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Mimosa casta L.
No full textMimosa casta L. , D. Seigler 14545, EU439999, EU811850, EU811967, EU812023Published as part of Miller, Joseph T. & Seigler, David, 2012, Evolutionary and taxonomic relationships of Acacia s. l. (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae), pp. 217-224 in Australian Systematic Botany 25 (3) on page 224, DOI: 10.1071/sb11042, http://zenodo.org/record/427814
An Unframeable Icon: Coyote, Casta and the Mestizaje in Colonial New Spanish Art
No full textabstract: This thesis discusses the significance of the casta naming process depicted in pinturas de casta or casta paintings created in eighteenth-century colonial New Spain. These paintings depicted family units, each member named by a racial label designated by the sistema de castas, the Imperial Spanish code of law associated with these paintings. In the genre, the labeled subjects were hierarchically ordered by racial lineage with pure Spanish genealogies ranked highest and all other racial categories following on a sliding scale of racial subjectivity. This study focuses on casta paintings' label coyote, which referred to colonial subjects of mestizo and indigenous heritage. Policies of the casta system, when matched with casta paintings' animal label created a framing of indigenous colonial subjectivity; those labeled coyote were visually positioned as one of the lowest members of the casta and of questionable quality as humans, given their comparison to wild canines. Beyond the general discussion of racial hegemony at work in these paintings this thesis exploration individually questions the meaning of the casta label coyote by analyzing how the colonial namer and the named colonial subject related to this word and title. Deep-seated beliefs about the undomesticated canine were at work in the imaginations of both the Imperial Spanish namer and the named colonial subject, evidenced in European/Spanish renderings of wolves and indigenous art depicting coyotes in Mesoamerica. To uncover the imaginations that informed the creation and reception of the coyote label this study examines the visual development of wolf as a symbol of wildness, evil, and racial impurity used to hail the human Other in both peninsular and New Spanish colonial arts. Additionally, images of coyotes will be considered from the position of the colonial named, vis à vis indigenous arts and beliefs that coyote acted as a sacred symbol of power through centuries of human development in the Mesoamerican world. Varied understandings of coyote were at work in the New Spanish colony, evidenced in eighteenth-century paintings of mestizo artist Miguel Cabrera. Analysis of his paintings of the La Divina Pastora and of his casta painting De mestizo y india nace coyote reveal the instability of coyote as symbol and human label amid the mestizaje mechanisms of New Spain.Dissertation/ThesisM.A. Art History 201
Isabelle-Rachel Casta - Portrait d'une académique fan
No full text"Présenter le portrait de cette chercheuse dont l’oeuvre critique se distingue par une
telle variété, une telle complexité et une qualité aussi exceptionnelle constitue pour moi un
défi, mais, avant tout, un grand honneur.
Si je pense à Madame la Professeure Isabelle-Rachel Casta, la notion d’« aca-fan » me
vient immédiatement à l’esprit. Rappelons que l’« aca-fan » est un/une académique fan,
un/une universitaire passionné(e) par son objet de recherche, souvent issu de la culture
de masse. Il faut pourtant souligner que tout en étant un fan du domaine étudié, cet/cette
universitaire garde une objectivité, une distance critique vis-à-vis de son objet d’études
et lui applique toute la rigueur d’une heuristique classique. Telle est en effet la position
qu’Isabelle-Rachel Casta adopte consciemment, depuis des années, face aux différents
phénomènes de la pop culture." [...] (fragm.
Geochemical aspects ofMeretrix casta (bivalve) shells of Vellar estuary, southeast coast of India
No full textThe bivalve mollusk, Meretrix casta shells are abundant in the Vellar estuary along the East coast of India, they are economically important and used as chief raw material for many lime based industries. Their shells are harvested in large quantities for meat and lime production. The present study focused on understanding the chemical characteristics of M. casta shells, collected at eight different locations in the marine zone of Vellar estuary. Slica, alumina, iron, calcium and magnesium were determined by wet analysis method. The concentrations of Cu, Fe, Zn, Cd, Hg and Mg were analysed by inductive coupled plasma - optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). The M. casta shells consists of calcium which is up to 54%, silica, aluminum, iron and magnesium constituents are very small. Metal concentrations in the shells were in the following order: Fe>Mg>Zn>Cu. The results of heavy metal concentrations was Fe (1.822 mg/l), Mg (0.420 mg/l), Zn (0.026mg/l) and Cu (0.017 mg/l), the elements Cd and Hg were below detection limit in all the eight locations. The result evidenced that the shells were suitable for industrial applications especially for lime based industries. Key words: Raw materials, bivalve, Meretrix casta, ICP-OES, heavy metals, Vellar estuary.African Journal of Biotechnology, Vol 13(19), 2090-209
Abbé François J. CASTA. Evêques et curés corses dans la tradition pastorale du concile de Trente( 1570-1620). S. l. n. d.
No full textNeveu Bruno. Abbé François J. CASTA. Evêques et curés corses dans la tradition pastorale du concile de Trente( 1570-1620). S. l. n. d.. In: Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes. 1966, tome 124, livraison 2. pp. 618-620
Surgical treatment of primary and metastatic sternal tumors
No full textBACKGROUND: Primary and metastatic malignancies of the sternum are uncommon. Surgery that is the best treatment for the majority of primary sternal tumors, and arguably for metastatic lesions, has improved permitting us to perform wide resection and simultaneous reconstruction safely.
