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Pagurus ikedai Lemaitre & Watabe, 2005, n. sp.
No full textPagurus ikedai n. sp. (Figs 1–5) Type material. Japan. Holotype male 8.2 mm, entrance to Tokyo Submarine Canyon, SE of TsurugiZaki, Miura Peninsula, sta MM30, 35°03.93'N, 139 ° 44.95 'E, 290–330 m, 1 August 1994, NSMTCr 16121. Paratypes, all from entrance to Tokyo Submarine Canyon: N of SunoSaki, Boso Peninsula, sta TT1, 34° 59.65 ’N, 139 ° 45.50 ’E, 280–350 m, 12 May 1985: 4 males 6.0– 9.4 mm, CBMZC 8183. SE of TsurugiZaki, Miura Peninsula, sta MS6, 35°03.80’N, 139 ° 44.38 ’E, 270–290 m, 4 June 1992: 2 males 8.9, 9.4 mm, 2 females 7.5, 8.9 mm, HSMCra 0 134 to 0 137. ESE of TsurugiZaki, sta MU8, 35°07.10’N, 139 ° 46.73 ’E, 280–350 m, 19 July 1992: 1 male 8.5 mm, CBMZC 8180. SE of Tsurugi Zaki, Miura Peninsula, sta MS28, 35°04.85’N, 139 ° 44.92 ’E, 240–290 m, 27 October 1994: 1 female 7.2 mm, CBMZC 8181. SE of TsurugiZaki, Miura Peninsula, sta MM28, 35°03.80’N, 139 ° 44.38 ’E, 290–310 m, 28 June 1994: 2 males 8.7, 9.4 mm, 2 females 8.5, 9.0 mm, NSMTCr 16122; 5 males 8.1–8.9 mm, 2 females 7.2, 8.1 mm, HW. Same station data as holotype: 1 male 7.6 mm, 4 females 7.2–7.6 mm, USNM 1069118; 2 males 9.1, 9.2 mm, MNHNPg 7263; 1 male 7.4 mm, 1 female 9.2 mm, SMF 29993. SE of TsurugiZaki, Miura Peninsula, sta MM36, 35°02.96’N, 139 ° 44.60 ’E, 270–310 m, 16 October 1995: 1 male 7.2 mm, CBMZC 8182. Description. Eleven pairs of biserial gills (Fig. 1 a): 2 arthrobranchs on each of third maxilliped and first to fourth pereopods, and pleurobranch on each side of somite XIII (above fourth pereopods). Shield (Fig. 1 b) about as broad as long; dorsal surface glabrous except for longitudinal row of tufts of short setae on each side; anterior margins between rostrum and lateral projections concave; anterolateral margins sloping; posterior margin truncate. Rostrum triangular, terminating in small spine, reaching to about level of lateral projections; with short setae dorsally. Lateral projections broadly triangular, terminating in small spine often directed anterolaterally. Ocular peduncles short, about 0.5 times as long as shield; with few tufts of short setae dorsally. Corneas moderately dilated, width of each about 0.4–0.5 length of ocular peduncle. Ocular acicles narrow, acutely subtriangular, concave dorsally, each with minute to small subterminal spine (often not visible in dorsal view, occasionally absent); separated basally by less than basal width of 1 acicle. Antennular peduncles overreaching corneas by 0.5–0.8 length of ultimate segments. Ultimate segment with scattered short setae dorsally. Penultimate segment with scattered setae. Basal segment with laterodistal angle blunt, setose. Antennal peduncles overreaching corneas by about 0.5 length of fifth segment; with supernumerary segment. Fifth segment with few setae on lateral and mesial margins. Fourth segment with scattered setae. Third segment with strong spine at ventrodistal angle. Second segment with dorsolateral distal angle prominently produced, reaching nearly to distal margin of fourth segment, and terminating in strong spine (rarely multifid); dorsomesial distal angle with small spine. First segment unarmed or with small spine on lateral surface. Antennal acicles reaching slightly beyond distal margins of corneas, weakly curving outwards (dorsal view), and each terminating in strong spine; mesial margin sparsely setose, lacking spines. Flagellum exceeding outstretched right cheliped; articles naked or with short setae> 0.5 flagellum article in length. Mandible (Fig. 2 a) with margin of incisor process calcified. Maxillule (Fig. 2 b) with external lobe of endopod moderately developed, slightly recurved; internal lobe with long terminal bristle. Maxilla (Fig. 2 c) with endopod reaching beyond distal margin of scaphognathite. First maxilliped (Fig. 2 d) with endopod reaching distal margin of distal endite. Second maxilliped (Fig. 2 e) without distinguishing characters. Third maxilliped (Fig. 2 f, g) with crista dentata on ischium consisting of about 18 corneoustipped teeth and 1 accessory tooth; carpus unarmed on dorsodistal margin. Chelipeds massive and stout, unequal, left reaching to about proximal margin of dactyl of right. Right cheliped (Figs 1 c, 3 a–c) sparsely setose. Chela operculate, dorsoventrally compressed (more so laterally); dorsolateral and dorsomesial margins of palm and fingers sharply defined, finely serrate; fingers each terminating in inwardly directed corneous claw crossed when closed; with tufts of setae inwardly directed near base of larger teeth of cutting edges both dorsally and ventrally. Dactyl about as long as