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Shane MacCausland (éd.), Gu Kaizhi and the Admonitions Scroll, en association avec la Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 2003
No full textKerlan-Stephens Anne. Shane MacCausland (éd.), Gu Kaizhi and the Admonitions Scroll, en association avec la Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 2003. In: Études chinoises, n°23, 2004. pp. 513-519
Shane MacCausland (éd.), Gu Kaizhi and the Admonitions Scroll, en association avec la Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 2003
No full textKerlan-Stephens Anne. Shane MacCausland (éd.), Gu Kaizhi and the Admonitions Scroll, en association avec la Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, 2003. In: Études chinoises, n°23, 2004. pp. 513-519
3-D mapping of groundwater TDS using borehole geophysics and historical produced water geochemistry at the Midway-Sunset oil field, Kern County, California
No full textIn California, a vast population and agricultural industry rely on groundwater for their main water supply source. Recent drought conditions have placed a higher demand on groundwater resources, and in order to preserve this resource for future use, groundwater must be managed carefully. In areas where oil fields are located, there is concern that petroleum extraction operations and produced wastewater disposal are negatively impacting groundwater that may qualify as protected. To protect these waters, it is essential to know their location and extent. To accomplish this, we develop maps that locate the distribution of groundwater containing less than 10,000 parts per million (ppm) total dissolved solids (TDS) since these waters are more likely to qualify as protected. To map groundwater TDS at the Midway-Sunset oil field, we use the Stephens et al., [2018] method which relies on produced water geochemical measurements, TDS calculated using the RP method, and ordinary kriging. However, unlike the areas mapped by Stephens et al., [2018], the Midway-Sunset oil field presents unique challenges to mapping groundwater TDS. At the Midway-Sunset oil field, decades of enhanced oil recovery operations have led to significant variations in the geothermal gradient, while detrital diatomite in the sediments causes geophysical porosity logs to overestimate total porosity. This is a problem because TDS calculations require resistivity, temperature, and porosity data. The following thesis addresses these challenges to mapping groundwater TDS at Midway-Sunset in several key ways. Thermal effects from enhanced oil recovery were removed by only considering a subset of wells that were unaffected by thermal processes while three different porosity models were developed and tested for different regions of the field in order to remedy the diatomite-porosity-problem. The resulting calculated TDS values were then combined with existing geochemical measurements of TDS and kriged to generate salinity maps and cross sections for the Midway-Sunset oil field. In the northern portion of the field, the TDS maps and cross sections reveal that the depth to the 10,000 ppm TDS boundary extends to greater than ~-1500 feet elevation, while in the southern region the boundary is much shallower, with a maximum depth of ~150 feet elevation. In the study area, stratigraphy, faults, and freshwater recharge appear to control the distribution of groundwater TDS
Correspondence regarding the construction of a museum
No full textThis 1945 correspondence, from Thurman Leatherwood to George M. Stephens, discusses the construction of a museum in Swain County, North Carolina. The letter is among the Horace Kephart papers. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.|<?4-5"
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Bryson City, N. G.
April 3, 1945
Mr. George M. Stephens
c/o Stephens Press
48 Vlalnut Street
Asheville, N. G.
Dear Mr. Stephens:
Mr. Stupka, of the Park Service, x'jas here a few days
ago to see about the Kephart property.
As I understand they plan to construct a museum in Swain
County as soon as possible after the war and would like to
place the property in the museum. This would be a fine thing
and I believe would meet the approval of all Mr. Kephart!s
friends. In the meantime, however, until the museum is constructed, I think it ?jould be well for us to hold the property.
I have talked with Mr. Kelly Bennett, who is a member of the
Kephart committee, and this, of course, meets with his approval,
Yours truly,
Sgd. Thurman Leatherwood.
