bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Innate immune response of human pluripotent stem cell-derived airway epithelium
Authors: McIntyre Brendan AS , Kushwah Rahul , Mechael Rami , Shapovalova Zoya , Alev Cantas , Bhatia Mickie
Published: September 2014

The acquisition of innate immune response is requisite to having bona fide differentiation of airway epithelium. Procedures developed to differentiate lung airway from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) have demonstrated anecdotal evidence for innate immune response, but an in-depth exploration of response levels is lacking. Herein, using an established method of airway epithelial generation from hPSCs, we show that hPSC-derived epithelial cells are able to up-regulate expression of TNFα , IL8 and IL1β in response to challenge with bacterial endotoxin LPS, but lack response from genes associated with innate immune response in other cell types. Further, stimulation of cells with TNF-α resulted in auto-induction of TNFα transcript, as well as cytokine responses of IL8 and IL1β. The demonstration of innate immune induction in hPSC-derived airway epithelia gives further strength to the functionality of in vitro protocols aimed at generating differentiated airway cells that can potentially be used in a translational setting. Finally, we propose that innate immune challenge of airway epithelium from human pluripotent stem cell sources be used as a robust validation of functional in vitro differentiation.
In te consumere nomen: The Politics of Naming in Ausonius’s Mosella
Authors: Strouse A. W.
Published: October 2014

AbstractScholars have noted that Ausonius (ca. 310–395) plays with names in his poetry, but no one as yet has studied the poetic effects that Ausonius creates through naming. This article surveys several poems by Ausonius, showing how the poet crafts the nomen as a way to forge political alliances. The name’s political applications are shown to be an engagement with late antique onomastic practices. By attending to Ausonius’s use of names, we can interpret his Mosella as an allegory in which the poet provides advice to his student, Gratian, about how to relate to his brother, Valentinian II. This reading, which is corroborated by referring to Ausonius’s correspondence with Gratian, helps us to date the poem.
Electronic cigarettes in mental health settings – solving a conundrum?
Authors: Ratschen Elena
Published: October 2014

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), have recently been the focus of much attention and debate. This article attempts to highlight their relevance and potential importance for mental health settings, with a focus on in-patient units. To do so, the complexities involved in smoking among people with mental disorder, the debate surrounding e-cigarettes, and their potential to be utilised as a smoking cessation or temporary abstinence aid in the context of smoke-free policies and new National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance for smoking cessation in mental health settings, will be discussed and synthesised below.
Establishing Dialogue between Theory and Composition Classrooms
Authors: Howard K. Shannon
Published: October 2014

Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble has the reputation of being a difficult book to read and teach. This project shows how compositionists may help theory teachers approach Butler from a rhetorical lens. This lens calls attention to the conversational moves in Butler’s writing and how those create productive dialogue among scholars.
Synthesis of Spherical SiO2@TiO2 Core–Shell Nanoparticles with Anatase-Type Crystallinity and High Aqueous Dispersibility and Their Photocatalytic Properties
Authors: Nakahara Yoshio , Hayashizaki Masahiro , Watanabe Mitsuru , Tamai Toshiyuki , Kimura Keiichi
Published: September 2014

Up to date, the development of TiO2 nanoparticles with well-defined morphology, crystallinity, and high solvent dispersibility has been still a big challenge. In this study, monodisperse and spherical SiO2@TiO2 core–shell nanoparticles, whose diameter was 20.7 ± 2.7 nm, with anatase-type crystallinity and high aqueous dispersibility were fabricated by a simple and facile method combing a sol–gel reaction using tetrabutyl orthotitanate as a precursor in the presence of colloidal SiO2 nanoparticles and a very mild crystallization process of the TiO2 layer. Transmission electron microscope measurements showed that the size and shape of the obtained core–shell nanoparticles were considerably uniform. The anatase crystallinity of the TiO2 layer on the particle surface was endowed by heating at 100 °C in the acidic aqueous solution under atmospheric pressure. Also, they maintained high aqueous dispersibility even after the crystallization process. Most importantly, their photocatalytic ability towards methylene blue was comparable to that of commercially available pure TiO2 nanoparticles. The SiO2@TiO2 core–shell nanoparticles developed in this study are highly expected to be membranous materials for very thin TiO2 films due to their high aqueous dispersibility and shape homogeneity.
Effective Management over Government Led Research: A Study of Research Institutions in Gambia
Authors: Ozor Frederick
Published: October 2014

Using primary data generated from samples of research units within the Gambia public research sector, this two-phased inquiry seeks to identify and explain factors in research governance that influence scientific knowledge production. In contributing to empirical discussions on the impact levels of different governance models and structures to scientific output, which appear limited and mixed in literature, this study suggests, first, that scientific committee structures with significant research steering autonomy could not only directly contribute to scientific output, but also indirectly through moderating effects on research practices. It further argues that autonomous scientific committee structures tend to play a better steering role than a management-centric model and structure of research governance. Second, elaborating and providing a more insightful explanation and perspective on individual research behaviours and outcome of research, the study argues that communication and collaborative networks could improve research practices and behaviours, which is a most important predictor of scientific performance. Third, research related behaviours are multi-dimensional; they include publication behaviour, publication orientation, funding behaviour, decisions about research priorities and agenda, as well as the communication behaviour of the scientist — all of which are critical for scientific knowledge production. Fourth, analysis of results suggests that intrinsically motivated curiosity is crucial in driving creative and innovative research. For this reason, results of analysis showing negative contribution of non-supportive institutional conditions and positive contribution of intrinsic motivation suggest far reaching implications for the competiveness of a country like Gambia, which is still working to build and improve its science and technology base.
Η στάθμιση του ποιοτικού και η περιοδίκευση στην ιστορία
Authors: Δημαράς Κ. Θ.
Published: October 2014

