Carbon and Sulphur concentrations of sediments from Peru, Oman and Benguela upwelling environments

Abundances of organic carbon, sulfur, and reactive iron in sediments of three upwelling environments (Peru, Oman and Benguela) suggest that organic carbon/reduced sulfur ratios (C/S-ratios) in this category of marine sediments deviate considerably from previously established empirical ratios in normal marine sediments. To clarify the discrepancies, we investigated those components of the diagenetic system that limit the formation of pyrite: sulfate concentrations and reduction rates in pore waters, availability of reactive iron, and the quantity and quality of organic matter. All three limitations are evident in our sample pools. The results suggest that C/S-ratios in recent and fossil marine sediments rich in organic matter may be unsuitable as paleoenvironmental indicators.

Benthic foraminifera of cores from ODP Leg 117

The relative abundances of benthic foraminifers from the Oman margin have been analyzed from ODP Sites 725 and 726 near the upper boundary of the oxygen-minimum zone (OMZ) and 728 near the lower boundary. The relative abundance pattern of the benthic foraminiferal species in the two shallow sites show synchronous changes, which, together with variations in the faunal composition, may be attributed to changes in the location of the upper boundary of the OMZ during the last 7 million years. At the deeper site, the relative abundance pattern shows considerable variation in the faunal composition during the last 8 million years. The strong dominance of the shallow-water species Ammonia beccarii during the early Pliocene at Site 728 suggests a water depth less than 400 m during the early Pliocene and subsequent subsidence during the middle and late Pliocene to the present > 1400 m water depth.

Lipid analyses of ODP Leg 117 samples

The solvent-extractable organic fractions of sediment samples from six Ocean Drilling Program Leg 117 sites were investigated by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Sediments deposited in the Indus Fan (Site 720) as well as Miocene sediments from the Owen Ridge (Sites 722 and 731) contain almost exclusively organic matter of terrigenous origin. The organic matter in sediments from the Oman Margin (Sites 723, 725, and 728) and in the Pliocene/Pleistocene sections from the Owen Ridge is mainly of a marine origin with variable admixtures of terrigenous material. In these latter samples strong variations of the lipid composition and distribution are noted. However, the interpretation of the relation to potential biological sources is hampered by a lack of information on the possible lipid composition of appropriate organisms.

Service difficulties - Will UCPR r 117 provide the answer?

In Amci Pty Ltd ACN 124 249 485 v Corcoal Management Pty Ltd [2013] QSC 50 Jackson J considered an application for an order under r117 of the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) (UCPR) in relation to informal service of an originating process on a corporation registered in the Ajman Free Zone in the United Arab Emirates. The decision appears to be the first time a Queensland court has examined the scope of r117 of the UCPR, and relevant considerations influencing the exercise of the discretion under the rule, when the defendant is outside Australia.

Sapientia, 1975, Vol. XXX, nº 117 (número completo)

Contenido: Actualidad de la doctrina tomista de los objetos formales / Octavio N. Derisi – Tomás de Aquino en la Universidad de París / Gustavo E. Ponferrada – La participación de la inteligencia en la experiencia sensible / Mario E. Sacchi – El pensamiento de Tomás de Aquino y los problemas de nuestro tiempo / Carmen Balzer – La existente y el campo específico de la metafísica / Osvaldo Francella –Notas y comentarios -- Bibliografía

Teología, 2015, Tomo LII nº 117 (número completo)

Nota del Director: "La presentación de esta revista Teología coincide con un momento de fiesta grande para nuestra Facultad: la celebración del Congreso del Centenario. De allí que este número quiera expresar la alegría que nos produce encontrarnos a hablar de teología, para recordar nuestras raíces, afrontar las exigencias de los desafíos de nuestro tiempo e imaginar un futuro. La teología es un quehacer creativo: pues es hermenéutica del mundo comprendido desde la fe; porque además es profecía, vinculando el presente con el futuro y haciéndonos responsables de las respuestas para hoy y de los proyectos para el tiempo que se avecina; y también es memoria, reconociendo que ella se hace con una comunidad que nos antecedió, es diálogo con las experiencias pasadas y aprendizaje de quienes hablaron antes que nosotros. En este sentido, pensar debe integrar el tiempo en sus dimensiones. Este número de nuestra revista presenta un grupo de textos que muestran esos diversos registros en los que la teología desarrolla su tarea..."

Diário da Constituinte [gravação de vídeo] : [programa n. 725]

Trata da redivisão territorial do Brasil com a criação do estado de Tocantins, a transformação dos territórios de Roraima e Amapá em Estado e as sugestões da criação de novos estados.

The predatory feeding of Acanthocyclops viridis (Jur.) (Copepoda, Cyclopoida). [Translation from: Trudy Inst.Biol.Vodokhranil. 2(5) 117-127, 1959. ]

The feeding of freshwater copepods, especially cyclopoida, has been poorly covered in research so far. The majority of existing special works on the feeding of cyclopoida illustrate this question only from the qualitative side. The food content of the nauplius of freshwater cyclops has not been studied at all, as also the feeding of adult entomostracans on bacteria. Moreover the question of the suitability of vegetable food for Cyclops is not clear enough. This article aims to elucidate as fully as possible the nutrition of Acanthocyclops viridis (Jur.) - a large cyclops, inhabiting the mass of demersal layers of the open parts of the Rybinsk reservoir and its foreshore. The present work is devoted only to the predatory feeding of A. viridis, and includes data from the content of the intestines of cyclops, collected in natural conditions, and also the results of experimental observations carried out in a laboratory during 1958.