Le Marquis de Pomponne, ambassadeur et secrétaire d'état, 1618-1699. Documents

The documents in the "Appendice" include letters between Pomponne and his father, Robert Arnauld d'Andilly.

The golden horseshoe; extracts from the letters of Captain H. L. Herndon of the 21st U.S. infantry, on duty in the Philippine Islands, adn Lieutenant Lawrence Gill, A.D.C. to the military governor of Puerto Rico.

Mode of access: Internet.

The Vulnerable Animals That Therefore We Are : (Non-)Human Animals in D.H. Lawrence's Women in Love

Central to animal studies is the question of words and how they are used in relation to wordless beings such as non-human animals. This issue is addressed by the writer D.H. Lawrence, and the focus of this thesis is the linguistic vulnerability of humans and non-humans in his novel Women in Love, a subject that will be explored with the help of the philosopher Jacques Derrida’s text The Animal That Therefore I Am. The argument is that Women in Love illustrates the human subjection to and constitution in language, which both enables human thinking and restricts the human ability to think without words. This linguistic vulnerability causes a similar vulnerability in non-human animals in two ways. First, humans tend to imagine others, including non-verbal animals, through words, a medium they exist outside of and therefore cannot be defined through. Second, humans are often unperceptive of non-linguistic means of expression and they therefore do not discern what non-human animals may be trying to communicate to them, which often enables humans to justify abuse against non-humans. In addition, the novel shows how this shared but unequal vulnerability can sometimes be dissolved through the likewise shared but equal physical vulnerability of all animals if a human is able to imagine the experiences of a non-human animal through their shared embodiment rather than through human language. Hence the essay shows the importance of recognizing the limitations of language and of being aware of how the symbolizing effect of words influences the human treatment of its others.

Cord blood vitamin D and neurocognitive development are nonlinearly related in toddlers

Background Little is known about the relation between vitamin D status in early life and neurodevelopment outcomes. Objective This study was designed to examine the association of cord blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] at birth with neurocognitive development in toddlers. Methods As part of the China-Anhui Birth Cohort Study, 363 mother-infant pairs with completed data were selected. Concentrations of 25(OH)D in cord blood were measured by radioimmunoassay. Mental development index (MDI) and psychomotor development index (PDI) in toddlers were assessed at age 16–18 mo by using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development. The data on maternal sociodemographic characteristics and other confounding factors were also prospectively collected. Results Toddlers in the lowest quintile of cord blood 25(OH)D exhibited a deficit of 7.60 (95% CI: −12.4, −2.82; P = 0.002) and 8.04 (95% CI: −12.9, −3.11; P = 0.001) points in the MDI and PDI scores, respectively, compared with the reference category. Unexpectedly, toddlers in the highest quintile of cord blood 25(OH)D also had a significant deficit of 12.3 (95% CI: −17.9, −6.67; P < 0.001) points in PDI scores compared with the reference category. Conclusions This prospective study suggested that there was an inverted-U–shaped relation between neonatal vitamin D status and neurocognitive development in toddlers. Additional studies on the optimal 25(OH)D concentrations in early life are needed.

Natural Suppression of the Aquatic Weed Salvinia molesta D.S. Mitchell, by Two Previously Unreported Fungal Pathogens

Salvinia molesta D. S. Mitchell (Salviniaceae), variously called giant salvinia, water fern or African payal, is a vegetatively reproducing, perennial, free-floating, aquatic weed, native to southeastern Brazil (Waterhouse and Norris 1987). It (hereafter called salvinia) is a very serious weed in most regions outside its native range (Harley and Mitchell 1981) including India. The purpose of this paper is to report on two fungal pathogens that were found to be the cause of a sudden decline in salvinia in Bangalore.(PDF has 4 pages.)

Obras do doutor Duarte Ribeiro de Macedo...offerecidas ao Illustrissimo, e Excelentissimo Senhor D. Jozé Miguel Joam de Portugal, IX... por Manoel da Conceiçam Duarte Ribeiro de Macedo

Uma nota curiosa : Antonio Isidoro da Fonseca foi quem primeiro instalou uma imprensa no Brasil, onde publicou duas pequenas obras. Foi preso, a imprensa desmontada e ele foi mandado de volta a Portugal.

