Résumé : Map depicting the West Indies and including portions of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.

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fsu:6692
FSDT2975598
oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_6692
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/FSUM000010/00001

Résumé : The slides were taken on collecting trips sponsored by the William L. Bryant Foundation, where books, music and art indigenous to the regions were gathered. The are organized by geographical location.
In 1937, Jamaican-born horticulturist Hedley Vivian Edwards opened Ardastra Gardens, now known as Ardastra Gardens, Zoo and Conservation Centre. The word 'Ardastra' is from the Latin Ardua astrum, which means “Striving for the stars.” In 1956, as part of a preservation study to increase their numbers, the West Indian Flamingo was brought to New Providence by the Bahamian government from Great Inagua and housed in Ardastra Gardens. At the completion of the study, some of the young flamingos were given to Edwards. Later, Edwards trained the flamingos to march on command, which for years has been one of the most well-known visitor’s attractions at Ardastra Gardens, Zoo and Conservation Centre. In 1982 the gardens were bought by Norman Solomon and became the first zoo in the Bahamas. In the picture, rows of red chairs can be seen in the background as a flock of flamingos march across the foreground of the image. Hedley Vivian Edwards is among the people who can also been seen in the background.
Bahamas -- North America -- New Providence Island

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Éditeur(s) : Carnegie Institute of Washington, Carnegie Institute of Washington Carnegie Institute of Washington, Carnegie Institute of Washington ( Washington D.C )
Résumé : (Internal Comments) compiled by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, from data collected in the field by Raymond Stadelman.
(Bibliography) Includes bibliographical references (p. 125).
(Statement of Responsibility) compiled by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, from data collected in the field by Raymond Stadelman.
Reprint. Originally published in: Contributions to American anthropology and history, v. 6 (issued as: Carnegie Institution of Washington publication, no. 523), which contains Contributions no. 30-34.
At head of title: Contributions to American anthropology and history, no. 33.
Guatemala
Guatemala
Huehuetenango (Guatemala : Dept.)
Guatemala
Huehuetenango (Guatemala : Dept.)
Guatemala
Huehuetenango (Guatemala : Dept.)

19833219
43004408

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD Geological Society of America
Résumé : International audience
We present the first recorded global positioning system (GPS) data from Myanmar measured at the northern tip of the Sagaing fault. This area is in a very complex geodynamic context, where rigid and semirigid plates interact. The 12 GPS sites measured in 2005 and 2008 in northern Myanmar show that the slip rate is 18 mm/yr and is localized along a single active narrow fault trace (<20 km wide). The same rate was previously demonstrated and remeasured, 500 km southward, in central Myanmar. Despite the geodynamic regional complexity induced by interaction between the Sunda and India plates, the Burma microplate, and the highly deformable eastern Himalayan syntaxis, the slip rate remains surprisingly constant along this fault. However, the modeled locking depth varies from 20 km in central Myanmar to 5 km in the north.
ISSN: 0091-7613

hal-00673712
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00673712
DOI : 10.1130/G30872.1

Éditeur(s) : [s.n.] [s.n.] ( Guatemala )
Guatemala
Chinautla (Guatemala)

003416783
16583387
50033191

Éditeur(s) : HAL CCSD
Résumé : International audience
Hantaviruses' distribution is reassessed after performing a cladistic analysis on 93 strains isolated from rodents, and one used as out-group: Thottapalayam isolated from a shrew. While most hantaviruses found in wild animals were collected in northern Asia, Europe, North America, and South America, only Thottapalayam and Thailand were found in South and Southeastern Asia. Thottapalayam is highly divergent from the other known hantaviruses and may represent the emerging tip of a different lineage. Serological surveys carried out to detect evidence of Hantavirus in human populations revealed positive samples not only in West and Central Africa but also in Thailand, with a first case recently confirmed. This suggests that Hantaan-related viruses may infect humans out of their well-documented range. Thus, if rodents are probably the primary reservoir, other mammals may be involved in the cycle of hantaviruses. Additional work is needed out of the traditional areas where hantaviruses have been recorded. New viruses, different hosts, and different human syndromes may be discovered in the future mainly in Southeastern Asia and in Africa where Muridae rodents are present and highly diversified.
Annals New York Academy of Sciences

ird-00714427
http://hal.ird.fr/ird-00714427
http://hal.ird.fr/ird-00714427/document
DOI : 10.1196/annals.1373.004
IRD : fdi:010045640