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Νέα στοιχεία για τον «γαλλικό» Στράβωνα. Η ανέκδοτη επιστολή του Gosselin
Authors: Φασουλάκης Στερ.
Published: October 2014

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Τα “Βασιλικά” (έκδ. Fabrotus) στην Κωνσταντινούπολη
Authors: Αποστολόπουλος Δημήτρης Γ.
Published: October 2014

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Συνδρομητές για την έκδοση της “Κιβωτού”
Authors: Ηλιού Φίλιππος
Published: October 2014

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«Τα ελεεινά λείψανα» του Κούρζωνος
Authors: Πιτσάκης Κ. Γ.
Published: October 2014

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Οι «Λόγοι Εκκλησιαστικοί» Κωνσταντίνου Οικονόμου του εξ Οικονόμων και ο «'Υμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν» του Διονυσίου Σολωμού (Σημεία επαφής και στοιχεία παράλληλα)
Authors: Τόγιας Βασίλης Ιω.
Published: October 2014

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Μία αφιέρωση του Θεόκλητου Πολυείδη
Authors: Δημαράς Κ. Θ.
Published: October 2014

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Άλλο ένα έντυπο της τυπογραφίας των Κυδωνιών
Authors: Μιχαηλάρης Παναγιώτης Δ.
Published: October 2014

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Ο συγγραφέας της ανώνυμης Γραμματικής του 1809
Authors: Κατσιαρδή Όλγα
Published: October 2014

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Παρασχολήματα του Σ.Α.Κ.
Authors: Δημαράς Κ. Θ.
Published: October 2014

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Μία αθησαύριστη αγγελία του Ν. Σ. Πίκκολου (1821)
Authors: Πολίτης Αλέξης
Published: October 2014

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Πρωτοσέλιδα
Authors: Eranistes.org Eranistes.org
Published: October 2014

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Περιεχόμενα
Authors: Eranistes.org Eranistes.org
Published: October 2014

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Notules Phanariotes. I: Panagiodoros
Authors: Pippidi Andrei
Published: October 2014

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Η καθίδρυση του ελεύθερου τεκτονισμού στον νέον ελληνισμό
Authors: Αγγέλου Άλκης
Published: October 2014

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Ένα αθησαύριστο έντυπο. Η «Επιστολή ενός Γραικού περί του εις Σμύρνην Γυμνασίου»
Authors: Καράς Γιάννης
Published: October 2014

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Το «Εξ Αμερικής Φιλελληνικόν Τυπογραφείον»
Authors: Παπαγεωργίου Σόφη
Published: October 2014

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Αποκατάσταση χρονολογίας στην Bibliographie Hellénique του É. Legrand
Authors: Βασιλείου Πάνος
Published: October 2014

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Distribuição e Densidade de Nasutitermes sp. (Isoptera: Termitidae) em Mata Ribeirinha do Rio Miranda, Pantanal Sul-Matogrossense, Brasil
Authors: Polatto Leandro Pereira , Alves-Junior Valter Vieira
Published: September 2014

Resumo. Este trabalho teve como objetivo analisar a influência da densidade arbórea e da borda sobre a quantidade e o volume nidal dos ninhos arborícolas de Nasutitermes sp., bem como, verificar a dependência do tamanho desses ninhos e a sua região de fixação em relação à arquitetura arbórea. A coleta de dados foi realizada em outubro de 2005, em um trecho da mata ribeirinha do rio Miranda no Pantanal Miranda-Abobral, sendo feita amostragem da quantidade e volume nidal dos ninhos arborícolas de Nasutitermes sp. e verificado a densidade de árvores de dossel através do método de amostragem por parcelas ao longo de um gradiente de profundidade na mata. Outros valores de arquitetura arbórea em que o ninho servia de abrigo também foram analisados, utilizando-se o coeficiente de correlação de Spearman, o teste de Kruskal-Wallis e o Qui-Quadrado. Dentre os resultados analisados, conclui-se que os ninhos arborícolas de Nasutitermes sp. não estão distribuídos ao acaso na mata. Mas sim, pode-se inferir que a quantidade e volume nidal, os locais de fixação, construção e desenvolvimento desses ninhos arborícolas na mata ribeirinha do rio Miranda sofrem interferência da estrutura arbórea da mata estudada.

 

Nasutitermes sp. (Isoptera: Termitidae) Distribution and Density in Riverine Forest of the River Miranda, Pantanal Sul-Matogrossense, Brazil.

Abstract. This work had as objectives to analyze the influence of the arboreal density and of the border on the amount and the volumetric mass of the arboreal nests of Nasutitermes sp., and to verify the dependence of the size of those nests and your fixation area in relation to the arboreal architecture. In October of 2005, in a space of the riverine forest of the river Miranda in the Pantanal of the Miranda-Abobral was accomplished the collection of data, being made sampling of the amount and volumetric mass of the arboreal nests of Nasutitermes sp., and verified the density of dossal trees through the sampling method for portions along a depth gradient in the forest. Other values of arboreal architecture in that the nest served as shelter were also analyzed, being used Spearman’s correlation coefficient, Kruskal-Wallis test and Chi-Square. Among the analyzed results, it is ended that the arboreal nests of Nasutitermes sp. are not maybe distributed to the in the forest. But yes, can be inferred that the amount and your volumetric masses, the fixation places, construction and development of those arboreal nests in the riverine forest of the river Miranda suffers interference of the arboreal structure of the studied forest.
Interações mutualísticas entre formigas e plantas
Authors: Dáttilo Wesley , Marques Elisabete da Costa , Falcão Jéssica Caroline de Faria , Moreira Denise Dolores de Oliveira
Published: September 2014

