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Interview with Matsuko Kaya Matsumoto
No full textInterview conducted in English.Interview conducted at Honolulu, Oʻahu.Matsuko Matsumoto, second of four children, was born in 1928 in Kapaʻa, Kauaʻi. Her parents, Teiichi and Kimiyo Kaya, were immigrants from Japan. At the time of her birth, her father was a Makee Sugar Company field worker. Preferring to work in pineapple rather than sugar, Teiichi Kaya moved his family to Lānaʻi where he operated a mule-drawn plow, picked pineapple, and did hō hana. Kimiyo Kaya tended to the family and took in laundry from bachelor workers. In later years, due to poor health, Teiichi Kaya became an office custodian. Matsuko Matsumoto, a graduate of Lānaʻi High and Elementary School, began full-time work in 1946 as a storeroom clerk for Hawaiian Pineapple Company. In later years, she labored in the pineapple fields. In 1962, she began supervising youths who signed on for summer work. By the early 1970s, she was promoted to become the first female field superintendent. She retired in 1985. She and Yukio Matsumoto, a Hawaiian Pineapple Company carpenter who helped build many of the homes which still stand in Lānaʻi City, raised two sons, Colbert and Kurt. Matsuko Matsumoto, widowed in 2001, still maintains a home on Lānaʻi. A grandmother of four, she enjoys visiting her grandchildren on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi
Environmental conditions that affect snow mold development
No full textNaoyuki Matsumoto, Midori Yoshida, Akira NishimunevokLA
Interview with Atsushi "Cop" Matsumoto
No full textAtsushi “Cop” Matsumoto was born in 1927 in Hōnaunau, Hawaiʻi Island. His parents were immigrants from Kumamoto, Japan, who came to work on coffee farms. One of ten siblings, Cop grew up harvesting and drying coffee until he graduated from Konawaena High School in 1945 when he was drafted. Returning to Hawaiʻi after the war, Cop started an unsuccessful laundry business with a friend in Hilo and moved back to Hōnaunau after a year. He started ʻōpelu fishing and eventually learned how to make ʻōpelu boats on his own. He married Misao Tanaka, had two children, and went on to farm coffee and macadamia nuts before switching to carpentry in 1970
On Randers change of Matsumoto metric.
No full textIn this paper we study the properties of special (α, β)-metric α 2 α−β + β, the Randers change of Matsumoto metric. We find a necessary and sufficient condition for this metric to be of locally projectively flat and we prove the conditions for this metric to be of Berwald and Douglas type
First description of the Minnesota Earth System Model for Ocean biogeochemistry (MESMO 1.0)
No full textHere we describe the first version of the Minnesota Earth System Model for Ocean biogeochemistry (MESMO 1.0), an intermediate complexity model based on the Grid ENabled Integrated Earth system model (GENIE-1). As with GENIE-1, MESMO has a 3D dynamical ocean, energy-moisture balance atmosphere, dynamic and thermodynamic sea ice, and marine biogeochemistry. Main development goals of MESMO were to: (1) bring oceanic uptake of anthropogenic transient tracers within data constraints; (2) increase vertical resolution in the upper ocean to better represent near-surface biogeochemical processes; (3) calibrate the deep ocean ventilation with observed abundance of radiocarbon. We achieved all these goals through a combination of objective model optimization and subjective targeted tuning. An important new feature in MESMO that dramatically improved the uptake of CFC-11 and anthropogenic carbon is the depth dependent vertical diffusivity in the ocean, which is spatially uniform in GENIE-1. In MESMO, biological production occurs in the top two layers above the compensation depth of 100 m and is modified by additional parameters, for example, diagnosed mixed layer depth. In contrast, production in GENIE-1 occurs in a single layer with thickness of 175 m. These improvements make MESMO a well-calibrated model of intermediate complexity suitable for investigations of the global marine carbon cycle requiring long integration time
Excerpt, Oral History Interview, Reiko Matsumoto
No full textExcerpt, summary, and index of an oral history interview of Reiko Matsumoto. Conducted by Kayoko Aoki on July 3, 2010, in Klamath Falls, OR. Transcribed by Sarah Carpio. Edited by Marc Vasquez, Brandon H. Unruhe, Kevin O’Donnell, and Catie Sakurai.The Tule Lake Pilgrimage Oral History Project is a series of oral history interviews of participants of the Tule Lake Pilgrimage from 1994 - 2010. The project was conducted by the National Japanese American Historical Society, Inc., in collaboration with the Tule Lake Committee
Resachus gillianae Matsumoto 2020, sp. nov.
