cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Dermatophagoides aureliani Fain 1967
Creators: name: Aykut, Medeni
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Sarcoptiformes
Pyroglyphidae
Dermatophagoides
Dermatophagoides aureliani

description: Dermatophagoides aureliani Fain, 1967
Distribution in Türkiye – Muş (Aykut et al. 2013b).
Distribution in the world – Africa, Brasil, India (Fain and Rosa 1982; Colloff 2009; Dhaliwal et al. 2021).
description: Published as part of Aykut, Medeni, 2024, An annotated checklist of house dust mites (Acari: Acariformes) of Türkiye, pp. 797-811 in Persian Journal of Acarology 13 on page 800, DOI: 10.22073/pja.v13i4.85563, http://zenodo.org/record/14668670
title: Σύστημα ανακύκλωσης σε υπηρεσία παροχής διαμοιρασμού ποδηλάτων με δυναμική τιμολόγηση πληθοπορισμού
title: Bike sharing recycling system using a dynamic crowdsourcing pricing policy
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Σταύρος, Ηλίας
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Σύστημα διαμοιρασμού ποδηλάτων
subject: Πληθοπορισμός
subject: Παροχή κινήτρων
subject: Ανακύκλωση

description: Τα συστήματα διαμοιρασμού ποδηλάτων αποτελούν μία από τις ταχύτερα αναπτυσσόμενες αγορές καθώς αποτελούν τον πλέον γρήγορο, οικονομικό και παράλληλα οικολογικό τρόπο επέκτασης της ακτίνας εξυπηρέτησης των μέσων μαζικής μεταφοράς. Στη σύγχρονη εκδοχή τους, το μοντέλο που υιοθετείται είναι η ελεύθερη κατανομή ποδηλάτων σε επιτρεπόμενους χώρους. Σε αυτή τη μορφή υλοποίησης, οι εταιρίες που παρέχουν υπηρεσίες διαμοιρασμού ποδηλάτων καλούνται να αντιμετωπίσουν την ασύμμετρη κατανομή ποδηλάτων, τη συμμόρφωση των οχημάτων με τις εκάστοτε διατάξεις, τη διαχείριση του επιπέδου εξυπηρέτησης σε όλη τη διάρκεια του κύκλου ζωής καθώς και την απόσυρση ενός οχήματος όταν αυτό δε θα είναι πλέον λειτουργικό. Στην εργασία αυτή επικεντρωνόμαστε στην απόσυρση των ποδηλάτων, με δεδομένη την ασύμμετρη κατανομή τους στο χώρο, που προκύπτει από το υιοθετούμενο μοντέλο λειτουργίας. Η μέχρι τώρα εμπειρία έχει δείξει την απροθυμία που εκφράζουν οι εταιρίες παροχής υπηρεσιών στην εκπλήρωση του παραπάνω, με αποτέλεσμα την αισθητή πτώση στην ποιότητα της παρεχόμενης υπηρεσίας που μπορεί να φτάσει και την αδυναμία εξυπηρέτησης. Αυτή η απροθυμία πηγάζει κυρίως από το γεγονός ότι οι μέχρι τώρα τεχνικές δεν αντιμετωπίζουν το επιπλέον εμπόδιο της ασύμμετρης κατανομής των αντικειμένων προς ανακύκλωση. Μία πρόταση που στοχεύει στην κατεύθυνση της ταχύτερης ανακύκλωσης οχημάτων, θα ήταν η παροχή κινήτρων σε ομάδες ατόμων που έχουν το χρόνο, τη θέληση και τα μέσα προκειμένου να λειτουργήσουν ως αρχική ομάδα συγκέντρωσης ποδηλάτων και στη συνέχεια η εταιρία να αναλάβει την εκτέλεση των δρομολογίων που θα ολοκληρώσουν τη διαδικασία της ανακύκλωσης. Επεκτείνοντας την παραπάνω σκέψη, ένα άμεσο ερώτημα που δημιουργείται, είναι η διαμόρφωση της πολιτικής πληρωμών, του κάθε μέλους της ομάδας, που συμμετέχει στον αρχικό κύκλο της συγκέντρωσης ποδηλάτων. Ως απάντηση στο παραπάνω ερώτημα προτείνουμε ένα ολοκληρωμένο σύστημα σχεδιασμού της διαδικασίας ανακύκλωσης που περιέχει την τιμολογιακή πολιτική, η οποία διαμορφώνεται ανάλογα με την απόκριση του χρήστη. Επίσης παρέχεται ένα σύστημα που θα αναθέτει εργασίες μεταφοράς στον εκάστοτε χρήστη και τέλος μία διαδικασία για το τελικό στάδιο της ανακύκλωσης.
Citheronia phoronea
Creators: name: Bénéluz, Frédéric
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Saturniidae
Citheronia
Citheronia phoronea

