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Individual Differences In Masculine Gender Socialization As Predictive Of Men's Psychophysiological Responses To Negative Affect, Jonathan D. Green, Michael E. Addis Jan 2012

Individual Differences In Masculine Gender Socialization As Predictive Of Men's Psychophysiological Responses To Negative Affect, Jonathan D. Green, Michael E. Addis

Psychology

We investigated a long-theorized relationship between individual differences in masculine gender socialization and avoidance of vulnerable negative affect. Participants were thirty-six men (faculty, staff, and students, M age = 21.40, age range 18-30, SD = 3.00, 3% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 86% Caucasian) recruited from a small university in the Northeastern United States. Adherence to masculine norms was positively associated with participants' physiological fear/avoidant responses to a video of a man violating masculine gender norms by expressing vulnerable negative affect (crying, asking for help, showing affection for another man). Results suggest that masculine gender socialization may cause some men to be …

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The Eye Alone Is The Judge: Images And Design Patents, Rebecca Tushnet Jan 2012

The Eye Alone Is The Judge: Images And Design Patents, Rebecca Tushnet

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

Design patents are an area of intellectual property law focused entirely on the visual, unlike copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, or the various sui generis protections that have occasionally been enacted for specific types of innovation. Judges and lawyers in general are highly uncomfortable with images, yet design patents force direct legal engagement with images. This short piece offers an outsider’s view of what design patent law has to say about the use of images as legal tools, why tests for design patent infringement are likely to stay unsatisfactory, and what lessons other fields of intellectual property, specifically copyright, might …

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The First Father: Perspectives On The President's Fatherhood Initiative, Jessica Dixon Weaver Jan 2012

The First Father: Perspectives On The President's Fatherhood Initiative, Jessica Dixon Weaver

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

This short article presents an analysis of the thirteen-year-old President's Fatherhood Initiative utilized by the executive branch to tackle the problem of absent fathers in America. It argues that this social policy attempts to recapture the economic incentives central to the controversial Moynihan Report of 1965, emphasizing patriarchal and classist solutions to America's family crisis. The programs instituted by the Fatherhood Initiative stigmatize black and brown fathers and fail to address underlying government policy issues that impact their ability to be present and financially supportive in their children's lives. The programs still emphasize the marriage dyad as a cure-all rather …

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Critical Issues For Integrating Srh And Hiv/Aids Services To Provide Dual Protection Against Unintended Pregnancy And Hiv/Sti Acquisition, Population Council Jan 2012

Critical Issues For Integrating Srh And Hiv/Aids Services To Provide Dual Protection Against Unintended Pregnancy And Hiv/Sti Acquisition, Population Council

Reproductive Health

This document reports on a one-day symposium that was held by the STEP UP (Strengthening Evidence for Programming on Unintended Pregnancy) Research Program Consortium, coordinated by the Population Council. STEP UP generates policy-relevant research to promote an evidence-based approach for improving access to family planning and safe abortion in Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Kenya, and Senegal. The symposium’s objectives were to review and discuss critical and emerging issues around integrating SRH and HIV and AIDS services to enable dual protection, including new directions in dual protection technology and behaviour change interventions. The meeting also provided an opportunity to discuss the programmatic …

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Positive Action For Hiv In Schools In Kenya, Francis Obare, Harriet Birungi, Monica Wanjiru, Sheila Bayley, John Kiunjuri, Mary Omondi, Rob Burnet, Bridget Deacon Jan 2012

Positive Action For Hiv In Schools In Kenya, Francis Obare, Harriet Birungi, Monica Wanjiru, Sheila Bayley, John Kiunjuri, Mary Omondi, Rob Burnet, Bridget Deacon

Reproductive Health

The objective of this study was to test the feasibility of using comic books, role models, and edutainment to communicate HIV and AIDS messages to in-school young people in Kenya, with a view to improving their knowledge about the epidemic, enhancing communication about it, and promoting positive attitudes and behavior among them. The study was implemented by the Population Council in eight secondary schools in Nairobi, as part of the APHIA II Operations Research Project in collaboration with the AIDS Control Unit in the Ministry of Education, Well Told Story, and the National AIDS/STI Control Programme. The study found that …

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Virtual Into Verisimilitude: Videogames' Ability To Induce Empathy, Blake T. Bennett Jan 2012

