481 research outputs found
Using velocity loss for monitoring resistance training effort in a real-world setting
No full textThe purpose of the present study was to evaluate the changes in movement velocity during resistance training with different loads while the trainees attempted to move the load at a predetermined repetition duration. Twenty-one resistance-trained men (age: 25.7 ± 5 years; height: 177.0 ± 7.2 cm; mass: 85.4 ± 13.56 kg) volunteered to participate in the study. Participants performed 2 test sessions. The first to determine 1-repetition maximum (1RM) load, and the second to evaluate velocity loss during a set to failure performed at 75% and 50% of 1RM using a 2-s concentric and 2-s eccentric repetition duration, controlled by a mobile app metronome. When using 75% 1RM there was a significant loss of movement velocity between the antepenultimate and the penultimate repetition (5.33%, p < 0.05), as well as during the penultimate and the last (22.11%, p < 0.05). At 50% of 1RM the participants performed the set until momentary failure without significant velocity loss. Monitoring velocity loss during high-load resistance training through simple methods can be an important tool for standardize the intensity of effort employed during submaximal training. This can be useful in clinical conditions where maximum exertions are contraindicated or when specific logistics are lacking.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author
Coelho Neto Canibal: Pseudônimos shakespearianos e literatura licenciosa no Brasil (1890-1940) / Coelho Neto Cannibal: Shakespearean pseudonyms and licentious literature in Brazil (1890-1940)
No full textResumo: Este trabalho estuda a trajetória do pseudônimo shakespeariano Caliban, adotado pelo escritor Henrique Coelho Neto (1864-1934), em 1890, para veicular literatura licenciosa nos impressos. Acompanhamos o pseudônimo desde sua estreia até sua última aparição no mundo editorial na década de 1940. Para levar a cabo a tarefa, consultamos os livros publicados por Caliban e investigamos sua atuação na imprensa periódica por meio da consulta online dos jornais na Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira. Caliban foi um autor de sucesso e parte desse reconhecimento vinha da origem erudita de seu nome. O filtro shakespeariano era crucial para a aceitação dessa literatura nos circuitos letrados, mas muitos a consideravam como mera pornografia. A literatura de Caliban revela um Coelho Neto moderno, contestador e inovador que foi esquecido pela tradição crítica.Palavras-chave: Coelho Neto; William Shakespeare; Caliban; literatura licenciosa.Abstract: This work studies the trajectory of the Shakespearean pseudonym “Caliban”, adopted by writer Henrique Coelho Neto (1864-1934) in the 1890s to convey licentious literature in print. We follow the pseudonym from its debut until its last appearance in the publishing world in the 1940s. To carry out the task, we consulted the books published by Caliban and investigated his performance in the periodic press through online consultation of newspapers in the Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira. Caliban was a successful author and part of that recognition came from the erudite origin of his name. The Shakespearean filter was crucial for the acceptance of this literature in literary circuits, but many considered it as mere pornography. Caliban’s literature reveals a modern, challenging and innovative Coelho Neto who has been overlooked by critical tradition.Keywords: Coelho Neto; William Shakespeare; Caliban; licentious literature
Identity, gauchismo and the the seamy side of history in Contos gauchescos, by Simões Lopes Neto
No full textPartindo dos estudos de Benedict Anderson e de Stuart Hall, entre outros, este artigo busca analisar alguns aspectos da construção identitária do gaúcho, conforme foi consolidada ao longo do tempo pelo imaginário e pela literatura. Para tanto, relembra-se alguns momentos e obras em que o homem dos pampas ganha destaque para, em seguida, examinar os Contos Gauchescos, de João Simões Lopes Neto, verificando especialmente o modo como o autor constrói ficcionalmente o gaúcho, filiando-se à tradição regionalista e, ao mesmo tempo, rompendo com esta.Starting from the studies of Benedict Anderson and Stuart Hall, among others, this article seeks to analyze some aspects of identity construction of the gaucho, as was consolidated throughout the time by imaginary and literature. For that, it recalls some moments and works in which the man of the pampas is highlighted and, then, examines Contos Gauchescos, by João Simões Lopes Neto, checking especially the way as the author builds fictionally the gaucho, joining with the regionalist tradition and, at the same time, breaking with this
