Antecedentes históricos de la actividad dietética en España: los trabajos del Laboratorio de Higiene de la Alimentación de la Escuela Nacional de Sanidad (1932-1936)

Se analiza la actividad dietética desarrollada por la Escuela Nacional de Sanidad entre 1932 y 1936. Como principal fuente de información se han utilizado los trabajos publicados por el personal adscrito a su Laboratorio de Higiene de la Alimentación. Con el objeto de poder confeccionar regímenes dietéticos adaptados a la realidad española, se pretendía investigar la composición química (agua, fécula, proteínas, grasa y sales minerales) de los alimentos españoles y su contenido vitamínico. Se estudiaron, siguiendo las recomendaciones y los criterios de los organismos internacionales, algunos de los productos de consumo más frecuente, como aceite de oliva, patatas, tomates frescos y en lata, fresa, fresón, peras, ciruelas e higo chumbo, además de algunas conservas. Los resultados obtenidos ponían de manifiesto las diferencias que existían con los datos ofrecidos por autores extranjeros, entre las que destacaba la mayor riqueza vitamínica de productos como el aceite de oliva andaluz o el tomate fresco valenciano. Estas diferencias se atribuían al factor geoclimático. También se estudiaron, en el caso del cocido, la paella y la yema de huevo, las modificaciones que podían producir los procesos culinarios en la composición de los alimentos empleados.

Forty years in Constantinople; the recollections of Sir Edwin Pears, 1878-1915.

Mode of access: Internet.

State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania [microform] : a list of apples, pears, peaches, plums and cherries.

Description based on: 1889.

Apples and pears.

Mode of access: Internet.

An experimental enquiry into the medical properties of the Aralia spinosa, or prickly ash. [Dissertation].

Mode of access: Internet.

Market diseases of fruits and vegetables : apples, pears, quinces /

Originally issued Nov. 1933.

A handbook of hardy fruits more commonly grown in Great Britain. Apples and pears. /

"Table of the works referred to": p. 9-10.

Pears cyclopaedia.

Editor: H.C. Barratt.- L.M. Barker.

Decreased relatedness between male prickly forest skinks (Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae) in habitat fragments

In species with low levels of dispersal the chance of closely related individuals breeding may be a potential problem; sex-biased dispersal is a mechanism that may decrease the possibility of cosanguineous mating. Fragmentation of the habitat in which a species lives may affect mechanisms such as sex-biased dispersal, which may in turn exacerbate more direct effects of fragmentation such as decreasing population size that may lead to inbreeding depression. Relatedness statistics calculated using microsatellite DNA data showed that rainforest fragmentation has had an effect on the patterns of dispersal in the prickly forest skink (Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae), a rainforest endemic of the Wet Tropics of north eastern Australia. A lower level of relatedness was found in fragments compared to continuous forest sites due to a significantly lower level of pairwise relatedness between males in rainforest fragments. The pattern of genetic relatedness between sexes indicates the presence of male-biased dispersal in this species, with a stronger pattern detected in populations in rainforest fragments. Male prickly forest skinks may have to move further in fragmented habitat in order to find mates or suitable habitat logs.

Use of CLIMEX modelling to identify prospective areas for exploration to find new biological control agents for prickly acacia

Selection of biocontrol agents that are adapted to the climates in areas of intended release demands a thorough analysis of the climates of the source and release sites. We present a case study that demonstrates how use of the CLIMEX software can improve decision making in relation to the identification of prospective areas for exploration for agents to control the woody weed, prickly acacia Acacia nilotica ssp. indica in the arid areas of north Queensland.

Pharmacy Education and Accreditation Reviews (PEARs) project:final report

Report commissioned by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland.