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Lopharcha moriutii Nasu, sp. nov.
No full textLopharcha moriutii Nasu, sp. nov. Figs. 1, 3, 4, 7 Diagnosis. Sexual dimorphism is not pronounced. The species has a dark grayish brown forewing with a conspicuous white spot on the middle and two purplish metallic bands. The male genitalia are characterized by a thin socius and a pair of fusiform scale tufts in addition to a pair of long hairpencils arising from eighth segment (Figs. 3, 4). The female genitalia are characterized by a large triangular lamella postvaginalis and the absence of a signum (Fig. 7). The female genitalia are similar to those of L. rapax (Meyrick, 1908), but L. moriutii can be distinguished from the latter in having a smaller, more brownish forewing, a longer uncus, and thin socius (cf., figures of L. rapax by Diakonoff (1974) and Robinson et al. (1994)). Description. Adult. Male (Fig. 1). Wing expanse 10–11 mm. Head dark grayish brown, tips of scales on head light yellowish brown. Ocellus and chaetosema present. Labial palpus short, two times diameter of compound eye, dark brown, tips of scales light yellowish brown; inner side whitish. Antenna simple, dark brown. Thorax and tegula dark grayish brown, tips of scales light yellowish brown. Forewing elongate, obtuse-triangle, apex acute. Upperside with five raised scale tufts: between bases of veins R 4 and R 5, between bases of M 2 and M 3, at base of discal cell, at base of and middle of 1 A+ 2 A. Upperside ground color dark grayish brown, area outside of discal cell yellowish brown (sometimes darker). Costa with nine pairs of strigulae from base to the point where vein R 4 meets costa. Each pair of strigulae with a purplish silvery stria extending obliquely outward. Striae variable in length and degree of fusion. First four pairs (1–4) between base of costa and the point where vein Sc meets costa divided into two subgroups. First subgroup occupying an interfascial position, between basal and subbasal fascia; striae from them rarely extending beyond Sc, indistinguishable, sometimes absent. Second subgroup between subbasal and median fascia position, with two striae which approximate each other, confluent at Sc, forming a silvery band extending to middle of dorsum. Fifth and sixth pairs of strigulae (5–6) between the points where veins Sc and R 1 meet costa; of the striae from them, first stria short, extending to R 1, second well developed, forming a broad purplish silvery band, extending to dorsum before tornus. Pairs of strigulae 7, 8, and 9 distributed between pairs of veins R 1 -R 2, R 2 -R 3, and R 3 -R 4, respectively. Of the striae arising from them, first and third short, extending to before R 4 (first sometimes before R 5); second well developed, forming a purplish silvery streak extending to between the point where veins CuA 1 and CuA 2 meet termen. A conspicuous small white spot near at separation of veins Cu stem and CuA 2. A purplish line running along termen, from the point where R 4 meets costa to before the point where M 3 meets termen. Cilia dark grayish brown, with a whitish basal line. Underside grayish brown, lighter in overlapping area. Each strigulae and stria originating from eight pair of strigulae marked by light scales following upperside pattern. Hindwing trapezoidal. Upperside light grayish brown, sometimes darker distally, lighter on area underlying forewing, cilia concolorous with wing. Underside light grayish brown, darker distally. Male genitalia (Figs. 3, 4). Eighth segment with a pair of long deciduous hairpencils and tufts of fusiform scales, the former extending into the longitudinal split of the outer side of valva; eighth tergite enlarged, forming a dorsal cover over the genitalia (Fig. 4). Uncus long, acute. Socius long, acute. Gnathos well developed, a pair of long arms curved, fused distally, the top acute, spinulose. Transtilla a slender bar. Aedeagus cone-shaped, tapered in both ends; cornutus absent. Valva triangular, membranous, with a row of short spine-like setae ventrally. Vinculum small. Female. Wing expanse 11–12 mm. Color and wing pattern as in male. Female genitalia (Fig. 7). Papillae anales finger-shaped. Apophyses posteriores as long as apophyses anteriores. Lamella postvaginalis well developed, forming a triangular plate with a pair of knots posteriorly, the surface rough, spinulose; lamella antevaginalis a slender spinulose band. Bursa copulatrix weakly sclerotized, a long tubelike sac; signum absent. Holotype ɗ, Thailand, Nakhon Nayok, Khao Yai (ca. 800 m), 11–19.xi. 1985, S. Moriuti, T. Saito & Y. Arita leg., genitalia slide no. YN 1272 (OPU). Paratypes. Same locality as holotype, 2 Ψ, 24–25.viii. 1981, H. Kuroko, S. Moriuti, Y. Arita & Y. Yoshiyasu leg. (OPU). China: Hong Kong, Mid-Levels (150 m), 1 Ψ, 5–18.xii. 1982, J. Robinson leg. (BMNH); Victoria Peak (400 m), 1 ɗ, vii. 1991, K. Li leg., 1 ď, v. 1993, A. C. Galsworthy leg., 1 ď, 2 Ψ, vi. 1993, A. C. Galsworthy leg. (BMNH). Distribution. Thailand, China (Hong Kong), from the lowlands to montane habitats. Host-plant. Unknown. Biology. The adult moths are attracted to light; adults have been collected in May- August and November-December. Etymology. The specific epithet is in named in honor of the late Dr. S. Moriuti, who kindly provided me with information on