Lectures on witchcraft comprising a history of the delusion in Salem, in 1692.

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A brief and true narrative of some remarkable passages relating to sundry persons afflicted by witchcraft, in Salem Village: : which happened from the nineteenth of March, to the fifth of April, 1692. /

Wing (2nd ed.)

The Massacre of Glenco : being a true narrative of the barbarous murther of the Glenco-men, in the Highlands of Scotland, by way of military execution, on the 13th of Feb. 1692.

The t.p. is a type-facsimile of the original ed.

Der Geograph Luigi Ferdinando Graf Marsigli (1658-1730).

Thesis (doctoral)--Friedrich-Alexanders-Universitat, Erlangen.

Lectures on witchcraft, comprising a history of the delusion in Salem, in 1692.

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Poet Adrienne Rich

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Catharine Stimpson, Barbara Deming, Adrienne Rich, and Gloria Orenstein attending The Woman's Salon.

Inscription: Verso: The Woman's Salon, New York. Left to right: Catharine Stimpson, Barbara Deming, Adrienne Rich, and Gloria Orenstein.

Left to right: Adrienne Rich, Barbara Demin, Erika Duncan, Glora Orenstein at the Woman's Salon

Inscriptions: Verso: [stamped] Photograph by Freda Leinwand. [463 West Street, Studio 229G, New York, NY 10014].

Barbara Deming, Erika Duncan, Adrienne Rich, and Gloria Orenstein at The Woman's Salon

Inscription: Verso: The Woman's Salon, New York. Seated on platform: Barbara Deming, Erika Duncan, Adrienne Rich, and Gloria Orenstein.

La representación del poder y los discursos en la pintura. Las transformaciones de la pintura francesa, 1680-1730

Esta tesis se ha construido a partir del método arqueológico que hemos establecido, a su vez, a partir de la obra de M. Foucault La Arqueología del Saber, así como de sus seminarios del Collège de France. Desde ella hemos definido una alternativa metodológica para estudiar el arte, respecto a las otras propuestas metodologías tradicionales de la Historia del Arte; centrándonos principalmente en los discursos producidos por el saber artístico. A partir de los problemas que encierra la Historia, y por consiguiente la Historia del Arte, como hemos puesto de manifiesto al analizar los términos barroco y rococó, nos hemos alejado de las diversas corrientes historiográficas que definen la Historia del Arte, determinadas por los problemas de la Historia y de la Forma, proponiendo una nueva aproximación al análisis del arte a través de la Arqueología del Saber de M. Foucault, que -sin duda- ha condicionado la forma de nuestro trabajo. Esto nos ha conducido a centrarnos principalmente en los discursos artísticos, esto es, en los discursos producidos por el propio saber artístico, trabajando sobre los textos teóricos, las conferencias, los panfletos o libelos de las polémicas artísticas, sobre los poemas elogiosos hacia determinadas obras o sobre las descripciones periodísticas. Hemos intentado estudiar en profundidad, por tanto, todo ese mundo de discursos producidos desde y por el arte, que constituirán en su conjunto un saber artístico, dejando en un segundo plano las formas artísticas. Esta elección de una metodología arqueológica ha condicionado por tanto la forma de nuestro trabajo, pues éste no ha intentado reconstruir el proceso artístico o creativo de una obra, ni tampoco las vicisitudes por las que ha pasado una obra concreta. Tampoco hemos pretendido desde la obra, entendida como evento o acontecimiento –al modo que hace la Historia- analizar la sociedad de la época; como si el arte fuera el reflejo de una Verdad histórica o de un espíritu de su tiempo. Nuestro objetivo ha consistido en intentar comprender en qué medida el arte, en tanto que saber y conjunto de discursos, se ve afectado por los cambios en la verdad-poder que suceden en su época. Pero estas transformaciones han sido estudiadas no desde la obra en sí -como tradicionalmente se ha hecho- sino desde los discursos arriba señalados, pues es más fácil analizar las formas de actuación del poder a través de los discursos que genera que a través de las formas artísticas, cuyos “comportamientos” no son tan fácilmente cognoscibles desde la palabra, a la que tiende a expulsar, como bien señaló Platón en su República...