O mutualismo entre formigas e plantas está entre as interações mais bem estudadas. Seu estudo vem sugerindo e testando hipóteses ecológicas e evolucionárias aplicáveis a muitas outras formas de mutualismo. A cada ano relações mais especializadas entre formigas e plantas são descobertas. Entre estas relações podemos mencionar a obtenção de abrigo e/ou alimento pela formiga, que implica no fornecimento de proteção a planta contra herbivoria, dispersão de suas sementes e, até, polinização de suas flores. Nesta revisão são discutidos os tipos de interações mutualísticas entre formigas e plantas existentes.

Mutualistics interactions between ants and plants

Abstract. The mutualism between ant and plants is the one of the more studied ecological relationships, and these studies have been suggesting and testing ecological and evolutionary hypothesis that can be applied to many other kinds of mutualism. Each year more specialized mutualism relationships between ants and plants are discovered. Among these relations we can mention the obtaining of shelter and / or food by the ant, witch implies in providing plant protection against herbivory, dispersal of seeds and even pollination of their flowers. In this review are discussed mutualistics types of interactions between ants and existing plants.
Descrição da larva de último estádio de Micrathyria pseudeximia Westfall (Odonata, Libellulidae)
Authors: Dalzochio Marina Schmidt
Published: September 2014

A larva de último estádio de Micrathyria pseudeximia Westfall, 1992 é descrita e ilustrada a partir de material procedente de Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil. A caracterização do gênero com base nas larvas é ampliada.

Description of the Ultimate Stadium Larva of Micrathyria pseudeximia Westfall

(Odonata, Libellulidae).

Abstract. The larva of ultimate stadium of Micrathyria pseudeximia Westfall, 1992 is described and illustrated based on material collected in Cascavel Municipality, Paraná State, Brazil. The generic concept based on the larvae is amplified.
Descrição da larva de último estádio de Oxyagrion sulmatogrossense Costa, Souza & Santos (Odonata, Coenagrionidae)
Authors: Dalzochio Marina Schmidt , Rodrigues Marciel Élio
Published: September 2014

A larva de último estádio de Oxyagrion sulmatogrossense Costa, Souza & Santos 2000 é descrita e ilustrada a partir de material procedente de Cascavel, Paraná, Brasil.

Description of the last instar larva of Oxyagrion sulmatogrossense Costa, Souza & Santos(Odonata, Coenagrionidae) Abstract. The last instar larva of Oxyagrion sulmatogrossense Costa, Souza & Santos 2000 is described and illustrated based on material collected in Cascavel Municipality, Paraná State, Brazil.
Famílias de Hymenoptera (Insecta) como ferramenta avaliadora da conservação de restingas no extremo sul do Brasil
Authors: Oliveira Eduardo Alves , Calheiros Filipe Neves , Carrasco Daiane Silveira , Zardo Cristina Maria Loyola
Published: September 2014

Com o objetivo de estimar e comparar a diversidade e flutuação populacional das famílias de Hymenoptera em área de restinga foi realizado um levantamento faunístico em duas áreas de restinga com diferentes níveis de conservação. Foram coletados 5.518 himenópteros distribuídos em 30 famílias. Os picos populacionais na flutuação das famílias ocorreram no verão confirmando a alta correlação da temperatura com a distribuição das famílias. Constatou-se na restinga em sucessão maior riqueza, porém, com alta dominância, abrigando representantes dos três grupos ecológicos (antófilos, generalistas e parasitóides) em alta abundância. A restinga preservada, com 17 famílias, verificou-se mais diversa e homogênea, onde verificou-se maior abundância dos parasitóides, devido à maior estabilidade do sistema. A riqueza de famílias de Hymenoptera em áreas de restinga pode ser utilizada como parâmetro indicativo de qualidade ambiental, para este tipo de bioma.

Hymenoptera Families (Insecta) as Evaluation Tool of the Conservation of Sandbanks in Southern Brazil

Abstract. With aim to estimate and compare the diversity and population of the Hymenoptera families in a sandbank area was carried out a wildlife survey in two areas of sandbank with different levels of conservation. We collected 5 518 Hymenoptera distributed in 30 families. The peaks in the families fluctuation occurred in the summer confirmed the high correlation of temperature with the distribution of families. The sandbank in succession had the highest richness, however with high dominance, hosting representatives of the three ecological groups (anthophilous, generalists and parasitoids) in high abundance. The sandbank preserved, with 17 families, was more diverse and homogeneous, where the parasitoids showed greater abundance due to greater system stability. The richness of Hymenoptera families in sandbanks can be used as a parameter indicative of environmental quality.
Registro de Acromyrmex disciger Mayr, 1887 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) em Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Lauraceae) no Município de Braço do Trombudo, Santa Catarina, Brasil
Authors: Pikart Tiago Georg , Souza Gabriely Köerich , Pikart Filipe Christian , Ribeiro Rafael Coelho , Zanuncio José Cola
Published: September 2014

Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume (Lauraceae) é cultivada para produção de folhas, cascas e raízes, devido as suas propriedades aromáticas e condimentares. Mas apesar de ser uma planta resistente, C. zeylanicum está sujeita ao ataque de vários insetos e ácaros durante o seu desenvolvimento, sendo estas pragas responsáveis por uma redução considerável no rendimento dos cultivos. O objetivo desse estudo foi registrar e caracterizar o ataque por formigas cortadeiras em plantas de C. zeylanicum em Braço do Trombudo, Santa Catarina, Brasil entre janeiro e março de 2010. Os danos caracterizaram-se pelo corte de folhas novas e brotações em plantas de C. zeylanicum com altura entre 1,0-1,5 m e desfolha total de plantas menores que 1,0 m. O ataque em plantas adultas não foi observado. Este é o primeiro registro da formiga cortadeira Acromyrmex disciger Mayr danificando plantas de C. zeylanicum no Brasil.

