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Vermilion Snapper spawning.
No full textMaps of Edisto MPA (green) square and surrounding shelf edge showing A) Depth from multibeam bathymetry and SERFS samples with spawning condition (stars) and non-spawning condition (Xs) female vermilion snapper, B) BPI from Benthic Terrain Modeler and squares denoting habitat type (HB: hardbottom, NH: not hardbottom, PH: potential hardbottom) from SEAMAP-SA, C) Model predictions of spawning locations at month and lunar phase of peak spawning and MARMAP fishery-dependent samples of spawning condition female Vermilion Snapper (crosses), and D) standard error in model predictions of peak spawning.</p
Science (and) Fiction in Ballard’s Vermilion Sands
No full textScience, technology, and the (futuristic and surreal) uses of them are undoubtably essential elements in Ballard’s writing. His scientific language is both very elaborate and refined. Sometimes, it attains a metafictional mode, while it allows for an accurate discourse on (New Wave) science fiction, art, and narration. In Vermilion Sands, a collection of short stories published in 1971, Ballard describes this overlit place as an exotic suburb of the mind, and of the future. In Vermilion Sands, trauma flowers, singing plants, non-aural music, sound jewelry, automated poetry machines, sonic sculptures, self-painting canvasses, psychotropic houses are the psychological drives in these macabre, grotesque, and strange psychodramas. In this paper, I will analyze how science and technology contribute to build neural landscapes through a metanarrative perspective in Vermilion Sands.Science, technology, and the (futuristic and surreal) uses of them are undoubtably essential elements in Ballard’s writing. His scientific language is both very elaborate and refined. Sometimes, it attains a metafictional mode, while it allows for an accurate discourse on (New Wave) science fiction, art, and narration. In Vermilion Sands, a collection of short stories published in 1971, Ballard describes this overlit place as an exotic suburb of the mind, and of the future. In Vermilion Sands, trauma flowers, singing plants, non-aural music, sound jewelry, automated poetry machines, sonic sculptures, self-painting canvasses, psychotropic houses are the psychological drives in these macabre, grotesque, and strange psychodramas. In this paper, I will analyze how science and technology contribute to build neural landscapes through a metanarrative perspective in Vermilion Sands
Vermilion flaps for lip reconstruction after oncological surgery
No full textThe authors report on the use of myo-mucous flaps with V-Y advancement for reconstruction of the median and paramedian sections of the vermilion. Loss of substance between 2.0 and 2.5 cm and limited to the vermilion with involvement of superficial muscle planes can be reconstructed with one or two opposing sliding island flaps of the remaining vermilion, based on their neurovascular pedicles. Based on the work of Kapetansky, and the subsequent modifications of Sakai, Goldstein, Ohtsuka and Boggio Robutti, the authors used their technique in seven patients with carcinoma in situ, minimally infiltrating carcinomas and precancerous lesions. This technique allows the reestablishment of the anatomical structures present before the excision and the preservation of their function. The obtained results were satisfactory both from the aesthetic and functional points of view
Time through colors: A kinetic model of red vermilion darkening from Raman spectra
No full textDarkening of Red Vermilion (cinnabar) is a well-known phenomenon which needs, at the moment, a full comprehension of its nature. Some paintings reveal a disfiguring process of blackening degradation of Red Vermilion, albeit other relics preserve the original color during the time. The presence of halide elements like Cl− ions, in addition to the light exposure, represents the most alleged cause to explain the darkening phenomenon. However, the real effect of chlorine impurities is still not completely understood. In this study, starting from a multi-technique characterization, we propose a kinetic model of mutual composition of alpha/beta cinnabar derived by the experimental darkening of pure alpha synthetic cinnabar intentionally doped with Cl− ions and treated under prolonged UV light exposure. The model was further applied to ancient samples by analyzing the Raman spectra of antique cinnabar pigments belonging to manuscripts of XIII-XVII centuries
Life on the Vermilion Range before 1900
No full textHardship has almost always been a part of the exploration and settlement of any area, and the hardships endured by the settlers of the Iron Range were in many ways no different from those experienced in other areas of a like nature. It is not the intent of this writer to show that the people of the Iron Range suffered any more or any less than the pioneers in other areas; it is only an attempt to set down for posterity some factual evidence to show that we do owe a great amount of respect and admiration to the pioneers of the Iron Range, and that what we have today did not come about without the usual amount of sweat, blood, and tears.