L/
Bisnius Stephens 1829
No full textBisnius Stephens 1829 Bisnius Stephens 1829a: 23, attributed to Leach. Type species: Staphylinus cephalotes Gravenhorst,1802, by virtual monotypy. Notes: There are 84 valid species of Bisnius distributed worldwide (Newton unpublished database). However, only three of them had been recorded from the Neotropical region and none of those was endemic to this area prior to the present study. A recent study (Chani-Posse et al. 2018) reveals Bisnius as a non-monophyletic genus within a major clade that includes representatives of both Gabrius Stephens and the so-called Neotropical lineage. After Stephens (1829b, 1832) and Curtis (1829), most authors considered Bisnius as a synonym or subgenus of Philonthus (see Herman 2001d: 2537) until Smetana (1995: 513) recognized it as a valid genus and revised its species from America North of Mexico. We owe its current concept to this author. Bisnius cephalotes (Gravenhorst 1802) [adventive in CASA] Staphylinus cephalotes Gravenhorst 1802: 22. Type locality: Brunsuigae [Brunswick, Germany]. Type depository: ZMHB LT ♂, 10 PLT. Distribution: Europe, Egypt, Algeria, Iceland, Madeira, Turkey, Syria, Russia (European, Siberia, Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Mongolia, China (Heilongjiang); Japan; adventive in Canada, USA, Chile, Argentina. Notes: comb. nov. ex Staphylinus (Stephens 1833: 247); preoccupied, junior primary homonym of Staphylinus cephalotes Gmelin 1790: 2036, but conserved, with senior primary homonym as a nomen oblitum, in Opinion 2053 (ICZN 2003); lectotype designation and description (Smetana 1995: 527). Bisnius instabilis (Horn 1884) Philonthus instabilis Horn 1884: 218. Type locality: Colorado [no specific locality]. Type depository: MCZ LT ♂, 2 PLT. Distribution: Canada, USA, Mexico. Notes: comb. nov. ex Philonthus, lectotype designation, no Mexican records (Smetana 1995: 599); distribution within (and including) Mexico (Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002). Bisnius sordidus (Gravenhorst 1802) [adventive in CASA] Staphylinus sordidus Gravenhorst 1802: 176 (senior primary homonym of Staphylinus sordidus Marsham 1802: 514). Type locality: Brunsuigae [Germany]. Type depository: ZMHB LT ♂, 8 PLT. Distribution: Palearctic (Europe to north Africa, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Mongolia, Japan), Azores, Canary Is., Madeira, Japan, Mongolia, China, India (KA), Nepal; adventive in Canada, USA, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Tristan da Cunha. Notes: as Philonthus (Stephens: 233); to Bisnius, lectotype designation, redescription and distribution including " Mexico and Central America to South America" (Smetana 1995: 523); distribution within Mexico (Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002). = Staphylinus chilensis Solier 1849: 315. Type locality: San Carlos, Coquimbo & Longotomo [Chile]. Type depository: MNHN? #? ST. Distribution: Chile. Note: as synonym of S. sordidus (Fauvel 1866: 344). = Staphylinus chloropterus Solier 1849: 319 (preoccupied, junior primary homonym of Staphylinus chloropterus Panzer 1796: pl.20). Type locality: no specificic locality “en los lugares húmedos”. Type depository: MNHN? #?ST. Distribution: Chile. Note: as synonym of S. sordidus (Fauvel 1866: 344). = Philonthus bruchi Bruch 1915: 501, attributed to Bernhauer in litteris; nomen nudum. Locality: Buenos Aires. Note: One specimen in MACN hand-labeled " Philonthus Bruchi Brh. tipo" by Bruch and " Bruchi n. sp." by Bernhauer was identified as Bisnius sordidus by MCP in 2010; an additional specimen in FMNH was identified as Bisnius cephalotes by MCP in 2003 (Bachmann et al. 2017: 44). Bisnius subaeneipennis (Bernhauer 1916) comb. nov. (Figs. 53 –54) Philonthus subaeneipennis Bernhauer 1916a: 32. Type locality: Columbien: Muzo (Rio Cantinerpe, 500m). Type depository: FMNH HT. Distribution: Colombia. Type material examined. Holotype (FMNH, Figs. 53 –54): card mounted // Muzo, Colomb. Rio Cantinero 500m. oklio. // Columbio occ. Cali, Fassl (white label) // subaeneipennis Bernh Typus unic. [in Bernhauer’s hand] (yellow label)// Chicago NHMus M.Bernhauer Collection (white label)”.Published as part of Chani-Posse, Mariana, Newton, Alfred F., Hansen, Aslak Kappel & Solodovnikov, Alexey, 2018, Checklist and taxonomic changes for Central and South American Philonthina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), pp. 1-95 in Zootaxa 4449 (1) on pages 30-31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4449.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/145430
David Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1899-1981 and twentieth-century evangelicalism.
