Phylogeny of Oweniidae (Polychaeta) based on morphological data and taxonomic revision of Australian fauna

The family Oweniidae Rioja, 1917 is a small group of broadly distributed polychaetes whose relationships and position in the annelid tree are still poorly understood. A comprehensive revision of the group with reconsideration of character homologies and terminology under a phylogenetic framework was needed. We investigated the relationships of members of Oweniidae and other polychaetes by performing maximum parsimony analyses of 18 oweniid species of the five recognized genera to date and members of the families Siboglinidae, Sabellidae, Spionidae, Magelonidae, and Chaetopteridae. Phylogenetic hypotheses confirmed the monophyly of Oweniidae and suggested sister-group relationships with Magelonidae, although weakly supported. Analyses also recovered Oweniaand Myriowenia as monophyletic and allowed recognition of Myrioglobulaas a junior synonym of Myriochele based on the presence of acicular chaetae and the shape of the head. Implied weighting analyses supported these findings and recovered Galathowenia australis as sister group ofMyriochele. The presence of acicular chaetae justifies the consideration of this species as belonging to Myriochele. Nomenclatural changes are proposed for those species previously considered as members ofMyrioglobula, and these are: Myriochele antarcticacomb. nov., Myriochele japonicacomb. nov., Myriochele islandicacomb. nov., Myriochele malmgrenicomb. nov., and Myriochele australiscomb. nov. After analyses and definition of generic diagnostic features, other new combinations include Galathowenia eurystomacomb. nov. and Galathowenia haplosomacomb. nov., previously considered as members of Myriochele. Taxonomic revision of Australian collections revealed the presence ofMyriochele heruensis Gibbs, 1971, which is herein redescribed, and allowed the description of four new species: Galathowenia annae sp. nov.,Galathowenia arafurensissp. nov., Galathowenia quelissp. nov., andMyriochele australiensissp. nov., mostly from the east coast of Australia, in addition to the three recently well-documented species of Owenia. Australian species have been described, illustrated, and compared in detail with similar taxa. Distribution patterns and ecological notes have also been given. Keys to oweniid genera and Australian species are provided

Inclusive Schools: the power in our hands

Comunicação apresentada no Congresso Internacional Special Education - ISEC "Including the excluded",na Universidade de Manchester, em Julho de 2000.Representing the great challenge of the educational systems, the inclusive school must be our aim for the next millennium. Is this a consensual goal? If so, how do we conceptualise an inclusive school and how can we work for it with the resources we have and manage to develop? The present work is a result of an action-research study that started by the enquiry (from June/99 to September/99) to the people responsible for management of all the schools ( more precisely 526, from the preschool level to the third cycle - end of compulsory education in Portugal) of the region of Alentejo, (Baixo Alentejo e Alentejo Litoral) and the intervention (planned for February/2000) with a group of teachers based upon the creative resolution of their school problems, towards the building of a school for all, where children, teachers, parents and other agents of the community find a place to grow personally and professionally

To Name but a Few: Descriptions of Five New Species of "Terebellides" (Annelida, Trichobranchidae) From the North East Atlantic

[Abstract] The number of described species of the genus Terebellides Sars, 1835 (Annelida, Trichobranchidae) has greatly increased in the last years, particularly in the North East Atlantic. In this context, this paper deals with several putative species recently delineated by molecular means within a well delimited clade of Terebellides. Species are characterised here by a combination of morphological characters, and a complementary nucleotide diagnostic approach. Three species were identified as the nominal species T. stroemii Sars, 1835, T. bigeniculatus Parapar, Moreira & Helgason, 2011 and T. europaea Lavesque et al., 2019. Five species are described as new: T. bakkeni sp. nov., T. kongsrudi sp. nov., T. norvegica sp. nov., T. ronningae sp. nov. and T. scotica sp. nov. The distinctive morphological characters refer to the branchial shape, absence or presence of papillae on lamellae of anterior margin of branchial dorsal lobes, absence or presence of ciliated papillae dorsal to thoracic notopodia, geniculate chaetae in one or two chaetigers, and the morphology of thoracic and abdominal uncini teeth. Furthermore, the description of T. bigeniculatus is revised and complemented after examination of type specimens. An updated identification key to all species of the genus in NE Atlantic and a proposal of a classification of different types of abdominal uncini to be used in taxonomy are also included.Agencia Estatal de Investigación; PGC2018–095851–B–C64Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad; RYC-2016-20799Agencia Estatal de Investigación; RYC-2016-20799Govern de les Illes Balears; RYC-2016-20799Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre; 70184228Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre; 70184227Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre; 7018421

Topology of a percolating soil pore network.