No full textResachus gillianae Matsumoto sp. nov. [Figures 1-6] Type locality. Malawi, Kaphula. Type materials. Holotype male, deposited at BMNH: “ MALAWI south KAPHULA env. December 2003 at light; J.Novák lgt. BMNH{E}2016-44 // NHMUK011225326”. Additional label on red paper added “ Resachus gillianae Matsumoto sp. nov. 2020 HOLOTYPE ♂ ”. Paratypes (2 males, 2 females. BMNH): same locality data as holotype with additional label: “NHMUK011225327”, “NHMUK011225328, “NHMUK011225329” and “NHMUK011225330”. All paratype specimens have been labelled with a red paratype label: “ Resachus gillianae sp. nov. K. Matsumoto 2020 PARATYPE [♂ or ♀]”. Description of holotype, male. Colour: Dorsal side brown; venter brown to reddish brown, tibia brown, tarsal claws light brown. Dorsal and ventral surface densely covered with long setae. Body: Elongate, oval, dorsum convex, EL: 2.4 mm, EW: 1.8 mm, PL: 0.7 mm, PW: 1.6 mm. Dorsum. Head: Partially retracted into pronotum; overall surface smooth, relatively large punctation densely spread across surface. Antennae: 11 segmented, filiform, fully pubescent, antennomeres long and slender, 1st AS widest, 2nd AS narrow and long, 3rd AS smallest, 4th to 8th AS long and thin, 9th AS skewed oval, 10th and 11th AS wide and slightly concave posteriorly. Pronotum: Transverse, widest at posterior, narrowest at anterior, narrower than elytra; anterior margin convex, posterior margin tri-sinuate, lateral margin convex; surface covered with dense punctation, surface between punctures smooth and shiny. Scutellum: Subtriangular, large, lateral sides nearly straight. Elytra: Longer than wide; anterior margin very convex, sinuate; anterior lateral angle nearly right angled, rounded; lateral margins gently curved from anterior end to anterior 2/3, increasing in curvature towards the apex; surface with mixtures of small fine and dense punctuation; medium sized punctures forming irregular striae near the elytral suture, elytral striae more clearly visible towards lateral margin; surface between punctures smooth and shiny. Venter. Prosternum: Concave on anterior margin, outer lateral margin concave; prosternal process longer than wide, lateral margin curved, posterior margin rounded. Mesoventrite: Wider than long, narrows towards posterior; anterior margin concave where prosternal process fits, discrimen not clearly visible; lateral sub-parallel and gently curved, posterior sinuate, anterior tri-sinuate. Metaventrite: Long and wide, flat on the middle; discrimen thin visible across each end. Abdomen: Five clearly visible ventrites. Intercoxal process sinuate with pointed apex. Posterior margin of 1st and 2nd ventrites convex, 3rd to 4th ventrites slightly concave, 5th ventrite curved. Surface covered with long, light yellow, recumbent setae. Legs. Tibiae: Outer lateral margin almost straight, inner lateral margin straight. Tarsi: Simple, segments increase in length towards the apex, fifth tarsal segment as long as first to fourth tarsal segment combined. Tarsal claws: Long, narrow, symmetrical. Genitalia. Aedeagus: Elongate, strongly sclerotized. Base: Asymmetrical, widest around basal 0.2 in ventral view and 0.5 in lateral view. Median lobe: Approximately 1/2 the length of genitalia; longer than parameres; consistent width on the basal half, widest at middle and narrows towards the apex in lateral view; longer than parameres in lateral view; narrows gradually towards the apex, apex nearly flat and slightly curved in ventral view. There are two convex emarginations, one near the apex of the median lobe and another smaller one lower down on the median lobe (Figure 6). Parameres: Slightly wider than median lobe in ventral view; inner margin concave and outer margin a smooth convex curve in ventral view; apical emargination close to V-shaped; ventral margin sinuates and dorsal margin concave in lateral view; apex rounded in both ventral and lateral views. Female: No morphological difference from male except for the 5th abdominal ventrite longer than male. Ovipositor long, gonocoxites strongly tapering to a