptic diversity of the semi-terrestrial amphipod Platorchestia japonica (Tattersall, 1922) (Amphipoda: Talitrida: Talitridae) in Japan and Taiwan, with description of a new species
Authors: CHENG YU-TING , NAKAZONO KENJI , LIN Y. KIRK , CHAN BENNY K. K.
Published: January 2019

The talitrid amphipod Platorchestia Bousfield, 1982 is common in sandy beaches, estuarine marshes, shores of lakes and rivers. They are detritivores, and being prey for birds and other animals, they play an important role in the food chain. In the present study, we identified a new Platorchestia from Guan-du, Taiwan, based on morphological (light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy) and molecular approach (sequence divergence in the mitochondria DNA, COI) and described herein. Platorchestia paludosus sp. nov. from the Guan-du was morphologically different from all reported Platorchestia species, but it was very close to P. japonica (Tattersall, 1922). The distribution pattern of setae in the lateral margin of the telson and sharpness of ramus tip of uropod 3, however, exhibit diagnostic differences between the two species. From sequence divergence in COI, Platorchestia paludosus differed from P. japonica 13.3% in average, values that are comparable to inter-specific differences in other amphipod taxa.
A review of the Diplazontinae of Mongolia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
Authors: KLOPFSTEIN SERAINA
Published: January 2019

The Diplazontinae identified and described by Setsuya Momoi in the collection of Dr. Kaszab from Mongolia were examined at the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest. Because of insufficient labelling, the type status of some specimens had to be clarified and four lectotypes were designated. Syrphophilus stibarus Momoi,1973 is conspecific with Syrphophilus dilleriator Aubert, 1976, syn. nov., and Syrphoctonus lipothrix (Momoi, 1973) is a junior synonym of Syrphoctonus haemorrhoidalis (Szépligeti, 1898), syn. nov. Diplazon multicolor (Gravenhorst, 1829) is removed from synonymy with Diplazon annulatus (Gravenhorst, 1829), stat. rev. A new species is described, Sussaba mongolica sp. nov., and the male of Syrphoctonus venustus (Dasch, 1964) is re-described to account for the material from Mongolia. The ultrastructure of the tyloids of three species is illustrated by scanning electron micrographs to demonstrate their large variability in the subfamily. Seven species are recorded for the first time from Mongolia, four of which are recorded for the first time from the Eastern Palaearctic. These data on the Mongolian diplazontines provide further evidence for an unusually large proportion of species of this subfamily with a multiregional distribution.
Review of the genus Euconocephalus Karny (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae: Copiphorini) from China
Authors: WANG JIAN-FENG , SHI FU-MING , OU XIAO-HONG
Published: January 2019

This paper reviews species of the genus Euconocephalus Karny from China, provides a key to species from China, and describes a new species, namely E. longissimus Wang & Shi sp. nov.. This new species differs from known species in the genus in the following: body comparatively large; fastigium verticis relatively long, ventral margin about 3 times as longitudinal diameter of eyes; Cu2 vein slender and long, with about 105 teeth (E. nasutus and E. pallidus with about 70 teeth); titillators symmetrical L-shaped, apical parts widened, and basal parts outcurved (E. nasutus X-shaped, flat; E. pallidus apical parts closed, and basal portions outcurved). The type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University and Faculty of Conservation Biology, Southwest Forestry University.
Designation of a neotype for the Brazilian porcupine, Coendou prehensilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Authors: LEITE YURI L. R. , JÚNIOR VILACIO CALDARA , LOSS ANA CAROLINA , COSTA LEONORA PIRES , MELO ÉVERTON R. A. , GADELHA JOSÉ RAMON , PONTES ANTONIO ROSSANO M.
Published: January 2019

The Brazilian porcupine was one of several species described and illustrated by the 17 th -century naturalist Georg Marcgrave, whose text was among the primary references upon which Linnaeus based his Hystrix prehensilis. As currently understood, Coendou prehensilis is a wide-ranging polytypic taxon that has never been revised and may represent a complex of closely related species. Given that no name-bearing type specimen of C. prehensilis is believed to be extant, and in order to avoid ambiguous application of this name, we designate a specimen collected at the type locality in Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil, as the neotype for Hystrix prehensilis Linnaeus. The geographic distribution of mitochondrial DNA haplotypes suggests that specimens from west-central Brazil previously identified as “Coendou prehensilis” belong to a different species, but only a comprehensive taxonomic revision of the genus will shed light on species limits and the geographic ranges of C. prehensilis and other congeneric forms.
Taxonomic revision of Gripopteryx (Pictet, 1841) (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae)
Authors: LECCI LUCAS SILVEIRA , FROEHLICH CLAUDIO GILBERTO
Published: January 2019