Laicidade: o direito à liberdade (Secularity: the right to freedom) - DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2010v8n19p53
No full textO presente artigo apresenta uma análise baseada em pesquisa bibliográfica e documental e tem como objetivo apresentar a relação entre a laicidade e o direito à liberdade de consciência, diferenciando-a da liberdade religiosa. Apresenta uma retrospectiva de pensadores estrangeiros e nacionais que refletiram sobre o tema da laicidade e de fatos que conduziram à separação entre Igreja e Estado na França (considerada a pátria da laicidade) e no Brasil. Esclarece alguns conceitos básicos, inclusive o próprio conceito de laicidade, muitas vezes erroneamente confundido com anticlericarismo, ateísmo ou perseguição religiosa por parte do Estado. Apresenta a gênese da laicidade no País e conclui relacionando a defesa da laicidade pelo Estado com a defesa do direito individual à liberdade de consciência, sempre levando em conta a legislação pertinente. Partimos da máxima de Lacordaire - Entre o forte e o fraco (...), é a liberdade que oprime e, a lei que liberta - e através de outras citações do mesmo autor e da análise dos documentos coletados, a ela retornamos.Palavras-chave: laicidade; liberdade de consciência; liberdade religiosa. AbstractThis article presents an analysis based on bibliographic and documentary research and aims to show the relationship between secularity and freedom of conscience, differentiating it from religious freedom. The text shows an overview of national and foreign thinkers who have reflected on the issue of secularism and the events that have led do the separation of church and state in France (considered as the country of the secularism) and in Brazil. It also clarifies some basic concepts, including the concept of secularism, often wrongly taken as anticlericalism in the Country. This text presents the genesis of secularism and concludes by relating the defense of secularism by the state with in defense of individual rights to freedom of conscience, always taking into account the required legislation. Finally, the present text started from the following statement of Lacordaire - "Between the strong and the week (...), is the freedom which oppresses and the law that liberates" - it used other quotes by the same author, it analyzed some collected documents, and then it returned to the statement of Lacordaire.Key words: Secularity; freedom of conscience; religious freedom
Longitarsus alisonae Clark & Lillrose & Belo Neto 2013, new species
No full text<i>Longitarsus alisonae</i>, new species <p>(Figures 16, 36, 44)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> In this species, the hind femora are greatly enlarged, the basal tarsomere of each hind leg is about half as long as the hind tibiae, and the elytra are slightly truncate, leaving much of the apical abdominal tergite uncovered. This combination of characters distinguishes this species from all other chrysomelids known to occur in the Cayman Islands. Beyond the Cayman Islands, this species is quite similar to <i>L. chlanidotus</i> Blake, a species that was originally described based on material from Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Florida Keys. <i>Longitarsus alisonae</i> differs from <i>L. chlanidotus</i> in having a slightly smaller prothorax in comparison to the size of the body, in having more prominent elytral humeri, in having more of the apical abdominal tergite uncovered, and in having the elytra entirely pale or with at most the extreme sutural and lateral margins darkened (the elytra of many, but not all, specimens of <i>L. chlanidotus</i> have broad sutural and lateral dark markings).</p> <p> <b>Description of male.</b> Body 1.6 mm long. Pronotum 1.2 times as wide as long. Elytra 2.1 times as long as wide, 3.0 times as long as pronotum.</p> <p>Head pale brown; antennomeres 1-4 usually yellow, 5-11 dark brown; mandibles pale brown, darker at tip; maxillae with distal palpomeres darker brown than more basal palpomeres. Pronotum and scutellum yellowish brown, lighter in color than head. Elytra yellowish brown, lighter than pronotum, with suture narrowly darker. Venter with prothorax, mesothorax, and abdomen pale yellowish brown, with metathorax slightly darker. Legs pale yellowish brown, with distal tarsomeres of front and middle legs darker.