The visual and optical anisotropies of metallic and pearlescent samples have been evaluated using a multi-gonio-spectrophotometer and by adapting a gonio-template over the instrument aperture for measuring the relative spectral reflectance factor when the sample is rotated around an axis…

Evidence accumulated over many years illustrates the benefits of work for mental
health, including that of mental health service users. Despite strong evidence of the
effectiveness of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach in enabling this
group to find…

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This article presents a comparative study of Matthew Arnold's 1854 poem "The Scholar-Gipsy" and Anita Desai's 1978 story "Scholm" and Gypsy". Arnold's poem contrasts the single-minded integrity of his central character's search lot redemption through the power of Romany culture,…

This paper explores Heidegger's relevance to SF and proposes links between his philosophy and SF approaches. It also explores phenomenology as a useful concept for SF.

The beginning of wisdom, according to Confucius, is to call things by their right names. Language should always bear the same meaning, so that the meaning of words (names) and the duties and responsibilities which go
with them are…

Hirstiella jimenezi new species is described from specimens found on the gecko Phyllodactylus bordai Taylor in the southern part of Mexico and also recorded from a single specimen of P. tuberculosus magnus Taylor. The female, male, deutonymph, and larva are…

With more than 64,500 members, the Bangladeshi community in London is one of the largest in the UK. Originating from a wave of immigration during the 1970s, a considerable part of the community now consists of a second, UK-born generation.…

A new nematode species, Freitascapillaria moraveci n. sp., is described; it was obtained from specimens recovered from the gall bladder of the 2spot livebearer Heterandrá bimaculata (Heckel, 1848) from La Antigua River, State of Veracruz, Mexico. The new species is…

A new, miniaturized species of Phyllodactylus Gray from Guerrero, Mexico is described. The species appears to be the smallest American species of leaftoed gecko. The diploid karyotype consists of a graded series of 36 acrocentric and 2 subtelocentric chromosomes; the…