’This is for the children, the grandchildren…’: Houses of Moroccan migrants in Tel Aviv",

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"Book review: The street: A Quintessential Public Space" (by Vikas Metha)

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Chinese Migrants in Melbourne and their house choices

Author version made available in accordance with the publisher's policy (following 18 month embargo from date of publication).Meanings behind the choice of the migrant house are explored through an examination of twelve houses of migrants who emigrated from mainland China to Melbourne during the 1990s and 2000s. A qualitative investigation shows that there are three interconnected meanings behind the choice of houses in Melbourne: a desire to counter past experiences of housing in China, a desire to improve future opportunities through housing, and the wish to blend into Australian society. While much literature claims that migrant housing represents the ethnic character of their owners through architectural features, these Chinese houses do not resemble past houses in China in any physical way. The location of the house in a ‘good’ suburb was the most important factor when choosing the house. The house should be located near good educational, transport and shopping services before the built form becomes important. Chinese migrants wish to assimilate into Australian society through their choice of ordinary houses that do not communicate their ethnic identity through their external facades, while also adopting Australian ways of living that are focused around gardens and backyards

“Book review: Translocal Geographies: Spaces, places, connections” (eds. Katherine Brickell and Ayona Datta)

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Host-parasite interactions in Galapagos seabirds

Parasites exhibit a wide range of life history strategies that contribute to different dispersal abilities, host specialization, transmission modes, life-cycle complexity and population structure. Understanding dispersal rates in hosts and parasites is instrumental in defining the scale at which coevolution may be occurring. In order to better understand how and when parasites move between different hosts, I studied a seabird – Hippoboscid fly ectoparasite (and vector) – Haemosporidian parasite system in the Galapagos Islands. I began by describing the Haemosporidian parasites of Galapagos seabirds, discovering a Plasmodium species parasite in Galapagos Penguins (Sphensicus mendiculus), and a new clade of Hippoboscid-vectored parasites belonging to the subgenus Haemoproteus infecting frigatebirds (Fregata spp.) and gulls (Creagrus furcatus). Despite strong genetic differentiation between Galapagos frigatebirds and their conspecifics, we found no genetic differentiation in their Haemoproteus parasite. This led me hypothesize that the movement of the Haemosporidian parasite was facilitated by the movement of the Hippoboscid fly vector. In order to answer this question, I used a comparative population genetic study of Galapagos Great Frigatebirds (F. minor), Nazca Boobies (Sula granti), and their respective Hippoboscid fly parasites (Olfersia spinifera, O. aenescens) to better understand movement of flies at the geographic scale of the archipelago. I found high levels of gene flow in both fly species, despite marked differences in the degree of population genetic structure of their bird hosts. This suggests that host movement, (and therefore parasite movement), is not necessarily associated with true host dispersal, where dispersal is followed by successful reproduction. Finally, I examined local (within island colony) transmission in the Great Frigatebird, Haemoproteus iwa, Olfersia spinifera system. I inferred movement, or host-switching, by analyzing host (frigatebird) microsatellite markers run on DNA amplified from the fly. Using the most variable microsatellite markers, we are able to identify host genotypes in bloodmeals that do not match the host from which the fly was collected. Flies that were not infected with H. iwa were more likely to have a bloodmeal that did not match the genotype of their host and female birds were the more likely recipients of host-switching flies

The gap between intention and attainment in policy implementation : a syndrome revisited : the case of the reform in technological studies in Israel

This study analyses the syndrome inherent in the gap between policy setting and policy implementation, as exemplified by the case of the reform in the high-school system initiated by the Israeli Ministry of Education's Technological Division. The reform policy in the Technological trend prompted by the great advances in this field in recent years is explored, and the degree of its expected versus de facto implementation is analysed. The measurement tool for degree of implementation is the comparative requirements of the final matriculation exams before and after the beginning of the reform. The analysis focuses on the electronics and electricity trends. It challenges the validity of the proposed reform implementation and disputes the· validity of the matriculation exams as a tool meant to assess reform implementation. The gap between the initial intention of the policy makers and actual policy implementation will be analysed and discussed.peer-reviewe

The Relocation Tool Kit project; Policies to enhance residents’ health, wellbeing and social inclusion

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Four new species of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from the West Indian Ocean Region

