A new species of the genus Tachygerris Drake, 1957 (Gerrinae: Tachygerrini) is described from the Amazon region of Colombia. Tachygerris tucanensis sp. nov. is differentiated from other species of the genus by features of the male genitalia and of last abdominal sternite of female. New records of T. adamsoni, T. celocis, and T. opacus are also presented.

This paper investigates the recent trends in poverty and inequality since the 1990s, and decomposes poverty reduction to see who has benefited most from China’s economic growth. We find that first, by several measures poverty has declined significantly across a wide range of poverty lines during the 1990s, except for a slight increase in 1997-99 for lower poverty lines. Second, economic growth ...

Journal exists today because two Milwaukee physicians had both keen business acumen and political savvy. Whether out of envy at a colleague’s journal, simple competitive instincts, pure desire for professional excellence, or some of each, they launched the Wisconsin Medical Journal as a private business venture in January 1903. Arthur J. Patek, MD, an internist, and Otto H. Foerster, MD, a derm...

rigorous imprisonment under section 379, Indian Penal Code, (theft), on the same day, and sent into Jail, "in a dying condition," as noted by my predecessor; collapsed, temperature below normal, pulse weak and thready, respiration hurried, unable to answer questions, spleen enlarged, lungs healthy. He was given a mixture containing quinine, tincture of ergot, and laudanum ; also rum and spiritu...

The distribution of Wolbachia in Žg wasps: correlations with host phylogeny, ecology and population structure D. DeWayne Shoemaker, Carlos A. Machado, Drude Molbo, John H. Werren, Donald M. Windsor and Edward Allen Herre Department of Biological Sciences, 3149 Wood Hall, 1903 West Michigan Avenue, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5410, USA Department of Genetics, Rutgers Univers...