METHODS: From January 1988 to December 1998 we treated 13 patients, 4 with primary chondrosarcoma and 9 with sternal metastasis, 5 breast cancer, 3 kidney cancer and 1 thyroid cancer. In 3 patients total sternectomy was performed and in 10 a partial sternectomy associated with resection of the anterior segment of the ribs in 7 cases and resection of the clavicle in 5 patients. Bone reconstruction was done in the majority of cases (5) with Marlex mesh with methylmethacrylate and in 3 cases rib grafts were used to strengthen a Vicryl mesh. The major pectoralis muscle was the most frequently used soft tissue, 9 of 12.
RESULTS: Our postoperative mortality was 15%, 2 cases. The median overall survival was 48 months. All the primary tumours were alive after a mean follow-up of 34 months (range 4-84 months). While survival of the sternal metastasis was 24 months.
CONCLUSIONS: Surgical resection and reconstruction of sternal lesions represent a basic step in the treatment of the primary tumors with encouraging survival results while in the metastatic lesions surgery can be a part of a multimodality approach with unsatisfactory results
Population dynamics of the edible clam Meretrix casta (Chemnitz) (International Union for Conservation of Nature status: Vulnerable) from two estuaries of North Kerala, south west coast of India
No full textThe population parameters of the edible clam Meretrix casta (Chemnitz) from two estuaries along the coast of north Kerala, Southern India were estimated. M. casta has been cited as vulnerable as per al. (2006a). Growth of M. casta from the east coast has been reported by Abraham (1963), Durve (1970: 73) and Sreenivasan (1983). Jayawickrema and Wijeyratne (2009) have described the population dynamics of M. (IUCN) population status. The asymptotic length (L∞) for M. casta from Chaliyar estuary was 24.24 mm. The growth coefficient (K) was 1.8-1. The growth performance index (ф') was found to be 1.92 and t0 was calculated at -0.04283547 years. The length weight relationship is given by Log Y = -1.259635861 + 3.090977418Log X, r = 0.903010085. The total mortality (Z) estimate for M. casta from Chaliyar estuary was 3.92 year-1; fishing mortality (F) 2.12 year-1. Exploitation level (E) was 0.54. The asymptotic length (L∞) for M. casta from Kavvai estuary was 26.5 mm. The growth coefficient (K) was 2.0-1. The growth performance index (ф') was found to be 2.03 and t0 was calculated at -0.03441665 years. The length weight relationship is given by Log Y = -0.98701877 + 3.054878207 Log X, r = 0.613724895. The total mortality (Z) estimate for M. casta from Kavvai estuary was 2.98 year-1; fishing mortality (F) 0.98 year-1. Exploitation level (E) was 0.33. The M. casta is under exploited from both the estuaries. There is potential for increased exploitation of the edible clam from both estuaries since the present exploitation levels are far below the maximum sustainable yield (MSY)
Psyche casta
No full textPsyche casta (PALLAS, 1767) F u n d n a c h w e i s e 1995: Monte Simeone; 1995: Ronchi; 1995, 1999: Jamiano; 1996: Passo de Ingarano; 1996: Casa Villani; 1996: Montenero; 1996: Monte San Angelo; 1996: Foresta Umbra; 1996: Monte Vulture; 1996: Monte Volturino; 1996, 2003, 2015: Monte Sirino; 1996: Monte Cervati; 1996: Roccaraso; 1997: Campo Ligure; 1997: Colle di Oggia; 1997: Rezzo; 1997: Molini di Triora; 1997: Colle Melosa; 1997: Vezzi Portio; 1997, 1999: Passo del Bocco; 1997: Cinque Terre; 1999: Passo di Centi Croci; 1999: Varese Ligure; 2003, 2015: Morano Calabro; 2003: Campitello Matese; 2005: Muzzana del Turgagno; 2015: Refugio Novezzina. P h ä n o l o g i e / H a b i t a t e: Bei der Zucht schlüpften die Imagines zwischen dem 28.05. und 01.06. Insgesamt relativ verbreitet, vor allem in den nördlichen Regionen. Die Art wurde bis in Höhenlagen von 1.400 m NN nachgewiesen.Published as part of Weidlich, Michael, 2015, Beobachtungen zur Psychidenfauna Italiens mit der Neubeschreibung einer Dahlica ENDERLEIN, 1912 (Lepidoptera: Psychidae), pp. 1909-1934 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2) on page 1922, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.528649
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The Casta paintings of Colonial Mexico : the politics of constructing social order through art
No full textThis thesis examines the conceptual structures and political contexts of race mixture depicted in Las Castas Mexicanas, a genre of colonial Mexican painting. The first chapter places this genre in historiographical perspective, and provides the conceptual contexts within which this author analyzes the paintings. The second chapter examines the social order represented in the paintings, specifically in terms of race and gender. The third chapter traces commonalities between the Casta paintings and Old World systems of measuring and diagramming social differences. The fourth chapter places the Casta paintings within a political debate about the control of art, and argues that this genre can be seen as part of a larger political process of the struggle for power between Spain and her coloniesLatin American Studie
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