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Letter from M. Matsuda to Mr. [George H.]Hand, Chief Engineer; Rancho San Pedro, July 5, 1927
No full textRefers to laying a pipeline near a boundary of land. Mr. Matsuda refers to a previous request about the use of the land and the renewal of his lease. Offers crates of strawberries to Mr. Hand
Letter from Geo. [George] H. Hand, Chief Engineer, Rancho San Pedro to Mr. M. Matsuda, June 21, 1928
No full textNotification of lease agreements ready for signature and a request to speak with Mr. Matsuda about his lease with the Dominguez Estate Company. Matsuda holds leases from Dominguez Estate Company and Watson Land Company
Glossodoris acosti Matsuda & Gosliner 2018, sp. nov.
No full textGlossodoris acosti Matsuda and Gosliner, sp. nov. Figures (2E, 6C, D, 8E, F, 9A–E) Glossodoris cincta (Bergh, 1888), (Rudman 1986 in part, misidentification: 155, figs, 30C, 33B, 35). Glossodoris sp. D Matsuda & Gosliner 2017. Type Material. Holotype: CASIZ-191352, one specimen, dissected, 18 mm preserved, Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Rempi, coll: D. Uyeno, 20 November 2012, Papua New Guinea Biodiversity Expedition 2012, orig. fixative 95% EtOH. Tissue sample was removed from the foot for DNA sequencing in Matsuda & Gosliner (2017), GenBank: KT600698 (COI). Paratypes: CASIZ- 191109, one specimen, 6 mm preserved, Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, coll: Expedition by vacuum, 10 Nov 2012, Papua New Guinea Biodiversity Expedition 2012, orig. fixative 98% EtOH. Tissue sample was removed from the foot for DNA sequencing in Matsuda & Gosliner (2017). CASIZ-158809, one specimen, dissected, 31 mm preserved, Philippines, Luzon, Batangas Province, Mabini (Calumpan Peninsula), Maricaban Strait, Arthur’s Rock, coll: B. Castillo, 7 May 2001, 10 meters, orig. fixative Bouin’s solution. A tissue sample was removed from the foot for DNA sequencing by Johnson & Gosliner (2012) and the extraction was additionally used in Matsuda & Gosliner (2017). CASIZ-175327, one specimen 42mm preserved, Philippines, Bohol Island, Panglao, Sungcolan Bay, fringe mangrove, sand and seagrass, coll: T.M. Gosliner, Y. Camacho, J. Templado, M. Malaquias, M. Poddubetskaia, 9 June 2004, Panglao Expedition 2004, 1–5 meters, orig. fixative Bouin’s solution or 10% formalin. Etymology. Glossodoris acosti is named after Robert Acosta, a longtime friend and mentor of the first author. Distribution. Specimens identified in Philippines and Papua New Guinea (present study) and possibly Christmas Island (Indian Ocean) (Rudman 1986). External morphology. Glossodoris acosti have an elongate oval mantle that sits high on the well-elevated sides of the body (Fig. 6C, D). The mantle edge consists of small permanent and semi-permanent undulations with a larger fold on both sides at the midpoint of the mantle. The coloration of the mantle and foot range from brick red to brown, which is covered with small white spots that are denser closer to the edge of the mantle giving it a textured appearance. Three marginal bands run along the outer edge of the mantle and foot, the outermost light blue, followed by dark green and then a lighter yellow-green (Fig. 2E). The color bands on the mantle are more intense than on the foot. The gill forms an arch around the anus that opens posterior, and the gills at both ends of the arc curl inwards. The posterior gill branches form two spirals that are found dorsal to the anterior branches. The gill is large and extends all the way to the mantle margins when fully extended. The lamellae are covered in small white spots with dark colored tips, and while the majority are forked, some are not. In one specimen, the lamellae at the middle of the arc had a notably long fork. The base of the rhinophores are the same color as the mantle that become increasingly whiter approaching the dark tips. The genital pore is located on the right side of the body below the mantle and posterior to the rhinophores. Internal morphology. Radular structure (Fig. 9A–E). The radular ribbon is long and wide (Fig. 9D) (radular formula for an 18 mm preserved specimen CASIZ-191352 is approximately 106 x 65.1.65). The rachidian tooth (Fig. 9A) is two-thirds of the length of the first lateral