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A New Genus Of Rhinotragini For Molorchus Laticornis Klug, 1825 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), Robin O. S. Clarke, Amoret Spooner, Joachim Willers

Insecta Mundi

Klugiatragus gen. nov. is described for Epimelitta laticornis (Klug, 1825) because this species has closed procoxal cavities, a crucial diagnostic incompatible with Epimelitta Bates, 1870, which has open procoxal cavities. Both sexes of this species are illustrated.

Listado Actualizado De Diaspídidos Sobre Frutos Tropicales Y Primer Registro De Pseudaulacaspis Cockerelli (Cooley) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) Para La Argentina, Cristian Amún, Lucía E. Claps

Insecta Mundi

Resumen. En este trabajo se actualiza el conocimiento sobre la presencia de cochinillas protegidas en frutos tropicales en Argentina y se registra por primera vez a Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) para Argentina y Sudamérica. Se presentan tres asociaciones nuevas para el mundo: Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) / Musa paradisiaca L.; Hemiberlesia cyanophylli (Signoret) / M. paradisiaca y Acutaspis paulista (Hempel) / Persea americana Miller, y 10 asociaciones nuevas de diaspídido/fruto tropical para Argentina. Se cita por primera vez para este país, asociada a frutos tropicales, a A. paulista, Hemiberlesia palmae (Cockerell), Mycetaspis personata (Comstock) y P. cockerelli.

Abstract. This paper updates …

Reporte De Stigmacoccus Paranaensis Foldi (Hemiptera, Stigmacoccidae), Insecto Escama Asociado Con La Producción De Miel De Mielato En Rio Grande Do Sul, Brasil, Vera Regina Dos Santos Wolff, Sidia Witter, Bruno Brito Lisboa

Insecta Mundi

Se provee una diagnosis de Stigmacoccus paranaensis Foldi (Hemiptera, Stigmacoccidae), especie de insecto escama asociada a la producción de miel de mielato en Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Se proveen nuevos registros de distribución y plantas hospederas de S. paranaensis.

Stigmacoccus paranaensis Foldi (Hemiptera, Stigmacoccidae), a species of scale insect associated with honeydew honey production in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, is diagnosed. New distribution records and the host range of Stigmacoccus paranaensis Foldi are provided.

A Contribution On The Middle American Milliped Family Rhachodesmidae (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea: Rhachodesmoidea): Description Of Tiphallus Torreon N. Sp., The First Species From Coahuila, Mexico; First Records From Belize; And Depiction Of The (Super)Familial Distribution, Rowland M. Shelley, Ancelmo Orona Espino, Miguel Ángel Gallegos Robles

Insecta Mundi

Tiphallus torreon n. sp., the first rhachodesmid milliped from Coahuila, Mexico, displays an iridescent turquoise pigmentation with patterned white paranotal markings and a truncated, subapical projection from the broad, non-descript gonopodal acropodite. Four genera – Strongylodesmus Saussure, Mexidesmus Loomis, and Ceuthauxus and Tiphallus, both by Chamberlin – contain forms exhibiting this general condition, but the last is the only one whose type species does. Synthetic treatments are essential to advance familial knowledge beyond the descriptive stage, and revising these four taxa would constitute a meaningful initial study. Rhachodesmidae extend from northern Nuevo León, Mexico, ca. 77 km (48 mi) …

The Trichoptera Of Panama I. New Records For Caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) From The Republic Of Panama, Brian J. Armitage, Steven C. Harris, Ralph W. Holzenthal

Insecta Mundi

The Republic of Panama currently has 245 recorded species of Trichoptera distributed among 13 families. Herein we add 32 new country records for Panama, including one new family (Limnephilidae) and one new genus (Limnephilus). We also provide the first collection information for Oxyethira maya Denning for Panama. These results are part of an ongoing effort to characterize the caddisfly fauna of Panama, and to evaluate that country’s major cuencas (water basins).

