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The Relation between Sex Steroids Pattern and Reproduction in Feces of The Formosan Mountain Field Vole (Volemys kikuchii)
No full textA thermal emitter with selective wavelength: Based on the coupling between photonic crystals and surface plasmon polaritons
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Type-II heterojunction organic/inorganic hybrid non-volatile memory based on FeS2 nanocrystals embedded in poly (3-hexylthiophene)
No full textMetaphire daliensis Yuan & Dong & Jiang & Qiu 2019, sp. nov.
No full textMetaphire daliensis Yuan & Dong sp. nov. Type material Holotype. One clitellate specimen (YN201006-03 A): China, Yunnan, Dali city (25.94° N, 100.17° E), 2010 m elevation, corn field by the stream, 10 August 2011, Y. Yang. Other materials. Three clitellate specimens (YN 201006 -03 B) with the same data as for holotype; three clitellate specimens (YN 201101 -12): China, Yunnan, Yuanjiang National Nature Reserve (23.67° N, 101.85° E), 854 m elevation, brown loam under orchard beside the stream, 16 July 2013, J.B. Jiang, J. Sun, X.D. Lei and H.W. Feng; eight clitellate specimens (YN201103 -01) and one clitellate specimen (YN201103 -04): China, Yunnan, Yuanjiang National Nature Reserve (23.55° N, 101.92° E), 649 m elevation, black brown soil under the banana trees, 16 July 2013, J.B. Jiang, J. Sun, X.D. Lei and H.W. Feng; two clitellate specimens (YN201107 -05): China, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna Nature Reserve (21.61° N, 101.58° E), 694 m elevation, red soil in tropical rain forest, 20 July 2013, J.B. Jiang, J. Sun, X.D. Lei and H.W. Feng; four clitellate specimens (YN201624 -02): China, Yunnan, Pu’ er (24.55° N, 100.53° E), 1150 m asl, yellow soil, 29 July 2016, X. Gao, Y.F. Lu, J.Z. Jiang; one clitellate specimens (YN201731 -01): China, Yunnan, Ruili, Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve (26.57° N, 98.91° E), 1429 m asl, 9 August 2017, J.B. Jiang, Y. Dong, Q. Zhao, Z. Yuan; one clitellate specimens (YN201733 -04): China, Yunnan, Ruili, Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve (25.71° N, 98.84° E), 1279 m asl, 10 August 2017, J.B. Jiang, Y. Dong, Q. Zhao, Z. Yuan; two clitellate specimens (YN201735 -09): China, Yunnan, Ruili, Tongbiguan Nature Reserve (24.15° N, 98.03° E), 957 m asl, 11 August 2017, J.B. Jiang, Y. Dong, Q. Zhao, Z. Yuan; four clitellate specimens (YN201751 -01): China, Yunnan, Ruili, Yongdedaxueshan Nature Reserve (24.03° N, 99.39° E), 1125 m asl, 15 August 2017, J.B. Jiang, Y. Dong, Q. Zhao, Z. Yuan. Etymology The species is named after its type locality. Diagnosis Dimensions 110–143 mm by 3.9–7.2 mm; segments 111–150. Setae numbering 28–40 at III, 30–44 at V, 46–64 at VIII, 58–74 at XX, 64–74 at XXV; 18–24 (XVIII) between male pores; 18–26 (VIII) between spermathecal pores. Spermathecal pores two pairs in 7/8-8/9, about 1/3 body circumference ventrally apart. Male pores in copulatory chambers at XVIII, opening of copulatory chambers about 1/3 body circumference ventrally apart, and a slightly extended papilla on the top, surrounded with 3–5 circular folds. Prostate glands located at XVII-XIX, underdeveloped. Spermathecae two pairs, in VIII and IX, about 3.3 mm. Ampulla heart-shaped, about 3.0 mm, ampulla duct short and thick. The length of diverticulum about 3.0 mm, terminal 1/2 slightly dilated into an elongated oval-shaped seminal chamber. External characters Dimensions 110–143 mm by 3.9–7.2 mm; segments 111–150. No pigment anterior to segment VIII, ochre in posterior segments. First dorsal pore in 11/12. Prostomium 1/2 epilobous. Clitellum in segments XIV-XVI, beige, smooth and swollen, no setae. Setae numbering 28–40 at III, 