bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Sensitization to saw palmetto and minoxidil in separate topical extemporaneous treatments for androgenetic alopecia
Authors: Sinclair Rodney D , Mallari Rica S , Tate Bruce 
Published: March 2003

SUMMARYWe report a 24‐year‐old woman with androgenetic alopecia who became sensitized to topical minoxidil following use of an extemporaneous preparation of minoxidil 4% with retinoic acid in a propylene glycol base. She subsequently also became sensitized to saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), a topical herbal extract commonly promoted for the treatment of hair loss.
Atypical lentiginous junctional naevi of the elderly and melanoma
Authors: Kossard Steven 
Published: March 2003

SUMMARYThe diagnosis of atypical lentiginous melanocytic naevi in chronic sun‐damaged skin is a clinical and pathological challenge. Mottled skin in the elderly is a result of extensive freckling, guttate hypomelanosis, solar lentigines, seborrhoeic keratoses and small dark lentigines. In addition, atypical lentiginous junctional naevi may be seen as isolated lesions and may merge with lesions that are indistinguishable from lentigo maligna. The predominant site distribution of such lesions on the trunk and limbs and the presence of a nested naevoid pattern on biopsy differs from classical lentigo maligna, which develops mainly on the head and neck. Based on case studies combining dermatoscopy with clinical and pathological features, we have found that atypical lentiginous junctional naevi of the elderly may evolve to lentigo maligna and in some cases to small cell (naevoid) melanomas. Such lesions have been previously classified as dysplastic naevi, atypical melanocytic hyperplasia, atypical melanocytic proliferation, atypical lentiginous melanocytic proliferation or premalignant melanosis (McGovern). The current definition of lentigo maligna appears too narrow and the pathway to lentigo maligna in the elderly skin may include a naevoid subset.
Scrubbing for cutaneous procedures can be hazardous
Authors: Huynh Nghi T , Commens Christopher A 
Published: March 2003

SUMMARYOffice‐based minor cutaneous surgery is a service provided by many medical practitioners. In New South Wales, Australia, it is a legal requirement for practitioners to surgically scrub before donning sterile gloves for all forms of invasive surgery, including minor cutaneous procedures. Frequent scrubbing causes altered skin barrier function, irritant dermatitis and a potential risk of latex sensitization. These adverse effects are associated with significant morbidity and cost. Better tolerated alternatives, including alcohol‐based hand rubs, should be considered in preference to traditional surgical scrubs in order to reduce these occupational risks for minor proceduralists. Well‐ controlled, prospective studies should explore what extent of hand washing is necessary for donning sterile gloves for minor cutaneous surgery.
Scurvy: A cutaneous clinical diagnosis
Authors: Nguyen Roland TD , Cowley David M , Muir James B 
Published: March 2003

SUMMARYTwo cases of scurvy diagnosed following presentation with a purpuric rash are presented. A 44‐year‐old man developed scurvy as a result of poor dietary intake of vitamin C. This occurred because of a number of factors. including poor dentition, diarrhoea, depression and benzodiazepine/narcotic dependence. A 69‐year‐old man with acute myeloid leukaemic transformation of myelodysplastic syndrome developed mucositis, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea as complications of chemotherapy. This led to poor dietary intake and consequently scurvy. Both cases demonstrated specific and diagnostic cutaneous manifestations of scurvy, particularly perifollicular purpura, ecchymoses and coiled corkscrew hairs. The diagnosis was supported by specific diet history. Ascorbic acid tolerance test was used as a simple laboratory method to confirm the clinical diagnosis.
Warfarin‐induced skin necrosis associated with acquired protein C deficiency
Authors: Parsi Kurosh , Younger Ian , Gallo John 
Published: March 2003

SUMMARYA 36‐year‐old woman developed skin necrosis of the inner thighs following the re‐introduction of warfarin after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. She had a history of liver disease and cardiomyopathy and was on warfarin for 10 years. Warfarin‐induced skin necrosis secondary to protein C deficiency was diagnosed. Although warfarin was ceased immediately, the prothrombin time measurements remained prolonged and warfarin levels remained therapeutic. Our patient, who had attached great significance to warfarin therapy, had continued the ingestion of warfarin despite our advice. She required three surgical debridements. Protein C levels, as measured 1 year later, were within normal limits, confirming the transient nature of the acquired deficiency during the acute event. This is the second reported case of warfarin necrosis associated with acquired protein C deficiency.
Twenty‐nail dystrophy in a girl with incontinentia pigmenti
Authors: Scardamaglia Laura , Howard Anne , Sinclair Rodney 
Published: March 2003