mesial margin of palm; cutting edge with row of usually 3 large calcareous teeth, usually with few smaller ones interspersed, and row of small corneous teeth distally; dorsal surface with numerous short, corneous bristles; ventral surface with numerous small tubercles, and elevated longitudinal median ridge with low corneoustipped spines. Fixed finger dorsal surface with numerous short, corneous bristles; cutting edge with 3 large calcareous teeth proximally, and 3–5 small calcareous teeth distally; dorsal and ventral surfaces each with longitudinal median ridge with low corneoustipped spines; ventral surface with numerous small tubercles. Palm dorsal surface with numerous calcareous spines or tubercles diminishing in size towards dorsomesial and dorsolateral margins and terminating in short corneous bristles (Fig. 1 c), median region with several distinctly larger spines; dorsomesial margin somewhat flared; ventral surface with numerous small tubercles and 2 submedian rows of larger tubercles or spines. Carpus about 0.9 as long as broad, and about 0.8 as long as chela; dorsal surface with numerous spines or tubercles terminating in short corneous bristles, dorsodistal margin spinose; dorsomesial margin well delimited by row of serrate, small or strong, corneoustipped spines; dorsolateral margin sharply defined, serrate, flaring vetromesially on proximal half; ventral surface with numerous small, low tubercles. Merus usually with 1 or 2 distal spines on dorsal margin, dorsodistal margin spinose; dorsal surface with scattered low tubercles bearing short bristlelike setae; anterior half of ventral surface concave, with numerous small low tubercles, and strongly sloping towards midportion of segment. Ischium with scattered setae; ventromesial margin with minute blunt spines. Coxa with ventromesial row of setae. Left cheliped (Fig. 3 d–f) similar to right in shape and armature, differing primarily in size. Dactyl about as long as mesial margin of palm. Cutting edge of dactyl with row of small, closely set corneous spines; cutting edge of fixed finger with row of small, blunt calcareous teeth interspersed with small corneous spines. Ambulatory legs (Fig. 4 a–d) similar right from left except for longer meri and stronger spination on dorsal margins of carpi and propodi of right; reaching to, or slightly beyond, distal margins of fingers of right cheliped when extended; meri to dactyls with few setae mostly along dorsal and ventral margins. Dactyl about 1.5 times as long as propodus, terminating in sharp corneous claw; lateral and mesial faces each with longitudinal groove, more marked on mesial surface; ventral margin with 14–22 corneous spines, ventromesial margin with 4–18 corneous spines; dorsal margin with 18–26 corneous spines, dorsomesial margin with 9–20 corneous spines. Propodus with row of corneoustipped calcareous spines on dorsal margin, and scattered small, low tubercles on dorsolateral surface; ventral margin unarmed except for few setae. Carpus with row of strong, corneoustipped calcareous spines on dorsal margin, and scattered small, low tubercles on dorsolateral surface. Merus with row of spines on ventral margin. Ischium with small, blunt spines on ventromesial margin. Coxa with ventromesial row of setae. Anterior lobe of thoracic sternite XII (third pereopods; Fig. 1 d) subrectangular, with long setae distally. Fourth pereopod (Fig. 4 e) semichelate. Dactyl terminating in corneous claw; with ventrolateral row of small, closely set corneous spines. Propodal rasp with 3 or 4 rows of ovate corneous scales. Fifth pereopod (Fig. 4 f) chelate. Dactyl with ventrolateral row of small ovate scales. Propodal rasp extending proximally for about 0.3 of segment. Uropods and telson asymmetrical. Telson (Fig. 1 e–h) with transverse suture, and scattered setae on dorsal surface; anterior lobes with long setae laterally; posterior lobes separated by Ushaped cleft; terminal margins oblique, setose, armed with irregular rows of corneous marginal and submarginal spines (sometimes worn out as in holotype right side; Fig. 1 e, f), stronger spines near outer angles totally or partially hidden in dorsal view. Female with paired gonopores; with unpaired pleopods 2–5, pleopod 5 not ovigerous. Male gonopores (Fig. 1 i, j) with short fringe of setae arising from or near posterior margins of gonopore openings; right coxa with slight papilla or very short (= length of coxa measured on ventral surface) sexual tube protruding from gonopore and directed posteriorly; left coxa at most with slight papilla protruding from gonopore; with unpaired pleopods 3–5. Live coloration (Fig. 5). Shield orange with some dark orange