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Dendrocellus Schmidt-Goebel 1846
No full textDendrocellus Schmidt-Goebel, 1846 Type species: Dendrocellus discolor Schmidt-Goebel, 1846 (= Desera nepalensis Hope, 1831)= Desera Hope, 1831 (nec Dejean, 1825) Type species: Desera nepalensis Hope, 1831 Bousquet (2002) and Liang et al. (2004) have correctly reconstructed the complex nomenclatorial history of this genus, reaching the conclusion that its valid generic name is Dendrocellus Schmidt-Goebel, 1846, instead of Desera Dejean, 1825, as it was frequently considered previously. We only observe that back in 1949 Jeannel already wrote: “Les Dendrocellus Schm. -Goeb. (type: discolor Schm. -Goeb.,= nepalensis Hope) sont généralement classés à tort sous le nom de Desera. … Malgré leurs ongles tarsaux pectinés, ils sont très voisins des Drypta s. str. ” (Jeannel, 1949). So, it seems the french author had already reached the same conclusions. This genus, recently revised by Liang & Kavanaugh (2007), contains 22 species occuring in Africa, Asia and Australia. Systematically it is extremely close to Drypta, differing only in its tarsal claws pectinate instead of smooth. The genitalic characters of both sexes are the same, the external resemblance among members of the two genera is sometimes puzzling and a few species of Dendrocellus show very slight tarsal pectination, sometimes leaving a doubt on their generic pertinence; only a comparative study of all the characters of the species belonging to the two genera will allow to decide whether they can be really maintained as separate genera. Already in 1968 Darlington observed: “ Desera differs from Drypta only in having pectinate tarsal claws. A modern revision of the species is needed to show whether both genera are really monophyletic and distinct” (Darlington, 1968, p. 218). The unique combination of characters distinguishing this genus from the others of the tribe is: pronotal bead absent or very rudimental (fig. 10); punctuation on head and pronotum dense, regular, the punctures usually well distinct from each other; pronotum very feebly constricted towards base; elytral microsculpture well developed; elytral pubescence dense, usually arranged in two-three more or less regular rows; scutellar pore constantly single; intervals flat or slightly convex; tarsal claws slender, more or less pectinate on inner side; two to five evident setae on outer side of stylomere (fig. 8).Published as part of Sciaky, Riccardo & Anichtchenko, Alexander, 2020, Taxonomic notes on the tribe Dryptini Bonelli, 1810 with description of a new genus and species from China (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Dryptini), pp. 522-530 in Zootaxa 4731 (4) on page 524, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/366198
William Goebel: The Politics of Wrath
No full textThe turbulent career of William Goebel (1856–1900), which culminated in assassination, marked an end-of-the-century struggle for political control of Kentucky. Although populism had become a strong force in the nation, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and ex-Confederates still dominated the state and its Democratic party. Touting reforms and attaching the railroad monopoly, Goebel challenged this old order.
A Yankee in a state that fancied itself southern, Goebel had to depend on a strong organization to win votes. As “The Kenton King” he created a new style of politics. To some he was a progressive reformer; to others, a tyrannical machine boss. His drive for power and his enemies’ fierce opposition aroused violent political factionalism. Goebel’s fateful duel with a rival, his partisan election law, and his ruthless convention tactics led to the bitterly contested gubernatorial election of 1899 that resulted in his murder. Although the full truth about the murder was never revealed in nearly a decade of trials and the advent of progressive politics was long delayed in Kentucky, Goebel’s death did relieve the state’s political turmoil and induce some legal reforms. Using new sources and fresh perspectives, James C. Klotter portrays Goebel’s tumultuous era and discovers the real man within the obscurity of his conflicting images.
James C. Klotter is professor of history at Georgetown College and the state historian of Kentucky. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including A New History of Kentucky.
