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Basilia carteri Scott
No full textBasilia carteri Scott Distribution Alto Paraguay (7, 10, 20), Amambay (12), Boquerón (*), Concepción (6, 13), Cordillera (4), Ñeembucú (14, *), Paraguarí (*), Presidente Hayes (1, 16, *). Paraguayan records (102 specimens) Alto Paraguay: Bahía Negra, 4 females, 4 males from Myotis albescens (É. Geoffroy), 13.ii. 1996; Estancia Parra Cué (Fuerte Olimpo), 2 females, 5 males from same host, 16.xii. 1996; Fuerte Olimpo, 1 female from Myotis nigricans (Schinz), 13.xii. 1996; Destacamento Militar Gabino Mendoza, 10 females, 7 males from same host, 3–7.ix. 1996. Amambay: Parque Nacional Cerro Corá, 2 females, 2 males from Myotis riparius Handley, 26–30.iii. 1996. Boquerón: * Cañada Elisa, 7 km N, 14 km E Mariscal E stigarribia, 1 female, 2 males from M. nigricans, 20.viii. 1995. Concepción: Estancia Santa Clara (Estancia Cerrito), 4 females, 1 male from M. nigricans, 30.xi. 1995; Parque Nacional Serranía de San Luis, 1 female, 1 male from same host, 9.xii. 1996; 1 female from M. riparius, 17.iv. 1996. Cordillera: Estancia Sombrero, 1 female, 2 males from M. riparius, 15.x. 1995. Ñeembucu: Estancia Yacaré, 1 male from M. albescens, 12.v. 1996; *Pilar, Tacuaras, 3 females, 4 males from same host, 12.xii. 1900 (Guimarães & D´Andretta 1956). Paraguarí: *Sapucay, 4 females, 2 males from Eptesicus brasiliensis; 3 females from unidentified bat (Guimarães & D´Andretta, 1956). Presidente Hayes: E stancia La Victoria, 1 female from Eptesicus furinalis, 3.viii. 1995; 1 female, 3 males from M. albescens, 1–3.viii. 1995; 4 males from M. nigricans, 3.viii. 1995; Estancia Loma Porá, 1 female from M. nigricans, 25.i. 1997; 11 females, 9 males from M. albescens, 22–25.i. 1997; *Makthlawaiya, 2 females, 2 males from Molossops temminckii, 20.i. 1927 (Scott 1936). Remarks Based on results from the present survey, B. carteri is primarily associated with three species of Myotis in Paraguay (Table 2).Published as part of Graciolli, Gustavo, Dick, Carl W. & Gettinger, Donald, 2006, A faunal survey of nycteribiid flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) associated with bats in Paraguay, pp. 35-46 in Zootaxa 1220 on pages 40-41, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17254
A New Laelapine Mite (Acari: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae) Associated with the Spiny Rodent, \u3cem\u3eScolomys melanops\u3c/em\u3e, in Amazonian Peru
No full textGigantolaelaps scolomys Gettinger and Gardner n. sp., an ectoparasitic mite (Acari: Laelapidae) associated with the rodent Scolomys melanops in Amazonian forests of Peru, is described and illustrated.
