East Florida Land Commission: A Study in Frustration

The Puritan soul of John Quincy Adams had been much mortified by the tissue of intrigue and double dealing that had surrounded his negotiations for the acquisition by his beloved United States of the Florida territory

Taxonomy and zoogeography of the mesozoic cytherurid ostracoda from West-Central Argentina

The status of thirty four species of the cytheroidean ostracod family Cytheruridae from the Neuquén Basin, west-central Argentina is reviewed. These species belong to the following nine genera: Eucytherura Müller, ranging in this study from Pliensbachian to Valanginian and represented by fourteen species; Kangarina Coryell and Fields, Aalenian-Bajocian, with a single species; Acrocythere Neale, Hauterivian, one species; Paranotacythere Bassiouni, Berriasian, two species; Procytherura Whatley, Pliensbachian to Hauterivian, twelve species; Cytheropteron Sars, Aalenian-Bajocian, one species: Eocytheropteron Alexander, Hauterivian, one species; Paradoxorhyncha Chapman, Aalenian-Bajocian, one species; and Paracytheridea Müller, Berriasian, one species. Of the three subfamilies of the Cytheruridae, the Cytherurinae, with thirty species are by far the most numerous and abundant throughout the study. The other two subfamilies, the Cytheropterinae are represented by three species and the Paracytherideinae by a single species of the nominative genus. Several of the species are very widely distributed geographically and have, for example, also been recorded from Europe; others indicate close links with South Africa and Australia. The stratigraphical ranges of certain genera have been extended as a result of this study. For example, Kangarina has not previously been recorded below the Cretaceous. The Cytheruridae are clearly the most diverse cytheroidean ostracodes in the Mesozoic of the Neuquén Basin and are more diverse than all other groups of ostracodes combined. Four new species, Eucytherura tessae, Eucytherura yunga, Procytherura amygdala and Eocytheropteron immodicus are described. Eucytherura guillaumeae nom. nov. for Eucytherura tuberculata Brenner and Oertli and Eucytherura paranuda nom. nov. for Eucytherura nuda (Brand) are proposed.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse

Let's Dance! But who owns it?

ArticleThis is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in European Intellectual Property Review following peer review. The definitive published version: Waelde, C. Whatley, S. and Pavis, M. , Let’s Dance! – but who owns it?, (2014) 36 European Intellectual Property Law Review 217, is available online on Westlaw UK or from Thomson Reuters DocDel service .Commercialise to survive: this is one strong message being given by the Arts Council to the creative sector. In a time of tightening purse strings, so alternative modes of financial survival have to be developed which do not depend wholly on public funding. One of these may be through greater commercial exploitation of creative outputs. Dance is no exception to this policy focus. Commercial exploitation of dance would depend on the exclusive rights granted under the copyright framework. Fundamental to developing an exploitation strategy would be to identify the author and owner of the copyright in the dance. This is an area that has been underexplored in law: there is little case law or literature on dance and copyright, but there are certain assumptions within the dance community as to authorship and ownership. This paper will explore authorship and ownership of the dance using two case studies: one called Love Games choreographed by Joan Clevillé and which, in a recasting, featured the dancer, Caroline Bowditch; and one called The Two Fridas choreographed by Caroline Bowditch and which features the dancers Welly O’Brien and Kimberley Harvey. In choosing these case studies we also aim to contribute to the wider discussion about the legacy of the Unlimited Cultural Olympiad programme (Unlimited). The paper will suggest that, contrary to the views of some, the dancers are either authors of the copyright in the arrangement of the dance on their bodies, or joint authors in the work of dance. It will also suggest that through a greater audience understanding of the nature and the quality of the work, and through an appreciation of what it means to own dance, so commercial exploitation could be facilitated

Atomic oxygen effects on boron nitride and silicon nitride: A comparison of ground based and space flight data

The effects of atomic oxygen on boron nitride (BN) and silicon nitride (Si3N4) were evaluated in a low Earth orbit (LEO) flight experiment and in a ground based simulation facility. In both the inflight and ground based experiments, these materials were coated on thin (approx. 250A) silver films, and the electrical resistance of the silver was measured in situ to detect any penetration of atomic oxygen through the BN and Si3N4 materials. In the presence of atomic oxygen, silver oxidizes to form silver oxide, which has a much higher electrical resistance than pure silver. Permeation of atomic oxygen through BN, as indicated by an increase in the electrical resistance of the silver underneath, was observed in both the inflight and ground based experiments. In contrast, no permeation of atomic oxygen through Si3N4 was observed in either the inflight or ground based experiments. The ground based results show good qualitative correlation with the LEO flight results, indicating that ground based facilities such as the one at Los Alamos National Lab can reproduce space flight data from LEO

Taxonomy and zoogeography of the mesozoic cytherurid ostracoda from West-Central Argentina

