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    Museomics of a rare taxon: placing Whalleyanidae in the Lepidoptera Tree of Life

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    https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12503Museomics is a valuable approach that utilizes the diverse biobanks that are natural history museums. The ability to sequence genomes from old specimens has expanded not only the variety of interesting taxa available to study but also the scope of questions that can be investigated in order to further knowledge about biodiversity. Here, we present whole genome sequencing results from the enigmatic genus Whalleyana (comprising two species - occurring in drier biomes of Madagascar - previously placed in a monotypic superfamily, Whalleyanoidea), as well as from certain species of the families Callidulidae and Hyblaeidae (Calliduloidea and Hyblaeoidea, respectively). Library preparation was carried out on four museum specimens and one existing DNA extract and sequenced with Illumina short reads. De novo assembly resulted in highly fragmented genomes with the N50 ranging from 317 to 2078 bp. Mining of a manually curated gene set of 331 genes from these draft genomes had an overall gene recovery rate of 64-90%. Phylogenetic analysis places Whalleyana as sister to Callidulidae and Hyblaea as sister to Pyraloidea. Since the former sister-group relationship turns out to be also supported by ten morphological synapomorphies, we propose to formally assign the Whalleyanidae to the superfamily Calliduloidea. These results highlight the usefulness of not only museum specimens but also existing DNA extracts, for whole genome sequencing and gene mining for phylogenomic studies.Peer reviewe

    Conormal distributions in the Shubin calculus of pseudodifferential operators

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    We characterize the Schwartz kernels of pseudodifferential operators of Shubin type by means of an FBI transform. Based on this we introduce as a generalization a new class of tempered distributions called Shubin conormal distributions. We study their transformation behavior, normal forms and microlocal properties.Comment: 23 page

    The Gabor wave front set of compactly supported distributions

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    We show that the Gabor wave front set of a compactly supported distribution equals zero times the projection on the second variable of the classical wave front set

    Centaurus A at Ultra-High Energies

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    We review the importance of Centaurus A in high energy astrophysics as a nearby object with many of the properties expected of a major source of very high energy cosmic rays and gamma-rays. We examine observational techniques and the results so far obtained in the energy range from 200 GeV to above 100 EeV and attempt to fit those data with expectations of Centaurus A as an astrophysical source from VHE to UHE energies.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in PAS

