bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Description of life stages of dung beetle Scaptodera rhadamistus (Fabricius, 1775) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with notes on nesting and biology
Authors: Khadakkar Suvarna S. , Tiple Ashish D. , Khurad Arun M. 
Published: December 2018

Immature stages of Scaptodera rhadamistus (Fabricius) are described for the first time along with notes on nidification and biology. The larvae differ from other Scarabaeinae species in the structure of raster on tenth sternum with two irregular bunches of serrations ventrally one on either half. Pupae with pronotum transverse having rounded margins resemble adults, and consist of four lateral, single caudal and single pteronotal support projection. Adult males and females differ in coloration, structure of pronotum, presence of spine like process on mesosternum and, in the structure of male and female genitalia.
Notes on the occurrence of orchids Bulbophyllum medioximum, Herminium edgeworthii and H. macrophyllum (Orchidaceae) in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Authors: Chowlu Krishna , Bhattacharjee Avishek , Kumar Pankaj 
Published: December 2018

Bulbophyllum medioximum is reported as a new addition to the orchid flora of India along with two new records for the state of Arunachal Pradesh, namely, Herminium macrophyllum and H. edgeworthii. A detailed description supported by the photo plates and updated distribution ranges have been provided.
Postembryonic development of the Tri-spine Horseshoe Crab Tachypleus tridentatus (Merostomata: Xiphosura) in a nursery habitat in the Philippines
Authors: Kaiser Dorkas , Schoppe Sabine 
Published: December 2018

Populations of the Tri-spine Horseshoe Crab Tachypleus tridentatus have dramatically decreased over their distribution range and conservation efforts are now crucial. The implementation of appropriate management strategies and stock assessment rely on accurate growth-rate estimates. The postembryonic development of the species in the tropics, however, is not elucidated. To provide the information needed to assess the demographics of juvenile populations and to judge the status of T. tridentatus in the Philippines, we conducted a mark-recapture experiment in a nursery habitat on Palawan Island. The results obtained during the 10-month period provide the first consecutive data on the stepwise growth of the species in the Philippines and the first near comprehensive dataset collected within a single population of juveniles in the tropics. By analyzing size-frequency (prosomal width) distributions of 853 individuals and by using 94 juveniles that molted during the study, 13 molt stages were differentiated. Based on the intermolt periods of six instars, we estimated the growth curve of T. tridentatus following two models (non-linear and power function). The data support the assumption that growth continues year-round in the tropics and also indicate that the average age of mature male and female T. tridentatus in the Philippines ranges from three to four years. The agreement with a field study in Japan suggests that 14 postembryonic stages may be characteristic for the development of natural populations throughout the range of the species. Though more data are needed to validate these results, the study provides a sound baseline for future studies in the tropics.
Contribution to the Macromycetes of West Bengal, India: 28–33
Authors: Saha Rituparna , Dutta Arun Kumar , Paloi Soumitra , Roy Anirban , Acharya Krishnendu 
Published: December 2018

The present paper deals with the report of six poroid woody macro fungi belonging to the family Ganodermataceae from West Bengal in India. The taxonomic account of these collected fungi is represented herein with detailed macro- and micro-morphological features.
Copulatory behavior of the Jaguar Panthera onca (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae)
Authors: Jorge-Neto Pedro Nacib , Pizzutto Cristiane Schilbach , Araújo Gediendson Ribeiro de , Deco-Souza Thyara De , Silva Leanes Cruz da , Salomão Jr. Jorge Aparecido , Baldassare Hernan 
Published: December 2018

The relevance of the Jaguar in Brazilian fauna is incompatible with the lack of literature regarding its reproductive behavior, showing that research in this area should be intensified. The knowledge of its basic reproductive behavior is extremely important for understanding the fertility factors of the species and the role it plays in its ecosystem. In this study, we analyzed 210 sequences of sexual behaviors of Jaguars Panthera onca starting from proceptivity of the female and ending with copulation; this sequence is called the copulatory behavior. Behavioral sequences were filmed, and the observed behaviors were analyzed and recorded including occurrence frequency. Different behaviors were observed in association with two types of copulation, it was understood that copulation occurs with and without penile penetration. The information found in the present study is valuable for the reproductive management of Jaguars.
Lectotypification of two names in the genus Gymnostachyum (Acanthaceae)
Authors: Shameer M. C. , Sreenivas V. K. 
Published: December 2018

