41 research outputs found
Oocyclus shorti Jia & Maté, 2012, sp. n.
No full textOocyclus shorti sp. n. (Figs. 1–5) Type material. Holotype 3: CHINA: Guangdong Province: Dadongshan, 24 ° 55 ’ 68 ”N, 112 ° 42 ’ 41 ”E, 28.v. 2011, Kubecek & Yun Li lgt. (SYSU). Paratypes (81 exs.): CHINA: Guangdong Province: same data as holotype (7 exs., SYSU). Danxiashan, Zhanglao peak, 10.vi. 2011, leg. F. L. Jia [original label in Chinese]. (2 exs., SYSU). Danxiashan, Jinshiyan, wet rock, 11.vi. 2011. leg. F.L. Jia [original label in Chinese] (37 exs., SYSU, SEMC); Danxiashan, Zhanglao peak, with dense algae and duckweeds, 4.xi. 2010, leg. F.L. Jia [original label in Chinese] (9 exs., SYSU); Shenzhen, Wutongshan, Hengpailing, 15.v. 2011, leg. F.L. Jia & Junlei Liao (1 male, SYSU). Hong Kong SAR: Hong Kong Island, Tai Tam Reservoir, intersection Tai Tam Rd and Mt Parker Rd, 21.xii. 2009, rock seep, leg. J.F. Maté (5 exs., JFMC); Hong Kong Island, Jardine´s Lookout, 26.iv. 2001, leg. J.F. Maté (2 exs.); 1.v. 2001 (2 exs.); Hong Kong Island, 22 ° 16.42 ’N, 114 ° 11.71 ’E, 3.iii. 2000, Hygropetric seep, leg. J.F. Maté (1 ex.); Hong Kong Island, 22 ° 30.36 ’N 114 ° 14.16 ’E, 18.xii. 2007, Hygropetric seep, leg. J.F. Maté (1 ex.); New Territories; Tai Mo Shan C.P. Seep 500m due North from Weather Station, 7.ix. 2008 (2 exs.); Tai Mo Shan C.P., 700m, leg. P. Aston (1 ex.); Lantau Island, Mui Wo, 29.xii. 2010, pond fern in ditch, leg. J.F. Maté (9 exs.); Lantau Island, Mui Wo waterfall (on open face of waterfall), 20.i. 2009, leg. P. Aston (2 exs.). (When not indicated, specimens are deposited in BMNH, JFMC, PAC, and BASC). Diagnosis. From most regional species, O. shorti can be distinguished from most species of the genus except O. fikaceki and O. dinghu by its small to medium size, its rounded posterolateral margin of the pronotum, lack of procoxal spines, with sparse and long setae on abdominal ventrites 1–4, lack of distinct elytral systematic punctures, and the metafemora without microreticulation. It is extremely close to O. fikaceki Short & Jia and O. dinghu Short & Jia. It can be separated from both species by the aedeagus (Fig. 4) with the outer margin of parameres distinctly curved inwards and clearly narrowed apically; the median lobe abruptly narrowed at apical one-fourth; and with the gonopore situated one and half times of its length below it. Description. Size and Form. Total body length= 3.6 –4.0 mm. Oval, strongly convex. Elytra slightly longer than wide. Color. Dorsum black; head, pronotum and often elytra with a subtle green iridescent sheen. Maxillary and labial palps yellow, with apex of maxillary palpomere slightly darkened. Legs, epipleura, lateral margins of prosternum and posterior half of each ventrite yellowish brown, with remainder of venter slightly to moderately darker reddish brown. Head. Ground punctation on labrum, clypeus and frons slightly variable in size from almost undetectable to fine; fairly densely distributed, distance between punctures 0.5–1.5 x the width of one puncture. Systematic row of punctures on the labrum very dense, more or less forming a lateral, shallow median groove, and set with a dense row of long erect yellow setae. Frons with an irregular row of systematic punctures mesad of each eye, bearing a few fine setae. Clypeus with a few nearly undetectable systematic punctures along anterolateral margins, slightly larger than surrounding punctation and usually bearing short setae. Maxillary palps very short, subequal in length as width of labrum; segment 2 slightly bulbous, apical segment slightly longer than penultimate. Labial palps three-fourths as long as width of mentum. Mentum quadrate, anterior margin slightly convex; anterior half portion bearing very fine and scattered punctures, including two small clusters of punctures mediolaterally that bear fine setae; posterior half portion almost glabrous, sometimes with a few nearly undetectable punctures. Thorax. Ground punctation on pronotum and elytra very irregular in size, composed of both extremely fine and moderately coarse punctures, which are generally mixed and evenly distributed. Pronotal systematic punctures present, but blending with larger general punctures, usually not more than 1.5 x the size of general punctation and set with a fine recumbent seta. Lateral