SUMMARYA 9‐year‐old girl with incontinentia pigmenti (IP) diagnosed soon after birth subsequently developed 20‐nail dystrophy at the age of 3 years. This persists unchanged 6 years later, and she has no other evidence of any other cutaneous disease, nor a family history of IP or nail dystrophy. Twenty‐nail dystrophy has been associated with a number of diseases including eczema, lichen planus, alopecia areata and psoriasis and a number of other congenital associations, but the association with IP appears to be unique.
Food Basket Foundation International: Profile, mission statement and activities
Authors: Akinyele Isaac O 
Published: March 2003

The Food Basket Foundation International (FBFI) is an indigenous non‐governmental organization (NGO) which was set up to assist low income families, especially those from vulnerable groups, achieve nutrition security on a sustainable basis.The Foundation was formed in 1988 by a group of professionals in nutrition, communication, medicine, the social sciences (economics, sociology, psychology), law and agriculture, based on the recognition that governments’ efforts at providing basic needs to the poor and guaranteeing them opportunities to adequately feed themselves and their families contained a missing link between program planning and implementation. Food Basket Foundation International was registered in March 1989 under the Land Perpectual Succession Act CAP 98.The fundamental objective of the FBFI is to create appropriate awareness among members of the public in an effort to influence government policies and programs to sustain the development of the grassroots. In addition, the Foundation initiates, and cooperates with, community‐based organizations to bring about social and economic changes based on improvement in the traditional systems with which people are familiar for the attainment of food and nutrition security within a sustainable livelihood system.
Oviposition behaviour of two Australian stingless bees,Austroplebeia symeiRayment andAustroplebeia australisFriese (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
Authors: Drumond Patrícia M , Oldroyd Benjamin P , Dollin Anne E , Dollin Leslie J 
Published: March 2003

AbstractThe maintenance of worker sterility in stingless bees may be associated with the ritualised queen/worker interactions that are observed during oviposition. The precise nature of these interactions is often species specific. Queen behaviour and the behaviour of workers towards the queen during oviposition are described for two Australian species,Austroplebeia symeiandAustroplebeia australis.These behaviours appear identical in the two species. Worker oviposition is rare, and those eggs that are laid by workers appear to be trophic. We speculate that queen and worker behaviour during the oviposition process reflects queen/worker conflict over production of male eggs.
Australian Antyx Meuffels and Grootaert and the New Caledonian connection (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
Authors: Bickel Daniel J 
Published: March 2003

AbstractThree Australian species of the genus Antyx Meuffels and Grootaert (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) are newly described and illustrated. They comprise A. fagina and A. werrikimbe from eastern New South Wales, and A. edita from north‐eastern Queensland. All occur in moist forests, especially submontane rainforests above 1000 m. Antyx was previously known from five species in New Caledonia, and its present distribution is regarded as relictual Gondwanan. The genus Antyx does not belong to the subfamily Sympycninae, where it was originally referred, but is more closely related to the Neurigoninae.
A new species of spider mite, Oligonychus calicicola (Acari: Tetranychidae), damaging date fruit, Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecaceae), in Australia
Authors: Knihinicki Danuta K , Flechtmann Carlos Hw 
Published: March 2003

Abstract Oligonychus calicicola sp. n. is described and illustrated. It was found inhabiting the calyx of dates, Phoenix dactylifera L. (Arecaceae), in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia. Oligonychus caliciola causes prolific scarring of dates, but the geographic origin of this new species is unknown.
Field determination of larval instar for the lantana leaf‐mining beetles Octotoma scabripennis Guérin‐Méneville and Uroplata girardi Pic (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae)
Authors: Broughton Sonya 
Published: March 2003