The genus Gripopteryx is revised and two new species are described, G. japi n. sp. from southeastern Brazil, and G. clemira n. sp. from northeastern Brazil. The male of G. brasiliensis Šámal, 1921 and the female of G. flinti Froehlich, 1993 are described. New figures for G. maculosa Jewett, 1960, for the male of G. reticulata Brauer, 1866, and for the female of G. brasiliensis are provided. Keys to adult males and to nymphs are provided.
Description of a new species of Laccodytes Régimbart, 1895 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Laccophilinae) from Cuba
Authors: TOLEDO MARIO , MEGNA YOANDRI S. , ALARIE YVES
Published: January 2019

Laccodytes cobrinae sp. n. is described from Cuba, which brings to 11 the number of species included in the Neotropical Laccophilinae genus Laccodytes Régimbart, 1895. Description and illustration of the new species are provided along with a discussion of its ecology and systematic position. The unexpected discovery of a new species in Cuba represents the first mention of Laccodytes in the Caribbean area, which extends considerably the distribution of the genus in the Neotropics. Such finding suggests that other species of Laccodytes could be found elsewhere in the Caribbean or Antilles as well as north of the Orinoco basin.
The ClimEx Project: A 50-Member Ensemble of Climate Change Projections at 12-km Resolution over Europe and Northeastern North America with the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM5)
Authors: Leduc Martin , Mailhot Alain , Frigon Anne , Martel Jean-Luc , Ludwig Ralf , Brietzke Gilbert B. , Giguère Michel , Brissette François , Turcotte Richard , Braun Marco , Scinocca John
Published: January 2019

The Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM5) Large Ensemble (CRCM5-LE) consists of a dynamically downscaled version of the CanESM2 50-member initial-conditions ensemble (CanESM2-LE). The downscaling was performed at 12-km resolution over two domains, Europe (EU) and northeastern North America (NNA), and the simulations extend from 1950 to 2099, following the RCP8.5 scenario. In terms of validation, warm biases are found over the EU and NNA domains during summer, whereas during winter cold and warm biases appear over EU and NNA, respectively. For precipitation, simulations are generally wetter than the observations but slight dry biases also occur in summer. Climate change projections for 2080–99 (relative to 2000–19) show temperature changes reaching 8°C in summer over some parts of Europe, and exceeding 12°C in northern Québec during winter. For precipitation, central Europe will become much dryer during summer (−2 mm day−1) and wetter during winter (>1.2 mm day−1). Similar changes are observed over NNA, although summer drying is not as prominent. Projected changes in temperature interannual variability were also investigated, generally showing increasing and decreasing variability during summer and winter, respectively. Temperature variability is found to increase by more than 70% in some parts of central Europe during summer and to increase by 80% in the northernmost part of Québec during the month of May as the snow cover becomes subject to high year-to-year variability in the future. Finally, CanESM2-LE and CRCM5-LE are compared with respect to extreme precipitation, showing evidence that the higher resolution of CRCM5-LE allows a more realistic representation of local extremes, especially over coastal and mountainous regions.
The Labor Market Effects of Refugee Waves: Reconciling Conflicting Results
Authors: Clemens Michael A. , Hunt Jennifer
Published: January 2019

Studies have reached conflicting conclusions regarding the labor market effects of exogenous refugee waves such as the Mariel Boatlift in Miami. The authors show that contradictory findings on the effects of the Mariel Boatlift can be explained by a large difference in the pre- and post-Boatlift racial composition in certain very small subsamples of workers in the Current Population Survey. This compositional change is specific to Miami and unrelated to the Boatlift. They also show that conflicting findings on the labor market effects of other important refugee waves are caused by spurious correlation in some analyses between the instrument and the endogenous variable, introduced by applying a common divisor to both. As a whole, the evidence from refugee waves reinforces the existing consensus that the impact of immigration on average native-born workers is small, and it fails to substantiate claims of large detrimental effects on workers with less than a high school education.
Gender and Health: Beyond Binary Categorical Measurement
Authors: Hart Chloe Grace , Saperstein Aliya , Magliozzi Devon , Westbrook Laurel
Published: January 2019

