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Kate Sweeney
No full textRecording of the radio show The North Avenue Lounge broadcast April 21, 2014 on WREK Atlanta, 91.1FMWABE producer, Kate Sweeney, discusses her first book "American Afterlife" and her reading series, True Story
FIGURE 2. Garcinia yaatapsap. A in Garcinia yaatapsap (Clusiaceae), a new species from northern Myanmar
No full textFIGURE 2. Garcinia yaatapsap. A. Apex of branch showing leaf bases, young leaves, and stipuliform structures (indicated by arrow). B. Staminate flowers. C. Branch with fruits. D. Branch with leaves. Scale bars: A, B = 5 mm, C = 1 cm, D = 2 cm.Published as part of Sweeney, Patrick W., Nwe, Thet Yu & Armstrong, Kate E., 2022, Garcinia yaatapsap (Clusiaceae), a new species from northern Myanmar, pp. 121-127 in Phytotaxa 545 (2) on page 123, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.545.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/653459
Garcinia yaatapsap K. Armstr. & P. W. Sweeney 2022, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Garcinia yaatapsap</i> K. Armstr. & P.W. Sweeney, <i>sp. nov.</i> (Figs. 1–2) <p> <b>Type:</b> — MYANMAR. Sagaing Region: Hkamti District, Hkamti Township, Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, Just upstream from Nam Eizu camp 1,184 m. a.s.l., 25.537833°, 95.465861°, 11 September 2016, <i>K</i> <i>. Armstrong</i>, D. Daly, P. P. Hnin, T. Y. Nwe, L. Zaw, K. Z. Aung, H. <i>Aung</i> 1406 (holotype NY [NY02654830]!; isotypes E!, RAF!).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis:</b> — <i>Garcinia yaatapsap</i> is similar to <i>G. stipulata</i> T.Anderson in Hooker (1874: 267) and <i>G. nujiangensis</i> C.Y.Wu & Y.H.Li in Li (1981: 494), but branchlets distinctly 4-sided and winged on angles (particularly distally) (<i>vs.</i> terete); leaf bases subcordate to cordate (vs. cuneate); leaves nearly sessile, petiole length to leaf blade length ratio smaller (ca. <1:25 <i>vs.</i> >1:16).</p> <p> <b>Description:</b> —Dioecious, evergreen tree to ca. 12 m tall; exudate yellow; branchlets distinctly 4-sided, winged on angles (particularly distally), 6–8 mm wide at distal internode, glabrous. Leaves opposite, subsessile (petiole to lamina length ratio = 0.024 –0.040); lamina dark green adaxially, whitish-green abaxially <i>in vivo</i>, blades narrowly to broadly elliptic, 20.5–34 cm long × 7.5–14 cm wide, coriaceous, glabrous, base subcordate to cordate, sometimes clasping the stem, decurrent onto petiole ca. 5 mm, margin entire and finely revolute, apex acute to acuminate, acumen 10–15 mm long; venation brochidodromous; midrib raised adaxially and abaxially, more so abaxially, secondary veins 16–20 pairs per side, curved, impressed adaxially, prominently raised abaxially, forming an intramarginal vein loop 1–2.5 mm from the margin; intersecondary veins usually absent; tertiary venation percurrent; exudate-containing canals conspicuous abaxially (not visible adaxially); stipuliform structures triangular, ca. 1.5 cm long × 1 mm wide, marcescent at older branchlet nodes; petioles 5–14 mm long, ca. 5 mm wide, with two longitudinal ridges on adaxial surface, sometimes reddish <i>in vivo</i>, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary, lax, cymose, 3–5-flowered, ca. 2 cm long × 3.5 cm wide; peduncles ca. 6 mm long × 1.2 mm wide, angled, glabrous; pedicels 5–17 mm long × 0.6–1 mm wide, glabrous; bracts at apex of peduncle ca. 1.2 mm × 1.2 mm, broadly triangular-ovate, glabrous, bracts in branched portion of the inflorescence ca. 1 mm × 1 mm, broadly triangular-ovate, glabrous. Staminate flowers 4-merous, ca. 1 cm long × 1.5 cm wide; sepals free, imbricate, broadly ovate to orbicular, convex and keeled, ca. 8 mm long × 8 mm wide (inner pair slightly larger), light yellowish-green, glabrous; petals free, imbricate, broadly elliptic, convex and keeled, ca. 15 mm long × 8 mm wide, light yellowish-green, glabrous, exudate-containing canals conspicuous when dry, margin entire; androecium with ca. 200 stamens united into an annular mass encircling and attached to the pistillode, anthers suborbicular, ca. 0.5 mm × 0.5 mm, sessile; pistillode short-stalked, stigma capitate, ca. 3 mm diameter, vivid yellow; united androecium and pistillode on stalk ca. 4.5 mm long × 8 mm wide. Carpellate flowers not observed. Fruits (immature?) 