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Author inscription in The Chinese slave-girl: a story of woman's life in China
No full textThis edition includes a gift inscription by author Rev. J.A. Davis, "To Rev. A. G. Russell with the warmest regards of the author J.A. Davis."Davis, John Agnell, 1839-1897
Translation and response between Maurice Blanchot and Lydia Davis
No full textWhen an author translates a text by another writer, this translation is one form of a response to that text. Other responses may appear in their own writings that are more inflected with their authorial persona. Lydia Davis translated six books by Maurice Blanchot, including fiction and theoretical writings. Blanchot’s concept of the récit privileges non-conventional forms of narrative and it can be considered to have influenced Davis, a view shared in critical writing about Davis. However, responses to his fiction can also be found in Davis’s work. This article reads Lydia Davis’s story “Story” as a response to Maurice Blanchot’s récit, La Folie du jour, translated by Davis as “The Madness of the Day”. Both texts develop a narrative that questions the possibility of arriving at a single story: Blanchot’s narrator cannot tell the story of how he came to have glass ground into his eyes, while Davis’s narrator must try to understand a contradictory story told to her by her lover. However, Davis responds to Blanchot by reversing the perspective in the story: where Blanchot’s narrator must and cannot create a story that explains his situation in a judicial/medical context, Davis’s narrator is struggling to understand her lover’s story which does not explain the situation that they find themselves in. Davis’s narrator is therefore motivated by an emotional need to find an acceptable story that is absent from Blanchot’s narrator. This difference in motivation is central to the difference between Davis’s and Blanchot’s approach, and complicates any reading of his influence on her because she responds to his text in her own
Peponidium boivinianum A. P. Davis & Razafim. 2010, comb. nov.
No full textPeponidium boivinianum (Baker) A.P.Davis & Razafim., comb. nov. Basionym:— Plectronia boiviniana Baker (1885: 411). Type: MADAGASCAR. Central Madagascar: ‘received’ December 1883, Baron 3071 (lectotype K!, designated here). Distribution:—Eastern Madagascar, in humid, evergreen forest, exact locality and habitat details not known. Characteristics: —Stipules deltate; leaves c. 6 cm long, subcoriaceous, tertiary venation rather prominent (at least on upper surface), domatia absent.Published as part of Davis, Aaron P. & Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G., 2010, Three species of Madagascan Plectronia transferred to Peponidium (Vanguerieae, Rubiaceae), pp. 46-48 in Phytotaxa 10 on pages 46-47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.10.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/489980
Peponidium micranthum A. P. Davis & Razafim. 2010, comb. nov.
No full textPeponidium micranthum (Baker) A.P.Davis & Razafim., comb. nov. Basionym:— Plectronia micrantha Baker (1887: 483). Type: MADAGASCAR, Central Madagascar, 'received' November 1885, Baron 3836 (holotype, K!). Distribution:—Eastern Madagascar, in humid, evergreen forest, c. 950 m. Characteristics: —Stipules lanceolate-ligulate; leaves subcoriaceous, tertiary venation rather prominent, domatia large and obvious. Calyx lobes ciliate.Published as part of Davis, Aaron P. & Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G., 2010, Three species of Madagascan Plectronia transferred to Peponidium (Vanguerieae, Rubiaceae), pp. 46-48 in Phytotaxa 10 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.10.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/489980
Peponidium densiflorum A. P. Davis & Razafim. 2010, comb. nov.