Registration of Acromyrmex disciger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Lauraceae) in Braço do Trombudo’s District, Santa Catarina State, Brazil

Abstract. Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume (Lauraceae) is cultivated for production of leaves, bark and roots, due to its aromatic and spice proprieties. But despite being a resistant plant, C. zeylanicum is subject to attack by various insects and mites during their development, and these pests are responsible for considerable reduction in crop yields. The aim of this study was to record and characterize the attack by leaf-cutting ants in plants of C. zeylanicum in Braço do Trombudo, Santa Catarina State, Brazil between January and March 2010. Damage were characterized by cutting young leaves and shoots of plants of C. zeylanicum with height between 1.0 to 1.5 m and total defoliation of plants less than 1.0 m. The attack in adult plants was not observed. This is the first record of leaf-cutting ant Acromyrmex disciger Mayr damaging plants of C. zeylanicum in Brazil.
Ocorrência de Orthemis cultriformis (Calvert) (Odonata: Libellulidae) para o Estado de Goiás (Brasil)
Authors: Pinto Nelson Silva
Published: September 2014

Durante agosto de 2009 uma coleta foi realizada na lagoa Samambaia, um pequeno lago situado no Campus Samambaia da Universidade Federal de Goiás. A espécie de Libellulidae, Orthemis cultriformis (CALVERT), foi capturada, consistindo no primeiro registro da espécie para o estado de Goiás (Brasil).

Occurrence of Orthemis cultriformis (Calvert) (Odonata: Libellulidae) to the Goiás State (Brazil)

Abstract. During August 2009, a collect was made at Lago Samambaia, a small pond on Samambaia campus of Universidade Federal de Goiás. The species of Libellulidae, Orthemis cultriformis (CALVERT), was captured, consisting of the first record of species to the Goiás State (Brazil).
Entomofauna em Duas Espécies de Bromélias no Oeste de Santa Catarina, Brasil.
Authors: Favretto Mario Arthur , Hoeltgebaum Marcia Patrícia , Lingnau Rodrigo , D'Agostini Fernanda Maurer
Published: September 2014

As bromélias são plantas de característica marcante devido a disposição de suas folhas permitindo o acúmulo de água entre as mesmas, criando verdadeiros ecossistemas sobre a planta e permitindo o abrigo e desenvolvimento de diversos invertebrados, uma diversidade que muitas vezes passa despercebida. O presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar a importância das bromélias como mantenedoras de biodiversidade no Parque Natural Municipal Rio do Peixe, localizado no município de Joaçaba, centro-oeste de Santa Catarina, sul do Brasil (27º10’22”S, 51º30’33”W). O Parque Natural está localizado em área de ecótono florestal, caracterizando-se por uma transição entre Floresta Estacional Semidecidual e Floresta Ombrófila Mista. O estudo foi conduzido durante o período de janeiro de 2009 a janeiro de 2010. Ao longo do período de amostragem foram encontrados aproximadamente 168 invertebrados nos fitotelmatos das 48 bromélias coletadas, dentre os quais as ordens mais abundantes foram Hymenoptera (46 exemplares) e Coleoptera (36 exemplares). Quando presentes em um ambiente as bromélias aumentam o número de recursos que podem ser utilizados pela fauna. Assim, havendo recursos, a fauna pode permanecer na área de estudo mantendo sua abundância e diversidade.

Insects in Two Bromeliad Species in the West of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Abstract. Bromeliads are plants with outstanding characteristic because the disposition of their leaves allowing the accumulation of water between them, creating real ecosystems on the plant and allowing the refuge and development of various invertebrates, it is a diversity that often goes unnoticed. This study aimed to analyze what is the importance of bromeliads as keepers of biodiversity in the Parque Natural Municipal Rio do Peixe, located in the municipality of Joaçaba, center-west of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil (27º 10'22 "S, 51° 30'33 "W). The Natural Park is located in an area of forest ecotone, characterized by a transition between semideciduous forest and Araucaria forest. The study was conducted from January 2009 to January 2010. Throughout the sampling period were found about 168 invertebrates from 48 bromeliads collected, among which the most abundant orders were Hymenoptera (46 specimens) and Coleoptera (36 specimens). When present in an environment, bromeliads increase the number of resources that can be used by wildlife. Thus, with resources, wildlife can remain in the study area maintaining its abundance and diversity.
Evolução dos Insetos-Praga na Cultura da Soja no Mato Grosso
Authors: Wiest Aleson , Barreto Marliton Rocha
Published: September 2014

O presente trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento da cultura da soja no estado de Mato Grosso quanto aos insetos-praga associados a essa cultura. Constatou-se que em 1978 essa cultura apresentava seis espécies-pragas principais e nenhuma praga secundária ou esporádica. No ano de 2008, 33 espécies são consideradas insetos-pragas nesta cultura, sendo 10 espécies consideradas pragas principais, 11 espécies secundárias e 12 espécies esporádicas. Esses dados demonstram um aumento superior a 450% quanto à incidência de pragas da cultura da soja, no período 1978 - 2008, no estado do Mato Grosso, sendo que as pragas principais tiveram um aumento de 66,67%. 