Mites of the genus Gigantolaelaps Fonseca are common ectoparasites associated exclusively with rodents of the sigmodontine tribe Oryzomyini (see Gettinger, 1987). They are often abundant in the dorsal pelage and are easily collected by brushing the host at capture. The laelapine populations sampled are female dominant; males and immatures are assumed to live within the nest of the host (Martins-Hatano et al., 2011). A new species was encountered in a small collection of specimens of Gigantolaelaps brushed from 2 individuals of the spiny rodent, Scolomys melanops, in the Peruvian Amazon near Iquitos (Hice, 2001; Hice and Velazco, 2012). Of all the known species of Gigantolaelaps with the holotrichous condition for tibia IV and a gnathosome with deutosternal groove bearing only 6 rows of denticles (Furman, 1972), the new species is similar to species infecting a complex of arboreal rodents (Oecomys spp.) but is clearly separated by the morphological characters detailed here
Microwave Ablation versus Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
No full textComparison of Survival Rates After a Combination of Local Treatment and Systemic Therapy vs Systemic Therapy Alone for Treatment of Stage IV Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
No full textVideo of SHINE! by Kim Scott feat. Blake Aaron and Philip N. Davis
No full textLive performance from the album release concert for "SHINE!", Kim's 5th album on the Innervision Records label. Kim Scott, flute; Phil Davis, keys; Eric Essix, guitar; Sean Michael Ray, bass; James "PJ" Spraggins, drums; Kelley Oneal, sax and flut
Oscar Howe and Navarre Scott Momaday
No full textOscar Howe is pictured with N. Scott Momaday. The Institute of Indian Studies sponsored Momaday to come to the University on September 21, 1978, to present a lecture and reading. Momaday is both an author and teacher
Scott Key Mansion, Washington, D.C., circa 1907-1914
No full textImage of the Scott Key Mansion, circa 1907-1914. Caption reads: "The Key Mansion, home of Francis Scott Key, author of the "Star Spangled Banner," is located at 3518 M Street, N. W. The one-story annex at the right was his law office." Postcard number: 5078
Wordarrows: The performative power of language in N. Scott Momaday’s non-fiction work
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Anna M. Brígido-CorachánIULMA - Universitat de València, Spain
ABSTRACT
This article focuses on two non-fiction works by Native American author N. Scott Momaday: his 1969 historical memoir The Way to Rainy Mountain and his essay collection The Man Made of Words It specifically tackles performative conceptions of language in the Kiowa storytelling tradition, where words are experienced as speech acts that have the power to intervene in surrounding realities. Taking into account 20th century ethno-cultural and linguistic policies in the United States, the article also reflects on the role indigenous languages may play in contemporary Native American Literature, which has most often been written in English.Author/s
Anna M. Brígido-CorachánIULMA - Universitat de València, Spain
ABSTRACT
This article focuses on two non-fiction works by Native American author N. Scott Momaday: his 1969 historical memoir The Way to Rainy Mountain and his essay collection The Man Made of Words It specifically tackles performative conceptions of language in the Kiowa storytelling tradition, where words are experienced as speech acts that have the power to intervene in surrounding realities. Taking into account 20th century ethno-cultural and linguistic policies in the United States, the article also reflects on the role indigenous languages may play in contemporary Native American Literature, which has most often been written in English.Autor/es
Anna M. Brígido-CorachánIULMA - Universitat de València, Spain
ABSTRACT
This article focuses on two non-fiction works by Native American author N. Scott Momaday: his 1969 historical memoir The Way to Rainy Mountain and his essay collection The Man Made of Words It specifically tackles performative conceptions of language in the Kiowa storytelling tradition, where words are experienced as speech acts that have the power to intervene in surrounding realities. Taking into account 20th century ethno-cultural and linguistic policies in the United States, the article also reflects on the role indigenous languages may play in contemporary Native American Literature, which has most often been written in English
Extreme prognostics for remaining useful life analysis of composite structures
No full textThe procedure of fatigue damage accumulation in composite structures is still unknown and depends on several parameters such as type and frequency of loading, stacking sequence and material properties. Additionally, the nonhomogeneous and anisotropic nature of composites result to a stochastic activation of the different failure mechanisms and make the estimation of remaining useful life (RUL) very complex but interesting task. Data driven probabilistic methodologies have found increasing use the last decade and provide a platform for reliable estimations of RUL utilizing condition monitoring (CM) data. However, the fatigue life of a specific composite structure has a quite significant scatter, with specimens that either underperform or outperform. These specimens are often referred as outliers and the estimation of their RUL is challenging. This study proposes a new RUL probabilistic model, the Extreme Non-Homogenous Hidden Semi Markov Model (ENHHSMM) which is an extension of the Non-Homogenous Hidden Semi Markov Model (NHHSMM). The ENHHSMM uses dynamic diagnostic measures, which are estimated based on the training and testing CM data and adapts dynamically the trained parameters of the NHHSMM. The available CM data are acoustic emission data recorded throughout fatigue testing of open-hole carbon–epoxy specimens. RUL estimations from the ENHHSMM and NHHSMM are compared. The ENHHSMM is concluded as the preferable option since it provides more accurate outlier prognostics.Structural Integrity & Composite
Cephennomicrus typicus Scott, comb. n.
