Ultimatum adressé par Mr. Aimé Roger, consul de France, au gouvernement de Buenos Ayres, chargé des relations extérieures de la Confédération Argentine, avec la réponse de ce dernier, et d'autres pièces à l'appui.

Added t.-p. in English.

History of the viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres; containing the most accurate details relative to the topography, history, commerce, population, government, &c. &c. of that valuable colony.

Mode of access: Internet.

Mes voyages avec le docteur Philips dans les républiques de La Plata (Buenos-Ayres, Montevideo, La Banda-Oriental, etc.)

Armand de B * * * pseud. of J. J. E. Roy.

Annuaire statistique de la ville de Buénos-Ayres ...

At head of title, 18 : Ville de Buenos-Ayres ... Direction générale de la statistique municipale.

Desarrollo de metodología para estimar la calidad del músculo de merluza ("Merluccius merluccius L.") conservado en estado congelado. Aplicación de la relaxometría ₑH RMN de bajo campo

La calidad de un alimento se puede estimar en base a unos indicadores que pueden ser cuantificados mediante diferentes métodos analíticos y que suelen ser específicos para cada producto. Es deseable que los indicadores utilizados se obtengan por métodos instrumentales rápidos, no destructivos y no invasivos. La espectroscopía permite idealmente de forma no destructiva o sin tratamiento previo del producto determinar varias propiedades o compuestos simultáneamente y monitorizar sus cambios en función de los tratamientos tecnológicos al que éste ha sido sometido. Una de estas espectroscopías es la Resonancia Magnética Nuclear del protón (1H RMN) de bajo campo. Los productos de la pesca son muy perecederos por lo que es necesario aplicar frío inmediatamente para evitar su deterioro y la conservación en estado congelado es un método muy efectivo para prolongar su vida útil, ya que disminuye la velocidad de muchos procesos físico-químicos y paraliza el crecimiento microbiano. Sin embargo en función del método de congelación utilizado, el tiempo y temperatura de conservación, la especie, el procesado previo a la congelación, etc., pueden ocurrir diferentes alteraciones en el producto que se traduzcan en una pérdida de calidad pudiendo llegar al fin de su periodo de vida comercial o al rechazo por parte del consumidor...

A multitracer approach to assess the spatial contamination pattern of hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the French Mediterranean

Chemical contamination levels and stable isotope ratios provide integrated information about contaminant exposure, trophic position and also biological and environmental influences on marine organisms. By combining these approaches with otolith shape analyses, the aim of the present study was to document the spatial variability of Hg and PCB contamination of the European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the French Mediterranean, hypothesizing that local contaminant sources, environmental conditions and biological specificities lead to site-specific contamination patterns. High Hg concentrations discriminated Corsica (average: 1.36 ± 0.80 μg g− 1 dm) from the Gulf of Lions (average values < 0.5 μg g− 1 dm), where Rhône River input caused high PCB burdens. CB 153 average concentrations ranged between 4.00 ± 0.64 and 18.39 ± 12.38 ng g− 1 dm in the Gulf of Lions, whatever the sex of the individuals, whereas the highest values in Corsica were 6.75 ± 4.22 ng g− 1 dm. Otolith shape discriminated juveniles and adults, due to their different habitats. The use of combined ecotracers was revealed as a powerful tool to discriminate between fish populations at large and small spatial scale, and to enable understanding of the environmental and biological influences on contamination patterns.

Gill net selectivity for European hake Merluccius merluccius from southern Portugal: implications for fishery management

A study of European hake Merluccius merluccius gill net selectivity was undertaken off the Algarve (Southern Portugal), between 1999 and 2001. Four nominal mesh sizes (70, 80, 90 and 100 mm) were used in fishing trials and the 'share each length class catch total' (SELECT) method was used to fit gill net selectivity curves. Hake were caught in the same size range by all mesh sizes, between 17 and 65 cm total length. While most fishes were wedged, significant and similar proportions were entangled in all mesh sizes, contributing to the wide size range, and in some cases, bimodal shape of catch size frequency distributions. Insignificant numbers of undersized hake were caught, with most catches consisting of mature female fish. Catch rates decreased sharply with increasing mesh size. The bimodal model gave the best fit for hake that were wedged, with estimated modal lengths of 40.1, 46.7 and 51.0 cm for the 70, 80 and 90 mm nominal mesh sizes, respectively. The high catch per unit effort of the smallest mesh size, with most fish caught being female, together with the fact that the modal length of the fitted selectivity curve is well below the size at maturity for hake in Portuguese waters, suggests that the 80 mm nominal mesh size is more appropriate for ensuring resource sustainability.