tooth and narrows to a dull point. The first lateral tooth has a long central cusp with six well-defined small denticles on each side of the tooth. The inner edges of the first laterals have a thicker ridge behind the denticles. The cusps of the inner laterals are slightly longer and there are approximately 12–15 denticles only on the outer edge. The mid-laterals (Fig. 9B) have a more pronounced peen than the inner teeth, and have 8–10 denticles on the outer edge. The outer laterals (Fig. 9C) are reduced with a shorter central cusp, a reduced peen, and only small indentations where the denticles are on the inner and midlaterals. The outer three teeth entirely lack any trace of denticles. The jaw rodlets have a unicuspid tip and are slightly curved (Fig. 9E). Reproductive system (Fig. 8E, F). The vagina is very long and folded and the bursa copulatrix is of comparable size to the receptaculum seminis sac. The bursa and receptaculum have a common insertion. The penial sac is long and twisted and wraps around the more distal part of the penis. The muscular vas deferens and glandular prostatic portion are also highly convoluted. Remarks. The color pattern is distinctly different than G. bonwanga and G. andersonae, however closely resembles that of G. sp. cf. cincta. In G. bonwanga, there are only two marginal bands of color (outer black and inner yellow) compared to the three bands of G. acosti (outer light blue, middle dark green and outer yellowish green). Similarly, G. andersonae has a white to light blue outer band, followed by a middle band of dark blue and a yellowish green band that contains numerous opaque white markings. There appear to be subtle, but consistent differences in the external morphology between G. acosti and G. sp. cf. cincta. In G. acosti, the marginal bands are much wider and more subdued than in G. sp. cf. cincta. When fully extended, the gill of G. acosti is much larger (extending to the outer margins of the mantle) and has two distinct spirals found above the lower gill branches (Fig. 6D), whereas the gill of G. sp. cf. cincta is smaller and has all branches at one level. Glossodoris acosti closely matches the description of Rudman’s (1986) Philippines-Indonesia color group. This is especially evident in the light blue mantle band noted in Rudman’s Philippines specimen (Fig. 5). It also shares similarities to Rudman’s (1986: figs. 33B, 35) Christmas Island specimen in its reproductive system structure and radular morphology. The radula in G. acosti and G. sp. cf. cincta are also very similar, however the rachidian tooth in G. acosti (Fig. 9A) is less pointed than in G. sp. cf. cincta (Fig. 9F) and lacks the bulbous swelling below the apex. The outer laterals in G. acosti have faint indentations where the denticles would be, whereas in G. sp. cf. cincta the outer denticles are completely smooth in the Philippines and Papua New Guinea specimens, although the Madagascar specimen has well-defined denticles all the way to the edge. Further study is needed to determine the range of variation of these radular characters. The vagina of G. acosti is very long and convoluted, which is similar to G. bonwanga, however it is significantly longer than in G. andersonae and G. sp. cf. cincta. Similarly, the penial papilla of G. acosti (Fig. 8E, F) is elongate and twists around the distal portion of the penis, where as it is much shorter and evenly curved in G. sp. cf. cincta (Fig. 8G, I). The ABGD analysis clearly separates G. acosti from other members of the G. cincta clade. The intraspecific pdistances are less than or equal to 2, and interspecific p-distances Ž7 (Matsuda & Gosliner 2017) (Fig. 5).Published as part of Matsuda, Shayle B. & Gosliner, Terrence M., 2018, Glossing over cryptic species: Descriptions of four new species of Glossodoris and three new species of Doriprismatica (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), pp. 501-529 in Zootaxa 4444 (5) on pages 513-515, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/143722
Letter from Dominguez Estate Company to Mr. M. Matsuda, April 13, 1933
No full textNotifies Matsuda of two bounced checks on land lease payments. Hand is representing the Dominguez Estate Company
Glossodoris andersonae Matsuda & Gosliner 2018, sp. nov.
No full textGlossodoris andersonae Matsuda & Gosliner sp. nov. Figures (2D, 6B, 7E–I, 8C, D) Glossodoris sp. 1 Gosliner et al. 2015: 235, upper right photo. Glossodoris sp. C Matsuda & Gosliner 2017. Type material. Holotype: CASIZ-192288, one specimen, dissected, 12 mm preserved, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea, “ Abu Lad ” [Abulad Islands], coll: T.M. Gosliner, 10 Mar 2013, Red Sea Biodiversity Cruise 2013, 7 meters, orig. fixative 95% EtOH. A tissue sample from the foot was taken for molecular analyses (Matsuda & Gosliner 2017), GenBank: KT600694. No other specimens from this location have been collected at this time. Etymology. Glossodoris andersonae is named after Jennifer Anderson, retired lecturer in the Environmental Studies Department at the University of California Santa Cruz, who is a longtime friend and mentor of the first author. Distribution. Known only from the Saudi Arabian Red Sea (Gosliner et al. 2015; present study). External morphology. Glossodoris andersonae has an elongate oval mantle that is elevated from the sides of the body above the foot (Fig. 6B). The mantle and foot are both a rust-orange color covered almost entirely with white blotches that become denser towards the outer edge, giving it a textured appearance. The mantle edge is characterized by a series of small permanent and semi-permanent undulations with a pair of large permanent folds midway on the mantle that correspond to the only location where the thick white splotching crosses over the top of the mantle. There are three marginal mantle bands; the outermost is a thin white, followed by a navy blue and then greenish-yellow that contains irregular opaque white spots (Fig. 2D). These same colors similarly border the base of the foot though appear slightly less intense. The gill sits on the posterior third of the body and forms a semicircle around the anus. The approximately 19 unipinnate gill branches curve inwards at both ends into small spirals where the branches are shorter. Each branch has a single tip and shares the same color pattern as the mantle at the base, with the white spots becoming denser towards the dark blue-green tips. The rhinophores have approximately 18 lamellae and are almost entirely covered in soft white spots with a few darker spots around the base and the tips. Most notable are two dark blackish-blue circles with a diameter approximately double that of the rhinophores on the mantle directly behind each rhinophore. The genital pore is located on the right side of the body just under the mantle skirt posterior to the rhinophores. Internal anatomy. Radula (Figs. 7E–I). The radular ribbon is long and wide (Fig. 7H) (12 mm preserved specimen, with a formula of 88 x 68.1.68). The rachidian tooth (Fig. 7E) is approximately two-thirds the length of the adjacent lateral teeth, and each rachidian tooth ends in a narrow but blunt tip. The first lateral tooth is long, curved and narrow with nine well-defined denticles on the outer edge and five distinct denticles on the inner face. The denticles are small and do not protrude out from the main body of the tooth. The inner and mid-laterals (Fig. 7F) have well defined denticles on the outer edge (~11 and ~12–14 respectively), and a well-defined peen. The outer laterals (Fig. 7G) are reduced in size, have no peen, however retain their denticles, though reduced, until almost the very edge. The jaws contain densely packed unicuspid, curved rodlets (Fig. 7I). Reproductive system (Fig. 8C, D). The bursa copulatrix is almost double the size of the receptaculum seminis, and the receptaculum duct itself is short. The penial bulb is long and convoluted, leading to the vas deferens and the prostate gland, which are both long and folded. The ampulla and prostate gland do not join before entering the albumen gland. Remarks. Glossodoris andersonae shares similarities in color pattern with some members of the Glossodoris cincta clade. Rudman (1986) did not specifically mention any Red Sea specimens as belonging to the Glossodoris cincta color group. However, he did list two species documented from the Red Sea as synonyms of G. cincta: Casella foxi (O’Donoghue 1929) and a species identified as Casella obsoleta (Rüppell & Leuckart 1828) by Gohar & Soliman (1967). The specimen they illustrated is clearly distinct from