A connectivity function defined by the 3D-Euler number, is a topological indicator and can be related to hydraulic properties (Vogel and Roth, 2001). This study aims to develop connectivity Euler indexes as indicators of the ability of soils for fluid percolation. The starting point was a 3D grey image acquired by X-ray computed tomography of a soil at bulk density of 1.2 mg cm-3. This image was used in the simulation of 40000 particles following a directed random walk algorithms with 7 binarization thresholds. These data consisted of 7 files containing the simulated end points of the 40000 random walks, obtained in Ruiz-Ramos et al. (2010). MATLAB software was used for computing the frequency matrix of the number of particles arriving at every end point of the random walks and their 3D representation

Systematic re-structure and new species of Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) after morphological revision and molecular phylogenetic analyses of the North East Atlantic fauna

[Abstract] Detailed morphological study of more than 2600 North East Atlantic (NEA) sphaerodorids (Sphaerodoridae Annelida) and phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences of representatives of several identified morphospecies enforced changing the current systematic classification within the family allowed the discovery of new species provided new information about the morphological and genetic characterisation of members of this group and increased the species occurrence data to better infer their geographic and bathymetric distribution ranges. Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear (18S rRNA and 28S rRNA) and mitochondrial sequences (COI and 16S rRNA) of NEA short-bodied sphaerodorids revealed outstanding results including paraphyly of the genera Sphaerodoropsis Sphaerodoridium, and Sphaerephesia. The number of longitudinal and transverse rows of dorsal macrotubercles is proposed as potential synapomorphies for the main clades and are consequently herein used for the genera delimitation. The new classification proposed here implies nomenclatural changes and the erection of a new genus Geminofilum gen. n. to accommodate the species previously considered as Sphaerodoropsis with two transverse rows of dorsal macrotubercles per segment. Four species are being described herein: Euritmia nordica Capa & Bakken sp. n. Sphaerephesia multichaeta Capa Moreira & Parapar sp. n. Sphaerephesia ponsi Capa Parapar & Moreira sp. n. and Sphaerodoridium celiae Moreira Capa & Parapar sp. n. Characterisation of the other 21 species including updated iconography and an identification key to all NEA short-bodied sphaerodorids are provided.This study would have been unfeasible without the access to the material hosted by different institutions and the colleagues who collected, processed, and curated those samples. In this regards, we would like to thank collection managers and curators from NTNU University Museum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Natural History Collections, University of Bergen; Akvaplan-Niva, Tromsø; Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid; Museo de Historia Natural, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela; Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Zoological Museum Hamburg, Hamburg; Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung (DZMB), Hamburg; Senckenberg Museum and Research Institute (SMF), Frankfurt; National Museum of Ireland; Icelandic Institute of Natural History, Reykjavik; and Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen. Scanning electron micrographs were taken at Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid, Servizos de Apoio á Investigación-SAI (Universidade da Coruña, Spain) and at Cellular & Molecular Imaging Core Facility (NTNU). We would like to thank Jerry Kudenov and Greg Rouse for suggested improvements and enthusiastic feedback about the manuscript. Financial support was provided to MC by ForBio Research School, funded by the Research Council of Norway (project no. 248799) and the Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative (project no. 70184215) and by the Ramón y Cajal program (RYC-2016-20799) funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Comunidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares and the European Social Fund. The Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative provided financial support to AN (knr 49-13, pnr 70184228), to TB (knr 53-09, pnr 70184216, knr 55-12, pnr 70184227); and by the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative [https://www.artdatabanken.se/en/the-swedish-taxonomy-initiative/] (dnr 140/07 1.4 and 166/08 1.4), to AN. Collections at MNCN and MNHN were visited by MC thanks to the European Commission Taxonomic Initiative SYNTHESYS (ES-TAF-2839, ES-TAF-7033, and FR-TAF-2644), SEM work was partially funded by Fauna Ibérica: Polychaeta VI (CGL2014-53332-C5-3-P). Publication fees were covered by NTNU Publishing Fund to MC.Norge. ForBio Research School; 248799Norge. Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative; 70184216Norge. Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative; 70184215Norge. Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative; 0184227Norge. Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative; 0184228Sverige. Swedish Taxonomy Initiative; 140/07 1.4Sverige .Swedish Taxonomy Initiative; 166/08 1.4European Union. European Commission Taxonomic Initiative; ES-TAF-2839European Union. European Commission Taxonomic Initiative; ES-TAF-7033European Union. European Commission Taxonomic Initiative; FR-TAF-2644Fauna Ibérica: Polychaeta VI; CGL2014-53332-C5- 3-

