Letras, 1996, nº 34 (número completo)

Contenido: El catálogo de la literatura perdida: estado actual y porvenir / Alan Deyermond – Imágenes del sufrimiento en “Molino rojo” de Jacobo Fijman / María Amelia Arancet Ruda – El misterio de Virgilio / Héctor Ciocchini – La búsqueda del instante en “Piedra de sol”, de Octavio Paz / Sara Beatriz Fernández March – Amadís en su profecía general / Javier Roberto González – Dos obras del teatro de ideas de Vicente Martínez Cuitiño / Luis Martínez Cuitiño – Los textos germánicos en la lápida de Borges: algunas precisiones y una traducción errada / José Luis Moure – Cuestionamiento del lenguaje en la poesía en prosa argentina: Alejandra Pizarnik y María Rosa Lojo / Ana María Rodríguez Francia – Los tránsitos en la teoría y prácticas textuales en Dürrenmatt / María Luisa Punte – Notas – Reseñas bibliográficas

Entre Syrie et Mésopotamie : vases zoomorphes du Règne de Mittani

Abstract: The Mittanian zoomorphic vessels from Nuzi, Tell Brak, Tell al-Rimah and other sites allow the creation of a significant database for analysis based on typological criteria as well as spatial distribution. This class of materials is attested in several areas of the ancient Near East from the Late Calcholitic and still produced until the Mittanian age and thereafter. Most of the finds come from temples or domestic contexts and they can be now securely dated, while their spatial distribution can be properly investigated. Lion representations seem to predominate, but pigs and other animals appear as well. The exact function and meaning of these vessels are difficult to ascertain, nevertheless, in most cases, they are probably related to cultic practices performed throughout the Mittanian Empire.

Evaluación de cinco alternativas de protección físicas y químicas de semilleros de tomate (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill) contra el ataque del complejo mosca blanca (Bemisia tabaci Gennadius) - Geminivirus, en Tisma, Masaya

La Mosca blanca ( Bemisia tabaci Genn) es la plaga principal que afecta a las plantaciones de tomate ( Lycopersicum esculemtum Mill) del municipio de Tisma, Masaya; causando graves daños a los cultivos por la transmisión de geminivirus provocando severos problemas fitosanitarios y socioeconómicos, reduciendo los rendimientos y aumentando los costos de producción para los productores de tomate.Con el objetivo de evaluar alternativas de protección físicas y químicas contra el ataque del complejo de mosca blanca– Geminivirus y su efecto en el rendimiento se realizó un estudio en semilleros de tomate en el municipio de Tisma, Masaya; en el periodo comprendido entre Noviembre del año 2007 y Enero del año 2008. Los tratamientos que se compararon fueron: Semillero de tomate en era protegido con malla antivirus (Microtúnel), semillero de tomate en bandejas protegido bajó la tecnología de Microinvernadero, semillero de tomate en era protegido con Gaucho®-Confidor®, semillero de tomate en era protegido con Neem®, semillero de toma te en era sin tratamiento (Testigo). Cada tratamiento se estableció en una parcela delimitándose cinco parcelas de 322m2 cada una, para un total de 1,622m2, en cada parcela se seleccionaron cinco estaciones al azar, cada estación estaba compuesta por 20 plantas para realizar un muestreo total de 100 plantas por parcela, en cada planta se evaluaban las variables: adultos de mosca blanca por planta, incidencia y severidad de virosis y rendimiento en kg/ha, los datos se registraron semanalmente. La alternativa con las menores poblaciones de mosca blanca fue el Microinvernadero, seguido de forma ascendente por Microtúnel, Neem, Gaucho-Confidor y Testigo. La incidencia y severidad de virosis el tratamiento con menor porcentaje fue el Microinvernadero seguido del tratamiento Microtúnel. Los mejores rendimientos se obtuvieron en el tratamiento Microinvernadero seguido del tratamiento Microtúnel, el tratamiento con más bajo rendimiento lo presento el Testigo. Finalmente, se realizó el análisis económico basado en un presupuesto parcial, el tratamiento Microinvernadero presentó los mejores resultados con el menor costo variable y mayor beneficio neto en comparación con los otros tratamientos. Los tratamientos no domina dos fueron Microtúnel y Microinvernadero a estos se les determinó la tasa de retorno marginal, concluyéndose así que el Microinvernadero es la tecnología más rentable; por tal razón, es la alternativa que en este estudio se sugiere recomendar para los productores de este municipio.