The status of thirty four species of the cytheroidean ostracod family Cytheruridae from the Neuquén Basin, west-central Argentina is reviewed. These species belong to the following nine genera: Eucytherura Müller, ranging in this study from Pliensbachian to Valanginian and represented by fourteen species; Kangarina Coryell and Fields, Aalenian-Bajocian, with a single species; Acrocythere Neale, Hauterivian, one species; Paranotacythere Bassiouni, Berriasian, two species; Procytherura Whatley, Pliensbachian to Hauterivian, twelve species; Cytheropteron Sars, Aalenian-Bajocian, one species: Eocytheropteron Alexander, Hauterivian, one species; Paradoxorhyncha Chapman, Aalenian-Bajocian, one species; and Paracytheridea Müller, Berriasian, one species. Of the three subfamilies of the Cytheruridae, the Cytherurinae, with thirty species are by far the most numerous and abundant throughout the study. The other two subfamilies, the Cytheropterinae are represented by three species and the Paracytherideinae by a single species of the nominative genus. Several of the species are very widely distributed geographically and have, for example, also been recorded from Europe; others indicate close links with South Africa and Australia. The stratigraphical ranges of certain genera have been extended as a result of this study. For example, Kangarina has not previously been recorded below the Cretaceous. The Cytheruridae are clearly the most diverse cytheroidean ostracodes in the Mesozoic of the Neuquén Basin and are more diverse than all other groups of ostracodes combined. Four new species, Eucytherura tessae, Eucytherura yunga, Procytherura amygdala and Eocytheropteron immodicus are described. Eucytherura guillaumeae nom. nov. for Eucytherura tuberculata Brenner and Oertli and Eucytherura paranuda nom. nov. for Eucytherura nuda (Brand) are proposed.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse

A comparison of ground-based and space flight data: Atomic oxygen reactions with boron nitride and silicon nitride

The effects of atomic oxygen on boron nitride (BN) and silicon nitride (Si3N4) have been studied in low Earth orbit (LEO) flight experiments and in a ground-based simulation facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Both the in-flight and ground-based experiments employed the materials coated over thin (approx 250 Angstrom) silver films whose electrical resistance was measured in situ to detect penetration of atomic oxygen through the BN and Si3N4 materials. In the presence of atomic oxygen, silver oxidizes to form silver oxide, which has a much higher electrical resistance than pure silver. Permeation of atomic oxygen through BN, as indicated by an increase in the electrical resistance of the silver underneath, was observed in both the in-flight and ground-based experiments. In contrast, no permeation of atomic oxygen through Si3N4 was observed in either the in-flight or ground-based experiments. The ground-based results show good qualitative correlation with the LEO flight results, thus validating the simulation fidelity of the ground-based facility in terms of reproducing LEO flight results

The Effects of Diversity Training on Faculty and Students’ Classroom Experiences

In response to the changing face of postsecondary education, efforts have been made to provide faculty and staff with training in multicultural and diverse perspectives. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of faculty participation in a Summer Diversity Training Institute. Focus group interviews were conducted with both faculty participants and the students of faculty attendees to determine the impact of the Institute on classroom dynamics, instruction, and assessment. Findings revealed that faculty participation in the Institute was beneficial in the sense that instructors’ personal growth was most frequently evidenced through attitudinal and curricular changes. Students experienced a greater sense of community, personal growth, and conflict resolution skills by being in the classes taught by faculty trained in multicultural course development. As the demographics of higher education change to include more diverse populations, research must determine the effects of multicultural programming and training on both faculty and student participants

Voices from the periphery: representations of marginalised women immigrants in postmillennial Spain

Despite an alleged move towards open, democratic politics in Spain, representation of immigrant women in recent cultural publication is still predominantly that of the exotic, pathetic or visually fetishistic and spectres of paternalism remain in the sociological mind-set. Women immigrants often appear voyeuristically, as peripheral, two-dimensional characters, who validate extant colonial and social prejudices. Through scrutiny of selected works, this thesis aims to reveal any recurrence of prejudice and stereotype within the sociological experiences of immigrant women in Spain and simultaneously searches for notable indications of progressive, egalitarian portrayal of them in Spanish literary publication. My research brings together a novel analysis of postmillennial Spanish literature and film, discourse analytics, immigration laws, and a history of gender and women’s writing in Spain, with a view to establishing how liminal immigrant women are imagined and represented in the postmodern Spain from 1997 to the present day, a study that reveals both empowerment, prejudice and their ability to preserve their identities. In this thesis I investigate filmic and literary representations of women from China, Latin America and Africa. Each chapter of the thesis considers representations of women immigrants by the most widely published or influential immigration authors and directors in wide-ranging genres and via labels alongside which they have not previously been considered and which therefore include original discussion on terms such as: inundation; contamination; disorder; indigestion; (re-)generation; (re-)occupation; communication; emancipation; vulnerability; and resistance. This thesis also reflects on any evidence of empowerment and equality of opportunity for immigrant women. These new frameworks reveal a much more nuanced vision of the immigrant woman in Spain than heretofore conceived

Does Apparent Hand Size Affect Thermal Pain Perception?

Pain serves an important role in our lives, but the pain we experience is not always accurately representative of the stimulus causing the pain. Many cognitive factors influence the way we perceive pain, including vision. Previous research has shown that vision acts as an individual cognitive system that can affect the representation of the body. By changing the visual size of the hand while administering a thermal pain stimulus, we attempted to examine the analgesic effects of visual input on pain perception. Based on prior hypotheses regarding multiple body systems and bodily control, we hypothesized that magnifying the hand would lead to greater control and less pain, while minifying the hand would lead to less control and more pain. Blocking the view of the hand would lead to the least control and most pain. We found no group differences in pain thresholds or in pain ratings of suprathreshold temperatures. There were also no differences between groups in the temperature of the hand. Previous research that reported an effect on pain may have been indirectly measuring the effects of seeing a stimulus, rather than the hand. We conclude that, while more research is needed to further understand the cognitive processes at work, there is not an effect of changing the size of the hand on pain.Bachelor of Scienc