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Oral History of Mimi Luu
No full textAn oral history with Ms. Mimi Luu, born in 1963 in Saigon, Vietnam. She was the youngest of eight children and still a child during the war. At the age of 13, she was imprisoned for a few months after being caught trying to escape Vietnam. She came to the United States in 1983 through a family sponsorship. She discusses her life here in America, lack of education, the differences between her old life and her new life, and the difficulties she has encountered over the years. She discusses her brothers’ escape, while also recalling the loss of family members due to this incident. After coming to America, Ms. Luu worked multiple jobs, was married, divorced, and remarried. She currently works as a sales associate in Rowland Heights, California and lives with her three children and second husband in Rosemead, California.Recorded Digitall
Oral History of Hung Luu
No full textAn oral history with Hung Quoc Luu, born in 1959 in Phan Thiết, Vietnam. This interview focuses on Hung’s childhood and young adult experiences in Vietnam during the Vietnam War as well as his adjustment to life in America after the war. He discusses his identity in America as a Vietnamese person and the differences between the American and Vietnamese culture. Hung left Vietnam by boat in 1979, ending up in refugee camps in Hong Kong before being sponsored to the United States the following year. He initially resettled in Hammond, Indiana but moved to Southern California shortly after. He earned his certification in Electronics – Assembly and Wiring in 1982 at Pasadena City College. He currently resides in Temple City, California with his wife and two children.Recorded Digitall
Oral History of Thieu Khac Luu
No full textAn oral history with Thieu Khac Luu who was born in 1954 in Quang Ngai, Vietnam. He was a front-line soldier for the South Vietnamese army and served his country from 1972-1975. After the South Vietnamese Army lost to the North, he was imprisoned for almost 5 years in a re-education camp and was released in 1980. He describes his neighborhood growing up and his experiences in the re-education camp. He explains how he, his wife and two sons immigrated to America through the Humanitarian Operation enacted by the Unites States. After coming to the United States, he had mixed feelings of fear of the new life and excitement of what was to come.Recorded Digitall
Oral History of Alex Luu
No full textAn oral history with Alex Luu, born in 1966 in Saigon, Vietnam. He was eight years old during the Fall of Saigon and was among the first wave of refugees to leave the country. After some initial challenges, he and his family secured a sponsor and gradually managed to settle into American society in California. He attended school in the US since 4th grade and went on to attend UCLA. Alex is a critically acclaimed performance artist, teacher, and filmmaker. He is a resident teaching artist with the LA Arts Commission, Ford Theatre Foundation, and East West Players. He has been performing his autobiographical performance pieces and one-man show "Three Lives" since 1989 and teaching/facilitating his autobiographical writing/storytelling/performing workshop MY OWN STORY (MOS) since 1997, respectively. He has been artist-in-residence at theaters/arts organizations and campuses nationally, most notably for Boston Center for the Arts (2001, 2003), Berklee College of Music (2008, 2009), Boston's Mayor Office of Arts & Tourism (2006). He is also a seasonal guest artist lecturer at UC Davis since 2009.Recorded Digitall
FIGURE 2. Begonia yentuensis Luu & C.W.Lin. A in Begonia yentuensis and B. khaucaensis (Begoniaceae), two new species from northern Vietnam
No full textFIGURE 2. Begonia yentuensis Luu & C.W.Lin. A. Habit and habitat; B. Habit; C. Tuber; D. Stipules; E, F. Portion of leaf, upper and lower surfaces; G. Inflorescence; H. Staminate flowers; I. Pistillate flowers; J. Capsule; K. Cross section of an immature capsule. All photos from Luu Hong Truong et al. TYT22 by Luu Hong Truong.Published as part of Luu, Hong Truong, Duong, Quoc Hung, Le, Khac Quyet & Lin, Che-Wei, 2022, Begonia yentuensis and B. khaucaensis (Begoniaceae), two new species from northern Vietnam, pp. 222-232 in Phytotaxa 560 (2) on page 225, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.560.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/704069