description: Citheronia phoronea (Cramer, 1779).
Phalaena Attacus phoronea Cramer 1779: 77, pl. 239, figs A, B, C.
Citheronia phoronea – Draudt 1930: 801.
DÉTERMINATION. — Morphologique.Moléculaire (BOLD:AAB3072).
LOCALITÉ TYPE. — Suriname (Lemaire 1988b).
RÉPARTITION GÉOGRAPHIQUE. — Du Panamá au sud-est du Brésil (Lemaire 1988b).
DISTRIBUTION EN GUYANE. — Connu des trois zones biogéographiques.
HABITAT EN GUYANE. — Forêts primaire et secondaire.
MATÉRIEL DU MITARAKA EXAMINÉ. — Guyane • 1 ♂; Maripasoula, Mitaraka,Crique Alama (DZ); alt. 310 m; 2°14’1.9”N, 54°27’38.1”W; La Planète revisitée, MNHN / PNI Guyane; APA-973-1; 23.II-26. III.2015; E. Poirier leg.; MNHN • 1 ♂; mêmes données que précédent; Coll. FB.
description: Published as part of Bénéluz, Frédéric, 2021, Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais), pp. 759-809 in Zoosystema 43 (31) on page 768, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a31, http://zenodo.org/record/5796817
The embryological characteristics and clinical outcomes of oocytes with indented zona pellucida
Creators: name: Lin, Jie
name: Fang, Lu
name: Yao, Lv
name: Wang, Haichao
name: Lan, Hongyan
name: Zhang, Yinli
name: Tong, Xiaomei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Our study aimed to investigate the embryological characteristics and clinical outcomes of oocytes with indented zona pellucida (iZP). Cases with all oocytes containing iZP were compared with subjects whose oocytes presented morphologically normal ZP (nZP, controls), regarding embryological and clinical outcomes. Cases consisted of 56 subjects that underwent 109 assisted reproductive treatment (ART) cycles, and controls were made of 574 patients that were enrolled in 1095 ART cycles. Patients with iZP presented a significantly prolonged duration of infertility and were more likely to have primary infertility. Regarding embryonic development, cases with iZP evidenced significantly lower rates of retrieved oocytes, oocyte maturity, fertilisation, embryo cleavage, high-quality embryo and blastocyst (p < .05). Relatively to clinical outcomes, 32 patients with iZP underwent fresh embryo transfer. Compared to controls, the rates of clinical pregnancy (CP) (43.8% vs. 65.9%, p = .014) and live-birth delivery (LBD) (34.4% vs. 58.5%, p = .009) were significantly lower. No significant differences were observed between groups regarding clinical outcomes after frozen–thawed embryo transfer (FET). However, cumulative rates elicited excellent CP (49.3%) and LBD (42.0%) rates in cases with iZP. In cases where rescue-intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) was needed, cases with iZP could achieve lower but nevertheless high cumulative CP (52.6%) and LBD (36.8%) rates. Patients with iZP present satisfactory embryological and clinical outcomes, with ICSI and FET cycles improving the global outcomes. Our research offers important insights into how the unique structure of certain egg cells can affect success in fertility treatments. Specifically, we looked at eggs with an unusual outer layer shape, which seems to lower the chances of successful fertilisation and early embryo development. Women with these eggs had lower pregnancy and live birth rates compared to those with normal eggs. These findings point to the difficulties in managing fertility treatments for such cases and suggest that alternative approaches, like directly injecting sperm into the egg, and using frozen embryo transfers, might help improve outcomes.
Suberites tortuosa var. austral Cuartas 1986
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Suberitida
Suberitidae
Suberites
Suberites tortuosa
Suberites tortuosa var. austral cuartas, 1986

description: Suberites tortuosa var. austral Cuartas, 1986
(Fig. 10C)
Suberites tortuosa var. austral Cuartas, 1986: 38, figs. 13–14.
The variety was described by Cuartas from the North Patagonian coast of Argentina, Provincia de Rio Negro, off Bahía Creek, 41.1°S 68.98°W, depth unknown (holotype Museo de La Plata, Dept. of Invertebrates, Po. 2). It differs from the typical variety Suberites tortuosus Lévi (1959: 125, pl. 5 fig. 4, text-fig. 14, described from S„o Tomé, West Africa, approximate coordinates 0.3833°N 6.75°E, depth not given, type material in MNHN), in the size of the tylostyles (length 250–410 µm vs. 150–900 µm in the typical variety). Cuartas stated that there is a great resemblance in shape between the two varieties, but her specimen does not show clear branches, merely lobate digitations. To acknowledge the differences, I propose to recognize the var. austral at the species level, to be named Suberites austral nom.nov. with authorship and year of the present work (due to the variety being erected after 1960, cf. ICZN art. 45.5.1), with description and type material taken from Cuartas.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 89, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Scaria Bolivar 1887
Creators: name: Kasalo, Niko
name: Naskrecki, Piotr
name: Rebrina, Fran
name: Skejo, Josip
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tetrigidae
Scaria

description: Genus Scaria Bolívar, 1887
Scaria Bolivar, 1887: 301 (original description of the genus, S. lineata and S. hamata (originally Acrydium hamatum (De Geer, 1773)), no type species designation). — Giglio-Tos 1898: 35 (description of S. maculata). — Hancock 1902: 162 (description of the genus in English). — Kirby 1910: 60 (catalogued). — Bruner 1910: 140 (key to the species). — Günther 1940: 472 (catalogued). — Yin et al. 1996: 907 (catalogued). — Otte 1997: 6 (catalogued). — Buzzetti & Devriese 2007: 45 (catalogued).— Buzzetti & Carotti 2008: 42 (catalogued). — Cardona Granda 2012: 114 (a photo guide). — Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona Granda 2015: 456 (a key to the species). — Storozhenko 2019: 105 (catalogued). — Cadena-Castañeda et al. 2019: 13 (review of the genus, key to the species). — Silva et al. 2021: 36 (key to the genera of the family Batrachideinae). — Kasalo et al. 2021: 175 (catalogued).
TYPE SPECIES. — Acrydium hamatum De Geer, 1773, designated by Kirby (1910).
COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION. — 12 species, 11 of which occur in South America, and only one (S. fasciata Hancock, 1907) that occurs in Central America.
description: Published as part of Kasalo, Niko, Naskrecki, Piotr, Rebrina, Fran & Skejo, Josip, 2023, Central American Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera): a preliminary catalogue, pp. 177-212 in Zoosystema 45 (7) on page 182, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a7, http://zenodo.org/record/7841687
Tableau de décompte du nombre de restes fauniques présentant des traces anthropogéniques, des traces de manducation et des traces de digestion selon les taxons identifiés. Counting Table of remains with anthropogenic traces, traces of chew marks and traces of digestion according to the taxa identified.
Creators: name: Ducasse, Sylvain
name: Langlais, Mathieu
name: Mallye, Jean-Baptiste
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024
Subjects: archéologie
Préhistoire
archéozoologie
faune
Archaeology
Prehistory
archaeozoology
fauna
Paléolithique
Palaeolithic
Magdalénien