Microlepidoptera and allowed to examine to many Thai specimens. Remarks. Lopharcha is distributed in the Oriental region, Japan, and New Zealand, and 21 species previously have been recorded (Brown et al., 2005). The genus, however, had been investigated poorly in Thailand and China. Only one species, L. rapax, was recorded from Thailand (Robinson et al., 1994) and no species from China. Three species of the tribe, Cnephasitis apodicta Diakonoff, 1974, C. spinata Li & Bai, 1986, and Polylopha cassiicola, were reported from China (Liu & Li, 2002). Lopharcha is recorded from China for the first time. Lopharcha moriutii has characteristic fusiform scale tufts on eighth segment of male adult which are not found in congeners. The genus is associated with Lauraceae: L. distissima Diakonoff, 1974 feeds on Cinnamomum iners Reinew. ex Blume (Diakonoff, 1974), L. erioptila (Meyrick, 1912) on C. camphora (L.) Presl., L. halidora (Meyrick, 1908) on C. iners, L. siderota (Meyrick, 1918) on C. camphora (Robinson et al., 2001), and L. insolita (Dugdale, 1966) on Litsea calicaris (A. Cum.) (Rotoehu) (Dugdale, 1966). The genus is closely related to Polylopha Lower, but differs in having one or two bundlelike spined signa (sometimes lost) instead of a W-shaped signum (Diakonoff, 1974).Published as part of Nasu, Yoshitsugu, 2006, Lopharcha moriutii, sp. nov. and Polylopha cassiicola Liu & Kawabe (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Chlidanotinae, Polyorthini) from Thailand and Hong Kong, pp. 55-61 in Zootaxa 1369 on pages 56-59, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17487
Gibberifera yadongensis Nasu & Liu 1996
No full textGibberifera yadongensis Nasu & Liu, 1996 Gibberifera yadongensis Nasu & Liu, 1996: 71; Liu & Li, 2002: 323. TL: China: Yadong County, Xizang Autonomous Region; TD: IZCAS. Specimens examined. 5♂, 2♀, Yonghong Township, Mabian Yi Autonomous County, Sichuan Province, alt. 1200 m, 21–23 July 2004, leg. Ren Y.D. Distribution. China (Sichuan, Xizang). Remarks. This species is similar to G. hepaticana Kawabe & Nasu, but has a more brownish forewing and in the male genitalia the vesica lacks non-deciduous cornuti. In G. hepaticana the forewing is lighter, and two or three non-deciduous cornuti are present in the vesica of the male genitalia.Published as part of Zhang, Aihuan, 2021, Review of Gibberifera Obraztsov (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from China, with description of a new species, pp. 409-416 in Zootaxa 5039 (3) on page 415, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5039.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/551149
Hendecaneura himalayana Nasu 1996
No full text6. Hendecaneura himalayana Nasu, 1996 Hendecaneura himalayana Nasu, 1996, Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 47(4): 209; Brown, 2005, World Catalogue of Insects, 5: 377; Zhang & Li, 2005, Oriental Insects, 39: 111. TL: Nepal, Chautara District, Choche Lekh; TD: BMNH. Forewing length 10.0–11.0 mm. Specimens examined. 2♂, CHINA: Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region, Motuo County, alt. 3,300 m, 8 July 2003, coll. X. Wang & H. Xue, genitalia slide no. ZAH04111; 1♂, Xizang Autonomous Region, Motuo County, 80 K (29.66 °N, 95.49 °E), alt. 2,089 m, 19 August 2017, coll. M. Qi & X. Yang, genitalia slide no. ZAH19012. Distribution. China (Xizang), India, Nepal. Remarks. The male forewing has a circular pocket at base of 1A+2A vein in H. himalayana. The species is similar to H. axiotima (Meyrick) in appearance and the distinguished characters between them are as described in the remarks of H. axiotima (Meyrick).Published as part of Zhang, Aihuan, 2021, Study on the Genus Hendecaneura Walsingham from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), pp. 359-366 in Zootaxa 4966 (3) on pages 364-365, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/473679
Gibberifera hepaticana Kawabe & Nasu 1994
No full textGibberifera hepaticana Kawabe & Nasu, 1994 Gibberifera simplana: Kawabe, 1982, in: Inoue et al. (eds.), 1: 122, 2: 174. [Misidentification] Gibberifera hepaticana Kawabe & Nasu, 1994: 89; Razowski, 1999: 448; Kuznetzov, 2001, in: Ler (ed.): 347; Liu & Li, 2002: 321. TL: Japan, Honshu, Iwate Prefecture, Kuzakai; TD: OPU. Specimens examined. 2♂, 2♀, Mt. Fanjing, Guizhou Province, alt. 2100 m, 30–31 July 2001, leg. Li H.H. & Wang X.P.; 5♂, 1♀, Jiangkou County, Guizhou Province, alt. 1700 m, 29 August 2001, leg. Li H.H. & Wang X.P.; 1♂, 1♀, Dahe forestry station, Shanxi Province, alt. 1340 m, 13 July 2012, leg. Gao Q. & Chen N. Distribution. China (Shanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou), Japan. Remarks. This species is externally similar to G. simplana (Fischer von Röslerstamm), but uncus shallowly bifurcated, vesica with two or three non-deciduous cornuti and the sterigma has acute latero-caudal angles.Published as part of Zhang, Aihuan, 2021, Review of Gibberifera Obraztsov (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from China, with description of a new species, pp. 409-416 in Zootaxa 5039 (3) on page 413, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5039.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/551149
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Monopis iunctio Huang & Chen & Hirowatari & Nasu & Wang 2011, SP. NOV.