Enhancing the accountability of global health interventions using results-oriented monitoring tools: lessons learnt from the European Commission/World Health Organisation “Health System Strengthening for Universal Health Coverage” programme.

peer reviewed• Public health monitoring, reporting and foresight. • Achieving universal health coverage (UHC): reducing health inequity

Catálogo razonado del instrumental para autopsias del Museo de Sanidad e Higiene Pública

El Museo de Sanidad e Higiene Pública del Instituto de Salud Carlos III mantiene en depósito un conjunto de instrumentos para la realización de autopsias. El objetivo del presente trabajo es la elaboración de un Catálogo Razonado de la colección de los instrumentos de autopsia que han llegado hasta nuestros días.Introducción. Concepto de autopsia. Historia y evolución de las técnicas de autopsia. Historia y evolución del instrumental quirúrgico y de autopsias. Metales empleados para la fabricación del instrumental. Clasificación de los instrumentos quirúrgicos: Instrumentos para la sección de partes blandas. Instrumentos para la sección de partes duras. Instrumentos de presa. Empresas fabricantes. La colección de instrumentos para autopsia del Hospital del Rey. Catálogo del instrumental para autopsia.N

Transcriptome Sequencing of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Elite Controller-Long Term Non Progressors

The elite controller (EC)-long term non-progressor (LTNP) phenotype represent a spontaneous and advantageous model of HIV-1 control in the absence of therapy. The transcriptome of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) collected from EC-LTNPs was sequenced by RNA-Seq and compared with the transcriptomes from other phenotypes of disease progression. The transcript abundance estimation combined with the use of supervised classification algorithms allowed the selection of 20 genes and pseudogenes, mainly involved in interferon-regulated antiviral mechanisms and cell machineries of transcription and translation, as the best predictive genes of disease progression. Differential expression analyses between phenotypes showed an altered calcium homeostasis in EC-LTNPs evidenced by the upregulation of several membrane receptors implicated in calcium-signaling cascades and intracellular calcium-mobilization and by the overrepresentation of NFAT1/Elk-1-binding sites in the promoters of the genes differentially expressed in these individuals. A coordinated upregulation of host genes associated with HIV-1 reverse transcription and viral transcription was also observed in EC-LTNPs -i.e. p21/CDKN1A, TNF, IER3 and GADD45B. We also found an upregulation of ANKRD54 in EC-LTNPs and viremic LTNPs in comparison with typical progressors and a clear alteration of type-I interferon signaling as a consequence of viremia in typical progressors before and after receiving antiretroviral therapy.We want to particularly acknowledge the patients in this study for their participation and to the HIV BioBank integrated in the Spanish AIDS Research Network and collaborating Centres (http://hivhgmbiobank.com/donor-area/hospitals-and-centres-transferring-samples/?lang = en) for the generous gifts of clinical samples used in this work. The HIV BioBank and the AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit are integrated in the Spanish AIDS Research Network. The HIV BioBank is partially funded by the RD16/0025/0019 project as part of the Plan Nacional R + D + I and cofinanced by ISCIII- Subdirección General de Evaluación and el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER)”. This work was partially supported by Instituto de Salud Carlos III and co-funded by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) “A way to build Europe” (projects RD12/0017/0015 and RD16CIII/0002/0001, Plan Estatal de I + D + I 2013–2016), the French Government’s Investissement d’Avenir program, Laboratoire d’Excellence Integrative Biology of Emerging Infectious Diseases (n°ANR-10-LABX-62-IBEID) and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No 681137. FDF was supported by the Spanish Government’s Sara Borrell postdoctoral ProgramS

A mega-cryptic species complex hidden among one of the most common annelids in the North East Atlantic