description: Tableau de décompte du nombre de restes fauniques présentant des traces anthropogéniques, des traces de manducation et des traces de digestion selon les taxons identifiés.
Counting Table of remains with anthropogenic traces, traces of chew marks and traces of digestion according to the taxa identified.
Simulating flow in intertidal areas with the shallow water equations: wetting-drying procedure vs. modified equations for partially dry areas
Creators: name: Dong, Haoyan
name: Schuttelaars, Henk
name: De Mulder, Tom
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Accompanying with the back and forth motion of the land-water interface, some parts of the foreshore in estuaries and coastal zones are exposed during low tides and submerged during high tides, which are commonly defined as intertidal areas. Hydrodynamics and sediment transport, hence morphodynamics in intertidal areas are deeply affected by the wetting and drying process. Complex dynamics in such special regions brings difficulties to the field measurements and even more to the numerical simulation. In some numerical models, when solving the classical de Saint-Venant equations over a fixed computational grid, a wetting-drying procedure is needed to simulate the flow in the intertidal areas, which consists of alternating periods in which the corresponding grid cells are covered or uncovered by water. Such a procedure determines when a grid cell (when set “dry”) needs to be removed from the flow domain and when it needs to be reinserted (when the cell becomes “wet” again). It challenges the numerical simulation in terms of robustness, efficiency, and the preservation of physical properties. An alternative approach, proposed by Defina is to numerically solve the modified equations for flow over partially dry areas. In this on-going research, both the classical and the alternative approach are critically evaluated for simple 1D flow configurations. For both approaches, numerical solutions for the water motion are explored in the time domain, as well as in the frequency domain. Harmonic analysis results in the intertidal areas also shed light on the tidal distortion there and on the feasibility of idealized modelling with a limited number of modes. Only the effects of tidal currents are considered in the on-going models.
Tettigidea Scudder 1862
Creators: name: Kasalo, Niko
name: Naskrecki, Piotr
name: Rebrina, Fran
name: Skejo, Josip
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tetrigidae
Tettigidea

description: Genus Tettigidea Scudder, 1862
Tettigidea Scudder, 1862: 476 (original description of the genus with two species: T. lateralis and T. polymorpha, no type species designated); 1897: 24 (Tettigidea assigned to Batrachideae, the genus noted to be present in North, Central, and South America). — Rehn 1904: 669 (T. lateralis designated as the type species). — Rehn & Grant 1958: 16 (the genus is widely distributed in North, Central, and South America). — Yin et al. 1996: 923 (catalogued). — Otte 1997: 7 (catalogued). — Silva et al. 2021: 36 (overview of the genus with numerous nomenclatural acts, key to the species).
TYPE SPECIES. — Acrydium laterale Say, 1824, designated by Rehn (1904).
COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION. — According to the currently accepted taxonomy (Cigliano et al. 2022), 20 species, some with subspecies. Numerous nomina dubia. Distributed in North, Central, and South America.
REMARK
The genus includes numerous species with rich history and scant records. A proper and comprehensive revision of the genus based on a large sample is needed in order to ascertain the amount of morphological variability inherent to the genus.
description: Published as part of Kasalo, Niko, Naskrecki, Piotr, Rebrina, Fran & Skejo, Josip, 2023, Central American Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera): a preliminary catalogue, pp. 177-212 in Zoosystema 45 (7) on page 184, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a7, http://zenodo.org/record/7841687
Prediction of outcomes after chemoradiotherapy for cervical cancer by neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio
Creators: name: Yu, Jing
name: Huang, Longzhang
name: Dong, Ting
name: Cao, Lihua
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Cervical cancer ranks as the second most fatal tumour globally among females. Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) have been widely applied to the diagnosis of cancers. The clinicopathologic data of 180 patients with stage IB2-IIB cervical cancer who underwent radical concurrent chemoradiotherapy from January 2018 to December 2019 were retrospectively analysed. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were plotted to analyse the optimal cut-off values of NLR and PLR for predicting the therapeutic effects of concurrent chemoradiotherapy. The associations of PLR and other clinicopathological factors with 1-year survival rates were explored through univariate analysis and multivariate Cox regression analysis, respectively. NLR was significantly associated with the therapeutic effects of neoadjuvant therapy, with the optimal cut-off value of 2.89, area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.848 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.712–0.896), sensitivity of 0.892 (95% CI: 0.856–0.923) and specificity of 0.564 (95% CI: 0.512–0.592). PLR had a significant association with the therapeutic effects of neoadjuvant therapy, with the optimal cut-off value of 134.27, AUC of 0.766 (95% CI: 0.724–0.861), sensitivity of 0.874 (95% CI: 0.843–0.905) and specificity of 0.534 (95% CI: 0.512–0.556). Lymphatic metastasis ([95% CI: 1.435–5.461], [95% CI: 1.336–4.281], depth of invasion ([95% CI: 1.281–3.546], [95% CI: 1.183–3.359]) and tumour size ([95% CI: 1.129–3.451], [95% CI: 1.129–3.451]) were independent factors influencing the overall survival and disease-free survival (DFS) of patients with cervical cancer. NLR (95%CI: 1.256-4.039) and PLR (95%CI:1.281-3.546) were also independent factors affecting DFS. NLR and PLR in the peripheral blood before treatment may predict DFS of patients with stage IB2-IIB cervical cancer. The clinicopathologic data of 180 patients with stage IB2-IIB cervical cancer who underwent radical concurrent chemoradiotherapy were retrospectively analysed. Receiver operating characteristic curves showed that neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were significantly associated with the therapeutic effects of neoadjuvant therapy. Univariate and multivariate regression analysis revealed that lymphatic metastasis, depth of invasion and tumour size were independent factors influencing the overall survival and disease-free survival (DFS) of patients with cervical cancer. NLR and PLR in the peripheral blood before treatment may predict the DFS of patients with stage IB2-IIB cervical cancer.
Tettigidea chichimeca Saussure 1861
Creators: name: Kasalo, Niko
name: Naskrecki, Piotr
name: Rebrina, Fran
name: Skejo, Josip
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tetrigidae
Tettigidea
Tettigidea chichimeca

