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Ortheziola mizushimai Tanaka & Amano, n. sp.
No full text<i>Ortheziola mizushimai</i> Tanaka & Amano, n. sp. (Fig.1) <p> <b>Type material. HOLOTYPE,</b> adult female: <b>Japan,</b> Mt. Hasuge, Aikawa-chô, Kanagawa-pref., 27- -2004, coll. H. Mizushima (NSMT). <b>PARATYPE</b>: adult female: data as for holotype (TUA). <b>Other material (not paratype):</b> data as for holotype, one adult female in poor condition (TUA).</p> <p> <b>Description (adult female, holotype and a paratype)</b> (Fig. 1).</p> <p> <i>Mounted material</i>. 1.2–1.3 mm long and 0.9–1.0 mm wide. Antennae: segment I 82 –107 Μm long, 74–86 Μm wide; II 52 –67 Μm long, 37–42 Μm wide; III 268–289 Μm long, 32–42 Μm wide; segment III nearly parallel sided; apical seta 132–134 Μm long, subapical seta 44–52 Μm long; flagellate sensory seta near apical seta 27–28 Μm long; unusual hair-like seta absent from near subapical seta; all segments covered with spine-like setae; segment I with 0–3 clavate sensory setae on each side of segment; segment III with 42–51 spine-like setae.</p> <p> <i>Ve n te r</i>. Labium 83–148 Μm long. Stylet loop longer than labium. Legs (lengths in Μm): anterior legs: coxa 123–134, trochanter-femur 315–338, tibia + tarsus 302–334, claw 31–42; claw digitules each about 15 Μm long; middle legs: coxae 118–158, trochanter–femur 318–328, tibia + tarsus 325–348, claw 37–49; claw digitules each about 15 Μm long; posterior legs: coxae 142–151, trochanter-femur 376–402, tibia + tarsus 386– 433, claw 48–54: claw digitules each 13–18 Μm long. Claws without a denticle. All legs with rows of robust setae; also with 1 or 2 flagellate setae present on distal end of trochanter-femur. Wax plates absent from marginal areas of head and thorax; marginal wax band surrounding each thoracic spiracle (plates 15 and 16) present; with one band of spines present within ovisac band. Each thoracic spiraclular opening with a scattered group of 5-9 disc pores, each with 5 or 6 loculi; diameter of anterior thoracic spiraclular peritremes 23– 27 Μm. Setose setae scattered medially on thorax, although a few clavate around mouthparts and on abdomen. Multilocular pores, each with 6–8 loculi, present along anterior margin of ovisac band, along posterior edges of ovisac band, and also along anterior margin and inside of spine band within ovisac. Pores absent from around vulva. Abdominal spiracles not detected.</p> <p> <i>Dorsum.</i> Wax plates covering two–thirds of dorsal surface; wax plates 3, 5 & 6 present, covering most of mediolateral areas of thorax; wax plates absent medially on thorax and abdomen; wax plate 3 divided medially; wax plate 7 separated into several subplates posteriorly. With a few setae present mainly on medial area and with a few setae clavate. Disc pores, each with 4–6 loculi, present on posterolateral area of wax plate 7. Sclerotized anal plate in front of anal ring 24–48 Μm long, 222–242 Μm wide. Anal ring with incomplete twin–triple rows of round pores; longest anal ring seta 58 Μm, longer than length of anal ring; anal ring 42–44 Μm wide, 49 Μm long. With a group of disc pores, each with 5–8 loculi, present on each side of anal ring.</p> <p> <b>Host.</b> Unknown. Type series extracted with Berlese funnels from forest litter.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> This species is dedicated to Mr. Hiroki Mizushima, who collected the specimens.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> <i>O. mizushimai</i> resembles <i>Ortheziola peregovitsi</i> Kozár et Konczné Benedicty (2001) in having wax plate 3 present and in lacking multilocular disc pores around the vulva. However, it differs from <i>O. peregovitsi</i> in having: (i) disc pores with 5 or 6 loculi around each thoracic spiracle; (ii) fewer clavate setae on both of median dorsal surface and ventral median area, and (iii) wax plate 7 clearly separated into several subplates posteriorly (<i>O. peregovitsi</i> has disc pores with only 4 loculi around each spiracle and the separation of wax plate 7 into subplates is indistinct).</p>Published as part of <i>Tanaka, Hirotaka & Amano, Hiroshi, 2007, First records of the subfamily Ortheziolinae (Hemiptera: Ortheziidae) in Japan, with descriptions of two new species, pp. 31-37 in Zootaxa 1516</i> on pages 32-34, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/177316">10.5281/zenodo.177316</a>
Ortheziolamameti maeharai Tanaka & Amano, n. sp.
