361 research outputs found
Cladophyllia furcifera , Roemer 1888
No full textCladophyllia cf. furcifera Roemer, 1888 Pl. 21, fig. 6 v*1888 Cladophyllia furcifera n. sp.: Roemer, p. 8, pl. 1 (31), figs 4a, 4b (topotypes studied). 1909 Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer: Grabau & Shimer, vol I, p. 100, text-fig. 162. 1914 Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer 1888: Felix, pars 5, p. 41. 1928 Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer 1888: Adkins, p. 24. 1933 Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer 1888: Wells, p. 172, pl. 8, figs 5–8. 1990 Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer, 1888: Morycowa & Roniewicz, p. 168. v1993 Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer, 1888: Baron-Szabo, p. 160, pl. 4, fig. 3, text-fig. 6. 2002 Cladophyllia furcifera, Roemer 1888: Löser et al., p. 144 (older synonmys cited therein). 2002 Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer, 1888: Baron-Szabo, p. 181. Dimensions. d= 4–7 mm, juvenile around 2.5 mm; s=32–48 (+s), juvenile 24. Description. Phaceloid corallum; corallites circular in outline; costosepta compact, straight; S1 and some of S2 reach center of calice, where their inner ends may fuse with trabecular or substyliform columella; remaining septa alternate in length and thickness; anastomoses common; wall septothecal. Remarks. According to Morycowa & Roniewicz (1990: 168) as well as based on the study of topotypes by the author, Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer has 3 cycles of septa in 6 systems, with the beginning of a fourth one. However, in the Jamaican specimens the number of septa can be slightly larger, corresponding to 4 complete cycles in 6 systems, but otherwise they agree well with Cladophyllia furcifera Roemer, 1888. Type locality of species. Albian of Texas. Distribution. Upper Aptian-Lower Albian of Mexico and northern Spain, Albian of Texas, Maastrichtian of Jamaica (this paper). New Material. Maastrichtian of Jamaica, NMNH, Coates, coll., sample nos.: 409; 417, (=Jerusalem Mountain Inlier); 553; J-71-34r; J-71-34s; J-71-34u; J-71-34v; J-71-34w; J-71-34x; J-71-34y; J-71-34z (=Rio Minho); J-66-43b (=Vaughnsfield).Published as part of Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, pp. 1-244 in Zootaxa 1952 on page 20
Postcolonial writers. An attempt to identify the work of Astrid Roemer
No full textTeza. Astrid Roemer, pisarka pochodząca z Surinamu, mieszkająca przez wiele lat w Holandii, należy do tzw. pisarzy postkolonialnych. Badacze literatury wskazują na trudności z określeniem, kim są tacy twórcy. Problematyczna jest także kwestia przypisania Astrid Roemer do konkretnego pokolenia imigrantów. Pisarka adresuje swoje utwory do czarnych kobiet, pisze je jednak w języku niderlandzkim, który w Surinamie jest wyłącznie językiem urzędowym, co sprawia, iż jej powieści czytane są przez niewielki procent tej społeczności. W artykule autor stawia tezę, że twórczość Astrid Roemer należy zaliczyć do literatury wielokulturowej.
Omówione koncepcje. Autor odwołuje się do koncepcji socjologicznej pierwszego i drugiego pokolenia imigrantów oraz studium historycznoliterackiego Urszuli Topolskiej (2009), poświęconego pisarzom o podwójnych korzeniach kulturowych, tworzących w języku niderlandzkim. Przywołuje także koncepcję transkulturowości Wolfganga Welscha (1994/1995) oraz tożsamości wielokulturowej Jerzego Nikitorowicza (1995).
Wyniki i wnioski. Zarówno w biografii, jak i twórczości literackiej A. Roemer można odnaleźć znaki transkulturowości oraz hybrydyzacji kulturowej.
Oryginalność/wartość poznawcza podejścia. A. Roemer jest laureatką P. C. Hooft Award, holenderskiej nagrody państwowej, uważanej za najważniejszą nagrodę literacką w Holandii. Pomimo tego jest autorką niszową. Jej nazwisko znalazło się w zaledwie jednym podręczniku do nauki literatury niderlandzkiej ( Topolska, 2009).Thesis. Astrid Roemer, a writer from Suriname who has lived in the Netherlands for many years, belongs to the so-called postcolonial writers. Literary scholars point at the difficulty in determining the identity of such writers. The question of assigning Astrid Roemer to a particular generation of immigrants is also problematic.
