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Trade in mislabeled endangered sharks
No full textThe Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the global treaty that regulates wildlife trade, will meet in Sri Lanka later this year (1). Among the species to be proposed for Appendix II listing, as in previous CoPs, are globally endangered pelagic sharks, this time the shortfin (Isurus oxyrinchus) and longfin (I. paucus) makos (2). However, because species such as
sharks are often mislabeled (3, 4), the current CITES monitoring requirements (5) are not sufficient protection. In addition to listing these sharks on Appendix II, CITES signatory nations must invest in comprehensive genetic testing to ensure that listed species are not
disguised as legally traded products
Literary Life Cycles: The Careers of Modern American Poets
No full textThis paper examines the careers of eleven leading American poets of the past century. Using the frequency with which poems are reprinted in anthologies as a measure of their importance, quantitative analysis reveals that among these poets there were two distinctly different life cycles: one group produced their most important work early in their careers, in their 20s and 30s, while the other group produced their most important work considerably later, in their 40s, 50s, and even 60s. These different career patterns appear to reflect differences in the nature of their poetry. The conceptual poets, including E. E. Cummings, T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound, arrived early and suddenly at a technically sophisticated poetry based on imagination and study of literary history, whereas Robert Frost, Robert Lowell, William Carlos Williams and the other experimental poets arrived later and more gradually at a poetry rooted in real speech and observation.
The Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale revisited: More perfect with four (instead of six) dimensions
No full textThe Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS; Frost, Marten, Lahart & Rosenblate, 1990) provides six subscales for a multidimensional assessment of perfectionism: Concern over Mistakes (CM), Personal Standards (PS), Parental Expectations (PE), Parental Criticism (PC), Doubts about actions (D), and Organization (O). Despite its increasing popularity in personality and clinical research, the FMPS has also drawn some criticism for its factorial instability across samples. The present article argues that this instability may be due to an overextraction of components. Whereas all previous analyses presented six-factor solutions for the FMPS items, a reanalysis with Horn's parallel analysis suggested only four or five underlying factors. To investigate the nature of these factors, item responses from N = 243 participants were subjected to principal component analysis. Again, parallel analysis retained only four components. Varimax rotation replicated PS and O as separate factors, whereas combining CM with D as well as PE with PC. Consequently, the present article suggests a reduction to four (instead of six) FMPS subscales. Differential correlations with anxiety, depression, parental representations and action tendencies underscore the advantage of this solution
The Worthy Virgins: Mary Purnell and her City of David
No full textThe first biography of Mary Purnell who along with her husband Benjamin, led the Israelite House of David in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Mary later formed her own community, Mary’s City of David. Both communities are functioning today. The communities are best known for their bearded baseball teams, but, as Frost’s book shows, they were only a small part of the story.
161 pp., with 19 b/w illustrationshttps://digitalcommons.hamilton.edu/books/1044/thumbnail.jp
Meteorological factors associated with frost rings in rocky mountain Bristlecone Pine al mt. Goliath, Colorado
No full textThe meteorological factors involved in the formation of earlywood frost rings in Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata) have not been described in detail. This study used 51 tree-ring dated Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine trees growing at ca. 3500 m a.s.l. on Mt. Goliath, Colorado, to develop earlywood and latewood frost ring chronologies dating from 1930 to 2010 for investigation of the regional and large-scale weather anomalies responsible for these unusual growing season freeze events. The high-elevation meteorological station at Niwot Ridge, Colorado, was used to document the daily temperature anomalies most likely associated with these frost-damaged rings. NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis data were used to examine the synoptic meteorological conditions that tend to prevail during these unusual growing season temperature conditions. Earlywood frost rings occur during anomalous late-May and June freeze events in the Colorado Rockies associated with unseasonal mid-latitude circulation, including the penetration of a deep upper-level low pressure system and cold surface air temperatures into the west-central United States. The three latewood frost rings all occurred during September freeze events also associated with unseasonal and highly amplified mid-latitude circulation. The chronology of these early and late growing season freeze events may provide a useful independent check on daily temperature minima estimated with reanalysis techniques, and they can be extended into the pre-instrumental era thanks to the great age of Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine. Frost damage in Mt. Goliath bristlecone pine appears to be most frequent and severe in young trees found in the depressed tree line below a large cirque subject to intense cold air drainage. The development of the most detailed tree-ring records of past freeze events may therefore benefit from site selection in these cold air drainages, along with age-stratified tree sampling to ensure that the young and most frost susceptible age classes are well represented throughout the chronology.Fil: Barbosa, Ana Carolina. Universidad Federal de Lavras; BrasilFil: Stahle, David. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Estados UnidosFil: Burnette, Dorian J.. University of Memphis; Estados UnidosFil: Torbenson, Max Carl Arne. Universidad Federal de Lavras; Brasil. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Estados UnidosFil: Cook, Edward. Columbia University; Estados UnidosFil: Bunkers, Matthew J.. National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration; Estados UnidosFil: Garfin, Gregg. University of Arizona; Estados UnidosFil: Villalba, Ricardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; Argentin
Sexuality and nature in Robert Frost's Lyrics
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro de Comunicação e ExpressãoEste trabalho se propõe a analisar a presença da sexualidade humana na lírica de Robert Frost, através do estudo de vinte e três poemas sobre natureza. Tomando por base teórica o método proposto pelo semiótico francês Michael Riffaterre no livro Semiotics of Poetry (1980), este estudo analisa o jogo da linguagem que, ao mesmo tempo que estes poemas líricos parecem recriar o real-natureza, apresentam também o tema do erotismo no nível semiótico da linguagem
Thermofluid Modelling of Large-Scale Orchards for Optimal Design and Control of Active Frost Prevention Systems
No full textsponsorship: The first author would like to thank TUBITAK for funding (through the TUBITAK 1512 program) his project entitled "Development of tools for solar-energy assisted frost prevention systems in large-scale orchards." (TUBITAK through the TUBITAK 1512 program)status: Publishe
A study of humanism in selected poems of Robert Frost, 1977
No full textThe purpose of this thesis is to show that humanism exists in the poetry of Robert Frost. First, a brief summary of the poet's life will be given. The study includes a working definition of the term humanism. It also includes selected poems that illustrate humanistic elements. The thesis also treats Frost's reputation as a humanist. In the past, many critics and scholars have written biographical studies and have also written widely, either directly or indirectly, on the major themes of Robert Frost. However, very few studies include specific discussions of his humanism and how it is treated in his major poetry. Thus, this study aims to broaden our view of humanism as it exists in a vital group of Frost's poems. The main sources of information have been the actual poetical works of Robert Frost, but I have, of course, consulted articles and books written by other critics that were pertinent to the study I have attempted to present
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