Don't sell social science short

The News of the Week article that reports on Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) questioning the need to fund social science research at the National Science Foundation is alarming and shortsighted ("Senate panel chair asks why NSF funds social sciences," 12 May, p. 829). Social science research is at the fundamental core of basic research and has much to contribute to the economic viability of the United States. Twenty years of direct and jointly funded social and ecosystem science research at Colorado State University's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory has produced deep insights into environmental and societal impacts of political upheaval, land use, and climate change in parts of Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Beyond greatly advancing our understanding of the coupled human-environmental system, the partnership of social and ecosystem science has brought scientists and decision-makers together to begin to develop solutions to difficult problems.

A phase 1b study of placenta-derived mesenchymal stromal cells in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a degenerative disease characterized by fibrosis following failed epithelial repair. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC), a key component of the stem cell niche in bone marrow and possibly other organs including lung, have been shown to enhance epithelial repair and are effective in preclinical models of inflammation-induced pulmonary fibrosis, but may be profibrotic in some circumstances. METHODS: In this single centre, non-randomized, dose escalation phase 1b trial, patients with moderately severe IPF (diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO ) ≥ 25% and forced vital capacity (FVC) ≥ 50%) received either 1 × 10(6) (n = 4) or 2 × 10(6) (n = 4) unrelated-donor, placenta-derived MSC/kg via a peripheral vein and were followed for 6 months with lung function (FVC and DLCO ), 6-min walk distance (6MWD) and computed tomography (CT) chest. RESULTS: Eight patients (4 female, aged 63.5 (57-75) years) with median (interquartile range) FVC 60 (52.5-74.5)% and DLCO 34.5 (29.5-40)% predicted were treated. Both dose schedules were well tolerated with only minor and transient acute adverse effects. MSC infusion was associated with a transient (1% (0-2%)) fall in SaO2 after 15 min, but no changes in haemodynamics. At 6 months FVC, DLCO , 6MWD and CT fibrosis score were unchanged compared with baseline. There was no evidence of worsening fibrosis. CONCLUSIONS: Intravenous MSC administration is feasible and has a good short-term safety profile in patients with moderately severe IPF.

Identificación y ocurrencia poblacional de insectos taladradores de pino en el departamento de Nueva Segovia

Los bosques de pinos son especies forestales que desempeñan un papel socioeconómico clave, albergando gran parte de la biodiversidad. Estos se ven afectados por insectos plagas, entre las que se encuentran los insectos taladradores; siendo los més importantes los que pertenecen a las familias: Buprestidae, Elateridae y Cerambycidae. No existía hasta la fecha en el país un reporte formal sobre que especies de taladradores existentes en el país y su ocurrencia poblacional. Ante tal situación, se considera importante la identificación y el estudio de la ocurrencia poblacional de estos insectos asociados a los pinos. El estudio se realizó en los municipios de Dipilto y El Jícaro, Nueva Segovia. Se realizo un monitoreo cada 15 días; para este se utilizaron trampas del tipo "Lindgren non-sticky funnel trap" de 12 embudos con vaso colector, feromonas de agregación (frontalin®) y aguarrás como atrayentes, obteniéndose los siguientes resultados: Los insectos taladradores encontrados fueron: Chalcolepidius lacordairei (Candeze), y Chacolepidius sp. de la familia Elateridae, además Chalcophora sp. Lampetis monilis, Melanophila notata, de la familia Buprestidae, de la familia Cerambycidae se identificaron los insectos: Assycuera macrotela Bates, Leptostylus sp. Arhopa/us asperatus. Arhopalus productus y Hesperandra polita (Say). Además se describió la ocurrencia poblacional de estas familias en ambos municipios estudiados.

Panorama do controle externo na Câmara dos Deputados : uma visão prática

Analisa os instrumentos práticos de Controle Externo disponíveis à Câmara dos Deputados, tanto no Regimento Interno quanto em legislação esparsa. Discute em que medida a instituição utiliza com eficiência esses instrumentos com vistas a cumprir sua função constitucional de fiscalizadora dos atos do Poder Executivo.

Reference Points Based on Dynamic Optimisation: A Versatil Algorithm for Mixed Fishery Management with Bio-economic Agestructured Models

Single-species management objectives may not be consistent within mixed fisheries. They may lead species to unsafe situations, promote discarding of over-quota and/or misreporting of catches. We provide an algorithm for characterising bio-economic reference points for a mixed fishery as the steady-state solution of a dynamic optimal management problem. The optimisation problem takes into account: i) that species are fishing simultaneously in unselective fishing operations and ii)intertemporal discounting and fleet costs to relate reference points to discounted economic profits along optimal trajectories. We illustrate how the algorithm can be implemented by applying it to the European Northern Stock of Hake (Merluccius merluccius), where fleets also capture Northern megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and Northern anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius and Lophius budegassa). We find that optimal mixed management leads to a target reference point that is quite similar to the 2/3 of the Fmsy single-species (hake) target. Mixed management is superior to singlespecies management because it leads the fishery to higher discounted profits with higher long-term SSB for all species. We calculate that the losses due to the use of the Fmsy single-species (hake) target in this mixed fishery account for 11.4% of total discounted profits.