</p> <p>Head with surface of vertex impunctate, shining. Antennal (frontal) calli strongly delimited laterally, less distinctly defined posteriorly. Eyes oval, small, in frontal view separated from antennae by distance nearly equal to their individual width, in lateral view separated from base of mandible by about half their maximum diameter. Antennomeres 1 and 11 subequal in length, longer than others; 2 slightly swollen, shortest; 3 and 4 subequal in length; 5-10 subequal in length. Maxillary palpomere 2 distinctly swollen; palpomere 3 conical.</p> <p>Pronotum rather strongly convex and rounded downwards at sides, narrow at base, gradually widening to post-apical angulations, thence abruptly narrowed to anterior margin; pronotal disc conspicuously, rather coarsely punctured, with punctures separated by distance about equal to their diameters. Scutellum subtriangular, obtusely angled behind.</p> <p>Elytra very densely punctate basally, with punctures similar in size and separation to those of pronotum, distally more shallow, apically obsolete; shape strongly rounded downwards laterally; humeri well developed; epipleura facing subventrally, wide in basal half, thence strongly tapered apically; elytral apex truncate, leaving much of posterior abdominal tergite exposed. Hind wings well developed.</p> <p>Ventral areas with pronotal hypomeron polished, vaguely alutaceous upon close examination; prosternum anterior to coxa about half as long as coxa; prosternal process between coxae about as wide as antennomere 3; procoxal cavities broadly open behind. Metasternum glabrous, polished. Abdomen glabrous, polished; terminal ventrite with quadrate apical lobe. Pygidium shallowly punctate, with interspaces alutaceous, with apex truncate. Metatibiae with stout row of spines along apical third of dorsal, outer edge; apical spur prominent. Aedeagus as in Figure 36.</p> <p> <b>Description of female.</b> Color, form, and dimensions similar to those of male, but with differences as follow. Body 1.7 mm long; pronotum as long as wide; elytra 2.0 times as long as wide, 2.8 times as long as pronotum; pygidium and terminal ventrite each narrowed to subangulate apex; spermatheca as in Figure 44.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> <b>Holotype:</b> “ CAYMAN ISLANDS: Little Cayman, Coot Marsh, 27-V-2009, Thomas, Turnbow & Ball, blacklight trap ” (male, FSCA). <b>Paratypes:</b> Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Governor Gore’s Pond, 28-V-2009, R. Turnbow (1 female, RHTC); Cayman Islands, Little Cayman, Coot Marsh, 27-V-2009, Thomas, Turnbow & Ball, blacklight trap (1 female, BYUC; 1 female, FSCA).</p> <p> <b>Plant associations.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species epithet of this taxon honors Alison Clark, daughter of the senior author.</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> As noted in the above diagnosis, this species is quite similar to <i>L. chlanidotus</i>. Among other things, the elytra of both species are slightly truncate, though less so in <i>L. chlanidotus</i>. In the original description of that species, Blake (1964) did not mention the slightly truncate elytra, nor did she clearly indicate this condition in her illustration. Nonetheless, our examination of material from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands attests to this character for the species. In addition to the specimens included in the type series of <i>L. alisonae</i>, we have also seen a single specimen (BYUC) from Jamaica that probably belongs to this new species.</p>Published as part of <i>Clark, Shawn M., Lillrose, Tiffany & Belo Neto, Luiz A., 2013, Leaf Beetles of the Cayman Islands (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 1-41 in Insecta Mundi 2013 (279)</i> on pages 23-24, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5175767">10.5281/zenodo.5175767</a>
Syphrea thurstonae Clark & Lillrose & Belo Neto 2013, new species