2-locular, baccate, ellipsoid, ca. 4 cm long × 1.8 cm wide, green with brown suberized areas, smooth, outer-whorl of 2 sepals persistent; stigmas slightly raised, brown, concave-discoid, margin revolute, slightly irregular; pedicel ca. 1.5–1.75 cm long. Seeds two, ellipsoid, ca. 2 cm long × 1 cm wide; testa brown, exudate canals present.</p> <p> <b>Additional Specimens Examined (paratypes):</b> — MYANMAR. Sagaing Region: Homalin Township, Basin of Chindwin River, Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, Nam Khwe Daing area, along Nam Khwe Daing stream, 123 m. a.s.l., 25.1883°, 95.2345°, 27 October 2014, <i>Phyu Phyu Hnin et al. 62</i> (E, NY NY02648440, RAF, TNS, YU); Sagaing Region, Hkamti District, Homalin Township, Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary, Nam E Paw stream, above confluence with the Nam Khwe Daing stream, 165 m. a.s.l., 25.203722°, 95.284028°, 3 April 2018, <i>Kate Armstrong et al. 3716</i> (E, NY, RAF, TNS, YU); Sagaing Region, Hkamti District, Homalin Township, Nam Sa Bi village, 129 m. a.s.l., 25.360806°, 95.342833°, 6 March 2019, <i>Kate Armstrong et al. 4354</i> (NY, RAF, YU).</p> <p> <b>Distribution and Habitat:</b> — <i>Garcinia yaatapsap</i> has only been collected four times in the vicinity of Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary (Fig. 3) and is likely to be endemic to this area of the upper Chindwin Basin. This species occurs from 123-184 m a.s.l. in the Kachin-Sagaing low elevation evergreen subtropical rainforest ecosystem (Armstrong <i>et al.</i> 2020; Murray <i>et al.</i> 2020), which is a lowland (ca. 100-300 m a.s.l.) evergreen closed forest ecosystem in northern Myanmar, where there is abundant rainfall (2,000+ mm) and generally moist conditions.</p> <p> <b>Etymology:</b> —The specific epithet “yaatapsap” is the Shan-ni (Red Shan) vernacular name for the plant, which translates as “medicine to join the liver [back together]”. This epithet is constructed as a noun in apposition. Locally, a tea made from <i>Garcinia yaatapsap</i> is used as tonic for repairing a damaged liver due to drinking excess alcohol.</p> <p> <b>Proposed IUCN Conservation Status:</b> — <i>Garcinia yaatapsap</i> is expected to be endemic to the upper Chindwin River Basin in and around Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary. Based on currently available specimen data its Extent of Occurrence (EOO) is 88 km 2 and Area of Occupancy (AOO) is 16 km 2 as calculated using GeoCAT (Bachman <i>et al.</i> 2011). Thus, it is assessed as being Endangered [B2a, biii,iv,v] based on AOO, due to its occurrence in a small area, the low number of mature individuals observed, and its popular local use as a medicinal plant (IUCN 2019).</p>Published as part of <i>Sweeney, Patrick W., Nwe, Thet Yu & Armstrong, Kate E., 2022, Garcinia yaatapsap (Clusiaceae), a new species from northern Myanmar, pp. 121-127 in Phytotaxa 545 (2)</i> on pages 123-125, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.545.2.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/6534591">http://zenodo.org/record/6534591</a>
Trois perspectives féminines sur Mad Sweeney : Lucy Brennan, Paula Meehan et Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
No full textKate Sullivan, The Metamorphosis of Mad King Sweeney (© Kate Sullivan) Dans une étude intitulée « A Very Delicate Balance », Lucy Brennan se penche sur le texte de Buile Suibhne et sur la traduction qu’en donne Seamus Heaney. Elle précise en introduction que, frappée par la remarque de l’écrivain selon laquelle l’œuvre peut être lue comme un abécédaire de différents genres lyriques, elle s’est attachée à cerner les diverses formes présentes dans l’œuvre : elle y dénombre dix-huit élégies, sep..
