Aquatic macroinvertebrates of Rio Grande delta ponds

The purpose of this study was to identify aquatic macroinvertebrates living in the vegetated margins of local ponds, to determine their relative abundances, and to construct a rapid bioassessment model. I collected macroinvertebrates seasonally from seven ponds in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Collection sites included: Moore Airfield, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, and Olmito Fish Hatchery. Twenty-eight samples were sampled and preserved at the University of Texas-Pan American. Seventy-six taxa were identified and were stored as a reference collection. Cluster analysis of the taxa and their relative abundances showed three distinct geographic patterns or regions. These patterns were verified using two additional collections, which formed a distinct primary cluster. A Lower Rio Grande Rapid Bioassessment (RBA) model was constructed using Plafkin\u27s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Rapid Bioassessment Protocol m, a reference site, and eight community measures. The Rio Grande RBA can be applied across the region. Results showed eight sampling units as moderately/slightly impaired sites

Jaume Roig: la comicitat de la moral o la moral de la comicitat?

L'Spill de Jaume Roig (1460) és una obra que destaca per una ambigüitat que permet la lectura del text des de diferents perspectives. Quant al doblet comicitat/moralitat, encara que la tradició crítica ha volgut explicar l'Spill des del vessant satíric i misògin únicament, aquest article parteix d'una voluntat de conciliar ambdues postures: comicitat i moralitat. En el nucli analític es demostren els jocs d'ambigüitat, unit a la recurrència de motius folklòrics i tòpics repetits tant en textos satírics i populars com en obres didàctiques i moralitzants, com és l'Speculum Humanae Salvationis, les citacions bíbliques, la tradició patrística i les col.leccions d'exempla. La doble lectura que permet l'Spill de Jaume Roig estaria en funció d'allunyar la por i d'obsessió per l'engany o la mort de l'home medieval, per tal d'eternitzar el sentit de l'humor.LSpill, by Jaume Roig (1460) is a distinguished composition characterised by an evident ambiguity, which allows for a reading of the text from a variety of perspectives. Though critics have up to now have sought to explain lSpill solely in terms of its satirical and misogynist aspects, this article attempts to point to the conjunction of the apparently divergent notions involved in the duality comedy/ morality. In the analytical nucleus it cites ambiguous jokes, combined with frequent folklore motifs and repeated themes from satirical and popular works and persuasive, moralistic writings, such as the Speculum Humanae Salvationis, biblical quotations, the patristic tradition and collections of exempla. This double reading of the Spill is based on a departure from the mediaeval mans fears, deceptions, and obsession with death, in order to perpetuate the essence of the humour

Jaume Roig: la comicitat de la moral o la moral de la comicitat?

L'Spill de Jaume Roig (1460) és una obra que destaca per una ambigüitat que permet la lectura del text des de diferents perspectives. Quant al doblet comicitat/moralitat, encara que la tradició crítica ha volgut explicar l'Spill des del vessant satíric i misògin únicament, aquest article parteix d'una voluntat de conciliar ambdues postures: comicitat i moralitat. En el nucli analític es demostren els jocs d'ambigüitat, unit a la recurrència de motius folklòrics i tòpics repetits tant en textos satírics i populars com en obres didàctiques i moralitzants, com és l'Speculum Humanae Salvationis, les citacions bíbliques, la tradició patrística i les col.leccions d'exempla. La doble lectura que permet l'Spill de Jaume Roig estaria en funció d'allunyar la por i d'obsessió per l'engany o la mort de l'home medieval, per tal d'eternitzar el sentit de l'humor.L’Spill, by Jaume Roig (1460) is a distinguished composition characterised by an evident ambiguity, which allows for a reading of the text from a variety of perspectives. Though critics have up to now have sought to explain l’Spill solely in terms of its satirical and misogynist aspects, this article attempts to point to the conjunction of the apparently divergent notions involved in the duality comedy/ morality. In the analytical nucleus it cites ambiguous jokes, combined with frequent folklore motifs and repeated themes from satirical and popular works and persuasive, moralistic writings, such as the Speculum Humanae Salvationis, biblical quotations, the patristic tradition and collections of exempla. This double reading of the Spill is based on a departure from the mediaeval man’s fears, deceptions, and obsession with death, in order to perpetuate the essence of the humour