Evolution of Insect Pests in Soybeans in Mato Grosso

Abstract. This study presents the development of soy crops in the state of Mato Grosso regarding the pest-insects that have been associated to that culture. It was found that in 1978 soybean crops had six main pest-species and no secondary or sporadic pests. In 2008, 33 species were considered to be pest-insects to this culture, 10 of which are classified as main pests, 11 as secondary, and 12 as sporadic pests. These data show an increase of over 450% in the incidence of soybean crop pests from 1978 - 2008, in the state of Mato Grosso, with a 66.67% increase in main pests.
UV light pan traps for collecting aquatic insects
Authors: Calor Adolfo Ricardo , Mariano Rodolfo
Published: September 2014

A simple, inexpensive light trap is described for collecting night-flying insects. The components for constructing the light trap are described and the advantages and disadvantages for collecting different taxa of aquatic insects are discussed.

Armadilha Luminosa para Coleta de Insetos Aquáticos

Resumo. Armadilha luminosa simples e de baixo custo é apresentada para coleta de insetos noturnos. Os componentes necessários para a construção da armadilha luminosa são descritos, assim como suas vantagens e desvantagens são discutidas.
Levantamento da fauna de Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) em cultivo de coqueiro anão verde associado à plantas invasoras
Authors: Comério Emerson Fraga , Onody Helena Carolina , Benassi Vera Lúcia Machado
Published: September 2014

Este trabalho teve por objetivo realizar um levantamento da fauna de Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) em cultivo de coqueiro anão verde e avaliar a influência de plantas invasoras sobre esta fauna. As amostragens foram realizadas semanalmente durante o período de março/2008 a fevereiro/2009, utilizando armadilhas Möericke em uma área mantida roçada e outra com a presença de plantas invasoras. Foram obtidos 569 exemplares pertencentes a 11 subfamílias. Cryptinae representou mais de 50% do material coletado nos dois ambientes e, dentre as subfamílias ophioniformes, nove gêneros foram identificados, sendo Anomalon e Dusona os mais abundantes. A área com plantas invasoras apresentou maior número de subfamílias e abundância de indivíduos coletados em relação à área mantida roçada. Entretanto, diferenças significativas na abundância foram constadas somente para Cryptinae e Ichneumoninae.

Survey of the Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) Fauna in Coconut Palm Crop Associated with Invasive Plants

Abstract. This study aimed to survey the Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) fauna in coconut palm crop and analyze the influence of invasive plants on this fauna. From February 2008 to March 2009 weekly samples were performed using Möericke traps in areas with and without invasive plants. A total of 569 specimens were identified in 11 subfamilies. Cryptinae corresponded to more than 50% of the total ichneumonids collected in the two studied areas and, among the ophioniformes subfamilies, 9 genera were identified, being Dusona and Anomalon the most abundant. The area with invasive plants presented a higher number of subfamilies and abundance of specimens. However, significant differences in abundance were observed only to Cryptinae and Ichneumoninae.
Development Period of Forensic Importance Calliphoridae (Diptera: Brachycera) in Urban Area Under Natural Conditions in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Authors: Barros-Souza Alex Sandro , Ferreira-Keppler Ruth Leila , Agra Daniela de Brito
Published: September 2014

In order to describe the development period of forensically-important Calliphoridae species (Diptera: Brachycera) under natural conditions in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, two experiments were carried out at Campus II of National Institute for Amazon Research (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas, one in the rainy season and the other one in the less rainy season. Pig carcasses (25kg each) were used as attractive to oviposition of the blowflies. Calliphoridae females were collected and the eggs were placed into containers with ground beef. The reared species and development time from egg to adult (in days) in the rainy season and less rainy season, respectively, were: Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann) 14.5 days and 9.4 days, C. megacephala (Fabricius) 10.7 and 9.4, Hemilucilia segmentaria (Fabricius) 11.5 and 10.7, Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann) 19.7 and 14.3 and Paralucilia paraensis (Mello) reared only in the less rainy season with 11.8 days. This is a first record of the development time of P. paraensis.

Período de Desenvolvimento sob Condições Naturais de Espécies de Calliphoridae (Diptera: Brachycera) de Importância Forense em Área Urbana, Manaus, Amazonas, Brasil

Resumo. Para descrever o tempo de desenvolvimento dos imaturos de Calliphoridae sob condições naturais, dois experimentos foram realizados no Campus II do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Amazonas, um na estação chuvosa e o outro na estação menos chuvosa. Cadáveres de porcos domésticos (25kg cada) foram utilizados como substrato atrativo para a ovipostura dos califorídeos. Fêmeas grávidas de Calliphoridae foram coletadas e os ovos foram transferidos para potes plásticos contendo placas de Petri com carne bovina moída. As espécies criadas, com respectivo tempo de desenvolvimento de ovo a adulto (em dias), na estação mais chuvosa e menos chuvosa, foram: Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann), 14,5 e 9,4 dias, Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius), 10,7 e 9,4, Hemilucilia segmentaria (Fabricius), 11,5 e 10,7 Lucilia eximia (Wiedemann) 19,4 e 14,3 e Paralucilia paraensis (Mello), 11,8 dias, essa criada somente na estação menos chuvosa. Este é o primeiro registro do tempo de desenvolvimento de P. paraensis.
Efecto insecticida del extracto de semillas de Neem (Azadirachta indica) sobre Collaria scenica, Stal (Hemiptera: Miridae)
Authors: Villamil Montero Daniel Antonio , Naranjo Natalia , Van Strahlen Mario Andres
Published: September 2014

