Two leaf beetles new to Florida (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Specimens recently submitted to the first author for identification turned out to represent two species of leaf beetles previously unknown from Florida, one of which is new to the eastern United States and the other new to the continental United States

CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF BEEF PRODUCED UNDER ALTERNATIVE FEEDING SYSTEMS

Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

The Spirit of Due Process as Advocated by Charles Lindbergh: Revisiting Pacific Air Transport v. United States, 98 Ct. Cl. 649 (1942)

Although the Air Mail Affair dominated the country’s headlines as it unfolded throughout the winter and spring of 1934, it is mostly a forgotten chapter in American history. Without warning, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Postmaster General James Farley annulled the airmail contracts with more than thirty different commercial airlines. On February 9, 1934, Roosevelt entered Executive Order 6591 directing the U.S. Army Air Corps to fly the mail instead of the commercial airlines, which were denied a grievance procedure or an opportunity to be heard. The carriers filed suit, but the United States Court of Claims did not decide the case until several years later on December 7, 1942. In Pacific Air Transport v. United States, the court held that Postmaster General Farley justifiably annulled the airmail contracts negotiated by former Postmaster General Walter Brown, but the commercial airlines were entitled to payment withheld by Roosevelt and Farley for the airmail services provided in January and February 1934. Following a review of the existing, relevant, and possibly persuasive case law from this time period, this Article analyzes the Pacific Air decision and specifically considers whether President Roosevelt violated separation of powers and offended due process as guaranteed by the Constitution when he abruptly canceled the airmail contracts with the commercial mail carriers

Discharge Patterns of Single Fibers in the Cat's Auditory Nerve

Discharge patterns of single fibers in cat auditory nerve in response to controlled acoustic stimul

Far Term Noise Reduction Technology Roadmap for a Large Twin-Aisle Tube-And-Wing Subsonic Transport

Interest in unconventional aircraft architectures has steadily increased over the past several decades. However, each of these concepts has several technical challenges to overcome before maturing to the point of commercial acceptance. In the interim, it is important to identify any technologies that will enhance the noise reduction of conventional tube-and-wing aircraft. A technology roadmap with an assumed acoustic technology level of a 2035 entry into service is established for a large twin-aisle, tube-and-wing architecture to identify which technologies provide the most noise reduction. The noise reduction potential of the architecture relative to NASA noise goals is also assessed. The current roadmap estimates only a 30 EPNdB cumulative margin to Stage 4 for this configuration of a tube-and-wing aircraft with engines under the wing. This falls short of reaching even the 2025 Mid Term NASA goal (32 EPNdB) in the Far Term time frame. Specifically, the lack of additional technologies to reduce the aft fan noise and the corresponding installation effects is the key limitation of the noise reduction potential of the aircraft. Under the same acoustic technology assumptions, unconventional architectures are shown to offer an 810 EPNdB benefit from favorable relative placement of the engine when integrated to the airframe