scholarly journals First instar nymphs of two peltoperlid stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera, Peltoperlidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-188
Author(s):  
Shodo Mtow ◽  
Tadaaki Tsutsumi
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
The Other ◽  
Slender Body ◽  
Chloride Cells ◽  
First Instar ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Typical Shape

The first instar nymphs of two peltoperlid stoneflies, i.e., Microperla brevicauda Kawai, 1958 of Microperlinae and Yoraperla uenoi (Kohno, 1946) of Peltoperlinae, were examined and described. Additionally, the phylogeny and groundplan of the first instar nymphs of Peltoperlidae and Plecoptera were considered. The first instar nymphs of M. brevicauda have a slender body with a prognathous head of typical shape; they represent a groundplan in Plecoptera. On the other hand, the first instar nymphs of Y. uenoi have a broad, cockroach-like body with an orthognathous and shortened head, the latter being regarded as a potential autapomorphy of Peltoperlinae. Such differences in body shape between the subfamilies are speculated to arise from heterochrony. The three-segmented cerci of Y. uenoi are characteristic to Systellognatha, whereas the four-segmented cerci of M. brevicauda were independently acquired within Microperlinae. The structure and distribution pattern of chloride cells in the first instar nymphs of Plecoptera were also discussed. The presence of coniform chloride cells is a potential groundplan of Arctoperlaria. One to two pairs of chloride cells are distributed on the first nine abdominal segments of M. brevicauda; this represents a groundplan character of Systellognatha. On the other hand, one to four pairs of chloride cells are found on the second to ninth abdominal segments of Y. uenoi; this distribution pattern may be an apomorphic groundplan of Peltoperlinae.

scholarly journals MICROSCOPIC IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE OF GLOMERULI IN CHRONIC NEPHROTOXIC SERUM NEPHRITIS

1965 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 350-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. BOSS
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Gamma Globulin ◽  
Basement Membranes ◽  
The Other ◽  
Nephrotoxic Serum Nephritis ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Chronic Nephritis

The microscopic immunofluorescence of the glomeruli differs in acute and chronic nephrotoxic serum nephritis in the distribution pattern of the injected nephrotoxic globulin and the host's gamma globulin. In acute nephritis specific glomerular fluorescence, denoting fixation of nephrotoxic and recipient's gamma globulin, is sharply limited to regular, thin and delicate lines corresponding to the capillary basement membranes. On the other hand, specific glomerular fluorescence in chronic nephritis appears as irregular, broad and tortuous loops consisting of coarse, partially coalescing specks of differing brightness. This difference is possibly related to the profound alterations in chronic nephritis resulting in reconstruction of the glomerular architecture.

Description of the larvae of three species of Laccophilus Leach and comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the Laccophilinae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1922 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIANO C. MICHAT
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Abdominal Segment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Larval Morphology ◽  
Neotropical Species ◽  
First Instar ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Dense Group ◽  
First Time ◽  
Diving Beetle

The larvae of three Neotropical species of the diving beetle genus Laccophilus Leach (Laccophilus obliquatus Régimbart, L. paraguensis Régimbart and L. testudo Régimbart) are described and illustrated for the first time, with an emphasis on morphometry and chaetotaxy of the cephalic capsule, head appendages, legs, last abdominal segment and urogomphi. Larvae of these species lack the primary setae LA10 and LA12, and have the primary seta CO7 articulated proximally on all coxae, two apomorphies that define the subfamily Laccophilinae. They are also characterized by a frontoclypeus truncate proximally in the first instar, the presence of pectens on legs, and the presence of secondary setae on first urogomphomere. These character states are apomorphies that define the genus Laccophilus Leach. The absence of pore PAc and the presence of a dense group of secondary spiniform setae dorsally at the base of the siphon in instar III may also characterize this genus, as similar states are not found in other dytiscids. On the other hand, L. obliquatus, L. paraguensis and L. testudo differ from the other species of Laccophilus known in detail in the presence of an additional seta on the stipes and in the absence of pore ABc. Brief comments on the putative phylogenetic relationships of Laccophilinae and Laccophilus inferred from larval morphology, as well as on the characters potentially useful in studying relationships within the group are presented.

