3,005 research outputs found
Neenchelys cheni Chen & Weng 1967
No full text* Neenchelys cheni (Chen & Weng, 1967) RR*ª Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng, 1967: 39 (Type locality: Tungkang [Dong-gang], southwestern Taiwan). Chen, 1969: 130; Shen 1984 a: 117; Chen & Yu, 1986: 258; Shen et al., 1993: 112; Shao et al., 2008: 238. " Neenchelys " cheni (Chen & Weng, 1967): Ho et al. 2010: 24, table 1; Ho & Shao, 2011: 23, table 1. Neenchelys cheni (Chen & Weng, 1967): Hibino et al., 2012: 345; Ho et al., 2013: 5. Neenchelys retropinna Smith & Böhlke, 1983: McCosker & Chen, 2000: 356. Remarks. An uncommon species collected by midwater trawls off southwestern Taiwan.Published as part of Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Mccosker, John E., Hibino, Yusuke, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Tighe, Kenneth A. & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2015, Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan, pp. 140-189 in Zootaxa 4060 (1) on pages 169-170, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16, http://zenodo.org/record/24365
Gavialiceps taiwanensis Chen & Weng 1967
No full text* Gavialiceps taiwanensis (Chen & Weng, 1967) a*ªffiª Chlopsis taiwanensis Chen & Weng, 1967: 81, fig. 61 (Type locality: Tungkang, southwestern Taiwan). Chen, 1969: 134; Shen, 1984 a: 114; Chen & Yu, 1986: 255; Shen et al., 1993: 115. Gavialiceps taiwanensis (Chen & Weng, 1967): Karmovskaya, 1994: 84; Smith in Randall & Lim, 2000: 586; Shao et al., 2008: 239; Ho et al., 2010: 25; Ho & Shao, 2011: 24, table 1; Lin et al., 2013: 167. Gavialiceps taeniola (not of Alcock, 1889): Shao et al., 2008: 239. Remarks. The assignment of this species to the Muraenesocidae is provisional. This is the most abundant eel species found in bycatch of midwater trawls in Taiwan.Published as part of Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Mccosker, John E., Hibino, Yusuke, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Tighe, Kenneth A. & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2015, Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan, pp. 140-189 in Zootaxa 4060 (1) on pages 150-151, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16, http://zenodo.org/record/24365
Dysomma melanurum Chen & Weng 1967
No full text* Dysomma melanurum Chen & Weng, 1967 ΑAEaUª Dysomma melanurum Chen & Weng, 1967: 84, fig. 63 (type locality: Tungkong [Dong-gang], southwestern Taiwan). Chen, 1969: 138; Shen, 1984 a: 110; Robins & Robins in Böhlke, 1989: 249; Shen et al., 1993: 109; Smith, 1999 a: 1661; Chen & Mok, 2001: 79; Shao et al., 2008: 238; Ho et al., 2010: 26, table 1; Ho & Shao, 2011: 22, table 1; Ho et al., 2015 d: 96. Remarks. This species is occasionally collected by midwater trawl from southwestern Taiwan; feeds on midwater shrimps.Published as part of Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Mccosker, John E., Hibino, Yusuke, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Tighe, Kenneth A. & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2015, Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan, pp. 140-189 in Zootaxa 4060 (1) on page 178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16, http://zenodo.org/record/24365
Macrocephenchelys brevirostris Chen & Weng 1967
No full text<i>* Macrocephenchelys brevirostris</i> (Chen & Weng, 1967) <p>⋏ffiAEdaª</p> <p> <i>Rhynchoconger brevirostris</i> Chen & Weng, 1967:54, fig. 40 (type locality: Tungkang, southwestern Taiwan). Chen, 1969:132; Shen 1984a:113; Chen & Yu, 1986:253; Shen <i>et al</i>., 1993:117.</p> <p> <i>Macrocephenchelys brevirostris</i> (Chen & Weng, 1967): Smith in Randall & Lim, 2000:586; Karmovskaya, 2004:S24; Shao <i>et al</i>., 2008:239; Ho <i>et al</i>. 2010:23, table 1; Ho & Shao, 2011:24, table 1.</p> <p> Remarks. This is a common deepwater species collected by bottom trawls, more abundant off southwestern than in northeastern Taiwan. It is likely a senior synonym of <i>Macrocephenchelys soela</i> Castle, 1990, described from Australia. According to Karmovskaya (2004), this species also occurs in the Philippines and New Caledonia.</p>Published as part of <i>Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Mccosker, John E., Hibino, Yusuke, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Tighe, Kenneth A. & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2015, Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan, pp. 140-189 in Zootaxa 4060 (1)</i> on page 148, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/243651">http://zenodo.org/record/243651</a>