The genus Gymnostachyum Nees, belongs to family Acanthaceae, comprises about 52 species (www.plantsoftheworldonline.org), distributed mainly in tropical Asia (www.efloras.org). In India, 11 speciesand four varieties have been recorded to date from various geographical regions (Karthikeyan et al. 2009);of which, 12 taxa are recorded so far from peninsular India (Gamble 1924; Prabhukumar et al. 2015). Aspart of the ongoing taxonomic revision in the genus Gymnostachyum in India, the need for lectotypificationof two names was identified, viz., G. glabrum (Dalzell) T. Anderson (1850: 338, 1867: 506) and G. glabrumvar. denticulatum C.B. Clarke (1885: 509). Clarke (1885) delineates var. denticulatum from latter by its distinctly toothed and glabrous nature of lamina. The lectotypes are designated here according to ICN Shenzhen Code Art. 9.3 (Turland et al. 2018).
Range extension of the Least Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth, 1853 (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Hipposideridae): to central India
Authors: Kamalakannan M. , Venkatraman C. , Dar Tauseef Hamid , Chandra Kailash 
Published: December 2018

The Least Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth, 1853 is one of the 13 leaf-nosed bats in India, and was known from Uttarakhand, West Bengal. North-east India and Tamil Nadu. Upon careful examination of the leaf-nose of the bat collections, which were collected from N.P. Kailash cave in Kanger Khati National Park, Jagadalpur district of Chhattisgarh, during the year 2004 and subsequently deposited in the National Zoological Collections of Zoological Survey of India were identified as Hipposideros cineraceus. It is the first report on the occurrence of Hipposideros cineraceus in Chhattisgarh, Central India.
Ceria Nanoparticles Synthesized With Aminocaproic Acid for the Treatment of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Authors: Jeong Han-Gil , Cha Bong Geun , Kang Dong-Wan , Kim Do Yeon , Ki Seul Ki , Kim Song I. , Han Ju hee , Yang Wookjin , Kim Chi Kyung , Kim Jaeyun , Lee Seung-Hoon 
Published: December 2018

Background and Purpose—
Despite early aneurysm repair and aggressive management for complications, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) results in at least 25% mortality rate and 50% persistent neurological deficit. We investigated whether ceria nanoparticles which have potent antioxidative activities can protect against subarachnoid hemorrhage via attenuating fatal brain injuries.

Methods—
Uniform, 3 nm, water-dispersed ceria nanoparticles were prepared from short sol-gel reaction of cerium (III) ions with aminocaproic acid in aqueous phase. SAH was induced by endovascular perforation of middle cerebral artery of rats. A single dose of ceria nanoparticles (0.5 mg Ce/kg) or saline control was randomly administered intravenously at an hour post-SAH. Neuronal death, macrophage infiltration, SAH grade, and brain edema were evaluated at 72 hours. Mortality and neurological function were assessed for 14 days.

Results—

The obtained ceria nanoparticles with high Ce
3+
to Ce
4+
ratio demonstrated potent antioxidative, cytoprotective, and anti-inflammatory activities in vitro. In rodent SAH models, the severity of hemorrhage was comparable between the ceria nanoparticles- and saline-treated groups. However, ceria nanoparticles significantly reduced neuronal death, macrophage infiltration, and brain edema after SAH. Ceria nanoparticles successfully improved survival rates (88.2% in the ceria nanoparticles group versus 21.1% in the control group;
P
<0.001) and neurological outcomes (modified Garcia score: 12.1±0.5 in the ceria nanoparticles group versus 4.4±0.5 in the control group;
P
<0.001) of the animals with SAH.

Conclusions—
Ceria nanoparticles, totally synthesized in aqueous phase using aminocaproic acid, demonstrated promising results against SAH via potent antioxidative, neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory activities. Given the obvious limitations of current therapies for SAH, ceria nanoparticles can be a potential therapeutic agent which might result in a paradigm shift in SAH treatment.
Prescription of Pharmacotherapy and the Incidence of Stroke in Patients With Symptoms of Peripheral Artery Disease
Authors: Nastasi Domenico R. , Smith Justin R. , Moxon Joseph V. , Trollope Alexandra , Golledge Jonathan 
Published: December 2018

Background and Purpose—
Current guidelines recommend prescription of a number of medications to prevent cardiovascular events in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). The impact that these medications have on the incidence of stroke in PAD patients has not been thoroughly investigated. This study aimed to investigate the association of prescription of antihypertensive drugs, antiplatelet medications, and statins, as well as cardiovascular disease risk factors, with stroke incidence in patients with symptoms of PAD.

Methods—
A database search was completed to identify studies reporting the incidence of stroke and prescription of antihypertensive drugs, antiplatelet medications, and statins in patients with PAD symptoms. A random-effects model was used to meta-analyze the incidence of stroke in patients with symptoms of PAD and in subgroups with intermittent claudication and critical limb ischemia. Metaregression was performed to explore the association between the incidence of stroke and the prescription of medications and the presence of cardiovascular disease risk factors.

Results—

Twelve studies including 67 915 patients with symptoms of PAD were included. A meta-analysis of data from 7 studies demonstrated an incidence of stroke of 1.31 per 100 patient-years. Patients with critical limb ischemia experienced stroke 2.3× more frequently than those with intermittent claudication (95% CI, 1.58–3.36;
P
<0.01). The reported prescription of antihypertensive agents varied between 10% and 71%, antiplatelet drugs between 49% and 90%, and statins between 11% and 79% in different studies. Metaregression suggested an association between a lower incidence of stroke and the prescription of antiplatelet drugs (
R
2
=0.81,
P
<0.01), and statins (
R
2
=0.85,
P
<0.01), but not antihypertensives medications. A prior history of cerebrovascular events was associated with a higher incidence of stroke (
R
2
=0.58,
P
<0.05).

Conclusions—
This review supports previous research which suggests the need for more effective means of ensuring more widespread prescription of preventative medications in patients with PAD.
Northward Propagation, Initiation, and Termination of Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillations in a Zonally Symmetric Model
Authors: Yang Qiu , Khouider Boualem , Majda Andrew J. , De La Chevrotière Michèle 
Published: December 2018

AbstractA simple multilayer zonally symmetric model, using a multicloud convective parameterization and coupled to a dynamical bulk atmospheric boundary layer, is used here to simulate boreal summer intraseasonal oscillations (BSISO) in the summer monsoon trough and elucidate the underlying main physical mechanisms responsible for their initiation, propagation, and termination. Northward-moving precipitating events initiated near the equator propagate northward at roughly 1° day−1 and terminate near 20°N. Unlike earlier findings, the northward propagation of precipitation anomalies in this model is due to the propagation of positive moisture anomalies in the northward direction, resulting from an asymmetry in the meridional velocity induced by the beta effect. From a moisture-budget perspective, advection constitutes a biased intrusion of dry air into the convection center, forcing new convection events to form north of the wave disturbance, while moisture convergence supplies the precipitation sink. The BSISO events are initiated near the equator when the competing effects between first-baroclinic divergence and second-baroclinic convergence, induced by the descending branch of the Hadley cell and in situ congestus heating, respectively, become favorable to convective intensification. The termination often near 20°N and halfway stalling of these precipitating events occur when the asymmetry in the first-baroclinic meridional winds weakens and when the negative moisture gradient to the north of the convection center becomes too strong as the anomaly exits the imposed warm pool domain.
Murderbot pronouns: A snapshot of changing gender conventions in the United States
Authors: Swyers Holly , Thomas Emily 
Published: December 2018

Abstract
The ways in which US English speakers use third person personal pronouns for agentive beings require gendering the person based on the gender binary (he or she). In recent years, activism by transgender and non-binary individuals has accelerated a shift in this requirement, building on scholarly debate in the 1970s–90s that unseated he as a gender-neutral (epicene) pronoun. This has laid the groundwork for the gradual acceptance of singular they and the idea of preferred pronouns. In 2017, reviewers of the popular novella All Systems Red (Wells) addressed the dilemma of choosing an epicene pronoun for a genderless, cyborg protagonist called Murderbot. Of 667 reviews collected in December 2017 that describe Murderbot, almost 85 per cent attempt to respect Murderbot’s pronouns (it, its) despite discomfort with using it for agentive beings. This suggests an increase in US public culture awareness that the gender binary does not include everyone and may warrant optimism for improved conditions for gender non-conforming individuals.
Abjection of the bisexual self: How haptic visuality brings internalized biphobia to screen in Collard’s Les Nuits fauves and Kechiche’s La Vie d’Adèle
Authors: Childress Kirby 
Published: December 2018

Abstract
Bisexual people often find themselves stranded between a homosexual and heterosexual world, which can lead to feeling invisible and alone. To add to the struggle, many on both sides criticize bisexuality as being merely a phase before coming fully out of the closet. A lack of support can cause bisexual people to internalize the negativity and biphobia that surrounds them. This article examines how internalized biphobia is depicted in the lives of two characters, who never self-identify as bisexual, though they engage in both heterosexual and same-sex sexual relations. Laura Marks’ idea of haptic visuality is used to dissect camera movements and shots, while Julia Kristeva’s theory of abjection serves as a basis for analysing the differences in portrayal of heterosexual and same-sex relationships.
Queer assemblage as queer futurity: Seeking a utopian solution beyond No Future
Authors: Gogul Keeley B. 
Published: December 2018

Abstract
Lee Edelman’s No Future proposes a disavowal of reproductive futurity as the only effective form of queer resistance. By contrast, in Cruising Utopia Jose Muñoz (2009) insists on the existence of a utopic queer future that is always, by default, not yet here. Although both authors recognize the Child as symbolic of heteronormative futurity, Muñoz’s writings allow room for hope and Edelman’s do not. Importantly, the version of reproductive futurity that each posits as operating at the structural level is always already normative reproductive futurity. This article will analyse the existing structural causes of normativity at the level of reproductive futurity and consider whether theorizing non-normative reproductive futurity in the form of assemblages makes space for the queer future that Edelman claims cannot exist. A comparison of Judith Butler’s Antigone and Octavia Butler’s Lilith will illustrate the possibilities that exist when queer assemblages are deployed in the creation of what Jasbir Puar calls ‘spatial, temporal and corporeal convergences, implosions and rearrangements’.
Queer gender performance and media in school: Dissident reading, bullying and the word ‘gay’
Authors: Pullen Christopher 
Published: December 2018