The relationship between smolt and postsmolt growth for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

The interaction of ocean climate and growth conditions during the postsmolt phase is emerging as the primary hypothesis to explain patterns of adult recruitment for individual stocks and stock complexes of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Friedland et al. (1993) first reported that contrast in sea surface temperature (SST) conditions during spring appeared to be related to recruitment of the European stock complex. This hypothesis was further supported by the relationship between cohort specific patterns of recruitment for two index stocks and regional scale SST (Friedland et al., 1998). One of the index stocks, the North Esk of Scotland, was shown to have a pattern of postsmolt growth that was positively correlated with survival, indicating that growth during the postsmolt year controls survival and recruitment (Friedland et al., 2000). A similar scenario is emerging for the North American stock complex where contrast in ocean conditions during spring in the postsmolt migration corridors was associated with the recruitment pattern of the stock complex (Friedland et al., 2003a, 2003b). The accumulation of additional data on the postsmolt growth response of both stock complexes will contribute to a better understanding of the recruitment process in Atlantic salmon.

Recueil d'instructions à divers ambassadeurs français, et autres pièces diplomatiques et historiques. (1535-1629).

Contient : Mémoires et instructions à divers ambassadeurs : au cardinal Du Bellay [Angleterre], 1535 (f. 1), — « aux évesque de Paris [cardinal Du Bellay] et sieur de La Guiche » [Angleterre], s. d. (f. 5), — à monsieur d'Oisel [Espagne], 1563 (f. 23 v), — à monsieur de Brèves [Constantinople], 1592 (f. 31), — au marquis de Coeuvres [Flandre], 1610 (f. 87), — « à monsieur de Schomberg, comte de Nanteuil » [Allemagne], s. d. (f. 98), — à Pierre de Gondi, évêque de Paris [Rome], 1576 (f. 121), — au « sieur de L'Aubespine le jeune » [Espagne], 1564 (f. 182), — « au sieur de Malras » [Rome], 1571 (f. 193 v), — au sieur de Schomberg [Allemagne], 1572 (f. 204 v), — au cardinal de Gondi [Rome], 1588 (f. 209), — à de Fresne-Forget [Espagne], 1589 (f. 221 v), — à monsieur de Loménie [Angleterre], 1595 (f. 283), et pièces diverses, instructions de la reine Élisabeth à son ambassadeur en France, et lettre de Henri IV, concernant l'ambassade de monsieur de Loménie (f. 287 v), — à monsieur de Sillery et au maréchal de Biron [Savoie], 1596 (f. 294 v), — au sieur de Chevrières [Savoie], 1607 (f. 308 v), — à monsieur de Vaucelas [Savoie], 1607 (f. 329), — à l'évêque de Bayonne [Bertrand d'Échaus], s. d. (f. 341), — au marquis de Coeuvres [Rome], 1618 (f. 371), — à monsieur de Béthune [Rome], 1624 (f. 391), — au marquis de Coeuvres [Suisse et Grisons], 1624 (f. 445), et pièce annexe (f. 471), — et au sieur de Sabran [Allemagne], 1629 (f. 491), et pièces annexes (f. 501) ; « Lettre de la reyne d'Angleterre [Élisabeth] au roy Henry quatriesme après sa conversion » ; Mémoire du cardinal de Richelieu au sieur Miron, s. d ; Pièces concernant les protestants de Béarn, 1545 ; Pièces concernant les relations diplomatiques entre la France et l'Angleterre ; Correspondance entre la Cour et monsieur de Saint-Sulpice, ambassadeur en Espagne, 1563-1564 ; Pièces concernant l'ambassade de monsieur de Forquevaux en Espagne ; « Mémoire touchant l'abbaye de Vaucelles » ; Lettres de monsieur de Fresne-Forget, ambassadeur en Espagne, à la Cour, 1589 ; Pièces relatives à la fuite en Flandre du prince du Cond��, 1609 ; « Proposition de monsieur de Boissise, ambassadeur ... en Allemagne, faicte aux Estatz assemblez à Clèves », 1610