30–44 at V, 46–64 at VIII, 58–74 at XX, 64–74 at XXV; 18–24 (XVIII) between male pores; 18–26 (VIII) between spermathecal pores. Setal formula: AA = 1.2–1.4 AB, ZZ = 1.6–2.0 ZY. Spermathecal pores two pairs in 7/8-8/9, about 1/3 circumference ventrally apart from each other. Female pore single in XIV. Male pores one pair in XVIII, about 1/3 circumference ventrally apart from each other, each located in the oval copulatory chamber, and a slightly extended papilla on the top, surrounded with 3–5 circular folds. In the copulatory chambers and male pores, two papillae on the left, one papilla on the right. Copulatory chambers with stalked glands. Internal characters Septa 5/6-7/8, thick and muscular, 10/11-12/13 slightly thickened, 8/9-9/10 absent. Gizzard bucket-shaped, in VIII-X. Intestine enlarged distinctly at XV. Intestine caeca start at XXVII, end in XXIII, between simple and complex, yellowish brown, smooth with two processes. Hearts four pair in X-XIII, the first pair relatively small, the others larger. The testis sacs minimum. Seminal vesicles two pairs, in XI-XII, the posterior pair is a little more developed than the anterior one. Prostate glands located at XVII-XIX, underdeveloped, ducts U-shaped, thicker at the distal part. Spermathecae two pairs, in VIII and IX, about 3.3 mm. Ampulla heart-shaped, about 3.0 mm, ampulla duct short and thick. The length of diverticulum about 3.0 mm, terminal 1/2 slightly dilated into an elongated oval-shaped seminal chamber. Remarks Metaphire daliensis sp. nov. belongs to the Metaphire insulana -group, in which there are only two species (Metaphire insulana (Gates, 1930) and Metaphire leonoris (Chen, 1946)) according to Sims and Easton (1972). A comparison of the three species (Table 4), we observed that the spermathecal pores are two pairs, in 7/8-8/9, about 1/3-1/2 circumference apart ventrally; the shape of the ampulla is roughly the same with a short stalk. However, the first dorsal pore of M. daliensis is in 11/12, but M. insulana and M. lenoris are in 12/13; intestinal caeca of M. daliensis and M. insulana are between simple and complex, while M. leonoris is simple; the accessory glands near the prostate of M. daliensis and M. insulana are invisible, but M. leonoris is sessile in large masses. We also should compare the new species to the common species Metaphire californica (Kinberg, 1867), which belongs to the Metaphire javanica -group. In the analysis of the K2P distances of combined COI and 12S sequences, the distance between M. daliensis and M. californica is 14.0% (Table 5). However, the two species are in the same clade with 70% bootstrap support (Figure 4). The two species have two pairs of spermathecal pores, in 7/8-8/9 and the first dorsal pores of both species are in 11/12. But, the most obvious differences between the species are the shape of the male pores and intestinal caeca. In the former, male pores are surrounded with three to five circular folds and the papillae in the interior of the copulatory chambers are small, and copulatory chambers are with stalked glands; the intestinal caeca are between simple and complicated. Male pores of M. californica are in simple lateral slits and copulatory chambers are without stalked glands; the intestinal caeca are simple, smooth on both edges.Published as part of Yuan, Zhu, Dong, Yan, Jiang, Jibao & Qiu, Jiangping, 2019, Three new species of earthworms belonging to the genera Amynthas and Metaphire (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from Yunnanı China, pp. 1961-1974 in Journal of Natural History 53 (31) on pages 1961-1974, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1680760, http://zenodo.org/record/365451
