Une espèce nouvelle de Sicyopterus (Gobiidae) d’Indonésie.

International audienceA new species of Sicyopterus, freshwater goby, is described from Sumatra and Java, Indonesia. It differs from other species belonging to the genus by a combination of characters including two lateral clefts on the crenulated upper lip, a second dorsal fin with one spine and 10 segmented rays, second and third rays of the first dorsal fin filamentous, more lateral, predorsal and transverse back scales, and a reddish caudal fin in male with a slight blue line on the upper and lower parts.Une espèce nouvelle de Sicyopterus, gobie dulçaquicole, est décrite sur la base de spécimens collectés à Sumatra et Java (Indonésie). Elle diffère des autres espèces du genre par plusieurs caractères incluant deux encoches latérales sur la lèvre supérieure crénelée, une seconde nageoire dorsale avec un rayon épineux et 10 rayons mous, les deuxième et troisième rayons de la première dorsale filamenteux, un plus grand nombre d’écailles en ligne longitudinale, en série prédorsale et transverse postérieure, ainsi qu’une nageoire caudale rouge bordée d’une ligne bleue chez le mâle

The Iowa Homemaker vol.1, no.8

Table of Contents An Appreciation of the Life of Dean MacKay compiled by Clara Jordan, page 1 Iowa Members of W. C. T. U. Meet by Helen Paschal, page 2 What Shall We Have for Thanksgiving Dinner? by Beth Bailey, page 3 Things to Know About the School Lunch Basket by Millie Lerdall and Grace McIlrath, page 4 Do You Know What’s In a Can? by Blanche Ingersoll, page 5 “La Chambre D’Ami” in An Iowa Home by Eda Lord Murphy, page 6 “Looking In” on Home Economics at Iowa State by An Alumna, page 6 Pumpkin Pies They Don’t Forget by Viola M. Bell, page

The Iowa Homemaker vol.1, no.9

Table of Contents Aunt Sarah’s Portrait and the Frame that Matched by Ruth Safford, page 1 Hymns for Christmas Day and Every Day by Eda Lord Murphy, page 2 Buffet Service Makes Holiday Entertainment Easy by Helen Paschal, page 3 The Art of Framing and Hanging Pictures by Joanna M. Hansen, page 4 Christmas Gifts From My Christmas Paint Shop by Mildred Elder, page 5 Home Made Toys for Tiny Tots by Clara Jordan, page 6 By Her Clothes You Shall Know Her by Ruth Spencer, page 7 Why Not a Christmas Plum Pudding Sale? by Willetta Moore, page 8 Christmas Sweets You Will Want to Make by Beth Bailey, page 8 A Unique Nutrition Clinic by Ione Johnson, page 1

The Iowa Homemaker vol.2, no.7

Table of Contents What is Your Child When He is Malnourished? by Elizabeth Storm, page 1 Vitamins – Just What They Are by Florence E. Busse, page 2 Attractive Filler for Lunch Boxes by Blanche Ingersoll, page 3 The Throne Room of Childhood by Harriet Schleiter, page 4 “The Glory of the House is Hospitality” by Eda Lord Murphy, page 5 Indian Summer – The Season for Picnics by Esther Rayburn, page 5 Utilizing Nature in Entertaining by Clara Jordan, page 6 Rewelcoming the Old Rag Rug by Eleanor Murray, page 6 Who’s There and Where by Jeanette Beyer, page 9 Chicken of the Sea by Katherine Goeppinger, page 11 Our Aristocratic Weeds by Opal Wind, page 1

The Iowa Homemaker vol.2, no.11

Table of Contents From “Third Floor Back” to Front Line Rank by Clara Jordan, page 1 The Whys and Wherefores of Correspondence by Mildred Boyt, page 2 That Finishing Touch for Flaws or Floors by Ruth Knutsen, page 3 The Shoddy Time of Year by Harriet Schleiter, page 4 Forgive Us This Day Our Idiosyns by Eda Lord Murphy, page 4 The Youthful Guest by Esther Ellen Rayburn, page 5 Have for Your “Shrine” a Mirror by Eleanor Murray, page 6 Radiator – Less Gilt and More Heat by Mabel Russell, page 6 Children as Helpers by Hope Field, page 7 Miss Rosamond Cook Publishes Books by Llyra Price, page 7 Who’s There and Where by Jeanette Beyer, page 8 Refilling the Household Linen Chest by Opal Milligan, page 1

The Iowa Homemaker vol.3, no.2

Table of Contents It Is Not Always May by Maybelle A. Payton, page 1 The Why of a Home Economics Course by Florence Busse, page 2 Why I Came to Iowa State compiled by Clara Jordan, page 2 Picnic Ingredients by Grata Thorn, page 3 Iowa State Women Attend Voters’ Convention by Eleanor Murray and Jeanette Beyer, page 4 A Modern Version of the Hope Box by N. Beth Bailey, page 5 A Summer Living Room by Mildred Boyt, page 7 Canning Early Fruits and Vegetables by Helen G. Lamb, page 8 Hazards of Bird Life by J. E. Guthrie, page 9 Nile Styles by Harriett Schleiter, page 10 Shall Mother Have a Vacation? by Eda Lord Murphy, page 10 The Fallacy of An Expensive Standard of Living by Claude L. Benner, page 11 What Shall We Take? by Lucille Barta, page 12 Who’s There and Where by Helen Reidy, page 1

Individual common variants exert weak effects on the risk for autism spectrum disorders.