AbstractA method of identifying larval instars based on the width of the central chamber of their mines in lantana leaves was developed for two hispine beetles, Octotoma scabripennis Guérin‐Méneville and Uroplata girardi Pic. Head‐capsule widths and the width of the widest part of the larval mine were measured to the nearest 0.001 mm and 1 mm, respectively. Analyses confirmed that head‐capsule measurements followed the Brooks‐Dyar rule. Both species have three larval instars with mean head‐capsule widths of 0.4, 0.57 and 0.80 mm for O. scabripennis, and mean widths of 0.35, 0.50 and 0.80 mm for U. girardi. The width of the larval mine similarly increases with instar. I found that first‐instar larvae of both species occupy mines 1 mm wide; third‐instar larvae were found in mines greater than 8 mm wide for O. scabripennis and 5 mm for U. girardi. For mine widths between these sizes, a fixed percentage of larvae were instar 2 or 3. This method of measuring instar is proposed as an alternative to destructive sampling.
Identification of morphologically similar canegrubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthini) using a molecular diagnostic technique
Authors: Miller Liza J , Allsopp Peter G , Graham Glenn C , Yeates David K 
Published: March 2003

AbstractLarvae of 19 species of Melolonthini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) are important sugarcane pests in eastern Australia. Larvae of five of these pest species cannot be identified confidently using morphological characters:Lepidiota frenchiBlackburn,Lepidiota negatoriaBlackburn andLepidiota noxiaBritton; andAntitrogus consanguineus(Blackburn) andAntitrogus rugulosus(Blackburn). To develop a DNA‐diagnostic tool, we assessed mtDNA diversity within each species and confirmed their specific status. Species‐level base pair differences in thecytochrome oxidase IIgene (COII) were used to develop a polymerase chain reaction‐restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR‐RFLP) protocol for species identification. PCR‐RFLP is a useful tool for identifying morphologically similar species of canegrubs in large‐scale pest identifications.
Essigella californica (Essig) and Eulachnus thunbergii Wilson (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Lachninae) on Pinus in south‐eastern Australia
Authors: Carver Mary , Kent Deborah S 
Published: March 2003

AbstractAccounts are given of two related, exotic lachnine aphid species colonising Pinus species in eastern Australia. Essigella californica (Essig), a recent adventive, is now abundant and widespread on Pinus radiata in south‐eastern Australia; its economic importance is discussed. Eulachnus thunbergii Wilson is commonly to be found on other, less extensively planted, species of Pinus in north‐eastern New South Wales. Means of distinguishing between the two species are provided.
Panstronhygia, a new genus of Colpurini from Sulawesi, with a description of two new species (Hemiptera: Coreidae)
Authors: Brailovsky Harry , Barrera Ernesto 
Published: March 2003

AbstractOne new genus, Panstronhygia, and two new species, Panstronhygia delectabilis and Panstronhygia faceta, collected in Sulawesi, Indonesia, are described in the tribe Colpurini (Coreidae). Dorsal habitus illustrations and drawings of the male and female genitalia are provided. A key to the known genera of Colpurini from Sulawesi is presented.
A new genus, Mayawa, for the reception of Limotettix capitatus Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) and descriptions of five new species of Mayawa
Authors: Fletcher MJ 
Published: March 2003

AbstractA new genus, Mayawa, is created for the Australian leafhopper species Limotettix capitatusKirkaldy (1907). Mayawa capitata (Kirkaldy) is redescribed and five new species, Mayawa carolae, Mayawa facialis, Mayawa flava, Mayawa fusca and Mayawa neoflava are added to the genus. Illustrations of all six species are provided, as is a key for their separation. The genus is restricted to Australia and the species are primarily grass‐feeding.
Developmental changes in the caudal and lateral processes of larvae ofAspidomorpha deusta(Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
Authors: McBride Judith A , Bach* Catherine E , Walker Glenn K 
Published: March 2003

AbstractCaudal and lateral processes of larvae of the Australian tortoise beetleAspidomorpha deusta(Fabricius) were examined using scanning electron microscopy. The caudal process holds a movable faecal shield thought to be important in larval defence. First‐instar larvae have barbs on the caudal processes, whereas older larvae (second, third and fourth instar) lack barbs. Similarly, young larvae (first instar and second instar) have barbs on lateral processes. Barbs may help in the retention of the shield material. The lateral processes of first‐instar and second‐instar larvae carry spinules that terminate in complex structures thought to be touch sensitive.
Seasonal abundance of insect biocontrol agents ofMimosa pigrain the Northern Territory
Authors: Steinbauer Martin J , Edwards Penny B , Hoskins Megan , Schatz Tim , Forno I Wendy 
Published: March 2003

