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The discovery of the rare genus Xyeloblacus van Achterberg, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Blacinae) in China, with description of a new species
No full textHuangfu, Wei-Guo, Chai, Hong-Fei, Chen, Xue-Xin (2012): The discovery of the rare genus Xyeloblacus van Achterberg, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Blacinae) in China, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3255: 65-67, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28065
Report of Working Group 22 on Iron Supply and its Impact on Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean
No full textThe Working Group on Iron Supply and its Impact on Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean (WG 22) was established October 2007 under the direction of the Biological Oceanography Committee (BIO) and consisted of 20 members from all PICES member countries, including Co-Chairmen, Drs. Shigenobu Takeda (Japan) and Fei Chai (USA). The purpose of the Working Group was to examine the role of iron biogeochemistry and its impact on biological productivity and marine ecosystems. WG 22 has completed the following four goals in its terms of reference:
1. Compile and synthesize available iron biogeochemistry data in the North Pacific;
2. Review the past and ongoing laboratory, field and modeling studies on iron biogeochemistry and its impact on biological productivity and marine ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean;
3 Determine the natural supplies of iron to the North Pacific, which include atmospheric dust transport and movement of iron-enriched waters, and examine linkages between iron supply and ecosystem responses;
4. Identify gaps and issues related to experimental and modeling activities, encourage and plan national and international scientific programs on iron biogeochemistry and its impact on marine ecosystems in the North Pacific.
WG 22 has accomplished most of its originally proposed objectives. Through Annual Meetings, we kept the iron community in all PICES member countries together on a regular basis. Our Working Group members actively exchanged ideas and discussed their ongoing research results, which led to several important publications. We also consolidated some of available iron data for the North Pacific, and more data will be added to this data set as time goes on. We are confident that our short 3-year effort will provide a sound foundation for future iron-related research in the North Pacific Ocean
Report of Working Group 22 on Iron Supply and its Impact on Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean
No full textThe Working Group on Iron Supply and its Impact on Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean (WG 22) was established October 2007 under the direction of the Biological Oceanography Committee (BIO) and consisted of 20 members from all PICES member countries, including Co-Chairmen, Drs. Shigenobu Takeda (Japan) and Fei Chai (USA). The purpose of the Working Group was to examine the role of iron biogeochemistry and its impact on biological productivity and marine ecosystems. WG 22 has completed the following four goals in its terms of reference:1. Compile and synthesize available iron biogeochemistry data in the North Pacific;2. Review the past and ongoing laboratory, field and modeling studies on iron biogeochemistry and its impact on biological productivity and marine ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean;3 Determine the natural supplies of iron to the North Pacific, which include atmospheric dust transport and movement of iron-enriched waters, and examine linkages between iron supply and ecosystem responses;4. Identify gaps and issues related to experimental and modeling activities, encourage and plan national and international scientific programs on iron biogeochemistry and its impact on marine ecosystems in the North Pacific.WG 22 has accomplished most of its originally proposed objectives. Through Annual Meetings, we kept the iron community in all PICES member countries together on a regular basis. Our Working Group members actively exchanged ideas and discussed their ongoing research results, which led to several important publications. We also consolidated some of available iron data for the North Pacific, and more data will be added to this data set as time goes on. We are confident that our short 3-year effort will provide a sound foundation for future iron-related research in the North Pacific Ocean
Fei-yen wai-zhuan the true era of its birth and investigation of its author
No full textFei-yen wai-zhuan 飛燕外傳 (The Unofficial Biography of [Zhao] Fei-yen) is one of the classical-language fictions in traditional China, describing the famous romance between Emperor Cheng-di 成帝 and Zhao Fei-yen 趙飛燕 sisters in the Former Han Dynasty. The author is attributed with Ling Xüan 伶玄, who definitely had confessed that he was living with the Former Han Dynasty in his brief autobiography. However, it was too suspicious to believe, from the beginning of its appearance in the Southern Song Dynasty, scholars have been puzzled to determine the true era of its birth. Through their discussions, now it is widely accepted that Fei-yen wai-zhuan was born during the Six Dynasties, not in the Tang Dynasty, though it is still lacking in conclusive evidence. But some insist that it could be compared with the great masterpieces of Tang-tales, like Ying-ying zhuan 鶯鶯傳, Li Wa zhuan 李娃傳, Huo Xiao-yü zhuan 霍小玉傳, which belonged to the Tang Dynasty. Then should we say that Fei-yen wai-zhuan was a premature masterpiece? It still remains a great mystery to all, including its author Ling Xüan himself. This study, paying attention to the text itself, proves this tale should belong to the Tang Dynasty. Its main keywords are two, Zhen-la 眞臘 and Qi-chu Ling-hua jing 七出菱花鏡 (Water-chestnut flower shaped bronze mirror, circled by seven petals). The former, used first in the historical records in China was in the Sui Dynasty Da-ye 大業 12years(616), and the latter one likely appeared after reign of Empress Wu(690--705). These facts simply tell us Fei-yen wai-zhuan was born in the Tang Dynasty. The true author of this tale is Niu Seng-ru 牛僧孺, a famous prime minister of late Tang and was also a well-known writer of Tang-tales, who authored Xüan-guai lu 玄怪錄. We could know the close affinities between Fei-yen wai-zhuan and Xüan-guai lu. As a drafted scholar-official, all of Niu's life had been under the strife in bureaucracy with the factional parties at that time. Once the opposition party blamed Niu for violating his majesty, to write the tale Zhou Qin xing-ji 周秦行記 named Niu Seng-ru. Though its writer was anonymous, Niu was nearly accused of injury to the majesy (Lèse majesté). I contend Niu decided to write Fei-yen wai-zhuan under a pseudonym to make counterattack against a recreant writer in the same manner and to regain true pride for himself