[Abstract] We investigate mitochondrial (COI, 16S rDNA) and nuclear (ITS2, 28S rDNA) genetic structure of North East Atlantic lineages of Terebellides, a genus of sedentary annelids mainly inhabiting continental shelf and slope sediments. We demonstrate the presence of more than 25 species of which only seven are formally described. Species boundaries are determined with molecular data using a broad range of analytical methods. Many of the new species are common and wide spread, and the majority of the species are found in sympatry with several other species in the complex. Being one of the most regularly encountered annelid taxa in the North East Atlantic, it is more likely to find an undescribed species of Terebellides than a described one.Funding: Financial support was provided by the Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative [http://www.biodiversity.no/Pages/135523] to AN (Cryptic polychaete species in Norwegian waters, knr 49-13, pnr 70184228), to EO, TB and JAK (Polychaetes in Skagerrak, knr 53-09, pnr 70184216), to TB, EO and JAK (Polychaetes in the Norwegian Sea, knr 55-12, pnr 70184227); and by the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative [https://www.artdatabanken.se/en/the-swedish-taxonomy-initiative/] (Polychaete species complexes in Swedish waters, dnr 140/07 1.4 and 166/08 1.4), and Kungliga Fysiografiska sällskapet Nilsson-Ehle donationerna [https://www.fysiografen.se/sv/] to AN; and by the ForBio Research School funded by the Research Council of Norway [https://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Home_page/1177315753906] (project no. 248799) and the Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative (pnr 70184215) and the Ramon y Cajal program (RYC-2016-20799) funded by Spanish Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Comunidad Autónoma de las Islas Baleares and the European Social Fund to MC; and by Akvaplan Niva [http://www.akvaplan.niva.no/en/] to AS and JP. Publication fees were covered by NTNU's [https://www.ntnu.no/] Publishing Fund to MC. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Acknowledgments We would like to give our greatest thanks to the staff and crew on all scientific expeditions mentioned in the material and method section. Special thanks to Stefan Agrenius for donating specimen 2045_4 from Byfjorden. We also would like to thank Juan Moreira (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) for the line drawings in Fig 2.Norge. Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative; 70184228Norge. Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative; 70184216Norge. Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative; 70184227Norge. Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative; 70184215Sverige. Swedish Taxonomy Initiative; 166/08 1.4Sverige. Swedish Taxonomy Initiative; 140/07 1.4Norge. ForBio Research School; 24879

AD205-2201-ADA6-Inclout App

En el presente trabajo de estudio se desarrolló el proceso correspondiente de una validación de idea de negocio, el cual tiene como nombre “Inclout”, esta es una app que brinda el servicio de asesoría especializada a aquellas personas que sientan esa necesidad de resolver y acertar en la elección de prendas de vestir para distintas ocasiones con el uso de prendas propias y/o en la orientación de compra inteligente para la elección del outfit adecuado de acuerdo a la ocasión. Esta aplicación está dirigida a hombres y mujeres de 18 a 35 años del nivel socioeconómico A y B de Lima Metropolitana. Durante el proceso de investigación se utilizaron las fuentes primarias, utilizando entrevistas y experimentos para conocer las necesidades del público objetivo para el proyecto a elaborar. Luego será validado por herramientas tales como el Business Model Canvas, el perfil del cliente entre otros. Es importante detallar que los pasos mencionados líneas anteriores permitieron realizar las mejoras filtradas por parte del público objetivo. Como paso final se elaboró el plan financiero del proyecto con un periodo de tres años con el fin de determinar la potencialidad del servicio a ofrecer al público. Es por ello, que se tomó en cuenta los números importantes en todo el proyecto tales como la inversión inicial, los gastos a incurrir, pronósticos de ventas entre otros aspectos importantes para la adecuada ejecución a un periodo de corto plazo.In the present study work, the corresponding process of a business idea validation was developed, which has the name "Inclout", this is an app that provides the specialized advisory service to those people who feel that need to solve and hit in the choice of clothing for different occasions with the use of their own garments and/or in the intelligent purchase orientation for the choice of the appropriate outfit according to the occasion. This application is aimed at men and women from 18 to 35 years of socioeconomic level A and B of Metropolitan Lima. During the research process, primary sources were used, using interviews and experiments to meet the needs of the target audience for the project to be developed. It will then be validated by tools such as the Business Model Canvas, the customer profile, among others. It is important to detail that the steps mentioned above allowed the improvements filtered by the target audience to be made. As a final step, the financial plan of the project was prepared with a period of three years in order to determine the potential of the service to be offered to the public. For this reason, important numbers were taken into account throughout the project, such as the initial investment, expenses to be incurred, sales forecasts, among other important aspects for proper execution in a short-term period.Trabajo de investigació