AbstractNine insect species endemic to tropical America have been released into the Northern Territory as biological control agents forMimosa pigraL. (Mimosaceae). To date, few studies have been published that quantify the abundance of these agents post‐release. Hence, populations of adult agents in three stands ofM. pigrawere monitored using Malaise traps. Trap catches frequently contained the lepidopteran agentsCarmenta mimosaEichlin and Passoa andNeurostrota gunniella(Busck).Neurostrota gunniella, which was first released in 1989, was the most abundant of all the agents caught, irrespective of the stand ofM. pigrawhere trapping was conducted. The three coleopteran agents (namelyAcanthoscelidesSchönherr spp.,Chlamisus mimosaeKarren andCoelocephalapionWagner spp.) were caught less frequently. Two recently released beetles,Chalcodermus serripesFåhraeus andSibinia fastigiataClark, were not caught. Trap catches ofAcanthoscelidesspp. were greatest during the late dry season with smaller catches during the mid‐ to late wet season.Chlamisus mimosaewas most abundant during the dry to dry–wet transition.Neurostrota gunniellawas generally most abundant during the dry season. The abundances ofCa. mimosaandCoelocephalapionspp. exhibited little seasonality. Malaise trapping is recommended as part of a long‐term monitoring program to quantify agent populations and their impact uponM. pigra.
Two new species of Sarcophaga (Sarcorohdendorfia) Baranov (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), parasitoids of Littoraria filosa (Sowerby) (Gastropoda: Littorinidae)
Authors: Pape Thomas , McKillup Stephen C , McKillup Ruth V 
Published: March 2003

AbstractWe provide descriptions of two species of sarcophagid flies seen attacking the intertidal snail Littoraria filosa (Sowerby 1832), which occurs on leaves and branches of mangroves in central Queensland, Australia. This is the first description of sarcophagid parasitoids of a marine snail. Sarcophaga megafilosia sp. n. and Sarcophaga meiofilosia sp. n. belong to the subgenus Sarcorohdendorfia Baranov 1938 and both are parasitoids of L. filosa. These two parasitoids cause considerable mortality of L. filosa, which is an annual in large patches of mangroves (where both flies are present), but a perennial in smaller, more isolated patches (where the larger fly is usually absent).
Male genitalia of Exeretonevra Macquart (Diptera: Xylophagidae): Structure, function and phylogenetic implications
Authors: Palmer Christopher M , Ovtshinnikova Olga G , Yeates David K 
Published: March 2003

AbstractThe search for phylogenetically informative, adult morphological characters to clarify the relationships of the xylophagid genus Exeretonevra with other members of the lower Brachycera has yielded few synapomorphies. In this study, the male genital musculature of Exeretonevra angustifrons Hardy is examined and compared with other members of the lower Brachycera to ascertain whether this data set can support the inclusion of Exeretonevra in the infraorder Xylophagomorpha. Most genitalic muscle complexes of Exeretonevra conform to the plesiomorphic brachyceran configuration, with those of the cerci, epandrium and hypandrium possessing some apomorphic features. Although larval morphology and molecular evidence conclusively place Exeretonevra in the Xylophagidae, the male genital musculature suggest an affinity with the superfamily Asiloidea (infraorder Muscomorpha). In particular, Exeretonevra is the only taxon outside the infraorder Muscomorpha with a third tergosternal muscle bundle M53 present. No synapomorphies of genital musculature support the inclusion of Exeretonevra within the Nemestrinidae, a placement that has been supported by previous authors. We show that changes in the plane of movement of sclerotised structures may be correlated with changes in muscle attachments. Phylogenetic conservatism and extensive homoplasy are features of the male genitalic musculature of lower Brachycera and Exeretonevra is no exception.
First record of a fig mite from the Australian Region: Paratarsonemella giblindavisi sp. n. (Acari: Tarsonemidae)
Authors: Walter David Evans 
Published: March 2003

AbstractTarsonemid mites in the tribe Tarsonemellini have been found in figs or phoretic on fig wasps or fruit bats in the Neotropics, Africa and Asia. Here, the first known Australian fig mite, Paratarsonemella giblindavisi sp. n., is described from adult females and males collected from within the syconia of Ficus virens from St Lucia, Queensland. The male of Paratarsonemella is described for the first time and is found to have a unique fusion of the femur, genu, tibia and tarsus of leg IV.
Host‐plant resistance in sugarcane to pink ground pearls, Eumargarodes laingi Jakubski (Hemiptera: Margarodidae): Confirmation and further screening of clones
Authors: Allsopp Peter G , McGill Norman G , Stringer Joanne K 
Published: March 2003