Virtual Into Verisimilitude: Videogames' Ability To Induce Empathy, Blake T. Bennett

CMC Senior Theses

The current study seeks to link traditional forms of empathy induction with new research that suggests videogames can be used as an experiential method of induction. One hundred-nine college students, sixty-four females and forty-six males, were used in a 2x2x2 design, the independent variables being prosocial/neutral videogame, empathic/neutral instructions, and gender. Dependent variables were both questionnaire responses to a fictional story and an opportunity to be realistically altruistic. Participants played either a prosocial or neutral videogame, received either empathic or neutral reading instructions, and then read a vignette depicting a difficult situation faced by the writer. They then rated their …

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C6 Pyridinium Ceramide Influences Alternative Pre-Mrna Splicing By Inhibiting Protein Phosphatase-1, Chiranthani Sumanasekera, Olga Kelemen, Monique Beullens, Brandon E. Aubol, Joseph A. Adams, Manjula Sunkara, Andrew J. Morris, Mathieu Bollen, Athena Andreadis, Stefan Stamm Jan 2012

C6 Pyridinium Ceramide Influences Alternative Pre-Mrna Splicing By Inhibiting Protein Phosphatase-1, Chiranthani Sumanasekera, Olga Kelemen, Monique Beullens, Brandon E. Aubol, Joseph A. Adams, Manjula Sunkara, Andrew J. Morris, Mathieu Bollen, Athena Andreadis, Stefan Stamm

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Alternative pre-mRNA processing is a central element of eukaryotic gene regulation. The cell frequently alters the use of alternative exons in response to physiological stimuli. Ceramides are lipid-signaling molecules composed of sphingosine and a fatty acid. Previously, water-insoluble ceramides were shown to change alternative splicing and decrease SR-protein phosphorylation by activating protein phosphatase-1 (PP1). To gain further mechanistical insight into ceramide-mediated alternative splicing, we analyzed the effect of C6 pyridinium ceramide (PyrCer) on alternative splice site selection. PyrCer is a water-soluble ceramide analog that is under investigation as a cancer drug. We found that PyrCer binds to the PP1 catalytic …

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On Reason, Michael Christison Jan 2012

On Reason, Michael Christison

The Intellectual Standard

It challenges us to face the truth. It tells us when we are wrong. It can sometimes bewilder us with its brutal simplicity. Some call it logic or rational thinking. Others refer to it as "pure reason:' Whatever you want to call it, we have no choice but to utilize this cognitive ability if we want to achieve our goals. Few, however, tend to figure out what it is that they are doing. If you cannot explain reason, it becomes that much harder to justify any given action. If an action is not taken according to reason, a justification will …

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Finding The Consistent Self, Jacob Comer Jan 2012

Finding The Consistent Self, Jacob Comer

The Intellectual Standard

Individual identity is absurd in itself. It is excessively complex. Each one of us has our own, so identity is not uniform between people. In fact, we generally think that its purpose is to distinguish ourselves from others as well as from just being that guy or girl over there. Sometimes, our identity is tied to another person, object, circumstance, or idea. Some­times, it is just a feeling, a presence. And as time passes, the item to which we think our identity is bound changes. Perhaps, as adults, we will all find that thing that is "me': or so we …

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Making Human Rights Really Real, Jake K. Bates Jan 2012

Making Human Rights Really Real, Jake K. Bates

The Intellectual Standard

In lieu of Illinois Wesleyan's "Making Human Rights Real" endeav­ors this school year, questions arise concerning the meaning of human rights and how we can effectively apply such a concept in the world around us. The discussion of human rights has long been one of the most contested among political philosophers and ordinary citizens alike. And rightfully so, because its conclusions hold drastic implications for individuals every­where at all times. In order to avoid a muddled debate on the subject, it is critical to concretely define human rights. Thus, the concept of a "human;' the concept of a "right:' and …

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Teaching Introductory Psychology In The Community College Classroom: Enhancing Student Understanding And Retention Of Essential Information, Scott M. Debb Ed.D., Sharon M. Debb M.A. Jan 2012

Teaching Introductory Psychology In The Community College Classroom: Enhancing Student Understanding And Retention Of Essential Information, Scott M. Debb Ed.D., Sharon M. Debb M.A.

Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges

Here the authors describe a study conducted to determine whether a “Test Yourself” procedure, administered either before or after a lecture, might improve students’ retention of the information, as well as stimulate critical thinking.

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Microwave-Assisted Synthesis, Spectroscopy, And Crystal Structures Of [(H_2-(4,4'-Bipy)]^{2+} [Cr_2o_7]^{2-} And One-Dimensional Polymeric {[Mn(4,4'-Bipy)(Cr_2o_7)(H_2o)_2]\}_N Compounds, Hirihattaya Phetmung, Munee Wateh, Chaveng Pakawatchai Jan 2012

Microwave-Assisted Synthesis, Spectroscopy, And Crystal Structures Of [(H_2-(4,4'-Bipy)]^{2+} [Cr_2o_7]^{2-} And One-Dimensional Polymeric {[Mn(4,4'-Bipy)(Cr_2o_7)(H_2o)_2]\}_N Compounds, Hirihattaya Phetmung, Munee Wateh, Chaveng Pakawatchai

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A compound (1), [H_2-(4,4'-bipy)]^{2+}[(Cr_2O_7)]^{2-} and a metal organic-inorganic coordination framework (2), [Mn(4,4'-bipy)(Cr_2O_77)(H_2O)_2] (4,4'-bipy=4,4' -bipyridine) were successfully synthesized by microwave method. Their characterization was performed by single crystal X-ray crystallography and FT-IR spectroscopy. The crystal structure of 1 revealed a diprotonated 4,4'-bipyridium dichromate compound while compound 2 is an onedimensional (1D) polymer in which (Cr_2O_7)^{2-} acts as a bridging ligand supporting the formation of infinite {[Mn(4,4'-bipy)(Cr_2O_7)(H_2O)_2]}_n polymeric chains. The geometry of the 4,4'-bipy ring in 1 is typical coplanar, but twists in 2. In the free molecule 1, dichromate ligand adopts an eclipsed conformation, but adopts a staggered conformation in complex. …

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Synthesis, Structural Characterization, And Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation Activity Of Mononuclear Manganese(Ii) Complex With 2,2'-Bipyridine: [Mn(Bipy)_2(Clo_4)_2], İbrahi̇m Kani̇, Mehmet Kurtça Jan 2012

Synthesis, Structural Characterization, And Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation Activity Of Mononuclear Manganese(Ii) Complex With 2,2'-Bipyridine: [Mn(Bipy)_2(Clo_4)_2], İbrahi̇m Kani̇, Mehmet Kurtça

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A manganese(II) complex of 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy) was synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction, IR, and UV-vis spectroscopy. The activity of the complex was tested for oxidation of benzyl alcohols using t-BuOOH as an oxidant in organic solvents and in an organic/water biphasic system (hexane/H_2O, toluene/H_2O). The effect of solvent, temperature, oxidant, and some additives (KBr, N(C_4H_9)Br, and N-bromosuccinimide) on the oxidation of benzyl alcohol is reported. The results show that benzyl alcohol was selectively converted to benzaldehyde in 71.9% yield within 4 h in acetonitrile. Control experiments performed without catalyst and the corresponding metal salt as catalyst produced no benzaldehyde …

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Writing In History: An Interview With Erika Dreifus, Jennie Conway Jan 2012

Writing In History: An Interview With Erika Dreifus, Jennie Conway

Gandy Dancer Archives

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Insights Into Eisosome Assembly And Organization, Kyoungtae Kim, E. Murphy Jan 2012

Insights Into Eisosome Assembly And Organization, Kyoungtae Kim, E. Murphy

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

Eisosomes, large protein complexes that are predominantly composed of BAR-domain-containing proteins Pil1 and its homologs, are situated under the plasma membrane of ascomycetes. A successful targeting of Pil1 onto the future site of eisosome accompanies maturation of eisosome. During or after recruitment, Pil1 undergoes self-assembly into filaments that can serve as scaffolds to induce membrane furrows or invaginations. Although a consequence of the invagination is likely to redistribute particular proteins and lipids to a different location, the precise physiological role of membrane invagination and eisosome assembly awaits further investigation. The present review summarizes recent research findings within the field regarding …

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A Rapid And Inexpensive Bioassay To Evaluate The Decontamination Of Organophosphates, David M. Claborn, Skylar A. Martin-Brown, Sanjay Gupta Sagar, Paul L. Durham Jan 2012