This study leverages multiple measures of gender from a US national online survey (N = 1,508) to better assess how gender is related to self-rated health. In contrast to research linking feminine behaviors with good health and masculine behaviors with poor health, we find that masculinity is associated with better self-rated health for cisgender men, whereas femininity is associated with better self-rated health for cisgender women. The patterns are similar whether we consider self-identification or how people feel others perceive their gender, though reflected appraisals are most strongly associated with health for cisgender women. We also find that people who report they are seen as gender nonconforming report worse health, but only when this perception does not match their gender identification. Our results demonstrate that multiple measures of gender allow researchers to disentangle how health is not only shaped by gender enactments but also shapes perceptions of gender and gender difference.
Effects of Daily and Reduced Frequency Implementation of the Good Behavior Game in Kindergarten Classrooms
Authors: Dadakhodjaeva Kamila , Radley Keith C. , Tingstrom Daniel H. , Dufrene Brad A. , Dart Evan H.
Published: January 2019

An effective group contingency, the Good Behavior Game (GBG), has been implemented successfully with a wide range of age groups. However, improvements in student behavior are often not observed when the GBG is abruptly terminated, and research has yet to evaluate the effects of the GBG when the frequency of implementation is reduced. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effect of the GBG, implemented daily initially then on a less frequent schedule. The study utilized a multiple baseline design across three kindergarten classrooms to evaluate the effectiveness and maintenance of the GBG at reducing classwide and target student disruptive behavior (DB) and increasing classwide and target student academic engagement. Reduced Frequency data were collected while withholding implementation of the GBG. The results indicate that the GBG was highly effective in improving classwide behavior, which was maintained throughout the final Reduced Frequency phase in which the GBG was reduced in frequency, and moderately effective in improving target student behavior during both phases.
Postoperative Systemic Acyclovir in Juvenile-Onset Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: The Outcome
Authors: Mitra Sandipta , Das Arindam , Ghosh Debasish , Sengupta Arunabha
Published: January 2019

A prospective observational study was conducted consisting of 21 patients of Juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, attending the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery at our institution, who underwent surgical excision of the papillomas followed by oral acyclovir postoperatively. The study was aimed to observe the effect of systemic acyclovir on postoperative outcomes in children having recurrent respiratory papillomatosis undergoing primary surgical excision. It was observed that the mean interval between surgeries as well as the number of surgical interventions required was significantly lesser when acyclovir was used as a postoperative adjuvant than when surgery was done alone. Hence, the interval between successive surgeries, or in other words, the time interval between relapse of the disease could be prolonged significantly with the use of postoperative systemic acyclovir. Thus, the disease could be controlled for longer periods and repeated surgeries avoided.
Do People Believe That They Are More Deontological Than Others?
Authors: Li Ming-Hui , Rao Li-Lin
Published: January 2019

The question of how we decide that someone else has done something wrong is at the heart of moral psychology. Little work has been done to investigate whether people believe that others’ moral judgment differs from their own in moral dilemmas. We conducted four experiments using various measures and diverse samples to demonstrate the self–other discrepancy in moral judgment. We found that (a) people were more deontological when they made moral judgments themselves than when they judged a stranger (Studies 1-4) and (b) a protected values (PVs) account outperformed an emotion account and a construal-level theory account in explaining this self–other discrepancy (Studies 3 and 4). We argued that the self–other discrepancy in moral judgment may serve as a protective mechanism co-evolving alongside the social exchange mechanism and may contribute to better understanding the obstacles preventing people from cooperation.
Why Do Some Articles in Planning Journals Get Cited More than Others?
Authors: Stevens Mark R. , Park Keunhyun , Tian Guang , Kim Keuntae , Ewing Reid
Published: January 2019

The planning literature has taken a recent interest in journal article citation counts, which are often used to measure the scholarly impact of articles, authors, or university departments. However, little is known about the factors that determine citation counts for planning-related articles. We find that citation counts in planning vary across planning topics and are also influenced by other journal, author, and article-related factors. We provide recommendations to planning researchers for increasing the impact of their research, and advise consumers of citation counts in planning to consider making particular adjustments to the counts to make them more meaningful.
Feelings: Discipleship that Understands the Affective Processes of a Disciple of Christ
Authors: Anderson Tamara L. , Skinner Shelly A.
Published: January 2019

Christ calls believers to be disciples, and in turn to disciple others. For discipleship to be effective, it is important to understand the role that emotions play in our relationship with God, others, and our new identity in Christ. This article discusses emotional experience from the Emotion Focused Therapy theoretical model and presents a case for attending to the emotional world of those we disciple as a necessary component to the process of discipleship.
Construct-it: A board game to enhance built environment students’ understanding of the property life cycle
Authors: Hayhow S. , Parn E.A. , Edwards D.J. , Hosseini M. Reza , Aigbavboa C.
Published: January 2019