Luu et al. dataset
No full text<p>Dataset representing all of the data used to generate the figures in Luu et al., 2015. (Immunofluorescence images in separate files.)</p
Luu- ja liigeseinfektsioonide tekitajad lastel
Get PDFTöö eemärgiks oli analüüsida laste luu- ja liigesepõletike tekitajaid ning nende ravimitundlikkust. Analüüsiti kõiki positiivseid külve, mis olid võetud 2000. aasta jaanuarist kuni 2009. aasta augustini Tallinna Lastehaiglas hematogeensete luu- ja liigeseinfektsioonidega ravil viibinud patsientidelt. Tekitajad isoleeriti ja ravimitundlikkus määrati Põhja-Eesti Regionaalhaigla mikrobioloogia laboris. Üle aastaste laste grupis (n = 28) olid haigustekitajateks valdavalt oksatsilliinitundlikud stafülokokid (86%). Noorematelt lastelt isoleeriti (n = 18) stafülokokid 61%-l juhtudest. Nende seas ka üks metitsilliiniresistentne Staphylococcus aureus. Lisaks isoleeriti veel streptokokke, Klebsiella oxytoca ja Pseudomonas aeroginosa. Üle aastastel patsientidel on luu- ja liigeseinfektsioonide korral tõhus monoteraapia oksatsilliiniga. Imikutel esinev tekitajate paljusus õigustab laiema toimespektriga antibakteriaalset ravi.
Eesti Arst 2009; 88(Lisa4):39−4
FIGURE 5. Begonia khaucaensis Luu & C.W.Lin. A in Begonia yentuensis and B. khaucaensis (Begoniaceae), two new species from northern Vietnam
No full textFIGURE 5. Begonia khaucaensis Luu & C.W.Lin. A. Habit; B, B'. Portion of leaf, upper and lower surfaces; C. Stipule; D, D', D''. Bracts; E, E'. Staminate flower, face and side views; F, F'. Stamens, ventral and dorsal views; G, G'. Pistillate flower, face and side views; H, H'. Style and stigmatic band, dorsal and ventral views; I. Capsule; J. Cross section of an immature capsule.Published as part of Luu, Hong Truong, Duong, Quoc Hung, Le, Khac Quyet & Lin, Che-Wei, 2022, Begonia yentuensis and B. khaucaensis (Begoniaceae), two new species from northern Vietnam, pp. 222-232 in Phytotaxa 560 (2) on page 228, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.560.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/704069
Gekko nadenensis Luu, Nguyen, Le, Bonkowski & Ziegler, 2017, sp. nov.
No full textGekko nadenensis sp. nov. (Fig. 2) Holotype. VNUF R.2016.1, adult male, on a karst cliff, near the entrance of Nang Log cave (17°30’N, 105°23’E, elevation 178 m a.s.l.), Naden Village, Gnommalath District, Khammouane Province, central Laos, collected by Vinh Quang Luu and Kieusomphone Thanabuaosy on 20 February 2016. Paratype. NUOL-R.2016.2, adult male, the same data as the holotype; ZFMK 98741, gravid adult female, collected on a karst cliff inside Nang Log cave by Vinh Quang Luu, Thomas Calame, and Kieusomphone Thanabuaosy on 29 March 2015. Diagnosis. Gekko nadenensis sp. nov. differs from its relatives by a combination of the following characters: a medium-sized gecko species (SVL 61.0– 77.1 mm); nares bordered with rostral; internasals absent; postmentals enlarged; interorbital scales between anterior corners of the eyes 28–30; dorsal tubercles absent; ventral scales between mental and cloacal slit 175–185; midbody scale rows 123–140; ventral scale rows 38–40; subdigital lamellae on first toes 13–15, on fourth toes 14–16; finger and toe webbing present at base; tubercles on upper surface of fore and hind limbs absent; precloacal pores six (3+3 or 5+1) in a discontinuous row in males and absent in the female; postcloacal tubercles 1 or 2; tubercles absent on dorsal surface of tail base; subcaudals distinctly enlarged; dorsal surface of body with greyish brown blotches. Description of holotype. An adult male with a total length of 134.1 mm (SVL 61.0 mm, TaL 73.1 mm); body slender, elongate (AG/SVL ratio 0.46); head longer than wide (HW/HL ratio 0.70); rostral quadrangular, nearly twice wider than high (RH/RW ratio 0.56) and wider than mental (MW/RW ratio 0.78 mm), bordered with first supralabial and supranasal on each side; nostrils round, touching rostral, first