margins of pronotum appearing without setiferous punctures. Posterolateral corners of pronotum evenly rounded. Sutural punctation on elytra absent or unmodified from general punctation. Elytra without distinct rows of larger punctures, as they blend uniformly with the largest of the ground punctures; these rows (of systematic punctures) can be detected by the presence of a fine, short seta. Prosternum with median carina along entire length, with a small blunt tooth anteriorly; without long spines or hairs anteriorly. Mesosternal process with lateral extensions sloping evenly downward; apex set with a few long fine setae. Metasternum with small oval glabrous area posteromedially, slightly longer than wide, length of glabrous area about two-fifths the total length of the metasternum. Pro- and mesocoxae densely pubescent; without spines. Protibiae with 6–7 spines on dorsal face. Protarsal segments 1–4 small, subequal in length, apical segment slightly shorter than segments 1–4 combined. Metafemora without microreticulation. Abdomen. Ventrites 1–4 with two lateral rows of very long, fine setae; longest setae longer than the setae around the metasternal glabrous area. Fifth ventrite entire, with dense, uniform setae over entire surface. Aedeagus (Fig. 4) with outer margin of parameres distinctly curved inwards and clearly narrowed apically, not expanded on inner face apically; median lobe abruptly narrowed at apical one-fourth, appearing bilobed at apex, with gonopore situated one and half times its length below it. Etymology. Named in honor of Dr. Andrew Edward Z. Short, Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, and avid hydrophilid specialist who has collaborated with first author. Distribution. China (Guangdong & Hong Kong). Biology. Living on wet rock face (Fig. 5), sometimes living with Cymbiodyta orientalis Jia & Short together.Published as part of Jia, Fenglong & Maté, Jason F., 2012, A New Species of Oocyclus Sharp From Southeastern China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), pp. 81-84 in Zootaxa 3509 on pages 81-83, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28250
Oocyclus shorti Jia & Maté, 2012, sp. n.
No full textOocyclus shorti sp. n. (Figs. 1–5) Type material. Holotype 3: CHINA: Guangdong Province: Dadongshan, 24 ° 55 ’ 68 ”N, 112 ° 42 ’ 41 ”E, 28.v. 2011, Kubecek & Yun Li lgt. (SYSU). Paratypes (81 exs.): CHINA: Guangdong Province: same data as holotype (7 exs., SYSU). Danxiashan, Zhanglao peak, 10.vi. 2011, leg. F. L. Jia [original label in Chinese]. (2 exs., SYSU). Danxiashan, Jinshiyan, wet rock, 11.vi. 2011. leg. F.L. Jia [original label in Chinese] (37 exs., SYSU, SEMC); Danxiashan, Zhanglao peak, with dense algae and duckweeds, 4.xi. 2010, leg. F.L. Jia [original label in Chinese] (9 exs., SYSU); Shenzhen, Wutongshan, Hengpailing, 15.v. 2011, leg. F.L. Jia & Junlei Liao (1 male, SYSU). Hong Kong SAR: Hong Kong Island, Tai Tam Reservoir, intersection Tai Tam Rd and Mt Parker Rd, 21.xii. 2009, rock seep, leg. J.F. Maté (5 exs., JFMC); Hong Kong Island, Jardine´s Lookout, 26.iv. 2001, leg. J.F. Maté (2 exs.); 1.v. 2001 (2 exs.); Hong Kong Island, 22 ° 16.42 ’N, 114 ° 11.71 ’E, 3.iii. 2000, Hygropetric seep, leg. J.F. Maté (1 ex.); Hong Kong Island, 22 ° 30.36 ’N 114 ° 14.16 ’E, 18.xii. 2007, Hygropetric seep, leg. J.F. Maté (1 ex.); New Territories; Tai Mo Shan C.P. Seep 500m due North from Weather Station, 7.ix. 2008 (2 exs.); Tai Mo Shan C.P., 700m, leg. P. Aston (1 ex.); Lantau Island, Mui Wo, 29.xii. 2010, pond fern in ditch, leg. J.F. Maté (9 exs.); Lantau Island, Mui Wo waterfall (on open face of waterfall), 20.i. 2009, leg. P. Aston (2 exs.). (When not indicated, specimens are deposited in BMNH, JFMC, PAC, and BASC). Diagnosis. From most regional species, O. shorti can be distinguished from most species of the genus except O. fikaceki and O. dinghu by its small to medium size, its rounded posterolateral margin of the pronotum, lack of procoxal spines, with sparse and long setae on abdominal ventrites 1–4, lack of distinct elytral systematic punctures, and the metafemora without microreticulation. It is extremely close to O. fikaceki Short & Jia and O. dinghu Short & Jia. It can be separated from both species by the aedeagus (Fig. 4) with the outer margin of parameres distinctly curved