    Tubuloglomerular feedback and interstitial pressure in obstructive nephropathy

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    Tubuloglomerular feedback and interstitial pressure in obstructive nephropathy. The possible role of the tubuloglomerular feedback (TGF) mechanism in the altered glomerular hemodynamics and tubular reabsorption which occur with prolonged (24-hr) ureteral obstruction and the changes in renal interstitial hydrostatic and oncotic pressure which may modulate TGF sensitivity were examined. The proximal tubule stop-flow pressure (PSF) response to increased distal tubular flow rates (TGF activity) was determined in rats with sham operation, 24-hr unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO), or 24-hr bilateral ureteral obstruction (BUO), both before and for 2 hr after relief of obstruction. Subcapsular hydrostatic pressure, lymph flow and oncotic pressure, clearance and excretory data were measured in the second series of animals. During and after release of UUO, TGF sensitivity was increased, as indicated by the marked decrease in the loop perfusion rate at which 50% of the maximum decrease in PSF occurred (the turning point of TGF activation). Interstitial oncotic pressure but not hydrostatic pressure was significantly increased in UUO kidneys. In BUO rats, the turning point for TGF activation was slightly higher than the controls and the change in PSF with maximum loop perfusion rates was reduced, indicating a blunting of the TGF response before and particularly during postobstructive diuresis after release of BUO. Interstitial hydrostatic and oncotic pressures were both slightly increased resulting in no changes in net interstitial Starling forces. We conclude that enhanced TGF sensitivity after release of prolonged UUO, associated with increased interstitial oncotic pressure, may play a role in preventing postobstructive diuresis, while the blunting of TGF sensitivity after BUO may contribute to this phenomenon.RĂ©trocontrĂŽle glomĂ©rulo-tubulaire et pression interstitielle au cours de la nĂ©phropathie obstructive. Le rĂŽle possible du mĂ©canisme de rĂ©trocontrĂŽle glomĂ©rulo-tubulaire (TGF) dans l'altĂ©ration de l'hĂ©madynamique glomĂ©rulaire et la rĂ©absorption tubulaire qui se produisent lors d'une obstruction urĂ©tĂ©rale prolongĂ©e (24 heures) et les modifications des pressions hydrostatiques et oncotiques interstitielles rĂ©nales qui pourraient moduler la sensibilitĂ© TGF ont Ă©tĂ© Ă©tudiĂ©s. La rĂ©ponse de pression en flux interrompu (PSF) du tubule proximal Ă  une augmentation des dĂ©bits tubulaires distaux a Ă©tĂ© dĂ©terminĂ©e chez des rats ayant subi un simulacre d'intervention, lors d'une obstruction urĂ©tĂ©rale unilatĂ©rale de 24 heures (UUO) ou lors d'une obstruction urĂ©tĂ©rale bilatĂ©rale de 24 heures (BUO), avant et 2 heures aprĂšs la levĂ©e de l'obstruction. La pression hydrostatique sous-capsulaire, le flux et la pression oncotique lymphatiques, les paramĂštres de clearance et d'excrĂ©tion ont Ă©tĂ© mesurĂ©s chez une deuxiĂšme sĂ©rie d'animaux. Pendant et aprĂšs levĂ©e de l'UUO, la sensibilitĂ© TGF a augmentĂ©, comme le montrait la diminution marquĂ©e du dĂ©bit de perfusion de l'anse pour lequel 50% de la chute maximale de PSF se produisait (le point d'inflexion de l'activation TGF). La pression oncotique mais non la pression hydrostatique interstitielle Ă©tait significativement accrue dans les reins UUO. Chez les rats BUO, le point d'inflexion de l'activation TGF Ă©tait lĂ©gĂšrement plus Ă©levĂ© que chez les contrĂŽles, et la modification de PSF aux dĂ©bits de perfusion de l'anse maxima Ă©tait diminuĂ©e, indiquant une altĂ©ration de la rĂ©ponse TGF avant et surtout pendant la diurĂšse post-obstructive, aprĂšs levĂ©e de la BUO. Les pressions interstitielles hydrostatiques et oncotiques lĂ©gĂšrement augmentĂ©es, d'oĂč l'absence de modification des forces de Starling interstitielles nettes. Nous concluons que l'augmentation de la sensibilitĂ© TGF aprĂšs levĂ©e d'une UUO prolongĂ©e associĂ©e Ă  une Ă©lĂ©vation de la pression oncotique interstitielle, pourrait jouer un rĂŽle pour prĂ©venir la diurĂšse post-obstructive, alors que l'altĂ©ration de la sensibilitĂ© TGF aprĂšs BUO pourrait contribuer Ă  ce phĂ©nomĂšne

    The Qualified Legal Compliance Committee: Using the Attorney Conduct Rules to Restructure the Board of Directors

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    The Securities and Exchange Commission introduced a new corporate governance structure, the qualified legal compliance committee, as part of the professional standards of conduct for attorneys mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. QLCCs are consistent with the Commission\u27s general approach to improving corporate governance through specialized committees of independent directors. This Article suggests, however, that assessing the benefits and costs of creating QLCCs may be more complex than is initially apparent. Importantly, QLCCs are unlikely to be effective in the absence of incentives for active director monitoring. This Article concludes by considering three ways of increasing these incentives

    Predation on migrating eels (Anguilla anguilla L.) from the Western Mediterranean

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    Nineteen female silver European eels (Anguilla anguilla L.) were tagged with satellite tags and released in the Gulf of Lion in the Mediterranean during the migration seasons 2013 and 2015. Sixteen tags transmitted data: five in the Atlantic Ocean, and eleven in the Mediterranean. Of those, 50% of migrating eels were consumed by marine mammals in each year, all in the Mediterranean. The diving behaviour recorded by the tags after the eels were consumed indicated that the most likely predators were deep diving toothed whales. Measurements of the acoustic target strength of the tag showed a negligible effect on the detectability by whale biosonar. Overall, the observed predation rate was similar to that reported for eels escaping into the Atlantic. However, unlike eels in the Atlantic, which are most vulnerable to predators in the first week of escapement as they traverse the continental shelf and before they reach the refuge of the deep ocean, eels escaping from the Mediterranean were predated in deep water, months after release, likely as a consequence of their migration within a relatively narrow and deep corridor in the Alboran Sea. This emphasises the challenge of accounting for natural mortality in management plans for the long-term recovery of the European eel

    Z boson production in p+Pb collisions at sNN√=5.02 TeV measured with the ATLAS detector