spots. Ocular peduncles white basally, then orange gradually fading towards corneas. Antennules and antennas light orange; antennal flagella mostly white. Posterior carapace pink, mottled with reddish. Chelipeds whitish, mottled with light orange. Second and third pereopods whitish except for distal and proximal orange bands on dactyl, proximal orange band on each propodus and carpus, and proximal and subdistal orange bands on merus. Distribution. Presently known only from the Tokyo Submarine Canyon, and off Jogashima, Japan; 240– 450 m. Habitat. Gastropod shells with relatively large aperture: Bathybembix aeola (Watson), Buccinum leucostoma Lischke, B. sagamianum Okutani, Ginebis crumpii (Pilsbry), and G. japonicus (Dall). Etymology. The name of this new species is dedicated to Hitoshi Ikeda (Hayama Shiosai Museum), who first collected and photographed specimens. The name also is in recognition of his intensive, longterm research on Japanese deepsea decapods and mollusks, inspired by the earlier work of German zoologists such as F. Doflein, and H. Balss, as well as the Showa Emperor. Common name. “Ikedahonyadokari” or “Ikeda’s Pagurus hermit crab”. Remarks. A good number of additional specimens of Pagurus ikedai n. sp. collected by H. Ikeda and one of us (HW) from off Jogashima, Japan, were sent to Dr. S. Miyake many years prior to commencement of the present study. Unfortunately, Miyake’s material could not located. This includes the male (9.8 mm) shown in Fig. 5, from off Jogashima, Japan, 280–320 m, collected in 1980. The remaining specimens that could not be located have the following data: 20 + specimens from South of Jogashima, fishing grounds (Heidashi to Iwadogake by way of Shimashita), 280–340 m, sand to rock, coll. H. Ikeda; and several specimens observed in faunal investigation by HW from top of Misaki Knoll, southwest of Jogashima, 420–450 m, fine sand. As previously mentioned, Pagurus ikedai n. sp. is most closely allied to species of the bernhardus group of Pagurus, and except for the lack of a spine in the new species on the dorsodistal margin of the merus of the third maxilliped, fits the definition provided by McLaughlin (1974). As in males of P. ikedai, males of three of the species in the bernhardus group, P. bernhardus, P. gracilipes, and P. nipponensis, can have very short sexual tubes. However, Pagurus ikedai can readily be distinguished from those three by the shape, armature and massiveness of both chelipeds. In P. ikedai, the dorsal surfaces of carpi and chelae are covered with numerous calcareous spines or tubercles that terminate in short corneous bristles (Fig. 1 c). The chelae are dorsoventrally flattened, more so laterally, and the dorsolateral and dorsomesial margins of palms and fingers are sharply defined and finely serrate. The left cheliped is very similar to the right in shape and armature, and although distinctly smaller than the right, is much larger relative to that of other congeners in the bernhardus group. The specimens examined of Pagurus ikedai n. sp. are quite constant in morphology, showing only slight but expected variations overall, such as in the number of spines on the dorsal (18–26), ventral (14–22) and ventromesial margins of the dactyls of the second and third pereopods, and the telson (Fig. 1 e–h). No significant variations due to sexual dimorphism were detected. Although the overall size range (shield length 7.2 to 9.4 mm) of the specimens examined was relatively narrow, no significant allometric variation was observed either. In some males, the coxa of the right fifth pereopods has a slight papilla protruding from the gonopore, whereas in others there is a very short sexual tube (Fig. 1 i, j); the coxa of the left fifth pereopod invariably has a slight papilla protruding from the gonopore. The males of at least three other species of Pagurus are also known to have short sexual tubes: P. constans (Stimpson, 1858), P. h a r t a e (McLaughlin & Jensen, 1996), and P. i m a i i (Yokoya, 1939); however, when other characters are considered, these three species do not appear to be closely related to P. ikedai or any of the others in the bernhardus group.Published as part of Lemaitre, Rafael & Watabe, Hajime, 2005, Pagurus ikedai (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae), a new hermit crab species of the bernhardus group from Japanese waters, pp. 1-12 in Zootaxa 819 on pages 3-10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17061
Amiota (Amiota) dentata Okada 1971
