Report on the 1995 stock assessment of the Douglas catchment

The River Douglas has a long industrial heritage beginning in the early 18th century with its use by boats carrying goods between Wigan and Tarleton. The River and its tributaries have also historically been, and to a certain extent are still, subject to polluting inputs from the urban, agricultural and industrialised areas located within its catchment. During the early stages in the production of the River Douglas Catchment Management Plan, it became apparent that very little data existed on the populations of coarse and salmonid fish species within the River Douglas system. The data that did exist was largely anecdotal, consisting of catch reports from anglers or water bailiffs, or of dead and distressed fish following pollution incidents. This study was initiated to assess the status of coarse and salmonid fish species within the River Douglas system and so address the lack of knowledge. Eighty two sites were surveyed by electric fishing, including 14 sites using an electric fishing punt and up to four anodes. The data was analysed according to a new National Fisheries Classification Scheme. This classified the sites by the fish stock s present and compared the results with a database containing information from sites around the country that have similar habitat types. A stocking experiment was also undertaken in the River Lostock using chub reared at the Leyland Hatchery. These were marked with an identifiable blue spot in the spring of 1995 and then released into three, previously surveyed, locations in the river. These sites were then resurveyed during the summer stock assessment. This report also Site Reports with details on monitored sites, habitat features and fishery classification.

River Wyre salmon and sea trout spawning habitat restoration / creation project. Final report April 1995

Adult salmon and sea trout rod catches in the River Wyre have been subject to considerable variability over the years. Annual rod catches ranging from 6 to 401 have been reported since records began in 1905. It has long been suspected that the physical nature of the catchment, combined with anthropogenic influences, has resulted in a deleterious effect on the Wyre fishery. Acidification problems in the head water streams (Marshaw Wyre and Tarnbrook Wyre) have been reported and are thought to threaten salmon juvenile survival. The construction of Abbeystead Reservoir and an increased tendency towards rapidly rising water levels during storms (flashiness) 1 are thought to have a significant impact on spawning gravel quality and quantity, both of which are thought to be deteriorating. As part of an overall desire to maintain and improve the migratory salmonid population in the River Wyre, this project has been commissioned to investigate remedial action which may improve and enhance spawning success, leading to an eventual improvement in the status of adult stocks. The primary objective is to establish whether the quantity and/or quality of available spawning gravels are limiting migratory salmonid productivity. The investigations undertaken confirm the general observation that useable spawning gravels appear to be in short supply in the River Wyre, and may be the limiting factor influencing returning adult stock.

1995 annual report on fisheries in the North west incorporating the annual summary of fishery statistics.

This fisheries report summarises national and regional developments focussing on the North West region of the Environment Agency. The North West region covers around 14,000 square km, from Cheshire in the south to its northern border with Scotland. The report provides statistics on fisheries finance, including income and expenditure, salmon and sea trout catches, including rod and line and net catches, and special projects, including fish stock assessments, and surveys. The appendix includes a summary of fish statistics for 1995.

Differential Neuroprotective Effects of 5 '-Deoxy-5 '-Methylthioadenosine

Background: 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine (MTA) is an endogenous compound produced through the metabolism of polyamines. The therapeutic potential of MTA has been assayed mainly in liver diseases and, more recently, in animal models of multiple sclerosis. The aim of this study was to determine the neuroprotective effect of this molecule in vitro and to assess whether MTA can cross the blood brain barrier (BBB) in order to also analyze its potential neuroprotective efficacy in vivo. Methods: Neuroprotection was assessed in vitro using models of excitotoxicity in primary neurons, mixed astrocyte-neuron and primary oligodendrocyte cultures. The capacity of MTA to cross the BBB was measured in an artificial membrane assay and using an in vitro cell model. Finally, in vivo tests were performed in models of hypoxic brain damage, Parkinson's disease and epilepsy. Results: MTA displays a wide array of neuroprotective activities against different insults in vitro. While the data from the two complementary approaches adopted indicate that MTA is likely to cross the BBB, the in vivo data showed that MTA may provide therapeutic benefits in specific circumstances. Whereas MTA reduced the neuronal cell death in pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus and the size of the lesion in global but not focal ischemic brain damage, it was ineffective in preserving dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-pyridine (MPTP)-mice model. However, in this model of Parkinson's disease the combined administration of MTA and an A(2A) adenosine receptor antagonist did produce significant neuroprotection in this brain region. Conclusion: MTA may potentially offer therapeutic neuroprotection.

