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The effect of BisGMA on cyclooxygenase-2 expression, PGE2 production and cytotoxicity via reactive oxygen species- and MEK/ERK-dependent and -independent pathways
No full textCopyright © 2009 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved.Mei-Chi Chang, Li-Deh Lin, Chiu-Po Chan, Hsiao-Hua Chang, Lin-I. Chen, Hsueh-Jen Lin, Hung-Wei Yeh, Wan-Yu Tseng, Po-Shuen Lin, Chiu-Chun Lin and Jiiang-Huei Jenghttp://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30392/description#descriptio
Homalenchodes Li, Hsiao, Yoshitomi & Cai 2022, gen. nov.
No full textGenus Homalenchodes Li, Hsiao, Yoshitomi & Cai gen. nov. Type species. Homalenchodes jarzembowskii sp. nov. Etymology. The generic name is a combination of the Greek “ homalós ”, smooth, referring to the absence of longitudinal striae on its elytra, and “ Enchodes ”, a presumably closely related genus. The name is feminine in gender. The generic name Enchodes LeConte has been sometimes mistakenly treated as masculine (e. g., Jung, 2019). According to Article 30.1.4.4 of ICZN (1999), “a compound genus-group name ending in the suffix - ites, - oides, - ides, - odes, or - istes is to be treated as masculine unless its author, when establishing the name, … treated it as such by combining it with an adjectival species-group name in another gender form”. When establishing genus Enchodes, LeConte (1866) added a single previously described species, Dircaea sericea Haldeman, citing it as Enchodes sericea (Haldeman). Thus, the name should be feminine in gender. Diagnosis. Body relatively small, strongly elongate. Compound eyes coarsely facetted (Fig. 2A, B). Antennae long, filiform. Maxillary palps simple (Fig. 2A). Pronotum widest posteriorly, with somewhat produced posterior pronotal angles (Fig. 2B). Prosternal process complete, gradually narrowed posteriorly, slightly extending beyond posterior procoxal margin (Fig. 2A). Procoxae narrowly separated (Fig. 2A). Protrochantins well exposed (Fig. 2A). Elytra without longitudinal striae (Fig. 2E). Meso- and metatibiae without transverse rows of bristles or spines (Fig. 2D). Metatibial spurs normal-sized (distinctly shorter than half length of metatarsomere 1) (Fig. 2D). Penultimate tarsomeres ventrally lobed in all three pairs of legs (Figs 2C, 3). Remarks. Homalenchodes shares with Synchroidae a similar elongate habitus, lateral and oval eyes, and transverse head and pronotum. In fact, the adults of Synchroidae have an appearance similar to Melandryidae, but these two families are otherwise readily separable based on larval characters (Crowson, 1966). Nevertheless, synchroids are generally characterised by the long interfacetal setae (absent in Mallodrya Horn, although this genus might have been inappropriately placed in Synchroidae and needs to be further evaluated; Hsiao et al., 2018), unmargined posterior edge of pronotum (distinctly margined in Mallodrya), prosternal process markedly extending beyond procoxae with long oval apex (prosternal process laminate, ending just before the posterior edges of procoxae in Mallodrya), and unlobed penultimate tarsomeres (Ślipiński & Lawrence, 2010; Hsiao et al., 2018), while Homalenchodes has no interfacetal setae, a margined posterior edge of pronotum, a posteriorly gradually narrowed prosternal process with acute apex, slightly extending beyond posterior edges of procoxae, and lobed penultimate tarsomeres. Therefore, here we believe that it is appropriate to place Homalenchodes in the (currently non-monophyletic) family Melandryidae.Published as part of LI, YAN-DA, HSIAO, YUN, YOSHITOMI, HIROYUKI, HUANG, DI-YING & CAI, CHEN-YANG, 2022, Homalenchodes, a new genus of Serropalpini from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Melandryidae), pp. 246-253 in Palaeoentomology 5 (3) on page 247, DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/682085
Oral History Interview with William Hsiao
No full textWilliam Hsiao is the K.T. Li Professor of Economics, Emeritus, in Department of Health Policy and Management and Department of Global Health and Population, at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Hsiao is a leading global expert and consultant on health insurance policies and reforms. He was born in China, educated in the United States, and received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He is also a fully qualified actuary with extensive experience in private and social insurance. Dr. Hsiao’s health economic and policy research program spans across the world. He is a leading global expert in universal health insurance, which he has studied for more than forty years. He has been actively engaged in designing health system reforms and universal health insurance programs for many countries and regions, including Taiwan, China, and the United States. Dr. Hsiao was elected to be a member of the National Academy of Medicine, US National Academy of Science, and elected to be a Board member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and USA Society of Actuaries. He has published more than 180 papers and several books and served on several editorial boards of professional journals. He served as a policy advisor to three US presidents, the US Congress, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, World Health Organization, and International Labor Organization.Soon, Wayne; Hsiao, William. (2025). Oral History Interview with William Hsiao. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/276840
Thescelosynchroa pangu Hsiao & Ondřej Konvička & Chiun-Cheng Ko 2018, gen. et comb. nov.