No full text<i>Ortheziolamameti maeharai</i> Tanaka & Amano, n. sp. (Fig. 2) <p> <b>Type material.</b> HOLOTYPE, adult female: <b>Japan,</b> Mt. Kanô, Kimitsu, Chiba-pref., 5- -2005, coll. S. Maehara (NSMT). <b>Other material (not paratype):</b> data as for holotype, 1 immature (TUA). Also: <b>Japan,</b> Mt. Hasuge, Aikawa-chô, Kanagawa-pref., 27-i-2004, coll. H. Mizushima, 3 adult female in poor condition (TUA).</p> <p> <b>Description (adult female, holotype only)</b> (Fig. 2).</p> <p> <i>Mounted material.</i> 1.9 mm long and 1.3 mm wide. Antennae: segment I 104–107 Μm long, 100–102 Μm wide; II 56 –60 Μm long, 68–70 Μm wide; III 390–398 Μm long, 75–82 Μm wide; segment III nearly parallel sided; apical seta of antenna 149 Μm long, subapical seta 59 Μm long; flagellate sensory seta near apical seta 24–30 Μm long; microseta absent from apex of antenna; unusual hair-like seta absent from near subapical seta; all segments covered with hair-like setae; segment I with 1 clavate sensory seta on each side of segment.</p> <p> <i>Ve n te r</i>. Labium 144 Μm long. Stylet loop longer than labium. Legs (lengths in Μm): anterior legs: coxae 137–142, trochanter-femur 426–452, tibia + tarsus 438–472, claw 56–69; claw digitules each 19–23 Μm long; middle legs: coxae 126–144, trochanter-femur 446–447, tibia + tarsus 460–486, claw 66–68; claw digitules each 23–24 Μm long; posterior legs: coxae 182, trochanter-femur 517. Left posterior leg plus tibia, tarsus and claw of right posterior leg missing. Claws without a denticle. All legs with rows of robust setae. Wax plates present on marginal areas of head and thorax; with a wide marginal wax band surrounding each thoracic spiracle (plates 15 and 16); with large rectangular-shaped wax plates surrounding each coxa present; cluster of spines band between hind legs and ovisac band present; with two bands of spines present within ovisac band. With a few setose setae scattered medially on thorax. Multilocular pores, each with 10–13 loculi, present anterior to posterior edges of ovisac band, and also around vulva; quadrilocular pores present along margins of spine bands inside ovisac area. Abdominal spiracles not detected.</p> <p> <i>Dorsum.</i> Wax plates present, covering all of dorsal surface; wax plates 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 present; wax plates 9 and 10 wide; plate 9 almost an equilateral triangle. In shape; wax plate 10 narrow posteriorly, widening significantly near anterior margin. Sclerotized anal plate in front of anal ring 68 Μm long, 202 Μm wide. Anal ring with 6 setae; longest seta 48 Μm; anal ring 48Μm wide. With a group of disc pores, each with 8 loculi, present around anal ring.</p> <p> <b>Host.</b> Unknown. Type specimen and other examined specimens extracted by Berlese funnels from forest litter.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> This species is dedicated to Mr. Satoshi Maehara, one of the collectors of the specimens.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Om. maeharai</i> resembles the Nepalese species <i>Ortheziolamameti loebli</i> (Richard) (1990) and the Taiwanese species <i>Om. taipensiana</i> Shiau & Kozár (2004) in having hair-like rather than spine-like setae on the antennae. However, it differs from <i>Om. loebli</i> in having multilocular pores around the vulva; and from <i>Om. taipensiana</i> in the shape of wax plates 9 and 10, with wax plate 9 being very broad and almost an equilateral triangle in shape, and wax plate 10 being rather narrow posteriorly and along most of its length but then widening suddenly near anterior margin (wax plate 9 on <i>Om. taipensiana</i> is narrow and elongated, in the shape of an isosceles triangle, while wax plate 10 widens gradually from posterior to anterior margin, not widening abruptly near anterior margin).</p>Published as part of <i>Tanaka, Hirotaka & Amano, Hiroshi, 2007, First records of the subfamily Ortheziolinae (Hemiptera: Ortheziidae) in Japan, with descriptions of two new species, pp. 31-37 in Zootaxa 1516</i> on page 35, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/177316">10.5281/zenodo.177316</a>
THz SPECTROSCOPY OF HD
No full textAuthor Institution: Department of Physics, University of Toyama, Gofuku, Toyama 930-8555, Japan; Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada N2L 3G1The pure rotational transition frequencies of HD, , and , have been measured in the laboratory precisely by using a tunable far-infrared spectrometer. Among them, the line was recently detected in space toward Sgr B2 by Cernicharo {\it et al.}. Their identification was made based on a calculated line frequency estimated from the spectroscopic data of Amano and Hirao. It has been found that our measured frequency of this line, 2363242.82(69) MHz, is lower by about 20 MHz than the estimated value. All the available THz lines and known millimeter- and submillimeter-wave lines together with the combination differences derived from the infrared transitions are fitted to the Watson effective Hamiltonian. A set of improved molecular constants are obtained. \\ ----------------------------------------\\ J.Cernicharo, E. Polehampton, and J.R. Goicoechea. {\it Astrophys. J.}, {\bf 657}, L21-L24 (2007).\\ T. Amano and T. Hirao, {\it J. Mol. Spectrosc.}, {\bf 233}, 7-14 (2005).\
MILLIMETER- WAVE LABORATORY DETECTION OF