This article investigates the development of a board game entitled ‘Construct-it’ as an innovative pedagogical approach (as proof of concept) to augmenting the applied knowledge and understanding of built environment students studying property life cycle analysis. A largely qualitative and inductive methodological approach is conducted to identify and investigate the various pertinent theoretical frameworks that could be adopted; conduct a critical synthesis of extant literature; and develop Construct-it, a game intuitively grounded in practice-based knowledge. The study reveals that games provide a fun, engaging and challenging means of educating students at higher education institutions. It also notes a significant dearth of literature in terms of applying games to students enrolled on built environment programmes. Construct-it can enhance the student’s learning experience and knowledge of pertinent industry practice and standards and can complement traditional classroom teaching approaches. The study concludes with directions for the future work required to enhance the development of the novel pedagogical proof of concept presented. Such work will require robust testing and validation of the game to measure its impact on the student learning experience.
Remembering the Presidents
Authors: DeSoto K. Andrew , Roediger Henry L.
Published: January 2019

Here we report research on how important historical figures—presidents of the United States—are remembered and forgotten. When students are given 5 min to recall presidents (in order, if possible), they remember the first few, the most recent, and Lincoln and his immediate successors better than the rest. When this study is done over time, a regular forgetting curve appears, allowing us to assess the rate of forgetting for more recent presidents. Some presidents (e.g., Kennedy) are being forgotten more slowly than others (e.g., Truman). People are more accurate in recognizing presidents than in recalling them, but they also show interesting false recognitions, identifying people such as Alexander Hamilton as a former president. Together, these studies provide a window into how groups of people remember salient figures from their group’s past: its leaders. They also show that the effects derived from studying artificial materials in the lab may generalize more widely to other material with a different type of memory test.
The Role of Calling in a Social Cognitive Model of Well-Being
Authors: Lee Hang-Shim , Lee Eun Sul , Shin Yun-Jeong
Published: January 2019

The present study examined the role of calling in a social cognitive model of well-being using a sample of 328 South Korean teachers. The model incorporating calling into the social cognitive model of well-being demonstrated an excellent fit, and our variables accounted for significant variance in job satisfaction (47%) and life satisfaction (38%). Among the 12 direct paths of the proposed model, 10 hypothesized paths were significant. The direct paths from positive affect to calling, self-efficacy, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction; from calling to self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and life satisfaction; from self-efficacy to outcome expectations; from outcome expectations to job satisfaction; and from job satisfaction to life satisfaction were significant. Additionally, the mediating paths between positive affect and life satisfaction via calling, self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and job satisfaction were significant. The practical implications for enhancing teachers’ job and life satisfaction and future directions of research were discussed.
The effect of high-power ultrasound on the quality of carrot juice
Authors: Chen Liyi , Bi Xiufang , Guo Dandan , Xing Yage , Che Zhenming
Published: January 2019

The effect of high-power ultrasound treatment on enzymes’ activity, physicochemical attributes (total soluble solids, pH, viscosity, turbidity, particle size distribution and colour) and carotenoids’ content of carrot juice was investigated. The treatments were carried out at 20 kHz (0.95, 2.38, 3.80 W/ml power) in an ice bath for 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 min. The polyphenol oxidase and pectin methylesterase activity were decreased by 43.90 and 37.95% at 3.80 W/ml power and 10 min exposure time, respectively. With the increase of power and time, the effect of high-power ultrasound on the inactivation of enzymes was getting stronger. However, high-power ultrasound had no inactivation effect on peroxidase activity under all treatment conditions. The visual colour differences were not obvious after high-power ultrasound. The pH, total soluble solids and particle size distribution of carrot juice were not significantly affected ( p > 0.05) under all treatment conditions, while turbidity was increased and carotenoids’ content was decreased. The viscosity of carrot juice was decreased by 1.27% at 0.95 W/ml power and 8 min, while it was increased by 2.29% at 2.38 W/ml power and 8 min. The value of viscosity was negatively correlated with the activity of pectin methylesterase (Pearson’s r = −0.481, p < 0.05). According to these results, we could conclude that the optimal treatment condition was 3.80 W/ml for 10 min. Overall, high-power ultrasound treatment inhibited browning, maintained taste and nutritional value and improved stability of carrot juice. Therefore, this technology could well be an option for processing of carrot juice and laid the theoretical foundation for the production of carrot juice and carrot compound beverage.