The study was concerned primarily with those years which saw the development of several thriving communities from a complete wilderness. Although the problems confronting the people in their effort to develop good communities had not all been overcome by the turn of the century, life had progressed to the point where new difficulties ceased to be so great, and these years do then represent an era of transition from a frontier society to an advanced degree of civilization. It is also a representative era showing what hardship and perils faced the pioneers in the development of a mining industry, how the people lived on a frontier, and under what conditions they worked. The study, then, was limited to those years immediately preceding the turn of the century, with some mention of pertinent items and instances from the years immediately following the turn of the century.
Generally, the study covered two major topics, working conditions and living conditions. The working conditions studied were confined to three major areas; namely, working conditions in the mines, working conditions in the construction of the railroads, and working conditions in the lumbering industry. The primary emphasis, however, was placed upon working conditions in the mines since this involved the greatest number of people.
The Iron Range encompasses a large area of Minnesota, extending as far south as Randall, as far west as Grand Rapids, and as far north as the Gun Flint area which extends into Canada. There are three distinct iron ore ranges in this area--the Cuyuna, the Mesabi, and the Vermilion. The Vermilion was the first to be developed, the Mesabi, the second, and the Cuyuna, the last.
The Vermilion was chosen as the area of concentration. To cover the entire Iron Range would be a work of great magnitude, and not in the interests of the writer or of the people who would be concerned. Just as the period of time covered was representative of the development of the iron industry in Minnesota, so also the Vermilion can be considered as being representative of development of the Iron Range as a whole. Since the Vermilion was the first of the ranges to be developed, it represented the real frontier of the iron mining industry, and as such it was almost imperative that this be the area of concentration. Then too, since the writer has been a resident of the Vermilion for the past number of years, the study had the greatest significance to him and to the people for whom he has profound respect and admiration
Henricia vermilion Clark & Jewett, 2010, sp. nov.
No full textHenricia vermilion sp. nov. Figures 53–58 Henricia leviuscula (Stimpson) Fisher, 1911: 280, (pars), non Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857. Henricia leviuscula leviuscula (Stimpson) Lambert, 2000: 104 (pars), Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857. Type locality: Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands, Unalaska Island, Sumner Bay (54 º 55 N, 166 º 36 W), intertidal. Type material: Holotype, LACM 1993 -211.001, 1 Paratype, LACM 1993 -211.002, 1 Paratype, USNM 1125120 (all types, leg. R.N. Clark, 18 June, 1993.) Diagnosis: Moderately large, R to 10 cm; disc somewhat inflated, rays fairly broad at base, long, tapering to slender points; abactinal plates small oblong shaped, fairly close placed, bearing 38–50 (on larger plates) pointed spinules, bearing numerous thorns; adambulacrals with 7–9 very thick, blunt spines, largest one at furrow edge, 1–2 slightly smaller ones behind, followed by 2 rows of 3 shorter spines. Color in life bright vermilion or scarlet. Description: Moderately large, R to 9.7 cm (Holotype R = 5.4 cm), r to 1.2 cm R:r 5.8 –8.0 (Figs. 53 & 54); disc small somewhat inflated, rays long, broad at base, tapering to slender tip. Abactinal plates (Fig. 55) small, fairly close-set, bearing 38–55 (on larger plates) fairly stout, tightly packed, strongly pointed spinules, bearing numerous thorns; papular area about as large as abactinal plates, each with 3–5 papulae; madreporite small, round, bearing irregular, broken spiny ridges, located about 1 / 2 way between anus and disc margin. Superomarginals about two or more times as large as abactinals, and bearing 32–38 spinules; intermarginals irregular, extending just 20–25 % of R; inferomarginals about 1 / 3 larger than superomarginals, and bearing 38–45 spinules; actinal inter-radials about 1 / 2 as large as inferomarginals, and bearing 21 – 18 spinules. Adambulacrals (Fig. 56) with