[Archives de la Parole]. , Parabole de l'enfant prodigue : parjé, groupe central, indo-aryen / [Sir George Grierson], éd. ; Linguistic survey of India ; [R.G. Haridas], voix

[Traditions. Asie. Inde. Etat du Karnataka. Kanara]

Vaiṣṇavism, Saivism and minor religious systems / by sir R. G. Bhandarkar

Collection : Grundriss der indo-arischen Philologie und Altertumskunde ; 3, 60

Ouratea lancifolia R. G. Chacon & K. Yamam. (Ochnaceae), uma nova espécie do Cerrado, Brasil

A nova espécie Ouratea lancifolia R. G. Chacon & K. Yamam. é descrita. Ela compreende arbustos pequenos de savana gramíneo-lenhosa e se caracteriza pelas lâminas foliares lanceoladas de base cordada e margens serreadas. São apresentados descrição, ilustração e comentários ecológicos. São analisadas as diferenças em relação às duas espécies mais pr��ximas, O. lanceolata (Pohl) Engl. e O. floribunda (A. St.-Hil.) Engl., também ocorrentes no bioma Cerrado.

Wit, wisdom and eloquence of col R.G. Ingersoll

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MI(R,)G(R) and British Covert Operations, 1939-42

The Military Intelligence (Research) Department of the British War Office was tasked in 1940 with encouraging and supporting armed resistance in occupied Europe and the Axis-controlled Middle East. The major contention of this paper is that, in doing so, MI(R) performed a key role in British strategy in 1940-42 and in the development of what are now known as covert operations. MI(R) developed an organic, but coherent doctrine for such activity which was influential upon the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and its own sub-branch, G(R), which applied this doctrine in practice in East Africa and the Middle East in 1940-41. It was also here that a number of key figures in the development of covert operations and special forces first cut their teeth, the most notable being Major Generals Colin Gubbins and Orde Wingate.

Tribute to R.G. Boutilier: Skin colour and body temperature changes in basking Bokermannohyla alvarengai (Bokermann 1956)

In amphibians solar basking far from water sources is relatively uncommon since the highly permeable amphibian skin does not represent a significant barrier to the accompanying risk of losing water by evaporation. A South American frog, Bokermannohyla alvarengai (Bokermann 1956), however, spends a significant amount of the day exposed to full sun and relatively high temperatures. The means by which this frog copes with potentially high rates of evaporative water loss and high body temperatures are unknown. Thus, in this study, skin colour changes, body surface temperature, and evaporative water loss rates were examined under a mixture of field and laboratory conditions to ascertain whether changes in skin reflectivity play an important role in this animal's thermal and hydric balance. Field data demonstrated a tight correlation between the lightness of skin colour and frog temperature, with lighter frogs being captured possessing higher body temperatures. Laboratory experiments supported this relationship, revealing that frogs kept in the dark or at lower temperatures (20 degrees C) had darker skin colours, whereas frogs kept in the light or higher temperatures (30 degrees C) had skin colours of a lighter hue. Light exhibited a stronger influence on skin colour than temperature alone, suggesting that colour change is triggered by the increase in incident solar energy and in anticipation of changes in body temperature. This conclusion is corroborated by the observation that cold, darkly coloured frogs placed in the sun rapidly became lighter in colour during the initial warming up period (over the first 5 min), after which they warmed up more slowly and underwent a further, albeit slower, lightening of skin colour. Surprisingly, despite its natural disposition to bask in the sun, this species does not possess a 'waterproof' skin, since its rates of evaporative water loss were not dissimilar from many hylid species that live in arboreal or semi-aquatic environments. The natural history of B. alvarengai is largely unknown and, therefore, it is likely that the herein reported colour change and basking behaviour represent a complex interaction between thermoregulation and water balance with other ecologically relevant functions, such as crypsis.

Nuevas consideraciones en torno al concepto de "estar" en R. G. Kusch

Fil: Matuschka, Daniel von.