Corethrella borkenti sp. n. is described, based on female and male adults, pupae and larvae, collected from tank bromeliads in the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil. The larva and pupa of C. alticola Lane, 1939 are described for the first time. New distributional records for C. alticola and C. vittata Lane, 1939 extend their distributions to the southern Atlantic Forest. A key to pupae of peru...

We present the results of photometric measurements from images of the LMC globular clusters NGC 1928, 1939 and Reticulum taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope. Exposures through the F555W and F814W filters result in high accuracy colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) for these three clusters. This is the first time that CMDs for NGC 1928 and 1939 have been publishe...

The history of colonial medicine is a rapidly but unevenly growing field: the British colonies are covered more extensively than Dutch, Italian, German or French ones. Monnais-Rousselot's study, focused on the French colonial experience in Indochina, and on its insertion in the framework of the French view of the "civilizing mission" of colonization, is therefore a welcome addition to a growing...

studies on the doctor-patient encounter, Robert Veatch defends the role that philosophy and theology have had in bioethical discourse and decision-making since the 1960s. Intermediate positions are developed by Alexander Capron ("socially situated, interdisciplinary medical ethics that seeks to protect professional judgement") and by Stephen Latham and Linda Emanuel, who emphasize that the very...

Jewish Issues in the Daily Newspaper Słowo Pomorskie Years 1938–1939 The article deals with issues appearing daily newspaper years 1938–1939. was published Toruń 1920–1939 and covered Pomerania Province (Pomorskie Province) at that time. In article, political character of its importance for local structures National Party (Stronnictwo Narodowe) are discussed. usually presented a negative image ...

His first journey to Italy was a pleasant one. Genoa, Pisa of the famed Leaning Tower, Naples, Capri, Pompeii and Rome were highspots of his Italian visit. During his three day's stay in Rome, he viewed an outdoor performance of "Aida", in the ruins of the Caracalla Baths, which was attended by 20,000 people. The Conte de Bavoia, Italian liner, was leaving Naples during his visit; three days la...

Background: West Nile virus infection in humans in urban areas of the Midwestern United States has exhibited strong spatial clustering during epidemic years. We derived urban landscape classes from the physical and socio-economic factors hypothesized to be associated with West Nile Virus (WNV) transmission and compared those to human cases of illness in 2002 in Chicago and Detroit. The objectiv...

A star in the vision community was lost with the untimely death of our good friend and colleague, Robert Barlow. Bob succumbed on December 24th, at age 70, after a short bout with acute leukemia. Our sincere condolences are extended to his wife Pat, their three children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, as well as to his brother James and sister Margaret. Bob’s rise to preeminen...