El presente trabajo se desarrollo con el objetivo de evaluar o efeito insecticida del extracto etanólico de semillas de Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) sobre ninfas de la chinche de los pastos Collaria scenica Stal. Para eso, se elaboró un extracto a partir de frutos inmaduros de Neem mediante rotaevaporación. El extracto fue diluido en tres concentraciones de ppm que corresponden a los tratamientos. Por medio de cromatografías en capa delgada se determinó la presencia de Azaridactina. Se realizó un experimento DCA de 4 tratamientos y 5 repeticiones que incluyó las tres concentraciones del extracto y un control. En cada repeticion se usaron 15 ninfas, colocadas aleatoriamente en cajas plásticas herméticas con alimento y la concentración correspondiente. Diariamente se realizó una aplicación del extracto y se registró porcentaje de mortalidad, número de exuvia y número de individuos que llegaron al estado adulto en cada tratamiento. Los resultados fueron analizados con prueba Kruskal-wallis y Games-Howell para cada variable. Las tres concentraciones del extracto de semillas de Neem presentaron un efecto negativo sobre el desarrollo de las chinches. El tratamiento más concentrado (250ppm) fue el más eficaz presentando una mortalidad del 97%, menor número de exubias y menor número adultos al final del ensayo.

Insecticide Effect of Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) Seed Extract against Collaria scenica Stal (Hemiptera: Miridae)

Abstract. This work was developed with the objetive to evaluate the insecticidal effect of the Neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) seeds against grass bug nymphs Collaria scenica Stal. For that, an extract was prepared from green fruits of Neem by rotaevaporación. The extract was diluted in three ppm concentrations corresponding to treatments. Using thin-layer chromatography we identified the presence of Azaridactina. DCA essay was carried out with 4 treatments and 5 repetitions that included the three extract concentrations and a control. In each repetition were used 15 nymphs, randomly placed in plastic boxes with food and the corresponding concentration. Every day an extract application was made and recorded mortality percentage, number of exuviae and number of individuals who came to adulthood in each treatment. The results were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis and Games-Howell for each variable. The three concentrations of Neem seed extract had a negative effect on the development of the bugs. The more concentrated treatment (250 ppm) was the most effective, showing a 97% mortality, fewer exuvias and and fewer adults in the end of the experiment.
Morfologia dos Coccinellini (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Depositados na Coleção Entomológica dos Campos Gerais do Paraná, Ponta Grossa, Paraná
Authors: Milléo Julianne , Meira Willian Vanderlei
Published: September 2014

Foi realizada uma análise comparativa com base na morfologia detalhada do exoesqueleto e genitália do adulto de oito espécies de Coccinellini: Coleomegilla quadrifasciata (Schönherr, 1808); Cycloneda sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1763); Cycloneda pulchella (Klug, 1829); Eriopis connexa (Germar, 1824); Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773); Hippodamia convergens (Guérin, 1842); Neocalvia anastomozans (Crotch, 1874); Olla v-nigrum (Mulsant, 1866). É apresentado uma chave de identificação, diagnose para cada espécie com a descrição de novos caracteres, além do registro das plantas nas quais foram coletadas.

Morphology of the Coccinellini (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) deposited in the

Coleção Entomológica dos Campos Gerais do Paraná, Ponta Grossa, Paraná

Abstract. A comparative analysis was carried out based on the detailed morphology of exoskeleton and genitalia of the adult of eight species of the Coccinellini: Coleomegilla quadrifasciata (Schönherr, 1808); Cycloneda sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1763); Cycloneda pulchella (Klug, 1829); Eriopis connexa (Germar, 1824); Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773); Hippodamia convergens (Guérin, 1842); Neocalvia anastomozans (Crotch, 1874); Olla v-nigrum (Mulsant, 1866). A dichotomic key, diagnoses for the species with description of new characters and records of the plants in which it was collected, are added.
Lipid modification and prevention of CVD: lifestyle recommendations and statin treatment
Authors: Linden Belinda
Published: October 2014

Belinda Linden provides an overview of the latest guidance from NICE regarding lifestyle modification and statin treatment to reduce cholesterol levels
I was given a new lease of life
Authors: Eames Tony
Published: October 2014

Tony Eames had unexplained episodes of fainting throughout his childhood, until he was diagnosed with long QT syndrome at age 12. He shares his feelings about finally being diagnosed and his life since
Recognising the ideal client: using personas to enhance your brand communications
Authors: Ratcliffe Jason
Published: October 2014

In his third article on brand development, Jason Ratcliffe highlights the benefits of incorporating client personas into clinic marketing programmes. Persona-based marketing can be used for several client groups who present to aesthetic clinics. By building the persona of busy sales manager ‘Jo’, Jason links information about her career, media use and lifestyle to potential aesthetic clinic communications
HC MedSpa, Mill Hill: hair removal treatment at a family-run clinic
Authors: Zadah Kate
Published: October 2014

When providing advice on running a successful clinic, nothing is better than experiencing the patient journey yourself, from the reception to the treatment room. In this practice management series, PR professional Kate Zadah travels the UK visiting clinics and reviewing their layouts, customer service, treatment menus and follow-up care. She will also highlight areas for improvement for each one
Managing substance use in the practice
Authors: Hamilton Ian , Watson Jude
Published: October 2014

Drug and alcohol use is widespread, and practice nurses are often in contact with users. Ian Hamilton and Jude Watson explain how substance use can be assessed and managed in the practice
Surgery and elective procedures, 1: optimum glycaemic control
Authors: Fairburn Tricia , Elliott Hayley
Published: October 2014