point. Distribution: Resachus gillianae Matsumoto sp. nov. is known only from the type locality and it is the new country record from this genus for Malawi. Etymology: This species is named after Gillian Crossan, long-term volunteer at BMNH who has contributed so much to the improvement of the collection. She was involved with recuration of Buprestidae collection, accessioning Milan Krajčík collection (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) and Rainer Schimmel collection (Elateridae), etc. Differential diagnosis: Resachus gillianae Matsumoto sp. nov. is closely related to Resachus schuhi Hernando & Ribera, 2006 from Madagascar, but can be easily distinguished by the following characters of Resachus gillianae. 1, Presence of two convex emarginations on the median lobe near the apex; 2, dorsal margin of parameres concave in lateral view; 3, parameres narrowing towards the apex; 4, apical emargination of parameres close to V-shaped rather than U-shaped as in Resachus schuhi.Published as part of Matsumoto, Keita, 2020, Description of new species of Resachus Delève, 1968 (Coleoptera: Limnichidae), pp. 578-581 in Zootaxa 4852 (5) on pages 578-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.5.6, http://zenodo.org/record/441020
Byrrhinus angolensis Matsumoto 2021, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Byrrhinus angolensis</i> Matsumoto sp. nov. [Figures 10-12] <p> <b>Type locality.</b> Angola, Cassamba, Luio River.</p> <p> <b>Type materials.</b> Holotype male, deposited at BMNH “ ANGOLA 1187m, Cassamba, Luio River, 13.19398S, 20.2235E; 30.xi-1.xii.2019, // General Coll. & UV LED, Matsumoto, K. leg. Okavango Wilderness Project, BMNH (E) 2020-30” with unique identification number “NHMUK014383825”. Additional label on red paper added “ <i>Byrrhinus angolensis</i> sp. nov. K. Matsumoto det. 2020 HOLOTYPE ♂ ”. Paratype (2 male; BMNH, AMG): same locality data as the holotype, with unique identification number “NHMUK014383826” and “NHMUK014375572”.All paratype specimens have been labelled with a red paratype label: “ <i>Byrrhinus angolensis</i> sp. nov. K. Matsumoto det. 2020 PARATYPE ♂ ”.</p> <p> <b>Description of holotype, male. Body:</b> Elongate, oval, dorsum convex, BL: 1.9 mm, EL: 1.5 mm, EW: 1.1 mm, PL: 0.4 mm, PW: 1.0 mm and HW: 0.5 mm. <b>Colour:</b> Dorsal side black; venter brown to dark reddish brown, tibia brown, tarsal claws brown. Dorsal and ventral surface densely covered with setae.</p> <p>.</p> <p> <b>Dorsum. Head:</b> Partially retracted into pronotum; overall surface smooth, no punctation across surface. <b>Antennae:</b> 11 segmented, filiform, fully pubescent, antennomeres long and slender, 1st AS widest, 2nd AS slightly narrower than 1st AS, 3rd to 6th AS long and thin, 7th to 11th AS skewed oval. <b>Pronotum:</b> Transverse, widest at posterior, narrowest at anterior, narrower than elytra; anterior margin concave, posterior margin strongly sinuate; lateral margin nearly straight; surface covered with moderately dense punctation, surface between punctures smooth and shiny. <b>Scutellum:</b> Subtriangular, large, lateral sides slightly convex. Elytra: Longer than wide; anterior margin sinuate; anterior lateral angle obtuse; lateral margins gently curve from anterior end to anterior 2/3, increase in curvature towards the apex; surface with small and moderately dense punctuation; punctuation decreases in depth towards the elytral tip; elytral striae not clearly visible; surface between punctures smooth and shiny.</p> <p> <b>Venter.</b> Overall surface with moderately dense micro-punctures with setae emerging from the punctures. <b>Prosternum:</b> Concave on anterior margin; prosternal process as long than wide, lateral margin concave, posterior margin semi-oval. <b>Mesoventrite:</b> Wider than long, narrows towards posterior; anterior margin concave where prosternal process fits, discrimen very small; lateral sub-parallel and gently curved, posterior nearly flat, anterior trisinuate. <b>Metaventrite:</b> Wider than long, flat in the middle; discrimen thin and not clearly visible. <b>Abdomen:</b> Five clearly visible ventrites. Intercoxal process sinuate with pointed apex. Posterior margin of 1st and 2nd ventrites convex, 3rd to 4th ventrites slightly concave, 5th ventrite nearly semi-circle. Surface covered with long, light yellow, recumbent setae.