Da espera à ousadia: o papel das ideias no pleito pelo assento permanente no Conselho de Segurança da ONU nos governos Cardoso e Lula

Esta dissertação tem como objetivo mostrar a evolução do pleito brasileiro por um assento permanente no Conselho de Segurança da Organização das Nações Unidas ao longo dos governos dos presidentes Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995 a 2002) e Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003 a 2010). Em ambos os períodos, os argumentos apresentados pela diplomacia brasileira se baseiam parcialmente em princípios que, tradicionalmente, marcam e norteiam a política externa brasileira. Este pleito foi retomado pela diplomacia brasileira no início da década de 1990. Mas as gestões realizadas em função da busca pelo assento permanente não se dão da mesma maneira nos governos dos dois presidentes nos quais esta dissertação se concentra. As mudanças que são observadas ao longo destes 16 anos estão associadas a alterações nas linhas gerais da política externa brasileira. Essas alterações permitem que se observe a uma atuação mais cautelosa no governo Cardoso e ações mais ousadas no governo Lula.

Annual report 1995

An account is given of the activities of the Institute during the year 1995, including also reports of various projects carried out by staff members, which concerned the following: pre-recruitment ecology of the freshwater sardine (Limnothrissa miodon) in Lake Kariba (Zimbabwe); hydroacoustic surveys of kapenta abundance in Lake Kariba and Lake Cahora Bassa (Mozambique); angler's tigerfish catches, tigerfish studies and gillnet sampling; inshore fish population studies in Lake Kariba; catch/effort data recording system; fishermen's training towards the establishment of a Fisheries Co-management approach on Lake Kariba; and, enforcement and compliance with fisheries regulations within the inshore fishery on Lake Kariba.

1995 fisheries statistics, Lake Kariba - Zimbabwe shore

The report provides catch records for the Kapenta and inshore fisheries in the Zimbabwean waters of Lake Kariba for the year 1995. Kapenta usually constitute about 90% of the total catch from Lake Kariba; for statistical purposes catches are recorded for the 5 hydrological basins - Mlibizi, Binga, Sengwa, Bumi and Kariba. Whereas kapenta represent a unit stock which is harvested by both Zimbabwe and Zambia, the artisanal fishery exploits inshore species which generally occupy water less than 10m deep along the shoreline, considered to be 2 separate stocks. The main species in the inshore fishery are Oreochromis mortimeri, Sargochromis codringtonii, Tilapia rendalli, Labeo altivelis, Hydrocynus vittatus, Mormyrus longirostris, Clarias gariepinus and Synodontis zambezensis.

Filogenia de Mycalina Hajdu, van Soest & Hooper, 1994 (Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae): dados morfológicos e moleculares

principalmente pelo baixo grau de complexidade de especialização, escassez de caracteres distintivos e a elevada plasticidade morfológica. A partir do século XIX emergiram classificações mais robustas. O que conhecemos hoje como Ordem Poecilosclerida só começou a ser delineado pela iniciativa de Zittel (1878) com o reconhecimento de Monaxonida, ou seja, reconhecimento de um padrão de simetria nas categorias de espículas. Ridley e Dendy (1887) apresentaram uma nova classificação para as esponjas do grupo Monaxonida utilizada por Topsent (1894) para criação da Familia Poeciloscleridae, eregida a ordem por este último autor em 1928, enfatizando a presença das quelas como microscleras. Posteriormente, van Soest (1984) e Bergquist e Fromont (1988) empreenderam discussões dessa classificação com base em uma perspectiva filogenética. Uma classificação robusta e de consenso só foi conseguida a partir dos trabalhos de Hajdu e colaboradores (1994a, 1994b) e Hajdu (1994, 1995), com o estabelecimento das Subordens: Mycalina, Myxillina e Microcionina. Apesar disso, as relações internas das famílias da Subordem Mycalina permaneciam com dúvidas, principalmente no tocante à inclusão de Podospongiidae, Isodictyidae, e a relação de Poecilosclerida com a Ordem Haplosclerida. Neste trabalho foi proposto a revisão da classificação da Subordem Mycalina com base em dados morfológicos e moleculares. Foram feitas análises filogenéticas em três níveis taxonômicos, espécie, gênero e família, com base em dados morfológicos. Além disso, foi feita uma análise filogenética molecular utilizando sequências parciais da subunidade maior do RNA ribossomal (LSU do RNAr). As amostras de Mycalina foram amplificadas via PCR e posteriormente sequenciadas. Com base nestes resultados foi concluído que: as Familias Cladorhizidae, Guitarridae, Mycalidae e Hamacanthidae são monofiléticas. Para esta última foi confirmada a série de transformação sigmancistra > cirtancistra > diâncistra > clavidisco. A posição da Familia Podospongiidae dentro de Mycalina está bem corroborada, porém, precisa ser melhor estudada com dados moleculares para determinar, ou não, o seu monofiletismo. A Familia Esperiopsidae precisa ser melhor estudada com base em dados morfológicos e o gênero Amphilectus precisa ser revisado, provavelmente uma parte deste estaria melhor alocado em Haplosclerida junto com Isodictyidae. A Familia Desmacellidae não é monofilética, bem como Biemna e Neofibularia, provavelmente, não são Poecilosclerida e deveriam ser transferidas para uma posição próxima de Tetractinellida. Desmacella provavelmente é uma Mycalina com posição basal na Subordem. Os demais gêneros precisam ser estudados com base em dados moleculares. A Ordem Haplosclerida provavelmente é o grupo irmão de Poecilosclerida e a série de transformação sigmas > quelas foi confirmada com base em dados morfológicos e moleculares. A Subordem Mycalina não é monofilética como definida em Hajdu e van Soest (2002a). Palavras-chave: Sistemática. Porifera. Evolução.