Especies arboreas del arboretum Alain Meyrat

Las plantas arbóreas son un recurso valioso para la familia rural nicaragüense. La población de muchas regiones de Nicaragua depende de los árboles para su subsistencia. Este recurso es importante como fuente de alimentos, para las construcciones rurales, para la manufactura de muebles y artesanías, etc., sin olvidar que los árboles representan importante hábitat para la mayoría de la fauna nacional. A pesar de la importancia de los árboles, el uso indiscriminado y no controlado de las especies arbóreas pone en riesgo su permanencia en nuestros ecosistemas. Lo anterior hace necesario planes efectivos de conservación y mantenimiento de plantaciones nativas y establecidas. Para lograr este objetivo es de primordial importancia el conocimiento de las especies que colonizan nuestras áreas. Ahí radica la importancia de esta obra. La información que se vierte en esta publicación es de importancia para el manejo y conservación de las especies, y permite también despertar el interés de los más escépticos sobre la importancia de los árboles para el manejo sostenible de los recursos naturales. Por lo antes expuesto, la Universidad Nacional Agraria pone en manos de la sociedad nicaragüense el libro “especies arbóreas del arboretum Alan Meyrat”, donde se enuncian y describen 50 especies arbóreas de la colección de plantas vivas del arboretum de la UNA. La descripción de las especies arbóreas está acompañada de fotografías, las cuales en su gran mayoría fueron tomadas en el arboretum de la UNA. Los autores nos presentan aspectos claves que permiten identificar las especies, acompañado de una diáfana descripción de las características relevantes de las especies, así como información sobre ecología, distribución y uso.

Especies arboreas y arbustivas del Arboretum Alain Meyrat

Las plantas arbóreas son un recurso valioso para la familia rural nicaragüense, la población de muchas regiones de Nicaragua depende de los árboles para su subsistencia. Este recurso es importante como fuente de alimentos, para las construcciones rurales, para la manufactura de muebles y artesanías, etc., sin olvidar que los árboles representan importante hábitat para la mayoría de la fauna nacional.A pesar de la importancia de los árboles, el uso indiscriminado y no controlado de las especies arbóreas pone en riesgo su permanencia en nuestros ecosistemas. Lo anterior hace necesario planes efectivos de conservación y mantenimiento de plantaciones nativas y establecidas.Para lograr este objetivo es de primordial importancia el conocimiento de las especies que colonizan nuestras áreas.Ahí radica la importancia de esta obra.La información que se vierte en esta publicación es de importancia para el manejo y conservación de las especies, y permite también despertar el interés de los más escépticos sobre la importancia de los árboles para el manejo sostenible de los recursos naturales. Por lo antes expuesto, la Universidad Nacional Agraria pone en manos de la sociedad nicaragüense el libro “Especies Arbóreas del Arboretum Alan Meyrat, Volumen II”, donde se enuncian y describen 81 especies arbóreas de la colección de plantas vivas del arboretum de la UNA. La descripción de las especies arbóreas está acompañada de fotografías, las cuales en su gran mayoría fueron tomadas en el arboretum de la UNA. Los autores nos presentan aspectos claves que permiten identificar las especies, acompañado de una diáfana descripción de las características relevantes de las especies, así como información sobre ecología, distribución y uso. En la recopilación y escritura de este libro participaron los destacados académicos Lic. Benito Quezada, Lic. Miguel Garmendia e Ing. Alain Meyrat, MSc., todos ellos de reconocida trayectoria en la taxonomía vegetaly en el manejo de la diversidad biológica. Sin duda es un material de gran valor para académicos interesados en el aprovechamiento y conservación de los recursos naturales, para los estudiantes que cursan carreras afines a la temática en la Universidad Nacional Agraria y otras Universidades, y para cualquier persona interesada en actualizar y ampliar sus conocimientos sobre plantas arbóreas y su aprovechamiento.La descripción que nos presentan los autores es fluida, sencilla y amena.Por tanto cualquier persona, inclusive sin conocimientos de botánica, podrá aprovechar la información que acá se brinda

Springs of Florida

bulletin which documented the major and important springs in the state (Ferguson et al., 1947). This publication was revised in 1977, with many previously undocumented springs and many new water-quality analyses being added (Rosenau et al., 1977). The Florida Geological Survey's report on first magnitude springs (Scott et al., 2002) was the initial step in once again updating and revising the Springs of Florida bulletin. The new bulletin includes the spring descriptions and water-quality analyses from Scott et al. (2002). Nearly 300 springs were described in 1977. As of 2004, more than 700 springs have been recognized in the state and more are reported each year. To date, 33 first magnitude springs (with a flow greater than 100 cubic feet per second or approximately 64.6 million gallons of water per day) have been recognized in Florida, more than any other state or country (Rosenau et al., 1977). Our springs are a unique and invaluable natural resource. A comprehensive understanding of the spring systems will provide the basis for their protection and wise use. (Document pdf contains 677 pages)

