Eight apterous species of the paederine genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst, 1802 from the Chinese province Sichuan are described, illustrated, and distinguished from closely related and/or geographically close congeners: Lathrobium erlangense Peng & Li sp. n. (Erlang Shan), Lathrobium blandum Peng & Li sp. n. (Labahe N. R.), Lathrobium yelense Peng & Li sp. n. (Yele), Lathrobium obscurum Peng & Li sp...

Hao-Ping Liu, Chih-Ching Wu and Yu-Sun Chang* Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang Ming University, Shih-Pai, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, Proteomics Core Laboratory of Chang Gung Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China and Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao...

Paederus (Gnathopaederus) xuei Peng & Li sp. n. (Yunnan: Dawei Shan) and P. (G.) cheni Peng & Li sp. n. (Hunan: Badagong Shan) are described and illustrated. Additional records of P. (G.) bursavacua Willers, 2001, P. (G.) szechuanus (Chapin, 1927) and P. (G.) yunnanensis Willers, 2001 are reported.

Yi Zhun Zhu, Chew Lan Chong, Shin Chet Chuah, Shan Hong Huang, Huey Shan Nai, How Teng Tong, Matt Whiteman, and Philip K. Moore National University of Singapore Cardiovascular Biology Research Group and Department of Pharmacology, National University of Singapore; Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University; Emergency Department, National University Hospital; and Department...

Author details Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, QingDao University, QingDao 266003, R. P. China. Pathology, the Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, QingDao University, QingDao, Shan Dong Province 266003, P. R. China. Molecular Biology, the Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, QingDao University, QingDao, Shan Dong Province 266003, P. R. China. Hepatobiliary surgery, T...

_ Two specimens of rat-traps in use by Shan villagers in the Northern Shan States of ?Burma have been sent me by Major H. F. L. Duckworth, i.m.d., Civil Surgeon and District Health Officer, Northern Shan States. These *raps are of great interest because of their ingenuity and simplicity of construction. They can be made up in any bamboo-growing country at next to no cost because they are constr...

The entropy generation analysis of non-Newtonian fluid in rotational flow between two concentric cylinders is examined when the outer cylinder is fixed and the inner cylinder is revolved with a constant angular speed. The viscosity of non-Newtonian fluid is considered at the same time interdependent on temperature and shear rate. The Nahme law and Carreau equation are used to modeling dependenc...

1389-1286/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2012.12.005 ⇑ Corresponding author at: School of Computer Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Jiangsu, Nanjing 210096, China. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (F. Shan), [email protected]. edu.au (W. Liang), [email protected] (J. Luo), [email protected] (X. Shen). Feng Shan a,e,⇑, W...