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Stictochironomus bengalensis Konar 2021, sp. n.
No full textStictochironomus bengalensis sp. n. (Figures 1–3) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 33BC206E-A3B8-43E2-88DC-298302EF91E0 Type material. Holotype, male with pupal and larval exuviae (reared), INDIA: West Bengal, Suri, Mayurakshi River (23° 92´N, 87°51´E), 25.x.2019, leg. S. Konar (emerged 29.xi.2019). Paratypes, 3 males with pupal and larval exuviae, INDIA: West Bengal, Narajole, Kangsabati River (22°29’N 87°19’E), 11.xi.2019, leg. S. Konar, (emerged 18.xii.2019). Etymology. From the type locality, Bengal. Description. Male (n = 4). Total length 4.7–4.8, 4.8 mm. Wing length 1.9–2.0, 2.0 mm, width 0.44–0.51, 0.48 mm. Total length/wing length 2.40–2.47, 2.44, wing length/profemur length 2.30–2.36, 2.33. Colouration. Head brown. Thorax, legs, and abdomen pale brown. Wing with dark spots on membrane; 3 spots on cell r 4+5, 1 on apex of cell m 1+2, 3 on cell m 3+4 and 1 on cell an. Head. Eye with dorsomedial extension strong, parallel-sided, 158–163, 161 μm long; vertex with 11–17, 14 setae consisting of 5–7, 6 (3) IV; 4-6, 5 (3) OV and 2–4, 3 (3) PO. Clypeus with 20‒22, 21 setae. Corona with 3–5, 4 setae. Antenna 922–938, 930 μm long, with ultimate flagellomere 650–658, 654 μm long; AR 2.5–2.6, 2.6. Length (μm) of palpomeres 1–5: 46–52, 49; 62–66, 64; 94–98, 96; 112–116, 114; 208–212, 210. CA ratio 0.65–0.68, 0.67, CP ratio 1.44–1.62, 1.53. Frontal tubercle absent. Thorax. Antepronotum with 1–3, 2 lateral setae. Scutum with conical tubercle; acrostichals 8–12, 10, uniserial; dorsocentrals 8–10, 9, uniserial; prealars 2–4, 3, uniserial. Scutellum with 3–5, 4 setae. Wing (Figure 1B). FCu slightly distal to RM, and distance between RM and FCu 16 μm. R 2+3 well separated from R 1, and distance between apices of R 1 and R 2+3 160 μm. R with 10–12, 11 setae; R 1 with 7–9, 8 setae; R 4+5 with 5–7, 6 setae; R 2+3, M and Cu bare. Squama with 10–12, 11 setae. Brachiolum with 1 seta. VR 1.00–1.04, 1.02. Legs. Apex of foretibia (Figure 1D) with broadly rounded scale bearing 3 strong setae. Mid- and hind tibiae each with fused combs bearing single pointed spur 22–27, 25 µm long. Foretarsus without beards. Pulvilli plumose on outer surface, reaching to middle of claw. Lengths and proportions of leg segments as in Table 1. Hypopygium (Figure 1A). Anal tergite with strong and separate bands; median tergite seta absent. Anal point 75–79, 77 μm long, nearly parallel-sided in dorsal view, bifid in apical 0.17–0.20, 0.18. Gonocoxite 186–190, 188 µm long. Superior volsella (Figure 1C) well developed, 76 μm long, gently curved, digitate, and apically rounded, with 2 long basal setae. Inferior volsella 119–122, 121 µm long, with 1 strong apical and 5 recurved subapical setae. Phallapodeme 78–82, 80 µm long; lateral sternapodeme 120–123, 122 µm long; transverse sternapodeme 38–42, 40 µm wide. Gonostylus 185–190, 188 µm long, distally flattened, with 1 apical and 4 subapical setae along inner margin. HR 1. 0, HV 2.5–2.6, 2.6. Female. Unknown. Pupa (n = 4). Total length 3.8–4.0, 3.9 mm. Colouration. Exuviae mainly pale brown. Cephalic tubercle, margins of wing and antennal sheath, and hooklets on T II pale yellow. Anal comb on abdominal segment VIII dark brown. Cephalothorax. Frontal apotome (Figure 2A) triangular; cephalic tubercle conical, 190–195, 193 µm high and 77–82, 80 µm wide at base, subapically bearing frontal seta 220–227, 224 µm long. Antennal sheath (Figure 2B) 1.1 mm long, narrowed at apex. Wing sheath 1.2–1.3, 1.3 mm long. Thoracic horn (Figure 2C) plumose; basal ring (Figure 2D) elliptical, 61–65, 63 µm long and 45–50, 48 µm wide. Abdomen (Figure 2E). Pedes spurii B present on segment II. T I and IX bare; T II‒V with more or less extensive, rectangular shagreen; T VI with anterior and posterior shagreen bands and very weak median shagreen patch; TVII‒VIII with anterolateral shagreen patches. T II with posterior row of 41‒43, 42 hooklets, occupying 0.67‒0.71, 0.69 of segment width. Conjunctives III/IV and IV/V with continuous band of spinules. Anal comb on segment VIII (Figures 2F‒G) large, extending from apex of segment to base of L 4 -seta, composed of 2–4, (3) needle-like basal teeth and 3–5, (4) broad, short apical teeth. Segments II‒IV each with 3 L-setae. Segments V‒VI each with 3 LS-setae; T VII‒VIII each with 4 LS-setae. Relative position of LS-setae on abdominal segments V‒VIII as in Table 2. Anal lobe (Figure 2F) 230‒265, 248 µm long, with 36‒52, 44 lateral taeniae; dorsal setae absent. Genital sac 160‒189, 175 µm long. Larva (n = 4). Head capsule 250‒280, 270 µm long, cephalic index 0.82‒0.84, 0.83. Colouration. All teeth of mentum, apex of mandible and postoccipital margin dark brown. Antenna (Figure 3A). Total length 73‒77, 75 µm; AR 1.20‒1.29, 1.25. Basal segment 42‒45, 44 µm long and 9‒10, 10 µm wide, with ring organ situated 0.33‒0.36, 0.35 from base; blade 32‒36, 34 (3) µm long, accessory blade 3‒5, 4 µm long. Lengths (µm) of 2nd to 6th segments: 7‒9, 8; 10‒12, 11; 3‒5, 4; 8‒10, 9; 2‒4, 3, respectively. Lauterborn organ 11‒13, 12 µm long on 2nd segment, 3‒5, 4 µm long on 3rd segment. Labro-epipharyngeal complex. SI (Figure 3B) and SII plumose on both sides. Seta premandibularis simple. Pecten epipharyngis (Figure 3C) tripartite; median platelet with 3 teeth, lateral platelet with 5 teeth. Premandible (Figure 3D) 60‒65, 63 µm long, with 2 apical teeth and 1 small inner tooth; brush dense. Mandible (Figure 3E). Length 123‒126, 125 µm. 1 dorsal, 1 apical and 3 inner teeth present. Seta subdentalis slender and slightly curved apically. Mentum (Figure 3F). Width 73‒77, 75 µm. Median teeth 3, large, arranged convexly; 1st to 6th lateral teeth gradually decreasing in size; median tooth much taller than others. Ventromental plate (Figure 3G) fan-shaped, 55‒58, 57 µm long, 131‒134, 133 µm wide, with fine and contiguous striae; distance between both plates 26‒30, 28 µm. Distribution. Known only from West Bengal, India. Remarks. The male resembles that of Stictochironomus obscurus in the largely pale-yellow wing with three dark markings on the cell r 4+5 and the slender, gently curved superior volsella in the hypopygium, but differs from it in the wing with markings on the apices of cells m 1+2 and m 3+4, the apically bifid anal point and the anal tergite without median setae. In S. obscurus, the wing cells m 1+2 and m 3+4 have no apical marking, the anal point is simple and the anal tergite has several median setae, according to Guha & Chaudhuri (1983: 637, figures 1, 3, as Polypedilum) and Chaudhuri & Chattopadhyay (1990: 187, figs. 41, 43). The bifid anal point is unique in the genus Stictochironomus. Sometimes a bifid anal point also occurs in the male of Japanese Sympotthastia takatensis (Tokunaga), belonging to the subfamily Diamesinae, and it is not rare (H. Niitsuma, pers. comm.). Although the two localities where the larvae of the present species were collected are far away from each other and the features are common to all the males emerged from the larvae, there is a possibility that the bifid anal point is an intraspecific variation. Further, the anal tergite without median setae is an atypical feature in the male of this genus. In the diagnosis for the male, Cranston et al. (1989: 416) wrote, “median anal tergite setae long, concentrated in field between ends of bands, separate from apical setae; exceptionally in S. crassiforceps without median anal tergite setae.” The present species differs from S. crassiforceps (Kieffer) in the slender superior volsella and the longer gonostylus in the male hypopygium. The male of the latter possesses stout superior volsellae and short gonostyli (see Cranston et al. 1989: 491, figure 10.65C). Therefore, the present species is distinct from the other members of this genus. Within the S. caffrarius group, the pupa is similar to those of S. polystictus and S. caffrarius in the abdominal segments II‒III each with three pairs of L-setae, but separable from the pupa of S. polystictus by the slender cephalic tubercle, which is higher than the basal width, and from the pupa of S. caffrarius by the anal tergite without any shagreen. Stictochironomus polystictus has cephalic tubercles as high as the basal width (Blattacharyay et al. 1996: 323), and S. caffrarius possesses anterolateral shagreen on the anal tergite (Pinder & Cranston 1986: 456, fig. 10.91D, as Chironomini Genus F sp.). The larva is most similar to that of S. polystictus described by Blattachayay et al. (1996) in the relatively high AR (1.20‒1.29), the mentum with three median teeth and the mandible with a dorsal tooth and three inner teeth, although Hazra et al. (2016) reported the larva of S. polystictus with lower AR (0.74‒0.92) and four inner teeth on the mandible under the name of Polypedilum clavipennae, which was synonymized with S. polystictus by Mukherjee et al. (2020). In any case, the larva of the present species is separated from both the larval types of S. polystictus by the smaller head capsule (length 250‒280 µm). The larval head capsule of S. polystictus is 285‒315 µm long in Blattachayay et al. (1996) and 380‒420 µm long in Hazra et al. (2016).Published as part of Konar, Sanghamitra, 2021, A new member of the Stictochironomus caffrarius group from West Bengal, India with emendation of generic diagnosis (Diptera, Chironomidae), pp. 173-181 in Zootaxa 5072 (2) on pages 174-176, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/573374
Janbe hayy as fannavary mathekhary dar Konar Sandal junuby