</p> <p> <b>Legs. Tibiae:</b> Outer and inner lateral margin convex. <b>Tarsi:</b> Simple, segments increase in length towards the apex. <b>Tarsal claws:</b> Short, narrow, symmetrical.</p> <p> <b>Genitalia.</b> Parameres twice as long as median lobe, long and slender, symmetrical, widest as base, apex acute, inner side near the apical end straight. Median lobe apex acute and slightly rounded, base to anterior 0.25 relatively straight, gentle convex curve near the apex. Phallobase strongly asymmetrical. Relatively sclerotised (Figures 7).</p> <p> <b>Female.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> <i>Byrrhinus angolensis</i> Matsumoto <b>sp. nov.</b> is known only from the type locality (Figure 14 for habitat).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species named after Angola, where it was collected.</p> <p> <b>Differential diagnosis.</b> According to the grouping system of Delève (1968), this new species would be in ‘group one’, which has a triangular median lobe and symmetrical parameres. This new species can be distinguished by the inner side near the apical end of the parameres straight, apex of parameres acute, majority of the median lobe straight and parallel.</p>Published as part of <i>Matsumoto, Keita, 2021, New species and records of Angolan Limnichidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea), pp. 111-117 in Zootaxa 4985 (1)</i> on pages 115-117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.1.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4930427">http://zenodo.org/record/4930427</a>
Lasionota (Nelsonozodes) oberthuri Pineda & Matsumoto 2021
No full textDactylozodes oberthuri Kerremans, 1897:47. [Figure 66A & 66B] Lectotype: “ Type // Equateur Loja Abbé Gaujon //Kerremans.1903-59 // Oberthuri Kerr. Type // NHMUK 011520842 // Dactylozodes oberthuri Kerremans, 1897 LECTOTYPE det. Pineda & Matsumoto, 2020”. Lectotype here designated. Current status: Lasionota (Nelsonozodes) oberthuri (Kerremans, 1897) (here revalidated). Comments: We designated this specimen as lectotype of Dactylozodes oberthuri Kerremans, 1897 since it matches the data (Équateur: Loja (abbé Gaujon par R. Oberthur)) as well as the original description made by Kerremans (1897:47). For reasons that he did not explain, Moore (1997) listed this species as synonym of L. tetrazonus (Chevrolat, 1838). The comparison of lectotypes of the two species showed that L. oberthuri (type locality: Loja, Ecuador) and L. tetrazonus (type locality: Patagonia) are morphologically different species with different distribution areas. For this reason, L. oberthuri (Kerremans, 1897) rev. stat. is reinstated as a valid species. On the other hand, the lectotype of L. oberthuri is identical to the holotype of L. inca (Fig. 8 in Moore & Diéguez, 2019:172) in external characters, as well as in the pattern and color of the dorsal surface. Hence, we propose the synonymy of L. oberthuri with L. inca syn. nov.Published as part of Pineda, Cristian & Matsumoto, Keita, 2021, Types of the New World Stigmoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) deposited in Natural History Museum, London Buprestidae: Buprestinae: Stigmoderini, pp. 443-470 in Zootaxa 4964 (3) on page 468, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/471455
Filmmaker Shinpei Takeda interviews Sachiko Matsumoto, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945
No full textSurvivor Sachiko Matsumoto talks about going into Hiroshima after the atomic bombing to look for her brother and returning with only his ashes. She also talks about marrying a Japanese-American after the war, and moving to San Francisco. She also says that she is now very active in working with her local Survivors Association and an elder's home
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