Panama Canal Twenty-fifth anniversary 1914 - Aug. 15 -1939

Leonard Carpenter Panama Canal Collection. Photographs: Views of Panama and the Canal. [Box 1] from the Special Collections & Area Studies Department, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. Booklet dedication: Published under the direction of a committee appointed by Brigadier General Clarence S. Ridley, Governor of The Panama Canal, to arrange suitable ceremonies, as authorized in Public Resolution No.5, 76th Congress, approved March 28, 1939, to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Panama Canal to commerce. Prepared by Rufus Hardy, Executive Department, The Panama Canal. (120 page document)

Canal diggers in Panama, 1904 to 1928

Leonard Carpenter Panama Canal Collection. Publication: The Canal Diggers in Panama 1904 to 1928 [Box 1] from the Special Collections & Area Studies Department, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida. (10 page document)

Food habits as an ecological partitioning mechanism in the nearshore rockfishes (Sebastes) of Carmel Bay, California

In the kelp forests of Carmel Bay there are six common rockfishes (Sebastes). Three are pelagic (S. serranoides, S. mystinus, and S. melanops) and two are demersal (S. chrysomelas and S. carnatus). The sixth (S. atrovirens) is generally found a few meters above the sea floor. The pelagic rockfishes which are spatially overlapping have different feeding habits. All rockfishes except S. mystinus utilize juvenile rockfishes as their primary food source during the upwelling season. Throughout the non-upwelling season, most species consume invertebrate prey. The pelagic rockfishes have shorter maxillary bones and longer gill rakers than their demersal congeners, both specializations for taking smaller prey. They also have longer intestines, enabling them to utilize less digestable foods. S. mystinus, which has the longest intestine, may be able to use algae as a food source. Fat reserves are accumulated from July through October, when prey is most abundant. Fat is depleted throughout the rest of the year as food becomes scarce and development of sexual organs takes place. Gonad development occurs from November through February for all species except S. atrovirens.

Establishing National Ocean Service Priorities for Estuarine, Coastal, and Ocean Modeling: Capabilities, Gaps, and Preliminary Prioritization Factors

This report was developed to help establish National Ocean Service priorities and chart new directions for research and development of models for estuarine, coastal and ocean ecosystems based on user-driven requirements and supportive of sound coastal management, stewardship, and an ecosystem approach to management. (PDF contains 63 pages)

Fish Habitat Utilization Patterns and Evaluation of the Efficacy of Marine Protected Areas in Hawaii: Integration of NOAA Digital Benthic Habitat Mapping and Coral Reef Ecological Studies

Over the past four decades, the state of Hawaii has developed a system of eleven Marine Life Conservation Districts (MLCDs) to conserve and replenish marine resources around the state. Initially established to provide opportunities for public interaction with the marine environment, these MLCDs vary in size, habitat quality, and management regimes, providing an excellent opportunity to test hypotheses concerning marine protected area (MPA) design and function using multiple discreet sampling units. NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment’s Biogeography Team developed digital benthic habitat maps for all MLCD and adjacent habitats. These maps were used to evaluate the efficacy of existing MLCDs for biodiversity conservation and fisheries replenishment, using a spatially explicit stratified random sampling design. Coupling the distribution of habitats and species habitat affinities using GIS technology elucidates species habitat utilization patterns at scales that are commensurate with ecosystem processes and is useful in defining essential fish habitat and biologically relevant boundaries for MPAs. Analysis of benthic cover validated the a priori classification of habitat types and provided justification for using these habitat strata to conduct stratified random sampling and analyses of fish habitat utilization patterns. Results showed that the abundance and distribution of species and assemblages exhibited strong correlations with habitat types. Fish assemblages in the colonized and uncolonized hardbottom habitats were found to be most similar among all of the habitat types. Much of the macroalgae habitat sampled was macroalgae growing on hard substrate, and as a result showed similarities with the other hardbottom assemblages. The fish assemblages in the sand habitats were highly variable but distinct from the other habitat types. Management regime also played an important role in the abundance and distribution of fish assemblages. MLCDs had higher values for most fish assemblage characteristics (e.g. biomass, size, diversity) compared with adjacent fished areas and Fisheries Management Areas (FMAs) across all habitat types. In addition, apex predators and other targeted resources species were more abundant and larger in the MLCDs, illustrating the effectiveness of these closures in conserving fish populations. Habitat complexity, quality, size and level of protection from fishing were important determinates of MLCD effectiveness with respect to their associated fish assemblages. (PDF contains 217 pages)

Lang's M, investigation, and fascism: Bataille, Benjamin, and the limits of popular genre

Eguíluz, Federico; Merino, Raquel; Olsen, Vickie; Pajares, Eterio; Santamaría, José Miguel (eds.)

Cruise Report 72-S-5: Inshore fisheries habitat evaluation and monitoring

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Proceedings fo the Seventeenth Annual Sea Turtle Symposium, 4-8 March 1997, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.