No full text<i>Syphrea thurstonae</i>, new species <p>(Figures 21, 38, 46)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> In this species, the hind femora are greatly enlarged, there is a well-developed prebasal groove on the pronotum, and the body is strikingly bicolored, the head and prothorax being orangebrown, the elytra being dark with metallic blue or green luster. This combination of characters does not occur in any other chrysomelid known to occur in the Cayman Islands. Elsewhere in the West Indies, this species is similar in size and color to <i>Syphrea constanzae</i> (Blake), a species from Hispaniola, but the elytra of that species are much more coarsely punctate.</p> <p> <b>Description of male.</b> Body oval, glabrous. Head, prothorax, and legs pale orange-brown; elytra dark brown to black with blue-green metallic luster; ventral areas of mesothorax pale orange-brown; ventral areas of metathorax and abdomen dark brown. Length 1.8 mm; width across humeri 1.0 mm.</p> <p>Head pale orange-brown, similar in color to pronotum; labrum, palpi, and basal half of antennae pale orange-brown; distal half of antennae darker brown; tips of mandibles piceous. Eyes separated by about 0.6 times width of head. Vertex impunctate, polished; frontal tubercles subtriangular, shallowly delimited laterally, deeply delimited behind, deeply delimited from frontal ridge; frontal ridge distinct and narrow posteriorly, broadly expanded laterally in clypeal area.</p> <p>Pronotum 1.4-1.6 times as wide as long, 1.6 times as wide as head across eyes, 0.7 times as wide as elytra across humeri; lateral margins each with well-defined bead; anterior and posterior margins without bead; antebasal groove deep, extending to posterolateral corners; disc polished, minutely punctate; color pale orange-brown. Scutellum subtriangular, brown.</p> <p>Elytra together 1.4 times as long as wide at humeri, 2.8-3.1 times as long as pronotum. Punctures fine, confused, separated by a distance about twice as great as their diameters. Interpunctural areas polished. Color dark brown to black with blue-green metallic sheen.</p> <p>Ventral areas of prothorax polished, of same color as dorsal areas of pronotum; prosternum between coxae about as wide as antennae; procoxal cavities broadly open behind; ventral areas of mesothorax alutaceous, pale orange-brown; metasternum dark brown without metallic luster, mesally polished and sparsely pubescent, laterally glabrous and alutaceous; metepisternum dark brown without metallic luster, glabrous, alutaceous; abdomen dark brown, alutaceous, sparsely pubescent. Legs slightly darker than prothorax; tarsal claws bluntly appendiculate. Aedeagus as in Figure 38.</p> <p> <b>Description of female.</b> Characters as in male, but with spermatheca as in Figure 46.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> <b>Holotype:</b> “CAYMAN, Grand Cayman Mastic Trailhead S, bl trap 21 May 2009, Thomas, Turnbow & Ball” (male, FSCA). <b>Paratypes:</b> Cayman Islands, Cayman Brac, Bight Rd. at Major Donald Dr., Brac Parrot Preserve, 23-V-2009, M. C. Thomas (8 females, FSCA); Cayman Islands, Cayman Brac, Brac Parrot Reserve, 23-V-2009, R. Turnbow (1 female, BYUC; 1 female, RHTC); Cayman Islands, Cayman Brac, Major Donald Dr., 0.6 km E jct. Ashton Reid Dr., 6-VI-2008, M. C. Thomas, B. K. Dozier, blacklight trap (1 male, FSCA); Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, 3 km W Colliers, 19°2l2 N, 81°072W, 21-II-1993, W. E. Steiner & J. M. Swearingen, at black light in cut-over forest near ponds (2 females, USNM); Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Mastic Trailhead S, 21-V-2009, Thomas, Turnbow & Ball, bl trap (1 female, BYUC); Cayman Islands, Little Cayman, North Coast Rd., 26-V-2009, R. Turnbow (1 female, RHTC).</p> <p> <b>Plant associations.</b> Unknown. Related species are associated with Euphorbiaceae.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species epithet of this taxon honors the mother of the second author.</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> As currently constituted, the genus <i>Syphrea</i> Baly, including the West Indian species formerly classified in <i>Hermaeophaga</i> Foudras, is a somewhat heterogeneous assemblage. The placement of Cayman Islands material in this genus does not necessarily indicate a close relationship with the type species, <i>S. pretiosa</i> Baly. It merely reflects a close similarity to several other West Indian species that are now included in the genus.</p>Published as part of <i>Clark, Shawn M., Lillrose, Tiffany & Belo Neto, Luiz A., 2013, Leaf Beetles of the Cayman Islands (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 1-41 in Insecta Mundi 2013 (279)</i> on page 28, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5175767">10.5281/zenodo.5175767</a>
Apraea priscilae Clark & Lillrose & Belo Neto 2013, new species
