Ten new species of Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 parasitic on members of the avian families Formicariidae, Thraupidae, Tyrannidae, Troglodytidae and Icteridae are described herein. They and their type hosts are M. isacantha sp. n. ex Chamaeza nobilis Gould, M. circumsternata sp. n. ex Formicarius colma Boddaert (Formicariidae); M. cacioppoi sp. n. ex Lanio fulvus (Boddaert), M. brasiliensis sp. n. ex Tangara chilensis (Vigors), M. saviti sp. n. ex Tangara schrankii (Spix) (Thraupidae), M. rodriguesae sp. n. ex Cnipodectes subbrunneus (Sclater), M. cnemotriccola sp. n. ex Cnemotriccus fuscatus (Wied-Neuwied), M. lathrotriccola sp. n. ex Lathrotriccus euleri (Cabanis) (Tyrannidae), M. faccioae sp. n. ex Cyphorhinus arada transfluvialis (Todd) (Troglodytidae), and M. lampropsaricola sp. n. ex Lampropsar tanagrinus (Spix) (Icteridae). Among these are two new Myrsidea species described from the avian family Formicariidae, which previously had only a single described Myrsidea species, and a new host record for M. cinnamomei Dalgleish et Price, 2005 ex Attila citriniventris Sclater. Analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I sequences for these and other neotropical Myrsidea species provides an assessment of their phylogenetic relationships and indicates that all of these newly described species are genetically distinct. We also put these descriptions into context by estimating the potential number of unnamed Myrsidea species in Brazil, given the known diversity of potential hosts and typical levels of host specificity for Myrsidea species. Our estimate indicates that Brazilian Myrsidea species diversity is likely more than an order of magnitude greater than the number of described Myrsidea species known from Brazil, highlighting the need for future work on this megadiverse ectoparasite genus.
Last changes in Poland have made that in the hi-tech industry the main role started to play the small-specialized enterprises, leaded by the people who has a good contacts in Universities. They are interested in the sophisticated technology and want to cooperate with the University. The mechatronic product - the family of computer controlled infusion pumps are the important part of the intensive care room equipment in every hospital. The designed family of pumps gives the possibility to program infusion rate in most frequently used units, allows to record in memory own dosing procedures, could automatically load and recognize the syringe etc. They are nearly the top product similar to the ones offered by the best manufactures as B. Brown, or Fresenius.
These two aspects: characteristic of the pumps family and the technology transfer are the main foals of the paper. and Obsahuje seznam literatury
The absolute gravity measurements are an important tool for reliable monitoring geodynamic phenomena. Based on the experience with the absolute gravimeter FG5#215 (gravimeter of the Center for Earth Dynamics Research), the accuracy of FG5 absolute gravimeters is presented in this study. The instrumental reproducibility of this meter is characterized by the value of 0.7 μGal. Discussed are important environmental effects on gravity measurements, such as atmospheric and hydrological effects, understanding of which is necessary for correct and reliable interpretation of the repeated absolute gravity measurements in geodynamics., Vojtech Pálinkáš, Jakub Kostelecký and Jaroslav Šimek., and Obsahuje bibliografii
In elementary robotics, it is very well known that the rotation of an object by the angles respectively Ψ (x), Θ (y), Φ (z) wrt** a fixed coordinate system (RPY) results in the same angular position for the object as the position achieved by the rotation of that object by the angles respectively Φ (z), Θ (y), Ψ (x) wrt a moving (with the object) coordinate system (euler angles). The proofs given up to now for such consequences are not general and for any such problem usually involve the calculation of the transformation matrix for both cases and observing the equivalence of the two matrices [1, 2, 3]. In this paper a fundamental and at the same time general proof is given for such results. It is shown that this equivalence in reverse order can be extended to the general class of transformations which keep the local relations constant (i.e., each transformation should keep the local relations constant). For example, rotation, translation and scaling are 3 types of transformations which can be located in this general class.
The Northern pine processionary moth, Thaumetopoea pinivora (Treitschke, 1834) shows a highly scattered distribution with fragmented populations across Europe. A previous study exploring the postglacial history of T. pinivora defined it as a cold-tolerant relict species and concluded that a progressive reduction of suitable habitats after the postglacial expansion from refugia in the southern Iberian peninsula best explained the distribution and genetic structure of populations of this species. However, recent records, both by us and others, challenge this view. Surprisingly, some of the newly found populations from southern Spain use black pine, Pinus nigra J.F. Arnold as a host plant despite the fact that the typical host of the species, Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris L. occurs in the area. We provide genetic data for one of these recently found southern populations where the larvae feed on P. nigra, and compare this with previously published data on individuals collected on P. sylvestris. This data reveals that populations from different host trees are no more genetically differentiated than populations sharing the same host plant. The findings of a wider diet breadth open the way to widen the search for the still unidentified glacial refugium of T. pinivora, and as such may contribute to a better understanding about how the species has spread across Europe., José A. Hódar, Anna Cassel-Lundhagen, Andrea Battisti, Stig Larsson., and Obsahuje bibliografii
In this paper, we present a novel quantitative description of intracellular and t-tubular Ca2+ dynamics in a model of rat cardiac ventricular myocyte. In order to simulate recently published data, the model incorporates t-tubular and peripheral dyads and intracellular subspaces, segmentation of the t-tubular luminal volume, reformulation of the inactivation properties of t-tubular land peripheral L-type calcium current (ICa) and a description of exogenous Ca2q+ buffer function in the intracellular space. The model is used to explore activity-induced changes of ion concentration in the intracellular and t-tubular spaces and their role in excitation - contraction coupling in ventricular myocytes. and Obsahuje Appendix se seznamy literatury, užitých zkratek a symbolů
The general author‘s mesomechanical model with tensorial internal variables is applied to creep of steel 0,5Cr0,5Mo0,3V under different loading levels. It is shown that the creep process can be described by the mesomechanical model in its whole course up to rupture. However, the model parameters can be influenced at the very beginning by the application of the applied load if it is high enough to cause changes in the internal structure. This problem is specific for creep at high temperatures and significant differences in the loading levels (contrary to the small-strain plasticity studied usually at low temperatures, where the model parameters can be considered the same for different loadings). and Obsahuje seznam literatury