Una Especie Nueva Del Género Hempelicoccus Kozár Y Konczné Benedicty (Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) En La Argentina, Patricia González, María Begoña Riquelme Virgala, Agustina Ansa

Insecta Mundi

Hempelicoccus alba (Coccoidea: Eriococcidae), a new species for Argentina is described and illustrated. A key to the seven known species of Argentina is provided

Nueva Especie De Lycomedes Brème, 1844 (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastinae) De Los Andes Colombianos Y Clave Para Identifi Cación De Las Especies, Luis Carlos Pardo- Locarno, Alfonso Villalobos Moreno, Román Stechauner Rohringer

Insecta Mundi

A new scarab species of the genus Lycomedes Brème, 1844 is described, totaling five species of the genus reported for Colombia. Lycomedes salazari was collected in an oak forest at the high Andean region of Santurbán in the municipality of California, Santander Department, Colombia. Besides inhabiting the highest altitude known for the genus, L. salazari has affi nities with L. buckleyi Waterhouse, 1880, but differs on the cephalic, thoracic and leg morphologies. Biological notes and an updated key for the adults of the genus are included.

The Dynastinae Of The Island Of Saba, Dutch Caribbean (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Conrad P. D. T. Gillett, Michael P. T. Gillett

Insecta Mundi

The fauna of Dynastinae (Scarabaeidae) on the island of Saba, Dutch Caribbean, was investigated through fi eldwork during 2006 to 2015. Three species, belonging to the three tribes Cyclocephalini, Pentodontini and Phileurini, are newly recorded from Saba and are discussed, with summaries of all relevant information from the West Indies. Detailed locality data, temporal distributions, and habitus photographs are presented for each species.

New Distribution And Host Records For White Coconut Scale, Parlagena Bennetti Williams (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), Takumasa Kondo, Penny Gullan, Gillian W. Watson, Alex Enrique Bustillo Pardey, Luis Guillermo Montes

Insecta Mundi

The white coconut scale, Parlagena bennetti Williams, 1969 (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) is reported for the first time on New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax J.R. Forst. & G. Forst. (Xanthorrhoeaceae), coconut, Cocos nucifera L., Manila palm, Veitchia merrillii (Becc.) H.E. Moore, oil palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq. and an oil palm hybrid OxG: E. oleifera x E. guineensis (Arecaceae) in continental Colombia, and on coconut from Venezuela. Previously, P. bennetti was known only on the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and San Andres, causing serious damage to coconut, its only known host until now. A brief characterization of P. bennetti and an updated list …

Description Of A New Species Of Plesioclytus Giesbert (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) From Georgia, And Transfer Of The Genus To Plesioclytini Wappes And Skelley, New Tribe, James E. Wappes, Paul E. Skelley

Insecta Mundi

Plesioclytus morrisi Wappes and Skelley new species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Ohoopee dune system in central Georgia is described with comments on the biology of the new species. The taxonomic placement of Plesioclytus Giesbert in the tribe Clytini is questioned as key characters are found to differ from the current characters used to define the tribe in the New World, resulting in its transfer to the newly erected Plesioclytini Wappes and Skelley new tribe, defined herein. Habitat photos for the new species and habitus photos for it and P. relictus Giesbert are provided.

Phenology Of Zagryphus Zulaya Gauld (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) In A Montane Forest In Guatemala And A New Country Record For Z. Vegai Gauld, Jack C. Schuster, Gabriella Steele

Insecta Mundi

Ichneumonidae are incredibly diverse, yet there have been few Guatemalan ichneumonid studies. We studied the phenology of 215 specimens of Zagryphus zulaya Gauld (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae), most captured in a light trap and two Malaise traps in a montane (1850m) forest from 2002 to 2014. One of the Malaise traps caught over 95% of the specimens. The results suggest that Z. zulaya is most abundant in May, June, July, and August, the rainy season. Zagryphus vegai Gauld is newly recorded from Guatemala; it was previously known only from Costa Rica. It was found at an altitude of 1850m, though its …

Hip-11: About The Authors, Nchc Monographs And Journals

Honors in Practice Online Archive

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Community Building At Honors Programs In Continental Europe, Nico Brinkel, Floris Van Rees, Margit Ruis, Florian Sloots

Honors in Practice Online Archive

Many universities in the United States and Europe offer honors programs to meet the demands of gifted and intelligent students (Hébert & McBee; Wolfensberger). One of the standard goals of these programs is to build an intellectual learning community (Stanlick; Koh et al.). McMillan & Chavis define a community as a “feeling that members have, a feeling that members matter to one another and to the group, and a shared faith that members’ needs will be met through their commitment to be together” (9). A more specific definition of a learning community is “a group of people engaged in intellectual …

