Benthic foraminiferal abundances in Late Cretaceous sediments of the Tethys

Benthic foraminiferal distribution patterns throughout the late Maastrichtian Tethyan deep sea are analyzed. Many species are ubiquitously distributed throughout this region and therefore it is hard to assess their ecological preferences. However, five species show distribution patterns, which suggest that they may have distinctive paleoenvironmental preferences. These preferences are interpreted from hypothesized surface circulation and upwelling patterns. Additional information comes from Recent benthic foraminiferal ecology and from responses to the Cretaceous/Paleogene (k/Pg) boundary event. This enables us to assess the ecological preferences of these late Maastrichtian taxa, and establish them as ecological-marker (ecomarker) species for paleoenvironmental interpretation of the late Maastrichtian bathyal-abyssal Tethyan realm. (1) Eouvigerina subsculpturu is suggested to be indicative of reasonably oxygenated upper-middle bathyal environments, though with high abundance of utilizable organic matter. (2) Sliteria varsoviensis is linked to areas of late Maastrichtian upwelling and seems to have been an epibenthic species with an opportunistic life mode. (3) Guvelinellu beccuriiformis and (4) Nuttullides truempyi are considered to be indicative of oligotrophic conditions unless they occur with a large proportion of endobenthic morphotypes. (5) Guvelinellu pertusu is proposed to indicate neritic-middle bathyal environments of the 'boreal' realm, which might be influenced by more seasonal food-fluxes and by higher oxygen levels than similar settings in the (sub)tropics. Finally, the anomalous high abundances of the buliminid species Sitella cf. plunu in deep open ocean environments is discussed in terms of possible mechanisms permitting such a (morphologically) opportunistic species to thrive in such an assumedly oligotrophic environment.

Chemical synthesis and structure elucidation of bovine K-casein (1-44)

The caseins (αs1, αs2, β, and κ) are phosphoproteins present in bovine milk that have been studied for over a century and whose structures remain obscure. Here we describe the chemical synthesis and structure elucidation of the N-terminal segment (1–44) of bovine κ-casein, the protein which maintains the micellar structure of the caseins. κ-Casein (1–44) was synthesised by highly optimised Boc solid-phase peptide chemistry and characterised by mass spectrometry. Structure elucidation was carried out by circular dichroism and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. CD analysis demonstrated that the segment was ill defined in aqueous medium but in 30% trifluoroethanol it exhibited considerable helical structure. Further, NMR analysis showed the presence of a helical segment containing 26 residues which extends from Pro8 to Arg34. This is the first report which demonstrates extensive secondary structure within the casein class of proteins.

Clinical signs and duration of cyanide toxicosis delivered by the M-44 ejector in wild dogs

Sodium cyanide poison is potentially a more humane method to control wild dogs than sodium fluoroacetate (1080) poison. This study quantified the clinical signs and duration of cyanide toxicosis delivered by the M-44 ejector. The device delivered a nominal 0.88 g of sodium cyanide, which caused the animal to loose the menace reflex in a mean of 43 s, and the animal was assumed to have undergone cerebral hypoxia after the last visible breath. The mean time to cerebral hypoxia was 156 s for a vertical pull and 434 s for a side pull. The difference was possibly because some cyanide may be lost in a side pull. There were three distinct phases of cyanide toxicosis: the initial phase was characterised by head shaking, panting and salivation; the immobilisation phase by incontinence, ataxia and loss of the righting reflex; and the cerebral hypoxia phase by a tetanic seizure. Clinical signs that were exhibited in more than one phase of cyanide toxicosis included retching, agonal breathing, vocalisation, vomiting, altered levels of ocular reflex, leg paddling, tonic muscular spasms, respiratory distress and muscle fasciculations of the muzzle.

Prudentia Iuris, 1997, n° 44 (número completo)

Contenido: Semblanza del Doctor Jorge Joaquín Llambías / Guillermo A. Borda – El derecho a la identidad personal / José Luis Mozos – La mediación / Susana I. Cures – Bioética / Rubén Oscar Revello – La hipoteca cambiaria y de títulos-valores / Joaquín Rams Albesa – El Derecho Internacional Privado en las relaciones Mercosur-Unión Europea Nafta / Siegbert Rippe – La Convención Universal sobre derechos de los niños y adolescentes en la Constitución Nacional Argentina / Nora D’Alessandro Halty – Los acreedores en el proceso sucesorio / Claudia Schmidt Hott – Autonomía de la voluntad : problemática actual / María Cármen Gómez Laplaza – Actuación dañosa de los grupos / Ricardo de Ángel Yagüez – La legítima en el Derecho Romano / Alfredo Di Pietro

Letras, 2001, nº 44 (número completo)

