Sex-role traits and the comorbidity of symptoms of disordered eating and problem drinking

The symptoms of problem drinking and disordered eating were studied independently in relation to sex-role traits and also for evidence of comorbidity in a student sample of 217 women. The participants completed surveys that assessed positive and negative sex-role traits, reported drinking levels, alcohol dependence, problem drinking, bulimic symptoms, dietary restraint, and drive for thinness. Eating symptoms were related to both the negative and positive traits of Femininity, but self-descriptions involving negative traits (passivity, dependence, unassertiveness, etc.) showed the strongest relationship. High scores on identification with the traits typically labelled as Masculinity were related to drinking but there was an important difference between drinking per se (which was related to Positive Masculinity) and drinking found to be associated with drinking problems, which was related to Negative Masculinity (aggression, showing-off, rudeness, etc.). Feminine traits were also related to drinking. Low identification with the traits of Negative Femininity was associated with non-problem drinking, whereas low identification with the traits of Positive Femininity were associated with problem-related drinking. Young women who displayed comorbid symptoms described themselves by a high identification with the traits of both Negative Masculinity and Negative Femininity. It was argued that comorbidity reveals a more extreme form of the sex-role conflict previously described in relation to disordered control over both eating and drinking when considered independently.

Recueil des traités de la Porte ottomane avec les puissances étrangères, depuis le premier traité conclu, en 1536, entre Suléyman I et François I jusqu'à nos jours

Mode of access: Internet.

Histoire du panthéisme populaire au Moyen Age et au seizième siècle : (suivie de pièces inédites concernant les Frères du libre esprit, maître Eckhart, les libertins spirituels, etc.) / par Auguste Jundt.

French or German.

Lays of the deer forest. With sketches of olden and modern deer-hunting; traits of natural history in the forest; traditions of the clans; miscellaneous notes.

Mode of access: Internet.

The undying spirit of France (Les traits éternels de la France)

Mode of access: Internet.

Traités, conventions et arrangements internationaux de la Roumanie actuellement en vigueur; publiés ... d'après les textes originaux, avec notes explicatives, suivis ... des tarifs douaniers, général et conventionnel, et de notices statistiques sur le commerce extérieur, précédés d'une introduction à l'étude du droit conventionnel de la Roumanie...

Rumanian and French.

Traités publics de la royale maison de Savoie avec les puissances étrangères depuis la paix de Chateau-Cambresis jusqu'à nos jours /

Imprint varies.

Traité élémentaire de mécanique industrielle; résumé des traités de Christian, Poncelet ... [e.a.]

"Seconde publication de l'Industrie."

Précis du droit des gens moderne de l'Europe, fondé sur les traités et l'usage;

Mode of access: Internet.

The test of guilt; or Traits of ancient superstition.

Edited by his son, Joseph Strutt, jr.

Vie de M. Cormeaux, curé en Bretagne, et Zélé missionnaire, décapité à Paris en 1794; avec des traits édifians arrivés dans les prisons.

Mode of access: Internet.

Human traits and their social significance.

Published also as thesis (PH.D.) Columbia University, 1920.

Annuaire historique universel; ou, Histoire politique, comprenant en outre un aperçu de la littérature française, une chronique judiciaire, un tableau de la littérature étrangère, avec un appendice contenant les actes publics, traités et un article variétés renfermant une petite chronique des événements les plus remarquables et une notice nécrologique fondé par C.-L. Lesur

1818-1830: Par C.-L. Lesur; 1831-1833: Rédigé par m. Ulysse Tencé revu et pub. par m. C.-L. Lesur; 1834-1837: Par m. Ulysse Tencé; 1838-1839: Revu par m. C.-L. Lesur; 1840-1842: Rédigé par mm. V. Rosenwald et H. Desprez, revu par m. C.-L. Lesur; 1843-1844: Rédigé par mm. A. Fouquier et H. Desprez; 1845-1855: Rédigé par A. Fouquier; 1856-1861: Pub. par Thoisnier Desplaces (1859-1861: Rédigé par V. Rosenwald)

Life-history traits of two Salvelinus species and mercury concentrations in fish and prey in ten Canadian lakes (2006-2008)

Mercury concentrations ([Hg]) in Arctic food fish often exceed guidelines for human subsistence consumption. Previous research on two food fish species, Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), indicates that anadromous fish have lower [Hg] than nonanadromous fish, but there have been no intraregional comparisons. Also, no comparisons of [Hg] among anadromous (sea-run), resident (marine access but do not migrate), and landlocked (no marine access) life history types of Arctic char and lake trout have been published. Using intraregional data from 10 lakes in the West Kitikmeot area of Nunavut, Canada, we found that [Hg] varied significantly among species and life history types. Differences among species-life history types were best explained by age-at-size and C:N ratios (indicator of lipid); [Hg] was significantly and negatively related to both. At a standardized fork length of 500 mm, lake trout had significantly higher [Hg] (mean 0.17 µg/g wet wt) than Arctic char (0.09 µg/g). Anadromous and resident Arctic char had significantly lower [Hg] (each 0.04 µg/g) than landlocked Arctic char (0.19 µg/g). Anadromous lake trout had significantly lower [Hg] (0.12 µg/g) than resident lake trout (0.18 µg/g), but no significant difference in [Hg] was seen between landlocked lake trout (0.21 µg/g) and other life history types. Our results are relevant to human health assessments and consumption guidance and will inform models of Hg accumulation in Arctic fish.

Comparison of growth traits between abundant and uncommon forms of a non-native vine, Dolichandra unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) in Australia

Cat’s claw creeper vine, Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) Lohmann (syn. Macfadyena unguis-cati (L.) Gentry) (Bignoniaceae), is a major environmental weed in Australia. Two distinct forms of this weed (‘long’ and ‘short’ pod), with differences in leaf morphology and fruit size, occur in Australia. The long pod form has only been reported in less than fifteen localities in the whole of south-east Queensland, while the short pod form is widely distributed in Queensland and New South Wales. This study sought to compare growth traits such as specific leaf area, relative growth rate, stem length, shoot/root ratio, tuber biomass and branching architecture between these forms. These traits were monitored under glasshouse conditions over a period of 18 months. Short pod exhibited higher values of relative growth rates, stem length, number of tubers and specific leaf area than long pod, but only after 10 months of plant growth. Prior to this, long and short pod did not differ significantly. Higher values for these traits have been described as characteristics of successful colonizers. Results from this study could partly explain why the short pod form is more widely distributed in Australia while long pod is confined to a few localities.