2nd Arthur Rubinstein Commemorative Medal

Obverse: Portrait of Arthur Rubinstein by Pablo Picasso. Reverse: Inscription.

Refining low-volume, high-concentration herbicide applications to control Chromolaena odorata (L.) King & Robinson (Siam weed) in remote areas

Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and Robinson (Siam weed) is a highly invasive plant and a high priority for control in north Queensland. It can be effectively treated using high-volume, groundbased herbicide spray equipment, but operational information shows that this control method becomes increasingly difficult in areas where vehicle access is prevented by rougher terrain. Low-volume, high-concentration herbicide applications have proven capable of causing high mortality in these remote situations. Two trials were undertaken between May 2010 and May 2012 to refine effective rates of aminopyralid/fluroxypyr, fluroxypyr and metsulfuron-methyl, only using low-volume, high-concentration applications on Siam weed. Fluroxypyr on its own was as effective as aminopyralid/fluroxypyr as both herbicides caused 95-100% mortality at overlapping rates containing 5 to 18.85 g a.i. L-1 of fluroxypyr. Metsulfuron-methyl caused 100% mortality when applied at 3 and 6 g a.i. L-1. Effective control was achieved with approximately 16 to 22 mL of the solutions per plant, so a 5 L mixture in a backpack could treat 170 to 310 adult plants. There are several options for treating Siam weed on the ground and the choice of methods reflects the area, plant density and accessibility of the infestation. Control information from Siam weed field crews shows that low volume, high concentration herbicide applications applied using a splatter gun are a more efficient method for controlling larger, denser remote infestations than physical removal. By identifying effective herbicides that are applied through low-volume equipment, these trials provide an additional and more efficient tool for controlling Siam weed in remote areas.

La literatura artúrica en un roman borgoñón del siglo XV : la impronta de Chrétien de Troyas en Cleriadus et Meliadice

Integran este número de la revista ponencias presentadas en Studia Hispanica Medievalia VIII: Actas de las IX Jornadas Internacionales de Literatura Española Medieval, 2008, y de Homenaje al Quinto Centenario de Amadis de Gaula

Peftjauawybast, king of Nen-nesut : genealogy, art history, and the chronology of late libyan Egypt

This paper argues in detail for the identification of Peftjauawybast, King of Nen-nesut (fl. 728/720 BC ), with Peftjauawybast, High Priest of Ptah in Memphis (fl. c. 790–780 BC2), known from the Apis stela of year 28 of Shoshenq III. This identification ties in with a significant lowering of the accepted dates for the kings from Shoshenq III, Osorkon III and Takeloth III to Shoshenq V, and the material culture associated with them. Such a shift seems to be supported by stylistic and genealogical evidence. As a consequence, it is further suggested that the Master of Shipping at Nen-nesut, Pediese i, was perhaps related by descent and marriage to the family of the High Priests of Memphis and King Peftjauawybast.

Arthur Virgílio Filho

Apresenta as contribuições do ex-Deputado e ex-Senador Arthur Virgílio Filho no âmbito do Congresso Nacional. Inclui a sua biografia, atuação política e seus discursos mais significativos.

All the King's Men: del Pulitzer al Oscar

Eterio Pajares, Raquel Merino y José Miguel Santamaría (eds.)

Silver King Creek Paiute cutthroat trout restoration, 1991 through 1993

Silver King Creek, Alpine County, is the native range of the Federally-threatened Paiute cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki seleniris. Paiute cutthroat currently inhabit Coyote Valley and Corral Valley creeks, which are tributaries to Silver King Creek below Llewellyn Falls, and also Silver King Creek and tributaries aboye Llewellyn Falls. Rainbow trout, O. mykiss, were introduced into the basin during 1949 and became hybridized with Paiute cutthroat. Chemical treatments attempted by the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) in 1964 and 1976 failed to eliminate hybrid trout. A chemical treatment project was again conducted by the CDFG from 1991 through 1993 to eliminate hybrid trout from within the range of Paiute cutthroat. This report presents a summary of events for the first two years of the Silver King Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project; a more thorough analysis is made of the third and final year of the project. (PDF contains 39 pages.)

A filosofia da arte de Arthur Danto: um estudo a partir de Deleuze e Guattari

O objetivo principal deste trabalho será investigar algumas das teses de Arthur Danto, que reconhece nas práticas artísticas contemporâneas um ponto de inflexão a partir do qual um novo paradigma artístico, ainda hoje em plena vigência, teria se imposto. Abordaremos a obra de Danto a partir do ponto de vista de Gilles Deleuze e Felix Guattari, que em O que é a Filosofia? Afirmam ser a filosofia uma criação que consistiria de três elementos fundamentais, quais sejam: o plano de imanência, os conceitos e os personagens conceituais. Assim, utilizaremos esta perspectiva para definir o plano de imanência de Danto, bem como seus conceitos e personagens, aproveitando para refletir sobre a relevância e validade filosófica de associar escolas filosóficas antagônicas, tais como a filosofia americana e a filosofia francesa.