Abstract
This article explores the potential of youth to learn about gender performance and sexual identity in school, framing the vulnerability of LGBTQ youth and issues of bullying. Exploring the significance of ‘dissident reading’ as the ability of a student to independently read or interpret media representations that may involve an analysis of stereotyping and irony, this article foregrounds research from five schools in the United Kingdom involving responses from 82 school children. Offering both a theoretical examination of dissident reading as a process to challenge hierarchies of gender performance and sexual identity, and an analysis of the discourse of school children themselves, a mixed-methods approach is involved in this research, framing limitations in school environments in the education of sexual diversity. This article argues that individual teachers have not only historically embarked on personal strategies of education outside the curriculum on the needs of LGBTQ youth but also that with the contemporary rise of populism, there is an increasing need for this.
The Judicial Character of Late Liberal Prudence: Paul v. Davis
Authors: Barouch Timothy 
Published: December 2018

Abstract
A significant ideological shift has occurred in jurisprudential understanding of the social contract. Reading a landmark opinion from Justice Rehnquist—Paul v. Davis (1976)—as a pivot point for this shift, I identify a specific form of parsimonious judgment that has shaped the contemporary relationship between the individual and the state. Three markers of this form of judgment emerge from the opinion: (1) a claim about risks to state bureaucracy as a significant constitutional interest; (2) a slippery slope argument about institutional competence to discipline linguistic ambiguity; and (3) an interpretive practice that resolves this anxiety by binding precedent around a clear principle. This form of judgment has both ideological and normative significance. The opinion justifies a world of risk management that elevates economic liberty claims to exalted status. It disavows traditional markers of classical prudence, such as reverence for tradition, inflection of personal style as moral character, and orientation toward practical aspects of particular cases. Justifying its authority by performing its own rationale, Rehnquist’s opinion is significant for understanding how strategic invention can alter a democratic culture’s understanding of judgment, including its ethical dimensions.
Driving the Three-Horse Team of Government: Kairos in FDR’s Judiciary Fireside Chat
Authors: Bisbee Donovan 
Published: December 2018

Abstract
In 1937, Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal hung on the whims of a deeply divided Supreme Court. His ninth fireside chat argued for legislation that would grant FDR enough new justices to shift the Court in favor of the New Deal. Facing entrenched opposition to his unpopular plan, Roosevelt presented the president as a constitutional authority who must act in response to the crisis of the Great Depression to drive the three-horse team of government toward recovery. Throughout the text, Roosevelt worked to create a sense of urgency and asked the nation to see this moment as the time for decisive action. This study examines the flow of kairos in the speech, tracing timeliness in Roosevelt’s argument for swift action targeting the Court to safeguard economic recovery. Although Roosevelt did not expand the Court, his language lives on as a model for subsequent executives and part of our public constitutional discourse.
Experiences with fecal microbiota transplantation in Clostridium difficile infections via upper gastrointestinal tract
Authors: Vigvári Szabolcs , Vincze Áron , Solt Jenő , Sipos Dávid , Feiszt Zsófia , Kovács Beáta , Kappéter Ágnes , Péterfi Zoltán 
Published: December 2018

Dramatic changes in the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infections have been reported from the western world in the past decade. The proportion of severe cases is significantly elevating and clinicians now have to contend with the problem of additional and more frequent episodes of recurrences including an upward trend in the mortality rate. This situation led us to investigate the possibility of the fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). An amount of 100 ml of fecal microbiota solution was instilled into a nasojejunal (NJ) tube in 16 cases and into a nasogastric (NG) tube in 44 cases. In all of the cases, where the solution was instilled via nasojejunal tubes, the symptoms resolved within 24 h. We did not note any recurrences in this group. When the material was flushed in through nasogastric tubes, the symptoms resolved in 39 (88.64%) cases within 24 h. In this group, we have experienced a recurrent episode of C. difficile infection in five (11.36%) cases. Three of them were cured with a second transplantation. We have found that in our practice the upper gastrointestinal tract methods had the primary cure rate of 91.67%, whereas the secondary cure rate is 96.67%. When we compared the NJ and NG methods, we have found that the differences in the outcomes are not significant statistically (p = 0.3113 using Fisher’s exact probability test). In conclusion, FMT proved to be very effective, particularly in recurrent infections and in cases where conventional treatment had failed.