No full textCephennomicrus typicus (Scott), comb. n. Neseuthia typica Scott, 1922: 203. Type material. Lectotype (designated here; Figs. 5, 9): SEYCHELLES: Mahé: male, mounted on card bearing male symbol and number " 117 " handwritten in black, " Mahe, '08- 9 Seychelles Exp." (typed), "Percy Sladen Trust Exped. Brit.Mus. 1926 ― 246." (typed), " Type " (circular, white with red margin, typed), " Neseuthia typica TYPE. H.Scott [handwritten in black] TYPE [printed, highlighted in blue]", " Figured specimen " (red, printed), " typicus Scott [handwritten in black] Cl. Besuchet dét. [printed] X [handwritten in black] 195 [printed] 7 [handwritten in black]", " NESEUTHIA typica Scott, LECTOTYPE; P. JAŁOSZYŃSKI, 2007 " (printed), " CEPHENNOMICRUS typicus (Scott), det. P. JAŁOSZYŃSKI, 2007 " (printed) (BMNH). Paralectotypes (2 males, 1 female): SEYCHELLES: Mahé: 1 female, mounted on card bearing female symbol and number " 104 ", labels as in lectotype but lacking the red label "Figured specimen"; 1 male mounted on different (newer?) card than previous specimens, " Paratype " (circular, white with yellow margin, typed), "Percy Sladen Trust Exped. Brit. Mus. 1926 - 246 " (typed), " Neseuthia typica H. Scott, Paratype " (printed), " Mahe, 1908 - 9. Seychelles Exp." (printed), and similar Besuchet's label as that shown in Fig. 9 and found in all specimens; 1 male mounted on the same type of card as the previous specimen, " Paratype " (circular, white with yellow margin, typed), "Ma(y?)e, 1908 -09, Seychelles Exp." (handwritten in black, in easily recognizable Besuchet's hand). All paralectotypes with additional labels " NESEUTHIA typica Scott, PARALECTOTYPE; P. JAŁOSZYŃSKI, 2007 " (printed), " CEPHENNOMICRUS typicus (Scott), det. P. JAŁOSZYŃSKI, 2007 " (printed) (all specimens in BMNH). Remarks. Besides the characters given in the diagnosis, all species of Cephennomicrus are extremely small, typically much smaller than 1 mm in length. Very small species can also be found in the Palearctic genera Nanophthalmus and Cephennium, but the body as small as 0.6 mm, not uncommon in Cephennomicrus, makes this genus exceptional within the tribe. The body shape found in this genus is typical for the Cephenniini, with subquadrate pronotum and stout, short elytra, but the constriction between the pronotum and elytra is usually more distinct than in other genera. The antennae show some degree of variability, and since two relatively distinct variants can be found, in future they may be used for defining species groups or subgenera. Antennae in C. perpunctillum, the type species of Cephennomicrus, and in most of other described species, have two terminal antennomeres enlarged, and at first sight the antennal club appears two-segmented. However, closer examination usually reveals that antennomere IX, though clearly smaller than abruptly enlarged X and XI, is still much larger than VII, and can be regarded as belonging to the club. The other variant can be seen in several species, which have more slender antennal club, with antennomeres X and XI enlarged to a lesser extent than those in C. perpunctillum. In such cases (like in C. nomurai (Jałoszyński & Hoshina, 2003)) the club is very indistinctly separated from the funicle, but it still can be regarded as composed of 3 antennomeres. It can be concluded that Cephennomicrus has 3 -segmented antennal club, and the extreme variants taken alone do not represent a diagnostic character to define separate taxa at the rank of subgenus or genus. However, the slender variant may co-occur with the longitudinal median groove on the pronotum found in some described and undescribed species from Japan and Taiwan; this combination, when confirmed, may serve as a potential subgeneric diagnostic feature. The eyes in all species of Cephennomicrus known to the author are very large, strongly protruding laterally from the silhouette of the head, and usually coarsely faceted. This is an interesting character, as miniaturization in the Cephenniini often affects the eyes, which in such cases are usually very small or even entirely missing in minute subterraneous, lightly pigmented species of Nanophthalmus, Cephennium or Etelea. Oriental species of Cephennomicrus are rarely collected by methods based on sifting, but more frequently by flight intercept traps. The large eyes composed of a large number of ommatidia may therefore be important for flight-related activities. A high degree of variability can be found in the shapes and structures of the aedeagus among the known species of Cephennomicrus; the type species of the genus and that of Neseuthia can be examples of such a difference (Figs. 6, 7). Again, a more comprehensive study is necessary to subdivide Cephennomicrus using structures of the aedeagus.Published as part of Jałoszyński, Paweł, 2008, Taxonomic notes on the Cephenniini (Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae): Status of Coatesia Lea, Cephennomicrus Reitter, and Neseuthia Scott, pp. 25-36 in Zootaxa 1696 on pages 30-32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27408
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