Central area fisheries annual report 1995

The purpose of this report is to record key events and achievements of the NRA Central Area Fisheries Function in 1995. Rivers include the Ribble, Hodder and Lune. The report looks at Hydrological and meteorological data, site visits made during the year, communications and reports, Capital works and purchases, Stock assessment, monitoring and specific investigations, Fisheries Management advice, Fish kills and rescues, Fish rearing and stocking. It also looks at rod and net catches for salmon and sea trout, micro-tag returns, the drought, the results of the 1995 objectives set the year before and the key objectives for 1996.

Religion, emotions and social transformation along migratory processes. The cases of African church leaders in Spain and South Africa

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Ictiólogos de la Argentina: Carlos Togo

This series will include all those people who, by means of their contributions, great and small, played a part in the consolidation of ichthyology in Argentina. The general plan of this work consists of individual factsheets containing a list of works by each author, along with reference bibliography and, whenever possible, personal pictures and additional material. The datasheets will be published primarily in chronological order, although this is subject to change by the availability of materials for successive editions. This work represents another approach for the recovery and revalorization of those who set the foundations of Argentine ichthyology while in diverse historical circumstances. I expect this to be the beginning of a major work that achieves the description of such a significant part of the history of natural sciences in Argentina.

Ictiólogos de la Argentina: Juan Carlos Chebez

This series will include all those people who, by means of their contributions, great and small, played a part in the consolidation of ichthyology in Argentina. The general plan of this work consists of individual factsheets containing a list of works by each author, along with reference bibliography and, whenever possible, personal pictures and additional material. The datasheets will be published primarily in chronological order, although this is subject to change by the availability of materials for successive editions. This work represents another approach for the recovery and revalorization of those who set the foundations of Argentine ichthyology while in diverse historical circumstances. I expect this to be the beginning of a major work that achieves the description of such a significant part of the history of natural sciences in Argentina.

Note d'épigraphie hispanique: á propos de HAEP. 2523 et AE, 1995, 858

Un primer trabajo sobre estas inscripciones se presentó en la SFER, París, el 20 de junio de 1998.

A identidade regional do Brasil: o sul-americanismo nos governos de Fernando Henrique Cardoso e de Lula da Silva (1995-2010)

A presente dissertação destina-se a analisar o processo de emergência da identidade sul-americana, cuja primeira manifestação remonta à década de 1990, acentuando-se após a I Reunião de Presidentes da América do Sul (2000). A imersão histórica de longa duração do primeiro capítulo, que nos remete à segunda década do século XIX, oferece-nos um instrumental analítico complementar ao arcabouço teórico utilizado, de modo a apresentar a identidade latino-americana principal concorrente da sul-americana como elemento criado a partir de estímulos vinculados a uma conjuntura específica. Desconstruídas supostas naturalidades identitárias, o segundo capítulo concentra-se na análise das principais iniciativas da diplomacia brasileira para a edificação dos diversos modelos de regionalismo no âmbito sul-americano, destacando-se a reunião proposta por Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Ato contínuo, o terceiro capítulo busca verificar as principais ações da gestão Lula da Silva para a região, tendo em vista que esta última foi alçada à condição de prioridade da política externa durante seu governo. Nesse sentido, levantamos os argumentos que embasam e estruturam a identidade sul-americana na virada do século XX para o XXI, trazendo à tona divergências paradigmáticas atinentes às agremiações partidárias que polarizam o cenário político nacional e, por conseguinte, apresentam convicções distintas no que tange ao aprofundamento dessa nova vertente identitária.

Vestigios para un melancólico. El discurso alegórico de Underground (1995) sobre las ruinas de Yugoslavia

[ES] El presente trabajo realiza un análisis fílmico de la película "Underground" (1995) de Emir Kusturica. Esto se lleva a cabo, no como un fin, sino al servicio de la discusión del concepto de alegoría y de su aplicación en el arte. A través de autores provenientes de diversos ámbitos, entre los que destacan Walter Benjamin, Omar Calabrese y Peter Handke, se llevará a cabo una indagación en torno a conceptos como la alegoría, el neobarroco o las diferentes concepciones de la historia.