New Host and Distribution Records for Leidya bimini Pearse, 1951 in the Gulf of Mexico, with Comments on Related Taxa and a Redescription of Cardiocepon pteroides Nobili, 1906 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Ioninae)

Examination of grapsoid crabs, Armases cinereum (Bosc, 1802), in the Tampa Bay area revealed that 3.7% were infested with the bopyrid isopod Leidya bimini Pearse, 1951. These records represent a new host for the parasite and an extension of its range into the Gulf of Mexico. The relationships between the species of Leidya Cornalia and Panceri, 1861 and related genera have been difficult to ascertain, partly due to improper placement of some taxa within genera. The genera Leidya, Megacepon George, 1947, Allokepon Markham, 1982, and Cardiocepon Nobili, 1906 are discussed in terms of their species composition and phylogenetic relationships. Three species are placed in new combinations with genera: Leidya sesarmae Pearse, 1930 is tentatively placed in Megacepon, Allokepon goetici (Shiino, 1934) is transferred to Megacepon, and Portunicepon tiariniae Shiino, 1937 is transferred to Allokepon. The holotype of Cardiocepon pteroldes Nobili, 1906 is redescribed and figured, and some errors in the original description are corrected

A New Shrimp Host for Parabopyrella lata (Nierstrasz and Brender à Brandis, 1929) (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae) from the Florida Gulf Coast: A Novel Host-Parasite Relationship or a Case of Mistaken Identity?

Identification of a bopyrid isopod found on a specimen of Lysmata wurdemanni (Gibbes) showed that it was not conspecific with the only known bopyrid parasite found on that host, Parabopyrella mortensi (Nierstrasz and Brender à Brandis, 1929). Instead, it is identifiable with a congeneric species, Parabopyrella lata (Nierstrasz and Brender à Brandis, 1929 ), formerly known only from alpheid shrimp hosts. A brief discussion of the implications of this finding on the question of level of host specificity is given, and evidence suggesting an accidental occurrence of the parasite on the host, rather than a successful host switch

A New Originalism: Adoption of a Grammatical Interpretive Approach to Establishment Clause Jurisprudence after District of Columbia v. Helle

This thesis proposes an approach to Establishment Clause jurisprudence (and one applicable to constitutional interpretation as a whole) that maintains fidelity to the Constitution by confining the application and interpretation of explicit text to the strictures of well-established norms of grammar and usage. It will begin by analyzing the disparities created through the addition or substitution of super-textual language to the clause through the use of surrogate concepts, and will demonstrate that any such method of constitutional adjudication becomes unworkable and incoherent once such tests utilize surrogate concepts and terminology. Through grammatical exegesis will emerge the theory that the Religion “phrases” do not afford competing protections, and adhering most closely to the structure and meaning of the Religion Clause as a whole, more specifically, with respect to the grammatical interplay of its two adjectival subparts, the present participle phrases “respecting an establishment of religion” and “prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” a new normative meaning, a modality, emerges, where the Establishment “phrase” becomes construed in its truest context, as an adjectival phrase modifying “law.” This “linguistic modality” thus respects and maintains the integrity of the document as drafted, and ensures that the words and context employed by the Founders--to which indelible significance adhered at the moment of inscription--remain governed by normative rules of grammar and usage (e.g., “Standard Written English”); only in this way does the language of 1787/1791 become bound by the same semantic and linguistic norms as bind the language today. In other words, this approach places a type of “linguistic seal” upon the Constitution that allows judicial interpretation to achieve consistent application within the parameters of modern society. Since judges today are bound by the same rules of grammar and usage comprising standard written English that bound the framers at the Constitutional Convention, this linguistic approach seals the original structure of the text within the parameters of modern application

Measures to assess wellbeing in low-carbon-dioxide cities

Policies aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions often focus on the need to change existing behaviours and social practises as well as to provide technological advance in energy supply, waste waste, transport, industry and infrastructure. While fundamentally important to the mitigation of climate change, little is written about the impact that achieving carbon reduction targets, particularly for the built environment, will have on individual and societal wellbeing and quality of life. This article investigates how a set of measures can be developed to assess wellbeing in cities, both as they are at present and as they transition to low-carbon futures. It outlines the important relationship between wellbeing, low-carbon development and the built environment. A strategy for obtaining and assessing wellbeing measures is explained, the measures are discussed and 100 selected measures are detailed. The article ends by illustrating how these measures can be integrated into a wider study of wellbein

Participatory citizens and hybrid cities:imagining green spaces in Manchester's Northern Quarter

This paper presents an innovative community project through the notion of research through design. With Manchester as our hybrid city backdrop, we look specifically at community greening groups in the Northern Quarter (NQ). Thirty-four participants attended 12 conversations that asked: how do you respond to a greening challenge with the digital communication and technology you carry with you? Through the use of IDEO and D:School’s Empathy Map we reveal conversational themes that will inform a design challenge

Micro-invertebrates (Phyla Sarcomastigophora, Gnathostomula, Gastrotricha, Rotifera, and Tardigrada)

44 p. ; 26 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-41) and index