inwards and clearly narrowed apically; the median lobe abruptly narrowed at apical one-fourth; and with the gonopore situated one and half times of its length below it. Description. Size and Form. Total body length= 3.6 –4.0 mm. Oval, strongly convex. Elytra slightly longer than wide. Color. Dorsum black; head, pronotum and often elytra with a subtle green iridescent sheen. Maxillary and labial palps yellow, with apex of maxillary palpomere slightly darkened. Legs, epipleura, lateral margins of prosternum and posterior half of each ventrite yellowish brown, with remainder of venter slightly to moderately darker reddish brown. Head. Ground punctation on labrum, clypeus and frons slightly variable in size from almost undetectable to fine; fairly densely distributed, distance between punctures 0.5–1.5 x the width of one puncture. Systematic row of punctures on the labrum very dense, more or less forming a lateral, shallow median groove, and set with a dense row of long erect yellow setae. Frons with an irregular row of systematic punctures mesad of each eye, bearing a few fine setae. Clypeus with a few nearly undetectable systematic punctures along anterolateral margins, slightly larger than surrounding punctation and usually bearing short setae. Maxillary palps very short, subequal in length as width of labrum; segment 2 slightly bulbous, apical segment slightly longer than penultimate. Labial palps three-fourths as long as width of mentum. Mentum quadrate, anterior margin slightly convex; anterior half portion bearing very fine and scattered punctures, including two small clusters of punctures mediolaterally that bear fine setae; posterior half portion almost glabrous, sometimes with a few nearly undetectable punctures. Thorax. Ground punctation on pronotum and elytra very irregular in size, composed of both extremely fine and moderately coarse punctures, which are generally mixed and evenly distributed. Pronotal systematic punctures present, but blending with larger general punctures, usually not more than 1.5 x the size of general punctation and set with a fine recumbent seta. Lateral margins of pronotum appearing without setiferous punctures. Posterolateral corners of pronotum evenly rounded. Sutural punctation on elytra absent or unmodified from general punctation. Elytra without distinct rows of larger punctures, as they blend uniformly with the largest of the ground punctures; these rows (of systematic punctures) can be detected by the presence of a fine, short seta. Prosternum with median carina along entire length, with a small blunt tooth anteriorly; without long spines or hairs anteriorly. Mesosternal process with lateral extensions sloping evenly downward; apex set with a few long fine setae. Metasternum with small oval glabrous area posteromedially, slightly longer than wide, length of glabrous area about two-fifths the total length of the metasternum. Pro- and mesocoxae densely pubescent; without spines. Protibiae with 6–7 spines on dorsal face. Protarsal segments 1–4 small, subequal in length, apical segment slightly shorter than segments 1–4 combined. Metafemora without microreticulation. Abdomen. Ventrites 1–4 with two lateral rows of very long, fine setae; longest setae longer than the setae around the metasternal glabrous area. Fifth ventrite entire, with dense, uniform setae over entire surface. Aedeagus (Fig. 4) with outer margin of parameres distinctly curved inwards and clearly narrowed apically, not expanded on inner face apically; median lobe abruptly narrowed at apical one-fourth, appearing bilobed at apex, with gonopore situated one and half times its length below it. Etymology. Named in honor of Dr. Andrew Edward Z. Short, Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, and avid hydrophilid specialist who has collaborated with first author. Distribution. China (Guangdong & Hong Kong). Biology. Living on wet rock face (Fig. 5), sometimes living with Cymbiodyta orientalis Jia & Short together.Published as part of Jia, Fenglong & Maté, Jason F., 2012, A New Species of Oocyclus Sharp From Southeastern China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), pp. 81-84 in Zootaxa 3509 on pages 81-83, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28250
Prescribing Heroin: The Logical Next Step for Canada?