In the first of a two-part mini-series on pre- and post-operative care, Tricia Fairburn and Hayley Elliott discuss the practice nurse's role in optimizing the glycaemic control of people with diabetes before elective surgery
Increased satisfaction after total knee replacement using sensor-guided technology
Authors: Gustke K. A. , Golladay G. J. , Roche M. W. , Jerry G. J. , Elson L. C. , Anderson C. R.
Published: October 2014

The aim of this prospective multicentre study was to report the patient satisfaction after total knee replacement (TKR), undertaken with the aid of intra-operative sensors, and to compare these results with previous studies. A total of 135 patients undergoing TKR were included in the study. The soft-tissue balance of each TKR was quantified intra-operatively by the sensor, and 18 (13%) were found to be unbalanced. A total of 113 patients (96.7%) in the balanced group and 15 (82.1%) in the unbalanced group were satisfied or very satisfied one year post-operatively (p = 0.043).

A review of the literature identified no previous study with a mean level of satisfaction that was greater than the reported level of satisfaction of the balanced TKR group in this study. Ensuring soft-tissue balance by using intra-operative sensors during TKR may improve satisfaction.

Cite this article: Bone Joint J 2014;96-B:1333–8
Don, sacrifice et sorcellerie: L’économie morale de l' aumône au Sénégal
Authors: Bondaz Julien , Bonhomme Julien
Published: September 2014

Au début de l' année 2010, au Sénégal, apparaît une étrange rumeur d’« offrande de la mort » : un individu à bord d’une voiture distribuerait des aumônes qui tuent les personnes qui les acceptent. L’histoire fait la une de l' actualité et plusieurs personnes, accusées de distribuer ces offrandes mortelles, sont violentées par la foule. Afin de mettre en perspective cette rumeur insolite, nous montrons que celle-ci met en crise la mendicité et la solidarité religieuse qui la sous-tend. La rumeur révèle ainsi, dans le contexte de l' islam sénégalais, les ambiguïtés inhérentes à l' économie morale de l' aumône (sarax en wolof). En faisant émerger une zone grise entre religion, magie et sorcellerie, ce cas exemplaire de cadeau empoisonné interroge de manière inquiète le spectre des rapports possibles entre les registres du don et du sacrifice, deux thèmes classiques de l' anthropologie depuis Marcel Mauss.
Les échelles de la monnaie: Souveraineté monétaire et spatialisation de la politique américaine aprés la guerre de Sécession
Authors: Barreyre Nicolas
Published: September 2014

Par sa victoire dans la guerre de Sécession, l' Union scelle l' affirmation de la souveraineté nationale des États-Unis. L’après-guerre est tout entier absorbé à en tirer les conséquences. C’est pourtant dans ce contexte que la politique monétaire devient un contentieux qui aboutira à une redéfinition de la souveraineté. Cet article explore comment la structure institutionnelle et le système politique permettent à la monnaie de devenir un enjeu spatialisé, opposant entre elles les grandes régions du pays, et comment ce phénomène, appelé sectionalisme, aboutit à la confrontation de plusieurs conceptions de la souveraineté, mêlant légitimité politique et échelles spatiales, et une redéfinition du périmètre de celle-ci abandonnant la monnaie comme instrument du souverain à la fin du XIXe siècle.
Self-Object Misuse in the Production of the False Self, with Comments on Victor Hugo’s The Man Who Laughs
Authors: Peterson Charles A.
Published: September 2014

This essay presents the case of a depressed, suicidal, but smiling “False-Self” character seen over four and one-half years of twice-weekly psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Countertransference reverie took the author to Victor Hugo’s phantastic novel, The Man Who Laughs , justly considered an arraignment of royalty, and the power, privilege, and capricious misuse of others. The analysis of that novel, about a child abused, narcissistically mortified, and surgically made to smile by order of a vengeful king is read as a case study on the production of False Self. Both “cases” demonstrate negatively tinged Self-esteem, impaired vitality and cohesion, and multiple discontinuities of the Self. Both follow Winnicott’s observation that coercion, mystification, and compliance across a malignant power differential are the breeding grounds of the False Self. The powerful—whether king or mother—misuse the powerless for purposes of mood regulation, producing a temporary lift in mood for the former and a more permanent character pathology in the latter.
Versions of Yamoyden : Native Americans in Early Nineteenth-Century Narratives
Authors: Nakamura Masahiro
Published: September 2014

This essay discusses Yamoyden , a narrative poem published in 1820 by James Wallis Eastburn and Robert C. Sands, in terms of how American literary pioneers utilized and transformed its narrative through their interaction with different regional and cultural/social interests. In this interpretation, Yamoyden is proposed as New York historiography displaced onto New England, fashioned after Washington Irving’s “Philip of Pokanoket,” a romantic understanding of Metacom (King Philip). It is argued that Yamoyden demonstrates the incompatibility between the Puritan pursuit of freedom and its self-justification, and uses beloved elements of the natural world to symbolize the vexed problem of coexistence of Native Americans and whites. The essay puts this reading of Yamoyden into conversation with Hobomok and Hope Leslie , revised versions by Massachusetts authors; The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish , a New York variation influenced by the Massachusetts revisions; and Metamora , a masterpiece of national importance.
Reading Rivalry, Race, and the Rise of a Southern Middle Class in Charles W. Chesnutt’s The Marrow of Tradition
Authors: Wise Rachel A.
Published: September 2014

