Alien Registration- Desjardin, Claude (Van Buren, Aroostook County)

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Alien Registration- Desjardin, Bertha (Auburn, Androscoggin County)

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Alien Registration- Desjardin, Adolphe (Van Buren, Aroostook County)

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Alien Registration- Desjardin, Agnes (Livermore Falls, Androscoggin County)

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The Genus \u3cem\u3eMarasmius\u3c/em\u3e from the Southern Appalachian Mountains

The genus Marasmius (Tricholomataceae, Agaricales, Basidiomycotina) constitutes one of the larger genera of litter-decomposing and litter-binding mushrooms, represented worldwide by approximately 500 species. Thirty-eight taxa representing eight sections of the genus are recognized as occurring in the southern Appalachian Mountains. Seven of these taxa are new to science, while an additional 14 are reported for the first time from the study area. In addition, one new section is proposed. Descriptions of southern Appalachian species of Marasmius have been compiled from data on macro- and micromorphological features of basidiomata, supplemented with data on geographical and ecological distribution. Details on nomenclature and comparisons with phonetically similar taxa are provided, as are illustrations of diagnostic micromorphological characters. Dichotomous keys to the sections and species of southern Appalachian Marasmius are presented, and a preliminary key to Marasmius from North America is offered. The taxonomic potential of cultural morphology and spot tests for phenoloxidase activity have been analyzed. Descriptions of culture mat morphology of 29 taxa grown on Malt Extract Agar (MEA) and Potato Dextrose Agar (PDA) are presented, and s synoptic key to aid in their diagnosis is provided. These studies indicated that culture mat morphology as developed on MEA was similar for most taxa, and consequently of limited taxonomic value. Conversely, culture mat morphology developed on PDA was distinctive and taxonomically useful for each taxon examined. Results of spot tests for phenoloxidase activity indicate that cultures of all taxa examined showed laccase activity, while basidiomata of the same taxa showed no laccase activity. In comparison, cultures and corresponding basidiomata of some species showed tyrosinase activity, while other taxa showed no tyrosinase activity. Spot tests for tyrosinase activity proved taxonomically useful. To clarify the taxonomy and nomenclature of southern Appalachian Marasmius extant type specimens, authentic material of representative material of 217 species have been examined in their correct taxonomic disposition determined. Neotype or lectotype specimens are designated and new combinations are proposed where appropriate

Proclamar la autoridad, afirmar el poder, seducir al pueblo: una reflexión sobre la comunicación política en los antiguos Países Bajos Borgoñones

La corte de los Valois de Borgoña en los últimos siglos de la Edad Media se muestra experta en comunicación política. Despliega numerosos medios (ceremonias, procesiones, cartas leídas públicamente, peregrinación del príncipe, sermones) para anunciar, seducir y convencer a un pueblo de orígenes variados, que reside en un territorio desestructurado y sin capital efectiva. Lejos de referir un simple repertorio de los medios de comunicación desplegados en el principado, el artículo privilegia la percepción temporal (pasado, presente y proyección futura) para comprender las sutilezas y los límites de esta vasta empresa de comunicación simbólica que busca antes que nada, afirmar la legitimidad del poder del príncipe. Apoyándose en la tradición ancestral real o ficticia de sus representantes, exhibiendo con refinamiento el cuerpo del príncipe, jugando con el registro de la comunión afectiva, esta comunicación política se reveló particularmente sutil pero finalmente poco eficaz en relación con una construcción estatal inconclusa. La ausencia de un proyecto común que uniese a príncipes y súbditos explica sin duda el fracaso de este brillante despliegue de las fuerzas borgoñonas que en realidad trabajaron más por la construcción del mito del Estado borgoñón que por su anclaje en la realidad de su tiempo.During the closing centuries of the Middle Ages, the court of Valois Burgundy displayed expert skills in political communication. Many expedients were used (ceremonies, processions, the public reading of letters, the prince's pilgrimage, sermons) in order to inform, seduce and convince a multicultural people who lived in a fragmented territory with no real capital. This paper, however, is not a simple catalog of communication procedures employed in the principality. Instead it prioritizes a time-bound perception of the issue (past, present and future projection) in an attempt to understand the subtleties and the limits of this vast enterprise of symbolic communication whose overarching goal was to assert the legitimacy of the princely power. By evoking a real or fictitious ancestry, staging with refinement the body of the prince and promoting emotional communions, this political communication showed itself particularly subtle, yet on the whole not very effective due to the ultimate inability to shape a State. The absence of a common project shared by princes and subjects can most probably explain the failure of this brilliant deployment of the Burgundian media. Indeed, the latter proved more effective in forging the myth of the Burgundian State than in anchoring it in a time-bound reality

Alien Registration- Desjardin, Ozite (Allagash, Aroostook County)

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Numerical simulation of expansion and charring of carbon-epoxy laminates in fire environments

A thermal model is developed for the response of carbon-epoxy composite laminates in fire environments. The model is based on a porous media description that includes the effects of gas transport within the laminate along with swelling. Model comparisons are conducted against the data from Quintiere et al. [34]. Verifications are conducted for both coupon level and intermediate scale one-sided heating tests. Comparisons of the heat release rate (HRR) and time-to-ignition as well as the final products (mass fractions, volume percentages, porosity, etc.) are conducted. Overall, the agreement between available the data and model is good considering the simplified approximations to account for flame heat flux. A sensitivity study using a newly developed swelling model shows the importance of accounting for laminate expansion for the prediction of burnout. Reasonable agreement is observed between the model and data of the final product composition that includes porosity, mass fractions and volume expansion ratio

Numerical simulation of expansion and charring of carbon-epoxy laminates in fire environments

A thermal model is developed for the response of carbon-epoxy composite laminates in fire environments. The model is based on a porous media description that includes the effects of gas transport within the laminate along with swelling. Model comparisons are conducted against the data from Quintiere et al. [34]. Verifications are conducted for both coupon level and intermediate scale one-sided heating tests. Comparisons of the heat release rate (HRR) and time-to-ignition as well as the final products (mass fractions, volume percentages, porosity, etc.) are conducted. Overall, the agreement between available the data and model is good considering the simplified approximations to account for flame heat flux. A sensitivity study using a newly developed swelling model shows the importance of accounting for laminate expansion for the prediction of burnout. Reasonable agreement is observed between the model and data of the final product composition that includes porosity, mass fractions and volume expansion ratio

A new species of bird’s nest fungi: characterisation of Cyathus subglobisporus sp. nov. based on morphological and molecular data

Recent collections of bird’s nest fungi (i.e. Crucibulum, Cyathus, Mycocalia, Nidula, and Nidularia species) in northern Thailand resulted in the discovery of a new species of Cyathus, herein described as C. subglobisporus. This species is distinct by a combination of ivory-coloured fruiting bodies covered with shaggy hairs, plications on the inner surface of the peridium and subglobose basidiospores. Phylogenetic analyses based on ITS and LSU ribosomal DNA sequences using neighbour-joining, maximum likelihood and weighted maximum parsimony support Cyathus subglobisporus as a distinct species and sister to a clade containing C. annulatus, C. renweii and C. stercoreus in the Striatum group