No full text1. T. Amano and H. E. Warner, Astrophys, J. 342, L99 (1989).Author Institution: Herzberg Institute of astrophysics, National Research Council; Heyrovsk\'y Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ibaraki UniversityThe ground state rotational spectrum of protonated formaldehyde, , has been identified and assigned following the infrared detection by Amano and , using a magnetically confined extended negative glow discharge as a production source. The molecular constants have been determined more accurately. These parameters provide the pure rotational transition frequencies which are accurate enough for radio astronomical searches for this ion in interstellar molecular clouds
LABORATORY OBSERVATION OF A SUBMILLIMETER-WAVE LINE of
No full text K. G. Lubic and T. Amano, Can. J. Phys. 62, 1886 (1984); S. C. Foster, A. R. W. McKellar, and J. K. G. Watson, J. Chem. Phys. 85, 664 (1986). D. A. Jennings, C. Demuynck, M. Banek, and K. M. Evenson, unpublished. O. Polyansky and A. R. W. McKellar, J. Chem. Phys. 92, 4039 (1990) T. Amano and J. K. G. Watson, J. Chem. Phys. 81, 2869 (1984)Author Institution: Institute for Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences, Ibaraki UniversityThe first spectroscopic detection of was made in the infrared region at National Research Council of , followed by observations of two rotational transitions ( and ) in the THz . Polyansky and McKellar derived more accurate molecular constants and term values by combining all the available . However, since the molecule is very light, even such revised molecular constants should be subject to critical tests. The line position of the transition was predicted to be 691.705 GHz by using previous IR data. A backward-wave oscillator based submillimeter-wave system was used for the observation of the spectra. The molecules were generated in an extended negative glow discharge in gas mixture of and with Ar as buffer gas near liquid nitrogen temperature (77 K). Following numerous efforts, in the range of the expected spectral region, we discovered only one signal at 691.660440 GHz that was highly sensitive to magnetic field that was applied to the discharge to achieve the extended negative glow condition. This absorption line vanished by cutting off or gas, by inducing tiny air leak, or by raising cell temperature. In contrast to , the mixing ratio of was found to be less sensitive in producing . This behavior was similar to the findings in previous IR spectroscopy at . The optimum mixing ratio of gases was found to be mTorr and discharge current was about 8 mA. The observed line width was comparable with the Doppler line width of the molecule , assuming that the temperature of the cell was 77 K. A set of the improved molecular constants was obtained by combining all available IR data
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Production of novel ACE inhibitory peptides from beta-lactoglobulin using Protease N Amano
No full textPotent angiotensin l-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptide mixtures were obtained from the hydrolysis of beta-lactoglobulin (beta Lg) using Protease N Amano, a food-grade commercial proteolytic preparation. Hydrolysis experiments were carried out for 8 h at two different temperatures and neutral pH. Based on their ACE inhibitory activity, samples of 6 h of digestion were chosen for further analysis. The temperature used for the hydrolysis had a marked influence on the type of peptides produced and their concentration in the hydrolysate. Protease N Amano was found to produce very complex peptide mixtures; however, the partially fractionated hydrolysates had already very potent ACE inhibitory activity. The novel heptapeptide SAPLRVY was isolated and characterised. It corresponded to beta Lg f(36-42) and had an IC50 value of 8 mu m, which is considerably lower than the most potent ACE inhibitory peptides derived from bovine beta Lg reported so far. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
The importance of green spaces to public health: a multi-continental analysis
Get PDFAs green spaces are a common feature of liveable cities, a detailed understanding of the benefits provided by these areas is essential. Although green spaces are regarded as a major contribution to the human well‐being in urbanized areas, current research has largely focused on the cities in developed countries and their global importance in terms of public health benefits remains unclear. In this study, we performed a multiple linear regression using 34 cities in different regions across the globe to investigate the relationship between green spaces and public health. Our analysis suggested that for richer cities, green spaces were associated with better public health; whereas a greater area of green spaces was associated with reduced public health in the poorest cities. In contrast to previous studies, which typically found positive relationships between green spaces and health benefits, we demonstrate that health benefits of green spaces could be context dependent
Enzymic hydrolysis of proteins from aristichthys nobilis by protease P 'Amano' 3
No full textProteins from Aristichthys nobilis were hydrolysed using Protease P 'Amano' 3. A degree of hydrolysis (d.h.) of 15% was obtained with an enzyme:substrate concentration of 2%, after 3 h of hydrolysis. Nitrogen recovery was 60%. The hydrolysate had a moisture content of 3·0%, protein 87·0%, fat 0·85% and ash 8·65%. The amounts of all the amino acids analysed increased after hydrolysis. Bitterness was detected after 3 h of hydrolysis
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
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are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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