Data compilation on the biological response to ocean acidification: environmental and experimental context of data sets and related literature

The exponential growth of studies on the biological response to ocean acidification over the last few decades has generated a large amount of data. To facilitate data comparison, a data compilation hosted at the data publisher PANGAEA was initiated in 2008 and is updated on a regular basis (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.149999). By January 2015, a total of 581 data sets (over 4 000 000 data points) from 539 papers had been archived. Here we present the developments of this data compilation five years since its first description by Nisumaa et al. (2010). Most of study sites from which data archived are still in the Northern Hemisphere and the number of archived data from studies from the Southern Hemisphere and polar oceans are still relatively low. Data from 60 studies that investigated the response of a mix of organisms or natural communities were all added after 2010, indicating a welcomed shift from the study of individual organisms to communities and ecosystems. The initial imbalance of considerably more data archived on calcification and primary production than on other processes has improved. There is also a clear tendency towards more data archived from multifactorial studies after 2010. For easier and more effective access to ocean acidification data, the ocean acidification community is strongly encouraged to contribute to the data archiving effort, and help develop standard vocabularies describing the variables and define best practices for archiving ocean acidification data.

Disabled Revolutionary War Veterans and the Construction of Disability in the Early United States, c. 1776-1840

This thesis addresses the following broad research question: what did it mean to be a disabled Revolutionary War veteran in the early United States during the period from 1776 to roughly 1840? The study approaches the question from two angles: a state-centred one and an experiential one. In both cases, the theoretical framework employed comes from disability studies. Consequently, disability is regarded as a sociocultural phenomenon rather than a medical condition. The state-centred dimension of the study explores the meaning of disability and disabled veterans to the early American state through an examination of the major military pension laws of the period. An analysis of this legislation, particularly the invalid pension acts of 1793 and 1806, indicates that the early United States represents a key period in the development of the modern disability category. The experiential approach, in contrast, shifts the focus of attention away from the state towards the lived experiences of disabled veterans. It seeks to address the issue of whether or not the disabilities of disabled veterans had any significant material impact on their everyday lives. It does this through a comparison of the situation of 153 disabled veterans with that of an equivalent number of nondisabled veterans. The former group received invalid pensions while the latter did not. In comparing the material conditions of disabled and nondisabled veterans, a wide range of primary sources from military records to memoirs and letters are used. The most important sources in this regard are the pension application papers submitted by veterans in the early nineteenth century. These provide us with a unique insight into the everyday lives of veterans. Looking at the issue of experience through the window of the pension files reveals that there was not much difference in the broad contours of disabled and nondisabled veteran life. This finding has implications for the theorisation of disability that are highlighted and discussed in the thesis. The main themes covered in this study are: the wartime experiences of injured American soldiers, the military pension establishment of the early United States and the legal construction of disability, and the post-war working and family lives of disabled veterans. Keywords: disability, early America, veterans, military pensions, disabled people, Revolutionary War, United States, disability theory.

Painting of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy by Eduard Magnus Portraits Men

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Bianca and Felix Gerstmann in front of the Parkhotel Richmond; Karlsbad Portraits Couples

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Bianca and Felix Gerstmann in front of a car in Kuala Lumpur ? Portraits Couples

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Bianca and Felix Gerstmann in traditional Malaysian costume ? Portraits Couples

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Bianca and Felix Gerstmann with monkey in Malaysia ? Portraits Couples

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Bianca and Felix Gerstmann boarding a Royal Air Mail airplane; Singapore Portraits Couples

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Bianca and Felix Gerstmann boarding a Royal Air Mail airplane; Singapore Portraits Couples

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Felix Epstein Collection 1844-1978

Epstein, Felix, 1972

Antonio Somellera : un testimonio de violencia política en tiempos de Rosas (1838-1840)

La obra publicada hacia fines del siglo XIX por el Comodoro Antonio Somellera (1812-1889) bajo el nombre Recuerdos de una víctima de la Mazorca, es un valiosísimo documento histórico para analizar los hechos e ideas que determinaron muchos de los aspectos de la vida política del momento al que se refiere, el gobierno de Juan Manuel de Rosas en Buenos Aires durante 1838-1840. Allí se expresa cabalmente uno de los elementos más controvertidos de la historia del país: la violencia política, tanto física como discursiva, a que estaban acostumbrados todos los hombres que dirigían, ya sea como gobierno o como oposición, los destinos de la Argentina. A través de un análisis contextualizado y profundo de estas Memorias, el presente trabajo buscará dilucidar algunos de los aspectos estructurales que caracterizaron la realidad política de esos años.

Growth response of Heterobranchus longifilis (Valenciennes, 1840) fingerlings fed raw and boiled Mucuna cochinchinensis seed meal

Feeding trial was conducted in static water to assess the growth of H. longifilis fingerlings fed different I inclusion levels of mucuna seed meal (MSM). Raw and boiled MSM were used in the diets at 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% inclusion levels and the performance of fish fed these diets was compared with fish fed a fishmeal-based diet which contained 40% protein. All diets were prepared to be isonitrogenous and isocaloric A two by five factorial experiment with three replicates using ten fish of average initial weight 1 .46g was carried out. Daily fish ration of five percent body weight was administered two times for eight weeks. The specific growth rate in diets 1 (control) and 6(10% boiled MSM) were similar and significantly (P<0.05) higher than the other dietary groups. The significantly lower growth performance of fish fed diets containing higher inclusion levels of both raw and boiled MSM might be due to incomplete elimination of the antinutritional factors present in MSM by boiling. Other methods of processing MSM to improve its nutritive value should be investigated. (7 page document)

Epistolas Varias que Consagra a la Catolica Magestad Del Rey D. Carlos Segundo, N.S. Monarca de las Espanas y del Nuevo Mundo, Don Felix de Lucio Espinosa y Malo, su autor, doctor en ambos derechos, con privilegio

Félix de Lúcio Espinosa y Maio, escritor e historiador espanhol, nasceu em Zaragoza, em 1646, e morreu em Palermo, Itália, em 1691. Doutorou-se em Direito na Universidade de Nápoles, foi Secretário do Conselho de Sua Majestade e Secretário de Estado e Guerra, no reino da Sicília. Cronista do reino de Aragão, das Índias e de Castela e Leão. Distinguiu-se por seu talento e sua cultura. ‘Epistolas varias...’ traz composições poéticas em forma de cartas, descrevendo entre outras coisas: ‘Del origem de las estatuas’, ‘De los sepulcros antigos’, ‘Del origem de las monedas’, ‘De la causa dei terremoto’, ‘Descripcion de la fiesta de toros de Madrid’, ‘De la velocidad dei tiempo’, ‘Consolatoria en la muerte’, ‘De la pintura, y alguns inventores’, ‘La paz y la union’, ‘Sobre eI origen de la poesia en varias naciones’

Collecção das Leis do Imperio do Brasil de 1840

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Historia patria : o Brazil de 1831 a 1840

História cronológica do período da Minoridade, com detalhes sobre suas conspirações e lutas.