No full textPeponidium densiflorum (Baker) A.P.Davis & Razafim., comb. nov. Basionym:— Plectronia densiflora Baker (1883: 167). Type: MADAGASCAR, locality and date not given, Gerrard 61 (holotype, K!). Distribution:—Southeast Madagascar, possibly restricted to the Fort Dauphin area (forests of Mandena and Petriky), seasonally dry, littoral evergreen forest, on sand, 5– 30 m. Characteristics: —Stipules narrowly ovate; leaves 6–10.5 cm long, coriaceous, tertiary venation obscure to invisible, domatia absent. Each calyx lobe with a tuft of hairs at the apex.Published as part of Davis, Aaron P. & Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G., 2010, Three species of Madagascan Plectronia transferred to Peponidium (Vanguerieae, Rubiaceae), pp. 46-48 in Phytotaxa 10 on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.10.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/489980
Chester C. Davis; Chester Charles Davis
No full textDavis seated with three other men at dining table. Davis is 3rd man from the left. On verso: Dean G. P. Stocker - Engineering / Frederick L. Liebolt - ba '25; LL.D. '48 / Chester C. Davis - LL.D. / Herbert L. Thomas-Chrm B. of Trustees / June '48 "Chester C. Davis (1887-1975) had varied occupations. He was editor and manager of The Montana Farmer, 1917-1921. He was involved in agricultural service for farm organizations and was administrator of the U.S. Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-1936. He served on the Board of Governors for the Federal Reserve System, 1936-1941, and later as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 1941-1945. He was associate director in the Ford Foundation, 1951-1954, and did a study on rural credit in India for the Indian government, 1953-1954. In 1939 he received the Distinguished Service to Agriculture medal from the American Farm Bureau Federation
Correspondence from Davis P. Richardson to Mr. Monnig, January 11, 1935
No full textLetter from Davis P. Richardson at the University of Arkansas responding to Mr. Monnig regarding the purchase of the Fayetteville Arkansas meteorite.UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES FAYETTEVILLE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY January 11, 1935 Mr. Oscar B. Monning 312 West Leuda Fort Worth, Texas Dear Sir: The meteor which fell four miles west of Fayetteville on December 26 was recovered while it was still warm by two men who happened to be working near the place of fall. Needless to say, the men were quite excited and their excitement is not completely gone yet. They still have possession of the stone but when its newness wears off I hope to get possession of it for the University museum. This piece weighs five pounds. Its specific gravity is 3.6. Microscopic examination shows the greyish color resembling limestone with some metal particles. The stone contains sulphur. No chemical analysis has been made as yet, so this is all the information I can give you as to its composition. A piece of stone weighing four ounces was found on January 3 about three and one-half miles from the place where the first stone was dug up. I believe this piece had been broken off of the larger piece. Of course, only minute examination will prove whether this piece is g meteor r not. This four ounce piece is now the property of the university museum and will soon be mounted for exhibit. If you would like more details I will be glad to supply them for you. very truly yours, Davis P. Richardson DPR/INH
Increased expression of regulator of G protein signaling-2 (RGS-2) in Bartter's/Gitelman's syndrome. A role in the control of vascular tone and implication for hypertension
No full textRegulator of G protein signaling-2 (RGS-2) plays a key role in the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) angiotensin II (Ang II) signaling. NO and cGMP exert a vasodilating action also through activation and binding to RGS-2 of cGMP dependent protein kinase 1-alpha, which phosphorylates RGS-2 and dephosphorylates myosin light chain. In Bartter's/Gitelman's patients (BS/GS) Ang II related signaling and vasomotor tone are blunted. Experiments were planned to explore whether RGS-2 may play a role in BS/GS vascular hyporeactivity. NO metabolites and cGMP urinary excretion were also measured. Mononuclear cells (PBM) from six BS/GS patients and six healthy controls were used. PBM RGS-2 mRNA and RGS-2 protein were increased in BS/GS: 0.47 +/- 0.06 d.u. vs 0.32 +/- 0.04, (p < 0.006) (RGS-2 mRNA), and 0.692 +/- 0.02 vs 0.363 +/- 0.06 (p < 0.0001) (RGS2 protein). Incubation of PBM with Ang II increased RGS-2 protein in controls (from 0.363 +/- 0.06 d.u. to 0.602 +/- 0.05; p < 0.0001) but not in BS/GS (from 0.692 +/- 0.02 to 0.711 +/- 0.02). NO(2)(-)/NO(3)(-) and cGMP urinary excretion were increased in BS/GS (0.46 +/- 0.13 vs 0.26 +/- 0.05 micromol/micromol of urinary creatinine, p < 0.005, and 0.060 +/- 0.030 vs 0.020 +/- 0.01 p < 0.009, respectively). These results demonstrate that RGS-2 is increased and maximally stimulated in BS/GS and human RGS-2 system reacts as predicted by knockout mice experiments. This is the first report of RGS-2 level in a human clinical condition characterized by altered vascular tone, underlines the importance of RGS-2 as a key regulator element for Ang II signaling and provides insight into the links between BS/GS genetic abnormalities and abnormal vascular tone regulation
Correspondence
No full textAF writes to Congressman Davis to thank him for his assistance in the Best Practice study. AF needs Davis to set up interview with McDonalds execs that manage procurement tea
Three species of Madagascan Plectronia transferred to Peponidium (Vanguerieae, Rubiaceae)
No full textDavis, Aaron P., Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G. (2010): Three species of Madagascan Plectronia transferred to Peponidium (Vanguerieae, Rubiaceae). Phytotaxa 10: 46-48, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.10.1.
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