Four new species of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from the Western Indian Ocean Region, based on morphological and molecular evidence, are described, illustrated, and mapped. Acalypha gillespieae sp. nov., A. leandrii sp. nov. and A. nusbaumeri sp. nov. are endemic to Madagascar, and A. mayottensis sp. nov. is known only from Mbouzi islet (Mayotte), in the Comoros Archipelago. We also describe for the first time in Acalypha the presence of membranous or chartaceous perules covering the axillary buds. Preliminary conservation assessments of the new species are also providedThis research received support from the SYNTHESYS Project (http://www.synthesys. info/; FR-TAF 6307, DE-TAF 3319, and SE-TAF 5590) financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 “Capacities” Program, the European Molecular Biology Organization (https://www.embo.org; STF-8222), and the United States National Science Foundation (DEB-0128872

Four new species of Acalypha L. (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from Madagascar, with notes about their conservation status

Marisa, dejo sin poner identificadores de proyecto porque en CORDIS no he logrado encontrar dos de los que se trata en el Funding. Faltan dígitos, la información que aporta creo que es incompleta. Llevo mucho tiempo buscando y no encuentro nada.Yo, Estrella, tampoco he encontrado esos identificadores en Cordis y también los he buscado por el nombre de proyecto que aparece en el fundingFour new species of Acalypha, subgen. Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae, Acalyphoideae) from Madagascar are described, illustrated, and mapped. Acalypha ankaranensis sp. nov. is found in the Anakarana massif, in a dry deciduous forest at 180 m elevation; A. cardielii sp. nov. in the Tsingy de Bemaraha, also associate to dry deciduous forest, at 360 m elevation; A. magistri sp. nov. in the Marojejy Natural Reserve, in evergreen moist forest at 1583 m elevation, and A. levinii sp. nov. in the southern sclerophyllous woodland between 140 to 990 m elevation. These new species are quite well characterized morphologically and ecologically and are easily differentiated from morphologically similar ones. A. ankaranensis and A. levinii are most similar to A. paxii Aug.DC., a common species in northern Magdagascar, A. cardielii is close to A. leptomyura Baill, and A. magistri is close to A. chibomboa Baill. According to our preliminary conservation assessments, A. ankaranensis and A. cardielii are Critically Endangered, A. levinii is Endangered, and A. magistri is VulnerableThis research has received support from the SYNTHESYS Project (http://www.synthesys.info/; FR-TAF 6307) financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 "Capaci ties" Program; also from the European Molecular Biology Organiza tion (https://www.embo.org; STF-8222). We kindly thank the curators and staff of the herbaria mentioned for facilitating the study of their specimens, and Laura Gonzalez Hern andez, author of the excellent illustrations included in this work. Finally, our gratitude to Louis Nusbaumer, and the anonymous reviewers, that have helped us to improve the submitted manuscrip

Identification of a cytoplasmic motif in the erythropoietin receptor required for receptor internalization

AbstractErythropoietin (EPO) promotes the viability, proliferation and differentiation of mammalian erythroid progenitor cells via its specific cell surface receptor. The EPO receptor (EPO-R) is a member of the cytokine receptor superfamily and is comprised of one identified subunit which homodimerizes upon ligand binding. To study the role of the intracellular domain of the EPO-R in the endocytosis of EPO, we compared the rate and extent of 125I-EPO endocytosis by wild type (wt) EPO-R and five cytoplasmically truncated EPO-Rs: 1–251 EPO-R, 1–257 EPO-R, 1–267 EPO-R, 1–276 EPO-R and 1–306 EPO-R which contain 4, 10, 20, 29 or 59 amino acids of the cytoplasmic domain, respectively. We also studied an EPO-R mutant (PB) which lacks amino acid residues 281–300 of the cytoplasmic domain. The experiments were conducted in COS 7 cells transfected with the EPO-R cDNAs and in Ba/F3 cells stably expressing the wt EPO-R, 1–251 or 1–257 EPO-R. Cells expressing wt EPO-R, PB EPO-R (Δ281–300), 1–276 EPO-R or 1–306 EPO-R internalized approximately 50% of 125I-EPO bound to the cell surface, while cells expressing 1–251, 1–257 or 1–267 EPO-R internalized only 25% of the bound 125I-EPO. The steady-state expression levels of these latter receptors on the cell surface were typically 2–5-fold higher than wt EPO-R. Our data indicate that amino acid residues 267–276 (FEGLFTTHK) of the EPO-R cytoplasmic domain may have a role in receptor internalization. Metabolic labeling experiments suggest that in transiently transfected COS 7 cells most of the wt EPO-R and 1–257 EPO-Rs do not exit the ER and may be degraded there. The half-life of both receptors was essentially similar and was in the range of 1 h. In Ba/F3 cells the mature Golgi processed 1–257 EPO-R was more stable than the corresponding form of the wt EPO-R, possibly contributing to its higher cell surface expression