No full textThe purpose of this thesis was to demonstrate the significance of the life and ministry of David Martyn Lloyd-Jones in post-war British evangelicalism and to show that, so far as Protestant churches in England and Wales were concerned, no history of the period can afford to ignore him. It is our contention that despite differences of opinion and self- marginalization Lloyd-Jones was and has remained a major force in evangelical thinking. In order to understand how this developed the thesis has been structured along thematic lines highlighting events, persons and questions. The study begins by setting the stage with a biographical chapter and goes on to examine the kind of impact that Lloyd-Jones's preaching had on Christians of all denominations. He believed preaching to be the greatest need of the day and the position of this thesis is that preaching was Lloyd-Jones's greatest contribution to twentieth- century Christianity. As a preacher he attracted one of London's largest congregations and in chapter three we look at the history and nature of Westminster Chapel comparing it with neighbouring ministries, and establishing the kind of people who went to hear him. Chapters four and five ascertain the factors which shaped Lloyd-Jones's views on the church and show how his Reformed evangelicalism led in a separatist as opposed to an ecumenical direction and finally, to a position which was neither Congregational nor Presbyterian. Our further argument is that while he favoured unity among believers his separatist ecclesiology only exacerbated the situation and left evangelicals more divided than before. Chapters six to eight evaluate Lloyd-Jones's background, the nature of his leadership and the extent of his influence - factors which either shaped or were the outcome of his ministry - and looks at the issues which these questions raise
Singing from the Grave: DNA from a 180 Year Old Type Specimen Confirms the Identity of Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens)
No full textCopyright: © 2015 Price et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The attached file is the published version of the article.NHM Repositor
Phi Delta Phi
No full textp. 304 from the 1927 Pandora, yearbook of the University of Georgia.
Courtesy of the Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
David AnsleyJ. Mack BarnesFrank N. BellRichard N. BlockWilliam A. BoykinGeorge BrooksA. Stephens ClayF. Kelly McCutcheonC. Beach EdwardsEdwin D. FulcherThomas F. GreenMarvin E. KilpatrickR. Lawton LeSueurAlexis A. MarshallThomas McRitchieW. Edward RobinsonSpencer WaldenNoel B. WrightWilliam H. Youn
Socio-economic and environmental differentials, and mortality in a developing urban area (Belo Horizonte - Brazil)
No full textStudies
on
health
inequalities
on
developing
cities
are
scarce.
They
have
mainly
focused
on
infant
and
child
mortality
and
life
expectancy
at
birth.
Studies
of
adult
mortality
and
cause-
specific
studies
have
seldom
been
carried
out.
An
ecological
study
was
performed
in
order
to
investigate
the
relationship
between
mortality
due
to
all
causes
of
death,
infectious
diseases,
combined
illness
of
diarrhoea,
pneumonia
and
malnutrition,
external
causes,
homicides,
and
motor
vehicle
traffic
accidents,
and
socio-
environmental
conditions
in
a
developing
city,
Belo
Horizonte
in
Brazil.
Death
certificates
relating
to
1994
were
processed.
A
total
of
10,558
certificates
were
geocoded
according
to
75
geographical
areas.
The
areas
were
classified
according
to
the
income
of
the
head
of
family
(or
female
illiteracy
when
appropriate),
and
plausible
routinely
environmental
factors.
In
the
study
of
mortality
due
to
infectious
diseases,
water,
sanitation,
crowding,
and
rubbish
collection
were
tested.
Among
the
external
causes,
the
study
focused
on
homicide
and
motor
vehicle
traffic
accidents,
testing
the
effect
of
public
illumination,
crowding
and
the
average
time
for
police
response
to
a
phone
call.
Analytical
and
descriptive
techniques
were
used
in
the
study.
Mortality
rate
(MR)
ratios
were
estimated
using
random
effects
Poisson
regression.
A
high
correlation
was
found
between
socio-economic
and
environmental
variables.
These
correlated
to
the
distribution
of
mortality
rates
across
the
areas.
Shantytown
areas
(the
favelas)
presented
higher
risk
of
mortality
than
non-favela
areas.
Infectious
diseases,
homicide,
and
combined
illness
of
diarrhoea,
pneumonia
and
malnutrition
(under
5
years
old)
presented
MR
ratios
of
1.59,2.05,
1.62,
respectively.
All
of
them
presented
p-values
for
trend
<0.00.
Deaths
due
to
all
causes
presented
1.12
(p=0.04).
Adverse
socio-economic
and
environmental
conditions
are
associated
with
higher
rates
of
specific
cause
of
death.
Deprived
areas
encompass
highest
vulnerable
groups.
The
use
of
routine
data
in
developing
countries
can
be
used
to
measure
the
inequalities
in
health,
helping
build
up
more
adequate
urban
and
health
policies
Falling Fertility Rates: New Challenges to the Welfare State
No full textOne of the biggest issues currently plaguing many advanced industrialized countries is the
persistence of low fertility rates. Decreasing fertility rates threaten economic growth,
while government budgets have to accommodate more pension and health services as the
number of adults of working age who contribute to older generations’ pensions
diminishes. I examine the determinants of fertility levels at the national level of seventeen
OECD countries. Specifically, I perform a pooled time series analysis covering the time
period 1990-1999. The analysis yields evidence that the types of state policies—active
labor market programs, family-friendly policies, and employment protection laws—play
a significant role in either helping or hindering fertility levels. I find that Active Labor
Market Policies and generous work and family policies encourage higher fertility rates,
while the presence of Employment Protection Legislation—rules concerning hiring and
firing—hinders the growth of fertility rates
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