A lively account of one of the most bizarre and controversial episodes in Kentucky history. -- Tennessee Historical Quarterlyhttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_political_history/1000/thumbnail.jp
sj-pdf-1-vmj-10.1177_1358863X221086619 – Supplemental material for Surveillance for jugular venous thrombosis in astronauts
No full textSupplemental material, sj-pdf-1-vmj-10.1177_1358863X221086619 for Surveillance for jugular venous thrombosis in astronauts by James Pavela, Ashot Sargsyan, Deepak Bedi, Aaron Everson, Jacqueline Charvat, Sara Mason, Benjamin Johansen, Karina Marshall-Goebel, Sarah Mercaldo, Ronak Shah and Stephan Moll in Vascular Medicine</p
Combined DiI and Antibody Labeling Reveals Complex Dysgenesis of Hippocampal Dendritic Spines in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome
No full textStructural, functional, and molecular alterations in excitatory spines are a common hallmark of many neurodevelopmental disorders including intellectual disability and autism. Here, we describe an optimized methodology, based on combined use of DiI and immunofluorescence, for rapid and sensitive characterization of the structure and composition of spines in native brain tissue. We successfully demonstrate the applicability of this approach by examining the properties of hippocampal spines in juvenile Fmr1 KO mice, a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome. We find that mutant mice display pervasive dysgenesis of spines evidenced by an overabundance of both abnormally elongated thin spines and cup-shaped spines, in combination with reduced density of mushroom spines. We further find that mushroom spines expressing the actin-binding protein Synaptopodin—a marker for spine apparatus—are more prevalent in mutant mice. Previous work identified spines with Synaptopodin/spine apparatus as the locus of mGluR-LTD, which is abnormally elevated in Fmr1 KO mice. Altogether, our data suggest this enhancement may be linked to the preponderance of this subset of spines in the mutant. Overall, these findings demonstrate the sensitivity and versatility of the optimized methodology by uncovering a novel facet of spine dysgenesis in Fmr1 KO mice
Player agency in interactive narrative: audience, actor & author
No full textThe question motivating this review paper is, how can
computer-based interactive narrative be used as a constructivist learn-
ing activity? The paper proposes that player agency can be used to
link interactive narrative to learner agency in constructivist theory,
and to classify approaches to interactive narrative. The traditional
question driving research in interactive narrative is, ‘how can an in-
teractive narrative deal with a high degree of player agency, while
maintaining a coherent and well-formed narrative?’ This question
derives from an Aristotelian approach to interactive narrative that,
as the question shows, is inherently antagonistic to player agency.
Within this approach, player agency must be restricted and manip-
ulated to maintain the narrative. Two alternative approaches based
on Brecht’s Epic Theatre and Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed are
reviewed. If a Boalian approach to interactive narrative is taken the
conflict between narrative and player agency dissolves. The question
that emerges from this approach is quite different from the traditional
question above, and presents a more useful approach to applying in-
teractive narrative as a constructivist learning activity
BSZ-Newsletter Nr. 01/2017 vom 23.05.2017
No full textBSZ auf dem Bibliothekartag in Frankfurt am Main
Vorträge und Workshops unter Beteiligung des BSZ:
- K10plus - der Katalog für zehn Bundesländer, die Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz und
weitere Einrichtungen
(Reiner Diedrichs, Verbundzentrale des GBV / Dr. Ralf Goebel, BSZ)
- Gemeinsamer Verbünde-Index - gemeinsamer Fernleihindex: ein Projekt der AGVerbundsysteme
(Volker Conradt, BSZ / Stefan Lohrum, Kooperativer Biblliotheksverbund Berlin-
Brandenburg)
- Die "Common Bibliographic Data Zone" - der Verbund für deutsche Alma-Anwender
(Dr. Ralf Goebel, BSZ / Dr. Silke Schomburg, Hochschulbibliothekszentrum des Landes
Nordrhein-Westfalen)
- E-Book-Pool und EBM-Tool - Komponenten in einem ERM-System für die Bereitstellung
von E-Book-Metadaten und E-Book-Lizenznachweisen. Aktueller Stand eines
Kooperationsprojektes von BSZ und VZG (GBV)
(Dr. Barbara Block, Verbundzentrale des GBV / Volker Conradt, BSZ)
- GND-Webformular: eine neue Schnittstelle für die GND
(Sarah Hartmann, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Frankfurt am Main /
Werner Schweibenz, BSZ)
- OPUS 4-Workshop für Anwender und Betreiber von institutionellen und fachlichen
Repositorien
(Steffi Conrad-Rempel, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin, KOBV /
Friederike Gerland, BSZ / u.a.