A Rapid And Inexpensive Bioassay To Evaluate The Decontamination Of Organophosphates, David M. Claborn, Skylar A. Martin-Brown, Sanjay Gupta Sagar, Paul L. Durham

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

An inexpensive and rapid bioassay using adult red flour beetles was developed for use in assessing the decontamination of environments containing organophosphates and related chemicals. A decontamination protocol was developed which demonstrated that 2 to 3 applications of 5% bleach solution were required to obtain nearly complete decontamination of malathion. The bioassay was also used to screen common household cleaners as potential decontaminating agents, but only 5% bleach was effective at improving survival of insects on steel plates treated with 25% malathion. A toxic degradation product (malaoxon) was detected using gas chromatography/ mass spectrophotometry; this toxin affected the decontamination efficacy …

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Greenhouse Production Of Strawberries During The Winter, Ellen T. Paparozzi, George E. Meyer, Stacy A. Adams, M. Elizabeth Conley, Benjamin A. Loseke, Paul E. Read Jan 2012

Greenhouse Production Of Strawberries During The Winter, Ellen T. Paparozzi, George E. Meyer, Stacy A. Adams, M. Elizabeth Conley, Benjamin A. Loseke, Paul E. Read

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Strawberries are one of America’s favorite fruits and are available in grocery stores year round. Given increased shipping and other associated costs as well as the opportunity to provide a fresh, nutritious, local product, our research team is exploring the feasibility of growing strawberries during the winter in Nebraska.

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Possible Early Foraminiferans In Post-Sturtian (716-635 Ma) Cap Carbonates, Tanja Bosak, Daniel J.G. Lahr, Sara B. Pruss, Francis A. Macdonald, Andrew J. Gooday, Lilly Dalton, Emily D. Matys Jan 2012

Possible Early Foraminiferans In Post-Sturtian (716-635 Ma) Cap Carbonates, Tanja Bosak, Daniel J.G. Lahr, Sara B. Pruss, Francis A. Macdonald, Andrew J. Gooday, Lilly Dalton, Emily D. Matys

Geosciences: Faculty Publications

Foraminifera are an ecologically important group of modern heterotrophic amoeboid eukaryotes whose naked and testate ancestors are thought to have evolved ~1 Ga ago. However, the single-chambered agglutinated tests of these protists appear in the fossil record only after ca. 580 Ma, coinciding with the appearance of macro scopic and mineralized animals. Here we report the discovery of small, slender tubular microfossils in the Sturtian (ca. 716-635 Ma) cap carbonate of the Rasthof Formation in Namibia. The tubes are 200-1300 μm long and 20-70μm wide, and preserve apertures and variably wide lumens, folds, constrictions, and ridges. Their sometimes fl exible …

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Evaluation Of Plasma Levels Of Adrenomedullin And Ghrelin, And Their Correlation With Electrophysiological Changes In Diabetic Neuropathy, Faten A. Zakareia Jan 2012

Evaluation Of Plasma Levels Of Adrenomedullin And Ghrelin, And Their Correlation With Electrophysiological Changes In Diabetic Neuropathy, Faten A. Zakareia

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate plasma levels of adrenomedullin (AM) and ghrelin and their correlation with the electrophysiological changes in diabetic neuropathy. METHODS: The current study was conducted from March 2008 to November 2010 at the Clinical Physiology Department, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 90 females divided into 30 controls (group I), 30 controlled diabetic patients (group II), and 30 with peripheral neuropathy (group III). All electrophysiological and biochemical measurements of AM and ghrelin were investigated. RESULTS: There was a significant decrease of motor and sensory nerve conduction velocity and prolongation of F wave …

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Capturing Motion, Allison Marsh Jan 2012

Capturing Motion, Allison Marsh

Section 3: Imaging the Fast Moving

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Significant Beneficial Effect Of At-1 Receptor Blockers (Sartans) In Stroke, Marwan S. Al-Nimer Jan 2012

Significant Beneficial Effect Of At-1 Receptor Blockers (Sartans) In Stroke, Marwan S. Al-Nimer