Rethinking Compact Prosecution, Max Stul Oppenheimer

All Faculty Scholarship

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Genome-Wide Profiling Of Histone Modifications (H3k9me2 And H4k12ac) And Gene Expression In Rust (Uromyces Appendiculatus) Inoculated Common Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L), Vasudevan Ayyappan, Venu Kalavacharla, Jyothi Thimmapuram, Ketaki P. Bhide, Venkateswara R. Sripathi

Cyber Center Publications

Histone modifications such as methylation and acetylation play a significant role in controlling gene expression in unstressed and stressed plants. Genome-wide analysis of such stress-responsive modifications and genes in non-model crops is limited. We report the genome-wide profiling of histone methylation (H3K9me2) and acetylation (H4K12ac) in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) under rust (Uromyces appendiculatus) stress using two high-throughput approaches, chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-Seq) and RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq). ChIP-Seq analysis revealed 1,235 and 556 histone methylation and acetylation responsive genes from common bean leaves treated with the rust pathogen at 0, 12 and 84 hour-after-inoculation (hai), while …

Adult Attachment And Parent-Child Relations Among Adults With A Parent In The Military, Lexi Forsyth

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

The role parents play in children's lives has consistently been shown to affect how they engage in relationships in adulthood, though these findings have been inconclusive with regard to military children. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding of adult attachment among those who had a parent in the military during their childhood as compared to those who did not. The current study asked college students to retrospectively reflect on their own childhood responses to parental deployment or separation. This allowed for an examination of the child's own perception of the deployment and the effects …

The Relation Between Aggressive Behavior And Engagement In Violence, Andrea Carolina Aya Mercado

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

Exposure to community violence is positively correlated with aggression towards other people (Allwood & Bell, 2008). Researchers in this area have classified aggression into two broad categories, proactive and reactive aggression. Proactive aggression refers to aggression that is used as an instrument to achieve a goal, whereas reactive aggression refers to aggression that is used as a response to a real or perceived treat (Chaux, Arboleda, & Rincon, 2012). Exposure to community violence impacts both reactive and proactive aggression, but mechanisms explaining this relationship are still unclear. One potential mediator of this relationship is religiosity. Previous research suggests that individuals …

Faculty Senate Minutes, March 4, 2015, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes and Reports

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Faculty Senate Minutes, June 17, 2015, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes and Reports

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The Vocabulary Of Silence: Voice And Disability In "The Speed Of Darkness", Adam Mitts

Essays & Other Scholarship

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Height, Crime And Colonial History, Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, Matthew Cracknell, Kris Inwood

SOLON Law, Crime and History (previously SOLON Crimes and Misdemeanours: Deviance and the Law in Historical Perspective)

Since the 1970s historians interested in the impact of changing social and economic conditions on health outcomes have studied record collections that contain information about adult stature. Fluctuations in mean height by year of birth are potentially informative because they should reflect conditions encountered in utero and during the early years of life. Yet, like all historical records, surviving height series are not necessarily representative of the population as a whole. They are also subject to factors that might change over time. This article uses Tasmania nineteenth century criminal record series to explore these issues in greater depth. It is …

Eastern, Spring 2015, Eastern Michigan University

Alumni News: Eastern Magazine

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Design, Synthesis, And Biological Evaluation Of Folate Targeted Photosensitizers For Photodynamic Therapy, Laura Jean Donahue

Dissertations

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is used to treat cancer, and involves a highly conjugated molecule, called a photosensitizer (PS), which is excited by wavelengths of light from visible to infrared. Photosensitizers that are highly conjugated will absorb longer wavelengths (600 – 900 nm), and have the potential to destroy cells of deeper tissue cancers. In PDT, a PS is administered to the patient, and after an appropriate time delay, the tissue is then exposed to light of a specific wavelength necessary for excitation of the PS. A transfer of energy can take place between the excited PS and oxygen that is …

Regulation Of Cxcr4 Intracellular Trafficking By Ubiquitin, Justine Elizabeth Kennedy

Dissertations

G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) sorting into the degradative pathway is important for attenuating signaling. Perturbations in this process can manifest in a variety of diseases. Upon agonist activation of the chemokine receptor CXCR4, a GPCR, it is rapidly ubiquitinated, internalized to endosomes and sorted for degradation in lysosomes via the endosomal sorting complex required for transport (ESCRT) pathway. This process culminates in attenuation of CXCR4 signaling. CXCR4 overexpression and increased CXCR4 signaling have been associated with several pathologies including immune deficiency disorders and over 23 cancers. Yet the mechanisms governing the regulation of CXCR4 signaling remain elusive.