No full textAmiota (Amiota) dentata Okada Amiota (Amiota) dentata Okada, 1971: 87; Máca and Lin, 1993: 2; Chen and Toda, 2001: 1550. Specimens examined. Yunnan: 1 ", Mt Jizu, 19 August 2000, H.-W. Chen leg.; 1 ", Lake Lugu, 25 July 2001, L.-P. He leg. Distribution. China (Taiwan, Hubei, Yunnan), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu). Amiota (Amiota) furcata Okada Amiota (Amiota) furcata Okada, 1971: 85 [Amiota (Amiota) alboguttata, forma furcata Okada, 1960: 96 (part)]; Máca and Lin, 1993: 2; Chen and Toda, 2001: 1550. Specimens examined. Hunan: 4 ", Mt Badagong, 1–9 September 2000, Y.-G. Hu, M. Nozawa and Takamori leg. Fujian: 5 ", Mt Wuyi, 17–19 August 2001, ex tree trunks, M. Nozawa, H. Watabe and H.-W. Chen leg. Guangdong: 2 ", Nanling, 23 July 2002, H. Takamori leg. Yunnan: 11 ", Mt Jizu, 19 August 2000, L.-P. He, J.-G. Xiangyu, H. Takamori H. Watabe and H.-W. Chen leg.; 4 ", Lake Lugu, 25 July 2001, H. Watabe, J.-J. Gao and L.-P. He leg.; 6 ", Bamboo Temple, 15 July 2002, J.-J. Gao leg. Distribution. China (Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, Yunnan), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu).Published as part of Chen, Hong-Wei, Watabe, Hide-Aki, Gao, Jian-Jun, Takamori, Hisaki, Zhang, Ya-Ping & Aotsuka, Tadashi, 2005, Species diversity of the subgenus Amiota (s. str.) Loew, 1862 (Diptera, Drosophilidae) in southern China, pp. 265-310 in Journal of Natural History 39 (3) on pages 300-301, DOI: 10.1080/00222930310001657883, http://zenodo.org/record/465789
Striatal cholinergic interneurons regulate cognitive and affective dysfunction in partially dopamine-depleted mice.
No full textDr. 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
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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
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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
The Influence of Parenting on Children's Academic Achievement: Comparison Between the United States and Japan
No full textABSTRACT\ud
THE INFLUENCE OF PARENTING ON CHILDREN???S ACADEMIC\ud
ACHIEVEMENT: COMPARISON BETWEEN THE\ud
UNITED STATES AND JAPAN\ud
by\ud
Akiko Watabe\ud
Master of Arts in Psychology\ud
Psychological Science Option\ud
California State University, Chico\ud
Spring 2011\ud
This study examined the influence of parenting on academic achievement\ud
among elementary school children in the United States and Japan based on Baumrind???s\ud
parenting typology. The applicability of Baumrind???s parenting typology to Japanese\ud
children???s academic outcomes is not clarified yet. Previous works have shown that\ud
authoritative parenting tends to yield positive academic outcomes for Western children.\ud
Conversely, Asian children are likely to attain better academic goals with authoritarian\ud
parenting. These two parenting styles have been revealed as typical parenting models in\ud
both Western culture and Asian culture. However, in modern times, the characteristic\ud
parenting style that belongs to each culture may be changed by a new generation of\ud
parents. Thus, it was hypothesized that (a) authoritarian parenting will be associated with\ud
higher academic achievement among modern American children, and (b) authoritative\ud
parenting will be associated with higher academic achievement for modern Japanese\ud
children. Two hundred and eight students from an American elementary school and 312\ud
students from a Japanese elementary school completed each measure of achievement goal\ud
orientations and parental attitudes toward them. After the data was collected, bivariate\ud
correlations, a one-way multivariate analysis of variance, and a two-way factorial\ud
analysis of variance were utilized to analyze the data. Support was found for the\ud
hypothesis that American children acquire the benefit of academic achievement with\ud
authoritarian parenting style today. There was no support for the hypothesis that\ud
contemporary Japanese children obtain higher academic achievement with authoritative\ud
parenting style.CSU, Chic
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
Amiota (Amiota) pengi Chen and Toda
No full textAmiota (Amiota) pengi Chen and Toda Amiota (Amiota) pengi Chen and Toda, 1998b: 413; 2001: 1527. Specimens examined. China: paratypes, 6 ", Jianfeng, Hainan Is, 21 Sepember 1993, M. J. Toda leg. (SEHU). Distribution. China (Hainan Is).Published as part of Chen, Hong-Wei, Watabe, Hide-Aki, Gao, Jian-Jun, Takamori, Hisaki, Zhang, Ya-Ping & Aotsuka, Tadashi, 2005, Species diversity of the subgenus Amiota (s. str.) Loew, 1862 (Diptera, Drosophilidae) in southern China, pp. 265-310 in Journal of Natural History 39 (3) on page 270, DOI: 10.1080/00222930310001657883, http://zenodo.org/record/465789
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