Neurosciences

Hypertension is the most important controllable and modifiable risk factor for stroke. The relationship between blood pressure and stroke mortality is strong and linear. Angiotensin receptor blockers (sartans) are competitive pharmacological antagonists of angiotensin II receptors, and some of them are approved for use in the treatment of hypertension. These drugs also show anti-inflammatory effects by reducing the cytokine levels. The anti-inflammatory effects of sartans play a role in reducing cerebral injury following stroke, and improve the outcome of stroke in terms of improving cognitive function. In humans, sartans are safe in hypertensive acute stroke patients and may offer advantages …

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Study Of Dual Angiogenic/Neurogenic Growth Factors Among Saudi Autistic Children And Their Correlation With The Severity Of This Disorder, Faten A. Zakareia, Laila Y. Al-Ayadhi, Abdulmajeed A. Al-Drees Jan 2012

Study Of Dual Angiogenic/Neurogenic Growth Factors Among Saudi Autistic Children And Their Correlation With The Severity Of This Disorder, Faten A. Zakareia, Laila Y. Al-Ayadhi, Abdulmajeed A. Al-Drees

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the role of 2 angiogenic/neurogenic growth factors, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) in Saudi children with autism. METHODS: The study included a total of 60 children that included 20 controls and 40 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of autism. The study was conducted in the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, and in the Autism Research and Treatment Center, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between May 2010 and April 2011. Collected blood plasma samples were analyzed for VEGF and PDGF. RESULTS: The levels of VEGF …

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The Role Of Anemia In First Simple Febrile Seizure In Children Aged 6 Months To 5 Years Old, Farhad Heydarian, Hosein Vatankhah Jan 2012

The Role Of Anemia In First Simple Febrile Seizure In Children Aged 6 Months To 5 Years Old, Farhad Heydarian, Hosein Vatankhah

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between anemia and first simple febrile convulsion in patients 6 months to 5 years old. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on 240 patients aged 6 months to 5 years old from 10 October 2010 to 15 December 2011 at Ghaem Hospital, Imam Reza Hospital, and Dr. Sheikh Hospital, Mashhad, Iran. Patients were divided into 2 groups: the control group who had fever without seizure, and the case group who had first simple febrile seizure. The anemia levels in both groups were evaluated and compared. RESULTS: The mean age of patients was 20.7+/-14.8 months. It …

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Frequency, Severity And Risk Factors For Restless Legs Syndrome In Healthcare Personnel, Selma Civi, Ruhusen Kutlu, Serhat Tokgoz Jan 2012

Frequency, Severity And Risk Factors For Restless Legs Syndrome In Healthcare Personnel, Selma Civi, Ruhusen Kutlu, Serhat Tokgoz

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the frequency, severity, and risk factors for restless legs syndrome (RLS) in healthcare personnel. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed at the Outpatient Family Medicine Clinic of Meram Medical Faculty in Konya, Turkey and included 354 healthcare personnel who were working at the Meram Medical Faculty Hospital between October 2010 and June 2011. The International RLS (IRLS) rating scale was used to calculate RLS severity. The RLS symptoms positive patients were investigated for neurological examination. RESULTS: Of all the participants, 277 (78.2%) were female. The overall prevalence of RLS according to the 4 essential criteria in the …

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Dynamic Changes In Serum Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1, And Regulated Upon Activation, Normal T Cell Expressed And Secreted Levels In Patients With Minor Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Zhendong Li, Shijian Luo, Yuhua Fan, Huabin Sun Jan 2012

Dynamic Changes In Serum Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1, And Regulated Upon Activation, Normal T Cell Expressed And Secreted Levels In Patients With Minor Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Zhendong Li, Shijian Luo, Yuhua Fan, Huabin Sun

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the time expression profile of serum monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, and regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) after minor intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). METHODS: This study was carried out in the Department of Neurology in the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Zhuhai, China. Fifteen consecutive hospitalized patients with minor ICH were enrolled from July 2008 to December 2008. The patients’ serum levels of MCP-1 and RANTES were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) on days 1-3, 7, 14, and 30 after the onset of ICH, and compared with that of 10 controls. …

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Images From The Exhibit, Page 2, Allison Marsh Jan 2012

Images From The Exhibit, Page 2, Allison Marsh

Handouts

No abstract provided.