Geochemistry and geochronology of eclogites from the northern Dabie Mountains, central China
No full textURI Disambiguation in the Context of Linked Data
No full textThe Linked Data initiative has given rise to an increasing number of RDF datasets, many of which are freely accessible online. These resources often arise as a result of database exports; however sufficient consideration may not be given to the unseen implications caused when they are used in the wider context of the Semantic Web. This paper investigates two popular resources, DBLP and DBpedia, and discusses whether the issues regarding identity management and co-reference resolution have been suitably addressed. We find that a large percentage of authors in DBLP have been conflated, and that disambiguation pages have been incorrectly linked using owl:sameAs within DBpedia. Systems for dealing with these issues are presented, and directions are given for future research
“Why did she love her mother’s so?”: L.E.L. Forging Corinne
No full text在十九世紀上半葉歐洲社會對於童話、民間故事的蒐集益加熱烈，民間傳說甚至被視為國族文化的基礎，特別是有關美人魚的傳說逐漸成為跨文化的神話典型之一。此類傳說由政治寓言的縮影，如法國中古傳奇《梅律欣》，轉型為浪漫個人主體追求的代言，如安徒生的《小美人魚》與斯黛夫人的《蔻琳，義大利》。英國女詩人蘭登將梅律欣半人半魚的混雜身體嫁接在蔻琳的聲音上，企求在文學商品化的時代脈動中，鑄煉自身文學的威信，能與當代女詩人的另一典範，有著?虔敬母親?之稱的賀曼絲並駕齊驅。蘭登的自我定義分為三個階段：第一、在〈即興女詩人〉一詩中，蘭登將女詩人蔻琳的即興表演發揮地淋漓盡致，更利用詩人聲音稍縱即逝的特性，她得以擊破流行文學雜誌與年鑑以視覺為賣點的策略。第二、在〈噴泉仙女〉一詩中，蘭登將市場對女性詩人兜售身體的要求，透過梅律欣身體的三重展演，轉化為對她們文字的珍視。第三、〈蔻琳在米賽納角〉一詩則具體而微地體現蘭登如何巧用視覺機制突顯文字的優勢，為斯黛夫人筆下失去義大利詩歌本真的蔻琳賦予聲音。本論文探討蘭登如何與斯黛夫人與賀曼絲這兩位?文學母親?的詩學遺產較勁，以梅律欣的?混合嫁妝?譬喻自己在十九世紀文學商業化潮流下的掙扎。The early decades of the nineteenth century witnessed a renewed interest in the folklore of the mermaid. This period of intensified nation-building and pursuit of individual spirit gradually shifted the political concerns of the medieval romance, such as in the French legend of M?lusine, to the struggle of Romantic author, such as in Corinne, or Italy (1807) by Germaine de Sta?l. Corinne, an improvisatrice of hybrid origin becomes a model for women writers in the nineteenth century. Their responses can be summed up in the polarized paradigm of the poetess represented by Felicia Dorothea Hemans, “the pious mother,” and Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the pretty verse maker.
Landon’s self-definition as a poetess against the model of Corinne develops in three phases in which she adjusts her alignment with her foremothers and finally finds a way out of the impasse bequeathed by them, namely the overwhelming emphasis on the body. First, in “The Improvisatrice,” Landon exploits Corinne’s performative art to exude the visual confines demanded by the popular periodicals and gift annuals. Second, in “The Fairy of the Fountains,” she adapts the matrilineal legend of M?lusine by crafting the word rather than the body of the Fairy into the crux of transgression. Third, in “Corinne at the Cape of Misena,” Landon uses her translation of Corinne’s last song to reinstate her virtuosity. This paper seeks to delineate the ways in which Landon forges her own authority as a new Corinne by capitalizing on the “mingled dower” of M?lusine
Effect of ATP and Alkaline Phosphate on Erythrocyte Deformability
Get PDFTitle: Effect of ATP and Alkaline Phosphate on Erythrocyte Deformability, Author: Marianne Vanderwel, Location: ThodeThe effect of altered spectrin phosphorylation on the
deformability properties of human erythrocyte membranes was studied
using the nucleopore filter method. The shear modulus of elasticity
was found to decrease and increase as a result of the incorporation
of ATP or alkaline phosphatase, respectively. Purified spectrin was
used to immunize rabbits, in order to obtain anti-spectrin antibodies
for future experiments.ThesisMaster of Engineering (ME
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