This essay argues that a sustained reading of the courtship plot and Lee Ellis’s role in Charles W. Chesnutt’s The Marrow of Tradition allows us to see the novel as ultimately envisioning a New South in which racial loyalty still trumps middle-class and professional solidarity. It reads the novel’s romantic triangle as a dramatization of the rise of a white middle class whose professional capital overtakes the central role of a plantation-based aristocracy. In the process, this new class remakes a whiteness that fails to significantly challenge either the essential hierarchy of white over black or the bloody lynch law that enforces that hierarchy. Because Ellis, who initially seems one of the least prejudiced whites in the novel, succumbs to race loyalty, his romantic triumph over Tom suggests the hopelessness of any chances for solidarity, highlighting The Marrow of Tradition ’s critique of black middle-class enculturation as a viable form of racial uplift.
Material Foundations: Retheorizing Native Writing and Social Construction in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony
Authors: Mullins Matthew
Published: September 2014

Some critics find social construction a useful concept for theorizing Native identity because it precludes stasis. Others worry that social construction disconnects Native peoples from formative values, histories, and land rights that constitute the identities they historicize, preserve, and develop. This essay suggests the tensions between these two positions derive from a general theoretical confusion of social construction with artificiality and asks, What if constructed does not mean artificial? What if a constructed identity is literally one built out of material circumstances, assembled from the various things, people, and places of everyday life? A close reading of the material foundations of identity in Leslie Silko’s Ceremony recalibrates our understanding of social construction and demonstrates that Native American criticism can benefit from a theory of identity that allows for adaptation, change, and survival, but does not sacrifice the customs, lands, and histories that point to a unique Native American literary tradition.
No More Masterpieces: Tangible Impacts and Intangible Cultural Heritage in Bordered Worlds
Authors: Foley Kathy
Published: September 2014

UNESCO since the 1970s has debated the best way to support and preserve cultural heritage forms. Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity were declared from 2001 until 2006, when the new Intangible Cultural Heritage convention replaced that program. Japan provided models and leadership for the masterpieces program. New thinking in museum practice, interest in finding ways to value performing arts as much as geographical or architectural monuments, and hopes for safeguarding and giving communities ownership of genres concerned were involved in the evolution from the masterpieces model to the Intangible Cultural Heritage model. The needs of Southeast Asian groups and their ownership of the process are queried.
Filipino Folk Dance in the Academy: Embodied Research in the Work of Francesca Reyes Aquino, Sally Ann Ness, and Benildanze
Authors: Patrick Declan
Published: September 2014

This article addresses the work of researchers Francesca Reyes Aquino, Sally Ann Ness, and Benildanze, all of whom use embodied practices to study Filipino folk dance in the academy but with divergent methodologies: Aquino uses ethnography, Ness phenomenology, and Benildanze practice as research. It examines the processes by which dances have moved from functioning rituals to representative artifacts and research tools. These processes reveal a complex and constantly developing relationship between dance practice and the academy.
To Randai or Not to Randai
Authors: Latiff Zainal Abd , Jonathan Duratul Ain D.
Published: September 2014

Randai , a folk art of the Minangkabau people, flourished as a theatrical form among migrants from West Sumatra in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan in the 1960s but has nearly died out today. This article concerns efforts to revive interest in randai by the Malaysian government and concerned practitioners, including one of the co-authors, in recent decades. This revival has involved the Malaysianization of the art form.
Seri Wangnaitham’s Phuchanasibtid and the Modernization of Thai Traditional Theatre
Authors: Jirajarupat Phakamas
Published: September 2014

The adaptation of Yākhōp’s(Chote Praephan ‘s) popular novel Phuchanasibtid (Conqueror of Ten Directions) to lakhon phanthang (“theatre of a thousand ways”) by Seri Wangnaitham at the National Theatre was a watershed moment in Thai theatre. This fifty-six-episode production, staged regularly over the period 1986–1994, played a pivotal role in the modernization of Thai theatrical arts, while maintaining the aesthetic values of tradition. The production developed a new audience for Thai dance, drama, and music, and opened the door for the incorporation of popular arts, such as the folk drama likay , into the elite National Theatre.
Whither Rama in the Clear-Cut Forest: Ecodramaturgy in Southeast Asia
Authors: Diamond Catherine
Published: September 2014

Ecodramaturgy is a new concept that foregrounds ecological relationships in theatrical creation and presentation. Some Southeast Asian theatres have taken initial steps to explore this new area, but it is still thematically marginalized even though the region’s natural spaces are under severe threat. This essay attempts to explain why nature and environmental issues are largely absent from the contemporary urban stage. It describes various productions in the region that have addressed nonhuman subjects, as well as analyzing others that have not adopted this approach but suggest the potential to do so. It discusses how modernity—in both its scientific discoveries and its globalized marketing—offers new challenges and opportunities for ecodramaturgical development.
Wayang Hip Hop: Java’s Oldest Performance Tradition Meets Global Youth Culture
Authors: Varela Miguel Escobar
Published: September 2014

Wayang Hip Hop is a group led by dalang Ki Catur “Benyek” Kuncoro that combines Javanese wayang kulit conventions and hip hop music. This article traces the history of the group in relation to key developments in wayang kontemporer , while exploring controversies in its reception. Wayang Hip Hop is analyzed as an important new version of wayang that has garnered substantial attention from young spectators. Five reasons for the appeal of the performance are identified: (1) its complex musical intersections, (2) the radical adaptation of classical wayang stories to address contemporary problems, (3) the extension of the conventions of the gara-gara comic interlude into a full performance, (4) the adaption of Javanese wisdom to new settings, and (5) the adaptability of the production, which can has been presented in very diverse contexts.