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2021 Home Grounds and Animals PMG - Author Contact List
No full textThis is a chapter of the 2021 Home Grounds and Animals PMG. This 2021 Virginia Pest Management Guide provides the latest recommendations for controlling diseases, insects, and weeds for home grounds and animals. This publication contains information about prevention and nonchemical control as alternatives to chemical control or as part of an integrated pest management approach. The chemical controls in this guide are based on the latest pesticide label information at the time of writing. Because pesticide labels change, read the label directions carefully before buying and using any pesticide. Regardless of the information provided here, always follow the latest product label instructions when using any pesticide. Commercial products are named in this publication for informational purposes only. Virginia Cooperative Extension does not endorse these products and does not intend discrimination against other products that also may be suitable.Peer reviewe
Virginia R. Azcuy (coord.), Teología urbana. Prácticas de espiritualidad popular. Buenos Aires: Ágape Libros, 2018, 258 pp.
No full textEsta obra es fruto de un grupo de investigación formado por teólogas que han realizado trabajos de campo, tres en la ciudad de Rosario, Santa Fe, y uno en Olivos, provincia de Buenos Aires. El equipo está localizado en el ámbito de la Facultad de Teología de la Universidad Católica Argentina. La coordinadora, Virginia R. Azcuy, introduce el tema recordando una entrevista con el padre Lucio Gera, de hace veinte años, quien se preguntaba sobre la dimensión espiritual de nuestro pueblo: el pueblo ¿dónde está? Él sostenía que sólo se pueden captar aspectos, por medio de exploraciones parciales. Ultimamente, estas se realizaron en la urbe. Las teólogas han buscado la relación con comunidades concretas en zonas periféricas, como desea el Papa Francisco. Se han planteado el significado de las categorías pueblo y popular..
The reception of Vatican II in the People of God : testimony on the renewal from life forms
No full textPresentación: 1. Recepción del Concilio Vaticano II. Hablar de “recepción” de un concilio supone un conjunto de hechos –dentro de la Iglesia– que hace posible que la determinación o decisión de un concilio –sus contenidos de verdad– sea recibida por parte de las iglesias como conveniente para su vida; preguntarse por la recepción de un concilio es plantear cómo se desarrolla el proceso por el cual se da un consentimiento o “confirmación” por parte de las iglesias...El presente Panel, coordinado por la Dra. Virginia R. Azcuy, tuvo lugar durante el Curso de Extensión 2012 organizado por la Facultad de Teología. La temática estuvo dedicada al tema: “50 años del Concilio Vaticano II. Acontecimiento, Textos y Testigos”. El Panel fue realizado en dos sedes: el 24 de mayo, en la Facultad de Teología, con la presencia de la Lic. Carolina Bacher Martínez, laica casada; el Dr. Luis Liberti, sacerdote misionero del Verbo Divino; Mons. Jorge E. Lozano, obispo de Gualeguaychú y presidente de la Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Social y la Lic. Josefina Llach, religiosa Esclava del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús. Se repitió el 25 de septiembre, en la Sede Central de la Universidad Católica Argentina, con la presencia de la Lic. Bacher y la Hna. Lic. Llach; Mons. Dr. Pablo Sudar y Mons. Dr. Mario Poli, Arzobispo de Buenos Aires. En esta ocasión sólo se presentan cuatro de estos aportes representando las diversas formas de vida en la Iglesia. La coordinadora del panel, ofrece una presentación, un breve testimonio y una lectura global a modo de reflexión fina
2021 Horticultural and Forest PMG - Authors
No full textHorticultural and Forest Crops 2021 Author Contact ListPeer reviewe
A survey of the factors which affect mining of the lower Mississippian coals in Montgomery County, Virginia
No full text"Factors Which Affect Mining of the Lower Mississippian Coals in Montgomery County, Virginia" ie a study ot the Merrimac and Langhorne seams of the Price formation in Montgomery County, Virginia. The main reference used in the review of literature was Bulletin XXV of the Virginia Geolog1cal Survey by Marius R. Campbell. The review of literature discusses geologic formations and structure and the coal as seen in various prospect and mine openinga by Campbell.
The author visited mines during the field investigation and analyzed samples of coal collected at the mines. He discusses past mining operations in Montgomery County and has traced all available mine maps of past mining operations. These are filed as part of the thesis. Core drillings were also investigated by the author and reported depths of the coal in the Blacksburg syncline ere entered in Table III and Figure I. An investigation was also made into mining methods used in Montgomery County including a discussion of explosive gases encountered in mining the Merrimac seam.