While it is apparent that rare variation can play an important role in the genetic architecture of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), the contribution of common variation to the risk of developing ASD is less clear. To produce a more comprehensive picture, we report Stage 2 of the Autism Genome Project genome-wide association study, adding 1301 ASD families and bringing the total to 2705 families analysed (Stages 1 and 2). In addition to evaluating the association of individual single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), we also sought evidence that common variants, en masse, might affect the risk. Despite genotyping over a million SNPs covering the genome, no single SNP shows significant association with ASD or selected phenotypes at a genome-wide level. The SNP that achieves the smallest P-value from secondary analyses is rs1718101. It falls in CNTNAP2, a gene previously implicated in susceptibility for ASD. This SNP also shows modest association with age of word/phrase acquisition in ASD subjects, of interest because features of language development are also associated with other variation in CNTNAP2. In contrast, allele scores derived from the transmission of common alleles to Stage 1 cases significantly predict case status in the independent Stage 2 sample. Despite being significant, the variance explained by these allele scores was small (Vm< 1%). Based on results from individual SNPs and their en masse effect on risk, as inferred from the allele score results, it is reasonable to conclude that common variants affect the risk for ASD but their individual effects are modest

Pebbled places preferred by people and pipefish in a World Heritage protected area

Although the ecological impacts of recreational activities in clear tropical streams are occasionally acknowledged and addressed, frequently they remain unmanaged, despite the fact that such streams are highly sought-after destinations for leisure pursuits. Here, we provide a case study on the ecological characteristics of the Indo-Pacific freshwater pipefish Microphis leiaspis Bleeker, 1854, which is a habitat specialist with little available information aside from its reproductive biology and the downstream migration patterns of its larvae. Drawing from our collective experiences, we describe the distribution and habitat of Microphis leiaspis and examine the potential impacts of various small-scale human activities on its livelihood, including those occur- ring within protected areas. In particular, we document incidental observations of human disturbances to adult Microphis leiaspis habitat in clear freshwater streams located within the Australian Wet Tropics (AWT) World Heritage Area. Using these observations as a foundation, we conceptualize human interactions with this species in the AWT streams and more broadly across the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean. Microphis leiaspis occurs in the lower-mid course of short-steep-coastal-streams, in association with pebble fields, where it feeds on microscop- ic benthic invertebrates. We observed three distinct human behaviours in the pipefish habitat within the AWT, including stone-stacking, the construction of boulder-cobble dams, and stone-skimming. Additionally, we report on other small-scale human activities that may potentially impact this pipefish species in streams across Pacific Island nations and select coastal regions of continents. Our recommendation is to promote a ‘leave no trace’ approach to the public, which can be effectively communicated by key individuals such as indigenous custodi- ans, national park managers, locals, and tourism operators. This approach aims to minimize rock movement by people, thereby aiding in the protection of diadromous pipefish and other aquatic species residing in short-steepcoastal-streams

First narrow-band search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in advanced detector data

Spinning neutron stars asymmetric with respect to their rotation axis are potential sources of continuous gravitational waves for ground-based interferometric detectors. In the case of known pulsars a fully coherent search, based on matched filtering, which uses the position and rotational parameters obtained from electromagnetic observations, can be carried out. Matched filtering maximizes the signalto- noise (SNR) ratio, but a large sensitivity loss is expected in case of even a very small mismatch between the assumed and the true signal parameters. For this reason, narrow-band analysis methods have been developed, allowing a fully coherent search for gravitational waves from known pulsars over a fraction of a hertz and several spin-down values. In this paper we describe a narrow-band search of 11 pulsars using data from Advanced LIGO’s first observing run. Although we have found several initial outliers, further studies show no significant evidence for the presence of a gravitational wave signal. Finally, we have placed upper limits on the signal strain amplitude lower than the spin-down limit for 5 of the 11 targets over the bands searched; in the case of J1813-1749 the spin-down limit has been beaten for the first time. For an additional 3 targets, the median upper limit across the search bands is below the spin-down limit. This is the most sensitive narrow-band search for continuous gravitational waves carried out so far