THE EFFECT OF PLANT ROOTS ON THE NEMATODE POPULATION OF THE SOIL

1961 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. E. Henderson ◽  
H. Katznelson
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Nematode Species ◽  
Nematode Population ◽  
The Other ◽  
Plant Roots ◽  
Other Hand

The number of nematodes in the rhizosphere of wheat, barley, oats, soybeans, and peas is greater than in the adjacent root-free soil. Pratylenchus sp. is present in the rhizosphere of grains in greater numbers than in the rhizosphere of legumes; Paratylenchus sp. on the other hand showed a preference for legumes. Other genera identified were more abundant in the rhizosphere than in root-free soil, but were not as numerous as Pratylenchus or Paratylenchus, nor did they show a preference for any of the plants tested. One nematode species (Tylenchorhynchus) was present in small numbers and was equally abundant in the rhizosphere and in root-free soil. The consistent distribution pattern of nematodes in the rhizosphere of wheat and of soybeans, observed at high levels of illumination (1200 foot-candles), was not maintained when the illumination was reduced to 300 ft-c or less.

scholarly journals A Study on the Distribution of Foreign-Female-Isolated Areas in Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Kohei Okamoto ◽  
Masatoshi Morita
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Japanese Woman ◽  
The Other ◽  
Population Census ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Small Area Statistics ◽  
Japanese Residents ◽  
Eastern Japan

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> The Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 made a realization of non-Japanese living dispersed in various areas across Japan. The non-Japanese trainees working in the small-size factories in the underpopulated areas and the immigrant wives married to Japanese men in the farming areas were there to compensate for the decreasing Japanese working-age population and the decreasing number of Japanese women who will marry farmers. These women, mostly Chinese and Filipino, live in local communities, isolated from the other non-Japanese residents; they cannot use their mother tongue, they cannot get mutual helps, and they cannot form ethnic community. Their distribution pattern is very different from that in foreigner-concentrated areas in metropolises like Tokyo and Osaka. Ethnicity studies in geography and sociology have mainly focused on foreigner-concentrated areas. There have been few studies on ethnic minorities who live dispersed among their host society. They have been invisible in Japanese society. This study try to clarify where in Japan non-Japanese are living dispersed and develop the method to measure how sparsely they are scattered.</p><p>This study analyses the distribution pattern on non-Japanese by using the Grid Square Statistics of 2010 Population Census and GIS. The Grid Square Statistics is one of the small area statistics which divides the whole area of Japan into small mesh. This study uses statistics of 1&amp;thinsp;km&amp;thinsp;&amp;times;&amp;thinsp;1&amp;thinsp;km grids (Figure 1).</p><p>So far, we have seen that the degree of the isolation of the non-Japanese woman is remarkable in north-eastern Japan. For example, among the 3,249 inhabited grids of Yamagata Prefecture, 1,291 of which had non-Japanese residents, 509 had only one non-Japanese, and 479 of those 509 non-Japanese were women. In other words, 15.7% of the one-square-kilometre inhabited grids in Yamagata Prefecture had only one non-Japanese resident and that person was female, which is the highest among 47 prefectures in Japan. On the other hand, this ratio was relatively low in the metropolitan areas including Kanagawa prefecture and the prefectures of southwestern Japan (Figure 2).</p><p>This study identifies the grid which have only one non-Japanese and that person is female as “isolated-grid”. In the isolated-grids, there are grids where no foreigners live in the 8 adjacent grids, which could be named as “more-isolated-grid” (Figure 1). When we calculate the proportions of the grids for each prefecture and draw them with Quantile classification (Figure 3, left), isolated-grids are distributed in eastern Japan such as Tohoku region same as Figure 2. On the other hand, more-isolated-grids are found not only in eastern Japan but also in western Japan such as Kyushu (Figure 3, right). This is a new finding that has never been said before.</p>

A study of cometary eruptions through OH radio-lines

1999 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 249-254
Author(s):  
A.M. Silva ◽  
R.D. Miró
Keyword(s):  
Short Duration ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
The Other ◽  
Initial Mass ◽  
Radio Lines ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Sudden Rise

AbstractWe have developed a model for theH2OandOHevolution in a comet outburst, assuming that together with the gas, a distribution of icy grains is ejected. With an initial mass of icy grains of 108kg released, theH2OandOHproductions are increased up to a factor two, and the growth curves change drastically in the first two days. The model is applied to eruptions detected in theOHradio monitorings and fits well with the slow variations in the flux. On the other hand, several events of short duration appear, consisting of a sudden rise ofOHflux, followed by a sudden decay on the second day. These apparent short bursts are frequently found as precursors of a more durable eruption. We suggest that both of them are part of a unique eruption, and that the sudden decay is due to collisions that de-excite theOHmaser, when it reaches the Cometopause region located at 1.35 × 105kmfrom the nucleus.