description: Tettigidea chichimeca Saussure, 1861
Tettigidea chichimeca Saussure, 1861: 400.
REMARK
Considered by Silva et al. (2021) to be nomen dubium. See remarks under the genus section.
description: Published as part of Kasalo, Niko, Naskrecki, Piotr, Rebrina, Fran & Skejo, Josip, 2023, Central American Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera): a preliminary catalogue, pp. 177-212 in Zoosystema 45 (7) on page 184, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a7, http://zenodo.org/record/7841687
Terpios viridis var. hyatti Keller 1891
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Suberitida
Suberitidae
Terpios
Terpios viridis
Terpios viridis var. hyatti keller, 1891

description: Terpios viridis var. hyatti Keller, 1891
Terpios viridis var. hyatti Keller, 1891: 320 (no illustration).
The variety was described by Keller from the W coast of Madagascar, approximate coordinates 16°S 44.3833°E, from shallow water (type material not in ZMB, unknown so far). It differs from the typical variety T. viridis Keller (1891: 319, from Suakin, Southern Red Sea, approximate coordinates, 19.1333°N 37.3667°E, type material not in ZMB, unknown so far) in the color, dark grey vs. dark soft green in the typical variety. The skeleton of the variety had spicules more numerous than those of the typical variety. In view of the poor description and differences only in variable details as color and spicule density I propose to merge the varieties into a single species. This cannot be assigned to the genus Terpios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864, as this genus has the tylostyle heads characteristically lobed (cf. Ŗtzler & Smith 1993: 384, fig. 1; Van Soest 2002: 243). Drawings of spicules of Terpios viridis Keller (1891: pl. XVII fig. 24) show only subtylostyles with elongate heads and also styles without tyle. The description and illustrations of Keller remind strongly of Hemimycale arabica Ilan et al., 2004: 390, a similarly thinly encrusting species with a variable spiculation (see also Van Soest et al. 1996 under the name Hemimycale sp.). If the two were concluded to be synonyms, the name viridis would have priority over arabica. However, because I cannot examine Keller’s material in the absence of an identified type specimen, I propose to keep both as members of genus Hemimycale Burton, 1934a, but provisionally as Hemimycale viridis (Keller, 1891) comb.nov., a species separate from H. arabica.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 89, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Tettigidea guatemalteca Bolivar 1887
Creators: name: Kasalo, Niko
name: Naskrecki, Piotr
name: Rebrina, Fran
name: Skejo, Josip
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tetrigidae
Tettigidea
Tettigidea guatemalteca

description: Tettigidea guatemalteca Bolívar, 1887
Tettigidea guatemalteca Bolívar, 1887: 298.
REMARK
Considered by Silva et al. (2021) to be nomen dubium. See notes under the genus section.
description: Published as part of Kasalo, Niko, Naskrecki, Piotr, Rebrina, Fran & Skejo, Josip, 2023, Central American Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera): a preliminary catalogue, pp. 177-212 in Zoosystema 45 (7) on page 184, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a7, http://zenodo.org/record/7841687
Procitheronia vanschaycki Brechlin & Meister 2011
Creators: name: Bénéluz, Frédéric
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Saturniidae
Procitheronia
Procitheronia vanschaycki

description: Procitheronia vanschaycki Brechlin & Meister, 2011
Procitheronia vanschaycki Brechlin & Meister, 2011b: 101, figs 3, 7.
DÉTERMINATION. — Morphologique.Moléculaire (BOLD:AAC5959).
LOCALITÉ TYPE. — Guyane (Brechlin & Meister 2011b).
HISTORIQUE. — Précédemment cité de Guyane comme Procitheronia fenestrata Rothschild, 1907 (Lemaire 1988b).
RÉPARTITION GÉOGRAPHIQUE. — Guyane et Guyana (Brechlin & Meister 2011b).
DISTRIBUTION EN GUYANE. — Connu des trois zones biogéographiques.
HABITAT EN GUYANE. — Forêts primaire et secondaire.
description: Published as part of Bénéluz, Frédéric, 2021, Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais), pp. 759-809 in Zoosystema 43 (31) on page 768, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a31, http://zenodo.org/record/5796817
Topsentia pachastrelloides var. microxata Topsent 1928
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Suberitida
Halichondriidae
Topsentia
Topsentia pachastrelloides
Topsentia pachastrelloides var. microxata topsent, 1928

