The adult male and female of Polyplax guatemalensis sp. n. are described from the sigmodontine murid rodent Peromyscus grandis Goodwin collected in the Reserva de Biosfera, Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala, at an elevation of 2,200 m. The new species extends the number of known native species of Polyplax in the New World to four with none of them recorded south of Panama. Polyplax guatemalensis is morphologically most closely related to Polyplax auricularis which parasitises a cluster of closely related New World sigmodontine rodents from Canada to Panama. These two species can be distinguished from all other known species of Polyplax by the presence of partially overlapping, subtriangular, anterior abdominal plates in both sexes. Polyplax guatemalensis can be separated from P. auricularis by the abundant tergal abdominal setae and longer pseudopenis in males, and by the presence of one fewer anterior abdominal, subtriangular tergite and sternite in females.
Abnormal spermatogenesis in Pityogenes chalcographus (L.) and Ips typographus (L.) results in oversized spermatozoa in all the populations investigated. They can be identified by light microscopy and classified as 2n up to 16n polyploid. The percentage of polyploid sperm increases when allopatric parents are crossed: Parental populations with less than 1% polyploid, result in male F1 with more than 20% polyploid. Wild populations of P. chalcographus and I. typographus have very different percentages of polyploid sperm. Populations from allochthonous sites for the host tree, Picea abies (Karst.), are distinguished by higher rates of sperm polyploidy than those from autochthonous areas. Thus, it is assumed that polyploid sperm indicates populations originating from the mixing of partially incompatible beetles.
Polysaccharides are long carbohydrate molecules of monosaccharide units joined together by glycosidic bonds. These biological polymers have emerged as promising materials for tissue engineering due to their biocompatibility, mostly good availability and tailorable properties. This complex group of biomolecules can be classified using several criteria, such as chemical composition (homo- and heteropolysaccharides), structure (linear and branched), function in the organism (structural, storage and secreted polysaccharides), or source (animals, plants, microorganisms). Polysaccharides most widely used in tissue engineering include starch, cellulose, chitosan, pectins, alginate, agar, dextran, pullulan, gellan, xanthan and glycosaminoglycans. Polysaccharides have been applied for engineering and regeneration of practically all tissues, though mostly at the experimental level. Polysaccharides have been tested for engineering of blood vessels, myocardium, heart valves, bone, articular and tracheal cartilage, intervertebral discs, menisci, skin, liver, skeletal muscle, neural tissue, urinary bladder, and also for encapsulation and delivery of pancreatic islets and ovarian follicles. For these purposes, polysaccharides have been applied in various forms, such as injectable hydrogels or porous and fibrous scaffolds, and often in combination with other natural or synthetic polymers or inorganic nanoparticles. The immune response evoked by polysaccharides is usually mild, and can be reduced by purifying the material or by choosing appropriate cross linking agents., L. Bačáková, K. Novotná, M. Pařízek., and Obsahuje bibliografii a bibliografické odkazy
This package contains polysemy graphs constructed on the basis of different sense chaining algorithms (representing different polysemy theories: prototype, exemplar and radial). The detailed description of all files is contained in the README.md file.
We describe the relation between quasi-minuscule representations, polytopes and Weyl group orbits in Picard lattices of rational surfaces. As an application, to each quasi-minuscule representation we attach a class of rational surfaces, and realize such a representation as an associated vector bundle of a principal bundle over these surfaces. Moreover, any quasi-minuscule representation can be defined by rational curves, or their disjoint unions in a rational surface, satisfying certain natural numerical conditions., Jae-Hyouk Lee, Mang Xu, Jiajin Zhang., and Seznam literatury
Polyurie se v neurointenzivní péči vyskytuje poměrně často a je spojena s rizikem vzniku vodní nebo sodné dysbalance. Polyurii způsobují dva základní mechanizmy: vodní nebo osmotická diuréza. Typickou vodní diurézou u akutního onemocnění mozku je centrální diabetes insipidus, u kterého ztráta čisté vody způsobuje hypernatremii. Osmotická diuréza se vyskytuje u syndromu cerebrálně podmíněné ztráty soli (cerebral salt wasting syndrome), kde natriuréza způsobuje hypoosmolální hyponatremii. Cílem neurointenzivní péče je prevence iatrogenních dysnatremií bezpečným managementem polyurií, který spočívá v diagnostice typu polyurie a odlišení kompenzační reakce organizmu na zvýšenou zátěž osmotických látek nebo tekutin od poruchy způsobené akutním poškozením mozku. V naší kazuistice prezentujeme 34letou pacientku se subarachnoidálním krvácením, u níž vznikla iatrogenní hypoosmolální hyponatremie, tzv. iatrogenní lékem způsobený SIADH (syndrom nepřiměřené sekrece antidiuretického hormonu, iatrogenic drug‑associated SIADH) v důsledku nesprávně podaného desmopresinu u polyurie s vodní diurézou., Polyuria is often seen in neurocritical care patients and can cause severe water and sodium imbalance. There are two major mechanisms causing the loss of water via the kidneys. The loss may be either due to osmotic or water diuresis. Central diabetes insipidus is a typical water diuresis, with free water losses causing hypernatremia in acute brain disease. Sodium diuresis occurs in cerebral salt wasting syndrome and causes hypoosmolal hyponatremia. One of the aims of neurocritical care is to prevent iatrogenic dysnatremias by careful management of polyuria. This requires correct diagnosis of the type of diuresis and differentiation of the possible cause – whether this is the organism’s compensatory response to higher fluid or osmotic agent intake or acute brain damage. We present a case of a 34‑year‑old female patient with subarachnoid hemorrhage and iatrogenic hypoosmolal hyponatremia, iatrogenic drug‑associated SIADH (syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone) caused by erroneous administration of desmopressine acetate in polyuria with free water diuresis., and V. Špatenková, P. Škrabálek