Closing the GAP—A 5Å Scanning Microscope

1969 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
A. V. Crewe
Keyword(s):  
Normal Form ◽  
The Other ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Scanning Microscope ◽  
Conventional Microscope ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Closing The Gap ◽  
Thermal Sources ◽  
Better Than ◽  
Transmission Microscope

We have become accustomed to differentiating between the scanning microscope and the conventional transmission microscope according to the resolving power which the two instruments offer. The conventional microscope is capable of a point resolution of a few angstroms and line resolutions of periodic objects of about 1Å. On the other hand, the scanning microscope, in its normal form, is not ordinarily capable of a point resolution better than 100Å. Upon examining reasons for the 100Å limitation, it becomes clear that this is based more on tradition than reason, and in particular, it is a condition imposed upon the microscope by adherence to thermal sources of electrons.

Life Beyond 1MeV

1980 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 30-33
Author(s):  
K.H. Westmacott
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Past Experience ◽  
The Other ◽  
Good Case ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The U.S

Life beyond 1MeV – like life after 40 – is not too different unless one takes advantage of past experience and is receptive to new opportunities. At first glance, the returns on performing electron microscopy at voltages greater than 1MeV diminish rather rapidly as the curves which describe the well-known advantages of HVEM often tend towards saturation. However, in a country with a significant HVEM capability, a good case can be made for investing in instruments with a range of maximum accelerating voltages. In this regard, the 1.5MeV KRATOS HVEM being installed in Berkeley will complement the other 650KeV, 1MeV, and 1.2MeV instruments currently operating in the U.S. One other consideration suggests that 1.5MeV is an optimum voltage machine – Its additional advantages may be purchased for not much more than a 1MeV instrument. On the other hand, the 3MeV HVEM's which seem to be operated at 2MeV maximum, are much more expensive.

Can the Academic Self-Concept be Positive and Realistic?

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reimer Kornmann
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Opposite Effect ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
High Ability ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Other Hand

Summary: My comment is basically restricted to the situation in which less-able students find themselves and refers only to literature in German. From this point of view I am basically able to confirm Marsh's results. It must, however, be said that with less-able pupils the opposite effect can be found: Levels of self-esteem in these pupils are raised, at least temporarily, by separate instruction, academic performance however drops; combined instruction, on the other hand, leads to improved academic performance, while levels of self-esteem drop. Apparently, the positive self-image of less-able pupils who receive separate instruction does not bring about the potential enhancement of academic performance one might expect from high-ability pupils receiving separate instruction. To resolve the dilemma, it is proposed that individual progress in learning be accentuated, and that comparisons with others be dispensed with. This fosters a self-image that can in equal measure be realistic and optimistic.

Stories and the Self

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Krause ◽  
Markus Appel
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Lower Degree ◽  
Contrast Effects ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

Abstract. Two experiments examined the influence of stories on recipients’ self-perceptions. Extending prior theory and research, our focus was on assimilation effects (i.e., changes in self-perception in line with a protagonist’s traits) as well as on contrast effects (i.e., changes in self-perception in contrast to a protagonist’s traits). In Experiment 1 ( N = 113), implicit and explicit conscientiousness were assessed after participants read a story about either a diligent or a negligent student. Moderation analyses showed that highly transported participants and participants with lower counterarguing scores assimilate the depicted traits of a story protagonist, as indicated by explicit, self-reported conscientiousness ratings. Participants, who were more critical toward a story (i.e., higher counterarguing) and with a lower degree of transportation, showed contrast effects. In Experiment 2 ( N = 103), we manipulated transportation and counterarguing, but we could not identify an effect on participants’ self-ascribed level of conscientiousness. A mini meta-analysis across both experiments revealed significant positive overall associations between transportation and counterarguing on the one hand and story-consistent self-reported conscientiousness on the other hand.

Don’t Put Me in This Group

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Jort de Vreeze ◽  
Christina Matschke
Keyword(s):  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Negative Information ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Group Memberships

Abstract. Not all group memberships are self-chosen. The current research examines whether assignments to non-preferred groups influence our relationship with the group and our preference for information about the ingroup. It was expected and found that, when people are assigned to non-preferred groups, they perceive the group as different to the self, experience negative emotions about the assignment and in turn disidentify with the group. On the other hand, when people are assigned to preferred groups, they perceive the group as similar to the self, experience positive emotions about the assignment and in turn identify with the group. Finally, disidentification increases a preference for negative information about the ingroup.

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