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Phaneroptera rentzi Divya & Senthilkumar 2020, sp. nov.
No full textPhaneroptera rentzi sp. nov. Fig. 1—a, i, j, o; Fig.2 —A–N, Diagnostic characters: Male ( ♂ ). Body yellowish green. Fastigium vertices scapus wider, apically narrow with obtuse, a fine median sulcus (Fig. 2C), strong pigmentation on the dorsal side of fastigium as well as the entire pronotum (Fig. 2B, D); anterior margin of pronotum flat, posteriorly concave; tegmen surpassing the hind wing, dorsally flat, clear wing venation, cerci of male strongly bent inward behind the sub genital plate (Fig. 2K), apex of cercus strongly acute with short and stout black spine (Fig. 2M and Fig. 1a), subgenital plate strongly bifurcate, incurved (Fig. 2 J and Fig. 1j). Colouration. Yellowish green colour. Female. Unknown. Type Material. Holotype: ♂, Dharmapuri (N 0 12007 ’11.21’’E 077051 ’.01.94’’), Tamilnadu, India. 11 II 2018. Coll. G. Divya and N. Senthilkumar. Deposited in Gass Forest Museum (GFM), Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu (India). Distribution. Dharmapuri, Tamilnadu, India. Etymology. This species is named in honour of Dr D. C. F. Rentz, Australia. Discussion. The new species is completely differs from P. spinosa, P. myllocerca, P. falcata and P. gracilis on the structure of subgenital plate, supra anal plate, pronotum and fastigium vertices. P. rentzi, sp. nov. is entirely differ from the P. spinosa, P. myllocerca and P. falcata by the shape of cerci and subgenital plate. P. gracilis and P. rentzi, sp. nov. are look-alike however, the subgenital plate is entirely different (Fig. 1j, m). The lateral lobe of pronotum deeper than long, without white band; fairly and smoothly rounded not forming angle with disc, sharp emargination at posterior end of insertion. Subgenital plate bilobate at the apex. Distal lobe of subgenital plate not smoothly rounded but pointed. Apex of the cerci abruptly bent inwards. Stridulatory vein large almost as wide as left tegmen; distal end of file as in Fig. 2 E.Published as part of Divya, Govindaraj & Senthilkumar, Natchiappan, 2020, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Phaneroptera (Tettigoniidae Phaneropterinae) with a new record from Tamilnadu, India, pp. 425-434 in Zootaxa 4860 (3) on page 426, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/441406
FIGURE 4. Trignocorypha angustata a–c in A new species of Trigonocorypha (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from Tamilnadu, India
No full textFIGURE 4. Trignocorypha angustata a–c, male; a, adult DV; b, adult LV; c, male genital plate; a–e female; a, adult, DV; b, pronotum DV; c, pronotum LV; d, cercus; e, ovipositor LV. Scale bar: 4 mm (Courtesy: Waheed Ali Panhwar et al., 2014)Published as part of Senthilkumar, Natchiappan & Divya, Govindaraj, 2020, A new species of Trigonocorypha (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from Tamilnadu, India, pp. 189-195 in Zootaxa 4802 (1) on page 193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.13, http://zenodo.org/record/390486
A Collaboration-Enabling Framework For Java Beans
No full textOF THE THESIS A Collaboration-Enabling Framework for Java Beans by Senthilkumar Sundaram Thesis Director: Professor Ivan Marsi'c Most of the existing collaborative applications are collaboration aware, i.e., collaboration semantics are interleaved into application semantics. This thesis contributes: ffl A generic collaboration bus to which any (including single-user) applications can be plugged in as is and made collaborative without any modification to the application or to the collaboration bus. This collaboration framework eliminates several drawbacks suffered by the existing "generic frameworks." ffl A set of guidelines and methods for writing wrappers around the single-user applications in order to make them collaboration aware so they can take advantage of the cooperative features of the bus. ffl Design guidelines for developing special purpose applications to be aware of the proposed bus and to enable them to manage the cooperative features of the bus effectively. The additional..
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Mitomycin C in highly myopic eyes - Author reply
No full textOphthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):208-18; discussion 219.
Mitomycin C modulation of corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy in highly myopic eyes.
Gambato C, Ghirlando A, Moretto E, Busato F, Midena E.
SourceRefractive Surgery Service and Antimetabolite Therapy Research Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of topical mitomycin C in corneal wound healing (CWH) after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in highly myopic eyes.
DESIGN: Prospective, double-masked, randomized clinical trial.
PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-two eyes of 36 patients affected by high (>7 diopters) myopia.
METHODS: In each patient, one eye was randomly assigned to PRK with intraoperative topical 0.02% mitomycin C application, and the fellow eye was treated with a placebo. Postoperatively, mitomycin C-treated eyes received artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months), whereas the fellow eye was treated with fluorometholone sodium 2% and artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity, manifest refraction, and biomicroscopy. Contrast sensitivity was determined using the Pelli-Robson chart. Corneal confocal microscopy documented CWH.