BSZ-Newsletter Nr. 01/2017 vom 23.05.2017
No full textBSZ auf dem Bibliothekartag in Frankfurt am Main
Vorträge und Workshops unter Beteiligung des BSZ:
- K10plus - der Katalog für zehn Bundesländer, die Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz und
weitere Einrichtungen
(Reiner Diedrichs, Verbundzentrale des GBV / Dr. Ralf Goebel, BSZ)
- Gemeinsamer Verbünde-Index - gemeinsamer Fernleihindex: ein Projekt der AGVerbundsysteme
(Volker Conradt, BSZ / Stefan Lohrum, Kooperativer Biblliotheksverbund Berlin-
Brandenburg)
- Die "Common Bibliographic Data Zone" - der Verbund für deutsche Alma-Anwender
(Dr. Ralf Goebel, BSZ / Dr. Silke Schomburg, Hochschulbibliothekszentrum des Landes
Nordrhein-Westfalen)
- E-Book-Pool und EBM-Tool - Komponenten in einem ERM-System für die Bereitstellung
von E-Book-Metadaten und E-Book-Lizenznachweisen. Aktueller Stand eines
Kooperationsprojektes von BSZ und VZG (GBV)
(Dr. Barbara Block, Verbundzentrale des GBV / Volker Conradt, BSZ)
- GND-Webformular: eine neue Schnittstelle für die GND
(Sarah Hartmann, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Frankfurt am Main /
Werner Schweibenz, BSZ)
- OPUS 4-Workshop für Anwender und Betreiber von institutionellen und fachlichen
Repositorien
(Steffi Conrad-Rempel, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin, KOBV /
Friederike Gerland, BSZ / u.a.
Location of on-site wastewater treatment facilities sampled in Central Minnesota, USA.
No full textBasemap from Hobbs and Goebel [26]. LSTS, large subsurface treatment system; RIB, rapid infiltration basin.</p
"Then It's Clear Who Owns the Trees": Evaluating Privatization in the Social Forest in a Zimbabwean Resettlement Area
No full textThe value that associates private property regimes with better management of arable land played a consistent role in colonial policy and practice in "African" areas of Southern/Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). In the woodlands, however, common property management systems characterized African areas. This persisted in the post-Independence state, both in the Communal Areas, and in the newly demarcated Resettlement Areas. Recommendations by the recent Land Tenure Commission (1993), however, are set to change tenure in the woodlands in Resettlement Areas from common property to private property, on the perception that the common property system fails to sustainably manage the woodlands. In this paper, the apparent failure in common property woodland management in a case study of a Model A resettlement scheme in Zimbabwe is explored. Tenure insecurity and the types of controls and institutions in the woodlands are examined as possible sources of the failure. The major stress on the woodlands, besides clearance of land for agriculture, emerges as resource poaching by Communal Area neighbours. The currently popular notion of resource-sharing as a possible solution to this problem is discussed. In the final analysis the author finds that privatization is unlikely to solve the management crisis as it inadequately deals with the major problem of resource poaching. This failure is part of a wider conceptual problem of dealing with Zimbabwe's different land-use categories in isolation, rather than as an interrelated system. The paper is framed by an analysis of how a new focus on tenure issues, particularly privatization, in the land redistribution process in Zimbabwe fits with a growing trend wherein issues of justice and development for the rural poor are eclipsed by a discourse of "efficiency" and "productivity".Institutional and Behavioral Economics, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,
An Acute Spinal Intradural Hematoma after an Extraforaminal Wiltse Approach: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
No full textA nontraumatic spontaneous spinal acute subdural hematoma (sSDH) is a rare complication after spinal surgery. Although an sSDH is often associated with anticoagulation therapy, vascular malformations, or lumbar puncture, the pathogenesis of nontraumatic spontaneous sSDH remains unclear. We present the case of an intradural hematoma after an extraforaminal surgery through the Wiltse approach for an extraforaminal disk herniation at L5/S1. This 58-year-old woman experienced hypoesthesia and progressive motor dysfunction in the left leg several hours postoperation. Urgent magnetic resonance imaging revealed an intradural hematoma at the L1/L2 to L2/L3 level in the ventral dural sac proximal to the surgical level. Surgical decompression was performed. There was no evidence of trauma, coagulopathy, or anticoagulation therapy. To our knowledge, this case is the first to report an acute sSDH proximal to the surgery level after an extraforaminal spinal surgery through the Wiltse approach for an extraforaminal disk herniation. It illustrates that attentive postoperative neurologic monitoring, even in the absence of intraoperative irregularities, remains important to diagnose and treat this complication at the early stage.Plazier, M (corresponding author), Jessa Hosp, Dept Neurosurg, Campus Virga Jesse, B-3500 Hasselt, Limburg, Belgium.
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