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Dixon (R. M. W.) and Blake (Barry J.), eds. Handbook of Australian Languages, vol. I
No full textSzymczyk Dorota. Dixon (R. M. W.) and Blake (Barry J.), eds. Handbook of Australian Languages, vol. I. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 61, fasc. 3, 1983. Langues et littératures modernes — Moderne taal- en letterkunde. pp. 750-754
Dixon (R. M. W.) and Blake (Barry J.), eds. Handbook of Australian Languages, vol. I
No full textSzymczyk Dorota. Dixon (R. M. W.) and Blake (Barry J.), eds. Handbook of Australian Languages, vol. I. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 61, fasc. 3, 1983. Langues et littératures modernes — Moderne taal- en letterkunde. pp. 750-754
Describing typeforms: a designer's response
No full textThe paper sets out an overview of a pragmatic research investigation initiated within a doctoral enquiry, and which continues to inform design practice and pedagogy. Located within the fields of typography and information design, and very much concerned with design history, enquiry emphasized exploration of alternative design research methodologies in the production of a design outcome loaded with pedagogical ambition.
The issue being addressed within the investigation was the limited scope of existing typeface classificatory systems to adequately describe the diversity of forms represented within current type design practice and thus, recent acquisitions to an established teaching collection in London.
Addressing this issue unexpectedly came to utilize the researcher’s own design practice as a methodology for managing emergent enquiry, and for organizing and generating new knowledge through the employment of visual information management methods.
A primary outcome of the enquiry was a new framework for the description of typeforms. This new framework will be described in terms of its operation, divergence from existing models and potential for application
The use of behavioural endpoints to assess the impact to Gammarus pulex of pulses of the watercress derived natural herbicide phenylethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC)
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Crenadactylus Dixon & Kluge 1964
No full textCrenadactylus Dixon & Kluge, 1964 Type species. Diplodactylus ocellatus (= Crenadactylus ocellatus) Gray, 1845 by original designation. Diagnosis. Based on Dixon & Kluge (1964). Species within the genus Crenadactylus are small (max SVL 35 mm) geckos differing from all other gekkonids by a combination of the following external morphological characteristics; digits with enlarged subdigital lamellae, terminal phalangeal elements forked and claws absent from all digits; outer margins of anterior portion of frontal notched to receive posterior projection of paired nasals. Internal morphological diagnostics include palatines short and broad, atlas fused dorsally; stapes imperforate (stapedial foramen absent); two pairs of sternal ribs, one or two pairs of mesosternal ribs; 28 sacral and presacral vertebrate; sacral diapophyses overlapping and fused (not fused in juveniles); in adults anterior tip of mesoscapula fused to precoracoid process at its union with precoracoid; interclavicle dagger-shaped; fingers 5; toes 5; phalangeal formula of manus 2-3-4-5-3, pes 2-3-4-5-4; 24–26 scleral ossicles; 13 or 15 premaxillary teeth; 29–31 maxillary teeth; 33–37 mandibular teeth; cloacal bones present in males (Dixon & Kluge 1964). Etymology. A combination of the Latin word crena meaning ‘notch’ and Greek word daktylos meaning ‘finger’ in reference to the forked terminal phalanges. Content. Crenadactylus horni (Lucas & Frost, 1895), Crenadactylus naso Storr, 1978, Crenadactylus occidentalis sp. nov., Crenadactylus ocellatus (Gray, 1845), Crenadactylus pilbarensis sp. nov., Crenadactylus rostralis Storr, 1978, Crenadactylus tuberculatus sp. nov.Published as part of Doughty, Paul, Ellis, Ryan J. & Oliver, Paul M., 2016, Many things come in small packages: Revision of the clawless geckos (Crenadactylus: Diplodactylidae) of Australia, pp. 239-278 in Zootaxa 4168 (2) on page 247, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/26214
Ecological and behavioral relationships of the skunks of Trans Pecos Texas
No full textMicrofilm converted to pdf; attached to catalog record.Field work on the ecological and behavioral relationships or the tour species of skunks of Trans Pecos Texas was initiated in June 1968 and concluded in June 1973. The bulk of the research was conducted on a permanent study area near Balmorhea, Reeves County, Texas. The four species of skunks inhabiting Trans Pecos (Spilogale gracilis, Mephitis mephitis, M. macroura, and Conepatus mesoleucus) are carnivorous throughout the year with a diet consisting primarily of insects. The amount of vertebrate and plant material eaten increases in the fall of the year. S. gracilis, the smallest of the four species, is an adept climber and is able to feed in places that are inaccessible to the other species of skunks. M. mephitis is the largest and most widely distributed of the skunks in the region. Insect material made up 78.07 per cent of the diet of striped skunks over a twelve month period. M. macroura is smaller and is apparently in the process of extending its range throughout Trans Pecos Texas. The diet of M. macroura consisted of 74.30 per cent insects by volume. C. mesoleucus, only slightly smaller than M. mephitis, is highly adapted for digging in rugged terrain and has well developed olfaction. It feeds on more larval insect forms than do the other three species. S. gracilis and C. mesoleucus are able to utilize rougher, rockier terrain than the other species. ..
Thirty years of New Zealand smoking advances a case for cultural epidemiology and cultural geography
No full textThis chapter builds upon a recent series of analyses using the New Zealand census on smoking, which indicates a slowing in the anticipated population-wide declines in smoking with entrenched and growing inequalities between socioeconomic, ethnic, and sex groups over 30 years. These two trends have been explained in part as the responses by marginalized groups to specific policy and commercial contexts. Using the same data, we provide a new life course analysis of successive cohorts since 1976, which indicates a hitherto unexplained sex, ethnic, and place variability in "smoking careers" as well as some common patterns. The range of behaviors supports a proposition that socioeconomic factors explain only part of smoking inequalities and indicate that groups interpret and respond to shared contexts in culturally specific ways. More sophisticated research designs are required to explain contextual influences over subpopulation behaviors, and recent insights into the contagious spread of behaviors and norms among group members over large distances highlight the relevance of the nascent fields of cultural epidemiology and cultural geography. Mixed method designs are required to augment multiple statistical level designs before we can know the intersecting set of determinants to health behaviors. © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.John D. Glover, Jane Dixon, Cathy Banwell, Sarah Tennant, and Matthew Freema
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