Aptian to Cenomanian dinoflagellate cysts from the Mazagan Plateau

Eighty-eight samples of Aptian to lower Cenomanian sediments of Sites 545 and 547, DSDP Leg 79, from the Mazagan Plateau area (offshore Northwest Africa) were analyzed for palynomorphs. The very rich dinoflagellate cyst assemblages make it possible to narrow shipboard age determinations and to correlate Sites 545 and 547. The distribution of 174 dinoflagellate cyst taxa is tabulated in this study and the biostratigraphic value of selected dinoflagellate cysts is discussed. Additional taxonomic remarks are made about some species. The new dinoflagellate cyst species Aptea almohadensis, Occisucysta hinzü, O. mazaganensis, and the subspecies Maghrebinia perforata (Clarke and Verdier, 1967) Below, 1981 ssp. mirabilis are described.

Report of the ... annual State Viticultural Convention.

Reports of 3rd-5th conventions pub. by the San Francisco Merchant.

Description physique et politique du département du Rhône;

Mode of access: Internet.

La teigne trichophytique et la teigne spéciale de Grüby.

Reprinted from Atlas microbiologique.

Culebras y reptiles venenosos /

Includes index.

Bertram, ou Le pirate; mélodrame en trois actes.

Imitation of C.R. Maturin's Bertram.

Réflexions sur les véritables causes des troubles et des désastres de nos colonies, notamment sur ceux de Saint-Domingue; avec les moyens à employer pour préserver cette colonie d'une ruine totale.

Mode of access: Internet.

VGI quality control

This paper presents a framework for considering quality control of volunteered geographic information (VGI). Different issues need to be considered during the conception, acquisition and post-acquisition phases of VGI creation. This includes items such as collecting metadata on the volunteer, providing suitable training, giving corrective feedback during the mapping process and use of control data, among others. Two examples of VGI data collection are then considered with respect to this quality control framework, i.e. VGI data collection by National Mapping Agencies and by the most recent Geo-Wiki tool, a game called Cropland Capture. Although good practices are beginning to emerge, there is still the need for the development and sharing of best practice, especially if VGI is to be integrated with authoritative map products or used for calibration and/or validation of land cover in the future.

Crowdsourcing, citizen science or volunteered geographic information? The current state of crowdsourced geographic information

Citizens are increasingly becoming an important source of geographic information, sometimes entering domains that had until recently been the exclusive realm of authoritative agencies. This activity has a very diverse character as it can, amongst other things, be active or passive, involve spatial or aspatial data and the data provided can be variable in terms of key attributes such as format, description and quality. Unsurprisingly, therefore, there are a variety of terms used to describe data arising from citizens. In this article, the expressions used to describe citizen sensing of geographic information are reviewed and their use over time explored, prior to categorizing them and highlighting key issues in the current state of the subject. The latter involved a review of 100 Internet sites with particular focus on their thematic topic, the nature of the data and issues such as incentives for contributors. This review suggests that most sites involve active rather than passive contribution, with citizens typically motivated by the desire to aid a worthy cause, often receiving little training. As such, this article provides a snapshot of the role of citizens in crowdsourcing geographic information and a guide to the current status of this rapidly emerging and evolving subject.

Dwelling Beyond: Sustainable Design On Mars

In 1620, over the course of 66 days, 102 passengers called the Mayflower their home before arriving and settling in Plymouth, New England. In the years following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 nearly 7 million people traversed extreme wilderness in covered wagons to found and settle the American West. This year, 2015, the first spaceport has opened in anticipation of sub orbital space flights in 2017 and manned settlement flights to mars by 2026. This thesis explores the questions: In this next phase of human exploration and settlement, what does it mean to dwell beyond earth? What are the current architectural limitations regarding structure and material sustainability? And, How can architecture elevate the traditionally sterile environments of survival shelters to that of permanent dwellings?

Análisis del posicionamiento estratégico del café del Huila y el desarrollo de los cafés especiales

El proyecto de grado titulado “Análisis del posicionamiento estratégico del café del Huila y el desarrollo de los cafés especiales” tiene el objetivo general de estudiar y hacer públicas las ventajas de producir café de alta calidad en el departamento del Huila, puesto que existen algunas zonas del departamento que no tienen una producción de calidad certificada, lo cual ha generado cuellos de botella en relación a la demanda potencial y real con la Unión Europea. En la investigación se busca la manera de incrementar la zona productora de cafés especiales para satisfacer el mercado Europeo que es gustador del tipo de café que se cultiva en la región Huilense por la suavidad, aroma, entre otras variables influyentes. El desarrollo de este proyecto en esta región del país, se sustenta por la mayor producción de café a nivel nacional. Asimismo, también porque es el abanderado en cafés especiales y cuenta con la mayoría de fincas certificadas con algún sello de conducta en Colombia. Lo anterior, se ha alcanzado con la aplicación de buenas prácticas para la sostenibilidad del cultivo, la gran labor de renovación de cafetales y al don cafetero que tiene la gente del Huila debido a que es el negocio agrícola más importante.