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Homa sinensis Qin & Zhang 2011
No full textHoma sinensis Qin & Zhang, 2011 (Figs 81–85) Homa sinensis Qin & Zhang, 2011 in Qin et al., 2011: 32. Materials examined: 1♂ (holotype), China Yunnan Province, Bubeng, Mengla, December 15, 1999, I. Dworakowska (NWAFU); 3♂♂, Thailand Khonkaen Nam Pong NP office, 16º37.201'N, 102º34.481'E, 218 m, Malaise trap, July 26-August 2, 2006, Khamphol Jaidee (NWAFU); 2♂♂, Thailand, Phetchabun Nam Nao NP Heliport, 16º43.156'N, 101º35.118'E, 890 m, Pan trap, December 21–22, 2006, Noopean Hongyothi & Leng Janteab (INHS); 2♂♂, Thailand Phetchabun Nam Nao NP Heliport, 16º43.156'N, 101º35.118'E, 890 m, Pan trap, December 21–22, 2006, Noopean Hongyothi & Leng Janteab (QSBG).Published as part of Xu, Ye, Wang, Yi-Mei, Dmitriev, Dmitry A., Dietrich, Christopher H. & Qin, Dao-Zheng, 2022, Revision of the genus Homa Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), pp. 179-190 in Zootaxa 5087 (1) on page 189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/581998
The actions of IGFBPs on growth and glucose metabolism in transgenic mouse models
No full textThe roles of insulin/IGF signaling in growth control and glucose metabolism have been extensively studied. To date, the growth inhibitory effects of IGFBPs and impaired glucose homeostasis caused by IGFBP-3 have been mostly studied in vitro. Our study, here, provides the first in vivo evidence by targeted gene deletion to show that IGFBP-2, -3, and -5 have inhibitory effects on growth, whereas IGFBP-4 and -6 have no effect. However, only male IGFBP-3 KO mice have increased body weight, indicating a gender difference in the system. IGFBP-4 mice, in either C57BL/6J or 129S6 background, show no difference from wild type animals. Disrupting the ternary complex of IGF/IGFBP by knocking out IGFBP-3 and -5 at the same time has a tremendous effect in growth of female mice. As a result, double KO mice gain even more weight than single IGFBP-3 or -5 KO mice. Disruption of the most abundant IGFBP-3 in circulation results in enhanced glucose tolerance companied by increased insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity. This makes IGFBP-3 a potential target in treating obesity and type 2 diabetes. Lastly, the effect of IGFBPs in traumatic brain injury was studied and it shows that, following brain injury, IGFBP-2 mRNA expression is upregulated at the injury site with the consequence that IGFBP-2 KO mice have significantly increased neurogenesis around the subventricular zone (SVZ). The role of IGFBP-2 in proliferation of stem cells in the CNS is further confirmed by quantitative PCR which shows a 28-fold upregulation in cultured neurospheres from the postnatal brain compared to Stratagene’s Universal Mouse Reference cDNA.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Mei Qi
FIGURES 81–85. H. sinensis Qin & Zhang. 81 in Revision of the genus Homa Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)
No full textFIGURES 81–85. H. sinensis Qin & Zhang. 81. head and thorax, dorsal view; 82, face; 83, abdominal apodemes; 84. male genitalia, leaf lateral view; 85, male genitalia, dorsal view.Published as part of Xu, Ye, Wang, Yi-Mei, Dmitriev, Dmitry A., Dietrich, Christopher H. & Qin, Dao-Zheng, 2022, Revision of the genus Homa Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), pp. 179-190 in Zootaxa 5087 (1) on page 189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/581998
FIGURES 81–85. H. sinensis Qin & Zhang. 81 in Revision of the genus Homa Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)
No full textFIGURES 81–85. H. sinensis Qin & Zhang. 81. head and thorax, dorsal view; 82, face; 83, abdominal apodemes; 84. male genitalia, leaf lateral view; 85, male genitalia, dorsal view.Published as part of Xu, Ye, Wang, Yi-Mei, Dmitriev, Dmitry A., Dietrich, Christopher H. & Qin, Dao-Zheng, 2022, Revision of the genus Homa Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), pp. 179-190 in Zootaxa 5087 (1) on page 189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/581998
A new species, Cylindroeme yunnanensis sp. nov. from China (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae)
No full textLin, Mei-Ying, Li, Kai-Qin (2022): A new species, Cylindroeme yunnanensis sp. nov. from China (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae). Zootaxa 5159 (2): 294-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.2.
Tsounkranaglenea hefferni gen. et sp. nov. from Sabah, Malaysia (Coleoptera Cerambycidae, Lamiinae: Saperdini)
No full textLin, Mei-Ying, Ge, Si-Qin (2021): Tsounkranaglenea hefferni gen. et sp. nov. from Sabah, Malaysia (Coleoptera Cerambycidae, Lamiinae: Saperdini). Zootaxa 5048 (2): 289-297, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5048.2.
The politics of fashion: perceptions of power in female clothing and ornamentation as reflected in the sixteenth-century Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei
No full textThis thesis examines issues of female power and influence in sixteenth-century China focusing on how women and their roles were perceived in the changing social environment of the mid-late Ming dynasty. Using aspects of a New Historicist approach, information from contemporary literary and historical sources are analysed alongside each other. With its emphasis on the lives of women and preoccupation with the description of material objects, the late Ming novel Jin Ping Mei forms an important element in the thesis. China in the sixteenth century saw expanding urbanisation, the emergence of a new wealthy merchant class, increasing visibility of women and a questioning of traditional morality. Fashion consciousness, as one of the most conspicuous aspects of the new material culture, is a possible indicator of these trends. Traditional Western theories contend that fashion began in the particular context of Renaissance Europe. However, this study argues that a similar fashion awareness existed in China too, and was manifested in a competitive striving for social status, in this case specifically among women. In contrast to previous studies which downplayed the impact women had on defining traditional Chinese culture, this thesis demonstrates how women and their sartorial choices began to redefine the boundaries of material culture, influencing literati discourse which, in turn, re- influenced female behaviour
Figures 27–31 in Two new species and a key to species of the genus Proscleropterus Korotyaev (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from China
No full textFigures 27–31. Proscleropterus rudis Colonnelli, Qin & Huang, sp. nov., male. 27, 29. Dorsal habitus. 28. Lateral habitus. 30. Ventrites. 31. Pygidium. Scale bars: 29–31 = 0.50 mm.Published as part of Mei Qin, Junhao Huang, Enzo Colonnelli, Runzhi Zhang & Hong Wu, 2016, Two new species and a key to species of the genus Proscleropterus Korotyaev (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from China, pp. 173-185 in Zoological Systematics 41 (2) on page 181, DOI: 10.11865/zs.201616, http://zenodo.org/record/27032
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