No full text<i>Apraea priscilae</i>, new species <p>(Figures 11, 35)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> The greatly enlarged hind femora, in combination with the color of each elytron (yellowish brown, with dark humeri and with an elongate, median dark marking beginning near mid-length and extending to near the base of the apical declivity), are sufficient to distinguish this species from all other chrysomelids known to occur in the Cayman Islands. Compared with <i>A. luciae</i> (the only other species of the genus known from the Cayman Islands), the body is smaller (3.4-3.7 mm, as opposed to 4.3-5.2 mm long), the color is mostly pale yellowish brown instead of dark brown, and the elytral punctation is finer and largely arranged in regular rows. Beyond the Cayman Islands, <i>A. priscilae</i> is quite similar to <i>Apraea anneae</i> Blake, a species from Jamaica. However, the pronotum of <i>A. priscilae</i> is shorter, and the posterior elytral marking is larger and elongate, as opposed to small (or absent) and nearly round. There are also slight differences in the aedeagi.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Body oval, dorsally glabrous; color light brown. Each elytron with dark brown circular spot on each humerus and with elongate dark brown medium macula behind middle; dorsal punctures deep, those on elytra arranged in slightly irregular rows. Length 3.4-3.7 mm; width across humeri 1.8 mm.</p> <p>Head light brown; eyes large, dorsally separated at nearest point by about half length of antennomere 1; vertex between eyes, convex; frontal tubercles small, triangular; frontal ridge flat, narrow between antennae, broadly, triangularly expanded beyond antennae; expanded area of frontal ridge concave, pubescent; clypeal area reflexed beyond level of frons. Antennae pale brown, slender, extending to near middle of elytra, composed of eleven antennomeres; antennomere 1 elongate, curved, shining, nearly glabrous; antennomere 2 short, globular, nearly glabrous; antennomeres 3-11 elongate, densely pubescent, each about half as long as antennomere 1. Labrum pale brown, with four setae arranged in transverse row, with apical margin truncate and straight; mandibles piceous; maxillary and labial palpi pale yellow-brown.</p> <p>Pronotum 2.0 times as wide as long, 1.8 times as wide as head across eyes, about as wide as elytra across humeri; anterior margin with fine bead; lateral margins arcuate, with strongly developed, carinate bead; posterior margin bisinuate, with well-defined but narrow bead; principal discal punctures well separated; interspaces minutely punctulate, appearing polished; color light brown. Scutellum subtriangular, pale brown.</p> <p>Elytra 3.5 times as long as pronotum. Principal punctures of each elytron deeply impressed to apex, arranged in ten slightly irregular rows plus short subscutellar row; humerus impunctate. Interpunctural area polished, with scattered fine punctures. Color pale brown with humerus dark brown, also with median, elongate, dark brown macula extending from near mid-length to base of apical declivity.</p> <p>Ventral areas brown, noticeably darker than dorsum; prothorax with hypomeron glabrous, shining; prosternum anterior to coxae short, about as long as width of antennomere 3; prosternal process separating coxae by distance slightly greater than width of antennomere 1. Ventral areas of mesothorax alutaceous, largely glabrous. Ventral areas of metathorax setose. Ventral areas of abdomen impunctate, shining, pubescent, alutaceous; mesal area of last abdominal sternite with dark brown fine mesal line, with apex of segment trilobed. Legs pale brown, alutaceous, sparsely setose on femora, densely setose on tibia; tarsal claws appendiculate. Aedeagus subtruncate near apex, with small median lobe at apex (Fig. 35).</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> <b>Holotype:</b> “CAYMAN IS: Grand Cayman Botanic Garden 9-VI-2008 M. C. Thomas, R. H. Turnbow, B. K. Dozier, blacklight trap ” (male, FSCA). <b>Paratype:</b> Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Queen Elizabeth Botanic Garden, outside of entrance, 19-V-2009, M. C. Thomas, night beating (1 male, BYUC).</p> <p> <b>Plant associations.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species epithet of this taxon honors the sister of the third author.</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> Although clearly belonging to the same genus, this species is quite different in appearance from <i>Apraea luciae</i> (see remarks in the above diagnosis).</p>Published as part of <i>Clark, Shawn M., Lillrose, Tiffany & Belo Neto, Luiz A., 2013, Leaf Beetles of the Cayman Islands (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 1-41 in Insecta Mundi 2013 (279)</i> on pages 19-20, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5175767">10.5281/zenodo.5175767</a>