AbstractThe response of 11 commercial cultivars and nine experimental clones of sugarcane to the margarodid Eumargarodes laingi Jakubski were evaluated over the plant (first harvest) and two successive annual ratoon harvests in a field trial in southern Queensland. Clones varied in the number of cysts developing on the roots with the lowest numbers on Q147, Q135 and Q182 and the highest on Q124, Q141, Q184 and 85S1247. The effect was similar over the three crops and indicates the presence of antibiosis and/or antixenosis. Clones also varied in cane and sugar yields and sugar content, with Q136, Q135, Q155, Q147 and Q124 giving the highest cane and sugar yields and 87S7364, 87S7367, 85S1247, Q141 and Q184 giving the lowest. Deviations from a general relationship between number of cysts and yield suggest that clones such as Q136, Q124 and Q155 have tolerance to E. laingi. Good concurrence in the ranking of clones between harvests and between this trial and previous work indicates that the resistance is stable and could be selected for on the basis of data from 1 or 2 years.
Establishment and distribution of the rubber vine moth, Euclasta whalleyi Popescu‐Gorj and Constantinescu (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), following its release in Australia
Authors: Mo Jianhua , Treviño Mariano , Palmer William A 
Published: March 2003

AbstractBetween 1988 and 1991, more than 115 000 adults and larvae of the Madagascan moth Euclasta whalleyi were released in Queensland for the control of rubber vine, Cryptostegia grandiflora (Roxb.) R. Br. Establishment of the insect was not confirmed until 1995, when populations were found around Charters Towers. Surveys were subsequently made in 1995 and 1996 to assess the establishment of the insect at release sites and to estimate the distribution of the insect as a result of dispersal. Euclasta whalleyi has now established widely throughout all major infestations of rubber vine in Queensland and no further release of the insect is considered necessary. The present distribution of the moth confirmed CLIMEX predictions of its ecoclimatically favourable range in Australia being the entire area infested with rubber vine and beyond. The insect was also found on the related native vine Gymnanthera oblonga (Burm. F.) P. S. Green that had previously been identified as a potential host during host‐specificity testing. Euclasta whalleyi provided another example of the delayed appearance of establishment of some introduced biocontrol agents. This suggested that surveillance should be carried out for a number of years, and possibly decades, after the release of an agent that is assumed not to have established.
Lectotype designation and description of the Tasmanian blowfly Calliphora dispar Macquart 1846 (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Authors: Norris KR 
Published: March 2003

AbstractThe type series of Calliphora dispar Macquart comprises a male and female, which are clearly members of different species. The male is here designated the lectotype. Recent material representing both sexes is used to prepare descriptions and illustrations of the terminalia are given. The species is viviparous and the cephalopharyngeal skeleton of the first larval instar is illustrated.
Evaluation of insecticides for the control of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) and Helicoverpa punctigera (Wallengren) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on soybean, and the implications for field adoption
Authors: Duffield Simon J , Jordan Sydney L 
Published: March 2003

AbstractSeven insecticides were evaluated against first‐, third‐ and fifth‐instar Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) and Helicoverpa punctigera (Wallengren) larvae using a leaf‐disc bioassay of field‐treated soybean. Significant differences were detected in age‐specific mortality, time to effect (LT50) and field persistence of the insecticides tested. With the exception of trichlorfon, the mortality of first‐instar larvae was similar in the different treatments to the commercial standard, methomyl. The mortality of third‐ and fifth‐instar larvae in the spinosad and chlorpyrifos treatments was also similar to that in the methomyl treatment, while the age‐specific mortality of the insecticides based on Bacillus thuringiensis and nucleopolyhedrovirus declined more rapidly, resulting in low mortality to fifth‐instar larvae. The LT50 of the biological‐based products were significantly greater than those of the conventional products. Only chlorpyrifos showed significant activity 1 week after treatment. The results suggest the need for a user education program to highlight the likely differences in the field performance of the newer biological‐based products compared with the conventional chemicals with which growers are familiar.