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    The ATLAS Collaboration has measured the inclusive production of Z bosons via their decays into electron and muon pairs in p+Pb collisions at √ sNN = 5.02 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider. The measurements are made using data corresponding to integrated luminosities of 29.4 nb−1 and 28.1 nb−1 for Z → ee and Z → ””, respectively. The results from the two channels are consistent and combined to obtain a cross section times the Z → `` branching ratio, integrated over the rapidity region |y ∗ Z | < 3.5, of 139.8 ± 4.8 (stat.) ± 6.2 (syst.) ± 3.8 (lumi.) nb. Differential cross sections are presented as functions of the Z boson rapidity and transverse momentum, and compared with models based on parton distributions both with and without nuclear corrections. The centrality dependence of Z boson production in p+Pb collisions is measured and analyzed within the framework of a standard Glauber model and the model’s extension for fluctuations of the underlying nucleon-nucleon scattering cross sectionFil: Aad, G.. Aix-Marseille UniversitĂ©; FranciaFil: Abbott, B.. Oklahoma State University; Estados UnidosFil: Abdallah, J.. Academia Sinica; ChinaFil: Abdinov, O.. Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences; AzerbaiyĂĄnFil: Aben, R.. University of Amsterdam; PaĂ­ses BajosFil: Alconada Verzini, MarĂ­a Josefina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂ­ficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂ­fico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de FĂ­sica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de FĂ­sica La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Alonso, Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂ­ficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂ­fico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de FĂ­sica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de FĂ­sica La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Arduh, Francisco Anuar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂ­ficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂ­fico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de FĂ­sica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de FĂ­sica La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Dova, Maria Teresa. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂ­ficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂ­fico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de FĂ­sica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de FĂ­sica La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Monticelli, Fernando Gabriel. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂ­ficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂ­fico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de FĂ­sica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de FĂ­sica La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Wahlberg, Hernan Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂ­ficas y TĂ©cnicas. Centro CientĂ­fico TecnolĂłgico Conicet - La Plata. Instituto de FĂ­sica La Plata. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de FĂ­sica La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Otero y Garzon, Gustavo Javier. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂ­ficas y TĂ©cnicas. Oficina de CoordinaciĂłn Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de FĂ­sica de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de FĂ­sica de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Piegaia, Ricardo Nestor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂ­ficas y TĂ©cnicas. Oficina de CoordinaciĂłn Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de FĂ­sica de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de FĂ­sica de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Reisin, Hernan Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂ­ficas y TĂ©cnicas. Oficina de CoordinaciĂłn Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de FĂ­sica de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de FĂ­sica de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Sacerdoti, Sabrina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂ­ficas y TĂ©cnicas. Oficina de CoordinaciĂłn Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de FĂ­sica de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de FĂ­sica de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Zieminska, D.. Indiana University; Estados UnidosFil: Zimine, N. I.. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research ; RusiaFil: Zimmermann, C.. UniversitĂ€t Mainz; AlemaniaFil: Zimmermann, S.. Albert-Ludwigs-UniversitĂ€t; AlemaniaFil: Zinonos, Z.. Georg-August-UniversitĂ€t; AlemaniaFil: Zinser, M.. UniversitĂ€t Mainz; AlemaniaFil: Ziolkowski, M.. UniversitĂ€t Siegen ; AlemaniaFil: Ćœivković, L.. University of Belgrade; SerbiaFil: Zobernig, G.. University of Wisconsin; Estados UnidosFil: Zoccoli, A.. UniversitĂ  di Bologna; ItaliaFil: Nedden, M. zur. Humboldt University; AlemaniaFil: Zurzolo, G.. UniversitĂ  di Napoli; ItaliaFil: Zwalinski, L.. Cern - European Organization For Nuclear Research; SuizaFil: The ATLAS Collaboration. No especifica

    On the making and taking of professionalism in the further education workplace

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    This paper examines the changing nature of professional practice in English further education. At a time when neo-liberal reform has significantly impacted on this under-researched and over-market-tested sector, little is known about who its practitioners are and how they construct meaning in their work. Sociological interest in the field has tended to focus on further education practitioners as either the subjects of market and managerial reform or as creative agents operating within the contradictions of audit and inspection cultures. In challenging such dualism, which is reflective of wider sociological thinking, the paper examines the ways in which agency and structure combine to produce a more transformative conception of the further education professional. The approach contrasts with a prevailing policy discourse that seeks to re-professionalise and modernise further education practice without interrogating either the terms of its professionalism or the neo-liberal practices in which it resides
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