The 17th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium was held at the Delta Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida U.S.A. from March 4-8, 1997. The symposium was hosted by Florida Atlantic University, Mote Marine Laboratory, University of Central Florida, University of Florida, Florida Atlantic University and the Comité Nacional para la Conservación y Protección de las Totugas Marinas. The 17th was the largest symposium to date. A total of 720 participants registered, including sea turtle biologists, students, regulatory personnel, managers, and volunteers representing 38 countries. In addition to the United States, participants represented Australia, Austria, the Bahamas, Bonaire, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, Guatemala, Greece, Honduras, India, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, The Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Seychelles, Scotland, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In addition to the 79 oral, 2 video, and 120 poster presentations, 3 workshops were offered: Selina Heppell (Duke University Marine Laboratory) provided “Population Modeling,” Mike Walsh and Sam Dover (Sea World-Orlando) conducted “Marine Turtle Veterinary Medicine” and “Conservation on Nesting Beaches” was offered by Blair Witherington and David Arnold (Florida Department of Environmental Protection). On the first evening, P.C.H. Pritchard delivered a thoughtful retrospect on Archie Carr that showed many sides of a complex man who studied and wrote about sea turtles. It was a presentation that none of us will forget. The members considered a number of resolutions at the Thursday business meeting and passed six. Five of these resolutions are presented in the Commentaries and Reviews section of Chelonian Conservation and Biology 2(3):442-444 (1997). The symposium was fortunate to have many fine presentations competing for the Archie Carr Best Student Presentations awards. The best oral presentation award went to Amanda Southwood (University of British Columbia) for “Heart rates and dive behavior of the leatherback sea turtle during the internesting interval.” The two runners-up were Richard Reina (Australian National University) for “Regulation of salt gland activity in Chelonia mydas” and Singo Minamikawa (Kyoto University) for “The influence that artificial specific gravity change gives to diving behavior of loggerhead turtles”. The winner of this year’s best poster competition was Mark Roberts (University of South Florida) for his poster entitled “Global population structure of green sea Turtles (Chelonia mydas) using microsatellite analysis of male mediated gene flow.” The two runners-up were Larisa Avens (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) for “Equilibrium responses to rotational displacements by hatchling sea turtles: maintaining a migratory heading in a turbulent ocean” and Annette Broderick (University of Glasgow) for “Female size, not length, is a correlate of reproductive output.” The symposium was very fortunate to receive a matching monetary and subscription gift from Anders J. G. Rhodin of the Chelonian Research Foundation. These enabled us to more adequately reward the fine work of students. The winners of the best paper and best poster awards received $400 plus a subscription to Chelonian Conservation and Biology. Each runner up received $100. The symposium owes a great debt to countless volunteers who helped make the meeting a success. Those volunteers include: Jamie Serino, Alan Bolton, and Karen Bjorndal, along with the UF students provided audio visual help, John Keinath chaired the student awards committee, Mike Salmon chaired the Program Commiteee, Sheryan Epperly and Joanne Braun compiled the Proceedings, Edwin Drane served as treasurer and provided much logistical help, Jane Provancha coordinated volunteers, Thelma Richardson conducted registration, Vicki Wiese coordinated food and beverage services, Jamie Serino and Erik Marin coordinated entertainment, Kenneth Dodd oversaw student travel awards, Traci Guynup, Tina Brown, Jerris Foote, Dan Hamilton, Richie Moretti, and Vicki Wiese served on the time and place committee, Blair Witherington created the trivia quiz, Tom McFarland donated the symposium logo, Deborah Crouse chaired the resolutions committee, Pamela Plotkin chaired the nominations committee, Sally Krebs, Susan Schenk, and Larry Wood conducted the silent auction, and Beverly and Tom McFarland coordinated all 26 vendors. Many individuals from outside the United States were able to attend the 17th Annual Sea Turtle Symposium thanks to the tireless work of Karen Eckert, Marydele Donnelly, and Jack Frazier in soliciting travel assistance for a number of international participants. We are indebted to those donating money to the internationals’ housing fund (Flo Vetter Memorial Fund, Marinelife Center of Juno Beach, Roger Mellgren, and Jane Provancha). We raise much of our money for international travel from the auction; thanks go to auctioneer Bob Shoop, who kept our auction fastpaced and entertaining, and made sure the bidding was high. The Annual Sea Turtle Symposium is unequaled in its emphasis on international participation. Through international participation we all learn a great deal more about the biology of sea turtles and the conservation issues that sea turtles face in distant waters. Additionally, those attending the symposium come away with a tremendous wealth of knowledge, professional contacts, and new friendships. The Annual Sea Turtle Symposium is a meeting in which pretenses are dropped, good science is presented, and friendly, open communication is the rule. The camaraderie that typifies these meetings ultimately translates into understanding and cooperation. These aspects, combined, have gone and will go a long way toward helping to protect marine turtles and toward aiding their recovery on a global scale. (PDF contains 342 pages)