description: Topsentia pachastrelloides var. microxata Topsent, 1928
Topsentia pachastrelloides var. microxata Topsent, 1928: 165 (no illustration).
The variety was described by Topsent from Prince Albert 1 er Monaco Cruises Stat. 899, Azores, 37.95°N 29.233°W, depth 200 m (type material in the MOM and slides in MNHN). Differences with the typical variety described by Topsent (1892a: 66, pl. IX fig. 3, as Halichondria, from Prince Albert 1 er Monaco Cruises Stat. 229, Azores, 38.6667°N 30.5775°W, depth 736 m, type material in MOM and slides in MNHN) are the small size of the smallest oxeas (40–55 vs. 150 µm). Large oxeas are smaller (up to 960 x 25 vs.1400 x 46 µm) than those of the typical variety. These differences may seem sufficient for distinguishing valid taxa, but additional records by other authors and Topsent himself, e.g. Topsent (1928: 163) mention specimens with the smallest oxeas up to 90 µm and the largest up to 1005 x 40–50 µm. He also discussed specimens identified as Topsentia glabra (Topsent, 1898: 234 as Anisoxya), which he observed to overlap in spicule sizes with smaller spicule bearing T. pachastrelloides. In view of the uncertainties admitted by Topsent, and the sympatric occurrence of the varieties I propose to merge these varieties as a single species Topsentia pachastrelloides (Topsent, 1892a) until improved evidence has been obtained for a specific distinctness of the varieties.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Schausiella polybia
Creators: name: Bénéluz, Frédéric
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Saturniidae
Schausiella
Schausiella polybia

description: Schausiella polybia (Stoll, 1781).
Phalaena Attacus polybia Stoll, 1781: 154, pl. 369, figs A, B.
Schausiella polybia – Bouvier 1931: 156.
DÉTERMINATION. — Morphologique.Moléculaire (BOLD:AAC3512).
LOCALITÉ TYPE. — Suriname (Stoll 1781).
RÉPARTITION GÉOGRAPHIQUE. — Guyano-amazonienne (Lemaire 1988b).
DISTRIBUTION EN GUYANE. — Connu des trois zones biogéographiques.
HABITAT EN GUYANE. — Forêt primaire.
MATÉRIEL DU MITARAKA EXAMINÉ. — Guyane • 1 ♂; Maripasoula, Mitaraka,Crique Alama (DZ); alt. 310 m; 2°14’1.9”N, 54°27’38.1”W; La Planète revisitée, MNHN / PNI Guyane; APA-973-1; 23.II-26. III.2015; E. Poirier leg.; MNHN • 1 ♂; mêmes données que précédent; Coll. FB.
description: Published as part of Bénéluz, Frédéric, 2021, Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais), pp. 759-809 in Zoosystema 43 (31) on page 768, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a31, http://zenodo.org/record/5796817
Open Letter To Family and Friends
Creators: name: Lutalo, Joseph Willrich
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420303
subject: Family care

description: This is an open letter from Joseph Willrich Lutalo C.M.R.W the Nuchwezi Internet President to his family, friends and the concerned general public. It is dated 16 JAN, 2025, and is officially published to the UIC, Uganda Internet Community.
Poly-(ionic liquid) coated with magnetic nanoparticles for micro solid phase extraction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in food samples
Creators: name: Yunus, Faizah Muhammad
name: Alias, Yatimah
name: Yahya, Noorfatimah
name: Zain, Nur Nadhirah Mohamad
name: Raoov, Muggundha
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Poly(methyl methacrylate-vinyl imidazole bromide) (poly-MMA-IL)-grafted magnetic nanoparticles were successfully developed and applied in the micro-magnetic solid phase extraction (μ-MSPE) for 16 types of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from tea, fried food, and grilled food samples via gas chromatography flame ionization detector (GC-FID). One variable at a time (OVAT) and response surface methodology (RSM) were used for efficient optimization. The validation method showed a good coefficient of determination (R2) ranging from 0.9901 to 0.9982 (n = 3) with linearity of 0.2 μg L−1–500 μg L−1. Detection and quantification limits were 0.06 µg L−1–0.32 µg L−1 and 0.18 µg L−1–0.97 µg L−1. Additionally, satisfactory reproducibility was attained with intra-day and inter-day precisions having RSD ranges of 3.6%–11.1%. The spiked recovery value of 16 PAHs in fried food, grilled food and tea samples obtained from the night market in Malaysia ranged from 80%–12%, respectively.
Quantum dot-based fluorescence-linked immunosorbent assay for the rapid detection of lomefloxacin in animal-derived foods
Creators: name: Wang, Aiping
name: Wen, Yihong
name: Zhu, Xifang
name: Zhou, Jingming
name: Chen, Yumei
name: Liu, Hongliang
name: Liang, Chao
name: Liu, Enping
name: Zhang, Ying
name: Ai, Guoping
name: Gaiping, Zhang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Virology

description: Lomefloxacin (LMF), a third-generation fluoroquinolone antibacterial agent, is often used to treat bacterial and mycoplasma infections. However, due to its prolonged half-life and slow metabolism, it is prone to residues in animal-derived foods, posing a potential food safety risk. Therefore, it is particularly urgent and important to establish a method for detecting lomefloxacin. In this study, direct and indirect competitive fluorescence-linked immunosorbent assay (dc-FLISA and ic-FLISA) based on quantum dots (QDs) was established for the detection of LMF. As for dc-FLISA, the half-maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) and limit of detection (LOD) were 0.84 ng/mL, 0.04 ng/mL, respectively, the detection ranges from 0.08 to 9.11 ng/mL. The IC50 and LOD of ic-FLISA were 0.43 ng/mL and 0.03 ng/mL, respectively, meanwhile the detection ranges from 0.05 to 3.49 ng/mL. The recoveries of dc-FLISA and ic-FLISA in animal-derived foods (milk, fish, chicken, and honey), ranged from 95.8% to 105.2% and from 96.3% to 103.4%, respectively, with the coefficients of variation less than 8%. These results suggest that the dc-FLISA and ic-FLISA methods, which are based on QD labelling, are highly sensitive and cost-effective, and can be effectively used to detect LMF in animal-derived foods.
Decoction of Yougui Wan combined with Wuzi Yanzong Wan ameliorates thin endometrium in a mouse model
Creators: name: Zhou, Xiaohong
name: Xiang, Jun
name: Su, Aifang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Hematology