normally 7–9 (rarely 10) spines, a single short, deep furrow spine, 1 rarely 2 large, thick, blunt spines at the furrow edge, 2 similar, slightly shorter spines behind, followed by 2 rows of 2– 3 shorter spines. Oral plates (Fig. 57) with 3 or 4 fairly long, thick, blunt or somewhat pointed marginal spines, and 3–4 similar, slightly shorter sub-oral spines. Color in life (Fig. 58) uniformly red or orange-red. Distribution: Type specimens are all from Unalaska Island, but it has been observed at Umnak, Akun and Avatanak Is., and possibly as far west as Attu Island, from the intertidal to depths of 16 m. Because of its similarity to other Henricia leviuscula -like forms, further investigation is needed to determine the distribution of Henricia vermilion. Habitat: Intertidal and shallow subtidal, on cobbles and boulders encrusted with coralline red algae, and sponges. Frequently in kelp beds [Eualaria (Alaria) fistulosa and Nereocystis luetkeana]. Etymology: The name is the "old French" term for red. Remarks: Henricia vermilion is the "common blood star" of the eastern Aleutian Islands and has been confused with the more southern H. leviuscula, but differs from that species in 1) more robust, inflated body; 2) much fewer adambulacral spines, 7–10 in H. vermilion, 15–17 in H. leviuscula; and 3) sharply pointed spines of the abactinal plates. It differs from H. uluudax by 1) more inflated body; 2) differently shaped abactinal plates; 3) much larger,thicker, pseudopaxillar spinules, which are pointed and bear numerous thorns in the present species, compared to just 3 long thorns in H. uluudax; and 4) much fewer adambulacral spines, 7–10 opposed to 19–24.Published as part of Clark, Roger N. & Jewett, Stephen C., 2010, A new genus and thirteen new species of sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinasteridae) from the Aleutian Island Archipelago, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 2571 on pages 21-22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.29423
Upper Similkameen Band Vermilion Forks 1 Reserve c.1890s_2023
No full textGeoreferenced map of Upper Similkameen Band Vermilion Forks 1 Reserve clipped from original Plan No. 1 of the Upper Similkameen Indian Reserves, Osoyoos Division, Yale District (https://doi.org/10.58066/wbga-x214). Map includes features such as land cover, soil, and timber
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Mitomycin C in highly myopic eyes - Author reply
No full textOphthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):208-18; discussion 219.
Mitomycin C modulation of corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy in highly myopic eyes.
Gambato C, Ghirlando A, Moretto E, Busato F, Midena E.
SourceRefractive Surgery Service and Antimetabolite Therapy Research Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of topical mitomycin C in corneal wound healing (CWH) after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in highly myopic eyes.
DESIGN: Prospective, double-masked, randomized clinical trial.
PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-two eyes of 36 patients affected by high (>7 diopters) myopia.
METHODS: In each patient, one eye was randomly assigned to PRK with intraoperative topical 0.02% mitomycin C application, and the fellow eye was treated with a placebo. Postoperatively, mitomycin C-treated eyes received artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months), whereas the fellow eye was treated with fluorometholone sodium 2% and artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity, manifest refraction, and biomicroscopy. Contrast sensitivity was determined using the Pelli-Robson chart. Corneal confocal microscopy documented CWH.
RESULTS: Mean follow-up was 18 months (range, 12-36). No side effects or toxic effects were documented. At 12-month follow-up examination, UCVAs (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) were 0.4+/-0.48 and 0.5+/-0.53 (P = .03) in mitomycin C-treated eyes and corticosteroid-treated eyes, respectively. At 1 year, corneal haze developed in 20% of corticosteroid-treated eyes, versus 0% of mitomycin C-treated eyes. At 12, 24, and 36 months, corneal confocal microscopy showed activated keratocytes and extracellular matrix significantly more evident in untreated eyes (Ps = 0.004, 0.024, and 0.046, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Topical intraoperative application of 0.02% mitomycin C can reduce haze formation in highly myopic eyes undergoing PRK.