Contenido: Letras cumple veinte años -- A, El cuento rioplatense del periodo neoclásico (1700-1830) / Pedro Luis Barcia -- Luces y sombras en la música española del siglo XVIII / Juan Pablo Bardin – Un secreto a voces: Borges-Rimbaud / Marta Vanbiesem de Burbridge -- José Cardiel, Gonzalo de Doblas. Percepciones de América y heterogeneidad en el siglo XVIII / Roxana Gardes de Fernández – La segunda vida de Anita Ozores / Verónica Zumárraga -- El binarismo simétrico como operador del humor en II servitore di due padroni de Carlo Goldoni / Daniel Capano – La casa de Bulemann de Theodor Storm: estrategias narrativas para una intriga de la degradación / Adriana C. Cid – Conradino de Suabia en un poema de Aleardi / Dolores de Durañona y Vedia – Imágenes, concepción y escritura del cuerpo en la obra de Balzac / Ana María Llurba – Reseñas bibliográficas

Influencia de labranza y control de malezas sobre la cenosis, crecimiento, desarrollo y rendimiento del sorgo (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) var. D-44

De Abril a Julio de 1989 se realizó un ensayo bifactorial en Hacienda Las Mercedes con el objetivo de determinar la influencia de diferentes métodos de labranza y tres métodos de control de malezas sobre el comportamiento de la cenosis, crecimiento, desarrollo y rendimiento del sorgo, encontrándose que en labraba mínima el número de individuaos por m2 fue mayor en relación a la labranza convencional: esta diferencia no solo se manifiesta en abundancia sino también en la dominancia de las maleas. El tratamiento Atraznia en Pre- emergencia ejerció un buen control durante todo el ciclo de las malezas, sin embargo no controló Ciperus rotundius y R. Cochichinensis. Con MCPA se logró un control temporal de las malezas. En cuanto a las variables de rendimiento , la labranza convencional, presento un mayor número de semillas por panoja, mientras que en labranza mínima se logró un mayor peso de 1000 semillas: El rendimiento oscilo entre 1.86 y 3.45 t/ha, demostrando el negativo efecto del enmaleza miento: el mayor rendimiento se presentó en labranza convencional y en el tratamiento MCPA.

Edital nº 44/87 : concurso público para Assistente Administrativo

Torna pública a abertura de inscrição para concurso público destinado ao preenchimento de cargos de Assistente Administrativo, do Grupo-Atividades de Apoio Legislativo da Câmara dos Deputados.

Aquaculture Asia, Vol.14, No.3, pp.1-44, July-September 2009

Sustainable aquaculture Contrasting community management and revenue sharing practices of culture-based fisheries in Lao PDR Saphakdy, B., Phomsouvanh, A., Davy, B., Nguyen, T.T.T. and De Silva, S.S.; Floodplain aquaculture in Begumgonj: New horizon for rural livelihoods in Bangladesh Hossain, M. S.; Promoting small-scale inland aquaculture in Papua New Guinea Edwards, P.; Group approach to shrimp farming: The key to sustainability Kumaran, M.; Research and farming techniques Native catfish culture - a technology package for fish farmers Haniffa, M. A.; An assessment on the influence of salinity in the growth of black clam (Villorita cyprinoides) in cages in Cochin estuary with a special emphasis on the impact of Thennermukkom Salinity Barrier Arun, A. U.; Aquatic animal health EUS in Asia and Africa: Stimulus for regional initiatives!!! Mohan, C.V. Marine Finfish Aquaculture Network Offshore opportunities for artisanal aquaculture Stock, C.; Grouper aquaculture in Brazil Sanches, E.G. and Von Seckendorff, R.W. NACA Newsletter

On the ecology of species belonging to the genus Mesocyclops Sars (Crustacea, Copepoda) dwelling in the water-bodies of the Urals and Pri-Ural territory. [Translation from: Zoologicheskie Zhurnal 44(1) 127-130, 1965. ]

In the waterbodies of central Russia, the Urals and western Siberia four species of Crustacea, related to the genus Mesocyclops, are widely distributed: M. (s.str.) leuckarti (Claus), M. (Thermocyclops) oithonoides Sars, [M.](Th.) crassus (Fisch.) and M. (Th.) dybowskii (Lande). Numbers and biomass of Mesocyclops oithonoides in the pelagic water of various water-bodies of the Urals are presented and observations on the above mentioned species are discussed.

Mechanism of mass transfer in the formation of hydrothermal deposits of sulphides [Translation from: Trudy Inst.Geol.rudn.Mesterozh. 16, 80 [pages 44-46 ”Solubility of sulphides of iron” only], 1958]

This partial translation of the original paper provides the summary of this study of the mechanism of mass transfer in the formation of hydrothermal deposits of sulphides. For determining the solubility of sulphides of iron, the radioactive isotope Fe59 was used. The solubility of two sulphides was determined.

On the character of the phytoplankton of the Yakimvarskii Gulf (Lake Ladoga) [Translation from: Botanicheskii Zhurnal, T. 44, No. 9, 1311-1314, 1959]

The Laboratory of Lake Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1956 undertook this complicated study of Lake Ladoga. The plan of the laboratory made allowance for the detailed investigation of the phytoplankton of the lake during a series of years. In the present article are given the preliminary results of observations on the phytoplankton of the Yakimvarskii Bay from 1956 to 1957. Details are also given on the concentration of dissolved gases and biogenic substances of the bay.