CXCR4 is ubiquitinated …

Influence Of Maternal Prior Life Adversity On The Psycho-Neuroendocrine-Immune Profile During Pregnancy, Karen J. Kotz

Dissertations

Pregnancy is accompanied by a multitude of physical and psychological changes. Adaptation to these changes through reduced anxiety and attenuated stress responsiveness is necessary across gestation and into the postpartum period for optimal maternal-infant health. In contrast, exposure to higher amounts of stressors during pregnancy can disrupt neuroendocrine-immune processes required for successful pregnancy outcomes. Evolving evidence demonstrates that exposure to adversity early in life has long-lasting effects on stress response systems that alter stress reactivity during adulthood. Given this evidence, it is posited that women who experience greater pre-pregnancy adversity during their childhood are at greater risk for negative maternal-infant …

The Global Dystopian: Twenty-First Century Globalization, Terrorism, And Urban Destruction, Ryan Frank Peters

Dissertations

The new millennium has witnessed a staggering outpouring of literature, film and art which depict dystopian and post-apocalyptic societies. These stories have come in the form of massively popular films like the Matrix and Hunger Games trilogies; Emmy-winning television adaptations such as The Walking Dead; and Pulitzer Prize-winning novels like Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, or Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker Prize-nominated Never Let Me Go. In the last five years, a wave of critically-lauded video games – The Last of Us, Bioshock Infinite, and Dishonored come immediately to mind—have depicted dystopian worlds while reaching mass audiences. Combined, The Last of Us and …

The Role Of Alveolar Macrophages In Pulmonary Inflammation After Intoxication And Burn Injury, Jill Ann Shults

Dissertations

A positive blood alcohol concentration is detected in nearly half of burn patients admitted to the emergency room. The combined insult of being intoxicated at the time of burn injury results in more clinical complications, in comparison to non-intoxicated burn patients. Severe burn, with or without inhalation injury, is a common predisposing factor for the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Exacerbated pulmonary inflammation and a net result of insufficient gas exchange underlie the large percentage of burn fatalities due to pulmonary complications. Previous studies in our laboratory indicate a drastic elevation in pulmonary inflammation in a mouse model …

Mechanisms Of Estrogen Receptor Alternative Splicing And The Consequences For Aging In The Female Brain, Cody Lee Shults

Dissertations

The advances in healthcare and scientific knowledge have resulted in longer life expectancies in women. These advanced ages in women now means that they are experiencing the effects of age-related changes in the body for much longer periods of time, mainly reproductive senescence, resulting in the loss of circulating ovarian hormones. The age at which menopause occurs has not changed, resulting in women now living over a third of their lives in a postmenopausal state.

The major circulating estrogen produced by the ovaries, 17β-estradiol (E2), has many homeostatic effects in the body like neuroprotection and cardioprotection. Hormone replacement therapy (HT) …

Effects Of Aggregated Alpha-Synuclein On Cultured Neuronal Cells, David Freeman

Dissertations

α-synuclein dysregulation is a critical aspect of Parkinson's disease pathology. Recent studies have observed that α-synuclein aggregates are cytotoxic to cells in culture and that this toxicity can be spread between cells. However, the molecular mechanisms governing this cytotoxicity and spread are poorly characterized. Recent studies of viruses and bacteria, which achieve their cytoplasmic entry by rupturing intracellular vesicles, have utilized the redistribution of galectin proteins as a tool to measure vesicle rupture by these organisms. Using this approach, we demonstrate that α-synuclein aggregates can induce the rupture of lysosomes following their endocytosis in neuronal cell lines. This rupture can …

The Dialectics Of Secularism And Revivalism In Turkey: The Case Of Said Nursi, Zubeyir Nisanci

Dissertations

This dissertation analyzes Said Nursi's revivalist discourse and mobilization strategies in the context of the development of secularism in Turkey. This study starts with the exploration of the development of the secularist movement and its discourse with regard to philosophical foundations of (1) the construction of reality, (2) the self and (3) the society. This is followed by the analysis of Said Nursi's discourse of revivalism before and after the establishment of the Turkish Republic with respect to these three areas and by the exploration of the discourse and mobilization strategies of the Nur Movement (established by Said Nursi) vis-à-vis …