Doris obsoleta Rüppell & Leuckart, 1928, which has orange and black marginal bands, is currently classified as a species of Goniobranchus (Gosliner et al. 2015). Casella foxi, based on its radula teeth with small denticles and permanently undulating mantle margin, is most likely a Glossodori s as is the species misidentified by Gohar & Soliman. However, both of these species differ from G. andersonae, described here in having an outer yellow (yellowish green in “ Casella obsoleta ”) marginal band that is followed by a middle cobalt blue band and a second band of yellow. In G. andersonae, the outer band is white to blue, followed by a dark blue to black band and greenish yellow band with numerous opaque white spots. The colored bands that surround the mantle are distinctive, as are the dark blackish-blue spots behind the rhinophores. The white blotches covering the mantle and foot are more textured and dense than in other members of the G. cincta clade. In G. foxi and “ Casella obsoleta ” the gill branches are held erectly away from the body surface whereas they are curved inward in G. andersonae and are appressed against the mantle surface. The rachidian teeth in G. andersonae are almost two thirds the height of the adjacent laterals, have a broad base and a narrower outer portion, whereas they are much shorter and more uniformly triangular in G. foxi and “ Casella obsoleta ”. The rachidian tooth is elongate but rounded apically in G. andersonae, a trait that separates it from G. bonwanga, and G. sp. cf. cincta, which have acutely pointed apices, and G. acosti, which is blunt. Glossodoris andersonae has a much shorter vagina than G. bonwanga and G. acosti and only slightly shorter than G. sp. cf. cincta. Molecular and morphological data support this as independent and distinct (Matsuda & Gosliner 2017). A pdistance>9% separates G. andersonae from the other closely related species (Matsuda & Gosliner 2017) and the ABGD analysis from this study clearly differentiates this as a distinct species (Fig. 5).Published as part of Matsuda, Shayle B. & Gosliner, Terrence M., 2018, Glossing over cryptic species: Descriptions of four new species of Glossodoris and three new species of Doriprismatica (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae), pp. 501-529 in Zootaxa 4444 (5) on pages 511-513, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/143722
Letter from Geo. [George] H. Hand, Chief Engineer, Rancho San Pedro to Mr. M. Matsuda, August 1, 1927
No full textNotifies Matsuda of lease agreement ready for his signature
Letter from Dominguez Estate Company to Mr. M. Matsuda, January 19, 1935
No full textNotification of the Dominguez Estate Company's decision to farm the leased land because they do not believe Mr. Matsuda can pay his debts and current rent due on land leases. Requests the total sum due within fifteen days or vacate the premises
Matsuda index adjusted for sustained hyperglycemia via propensity scores outperforms homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance in identifying insulin—requiring gestational diabetes mellitus
No full textBackground: Gestational diabetes mellitus, a glucose metabolism disorder during pregnancy, is linked to insulin resistance. Pregnancy elevates insulin resistance, and gestational diabetes mellitus increases fetal complication risks via excessive glucose transport. Current gestational diabetes mellitus diagnosis relies solely on blood glucose levels, which inadequately guide clinical management or insulin initiation. While homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance and Matsuda index assess insulin resistance, their utility for insulin treatment evaluation in gestational diabetes mellitus is underexplored. Objectives: Insulin resistance indices with enhanced discriminatory power for gestational diabetes mellitus were evaluated to predict insulin therapy during pregnancy in women suspected of gestational diabetes. Design: This retrospective analysis utilized existing clinical data. Methods: Clinical data from 383 pregnant women with suspected abnormal glucose metabolism at Tenshi Hospital (Jan 2018–Sep 2021) were analyzed. Gestational diabetes mellitus was diagnosed using 75-g oral glucose tolerance test criteria. Evaluations included blood glucose, insulin levels, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance, and