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Morphological Investigations Of Microdrile Oligochaetes (Annelida, Clitellata) Using Scanning Electron Microscopy, Carlos Caramelo, Enrique Martinez Ansemil Jan 2012

Morphological Investigations Of Microdrile Oligochaetes (Annelida, Clitellata) Using Scanning Electron Microscopy, Carlos Caramelo, Enrique Martinez Ansemil

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Over the past several years, the authors of this work have investigated external structures of microdrile oligochaetes using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Both published and still-unpublished data have revealed new structures of interest, especially those associated with mating, ciliate sense receptors, chaetae, and dorsal pores. Mating systems can be classified in 3 categories: grasping, coupling, and embracing. Ciliate sense receptors can be classified as poorly defined (unelevated), sensory buds, or papillae, and are provided with blunt cilia and/or sharp cilia. They are present along the whole body (including clitellum, budding, and regeneration zones), scattered on the prostomium, peristomium, and pygidium, …

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Distribution And Diversity Of Aquatic Oligochaeta In Small Streams Of The Middle Taiga, Maria Baturina Jan 2012

Distribution And Diversity Of Aquatic Oligochaeta In Small Streams Of The Middle Taiga, Maria Baturina

Turkish Journal of Zoology

The goal of the present study was to describe the fauna, community structure, distribution, diversity, abundance, and ecology of Oligochaeta in small streams of the Komi Republic. The work was performed in 13 streams located in the Vychegda River basin during the month of July, 2005-2008. During the study, 48 taxa from 7 families were collected. The habitat of each study stream was determined with respect to chemical water composition (Na^+, Mg^{2+}, Ca^{2+}, Cl^-, and total phosphorus (P^{tot}), among others) and some environmental factors: bottom structure (hard or soft), water temperature, depth, flow velocity, moss or algae cover, etc. The …

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Spatial And Temporal Variation Of Echinoderm Assemblages From Soft Bottoms Of The Çanakkale Strait (Turkish Strait System) With A Taxonomic Key Of The Genus Amphiura (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), Herdem Aslan Ci̇hangi̇r, Maria Antonietta Pancucci-Papadopoulou Jan 2012

Spatial And Temporal Variation Of Echinoderm Assemblages From Soft Bottoms Of The Çanakkale Strait (Turkish Strait System) With A Taxonomic Key Of The Genus Amphiura (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), Herdem Aslan Ci̇hangi̇r, Maria Antonietta Pancucci-Papadopoulou

Turkish Journal of Zoology

This study deals with the structure of echinoderm assemblages and their relationships with the biotic and abiotic conditions in the Çanakkale Strait in 2006 and 2007. A total of 25 echinoderm species were found, 4 species of which [Amphiura securigera (Düben & Koren, 1846); Amphiura lacazei Guille, 1976; Amphiura cherbonnieri Guille, 1972; and Thyone fusus (O.F. Müller, 1776)] were new records for Turkish fauna; 1 species [Ophiopsila annulosa (M. Sars, 1859)] was new for the Turkish Strait System; and 22 species were first reports for the Çanakkale Strait. Echinocyamus pusillus (O.F. Müller, 1776), Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje, 1829), and Ophiothrix …

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Parasitic Hymenoptera Reared From The Insects On Heracleum Platytaenium Boiss. (Apiaceae) With New Faunistic And Biological Records, Erhan Koçak, Mustafa Özdemi̇r Jan 2012

Parasitic Hymenoptera Reared From The Insects On Heracleum Platytaenium Boiss. (Apiaceae) With New Faunistic And Biological Records, Erhan Koçak, Mustafa Özdemi̇r

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Some parasitic hymenopterans were reared from their host insects found on the stems and branches of Heracleum platytaenium Boiss., which contains furanocoumarins that are insect repellents and suppress growth in some species. Plant materials with insects were collected from the vicinity of Kızılcahamam in Ankara Province in July-September 2008. The parasitoids (Hymenoptera) and their hosts were Didyctium brunnea (Belizin) (Eucolidae) from puparia of Lasiambia albidipennis (Strobl) (Diptera: Chloropidae), Pronotalia carlinarum (Szelenyi & Erdos) (Eulophidae) and Homoporus febriculosus (Girault) (Pteromalidae) from puparia of Melanagromyza heracleana Zlobin (Diptera: Agromyzidae), and Baryscapus crassicornis (Erdos) (Eulophidae) from larvae, pupae, and adults of Lixus nordmanni …

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