Letter from Mary Sweeney to Mr. H. Fullerton, February 15, 1948
No full textA woman investigates the details in support of the bill to naturalize citizens of Japanese descent.The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942
Review of \u3ci\u3eMangas Coloradas: Chief of the Chiricahua Apaches\u3c/i\u3e By Edwin R. Sweeney
No full textInch by inch Sweeney drags readers through the military life and times of one of the Chiricahua Apaches\u27 most noted leaders Mangas Coloradas. With certain exceptions noted below, the author describes what quite possibly was every major event in this famous chief\u27s life from cradle to grave. Here briefly are stories of his youth, the Native customs applied to children, the activities and the lessons all Chiricahua children learn in growing up. Here too are descriptions of later battles led by Mangas Coloradas and fought in two countries, the attempts to make peace, the successes and failures of those arrangements, and the frustrations on all sides.
Sweeney\u27s research has uncovered names, names, names, producing a virtual who\u27s who among the Chiricahua Apaches and the Spanish and American military on the frontier of the 1800s. Speaking of names, Sweeney concludes that an Apache named El Fuerte by the Spanish later became Mangas Coloradas. Although he won\u27t be seriously challenged on this designation, there was more than one El Fuerte on the Spanish frontier, as indicated by information indexed at the Arizona State Museum. In particular, Spanish military officers in the Sonora of the 1700s recorded one Apache warrior\u27s name as El Calvo Fuerte. Was this also the same man as Mangas Coloradas? It\u27s a curious point that doesn\u27t really matter here, for this is a book of battles, not names, and the actions all swirl around Mangas Coloradas. Rightly so, for without question this biography spotlights one individual only; everyone else occupies a supporting role.
Sweeney\u27s richly detailed description of the military aspects of this Chiricahua Apache chief\u27s life conveys the impression that few Indians were comparable, either in authority or personal power. He did the same in his previous book about Cochise who, not incidentally, was Mangas Coloradas\u27s son-in-law. Perhaps one day Sweeney will produce a third work comparing the two so that readers might learn the author\u27s preference, if he has one. As it stands, it is difficult to find the author anywhere in the thousands of -words he has written in this particular volume. The distance between Sweeney and his subject is palpable, often painful, particularly in his frequent use of the adjective bellicose to describe the Chiricahuas. Yes, they were that, but they were much more, and Sweeney resists feeling or sensing the complete picture of Mangas Coloradas\u27s Apaches and then portraying them fully through his diction. After all, besides being bellicose, the chief and his people were also husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, uncles, aunts, sisters, daughters, mothers, and wives who led lives that included more than the battles Sweeney relates. For example, while Mangas Coloradas was a chief and a respected strategist, he was also the husband and father who, as a tired warrior, had to come back from battle to his family. Who were they and what was that aspect of his life like? Sweeney doesn\u27t elaborate. Had he interviewed Mangas Coloradas\u27s contemporary descendants, they might have added another dimension to this work and possibly helped him present a picture of the total man, not just the renowned fighter. Sadly, the author devotes only a short paragraph of nine lines at the very end of his book to the chief\u27s heirs without mentioning their names. That\u27s too bad, for some of them are today\u27s Chiricahua Apache leaders and others are accomplished in various walks of life. They deserve recognition.