Toxoplasma gondii Isolates From Free-Range Chickens From the Northeast Region of Brazil

The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in free-ranging chickens is a good indicator of the prevalence of 7: gondii oocysts in the soil because chickens feed from the ground. The prevalence of T. gonulii in 152 free-range chickens (Gallus domesticus) from 22 municipalities in 7 northeastern states (Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Maranh5o, Bahia, Ceara, Sergipe, and Alagoas) of Brazil was determined. Antibodies to T. gondii were assayed by the modified agglutination test (MAT); 81 (53.3 %) chickens had titers of 1:5 in 26, 1:10 in 9, 1:20 in 4, 1:40 in 1, 1:80 in 6, 1:160 in 6, 1:320 in 13, 1:640 in 6, 1:1,280 in 3, 1:2,560 in 6, and 1:5,120 or higher in I. Hearts and brains of 81 seropositive chickens were bioassayed individually in mice. Toxoplasma gondii was isolated from 23 chickens with MAT titers of 1:5 or higher; the isolates were designated TgCKBr165-187. Five isolates killed all infected mice. Results indicate widespread contamination of rural environment in Brazil with T. gondii oocysts.

Sand bioconsolidation through the precipitation of calcium carbonate by two ureolytic bacteria

Two ureolytic strains, B. sphaericus LMG 22257 and Bacillus sp (I-001), were tested for their ability to consolidate sand by submitting them to two days` treatment using 10(7) viable cell concentrations of inocula and medium precipitation with calcium ions. The results showed that B. sphaericus LMG 22257 induced greater calcium carbonate formation. Both strains produced calcite and were able to consolidate sand. Tensile strength of consolidated sand was not a function of the amount of precipitated CaCO(3) but a linear function of the ratio bioconsolidation index (BC) defined as the ratio of CaCO(3) volume to initial sand porosity. A simple model to estimate the engineering benefits of consolidation is proposed. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in an Oxisol as Affected by Liming and Crop Residues under No-Till

The short-term effects of surface lime application and black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb.) residues, with or without N fertilization, were evaluated in a long-term no-till (NT) system on a sandy clay loam, a kaolinitic, thermic Typic Hapludox from the state of Parana, Brazil. The main plot treatments were: control and dolomitic lime applied on soil surface at 8 Mg ha(-1). Three treatments with crop residues were evaluated on the subplots: (i) fallow, (ii) black oat residues, and (iii) black oat residues aft er N fertilization at 180 kg ha(-1). Black oat dry biomass was not affected by the treatments during 3 yr. Surface liming increased soil pH, microbial biomass, microbial activity, and bacterial/fungal ratio at the soil surface (0-5 cm), resulting in increased amino acid turnover, water-soluble humic substances formation, and N mineralization and nitrification. While the application of black oat did increase the soil pH, overall it had much less effect on soil biological processes and C and N pools than did lime. We concluded that black oat cannot replace the need for lime to optimize crop production in these tropical NT systems. In the long term, however, black oat should aid in the amelioration of acidity and replenishment of soil organic C pools and should help reduce erosion. Overall, this study suggests that overapplication of inorganic fertilizer N may occur in some tropical NT systems. Further experiments are required in NT systems to investigate the use of slow-release N fertilizers in combination with lime and black oat as a mechanism to reduce acidification and promote sustainability.

Method development and optimization for the determination of selenium in bean and soil samples using hydride generation electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

The present investigation is the first part of an initiative to prepare a regional map of the natural abundance of selenium in various areas of Brazil, based on the analysis of bean and soil samples. Continuous-flow hydride generation electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry (HG-ET AAS) with in situ trapping on an iridium-coated graphite tube has been chosen because of the high sensitivity and relative simplicity. The microwave-assisted acid digestion for bean and soil samples was tested for complete recovery of inorganic and organic selenium compounds (selenomethionine). The reduction of Se(VI) to Se(IV) was optimized in order to guarantee that there is no back-oxidation, which is of importance when digested samples are not analyzed immediately after the reduction step. The limits of detection and quantification of the method were 30 ng L(-1) Se and 101 ng L(-1) Se, respectively, corresponding to about 3 ng g(-1) and 10 ng g(-1), respectively, in the solid samples, considering a typical dilution factor of 100 for the digestion process. The results obtained for two certified food reference materials (CRM), soybean and rice, and for a soil and sediment CRM confirmed the validity of the investigated method. The selenium content found in a number of selected bean samples varied between 5.5 +/- 0.4 ng g(-1) and 1726 +/- 55 ng g(-1), and that in soil samples varied between 113 +/- 6.5 ng g(-1) and 1692 +/- 21 ng g(-1). (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.