RESULTS: Mean follow-up was 18 months (range, 12-36). No side effects or toxic effects were documented. At 12-month follow-up examination, UCVAs (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) were 0.4+/-0.48 and 0.5+/-0.53 (P = .03) in mitomycin C-treated eyes and corticosteroid-treated eyes, respectively. At 1 year, corneal haze developed in 20% of corticosteroid-treated eyes, versus 0% of mitomycin C-treated eyes. At 12, 24, and 36 months, corneal confocal microscopy showed activated keratocytes and extracellular matrix significantly more evident in untreated eyes (Ps = 0.004, 0.024, and 0.046, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Topical intraoperative application of 0.02% mitomycin C can reduce haze formation in highly myopic eyes undergoing PRK.
Comment in
Ophthalmology. 2006 Feb;113(2):357; author reply 357-8
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
sj-docx-1-mde-10.1177_23821205231200731 - Supplemental material for Student Leadership Development Initiative for Medical Students: Lessons Learned From Transitioning to Virtual Modalities
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-mde-10.1177_23821205231200731 for Student Leadership Development Initiative for Medical Students: Lessons Learned From Transitioning to Virtual Modalities by Gopika SenthilKumar, Kelli C. Sommers, Yizeng He, Katarina Stark, Taylor Craig, Aliyah Keval, Neemit Shah, Kahaan Patel and John Meurer in Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development</p
Utilization of bio-waste material pomegranate peel powder along with silver nitrate and polyvinyl alcohol to form a hybrid biofilm
No full textThis work aims to convert the bio-waste material into a fruitful product. This prepared product can be a solution for environmentally hazardous materials like polymer bags and plastic food wrappers. The prepared material is composed of bio-waste pomegranate peel powder and environmentally friendly polyvinyl alcohol. To extend its functionality in food wrappers, the silver nitrate solution is incorporated. The prepared samples were undergone various performance studies. The prepared films show high thermal with standing capacity and tensile properties and especially show better results in biodegradability as well as antibacterial activity. Among the fabricated films, the 5 mM AgNO3-fabricated film shows that the thermal stability up to 331 °C also possesses higher tensile strength of 25.7 MPa. These results make the possibilities of the fabricated PP/PVA/5 mM AgNPs film as an alternative for conventionally used plastic-based food wrappers
Mono and trivalent thallium-sulfur interactions and their influence on the formation of nano thallium sulphide: Single crystal X-ray structural and spectral studies on thallium(I)/(III)-cyclohexylpiperazine dithiocarbamates
No full textThallium(i) and thallium(iii)-cyclohexylpiperazine dithiocarbamates have been prepared with the same donor environment for the first time and analyzed by electronic, IR, 1H, 13C NMR spectral, CV and single crystal X-ray structural analyses. Solvothermal decomposition of the dithiocarbamates yielded nano Tl4S3 and were characterized. Bond parameters from single crystal X-ray structures have been used in continuous symmetry measure and bond valence sum analysis of the compounds to establish the octahedral geometry and formal oxidation numbers of thallium. [Tl(chpzdtc)]2 (1) shows extensive non covalent interactions and the hemidirected TlS2CSTl core is of distorted square pyramidal geometry with the stereo chemically active lone pair of thallium(I) occupying a vertex of the square pyramid. This is the first report which identifies the 4f7/2 and 4f5/2 electron binding energies of Tl(i) and Tl(III) dithiocarbamates unambiguously and the effect of Tl⋯action on XPS binding energies. [Tl(chpzdtc)3] (2), the trivalent analogue as a contrast is a typical holodirected TlS6 distorted octahedral core with no significant supramolecular interactions. Mean Tl-S bond distances in 1 and 2 are 2.985(7) and 2.6789(19) Å, respectively, which clearly support the higher ease of solvothermal decomposition of 1 to nano Tl4S3 than 2. A strong correlation exists between the bond strengths of Tl-S, the thioureide C-N and the ease of formation of Tl4S3 from the two dithiocarbamates 1 and 2
Development and analysis of environmental friendly biocomposite films with pomegranate peel as filler for conventional applications
No full textThe work aims to probe the chances of utilizing the waste of pomegranate peel powder as a filler material alongside the polymer matrix. PVA is used as a polymer matrix in this study and the improvisation of its properties are the main objective by utilizing the pomegranate peel powder. By solution casting method, PVA/PP biocomposite films were prepared with varying weight % (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20%) of pomegranate peel powder and are examined with FTIR, XRD, morphological studies, thermal analysis, tensile property, antibacterial test, and degradation test. The biodegradable films’ tensile strength was discovered to be 18.5 MPa, a 35% increase over films devoid of essential oil. The use of essential oil improved the thermal stability as well; the beginning degradation temperature increased by 40% to 210°C. Additionally, antimicrobial tests showed a 92% decrease in bacterial growth, demonstrating the essential oil’s effectiveness as an antibacterial agent. In order to evaluate the barrier qualities of the films, water vapor permeability was tested. It was discovered that the water vapor transfer rate was 2.3 g/m2/day, demonstrating remarkable resistance to moisture permeability. The aforementioned tests indicate that the use of pomegranate peel powder and PVA in biocomposite films results in improved biodegradation, as well as antibacterial activity, and that can be utilized in various eco-friendly applications. In the same way, they show improved tensile as well as thermal properties which suggest the utilization as packaging materials
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