Comment in
Ophthalmology. 2006 Feb;113(2):357; author reply 357-8
Henricia vermilion Clark & Jewett, 2010, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Henricia vermilion</i> sp. nov. <p>Figures 53–58</p> <p> <i>Henricia leviuscula</i> (Stimpson) Fisher, 1911: 280, (<i>pars</i>), non <i>Linckia leviuscula</i> Stimpson, 1857.</p> <p> <i>Henricia leviuscula leviuscula</i> (Stimpson) Lambert, 2000: 104 (<i>pars</i>), <i>Linckia leviuscula</i> Stimpson, 1857.</p> <p> <b>Type locality:</b> Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands, Unalaska Island, Sumner Bay (54º55 N, 166º36 W), intertidal.</p> <p> <b>Type material:</b> Holotype, LACM 1993-211.001, 1 Paratype, LACM 1993-211.002, 1 Paratype, USNM 1125120 (all types, <i>leg.</i> R.N. Clark, 18 June, 1993.)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis:</b> Moderately large, R to 10 cm; disc somewhat inflated, rays fairly broad at base, long, tapering to slender points; abactinal plates small oblong shaped, fairly close placed, bearing 38–50 (on larger plates) pointed spinules, bearing numerous thorns; adambulacrals with 7–9 very thick, blunt spines, largest one at furrow edge, 1–2 slightly smaller ones behind, followed by 2 rows of 3 shorter spines. Color in life bright vermilion or scarlet.</p> <p> <b>Description:</b> Moderately large, R to 9.7 cm (Holotype R = 5.4 cm), r to 1.2 cm R:r 5.8–8.0 (Figs. 53 & 54); disc small somewhat inflated, rays long, broad at base, tapering to slender tip. Abactinal plates (Fig. 55) small, fairly close-set, bearing 38–55 (on larger plates) fairly stout, tightly packed, strongly pointed spinules, bearing numerous thorns; papular area about as large as abactinal plates, each with 3–5 papulae; madreporite small, round, bearing irregular, broken spiny ridges, located about 1/2 way between anus and disc margin. Superomarginals about two or more times as large as abactinals, and bearing 32–38 spinules; intermarginals irregular, extending just 20–25% of R; inferomarginals about 1/3 larger than superomarginals, and bearing 38–45 spinules; actinal inter-radials about 1/2 as large as inferomarginals, and bearing 21–18 spinules. Adambulacrals (Fig. 56) with normally 7–9 (rarely 10) spines, a single short, deep furrow spine, 1 rarely 2 large, thick, blunt spines at the furrow edge, 2 similar, slightly shorter spines behind, followed by 2 rows of 2– 3 shorter spines. Oral plates (Fig. 57) with 3 or 4 fairly long, thick, blunt or somewhat pointed marginal spines, and 3–4 similar, slightly shorter sub-oral spines. Color in life (Fig. 58) uniformly red or orange-red.</p> <p> <b>Distribution:</b> Type specimens are all from Unalaska Island, but it has been observed at Umnak, Akun and Avatanak Is., and possibly as far west as Attu Island, from the intertidal to depths of 16 m. Because of its similarity to other <i>Henricia leviuscula</i> -like forms, further investigation is needed to determine the distribution of <i>Henricia vermilion</i>.</p> <p> <b>Habitat:</b> Intertidal and shallow subtidal, on cobbles and boulders encrusted with coralline red algae, and sponges. Frequently in kelp beds [<i>Eualaria</i> (<i>Alaria</i>) <i>fistulosa</i> and <i>Nereocystis luetkeana</i>].</p> <p> <b>Etymology:</b> The name is the "old French" term for red.</p> <p> <b>Remarks:</b> <i>Henricia vermilion</i> is the "common blood star" of the eastern Aleutian Islands and has been confused with the more southern <i>H. leviuscula</i>, but differs from that species in 1) more robust, inflated body; 2) much fewer adambulacral spines, 7–10 in <i>H. vermilion</i>, 15–17 in <i>H. leviuscula</i>; and 3) sharply pointed spines of the abactinal plates. It differs from <i>H. uluudax</i> by 1) more inflated body; 2) differently shaped abactinal plates; 3) much larger,thicker, pseudopaxillar spinules, which are pointed and bear numerous thorns in the present species, compared to just 3 long thorns in <i>H. uluudax</i>; and 4) much fewer adambulacral spines, 7–10 opposed to 19–24.</p>Published as part of <i>Clark, Roger N. & Jewett, Stephen C., 2010, A new genus and thirteen new species of sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinasteridae) from the Aleutian Island Archipelago, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 2571</i> on pages 21-22, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/294234">10.5281/zenodo.294234</a>
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