The exclusionary rule which prohibits references to parliamentary materials as an aid to statutory interpretation has been applied for decades in most common law jurisdictions. The House of Lords handed down its fundamental decision in Pepper v. Hart which allowed…

In the convergence theory of multisplittings for symmetric positive definite (s.p.d.) matrices it is usually assumed that the weighting matrices are scalar matrices, i.e., multiples of the identity. In this paper, this restrictive condition is eliminated. In its place it…

Durante la preparación de la selección junior autonómica de remo (Comunidad Valenciana, España), se recogieron las características antropométricas de 18 remeros junior masculinos de edad 17,83±3,83 años. A los remeros se le realizaron una valoración anthropometry mediante la técnica basadas…

Publicado en: Journal of Ecology 59: 39-50, 39-50

The neotropical coreid genus Thasus is revised. Of the eight species, five (carchinus, luteolus, neocalifornicus, odonnellae, and rutilus) are described as new. One of these, T. neocalifornicus, extends into the southwestern United States, where it has been misidentified as T.…

Toonglasa indomita and Patritius osuna are described as new species from Mexico and Venezuela respectively. The former is noted to have spectacular elongate spines protruding from the posterior end of the male 8th abdominal segment. A discussion is included of…

Uranocoris maculatus is described as a new species from New Guinea. Comparison is made with U. suavis Walker, which is the only previously known species of the genus. Habitus view illustrations and drawings of the male genitalia are provided to…

Heisshygia rolstoni n. sp.. H. amplissima n. sp., and H, cephalota n. sp., are described from New Guinea. A key is provided to distinguish the known species. The presence of ocelli in Heisshygia is shown to correct the original description.

The idea that technology can transfer a person to a different environment without any physical movement and create the illusion of interaction with the artificial environment is not new. Scientists and engineers have been dedicating their efforts to its progressive…

A revision of the calpionellid bio-chronostratigraphy in Western Sicily (Italy)
was carried out, in order to update the taxonomy of this group, through the
identification of some genera (Borziella, Longicollaria, Chitinoidella, Dobeniella,
Sturiella, Borzaiella and Praecalpionellites) and species (Remaniella
catalanoi…