No full textPanelists include:
Dr. Gabor Maté, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
Dr. Bruce Alexander, author of Globalization of Addiction: A Study in Poverty of the Spirit
Dave Murray, SALOME/NAOMI Association of Patients
Scott Bernstein, Lawyer Pivot Legal SocietyThis event is supported by the Pivot Legal Society and SFU\u27s Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Carvalho en construcción: Yo maté a Kennedy
No full textYo maté a Kennedy (1972) se ha leído principalmente como una crítica al capitalismo consumista americano surgido después de la segunda guerra mundial y también como una novela experimental fruto del tiempo en el que está escrita. En mi artículo propongo una lectura en clave de estructura de sentimiento (R. Williams), en la que Vázquez Montalbán crea una obra neo-avant-garde para cuestionarse no solamente el estatus quo estadounidense, sino para cuestionarse a sí mismo como un intelectual comunista de izquierdas. Se establece un guiño irónico entre el escritor y el protagonista que (no) coincidirán en una vivencia problemática de su ideología en la que los ideales van quedando para diatribas verbales y la pragmática vital se impregna cada vez más de ese capitalismo criticado. En una gestión manipulada de las tensiones internas y externas del protagonista, el detective Pepe Carvalho, y en el entorno directo de JFK, la narración construye un texto que muestra la relevancia de la otredad en el patriarcado capitalista en el formato de la gran América que se impone como estructura económico-social y de sentimiento en todo occidente y que terminará transformando al personaje y el tono del resto de veinticuatro novelas de la saga Carvalho.Yo maté a Kennedy (1972) has been mostly read as a harsh critique of post-world war II American capitalism and as well as an experimental novel that exemplifies the neo-avant-garde movement of its time. In this article, I defend a reading of the text based on the application of R. Williams’ concept ‘structures of feeling’ on artistic social recreations. I propose that beyond challenging the American status quo of the sixties, Vázquez Montalbán explores how this particular form of capitalism impacts his main character, Pepe Carvalho, and also himself as a communist author. In the narration, the writer recreates an ironical game between Carvalho, the author and many intellectuals of the time wherein the invasion and acceptation of capitalism is unstoppable. In a manipulated control of internal and external tensions, the narration builds a novel that shows the importance of a specific approach to Otherness in American patriarchy capitalism as a key piece of the specific structure of feeling that guides the novel’s characters development and its influence in the western world. In this sense, the changes based on the implementation of this structure will impact the rest of the Carvalho saga. 
The Mind/Body Connection
No full textPhysician and award winning author, Dr Gabor Mate, discusses his research at the intersection of addiction, science, psychology, and compassionhttps://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/publicprograms/1030/thumbnail.jp
Interview corpora for the study of multilingual repertoires in South-South migration dynamics I: Haitians in Chapecó (SC, Brazil) [Data set]
No full textCorpus of 19 multilingual interviews with Haitian migrants in Chapecó (Santa Catarina, Brazil), conducted in various languages: in order from the most to the least documented in the interviews, Portuguese, French, Spanish, and Haitian Creole. This corpus is part of broader research on the evolution of multilingual repertoires in South-South migration dynamics. The interviews were conducted in March 2023 by the author in collaboration with Leonie Ette (University of Augsburg) and the two coordinators of the research group Atlas das Línguas em Contato na Fronteira, Professors Cristiane Horst and Marcelo Krug (UFFS, Campus Chapecó)
History of Cecilio Encarnación. Millenarism and consciousness in Manuel Scorza's work
No full textEntre 1960-63, el poeta y novelista peruano Manuel Scorza asistió a una de las grandes rebeliones campesinas que ha habido en Perú, y que es una de las muchas rebeliones campesinas habidas en el país que, salvo la de Túpac Amaru, han muerto en el olvido. Tal experiencia inspira un ciclo de cinco novelas, titulado La guerra silenciosa. El autor de este artículo se propone demostrar cómo el despliegue mítico que Scorza lleva a cabo en el ciclo novelístico se encamina hacia un fin muy concreto: explicar la pervivencia de los mitos mismos en el actual Perú.Between 1960 and 1963, the Peruvian poet and novelist Manuel Scorza participated in one of the big rural rebellions that have taken place in Peru, a rebellion that become one of many in the country that, except for that of Túpac Amaru, have been forgotten. This experience inspired a series of five novels, titled The Silent War. The author of this article intends to demonstrate how the mythical unfolding that Scorza carries out in the series heads toward a very concrete end: the explanation of the survival of the same myths in the current Peru.Grupo de Investigación Antropología y Filosofía (SEJ-126). Universidad de Granad
“El idiota en familia”: de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán génesis de la serie Carvalho y retrato desencantado de la España de 1977
No full textThis dissertation analyses the relationship between the three transitional novels of Manuel Vázquez
Montalbán—La soledad del mánager, Los mares del sur, and Asesinato en el Comité Central and the
series of articles titled El idiota en familia, which the author wrote for Interviú magazine in 1977, a key
year for understanding the Spanish Transition. These articles featured detective Carvalho and journalist
Señor Vázquez, a clear reference to the author himself.