supralabial, supranasal, and two enlarged nasals posteriorly; posterior nasal region concave; internasal absent; preorbitals 22/22, preorbital region deeply concave; interorbitals 30; eye large (OD/HL ratio 0.24), pupil vertical; ear opening oval, oblique, smaller than eye (TD/OD ratio 0.44); mental triangular, wider than long (ML/MW ratio 0.86); enlarged postmentals two, hexagonal, twice as long as wide, and longer than length of mental, touching mental, first infralabial on both sides and seven gular scales posteriorly, outer gular scales larger than inner scales; supralabials 12/14; infralabials 10/10; dorsal scales on body smooth, round or oval, granular, juxtaposed; lateral fold distinct; ventrals distinctly larger than dorsal scales, smooth, imbricate, and largest in the middle of belly; ventral scales at midbody 40; scale rows around midbody 140; ventral scales in a row between mental and cloacal slit 175; scales on dorsal surface of forelimbs slightly enlarged; tubercles on dorsal surface of limbs absent; scales on anterior and ventral parts of femur larger than those on posterior and dorsal parts; enlarged femoral scales absent; fingers and toes basally webbed; subdigital lamellae under first fingers 15/15, under fourth finger 15/14, under first toe 13/14, under fourth toe 15/16; precloacal pores six (3+3), in a discontinuous row, precloacal scales enlarged; postcloacal tubercles 1/1; base of tail thickened, without tubercles on dorsal surface; subcaudals enlarged, smooth, imbricate. Coloration in life. Dorsal surface of head dark grey with grey blotches and brownish spots; posterior part of the orbit with a grey stripe; labials with grey and dark bars; crown region with a grey star aniseed shape; neck with three grey oval-shaped blotches; dorsal surface of body dark grey with grey blotches and brownish spots, largest blotches on the midbody; dorsal surface of fore and hind limbs brownish grey with light transverse bars; ventral surface of head, belly, and limbs cream with black dots; dorsal surface of tail with eight grey transverse bands, more distinct posteriorly; ventral tail grey-brown in forepart and with nearly closed bands in hindpart. Sexual dimorphism. Measurements and scalation of the female paratype are shown in Table 2. The female paratype has a larger size (SVL 77.1 mm versus 61.0– 74.3 mm in males) and without precloacal pores. TABLE ³. Morphological comparisons among the species of the Gekko japonicus group (mođifieđ after Luu et al. 2015, abbreviations đefineđ in text, - = đata unavailable). ......continued on the next page TABLE ³. (continueđ) ......continued on the next page TABLE ³. (continueđ) Comparisons. Based on examination of specimens and data obtained from the literature (Boulenger 1907; Ota et al. 1995; Rösler et al. 2005, 2010, 2011; Yang et al. 2012, Nguyen et al. 2013; Luu et al. 2014; Ngo et al. 2015; Yang 2015; Luu et al. 2015) we compared the new species from Laos with the remaining members of the Gekko japonicus group (Rösler et al. 2011; Luu et al. 2015) (see Table 3). Morphologically, the new Gekko species can be distinguished from the species of the G. japonicus group (following Rösler et al. 2011; Luu et al. 2015) as follows: Gekko nadenensis sp. nov. does not have dorsal tubercles and thus differs from the following species which have tubercles on the back: G. adleri, G. auriverrucosus, G. canhi, G. chinensis, G. japonicus, G. hokouensis, G. kwangsiensis, G. liboensis, G. palmatus, G. scabridus, G. shibatai, G. similignum, G. swinhonis, G. vertebralis, and G. wenxianensis. The new species can be distinguished from G. aaronbaueri by having fewer interobital scales (28–30 versus 34–37), more scale rows around midbody (123–140 versus 98–104), and more precloacal pores in males (6 versus 3–4); from G. melli by its smaller size (SVL reaching 77.1 mm versus 84.6 mm), fewer interorbitals (28–30 versus 34–40), internasals absent (versus present), postmentals enlarged (versus not enlarged), and fewer precloacal pores in males (6 versus 9–11); from G. subpalmatus by having fewer interorbitals (28–30 versus 32), postmentals enlarged (versus not enlarged), the absence of internasals (versus present), having fewer ventral scales (38–40 versus 48), and precloacal pores in a discontinuous row in males (versus in a continuous row); from G. taibaiensis by its larger size (SVL reaching 77.1 mm versus 69 mm), having more supralabials (12–14 versus 9–10), and more lamellae under first and fourth toes (13–15 versus 6¯7 and 14–16 versus 7 or 8, respectively); from G. tawaensis by the lack of internasals (versus 2), having postmentals enlarged (versus not enlarged in G. tawaensis), and precloacal pores present (versus absent); from G. truongi by its smaller size (SVL reaching 77.1 mm versus 95.9 mm), having fewer interobital scales (28–30 versus 45–48), more scales from mental to cloacal slit (175–185 versus 160–172), and fewer precloacal pores in males (6 versus 10–11); and from G. yakuensis by lacking internasals (versus having), having postmentals enlarged (versus not enlarged), fewer precloacal pores in males (6, in a discontinuous row versus 6–8, in a continuous row), and the absence of tubercles on dorsal surface of tail (versus presence). Gekko nadenensis sp. nov. is similar to G. bonkowskii, G. thakhekensis, G. scientiadventura, and G. sengchanthavongi in body size and dorsal pattern. However, the new species can be distinguished from G. bonkowskii by having more interorbitals (28–30 versus 26–27), precloacal pores in a discontinuous row in males (versus in a continuous row), more scales from mental to cloacal slit (175–185 versus 154–169), and more scale rows at midbody (123–140 versus 117); from G. thakhekensis by having more interorbitals (28–30 versus 22–26), more precloacal pores in males (6, in a discontinuous row versus 1–5, in a continuous row), more scales from mental to cloacal slit (175–185 versus 165–174), and more scale rows at midbody (123–140 versus 110–116); from G. scientiadventura by having fewer interorbitals (28–30 versus 41–51), and precloacal pores in a discontinuous row in males (versus in a continuous row), and more scales from mental to cloacal slit (175–185 versus 118–140); from G. sengchanthavongi by having more precloacal pores in males (6 versus 4–5), more supralabials and infralabials (12–14 versus 8¯10 and 10–12 versus 6–7, respectively), dorsal head pattern with light grey blotches and a grey stripe behind the orbit (versus dark and grey spots), and dorsal body pattern with light grey blotches and brown flecks (versus irregular transverse dark brown bars). For more details see Table 4. Distribution. Gekko nadenensis sp. nov. is currently known only from the type locality in the karst forest of Nang Log cave, Naden Village, Gnommalath District, Khammouane Province, central Laos (Fig. 3). Etymology. We name this species after its type locality, Naden Village, to underscore the importance of the limestone forest in terms of biodiversity and nature conservation. From this site another new gecko species (Cyrtodactylus rufford) was described recently (Luu et al. 2016). We suggest as common names: Naden Gecko (English), Kap Ke Naden (Laotian), and Naden Gecko (German). Natural history. Specimens of the new species were collected between 19:30 and 22:00, on a karst cliff near the entrance of and inside Nang Log Cave, from 0.3 m to 3 m above the ground, at elevations between 158 and 178 m a.s.l. (Fig. 4). The humidity was approximately 70–80% and the air temperature ranged from 18 to 26o C. The new species co-occurs with the recently described bent-toed gecko Cyrtodactylus rufford (Luu et al. 2016). The female paratype, which was collected in March 2015 contained two eggs. In February 2016, we found a mass egglaying site (about 2 m above the ground) in a dark and narrow corner of a rock crevice system at the mouth of the Nang Log cave. Some of the eggs had not yet hatched (Fig. 5).Published as part of Luu, Vinh Quang, Nguyen, Truong Quang, Le, Minh Duc, Bonkowski, Michael & Ziegler, Thomas, 2017, A new karst dwelling species of the Gekko japonicus group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from central Laos, pp. 179-193 in Zootaxa 4263 (1) on pages 181-190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/57261
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