The writer addresses her works to black women although she creates them in Dutch, which in Suriname exclusively is an official language. Thus, her novels are read by a small percentage of the community. In the article the author puts forward the thesis that Astrid Roemer's works should be included in multicultural literature.
The concepts discussed. The author refers to the sociological concept of the first and second generation of immigrants as well as the historical and literary study of Urszula Topolska devoted to writers with double cultural roots who create their works in Dutch. He also recalls the concept of transculturalism of Wolfgang Welsch and the multicultural identity of Jerzy Nikitorowicz.
Results and conclusions. Both in the biography and in the literary output of Astrid Roemer one can find signs of transculturalism and cultural hybridization.
Originality / cognitive value of the approach. Astrid Roemer is a laureate of the P. C. Hooft Award, the Dutch state prize, considered the most important literary prize in the Netherlands. Nevertheless, she is a niche author. Her name was only mentioned once in the textbook for learning Dutch literature
Anatomical distribution of synovitis in knee osteoarthritis and its association with joint effusion assessed on non-enhanced and contrast-enhanced MRI
No full textPurpose: To describe the anatomical distribution of synovitis and its association with joint effusion on non-enhanced and contrast-enhanced (CE) MRI in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA).Methods: Baseline MRI was performed at 1.5 T using axial proton density (PD)-weighted (w) fat suppressed (fs) and axial and sagittal T1-w fs CE sequences. Synovial enhancement was scored in nine articular subregions. Maximum synovial enhancement was grouped as absent (0), equivocal (1) and definite (2 and 3). Effusion was scored from 0 to 3 on the axial sequences. We described the anatomical distribution of synovitis, its association with effusion and compared assessment of effusion on T1-w fs CE and PD fs sequences.Results: 111 subjects were included and examined by MRI. 89.2% of knees exhibited at least one subregion with a minimum grade 2 and 39.6% at the maximum of a grade 3. The commonest sites for definite synovitis were posterior to the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) in 71.2% and in the suprapatellar region in 59.5% of all knees. On T1-w fs CE, 73.0% of knees showed any effusion. Definite synovitis in at least one location was present in 96.3% knees with an effusion and in 70.0% without an effusion. Higher grades of effusion were scored on the PD fs sequence.Conclusion: Definite synovitis was present in the majority of knees with or without effusion with the commonest sites being posterior to the PCL and in the suprapatellar recess. Joint effusion as measured on PD fs images does not only represent effusion but also synovial thickening.<br/
A Study of Roemer\u27s Method for Determining the Velocity of Light
No full textData taken by the author during August to December 1988 on eclipses of the first major satellite of Jupiter are compared with data taken by Roemer and Picard 300 years ago. Both sets of data are analyzed by the same method, or as nearly the same as possible, to determine whether the speed of light has changed. The conclusion depends on, and is rather sensitive to, whether or not Io\u27s mean daily motion has changed in the 300 years
Value and Politics
No full textA brief, historical review of the study of the interdependency between politics and economic distribution is offered. While the impact of economic interests on politics has been acknowledged for thousands of years, and the impact of politics on distribution for hundreds, it is only in the last thirty years that formal models of the interdependency between economic distribution and politics have been formulated. A general model of political-economic equilibrium is proposed, in which political competition and economic distribution jointly determine each other. Several examples are given. The author proposes that political economy, conceived of as studying this process of joint determination, is in its infancy.Political-economic equilibrium
Distribution and Politics: A Brief History and Prospect
No full textA brief, historical review of the study of the interdependency between politics and economic distribution is offered. While the impact of economic interests on politics has been acknowledged for thousands of years, and the impact of politics on distribution for hundreds, it is only in the last thirty years that formal models of the interdependency between economic distribution and politics have been formulated. A general model of political-economic equilibrium is proposed, in which political competition and economic distribution jointly determine each other. Several examples are given. The author proposes that political economy, conceived of as studying this process of joint determination, is in its infancy.Political-economic equilibrium
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