Therefore, this study first examines the key elements of the noir genre and the first two works featuring
Carvalho: Yo maté a Kennedy and Tatuaje. Secondly, it explores the author's journalistic work, the main
media outlets in which he published, and the significance of pseudonyms in his writing, as some of them
served as clear precursors to the detective. After analysing the fifty-three articles published in the
magazine, the study establishes connections between these articles and the three transitional novels in
terms of themes, characters, and intertextual elements.Esta tesis analiza la relación existente entre las tres novelas transicionales de Manuel Vázquez
Montalbán: La soledad del mánager, Los mares del sur y Asesinato en el Comité Central con la serie de
artículos de «El idiota en familia» que el autor escribía para la revista Interviú durante el año 1977, año
clave para entender la Transición española y que tenía por protagonistas al detective Carvalho y al
periodista denominado señor Vázquez, clara referencia al propio autor.
Por ello, se realiza, en primer lugar, un estudio de las claves del género negro y de las dos primeras
obras que protagoniza Carvalho: Yo maté a Kennedy y Tatuaje. En segundo lugar, se realiza un estudio
de la obra periodística del autor, de los principales medios de comunicación en los que publica y de la
importancia que los seudónimos tienen en su obra, ya que algunos se convierten en claros precedentes
del detective. Tras el análisis de los cincuenta y tres artículos publicados en la revista se realiza la
relación de temas, de personajes y de elementos intertextuales entre estos artículos y las tres novelas
transicionales
Diffusion of CH
No full textContext. The diffusion of volatile species on amorphous solid water ice affects the chemistry on dust grains in the interstellar medium as well as the trapping of gases enriching planetary atmospheres or present in cometary material.
Aims. The aim of the work is to provide diffusion coefficients of CH4 on amorphous solid water (ASW) and to understand how they are affected by the ASW structure.
Methods. Ice mixtures of H2O and CH4 were grown in different conditions and the sublimation of CH4 was monitored via infrared spectroscopy or via the mass loss of a cryogenic quartz crystal microbalance. Diffusion coefficients were obtained from the experimental data assuming the systems obey Fick’s law of diffusion. Monte Carlo simulations were used to model the different amorphous solid water ice structures investigated and were used to reproduce and interpret the experimental results.
Results. Diffusion coefficients of methane on amorphous solid water have been measured to be between 10−12 and 10−13 cm2 s−1 for temperatures ranging between 42 K and 60 K. We show that diffusion can differ by one order of magnitude depending on the morphology of amorphous solid water. The porosity within water ice and the network created by pore coalescence enhance the diffusion of species within the pores. The diffusion rates derived experimentally cannot be used in our Monte Carlo simulations to reproduce the measurements.
Conclusions. We conclude that Fick’s laws can be used to describe diffusion at the macroscopic scale, while Monte Carlo simulations describe the microscopic scale where trapping of species in the ices (and their movement) is considered
Laboratory experiments on the sublimation of methane through ice dust layers and applications to cometary activity
No full textContext. Comets are small celestial bodies made of ice, dust, and rock that
orbit the Sun. Understanding their behavior as they warm up at perihelion
unveils many pieces of information about the interior and general morphology of
the ices hidden under the dust. Aims. The goal of this research is to study the
sublimation of CH4 through amorphous solid water (ASW), with a focus on the
structural changes in water and the influence of a layer of indene (as a proxy
of the crust) during a period of thermal processing, which we use in a
controlled laboratory setting to simulate cometary environments. Methods. Ices
at a CH4 to H2O abundance ratio of about 0.01 are deposited and layered, or
co-deposited, at 30 K and are heated until 200 K (or 140 K) with a ramp of
either 1 or 5 K per min. We use mass spectrometry and infrared spectroscopy to
analyze the results. Results. Depending on the heating ramp and type of
deposition, the sublimation of methane through ASW varies, being lower in
intensity and higher in temperature when the co-deposited structure is
considered. When two temperature cycles are applied, the second one sees less
intense CH4 desorptions. When indene is placed above the ice mixtures, we find
that the thicker its layer, the later the methane desorption. Conclusions. The
structural changes of water ice drive volatile and hyper-volatile desorption
because of the transition from high to low intrinsic density and transformation
from amorphous to crystalline. This desorption indicates that such material has
been deposited at low temperatures in agreement with previous theories on
cometary ices formed in the pre-stellar cloud.Comment: Accepted A&
