Description of the immature and mature larvae of Bocchus scobiolae Nagy (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae).

The last immature instar and the mature larva of Bocchus scobiolae are described and illustrated for the first time. The affinities of both immature and mature larvae of Bocchus scobiolae and Mystrophorus formicaeformis are discussed to define larval characters of the subfamily Bocchinae.

A diagnostic circulating miRNA signature as orchestrator of cell invasion via TKS4/TKS5/EFHD2 modulation in human gliomas.

Background: Altered microRNA profiles have been observed not only in tumour tissues but also in biofluids, where they circulate in a stable form thus representing interesting biomarker candidates. This study aimed to identify a microRNA signature as a non-invasive biomarker and to investigate its impact on glioma biology.

Methods: MicroRNAs were selected using a global expression profile in preoperative serum samples from 37 glioma patients.

Application of DNA barcoding confirms the female, male, larva and host of Bocchus scobiolae Nagy (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae).

Bocchus scobiolae Nagy (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae, Bocchinae) was reared in Szeged, Hungary. The female, male and immature larva were associated by mitochondrial COI sequences. B.

Tailoring the hexagonal boron nitride nanomesh on Rh(111) with gold.

It is known that the hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) monolayer has a periodically corrugated structure on Rh(111), termed "nanomesh", while the h-BN layer is planar on the close packed surfaces of coinage metals (Cu, Ag, Au) due the weak interactions. Our studies are aimed at understanding the metal-h-BN interaction, when both Rh and Au are present. On the one hand, the growth and thermal properties of gold deposited on h-BN nanomesh prepared on Rh(111) were studied.

The growth and thermal properties of Au deposited on Rh(111): formation of an ordered surface alloy.

Scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), low energy ion scattering spectroscopy (LEIS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS) were applied for studying Au deposited on the Rh(111) surface. Both the deposition of Au at different substrate temperatures (400-800 K) and the effect of annealing Au deposited at 500 K were investigated. Gold deposition at 500 K, investigated by STM and LEIS methods, revealed that up to half monolayer Au the system exhibits clearly layer-by layer growth; however, above this coverage a slight deviation was identified, mainly due to kinetic and morphological effects.

A new ladybird spider from Hungary (Araneae, Eresidae).

According to the most recent taxonomic literature, three species of the genus Eresus are known in Central Europe, Eresuskollari, Eresussandaliatus and Eresusmoravicus. We recognized a fourth distinctive species from Hungary, which is described as Eresushermani sp. n.

LEIS and XPS investigation into the growth of cerium and cerium dioxide on Cu(111).

The controlled growth of Ce and CeO2 on Cu(111) was investigated applying low energy ion scattering spectroscopy (LEIS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Previous LEIS studies on metallic and oxidised cerium deposits using other metallic substrates reported serious difficulties related to the neutralization of noble gas ions. For this reason, special attention was paid here to reveal possible matrix effects for the neutralization ("neutralization effects"), which would severely hinder quantitative evaluation of the LEIS data.

Back to the past in California: a temporary retreat to a Tarasoff duty to warn.

The original Tarasoff decision created a duty for California psychotherapists to warn potential victims of their patients. After rehearing the matter two years later, the California Supreme Court, in the landmark second Tarasoff decision, changed the duty to warn to a duty to protect potential victims, with warning as only one of the options for discharging that duty. Despite this change, the Tarasoff duty frequently was referred to erroneously as a duty to warn.