The author discusses the results of the investigation in the conclusions. Be ia convinced the coals of the Valley fields, although of poor quality, will becane increasingly valuable as anthracite deposit in Pennsylvania and bituminous deposits in Southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia are depleted.Master of Scienc
Virginia Cooperative Extension Gardener Handbook
No full textVirginia Cooperative Extension Gardener Handbook is a guide for all gardeners in Virginia. It covers a variety of topics important for beginning and experienced gardeners, including soil health, native plants, and integrated pest management. This manual provides an understanding of the basics of gardening in Virginia and helps to build a strong foundation of gardening knowledge. Resources for additional reading can be found at the end of each chapter. We encourage readers to take a deeper dive into the topics that interest them and continue their learning journey.
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Table of contents
1. Botany
2. Soils and Nutrient Management
3. Entomology
4. Plant Pathology
5. Abiotic Stress Effects on Plant Growth and Development
6. Diagnosing Plant Damage
7. Integrated Pest Management and Pesticide Safety
8. Plant Propagation
9. The Vegetable Garden
10. Fruits in the Home Garden
11. Lawns
12. Indoor Plants
13. Woody Landscape Plants
14. Pruning
15. Herbaceous Landscape Plants
16. Landscape Design
17. Water Quality and Conservation
18. Habitat Gardening for Wildlife
19. Virginia Native Plants
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Acknowledgments
This version of the Virginia Extension Gardener Handbook was made possible in part by financial and technical support from the Open Education Initiative at the University Libraries. Additional financial support was provided by the Virginia Tech School of Plant and Environmental Sciences.
Thank you to contributors and editors of this handbook:
- Kathleen Reed (2022 project advisor, editor, and contributor)
- Devon Johnson (2022 project manager and image author)
- Kindred Grey (2022 image author and Pressbooks formatter)
- Stacey Morgan Smith (2022 handbook editor)
- Emma Freeborn (2022 alt text and editorial assistance)
- Anita Walz and the Virginia Tech Publishing team (2022)
- The 2021/22 Handbook Review Team: Barb Wilson, Beth Kirby, Carol King, Courtney Soria, Doug Levin, Elaine Mills, Elizabeth Brown, Fern Campbell, JC Gardner , Jim Revell, Khosro Aminpour, Maraea Harris, Margaret Brown, Meagan Shelley, Melanie Thompson, Michael Cole, Mimi Rosenthal, Nancy Brooks, Nancy Butler, Patricia Lust, Ralph Morini, Sabrina Morelli, Shawn Jadrnicek, Sherry Kern, Stacey Morgan Smith, Susan Dudley, Susan Perry, Wendy Silverman and all other volunteers who contributed.
Previous versions:
- Dave Close, State Coordinator, VCE Master Gardener Program & Consumer Horticulture Specialist (2015 project advisor)
- John Freeborn, Assistant State Coordinator, VCE-MG Program (2015 editor)
- Sue Edwards (2015 editorial assistant)
- Diane Relf, Retired Extension Specialist, Environmental Horticulture (original compilation, revision, and editing)
- Judith Schwab (original compilation, revision, and editing)
- Elissa Steeves (original compilation, revision, and editing)
- R. Peter Madsen (original compilation, revision, and editing)
- Virginia Nathan (original compilation, revision, and editing)
Thank you to the many Extension Master Gardener volunteers and agents who have contributed feedback or made suggestions for this handbook over the years. Thanks also to the original contributors, including the Northern Virginia Master Gardeners, the Utah Cooperative Extension Service, and the Georgia Cooperative Service for use of their handbook material and the Texas Agricultural Extension Service and N.C. State for the use of their revised and expanded versions of this handbook (circa 2009). According to the 2009 version of this handbook, “material was taken from many Extension publications written in Virginia and other states.” We have worked to identify, rewrite, and attribute this content.
The original edition of the Virginia Master Gardener Handbook was printed January 1985. The handbook was revised January 1986, January 1987, July 1990, November 1994, December 1999, July 2009, and December 2015.
