New replacement names are proposed for two genera of the family Dictyopharidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). The following changes are proposed: Neonotostrophia nom. n. for Notostrophia Emeljanov (not Waterhouse); Emeljanovina nom. n. for Glochina Emeljanov (not Meigen); Neonotostrophia nigrosuturalis (Melichar, 1912) comb. n. from Notostrophia nigrosuturalis (Melichar, 1912) = Dictyophara nigros...

Fig. 2 Results for three HS pulses: a high bandwidth pulse (row 1), a reduced bandwidth pulse (row 2), and an optimized pulse with reduced bandwidth (row 3). Flip-angle maps are calculated on the grid of targeted static and RF field variations (column 1) and within an axial slice of the human brain (column 2). Frequency profiles for B1/ B1,nom intensities of 0.35, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.00 are shown...

A pre-phylogenetic revision of the family Phalacridae at the genus level is presented. Twenty-eight new generic synonymies are established as follows: Acylomus Sharp 1888 (=Liophalacrus Sharp 1888, syn. nov.; Ganyrus Guillebeau 1894, syn. nov.; Podocesus Guillebeau 1894, syn. nov.; Tinodemus Guillebeau 1894, syn. nov.; Ledorus Guillebeau 1895, syn. nov.; Astenulus Guillebeau 1896, syn. nov.; Af...

The present study investigated changes in suspension stability and ecotoxicity of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) by addition of Suwannee River natural organic matter and aging of stock and test suspensions prior to testing. Acute toxicity tests of silver (Ag), zinc oxide (ZnO), and titanium dioxide (TiO2 ) ENPs with Daphnia magna were carried out following Organisation for Economic Co-operatio...

BACKGROUNDS/AIMS The aim of this study was to compare operative versus non-operative management of patients with liver injury and to ascertain the differences of the clinical features. METHODS From April 2000 to July 2012, 191 patients were admitted to Seoul St. Mary's Hospital and St. Vincent's Hospital for liver injuries. Of these, 148 patients were included in this study. All patients were...

A long-standing problem in aquatic geochemistry has been the incorporation of natural organic matter (NOM) into speciation models. The general effect of NOM on metal ion sorption by particles has been understood for some time, and significant progress has been made in elucidating some of the details of the role of NOM through the use of surrogate organic acids such as citric acid. However, a ga...

47 Blunt abdominal trauma is a major cause of abdominal injury in children. The liver is the second most commonly injured organ followed by the spleen1. Nonoperative management (NOM) became the main choice for hemodynamically stable patients with solid organ injury (SOI)2-4. The reported success rate of NOM in pediatrics reached up to 90%3. Adjunct arterial embolization, if indicated, increases...

The extraction and determination of aliphatic and aromatic carboxylic acids as well as their influence on the aromaticity and molecularity relationship of natural organic matter (NOM) in water are reported in this study. Three solid phase extraction (SPE) sorbents were used and their extraction efficiencies evaluated after chromatographic determinations (using gas chromatography with a time of ...

Effect of natural organic matter (NOM) on the stability of inorganic arsenic species in simulated raw water was examined at circumneutral pH. An ion chromatography-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry system was used for simultaneous determination of As(1I1) and As(V). A reduction of arsenate (As(V)) to arsenite (As(lll)) was observed in the unfiltered simulated raw waters (USW). The As...