description: This study aimed to determine the effect and mechanism of the Decoction of Yougui Wan combined with Wuzi Yanzong Wan (DYWWYW), a traditional Chinese herbal formula, in a mouse model with thin endometrium induced by 95% ethanol. Thin endometrium mice were treated with progynova (0.002 mg) as well as a low and high dose of DYWWYW (0.05 and 0.5 mL DYWWYW, respectively, diluted in 2 mL normal saline). Western blotting and qRT-PCR analyses were performed to determine the protein and mRNA expression levels, respectively, of integrin αγβ3 and leukaemia inhibitor factor (LIF) in uterus tissues. Serum oestradiol and progesterone concentrations were determined via ELISA. The remaining thin endometrium mice were mated with male mice, and the number of embryos implanted in the different groups was calculated. A high dose of DYWWYW effectively ameliorated the injury of endometrium caused by 95% ethanol. The levels of oestradiol, progesterone, αγβ3 and LIF in thin endometrium mice treated with a high dose of DYWWYW were also significantly elevated. Additionally, a high dose of DYWWYW remarkably increased the number of embryo implantations in mice with thin endometrium. DYWWYW has improvement effects on thin endometrium by elevating the levels of endogenous oestradiol, progesterone, αγβ3, and LIF in a mouse model. During the reproductive cycle, endometrium thickness of more than 7 mm is considered as a cut-off value for successful embryo implantation. Currently, although therapies for the improvement of endometrium thickness such as sildenafil, endometrial scraping, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and low dose of aspirin have been tried, the effects on patients are not consistent. Consequently, it is necessary to seek novel therapies to increase endometrium thickness effectively. A 95% ethanol-induced thin endometrium female ICR mouse model was established in this study. High dose of Decoction of Yougui Wan combined with Wuzi Yanzong Wan (DYWWYW) effectively ameliorated the injury of endometrium and remarkably increased the number of embryo implantations in thin endometrium mice. Additionally, the levels of some key indicators including oestradiol, progesterone, αγβ3, and LIF were also increased in thin endometrium mice treated with high dose of DYWWYW. Therefore, DYWWYW was feasible in increasing endometrium thickness in a mouse model.
Dictyaulus romani Murillo, Tabachnick & Menshenina 2013
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Hexactinellida
Lyssacinosida
Euplectellidae
Dictyaulus
Dictyaulus romani

description: Dictyaulus romani Murillo, Tabachnick & Menshenina, 2013
Dictyaulus romani Murillo, Tabachnick & Menshenina, 2013: 2, figs. 1–2.
The name of this species collected off the Newfoundland coast, Canada, 46.1375°N 46.8463°W, depth 1332 m (holotype MNCN 1.04/8) is unavailable, because it violates ICZN art. 8.5.3 as amended for publications distributed only in electronic form, not in printed form (ICZN 2012). The journal in which the species was described appears only in electronic form and in that case registration of the species in Zoobank (https://zoobank.org/) must appear in the article before publication, and this was omitted. Authors were encouraged to correct this, but to no avail. I here establish a new name for the species, Dictyaulus romani nom.nov. to replace the unavailable name. The specific name romani should have been ‘ romanae’ because the name was given to honour Mrs. Esther Roman (ICZN art.31.1.2), but this cannot be corrected (ICZN art. 32.5.1). For the description of this new species and type material see Murillo et al. 2013: 2–4, figs. 1–2.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Schausiella subochreata
Creators: name: Bénéluz, Frédéric
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Saturniidae
Schausiella
Schausiella subochreata

description: Schausiella subochreata (Schaus, 1904).
Othorene subochreata Schaus, 1904: 142.
Schausiella subochreata – Bouvier 1931: 159.
DÉTERMINATION. — Morphologique. Moléculaire (BOLD:AAC6539).
LOCALITÉ TYPE. — Guyana: Omai (Schaus 1904).
RÉPARTITION GÉOGRAPHIQUE. — En raison de son manque d’homogénéité, impossible à rattacher aux modèles habituels (Lemaire 1988b). Taxon répandu en Amazonie.
DISTRIBUTION EN GUYANE. — Connu des trois zones biogéographiques.
HABITAT EN GUYANE. — Forêt primaire.
REMARQUE. — Espèce observée, mais non collectée lors de la mission APA-973-2 (FB).
description: Published as part of Bénéluz, Frédéric, 2021, Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais), pp. 759-809 in Zoosystema 43 (31) on page 769, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a31, http://zenodo.org/record/5796817
Allotettix Hancock 1899
Creators: name: Kasalo, Niko
name: Naskrecki, Piotr
name: Rebrina, Fran
name: Skejo, Josip
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tetrigidae
Allotettix

