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Provision of plant resources for beneficial arthropods in arable systems
No full textPlant resources were provided for epigeal beneficial polyphagous predators of cereal aphids, as a raised grassy bank 290m long, sown with grass species of contrasting structure, within a 7ha field. Densities of polyphagous predators overwintering in the grasses were estimated by sampling from grass plots during winters (1987/88 to 1993/94). Data are presented which illustrate how densities of taxa of polyphagous predators have fluctuated during the seven winters. Samples measuring densities of polyphagous predators over the last three winters of the study showed that the within-field grass bank supported greater densities of beneficial predators than an adjacent permanent field boundary.Floral resources in the form of the crucifer Lobularia maritima, provided along an arable field margin for hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae), in the summer, were selectively foraged upon and preferred to native arable weeds by a variety of hoverfly species with aphidophagous larvae. A white coloured variety, compared with a purple coloured variety, compared with a purple coloured variety of L.maritima was consistently visited and foraged upon more frequently, by Episyrphus balteatus, in laboratory and field experiments.Observational studies showed that potential alternative crops were also foraged upon by beneficial Syrphidae. A field trail, using the potential alternative crop coriander, did not show any significant redistribution of Syrphidae between fields with and without border strips of coriander. Further observational studies on a hedgerow, with its floral diversity and available resources increased by sowing a mixture of alternative crops in a strip, between the hedge and crop, showed that E.balteatus remained at the enhanced strip for significantly longer periods than at the control strip. A simple model shows that the difference in numbers of E.balteatus caught in water-traps at either site cannot be fully explained simply by E.balteatus remaining at the florally diverse site for longer. To explain the differences in trap catches, E.balteatus must have immigrated to the florally diverse strip at a higher rate than to the control strip. Higher syrphid immigration rate to the florally diverse strip may have been due to the visual attractiveness of the diverse site.Although Syrphidae are highly mobile, linear features on arable land influenced their distribution. A road and tall hedge were shown to be significant obstacles preventing the even distribution of at least one syrphid species. The potential and limitations of habitat enhancement techniques for biological control agents on farmland are discussed.</p
MacLeod, Patrick: transcript of a video interview (06-Jun-2015)
No full textInterview with Professor Patrick MacLeod, conducted by Professor Tilli Tansey, for the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, 06 June 2015, in Glasgow. Transcribed by Mrs Debra Gee, and edited by Professor Tilli Tansey and Mr Alan Yabsley. The project management was undertaken by Mr Adam Wilkinson. Professor Patrick MacLeod (b. 1940) is a Clinical Professor of Medical Genetics in the Department of Medical Genetics University of British Columbia and an Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Centre for Biomedical Research, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia. He trained in Medicine at the University of British Columbia before going on to train in Paediatrics and Medical Genetics at the Montreal Children’s Hospital under the direction of the late F Clarke Fraser PhD MD OC. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and a Fellow of the Canadian College of Medical Genetics. He has initiated research in various paediatric neurological disorders, contributed to the mapping of the gene for what is now known as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (Machado Joseph Disease) and the natural history of Rett syndrome in a large cohort of Canadian families.The History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group is funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is a registered charity (no. 210183). The current interview has been funded by the Wellcome Trust Strategic Award entitled “Makers of modern biomedicine: testimonies and legacy” (2012-2017; awarded to Professor Tilli Tansey)
MacLeod, Patrick: transcript of an audio interview (06-Jun-2015)
No full textInterview with Professor Patrick MacLeod, conducted by Professor Tilli Tansey, for the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, 06 June 2015, in Glasgow. Transcribed by Mrs Debra Gee, and edited by Professor Tilli Tansey. The project management and the technical support were undertaken by Mr Adam Wilkinson and Mr Alan Yabsley, respectively. Professor Patrick MacLeod (b. 1940) is a Clinical Professor of Medical Genetics in the Department of Medical Genetics University of British Columbia and an Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Centre for Biomedical Research, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, in Victoria, British Columbia. He trained in Medicine at the University of British Columbia before going on to train in Paediatrics and Medical Genetics at the Montreal Children’s Hospital under the direction of the late F Clarke Fraser PhD MD OC. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and a Fellow of the Canadian College of Medical Genetics. He has initiated research in various paediatric neurological disorders, contributed to the mapping of the gene for what is now known as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (Machado Joseph Disease) and the natural history of Rett syndrome in a large cohort of Canadian families.The History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group is funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is a registered charity (no. 210183). The current interview has been funded by the Wellcome Trust Strategic Award entitled “Makers of modern biomedicine: testimonies and legacy” (2012-2017; awarded to Professor Tilli Tansey)
Review of From Rinks to Regiments: Hockey Hall-of-Famers and the Great War by Alan Livingstone MacLeod
No full textReview of From Rinks to Regiments: Hockey Hall-of-Famers and the Great War by Alan Livingstone MacLeod
Euan Macleod: The painter in the painting; and Alan Pearson: Expressionist portraits (Book review)
No full textReview of "Euan Macleod: The painter in the painting" by Gregory O'Brien, (2010). Piper Press: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ISBN 9780975190197; ISBN 0975190199, 305 x 250 mm, hardback, 204pp.