No full textThescelosynchroa pangu (Hsiao, Li, Liu & Pang, 2016) gen. et comb. nov. Figs 3L, 6Q–R Synchroa pangu Hsiao, Li, Liu & Pang, 2016: 596. Material examined Holotype (Fig. 3L) CHINA (mainland): ♂, Sichuan prov., Ya’an, Tianquan, Labahe, 1500–2500 m, 8–9 Jul. 2012, Living [= Yun Li, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China] and M.-C. Chen leg. (SYSBM). Description See details in Hsiao et al. (2016). Notes Two errata were present in the original description and are corrected as follows: (1) the ventral view of aedeagus was misplaced as dorsal view in figures 6–8; (2) transverse coxal diameter is 4.38 times width between fore coxae, rather than the width between fore coxae 4.38 times transverse coxa diameter. Distribution China (Sichuan).Published as part of Hsiao, Yun, Ondřej Konvička & Chiun-Cheng Ko, 2018, The world fauna of Synchroidae Lacordaire, 1859 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionoidea, Synchroidae), pp. 1-33 in European Journal of Taxonomy 407 on page 28, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.407, http://zenodo.org/record/118384
Correspondence re: J. W. Baish and R. K. Jain, Fractals and Cancer. Cancer Res., 60: 3683–3688, 2000
No full textCretocantharis Hsiao & Li & Ren & Pang 2021, GEN. NOV.
No full text† CRETOCANTHARIS GEN. NOV. (FIGS 3–4) Z o o b a n k r e g i s t r a t i o n: u r n: l s i d: z o o b a n k. org:act: 99722309-6744-4BE2-9C5C-F85BDDEF6C68. Type species: † Cretocantharis veda. Diagnosis: Body small (c. 2.5 mm) (Fig. 3); eyes large, hemispherically prominent (Fig. 4A, B); apical maxillary palpomere bilaterally symmetric, securiform; mandibles simple, without tooth on the inner margin; antennae filiform, pedicel and antennomere 3 subequal in length (Fig. 3A). Pronotum subquadrate, parallel-sided, with a shallow median groove (Fig. 4C). Elytra slightly shortened, disc deeply punctate and reticulate, with longitudinal costae and inconspicuous cells (Fig. 4D). Legs elongate, with lobed tarsomere 4 and simple claws (Figs 3, 4F). Etymology: The name is composed of the prefix Creto derived from the Cretaceous and the Greek word κάνθαρισ, a beetle, derived from the genus Cantharis Linnaeus, 1758, type of Cantharidae. Gender: feminine.Published as part of Hsiao, Yun, Li, Yun, Ren, Dong & Pang, Hong, 2021, Morphological phylogenetics provide new insights into the classification and evolution of fossil soldier beetles from Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), pp. 1271-1293 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 on page 1281, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa184, http://zenodo.org/record/575325
Homalenchodes jarzembowskii Li, Hsiao, Yoshitomi & Cai 2022, sp. nov.