Megistops adiae Clark & Lillrose & Belo Neto 2013, new species
No full text<i>Megistops adiae</i>, new species <p>(Figures 18, 37, 45)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> The large, apically truncate and bifurcate spur at the apex of each hind tibia is alone sufficient to distinguish this from all other chrysomelid species known to occur in the Cayman Islands. For specimens in which the position of the legs makes this character difficult to see, the large, nearly contiguous eyes, in combination with the greatly enlarged hind femora and essentially impunctate elytra, will also quickly enable identification. Similarly colored species of <i>Megistops</i> elsewhere in the West Indies are <i>M. bahamensis</i> Blake from the Bahamas, <i>M. parvula</i> Blake from Jamaica, and <i>M. tabebuiae</i> Blake from Cuba. In comparison with <i>M. adiae</i>, the elytral markings of well-marked specimens of <i>M. bahamensis</i> are less irregular in shape, and the aedeagus is much more arcuately broadened before the apex. The aedeagus of <i>M. parvula</i> is more similar to that of <i>M. adiae</i>, but the pale areas of the body are reddish brown instead of yellowish brown, the elytral markings are much smaller, the anterior marking sometimes being entirely absent, and the hind femora are pale (femora largely piceous in <i>M. adiae</i>, except for in the pale specimen from Grand Cayman). The aedeagus of <i>M. tabebuiae</i> is also similar to that of <i>M. adiae</i>, although Blake (1937) illustrated the sclerotized orificial covering as being much wider. The venter of <i>M. tabebuiae</i> is described as being yellowish or reddish brown. In <i>M. adiae</i>, the venter and hind femora are largely piceous (except for in the palely marked specimen from Grand Cayman).</p> <p> <b>Description of male.</b> Form elongate oval, narrower in front than behind; length 3.0 mm; width 1.7 mm. Head yellowish brown; pronotum yellowish, sometimes marked with vaguely indicated darker maculae; scutellum piceous; each elytron dark piceous with two large yellowish maculae, these sometimes narrowly connected; ventral areas dark brown; legs yellowish brown with hind femora largely darkened.</p> <p>Head with frontal tubercles small, well indicated, separated from each other by distinct sulcus. Frons below antennae flattened. Eyes very large, nearly contiguous above. Antennae filiform, narrowly separated by short ridge; antennomeres 1-3 yellowish brown; intermediate antennomeres dark piceous; distal one or two antennomeres yellowish brown; antennomeres 1 and 2 nearly glabrous; antennomeres 3-11 densely setose; basal antennomere largest, about three times as long as 2 or 3, which are shortest; antennomeres 4-11 subequal in length. Labrum, tip of mandibles, and distal portion of maxillary palpi largely piceous.</p> <p>Pronotum approximately half as long as wide, 0.25 times as long as elytra, 1.8 times as wide as head; shape convex, narrowing anteriorly, with slightly curved sides, with well-developed anterolateral tubercle, with basal margin slightly sinuous over scutellum; surface very finely, confluently punctate, rugulose; surface between punctures shining; color yellowish, sometimes with vaguely indicated darker maculae, three in basal half, two in anterior half. Scutellum small, triangular, piceous.</p> <p>Elytra 1.4 times as long as wide, 0.8 times as long as entire body. Shape smoothly convex, without depressions. Surface somewhat shiny, faintly alutaceous upon close inspection. Punctation extremely fine, nearly absent. Color of each elytron piceous with two large yellowish maculae, one in basal half and one in distal half, these maculae sometimes narrowly connected; basal macula somewhat oblique; margins of both maculae very irregular in shape.</p> <p>Ventral surface dark brown, with abdomen slightly paler. Legs yellowish brown, with coxae dark brown, with hind femora largely darkened; hind femora much enlarged, 1.8 times as long as wide; hind tibiae broadly channeled distally, with apical spur broad, apically truncate and bifurcate; basal tarsomere of all legs very broad. Terminal ventrite of abdomen with median lobe. Aedeagus as in Figure 37.