Collaborative Research: GLOBEC Pan Regional Synthesis: The Effect of Varying Freshwater Inputs on Regional Ecosystems in the North Atlantic
No full textThis research addresses several mechanisms by which freshwater influx might impact the primary production of Calanus finmarchicus in the northern North Atlantic Ocean. Variability in the winter North Atlantic Oscillation index is related to changes in various physical and biological parameters across the entire North Atlantic, but the mechanisms underlying those relationships are not well known. Understanding basin-to-regional connections is important for interpreting patterns of variability observed on both sides of the Atlantic during the core GLOBEC study period (1993-1999) and from earlier observations, and inferring process, whether local or remote, from those observed patterns. The proposed research is focused on: (1) comparing and contrasting the impact of freshwater influx to the eastern and western sides of the North Atlantic, (2) understanding the development and maintenance of a possible three-gyre configuration of Calanus finmarchicus distribution in the North Atlantic, and (3) predicting the projected trends and variations in the North Atlantic Ocean based on IPCC projections for upcoming decades.This project seeks a synthetic understanding of how basin- and global-scales changes in climate force physical processes that in turn determine local- and regional-scale biological communities, with a particular focus on freshwater forcing of circulation, mixing, and marine ecosystems within the North Atlantic Ocean. It is pan-regional in scope, building upon the successes of the U.S. GLOBEC program in the Western North Atlantic (and its other regions) to address climate variability issues spanning the entire northern North Atlantic Ocean. Its research approaches include: synthesis of datasets across the North Atlantic, multi-scale coupled physical/biological modeling, and comparative regional studies. In all these respects it responds directly to the U.S. GLOBEC Pan-Regional Synthesis Announcement of Opportunity.Two graduate students will participate in this project. Results will be disseminated by peer-reviewed scientific publications, presentations at national conferences, and to other Pan-Regional GLOBEC investigators. Model output will be made available via the Rutgers OPeNDAP server. The investigators will give public lectures in Schools of Massachusetts, Maine and New Jersey on the importance of NAO and its impact on the regional ecosystem as part of an ongoing K-12 outreach program. The forecast scenarios for the next two decades will increase awareness of Climate Change. Dr. Fei Chai is a New Investigator to the GLOBEC program and will bring considerable expertise from his associations in the Pacific and in the Climate Change communities. Finally, this project sets the stage for post-GLOBEC end-to-end studies in the North Atlantic (e.g., the BASIN program)
sj-eps-2-tam-10.1177_17588359231204856 – Supplemental material for Eribulin combined with antiangiogenic agents in women with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: a retrospective multicenter study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-eps-2-tam-10.1177_17588359231204856 for Eribulin combined with antiangiogenic agents in women with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: a retrospective multicenter study by Mingxia Jiang, Bin Shao, Donggui Wan, Jiaxuan Liu, Maiyue He, Yue Chai, Die Sang, Jiayu Wang, Fei Ma, Ying Fan, Peng Yuan, Binghe Xu and Qiao Li in Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology</p
Anthropology as an interdisciplinary field
No full textThe article discusses anthropology as an interdisciplinary field from the author's own research experience.AnthropologySociologySSCI0ARTICLE120-243
sj-docx-1-tam-10.1177_17588359231204856 – Supplemental material for Eribulin combined with antiangiogenic agents in women with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: a retrospective multicenter study
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-tam-10.1177_17588359231204856 for Eribulin combined with antiangiogenic agents in women with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: a retrospective multicenter study by Mingxia Jiang, Bin Shao, Donggui Wan, Jiaxuan Liu, Maiyue He, Yue Chai, Die Sang, Jiayu Wang, Fei Ma, Ying Fan, Peng Yuan, Binghe Xu and Qiao Li in Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology</p
Wo zhe yi nian
No full textby Fey Shiaw tong.Live recording.Prof. Rulan Chao Pian read "During my past year" by Fei Xiaotong.Electronic reproduction from Rulan Chao Pian Audio Cassette Collection.Read in Chinese.by Fey Shiaw tong
Figures 1-10 from: Chen X, Chai H, He J (2010) Discovery of the rare genus Blacometeorus Tobias, 1976 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Blacinae) in the Oriental part of China, with description of a new species. ZooKeys 65: 63-67. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.65.451
No full textFigures 1-10 - Blacometeorus sinicus Chai & Chen, sp. n. ♀, holotype. 1 antenna 2 head, frontal view 3 head, dorsal view 4 mesonotum, dorsal aspect 5 propodeum and metasomal tergite I–II, dorsal aspect 6 fore wing 7 hind wing 8 body, lateral view 9 hind leg 10, hind tarsus
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