No full text<i>MONOPIS IUNCTIO</i> HUANG & HIROWATARI SP. NOV. <p>(FIGS 1C, 2C, 3E)</p> <p> <i>Diagnosis:</i> See the diagnosis of <i>M. monachella</i>.</p> <p> <i>Description: Male</i>. Wingspan 14.2–15.8 mm, forewing length 6.5–7.3 mm, length of antenna 5.4–6.0 mm (Fig. 1C).</p> <p>Head: vertex and frons densely covered with rough, erect, yellowish white scales except the edges, which have brownish black scales. Antenna smooth, brownish black except apical part white, almost 0.8 ¥ length of forewing; scape smooth scaled, yellowish white with pecten containing more than six black bristles. Compound eyes large, covered with brownish grey scales along the edge. Maxillary palpus sparsely covered with pale yellow scales. Labial palpus yellowish white mesally, and brownish black laterally, the second segment with a bundle of black scales ventrally and more than ten long, strong, black bristles laterally and apically.</p> <p> Thorax: dorsum including tegula smooth with dense white scales, anterior and posterior end of mesonotum dark brownish grey; tegula with basal 1/4 black. Fore- and midleg brownish black; hindleg pale black with hind tibia bearing long yellowish pale hairs. Forewing about 3.0 ¥ as long as wide including fringes (about 2.9 ¥ as long as wide excluding fringe); ground colour purple black with a large rectangular oblique white marking (including the subhyaline spot) on the costa from 2/7 to 6/7 dilated in middle where it reaches halfway across wing, which has a black sheep-foot-shaped spot along the costa from basal 1/2 to 6/7, costa with a very narrow black streak from basal 2/7 to 1/2; fringe short, black; R 1 arising from 1/8 of discoidal cell. Hindwing about 1.8 ¥ as long as wide including fringe (about 2.6 ¥ as long as wide excluding fringe); ground colour brownish grey, semihyaline, with short pale brown fringe except basal 1/2 of costa; all veins present and free, M 1 ending at the termen (Fig. 2C).</p> <p>Abdomen: dorsum greyish brown, heavily irrorated with pale white scales; venter with grey; the end with dense, slender, short grey scales covering genitalia.</p> <p>Genitalia (Fig. 3E): uncus about 3/8 ¥ length of valva. Vinculum very narrow. Saccus relatively short, about 1.8 ¥ length of valva. Valva about 2.8 ¥ width, inner surface of valva membranous on central portion, and setose on distal 1/2. Aedeagus straight, cylindrical, entirely stout, about 1.5 ¥ length of valva, weakly sclerotized, cornutus indistinct.</p> <p> <i>Female</i>. Unknown.</p> <p> <i>Holotype:</i> Male, China: Hainan, Bawangling National N. R., 560 m asl, 11.x.2006, light trapping, G.H. Huang and Z. Li leg. Deposited in Institute of Entomology, HUNAU.</p> <p> <i>Paratypes:</i> 1 male, Thailand: Chiang Mai, Doi Pakia, 1500 m asl, 5–7.ix.1987, S. Moriuti, T. Saito, Y. Arita & Y. Yoshiyasu leg.; 1 male, Thailand: Khao Soi Dao, 400 m asl, 7–8.x.1985, H. Kuroko, S. Moriuti, T. Saito & Y. Arita leg. Paratypes deposited in Entomological Laboratory, OPU.</p> <p> <i>Distribution:</i> South China; Thailand.</p> <p> <i>Etymology of specific epithet:</i> From the Latin <i>iunctio</i> (= connection), referring to the sheep-foot-shaped black spot in the white marking connected with the outer margin of the whitish marker in forewing.</p> <p> <i>Remarks:</i> The new species can be distinguished from other species based on the characters given in the diagnosis of <i>M. monachella</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Huang, Guo-Hua, Chen, Liu-Sheng, Hirowatari, Toshiya, Nasu, Yoshitsugu & Wang, Ming, 2011, A revision of the Monopis monachella species complex (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) from China, pp. 1-14 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163 (1)</i> on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00704.x, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10114758">http://zenodo.org/record/10114758</a>
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
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