Nonetheless, although this exhaustively thorough book is clearly not written for casual and general readers, it should interest a select audience of history buffs, aficionados, and serious scholars of Chiricahua Apache history and culture. A true test will be its appeal to the Chiricahua Apaches themselves
Pomegranate juice consumption reduces simulated ischemic stroke damage and increases brain antioxidant status in rats
No full textPomegranate phytochemicals / Navindra P. Seeram ... [et al.] -- Antioxidative properties of pomegranate : in vitro studies / Mira Rosenblat and Michael Aviram -- Bioavailability of pomegranate polyphenols / Francisco A. Tom?s-Barber?n, Navindra P. Seeram, and Juan Carlos Esp?n -- Protection against cardiovascular disease / Bianca Fuhrman and Michael Aviram -- Protection against stroke / Marva I. Sweeney-Nixon -- Anticancer potential of pomegranate / Shishir Shishodia ... [et al.] -- Molecular mechanisms of chemoprevention of cancer by pomegranate / Deeba Syed ... [et al.] -- Pomegranate and prostate cancer chemoprevention / John T. Leppert and Allan J. Pantuck -- Assessment of estrogenicity of pomegranate in an in vitro bioassay / Diane M. Harris, Emily Besselink, and Navindra P. Seeram -- Absence of significant estrogenic effects in the postmenopausal population / Michelle P. Warren ... [et al.] -- Antimicrobial activities of pomegranate / G.K. Jayaprakasha, P.S. Negi, B.S. Jena -- Commercialization of pomegranates : fresh fruit, beverages, and botanical extracts / Navindra P. Seeram, Yanjun Zhang, and David Heber -- Pomegranates: a botanical perspective / David W. Still -- Postharvest biology and technology of pomegranates / Adel A. Kader
Correction to:Patient-controlled outpatient follow-up on demand for patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a 2-year randomized controlled trial (Clinical Rheumatology, (2021), 40, 9, (3599-3604), 10.1007/s10067-021-05674-y)
No full textIn the original published version of this article, a co-author Anne-Marie Tetsche Sweeney was excluded in the authorship however the authors agreed to include her as third author since she made a significance contribution to the study, including a first draft of the manuscript. The authorship section has been updated. The original article has been corrected.</p
Brian Friel's Molly Sweeney and its Sources : a Postmodern Case History
No full textBrian Friel's Molly Sweeney (1994) has a theme similar to Synge's The Well of the Saints (1905), a modernist text, but it has a plot based on a case study by anthropologist Oliver Sacks, « To See and Not See ». While exploring the ethics of appropriation in the light of Foucault's « What is an Author ? », this paper establishes Friel's fascination with questions of freedom, perception and irony and defines the form of Molly Sxueeney as postmodernist rather than modernist.On peut comparer Molly Sweeney (1994) de Brian Friel à The Well of the Saints (1905) de J.M. Synge, un texte moderniste, mais il a pour source première une étude de cas contemporaine de l'anthropologue Oliver Sacks « To See and Not See ». Tout en étudiant l'éthique d'appropriation à la lumière de Foucault, cet article analyse la fascination qu'exercent sur Friel les questions de liberté, de perception et d'ironie, et il montre que la forme est postmoderniste plutôt que moderniste.Murray Christopher. Brian Friel's Molly Sweeney and its Sources : a Postmodern Case History. In: Études irlandaises, n°23-2, 1998. pp. 81-98
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