No full textDiscovery of a bead-making activity area on the slopes of the citadel of the site of Konar Sandal South, Kerman, Iran (IVth-IIIrd millennium BC
Cierre percutáneo de comunicación interventricular con el dispositivo KONAR-MF
No full textRESUMEN Introducción y objetivos: El cierre percutáneo de la comunicación interventricular (CIV) puede ser una alternativa a la cirugía y reduce el tiempo de hospitalización y las complicaciones. El alto riesgo de bloqueo auriculoventricular (BAV) en el cierre percutáneo ha incentivado el desarrollo de nuevos dispositivos, como el KONAR-MF (Lifetech, China), muy flexible y con poca fuerza radial para adaptarse a la anatomía de la CIV sin presionar las estructuras adyacentes. Se presenta la experiencia inicial con este nuevo dispositivo. Métodos: Revisión retrospectiva de pacientes y procedimientos de implante del dispositivo KONAR-MF, en 2 centros españoles, desde febrero de 2020, fecha del primer implante en nuestro país, hasta septiembre de 2021. Resultados: Se han realizado 7 procedimientos de cierre de CIV con KONAR-MF, implantándolo con éxito en 6 de los casos. Fueron 4 CIV perimembranosas nativas y 3 CIV residuales tras reparación de tetralogía de Fallot. El tamaño de la CIV medido por ecocardiografía transesofágica y angiografía fue concordante en todos los casos salvo en uno; en este paciente se produjo una embolización del dispositivo. En el seguimiento (1,2 meses [rango intercuartílico: 0,9-15,5], máximo 17 meses) se observó un empeoramiento de la conducción auriculoventricular en un paciente con BAV previo, que precisó marcapasos. La tasa de shunt residual inmediato fue del 83% (5/6), persistiendo el shunt residual más allá del mes de seguimiento en 1 paciente (16%). Todos los pacientes recibieron el alta hospitalaria en las primeras 48 horas tras la intervención. Conclusiones: El cierre percutáneo de CIV con el dispositivo KONAR-MF es una alternativa factible a la cirugía en pacientes seleccionados, siendo la adecuada valoración anatómica de la CIV una de las claves para el éxito del procedimiento. El implante de este dispositivo no está exento de complicaciones, como el BAV y la embolización. Palabras clave: Comunicación interventricular. Intervencionismo en cardiopatías congénitas. Dispositivos de cierre de comunicación interventricular
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
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"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
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use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
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Dr. Glendon Swarthout
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Evolution of the global virtual water trade network
No full textGlobal freshwater resources are under increasing pressure from economic development, population growth, and climate change. The international trade of water-intensive products (e.g., agricultural commodities) or virtual water trade has been suggested as a way to save water globally. We focus on the virtual water trade network associated with international food trade built with annual trade data and annual modeled virtual water content. The evolution of this network from 1986 to 2007 is analyzed and linked to trade policies, socioeconomic circumstances, and agricultural efficiency. We find that the number of trade connections and the volume of water associated with global food trade more than doubled in 22 years. Despite this growth, constant organizational features were observed in the network. However, both regional and national virtual water trade patterns significantly changed. Indeed, Asia increased its virtual water imports by more than 170%, switching from North America to South America as its main partner, whereas North America oriented to a growing intraregional trade. A dramatic rise in China's virtual water imports is associated with its increased soy imports after a domestic policy shift in 2000. Significantly, this shift has led the global soy market to save water on a global scale, but it also relies on expanding soy production in Brazil, which contributes to deforestation in the Amazon. We find that the international food trade has led to enhanced savings in global water resources over time, indicating its growing efficiency in terms of global water use.ECH
sj-docx-1-spp-10.1177_19485506211067884 – Supplemental material for Do Women Withhold Honest Sexual Communication When They Believe Their Partner’s Manhood is Threatened?
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Safety and Feasibility of Autologous Mesenchymal Stem Cell Implantation in Three Dogs With Suspected Degenerative Myelopathy – A Pilot Study
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