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The Mick Family of West Virginia: a Genealogy and History
No full textThe volume contains geneaological information for the Mick family extending to the late 1790s. The author is a 1951 alumnus of West Virginia Wesleyan College
Relanzamiento feminista del legado de Ignacio Ellacuría: repensar «los pobres» desde una perspectiva teológica interseccional
No full textThe aim of this presentation is to revise Ignacio Ellacuría’s theological legacy about «the poor» and to suggest some key biblical and theological elements to relaunch it from a feminist perspective. Framed within its historic soteriology, the author’s thought is recovered in terms of its fundamental distinction between the poor from a socio-economical viewpoint and the poor «with spirit», its relation to the message of the beatitudes, and its current ecclesiastical relevance. With a feminist relaunching of Ellacuría’s contributions in mind, we examine the biblical studies of some authors, like Elsa Tamez’s work about Hagar (cf. Gen. 16 and 21:8-21) and Ivoni Richter Reimer’s work about Elizabeth and Mary (cf. Luke 1:24-25 and 1:39-56). The relation among these texts resides in the fact that these women—due to their condition as such—suffer poverty, oppression and humiliation, and are freed, blessed and exalted by God’s action. In these texts, we can see the lives of women marked by a weave of oppression and a transformative spirituality. The Magnificat, the song of a woman who has been humiliated and exalted, undoubtedly sums up the poverty «with spirit» that anticipates the coming of the Kingdom of God. In the final thoughts, a rethinking of «the poor» from an intersectional theological perspective is put forward to show the interweaving among gender, class, race and sexual oppressions. The use of this approach enables us to broaden the theological understanding of the poor and presents a challenge to language in inclusive terms. In turn, all of this promotes the visibility of the grid of oppression that women suffer and facilitates the recognition of their action in processes of resistance, liberation and «spiritualization».Esta presentación se propone revisitar el legado teológico de Ignacio Ellacuría sobre «los pobres» y sugerir algunas claves bíblico-teológicas para su relanzamiento feminista. En cuanto al pensamiento del autor, en el marco de su soteriología histórica, se recupera su distinción fundamental entre pobres socio-económicos y pobres «con espíritu», su relación con el mensaje de las bienaventuranzas y la actualidad eclesial de su pensamiento. En vistas a un relanzamiento feminista del aporte ellacuriano, se retoman algunos estudios bíblicos de autoras como Elsa Tamez, sobre Agar (cf. Gn 16 y 21,8-21) e Ivoni Richter Reimer, sobre Isabel y María (cf. Lc 1,24-25 y 1,39-56). Estos textos se vinculan por tratar sobre mujeres que sufren, en cuanto tales, pobreza-opresión-humillación y son liberadas-bendecidas-exaltadas por la acción de Dios. Ellos muestran vidas de mujeres marcadas por una trama de opresión y una espiritualidad transformadora. El Magnificat, canto de una mujer humillada y exaltada, resume sin duda esa pobreza «con espíritu» que anticipa la llegada del Reino. En la reflexión final, se busca repensar a «los pobres» desde una perspectiva teológica interseccional, para mostrar la mutua imbricación entre las opresiones de género, clase, etnia y sexualidad. El uso de este enfoque permite ampliar la comprensión teológica de los pobres y desafía el lenguaje en un sentido inclusivo, todo lo cual favorece la visibilidad de la matriz de opresión padecida por las mujeres y el reconocimiento de su acción en procesos de resistencia, liberación y «espiritualización»
A determination of the acceleration due to gravity at Blacksburg, Virginia
No full textThe purpose of the project herein described was to determine the acceleration due to gravity for the locale of Blacksburg, Virginia., to five significant figures. As far as the author has been able to determine, there has never been a formal determination of “g” made for this area.
Supporting this prime purpose was the fact that the equipment required for this experiment, i .e. a secondary standard of length, a recording system, and several portable photocell relay circuits, and the vacuum tank, would be useful to the department in the future.Master of Scienc
Short- and Long-Term Effects of Commercially Available Gold Nanoparticles in Rodents
No full textGold nanoparticles (GNPs) are currently being intensely investigated for their potential use in biomedical applications. Nanotoxicity studies are urgently needed to validate their safety in clinical practice. The objective of this research was to assess the acute, subacute, and chronic effects of a single intravenous exposure to commercially available GNPs in two in vivo models, mice and rats. Gold nanoparticles were purchased and independently characterized. Animals were exposed to either 1000 mg GNPs/kg body weight (GNP group) or an equivalent volume of phosphate buffered saline (PBS group) intravenously via the tail vein. Subsets of animals were euthanized 1, 7, 14, 21, 28 days (female BALB/c mice and female F344 rats) or 20 weeks (female and male C57BL/6 mice) post-exposure and samples were collected for biochemistry, histopathology, electron microscopy, and atomic absorption spectrometry analysis. Independent characterization demonstrated that the physicochemical properties of the purchased GNPs were in good agreement with the information provided by the supplier. Important differences in GNP-induced immune responses were identified when comparing mice and rats 1 to 28 days post-exposure. Gold nanoparticles stimulated the formation of liver microgranulomas in mice, along with transiently increased serum levels of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-18. No such alterations were found in rats. Species differences in GNP biodistribution and excretion were also detected, with higher relative accumulation of GNPs in spleen and longer fecal excretion in rats. In the long-term (20 weeks after dosing), exposure to GNPs incited chronic inflammation in mice, characterized by the persistence of microgranulomas in liver, spleen, and lymph nodes, as well as further increased serum levels of interleukin-18. Impairment of body weight gain was also observed in the GNP-exposed group. No sex differences were detected. In conclusion, GNPs are not innocuous and have the ability to incite a robust macrophage response in mice. However, considering the mildness of the toxic effects identified despite the high dose selected for the study, GNPs continue to have great potential for biomedical uses. Further studies are needed in order to determine specific mechanisms of toxicity and the role of chronic inflammation in the development of adverse effects after co- or post-exposures.Ph. D
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