Uma memória ímpar: a trajetória de Arthur Napoleão na sociabilidade musical de dois continentes (1843-1925)

Essa tese tem como objetivo primordial estudar a trajetória musical do pianista português Arthur Napoleão (1843-1925), desde a sua iniciação musical na cidade natal do Porto, até o falecimento no Rio de Janeiro em 1925. Discute-se aqui a relevância da inserção do pianista e de sua música nos meio sócios-culturais dos países da Europa e Américas, em cujas cidades se apresentou durante os primeiros quinze anos de sua carreira. Do mesmo modo, estuda-se também as circunstâncias da permanência do notável intérprete no Brasil, como imigrante radicado, desde 1868, bem como se deu a consolidação da sua nova perspectiva laboral no campo da música, como empreendedor e mediador cultural. E ainda por meio da organização de estabelecimentos comerciais voltados para a venda de pianos e partituras musicais, que se tornaram importantes espaços de sociabilidade musical na Corte, depois capital federal da República, ao longo de sua vida. As numerosas e variadas fontes aqui utilizadas são caudatárias do texto autobiográfico legado por Arthur Napoleão, de 1907. Essas "Memórias", ao mesmo tempo fonte de informação e objeto de estudo, possibilitam traçar, pelo exame vis-à-vis com a documentação restante, a trajetória artística de Arthur Napoleão, desde Portugal até o Brasil, no universo sócio-cultural em transformação, da segunda metade do século XIX ao primeiro quarto do XX.

Spatial and temporal variability in the relative contribution of king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) stocks to winter mixed fisheries off South Florida

King mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) are ecologically and economically important scombrids that inhabit U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic). Separate migratory groups, or stocks, migrate from eastern GOM and southeastern U.S. Atlantic to south Florida waters where the stocks mix during winter. Currently, all winter landings from a management-defined south Florida mixing zone are attributed to the GOM stock. In this study, the stock composition of winter landings across three south Florida sampling zones was estimated by using stock-specific otolith morphological variables and Fourier harmonics. The mean accuracies of the jackknifed classifications from stepwise linear discriminant function analysis of otolith shape variables ranged from 66−76% for sex-specific models. Estimates of the contribution of the Atlantic stock to winter landings, derived from maximum likelihood stock mixing models, indicated the contribution was highest off southeastern Florida (as high as 82.8% for females in winter 2001−02) and lowest off southwestern Florida (as low as 14.5% for females in winter 2002−03). Overall, results provided evidence that the Atlantic stock contributes a certain, and perhaps a significant (i.e., ≥50%), percentage of landings taken in the management-defined winter mixing zone off south Florida, and the practice of assigning all winter mixing zone landings to the GOM stock should

Efficiency and catch dynamics of collapsible square and conical pots used in the red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) fishery

We compared the capture efficiency and catch dynamics of collapsible square and conical pots used in resource assessment and harvesting of red king crabs (Paralithodes camtschaticus [Tilesius, 1815]) in the Barents Sea. After two days of soaking, square pots caught three times as many crabs as conical pots, and their catches consisted of a higher proportion of male crabs and male crabs larger than 160 mm carapace length compared to the catches in the conical pots. Catches in the square pots did not increase as soak times were increased beyond two days, which indicates equilibrium between the rate of entries into and the rate of exits from the pots. Catches in conical pots, however, increased with increasing soak times up to eight days, the longest soak time examined in this study. These findings demonstrate the higher efficiency of square pots and the importance of understanding catch dynamics when making population assessments based on catchper-unit-of-effort data. The favorable catch characteristics and handling properties of the collapsible square pot may make this pot design suitable for other crab fisheries, as well.

Significados corporificados: uma análise da definição de arte de Arthur C. Danto

O objetivo do presente trabalho é analisar a resposta de Danto ao problema da natureza da arte. Para isso, investigaremos o modo como ele utiliza os experimentos dos indiscerníveis, tanto para objetar as teorias tradicionais da arte como para erigir sua definição; e filosofia da arte, o que pode ser chamado, respectivamente, de tarefa negativa e tarefa positiva do uso do método dos indiscerníveis. A primeira parte desse trabalho se ocupa da tarefa de investigar justamente como os experimentos dos indiscerníveis são usados para objetar as teorias mimética, formalista, expressivista, institucionais, da atitude estética, e, por fim, a teoria da indefinibilidade da arte. A segunda parte trata de demonstrar como Danto, através dos experimentos dos indiscerníveis, extrai as condições necessárias e suficientes de sua definição de arte. A terceira e última parte deste trabalho analisa a relação existente entre a definição da arte e a filosofia da história da arte de Danto, principalmente a tese acerca do fim da arte.

Depredation of catch by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Florida king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) troll fishery

We documented depredation by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Florida king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) troll fishery. Between March and June 2003, we conducted 26 interviews of charter and commercial fishermen in Islamorada, Florida, and 23 along Florida’s east coast from Fort Pierce south to Lake Worth Inlet. All fishermen indicated they had observed bottlenose dolphins depredating bait or catch—king mackerel being the species most often taken by dolphins. During on-board observations of depredation between March and June 2003, we found that dolphins took 6% of king mackerel caught by charter fishermen and 20% of fish caught by commercial fishermen. We concluded that depredation by bottlenose dolphin occurs commonly in this fishery and has the potential to incur a significant economic cost to king mackerel fishermen. To address this concern, we conducted preliminary tests of a gear modification designed to reduce depredation in the king mackerel fishery between December 2003 and January 2004. These tests demonstrated that a modification to the outrigger planer will successfully deter bottlenose dolphins from engaging in depredation, without causing a reduction in ca