A phylogenetic analysis of 14 genera of the family Goneplacidae MacLeay (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) is presented based upon 45 adult morphological characters. Two most-parsimonious trees were obtained (length = 87, CI = 0.6667, RI = 0.8242, RC = 0.5495). The present analysis suggests that the Goneplacidae is divided into six subfamilies: Carinocarcinoidinae subfam. nov., Chasmocarcininae ...

To test the hypothesis that the preference for ketone bodies rather than lipids as oxidative fuel in elasmobranchs evolved in response to the appearance of urea-based osmoregulation, we measured total non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) in plasma as well as maximal activities of enzymes of intermediary metabolism in tissues from marine and freshwater elasmobranchs, including: the river stingray P...

During the Sporadic E Experiment over Kyushu 2 (SEEK-2) campaign, field-aligned irregularities (FAIs) associated with midlatitude sporadic-E (Es) layers were observed with two backscatter radars, the Lower Thermosphere Profiler Radar (LTPR) and the Frequency Agile Radar (FAR), which were located 40 km apart in Tanegashima, Japan. We conducted observations of FAI echoes from 31 July to 24 August...

Reviewers Neil Aaronson, PhD, The Netherlands Sandra Albuquerque, MS, Brazil Jordi Alonso, MD, PhD, Spain Mohsen Asadi-Lari, MD, UK Keiko Asakawa, MA, MBA, Japan Heather-Jane Au, FRCP, MPH, Canada Karine Azevedo Sao Leao Ferreira, Brazil Carola Bardage, PhD, Sweden Judith Barr, ScD, USA Rick Berzon, DrPH, USA Andrew Bottomley, PhD, Belgium Serge BrianÅon, MD, France David Cella, PhD, USA Ali Ch...