sj-docx-1-jom-10.1177_01492063231195590 - Supplemental material for Government Corruption and Corporate Social Responsibility: An Instrumental Perspective
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-jom-10.1177_01492063231195590 for Government Corruption and Corporate Social Responsibility: An Instrumental Perspective by Cuili Qian, David H. Weng, Louise Yi Lu, and Xuejun Jiang in Journal of Management</p
Dysomma melanurum Chen & Weng 1967
No full textDysomma melanurum Chen & Weng, 1967 Figs. 6 A–B; Table 2 Dysomma melanurum Chen & Weng, 1967: 84, fig. 63 (Type locality: Tungkang [Dong-gang], Taiwan). Chen & Mok, 2001: 79. Ho et al. 2010: 26. Ho & Shao, 2011: 22. Specimens examined. Lectotype: NMMB-P 5284 (formerly THUP 1687), Tungkang [Dong-gang], SW Taiwan. Paralectypes: NMMB-P 3885 and NMMB-P 5470, same as lectotype. Non-types: collected from Dong-gang, SW Taiwan by midwater trawl: NSYU 2732 (1, 237 mm TL). NMMB-P 3885 (1, 191, partly dry), 13 Feb. 1962. NMMB-P 10949 (3, 271 – 285), 4 Sep. 2010. NMMB-P 11122 (2, 258 – 261), 13 Sep. 2010. NMMB-P 13741 (1, 265), 29 Jul. 2011. NMMB-P 13841 (1, 260), 5 Oct. 2010. NMMB-P 14044 (7, 206 – 285), 3 Nov. 2011. NMMB-P 14213 (1, 255), 20 Oct. 2011. NMMB-P 15471 (3, 281 – 297), 2 Jul. 2011. USNM 398473 (1, 165), 13 Nov. 2009. USNM 398474 (1, 178), 13 Nov. 2009. Diagnosis. Pectoral fin present; dorsal-fin origin above middle of pectoral fin, predorsal length 11.5 –15.0% TL; lower jaw longer than upper jaw, slightly curved and not appressed to upper jaw when mouth closed; anus anterior, below pectoral fin, preanal length 15.4–17.3 % TL; trunk very short, trunk length 3.0– 5.3 % TL; no intermaxillary teeth; multiple rows of teeth on upper jaw, those on innermost row about twice the size of the rest; 5 or 6 (mainly 5) compound teeth on vomer; multiple rows of teeth on lower jaw, those on innermost row about twice the size of the rest; head pores: IO 4, SO 3, M 7 (1 with 8), POP 0, AD 1, F 0, ST 0. Lateral-line pores very large, predorsal 10–13, prepectoral 8–11, preanal 11–17, total pores 107–117, the last to 1 / 2 HL before the caudal-fin base. MVF 13-14 - 135, total vertebrae 131–138. Body uniformly light pinkish to grayish with numerous melanophores, posterior margin of anal fin and caudal fin black. Remarks. This species has a very different morphology of its lower jaw, strongly curved and not appressed to the upper jaw when the mouth is closed. This may reflect its pelagic living. Many specimens are found to feed on pelagic shrimps. This is a small species; the largest specimen examined was only 297 mm TL. Robins & Robins (1976: 263) suggested that the projecting lower jaw of this species was an artifact, based on the damaged condition of the specimen they examined (THUP 1687, now the lectotype). We have examined 25 specimens, however, and they all have a clearly projecting lower jaw.Published as part of Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G. & Tighe, Kenneth A., 2015, Review of the arrowtooth eel genera Dysomma and Dysommina in Taiwan, with the description of a new species (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae), pp. 86-104 in Zootaxa 4060 (1) on pages 96-98, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.12, http://zenodo.org/record/23750
A Generalized Brezing-Weng Algorithm for Constructing Pairing-Friendly Ordinary Abelian Varieties