Review of "Alan Pearson: Expressionist Portraits" by Alison Pearson, (2010). Alexander Stewart Press: Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 9780473170752, 300 x 250 mm, hardback, 391pp
George MacLeod’s open-air preaching: performance and counter-performance
No full textStuart Blythe uses the methodology of performance to analyse George MacLeod’s open-air preaching. He points out that MacLeod’s preaching was derived from a theology of the incarnation, and an understanding of the paradoxes and dichotomies of common human life. This preaching, Blythe suggests, was also a counter-performance in the context of outlooks and ideologies inimical to the gospel. The paper raises interesting issues related to preaching as performance, and the further question as to whether or not the life and work of the Church as a whole might now be better understood as a counter-performance.Publisher PD
The Life and Letters of William Sharp and "Fiona Macleod"
No full text"William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of his or any time. Sharp was a Scottish poet, novelist, biographer and editor who in 1893 began to write critically and commercially successful books under the name Fiona Macleod. This was far more than just a pseudonym: he corresponded as Macleod, enlisting his sister to provide the handwriting and address, and for more than a decade ""Fiona Macleod"" duped not only the general public but such literary luminaries as William Butler Yeats and, in America, E. C. Stedman.
Sharp wrote ""I feel another self within me now more than ever; it is as if I were possessed by a spirit who must speak out"". This three-volume collection brings together Sharp’s own correspondence – a fascinating trove in its own right, by a Victorian man of letters who was on intimate terms with writers including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Walter Pater, and George Meredith – and the Fiona Macleod letters, which bring to life Sharp’s intriguing ""second self"".
With an introduction and detailed notes by William F. Halloran, this richly rewarding collection offers a wonderful insight into the literary landscape of the time, while also investigating a strange and underappreciated phenomenon of late-nineteenth-century English literature. It is essential for scholars of the period, and it is an illuminating read for anyone interested in authorship and identity.
Afterword
No full textNews of Sharp’s death was wired to Edith Rinder in London, and she passed it to the newspapers with the information that Sharp was the author of the writings of Fiona Macleod. Six years before he died, Sharp wrote on small white cards a message confessing that he, and he alone, was “the author — in the literal and literary sense — of all written under the name of Fiona Macleod.” He identified individuals who were to receive the cards from Elizabeth after he died. She sent one to W. B. Yeats o..
Property law in Jersey
No full textJersey law, and within it Jersey property law, has received little academic attention.
This thesis seeks to examine, and provide a systematic account of, the Jersey law of
property. Specific aspects of substantive law are explored. From these, general
observations about the nature and structure of property law are made.
Unsurprisingly, given the small size of the island, Jersey has a relatively limited
amount of indigenous legal material to offer, much of it in French. Inevitably, there
are gaps in the sources and some way of addressing these has to be determined
before a systematic account of the law is possible. Juristic writing and modern caselaw
demonstrate consistent recourse to the laws of other jurisdictions when gaps are
encountered. Norman law, modern French law, and English law (to a much lesser
extent and mainly where it conforms to Roman law) are used in the cases on property
law, and thus also in this thesis. Reference is also made to the law of Guernsey
(Jersey’s sister jurisdiction) but the difficulties encountered in researching Jersey law
are no less evident there.
In areas such as the law of servitudes, Roman law is often referred to explicitly by
the Jersey jurists and by the commentators on Norman law. The influence of Roman
law is also evident in the division between real rights and personal rights, sometimes
barely visible in Jersey law, and is also a general backdrop to the rules on
classification of things. Norman feudal law remains vestigially in place but the
structure of the law and its individual rules bear many civilian characteristics. For
this reason, in addition to Jersey sources, Norman law, modern French law, and any
other materials used by the courts, other jurisdictions with civilian systems of
property law are also referred to, specifically mixed jurisdictions, of which Jersey is
one
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