Figs 2–5 in A new species of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Thailand

Figs 2–5. Myrmecina raviwonghei, sp. n., holotype worker (THNHM-I-05470). 2 – headPublished as part of Jaitrong, W., Samung, Y., Waengsothorn, S. & Okido, H., 2019, A new species of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Thailand, pp. 1-7 in Far Eastern Entomologist 383 on page 5, DOI: 10.25221/fee.383.1, http://zenodo.org/record/716489

A new species of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Thailand

Jaitrong, W., Samung, Y., Waengsothorn, S., Okido, H. (2019): A new species of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Thailand. Far Eastern Entomologist 383: 1-7, DOI: 10.25221/fee.383.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.383.

Fig. 1 in A new species of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Thailand

Fig. 1. Myrmecina raviwonghei, sp. n., holotype worker (THNHM-I-05470), body inPublished as part of Jaitrong, W., Samung, Y., Waengsothorn, S. & Okido, H., 2019, A new species of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Myrmicinae) from Thailand, pp. 1-7 in Far Eastern Entomologist 383 on page 4, DOI: 10.25221/fee.383.1, http://zenodo.org/record/716489

Geographic and Gender Diversity in the Brazilian Academy of Sciences

ABSTRACT Recent studies have shown that diversity in race and gender is important to improve competitiveness, creativity and innovation. However, many studies have shown that the universe of science is not diverse in none of these criteria. In this work, we quantify the gender and geographic diversity in the Brazilian science. We study in detail the profile of the titular members of the most prestigious academic institution of Brazil, the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC). Our analysis shows that the members of the ABC concentrates 80% in the Southeast region and that the overwhelming majority is composed by men. We show that female and male researchers have roughly the same amount of publication per year but women produce more human resources. Using the Brazilian Researchers’ Fellowship databank we show that the gender and diversity both in gender and in geography decreases along the researchers’ career

Effect of heat treatments on SCC susceptibility of Al-Zn-Mg alloy

35.00; Translated from Japanese (J. Jpn. Inst. Light Met. 1986 (5) p. 255-261)Available from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:9022.0602(BISI-NF--174)T / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreSIGLEGBUnited Kingdo

Curated genome annotation of Oryza sativa ssp. japonica and comparative genome analysis with Arabidopsis thaliana

We present here the annotation of the complete genome of rice Oryza sativa L. ssp. japonica cultivar Nipponbare. All functional annotations for proteins and non-protein-coding RNA (npRNA) candidates were manually curated. Functions were identified or inferred in 19,969 (70%) of the proteins, and 131 possible npRNAs (including 58 antisense transcripts) were found. Almost 5000 annotated protein-coding genes were found to be disrupted in insertional mutant lines, which will accelerate future experimental validation of the annotations. The rice loci were determined by using cDNA sequences obtained from rice and other representative cereals. Our conservative estimate based on these loci and an extrapolation suggested that the gene number of rice is ∼32,000, which is smaller than previous estimates. We conducted comparative analyses between rice and Arabidopsis thaliana and found that both genomes possessed several lineage-specific genes, which might account for the observed differences between these species, while they had similar sets of predicted functional domains among the protein sequences. A system to control translational efficiency seems to be conserved across large evolutionary distances. Moreover, the evolutionary process of protein-coding genes was examined. Our results suggest that natural selection may have played a role for duplicated genes in both species, so that duplication was suppressed or favored in a manner that depended on the function of a gene

Fracture modes of Al-Zn-Mg alloys in various environments

46.50; Translated from Japanese (Nippon Kinozku Gakkai-Shi 1986 v. 50(3) p. 308-314)SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre- DSC:9022.0602(BISI-NF-Trans--155)T / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo

The Rice Annotation Project Database (RAP-DB): 2008 update

The Rice Annotation Project Database (RAP-DB) was created to provide the genome sequence assembly of the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project (IRGSP), manually curated annotation of the sequence, and other genomics information that could be useful for comprehensive understanding of the rice biology. Since the last publication of the RAP-DB, the IRGSP genome has been revised and reassembled. In addition, a large number of rice-expressed sequence tags have been released, and functional genomics resources have been produced worldwide. Thus, we have thoroughly updated our genome annotation by manual curation of all the functional descriptions of rice genes. The latest version of the RAP-DB contains a variety of annotation data as follows: clone positions, structures and functions of 31 439 genes validated by cDNAs, RNA genes detected by massively parallel signature sequencing (MPSS) technology and sequence similarity, flanking sequences of mutant lines, transposable elements, etc. Other annotation data such as Gnomon can be displayed along with those of RAP for comparison. We have also developed a new keyword search system to allow the user to access useful information. The RAP-DB is available at: http://rapdb.dna.affrc.go.jp/ and http://rapdb.lab.nig.ac.jp/

Can increased resistance to uterine artery flow be a risk factor for adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in childhood? A prospective cohort study

A prospective cohort study was conducted to determine whether an increased uterine artery pulsatility index (UtA-PI) in the second trimester of pregnancy is a risk factor for neurodevelopmental outcomes in children 2–3 years of age. A group of pregnant women with a UtA-PI below the 90th percentile (P90) and a second group with a UtA-PI ≥ P90 in the second trimester were included in this study. The children of these women were evaluated during their second or third year of life using the Bayley III Screening Test. A total of 858 pregnancies with UtA-PI < P90 and 96 pregnancies with UtA-PI ≥ 90 were studied. The differences between the groups related to UtA-PI ≥ 90 were detected in relation to the variables of the Caucasian ethnicity, hypertension, newborn weight and stay in the intensive care unit after birth. However, adjusted neurodevelopmental outcomes did not differ between the groups: OR 0.53 (95% CI 0.27–1.04%). This study failed to demonstrate that the UtA-PI is a risk factor for adverse neurodevelopment in children.Impact statement What is already known on this subject? Early interventions in children at high risk for neurodevelopmental deficiency have proved to be beneficial. The complications associated with gestation and delivery negatively influence neurodevelopment. Several studies have shown that some adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preeclampsia, foetal growth restriction and foetal death can be predicted by increased resistance to flow in the uterine artery in the second trimester. However, there are no studies evaluating the association of the uterine artery with neurodevelopmental results. What do the results of this study add? This study concludes that neurodevelopment is influenced by multiple environmental and intrinsic factors and cannot be predicted by only one variable, such as the uterine artery blood flow. The brain has repair mechanisms to attenuate insults that occur during gestation and delivery. What are the implications of these findings for clinical practice and/or further research? This study was unable to demonstrate that blood flow in the uterine artery is a risk factor for neurodevelopment. Different, larger studies should be conducted by combining other factors with the uterine artery in an algorithm to allow the early identification of children at risk for neurodevelopmental impairment