Feeding Records of Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) From Wisconsin

Basic to our understanding of any animal and its habitat requirements is knowing what it eats. Reported here are observations of feeding by 27 species of aphids encountered in Wisconsin over 1992-2002

Feeding Records of Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) From Wisconsin, Supplement

Basic to our understanding of any animal and its habitat requirements is knowing what it eats. Reported here are observations of feeding by 24 species of aphids encountered in Wisconsin over 2002-2010

SpaceOAR to improve dosimetric outcomes for monotherapy high-dose-rate prostate implantation in a patient with ulcerative colitis.

High-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy is an attractive option for patients receiving definitive radiation therapy for prostate cancer with decreased overall dose to the pelvis. However, ulcerative colitis increases rectal toxicity risk and may be a contraindication. A synthetic hydrogel, SpaceOAR (Augmentix Inc., Waltham, MA, USA), can facilitate the use of HDR brachytherapy for patients where rectal toxicity is a limiting factor. SpaceOAR gel (13.19 cc) was utilized in a monotherapy HDR prostate treatment with Ir-192 under transrectal ultrasound guidance, with the intention of decreasing rectal dose. SpaceOAR gel was inserted transperineally into the patient 18 days prior to the procedure. The HDR brachytherapy procedure was tolerated without incident. All planning constraints were met, and the following dosimetry was achieved: Prostate – V100% = 97.3%, V150% = 35%, V200% = 14.5%; Urethra – V118% = 0%; Rectum – D2 cc = 51.6%, V75% = 0 cc. The rectum-catheter spacing was on average between 6-8 mm. Average spacing for our 10 most recent patients without SpaceOAR was 3 mm. SpaceOAR did not hinder or distort ultrasound imaging or increase treatment time. SpaceOAR successfully increases catheter-rectal wall spacing and decreases rectal dose due to improved planning capabilities, while decreasing the likelihood of rectal perforation. One application of this tool is presented to mitigate potential toxicities associated with ulcerative colitis. At five months, one week, and one day follow-up, the patient reported no bowel issues following HDR brachytherapy. © 2018 Termedia Publishing House Ltd. All Rights Reserved

Feeding Records of Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) From Wisconsin

Basic to our understanding of any animal and its habitat requirements is knowing what it eats. Reported here are observations of feeding by 27 species of aphids encountered in Wisconsin over 1992-2002

Feeding Records of Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) From Wisconsin, Supplement

Basic to our understanding of any animal and its habitat requirements is knowing what it eats. Reported here are observations of feeding by 24 species of aphids encountered in Wisconsin over 2002-2010

Queen sex pheromones of two sympatric species of Polyergus

Neste trabalho foi efetuado o estudo da identificação das moléculas da cor em 3 objetos históricos: duas máscaras dos índios Yurupixuna e uma peça de seda e algodão de cor púrpura, pertencentes ao espólio da coleção etnográfica do Gabinete de Antropologia do Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra (GAMCUC). As duas máscaras etnográficas, provêm da Viagem Filosófica pelas Capitanias do Grão-Pará, Mato-grosso e Cuiabá, realizada por Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira (ARF) em finais do Século XVIII e a peça de seda e algodão destinada ao fabrico de cabaias, pertence à coleção da China e Macau, reunida por Alberto Corte Real em finais do século XIX. Além do valor inestimável dos objetos em si, apresentamos um outro modo de os abordar o que permite uma alternativa no estudo e uma história mais completa destes objetos. No caso das máscaras existiam indícios em memórias escritas por ARF, dos pigmentos utilizados: urucu, crajiru de origem orgânica e ocre de origem inorgânica, os quais com exceção dos ocres, se verificou já não existirem nas máscaras. A identificação dos pigmentos existentes nas máscaras foi realizada recorrendo às espectroscopias de fluorescência de raio X, infravermelho e Raman. No caso da seda, de cor roxa, foi realizado um estudo exploratório que revelou a existência de corantes sintéticos, sintetizados na Europa poucos anos antes da recolha, contrastando assim com conhecimento genericamente aceite de que estes conteriam corantes de origem natural. Estes compostos foram isolados por cromatografia de alta eficiência e comparados com amostra de corantes conhecidos. Foi realizada ainda uma análise por GC-MS, onde se confirmou a presença de corante da família dos trifenilmetanos e revelou a presença de ácidos gordos

Differentiating Iberoformica and Formica (Serviformica) with Description of the Sexual Castes of Formica (Serviformica) gerardi Bondroit, 1917 stat. rev.

A list of morphological characters to separate Iberoformica and Formica (Serviformica) (F. fusca species group) is provided. Sexual forms of Formica gerardi Bondroit are described based on Iberian material and reinstated into the subgenus Serviformica based on genetic data and morphological characters. The status of †F.horrida Wheeler, 1915 is assessed