No full textWe give an algorithm that produces families of Weil numbers for ordinary abelian varieties over finite fields with prescribed embedding degree. The algorithm uses the ideas of Freeman, Stevenhagen, and Streng to generalize the Brezing-Weng construction of pairing-friendly elliptic curves. We discuss how CM methods can be used to construct these varieties, and we use our algorithm to give examples of pairing-friendly ordinary abelian varieties of dimension 2 and 3 that are absolutely simple and have smaller -values than any previous such example
Beyond Robot Ethics: On a Legislative Consortium for Social Robotics
No full textAs robots are increasingly integrated into human society, associated problems will resemble or merge with those in other fields - we can refer to this phenomenon as the 'robot sociability problem'. In this paper, the author first analyzes the dynamic relationship between robot ethics, robotics and robot law, and then proposes a 'practical robots' approach for solving the robot sociability problem. As this approach is based on legal regulations, the author posits that a functional platform such as a 'legislative consortium for social robotics' is crucial at the initial stage for social robotics development. In conclusion, the author discusses how a legislative consortium for social robotics will be a useful approach for solving the robot sociability problem, especially emerging structural legislative problems that are related to autonomous robots. (C) Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden and The Robotics Society of Japan, 2010http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000284151100008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=8e1609b174ce4e31116a60747a720701RoboticsSCI(E)EI2ARTICLE131919-19262
Supplemental Material, DS1_VET_10.1177_0300985818784160 - Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Canine Pituitary Adenomas Obtained by Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy
No full textSupplemental Material, DS1_VET_10.1177_0300985818784160 for Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Canine Pituitary Adenomas Obtained by Transsphenoidal Hypophysectomy by Margaret A. Miller, Tina Jo Owen, David S. Bruyette, J. Catharine Scott-Moncrieff, José A. Ramos-Vara, Hsin-Yi Weng, Annie V. Chen, Linda G. Martin, and Deidre M. DuSold in Veterinary Pathology</p
Stimulation of primary osteoblasts with ATP induces transient vinculin clustering at sites of high intracellular traction force
No full textAdenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP), released in response to mechanical and inflammatory stimuli, induces the dynamic and asynchronous protrusion and subsequent retraction of local membrane structures in osteoblasts. The molecular mechanisms involved in the ligand-stimulated herniation of the plasma membrane are largely unknown, which prompted us to investigate whether the focal-adhesion protein vinculin is engaged in the cytoskeletal alterations that underlie the ATP-induced membrane blebbing. Using time-lapse fluorescence microscopy of primary bovine osteoblast-like cells expressing green fluorescent protein-tagged vinculin, we found that stimulation of cells with 100 mu M ATP resulted in the transient and rapid clustering of recombinant vinculin in the cell periphery, starting approximately 100 s after addition of the nucleotide. The ephemeral nature of the vinculin clusters was made evident by the brevity of their mean assembly and disassembly times (66.7 +/- A 13.3 s and 99.0 +/- A 6.6 s, respectively). Traction force vector maps demonstrated that the vinculin-rich clusters were localized predominantly at sites of high traction force. Intracellular calcium measurements showed that the ligand-induced increase in [Ca2+](i) clearly preceded the clustering of vinculin, since [Ca2+](i) levels returned to normal within 30 s of exposure to ATP, indicating that intracellular calcium transients trigger a cascade of signalling events that ultimately result in the incorporation of vinculin into membrane-associated focal aggregates
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