Chapters from the evolution of plants : an abstract of three lectures delivered in the Manchester Museum in February, 1909 /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-22).

The evolution of regulatory veterinary medicine in Illinois /

Based on: Evolution of the Division of Meat, Poultry and Livestock Inspection. Springfield, Ill. : Illinois Dept. of Agriculture, 1982.

The miscellaneous works of Dr. Goldsmith : in four volumes, containing the Citizen of the World, The Vicar of Wakefield, essays, poems and plays.

Library's copy imperfect: Cover wanting.

Pantography, or Universal drawings, in the comparison of their natural and arbitrary laws, with the nature and importance of pasigraphy, as the science of letters; being particularly adapted to the orthoepic accuracy requisite in international correspondences, and the study of foreign languages. With specimens of more than fifty different alphabets, including a concise description of almost all others known generally throughout the world.

Mode of access: Internet.

The greatest street in the world : the story of Broadway, old and new, from the Bowling Green to Albany /

Includes bibliography and index.

The evolution of religion : the Gifford lectures delivered before the University of St. Andrews in sessions 1890-91 and 1891-92 /

Mode of access: Internet.

The evolution of managerial ideas in industrial relations.

Mode of access: Internet.

Christian evidences viewed in relation to modern thought. Eight lectures preached before the University of Oxford in the year 1877 on the foundation of the late Rev. John Bampton, M.A., canon of Salisbury.

Mode of access: Internet.

The mystery of space; a study of the hyperspace movement in the light of the evolution of new psychic faculties and an inquiry into the genesis and essential nature of space,

Bibliography: p. 359-365.

Religion & art; a study in the evolution of sculpture, painting and architecture,

Translation of: Religione e arte figurata.

Sexual Minority Rights as Human Rights: Mapping the Evolution of LGBT Norms in Swedish and U.S. Foreign Policy

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-06

The evolution of microRNA in primates

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2016-06

Chic chicks: the evolution of chick ornamentation in rails

Competition over access to food has led to the evolution of a variety of exaggerated visual and vocal displays in altricial nestling birds. Precocial chicks that are fed by their parents also vary widely in appearance ranging from those with inconspicuous coloration to those with brightly colored bills, fleshy parts, and plumes. These ornaments are lost by the end of the period of parental dependence, suggesting they function in competition over parental care. We use a comparative approach to evaluate which ecological or life-history variables may have favored the evolution of conspicuous ornamentation in precocial chicks. We compiled data on chick morphology, ecology, and social organization of species in the Family Rallidae, a group with highly variable downy chicks. Chick ornamentation in the form of brightly colored bills, fleshy patches, or plumes is observed in 36 of 97 species for which downy chicks are described. Phylogenetic reconstructions suggest that nonornamentation is the ancestral state. Chick ornamentation has evolved multiple times within the Rallidae and is significantly associated with large clutch sizes and polygamous mating systems. Chick ornamentation was also weakly associated with adult ornamentation and adult dimorphism. We argue that these results support the hypothesis that lineages with higher levels of sibling competition are more likely to evolve ornamented chicks.

Areal specialization of pyramidal cell structure in the visual cortex of the tree shrew: a new twist revealed in the evolution of cortical circuitry

Cortical pyramidal cells, while having a characteristic morphology, show marked phenotypic variation in primates. Differences have been reported in their size, branching structure and spine density between cortical areas. In particular, there is a systematic increase in the complexity of the structure of pyramidal cells with anterior progression through occipito-temporal cortical visual areas. These differences reflect area-specific specializations in cortical circuitry, which are believed to be important for visual processing. However, it remains unknown as to whether these regional specializations in pyramidal cell structure are restricted to primates. Here we investigated pyramidal cell structure in the visual cortex of the tree shrew, including the primary (V1), second (V2) and temporal dorsal (TD) areas. As in primates, there was a trend for more complex branching structure with anterior progression through visual areas in the tree shrew. However, contrary to the trend reported in primates, cells in the tree shrew tended to become smaller with anterior progression through V1, V2 and TD. In addition, pyramidal cells in V1 of the tree shrew are more than twice as spinous as those in primates. These data suggest that variables that shape the structure of adult cortical pyramidal cells differ among species.

Gender differentials in the evolution of cigarette smoking habits in a general European adult population from 1993-2003

Background: Describe the recent evolution of cigarette smoking habits by gender in Geneva, where incidence rates of lung cancer have been declining in men but increasing in women. Methods: Continuous cross-sectional surveillance of the general adult ( 35 - 74 yrs) population of Geneva, Switzerland for 11 years ( 1993 - 2003) using a locally-validated smoking questionnaire, yielding a representative random sample of 12,271 individuals ( 6,164 men, 6,107 women). Results: In both genders, prevalence of current cigarette smoking was stable over the 11-year period, at about one third of men and one quarter of women, even though smoking began at an earlier age in more recent years. Older men were more likely to be former smokers than older women. Younger men, but not women, tended to quit smoking at an earlier age. Conclusion: This continuous ( 1993 - 2003) risk factor surveillance system, unique in Europe, shows stable prevalence of smoking in both genders. However, sharp contrasts in age-specific prevalence of never and former smoking and of ages at smoking initiation indicate that smoking continues a long-term decline in men but has still not reached its peak in women.