description: Genus Allotettix Hancock, 1899
Allotettix Hancock, 1899: 276 (original description of the genus); 1902: 126 (updated description of the genus); 1907a: 48 (reproduction of the updated generic description). — Kirby 1910: 28 (catalogued). — Günther 1939: 255 (a review of the genus). — Yin et al. 1996: 849 (catalogued). — Otte 1997: 34 (catalogued). — Buzzetti & Devriese 2007: 46 (catalogued). — Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona Granda 2015: 474 (catalogued).
TYPE SPECIES. — Allotettix prolongatus Hancock, 1899, by original designation.
COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION. — Eight species of which only one, A. otumboides Günther, 1939 is known to occur in Central America.
description: Published as part of Kasalo, Niko, Naskrecki, Piotr, Rebrina, Fran & Skejo, Josip, 2023, Central American Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera): a preliminary catalogue, pp. 177-212 in Zoosystema 45 (7) on page 186, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a7, http://zenodo.org/record/7841687
Ijimalophus Van Soest & Hooper 2020
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Hexactinellida
Amphidiscosida
Pheronematidae
Ijimalophus

description: Ijimalophus Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Ijimalophus Van Soest & Hooper, 2020: 70.
The genus name was erected to remove homonymy of the genus Sericolophus Ijima, 1901 (Van Soest et al. 2020: case nr. 121), but it should perhaps have been named Hernandeziana Strand, 1932 because Reiswig & Zgraggen (1991: 70) proposed their synonymy. There are several uncertain aspects of this proposed synonymy, e.g. the holotype of the type species Sericolophus reflexus Ijima, 1901 has not been identified as yet, while the holotype of the type species of Hernandeziana, i.e. Corythophora ijimae Ferrer Hernández, 1932: 99, redescribed by Reiswig & Zgraggen (1991) consists only of a root plume, lacking essential spicule types. I will not take a decision here to revert Ijimalophus to the synonymy of Hernandeziana, leaving this to future studies.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Lasioglossum berberum
Creators: name: Pauly, Alain
name: Noël, Grégoire
name: Sonet, Gontran
name: Notton, David G.
name: Boevé, Jean-Luc
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Halictidae
Lasioglossum
Lasioglossum berberum

description: Lasioglossum berberum (Benoist, 1941)
Halictus berberus Benoist, 1941: 81.
Holotype: ♂, Morocco, Dj M’Goum, 3200 m, 1–15 Sep. (MNHN). Examined (AP) (Fig. 23).
Remarks
Ebmer (1976: 251; 1988: 649) considers this species as valid, but Pesenko (2007a: 41) following Warncke (1976: 94) mention it as a synonym of L. villosulum. This small species of 6 mm length is very close to L. villosulum, but is well separated by its barcode. We have examined the type and we can confirm that it differs from L. villosulum by the impunctate apical margin of the terga (Fig. 23D), as mentioned by Ebmer (1976: 251).
description: Published as part of Pauly, Alain, Noël, Grégoire, Sonet, Gontran, Notton, David G. & Boevé, Jean-Luc, 2019, Integrative taxonomy resuscitates two species in the Lasioglossum villosulum complex (Kirby, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), pp. 1-43 in European Journal of Taxonomy 541 on page 32, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2019.541, http://zenodo.org/record/3377625
Plakostrella Gazave, Lapebie, Ereskovsky, Vacelet, Renard, Cardenas & Borchiellini 2012
Creators: name: Van Soest, Rob W. M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Homoscleromorpha
Homosclerophorida
Plakinidae
Plakostrella

description: Plakostrella Gazave, Lapébie, Ereskovsky, Vacelet, Renard, Cárdenas & Borchiellini (2012)
Plakostrella Gazave, Lapébie, Ereskovsky, Vacelet, Renard, Cárdenas & Borchiellini, 2012: supplement 10750, 2011, 842, MOESM1, ESM, p. 2.
This ‘genus’ was erected under the rules of the Phylocode, which does not recognize ranks or type species. The ‘definition’ of Plakostrella is quoted from the original paper: ‘(nomen cladi novum) (apomorphy-based) the clade originating with the first species to have alophose spicules as inherited by Plakortis simplex Schulze, 1880 ’. The ‘genus’ name is here considered unavailable, and the contents are to be reverted to the synonymy of genus Plakortis, until their status as members of Homosclerophorida have been made under the Code of the ICZN. Phylocode and Linnean classifications show fundamental differences. The WPD and WoRMS have committed themselves to the latter.
description: Published as part of Van Soest, Rob W. M., 2024, Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera, pp. 1-122 in Zootaxa 5398 (1) on page 91, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10494167
Adelocephala hodeva
Creators: name: Bénéluz, Frédéric
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Saturniidae
Adelocephala
Adelocephala hodeva

description: Othorene hodeva (Druce, 1904).
Adelocephala hodeva Druce, 1904: 243.
Othorene hodeva – Lemaire 1988b: 180.
DÉTERMINATION. — Morphologique. Moléculaire (BOLD:AAC2244).
LOCALITÉ TYPE. — Guyana: Omai (Druce 1904).
RÉPARTITION GÉOGRAPHIQUE. — Guyano-amazonienne (Lemaire 1988b).
DISTRIBUTION EN GUYANE. — Connu des trois zones biogéographiques.
HABITAT EN GUYANE. — Forêt primaire et savane.
MATÉRIEL DU MITARAKA EXAMINÉ. — Guyane • 1 ♂; Maripasoula, Mitaraka, DZ Coulé-Coulé; 2°43’30”N, 54°47’30”W; 21.X.2004, J.-P. Champenois leg.; Coll. BH (no. 21551) • 1 ♂; Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Inselberg; 2°27’30”N, 54°31’30”W; 28.X-2.XI.2004, J.-P. Champenois leg.; Coll. BH (no. 21504) • 1 ♂; Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Borne 1, alt. 670 m; 2°08’N, 54°25’W; 19-26.IX.2006, J.-P. Champenois leg.; Coll. BH (no. Cer0007) • 1♀; Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ); alt. 310 m; 2°14’1.9”N, 54°27’38.1”W; La Planète revisitée, MNHN / PNI Guyane; APA-973-1; 23.II-26. III.2015; E. Poirier leg.; Coll. FB.
REMARQUE. — Espèce observée, mais non collectée lors de la mission APA-973-2 (FB).
description: Published as part of Bénéluz, Frédéric, 2021, Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais), pp. 759-809 in Zoosystema 43 (31) on page 769, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2021v43a31, http://zenodo.org/record/5796817
Tettigidea lateralis
Creators: name: Kasalo, Niko
name: Naskrecki, Piotr
name: Rebrina, Fran
name: Skejo, Josip
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tetrigidae
Tettigidea
Tettigidea lateralis