</p> <p> <b>Description of female.</b> Form, size, and color similar to male, but differing as follows: length 3.1-3.2 mm; elytral pale markings either as in male, or more extensive, occupying most of disc, leaving only margins dark; hind femora either darkened as in male, or nearly entirely pale yellowish brown; basal tarsomere of all legs narrower; terminal abdominal ventrite apically rounded, without median lobe; spermatheca as in Figure 45.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> <b>Holotype:</b> “CAYMAN, Cayman Brac, north shore bluff, 24 May 2009 R. Turnbow” (male, FSCA). <b>Paratypes:</b> Cayman Islands, Cayman Brac, north shore bluff, 24-V-2009, R. Turnbow (1 male, BYUC; 1 female, RHTC); Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, Queen Elizabeth Botanical Garden, 28- V-2009, Thomas, Turnbow and Ball, blacklight trap (1 female, FSCA).</p> <p> <b>Plant associations.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species epithet of this taxon honors the grandmother of the third author.</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> The specimen from Grand Cayman is much paler than the others. Even so, we believe that it belongs to the same species. Similar variability is known in other West Indian species of <i>Megistops</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Clark, Shawn M., Lillrose, Tiffany & Belo Neto, Luiz A., 2013, Leaf Beetles of the Cayman Islands (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 1-41 in Insecta Mundi 2013 (279)</i> on pages 25-26, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5175767">10.5281/zenodo.5175767</a>
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No full textABSTRACT: The anthrone method has been employed for many years in the spectrophotometric determination of polysaccharides. However, taking into account that its use usually involves a series of steps and requires a long period of analysis, this study aimed to conduct a more detailed assessment of its application in the determination of total polysaccharides from the aerial parts of Thuja occidentalis Linn. Thus, this study attempted to optimize and validate a viable method for this species, whose antimetastatic and immunostimulant properties have been attributed to the metabolites analyzed in this study. The optimized and validated method showed satisfactory results, and this method lasts about 6 hours, in contrast to the diverse methodologies reported in the literature with an estimated duration of 41 hours. Thus, the presented method demonstrated to be a viable tool for the quality control of the plant drug and products derived from the aerial parts of T. occidentalis
Genome-wide association study of HPV seropositivity
No full textHigh-risk a mucosal types of human papillomavirus (HPV) cause anogenital and oropharyngeal cancers,whereas b cutaneous HPV types (e.g. HPV8) have been implicated in non-melanoma skin cancer. Although antibodies against the capsid protein L1 of HPV are considered asmarkers of cumulative exposure, not all infected persons seroconvert. To identify common genetic variants that influence HPV seroconversion,we performed a two-stage genome-wide association study. Genome-wide genotyping of 316 015 single nucleotide polymorphisms was carried out using the Illumina HumanHap300 BeadChip in 4811 subjects froma central European case-control study of lung, head and neck and kidney cancer that had serology data available on 13 HPV types. Only one association met genome-wide significance criteria, namely that between HPV8 seropositivity and rs9357152 [odds ratio (OR) = 1.37, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.24-1.50 for theminor allele G; P = 1.2 × 10 -10], a common genetic variant (minor allele frequency = 0.33) located within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) II region at 6p21.32. This association was subsequently replicated in an independent set of 2344 subjects from a Latin American case-control study of head and neck cancer (OR = 1.35, 95% CI = 1.18-1.56, P = 2.2 × 10 -5), yielding P = 1.3 × 10 -14 in the combined analysis (P-heterogeneity 5 0.87). No heterogeneity was noted by cancer status(controls/lung cancer cases/head and neck cancer cases/kidney cancer cases). This study provides a proof of principle that genetic variation plays a role in antibody reactivity to HPV infection. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved
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