Matsuda index. The primary outcome was predicting the need for insulin treatment. Statistical analyses involved receiver operating characteristic curves and propensity score adjustment. Results: Body mass index, glycated hemoglobin, glucose/insulin levels, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance, quantitative insulin sensitivity check index, and Matsuda index differed between gestational diabetes mellitus and nongestational diabetes mellitus groups. Standalone Matsuda index (area under the curve = 0.714) outperformed homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (area under the curve = 0.618) for gestational diabetes mellitus discrimination; however, both exhibited poor model fit. Notably, the propensity score-adjusted composite Matsuda index (Matsuda index × BS 0 × BS 120 ) demonstrated superior performance for gestational diabetes mellitus diagnosis (area under the curve = 0.891) and for predicting insulin treatment (area under the curve = 0.785, lowest Bayesian information criterion, highest positive likelihood ratio), surpassing single indices and adjusted homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance models. Conclusions: The propensity score-adjusted Matsuda index for sustained hyperglycemia (Matsuda index × BS 0 × BS 120 ) excelled in gestational diabetes mellitus diagnosis and insulin therapy prediction. This adjusted index offers superior model fit and predictive accuracy, potentially guiding appropriate insulin treatment decisions in suspected gestational diabetes mellitus cases. Trial registration: Tenshi Hospital Ethics Committee (approval number: 151; accepted on February 3, 2022)
Aoko Matsuda y la reformulación feminista de «Botan Dōrō»
No full textEn 1666 el monje budista Asai Ryōi adaptó un cuento de origen chino, titulado en japonés «Botan Dōrō», que desde entonces y hasta el día de hoy ha sido numerosas veces versionado. La atención de las sucesivas adaptaciones que se hicieron de la historia centraban la atención del relato en la necrofilia, sexualizando de esta manera a la mujer fantasma que protagoniza el relato. En el año 2016, la escritora japonesa Aoko Matsuda, reformula la historia en el cuento «Botangara no dōrō» de su colección Obachan tachi no iru tokoro mediante un enfoque feminista que erradica la cosificación sexual del espectro y facilita la supervivencia de la historia en el siglo XXI.This article examines the story "Botangara no dōrō" by the Japanese writer Aoko Matsuda, based on a contrastive analysis based on the study of the defining elements that underlie the previous versions of this story. The purpose of the review of these elements is to highlight the subversion of the patriarchal discourse carried out by the author regarding the sexualization of the female ghost protagonist of the story. Thus, while the successive adaptations that were made of the story of Chinese origin on Japanese soil focused the plot's attention on necrophilia, in 2016 the Japanese writer Aoko Matsuda reformulated the story through a feminist approach that eradicates the sexual objectification of the spectrum and facilitates the survival of the story in the 21st century
Applicative Bidirectional Programming with Lenses
No full textA bidirectional transformation is a pair of mappings between source and view data objects, one in each direction. When the view is modified, the source is updated accordingly with respect to some laws. One way to reduce the development and maintenance effort of bidirectional transformations is to have specialized languages in which the resulting programs are bidirectional by construction---giving rise to the paradigm of bidirectional programming.
In this paper, we develop a framework for applicative-style and higher-order bidirectional programming, in which we can write bidirectional transformations as unidirectional programs in standard functional languages, opening up access to the bundle of language features previously only available to conventional unidirectional languages. Our framework essentially bridges two very different approaches of bidirectional programming, namely the lens framework and Voigtlander’s semantic bidirectionalization, creating a new programming style that is able to bag benefits from both
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