The genus Pachycyphon is erected for marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from tropical rainforests in Queensland, Australia. The following species are included: P. corpulentus sp. n., P. crassus sp. n., P. elegans sp. n., P. funicularis sp. n., P. gravis sp. n., P. monteithi sp. n., P. obesus sp. n., P. pinguis sp. n., P. serratus sp. n., P. turgidus sp. n. (the type species). Females are win...

I N the last ten years, an avalanche of new information has flattened much of the conceptual framework erected in the first three decades of cytokine research. This article briefly reviews the concepts that collapsed, then attempts to begin replacing them. We see cytokines as specialized symbols in a language of intercellular communication, whose meaning is controlled by context (Sporn and Robe...

A new genus, Canobolas Reid, Jurado-Rivera & Beatson, is erected for four species of Chrysomelinae: C. nobilis (Lea) (comb. nov. from Geomela Lea, and type species), C. jarrah sp. nov., C. minang sp. nov. and C. tubrabucca sp. nov., all of which are described. Canobolas is endemic to Australia, where it is confined to the far western and eastern edges of the continent. All species are flightles...

The toad species Sclerophrys capensis Tschudi, 1838 was erected for a single specimen from South Africa which has never been properly studied and allocated to a known species. A morphometrical and morphological analysis of this specimen and its comparison with 75 toad specimens referred to five South African toad species allowed to allocate this specimen to the species currently known as Amieto...

A new genus of non-biting midges, Tapajos gen. n., is erected for T cristinae sp. n. from the Neotropical region, and placed in the subfamily Chironominae, tribe Chironomini. Adult males are characterized by the combination of bare eyes; antenna with 11 flagellomeres; antepronotal lobes fused medially; fore tibia with inner scale broad and rounded; superior volsella with a long sickle shaped, b...

We present the concept of a locally resonant nanophononic metamaterial for thermoelectric energy conversion. Our configuration, which is based on a silicon thin film with a periodic array of pillars erected on one or two of the free surfaces, qualitatively alters the base thin-film phonon spectrum due to a hybridization mechanism between the pillar local resonances and the underlying atomic lat...

The article discusses practices of architectural commemoration the most tragic event in history St. Petersburg — Leningrad, siege. Architects started producing projects for future memorials first months unprecedented blockade city. During postwar period some impressive monuments were erected, including one at Piskarevskoe Memorial Cemetery. There also dozens designs submitted to several competi...

Went down to Hotel Dieu this morning. Sanson's case of operation going on very well. Roux has several cases ofstrumous affections ofthe carpus1-he has also a carcinomatous affection ofthe lower lip under his care-this is an awkward case-he will operate tomorrow morning-the tumor is broad at the inferior as at the superior edge-hence a V shaped incision cannot be practised-the tumor besides is o...

A new genus of Lebinthina (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae) is erected based on species from Maluka Islands near northern Sulawesi (Indonesia): Platybinthus gen. nov. This currently consists three species. punctatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898) et comb. Halmahera Island assigned as the type striolatus nov., also Island, redescribed. We describe a species: sandyi sp. Morotai Island.

shiga toxins (stxs) are bacterial virulence factors produced by shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 and escherichia coli strains. stxs are critical factors for the development of diseases such as severe bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome. additionally, stxs trigger the secretion of pro- inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, particularly in monocytes or macrophages. the inflammatory cyto...