description: Tettigidea lateralis (Say, 1824)
(Fig. 9)
Acrydium laterale Say, 1824: plate V (original description of the species, no holotype designated).
Tettigidea lateralis – Scudder 1862: 477 (transferred to the present genus). — Rehn 1904: 669 (T. lateralis designated as the type species of the genus). — Yin et al. 1996: 923 (catalogued). — Otte 1997: 7 (catalogued). — Silva et al. 2021: 47 (overview of the genus with numerous nomenclatural acts, key to the species).
Tetrix polymorpha Burmeister, 1838: 397.
Tetrix parvipennis Harris, 1841: 152.
Tettigidea nicaraguae Bruner, 1895: 62.
Tettigidea parvipennis pennata Morse, 1895: 109.
Tettigidea jalapa Hancock, 1900b: 25.
Tettigidea lateralis var. medialis Hancock, 1902: 140.
Tettigidea nicaraguae brevis Hancock, 1904: 158.
Tettigidea annulipes Bruner, 1910: 127.
TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Brazil • 1 ♀ holotype; Mato Grosso, Chapada dos Guimarães; ANSP.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Costa Rica • 1 ♂; 1920; Paul Serre leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF10728 • 1 ♀; 1920; Paul Serre leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF10729 • 1 ♀; 1920; Paul Serre leg.; MNHNEO-CAELIF10730.
Guatemala • 1 ♀; Zacapa, Rte de l’Atlantique km126, S. Lorenzo; 1700 m a.s.l.; 28.XI.1986., 30.XI.1986; C.Amedegnato & S. Poulain leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF10765 • 1 ♂; Zacapa, Rte de l’Atlantique km126, S. Lorenzo; 1700 m a.s.l.; 28.XI.1986., 30.XI.1986; C.Amedegnato & S. Poulain leg.; MNHN-EO-CAE-LIF10766 • 1 ♂; Zacapa, Rte de l’Atlantique km126, S. Lorenzo; 1700 m a.s.l.; 28.XI.1986., 30.XI.1986; C.Amedegnato & S. Poulain leg.; MNHN-EO-CAELIF10767.
ADDITIONAL DATA. — See Appendix 1.
DISTRIBUTION. — Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá. See Figure 1.
REMARK
Although only the nominal subspecies has been reported from Central America, we do not identify our records to the level of subspecies because the genus should be reexamined with clear descriptions of variability.
description: Published as part of Kasalo, Niko, Naskrecki, Piotr, Rebrina, Fran & Skejo, Josip, 2023, Central American Tetrigidae Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera): a preliminary catalogue, pp. 177-212 in Zoosystema 45 (7) on page 185, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2023v45a7, http://zenodo.org/record/7841687
Cell Adhesion Signaling Defects in Breast Cancer
Creators: name: University Of California Office Of The President
Publisher: name: University of California Office of the President
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/00dmfq477
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024

description: In normal organs, including the breast, one way for cells to communicate with each other is through specific molecules on the cell surface, called adhesion molecules. Inside the cell, other proteins, named catenins, serve as a switchboard and organize a response to the incoming messages. This communication system allows the cells to grow, divide and attach in organized groups of cells. In breast cancer, cells have lost the ability to communicate with their neighbors properly. This results in an unregulated division and/or escape from the cell attachment which causes spreading (metastasis) of the cancer in the body. Since the catenins play an important role in the communication of an outside message into an inside response of the cell, we decided to investigate their role in the development of breast cancer. There are two sister catenins, g-catenin (also called plakoglobin) and g-catenin. It has been found that either too much or too little catenin in the cell causes unregulated cell division. For example, g-catenin causes colon cancer when present in elevated amounts. In contrast, plakoglobin is thought to have the opposite effect, such that reduced amounts cause cancer. When plakoglobin is reintroduced into kidney cancer cells, they revert to a normal state. More significantly, plakoglobin mutations have been found in breast cancer cells in women.

 To study if and how these mutations contribute to the development of breast cancer, we propose to generate mice without plakoglobin in the mammary gland. This will be done by using a novel technology, called the Cre-loxP system. This method allows us to produce mice without the protein of interest in the mammary gland itself. We will also investigate whether the lack of plakoglobin can cause breast cancer or whether it can aggravate or suppress an existing breast cancer induced by a carcinogenic drug. In further studies, we propose to investigate a possible relationship between plakoglobin and an oncogene directly associated with breast cancer. This oncogene, named c-erb/neu, is found in highly elevated amounts in breast cancers in many women. These studies in mice will be complemented by analyzing cells that have been isolated from the breast. We will test them for the ability to crawl onto and penetrate an extracellular matrix, which are key properties of metastatic cancer cells.

 In conclusion, the experiments proposed here will serve to elucidate how the loss of plakoglobin disturbs the communication between mammary glands cells thereby leading to breast cancer. It will also potentially provide new molecular targets to design novel drugs to treat and cure this disease.