No full textHomalenchodes jarzembowskii Li, Hsiao, Yoshitomi & Cai sp. nov. (Figs 1–3) Material. Holotype, NIGP180475. Etymology. The species is named in honor of the palaeoentomologist Dr Edmund A. Jarzembowski. Diagnosis. As for the genus. Locality and horizon. Amber mine located near Noije Bum Village, Tanai Township, Myitkyina District, Kachin State, Myanmar; unnamed horizon, midCretaceous, Upper Albian to Lower Cenomanian. Description. Body strongly elongate, about 2.7 mm long, 0.6 mm wide. Surface finely punctate and with fine hairs. Head well exposed from above. Compound eyes lateral, large, emarginate in front of antennal insertions, coarsely facetted on the surface, without interfacetal setae. Antennal insertions fully concealed from above, widely separated. Subantennal grooves absent. Antennae 11-segmented, long, filiform; antennomere 1 elongate, almost parallel-sided; antennomere 2 short, subquadrate; antennomeres 3–11 elongate, subequal. Clypeus with anterior margin convex. Mandibles bilobed apically. Maxillary palps 4-segmented, simple, not clearly serrate; palpomere 1 small; palpomere 4 possibly securiform. Mentum subtrapezoidal. Submentum relatively smooth, with hairs somewhat denser than other regions. Pronotum widest posteriorly, with slightly produced posterior pronotal angles; disc without depression medially; posterior edge margined. Notosternal sutures distinct. Prosternum about as long as longitudinal procoxal diameter; prosternal process complete,gradually narrowed posteriorly, slightly extending beyond posterior procoxal margin, apically acute. Procoxal cavities narrowly separated, externally broadly open. Protrochantins well exposed. Scutellar shield transverse, subtrapezoidal, widest posteriorly; posterior edge slightly rounded, without notch. Elytra long, about 3.1 times as long as width combined, at base almost as wide as pronotum, apically separately rounded; surface without longitudinal striae. Mesocoxal cavities narrowly separated. Metacoxae almost contiguous; coxal plates absent. Legs slender. Protrochanter small, obliquely attached to profemur, with profemur abutting procoxa. All tibiae with 2 spurs, without transverse rows of bristles or spines. Metatibial spurs normal-sized. Tarsi 5-5-4; penultimate tarsomeres ventrally lobed in all three pairs of legs; metatarsomere 1 long, distinctly longer than metatarsomeres 2–4 combined. Pretarsal claws simple. Abdomen with five ventrites. Ratio of ventrite lengths along middle: 3.2:2.4:2.1:1.7:2.4. Ventrite 5 apically rounded, without emargination.Published as part of LI, YAN-DA, HSIAO, YUN, YOSHITOMI, HIROYUKI, HUANG, DI-YING & CAI, CHEN-YANG, 2022, Homalenchodes, a new genus of Serropalpini from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Melandryidae), pp. 246-253 in Palaeoentomology 5 (3) on pages 247-248, DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/682085
L'Histoire n'est qu'un souvenir : Mémoire et processus créatif chez Hou Hsiao-hsien et Wu Nien-jen
No full textInternational audienceHou Hsiao-hsien et Wu Nien-jen comptent parmi les intellectuels contemporains les plus influents à Taïwan ; ils s'aventurent tous les deux dans une évocation de l'époque coloniale japonaise, son héritage, son influence, sa mémoire. Cet article situe dans un premier temps les auteurs dans le contexte politique et social taïwanais par une analyse de leur œuvre, de leurs textes et de la littérature qui s'est développée à leur sujet. Ensuite sont étudiés deux films traitant de l'époque de la domination japonaise et de ses conséquences sur la culture et l'imaginaire de Taiwan : Le Maître des marionnettes et A Borrowed Life
L'Histoire n'est qu'un souvenir : Mémoire et processus créatif chez Hou Hsiao-hsien et Wu Nien-jen
No full textInternational audienceHou Hsiao-hsien et Wu Nien-jen comptent parmi les intellectuels contemporains les plus influents à Taïwan ; ils s'aventurent tous les deux dans une évocation de l'époque coloniale japonaise, son héritage, son influence, sa mémoire. Cet article situe dans un premier temps les auteurs dans le contexte politique et social taïwanais par une analyse de leur œuvre, de leurs textes et de la littérature qui s'est développée à leur sujet. Ensuite sont étudiés deux films traitant de l'époque de la domination japonaise et de ses conséquences sur la culture et l'imaginaire de Taiwan : Le Maître des marionnettes et A Borrowed Life
L'Histoire n'est qu'un souvenir : Mémoire et processus créatif chez Hou Hsiao-hsien et Wu Nien-jen
No full textInternational audienceHou Hsiao-hsien et Wu Nien-jen comptent parmi les intellectuels contemporains les plus influents à Taïwan ; ils s'aventurent tous les deux dans une évocation de l'époque coloniale japonaise, son héritage, son influence, sa mémoire. Cet article situe dans un premier temps les auteurs dans le contexte politique et social taïwanais par une analyse de leur œuvre, de leurs textes et de la littérature qui s'est développée à leur sujet. Ensuite sont étudiés deux films traitant de l'époque de la domination japonaise et de ses conséquences sur la culture et l'imaginaire de Taiwan : Le Maître des marionnettes et A Borrowed Life
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