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2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Original Female

scholarly journals The Image of a Woman in Everyday Works of E. Kontratovych

2019 ◽  
pp. 243-249
Author(s):  
A. Cheipesh
Keyword(s):  
Early Period ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Disadvantaged Women ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Compositional Changes ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
World Economic Crisis ◽  
Original Female

In the works of E. Kontratovych in the early period and the period of heyday, there are the everyday works, the main character of which is a woman. In the early period (1930–1943), the image of woman plays in the main theme of begging – disadvantaged women, suffered beggars. This is connected with the showing the fate of the Verkhovyna population, which suffered because of the World Economic Crisis of the 1930s. At that time, the artist was also interested in the folklore and mysterious world of the legends and myths of the Carpathians, embodied in the original female types. The works of the early period are executed mainly in the expressionist style, which are characterized by roughness and deformation of the form, dramatic, contrasting colors. A special role was assigned to the landscape, which the artist used as a means of enhancing of the emotional color. In some of the works, the main characters are depicted against the background of ruined houses, bare trees, which increases the sense of tragedy, drama. In others, the landscape is neutral or conditional, which suggests the indifference to the fate of the depicted women. With the beginning of the period of heyday (1944–1990), the range of topics devoted to the life of the Transcarpathian peasantry is expanding considerably. In works, the woman acts in the characted of a mother ("Transcarpathian Madonna"), a reaper, a laundress, a harvester. Launched in the 1930s, a series devoted to the fate of women, became more significant in the 1960s–1970s. The works of the period of heyday are mainly executed in the style of "Carpathian" expressionism. Forms of objects are molded with a soft brush stroke, the rhythm of the composition is built on the motion of brushwork, rounded lines. The artist prefers rich, vivid color that enhances the life-affirming emotions. The landscape also takes on an uplifting mood. Regardless of color, stylistic preferences and compositional changes, E. Kontratovych's works, devoted to the image of women are designed to glorify a woman as a mother and a worker, to create her idealized image for inspiration and admiration.

scholarly journals Re-establishment of an endangered subspecies: the Norfolk Island Boobook Owl Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny D. Olsen
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Female Offspring ◽  
Nest Boxes ◽  
Large Trees ◽  
Island Group ◽  
Norfolk Island ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Original Female

SummaryThe Norfolk Island Boobook Ninox novaeseelandiae undulata is confined to the small, isolated Norfolk Island group, an Australian territory. On morphological and biogeographical grounds, it is here classified as a large, distinctive subspecies of the New Zealand Morepork N. novaeseelandiae. In 1986 only one specimen, a female, survived. A shortage of large trees with suitable nesting holes appeared to be the immediate problem. The Australian Nature Conservation Agency, islanders and New Zealand wildlife authorities have cooperated in an attempt to re-establish an owl population in situ. Nest-boxes were erected in trees in the area frequented by the female and were used readily as roosts. In September 1987, two male New Zealand Moreporks were introduced. The female paired with one male and produced four hybrid F offspring (in 1989 and 1990). Two of these paired in mid-1991 and have since produced five F offspring (two in 1993 and three in 1994). The original female remains paired but now appears to be reproductively senile. At present there seems to be a shortage of mature males, since two female offspring are paired and both lay eggs and attempt to incubate them in the same nest; and a lone female has established a territory. In early 1995 all eleven owls appeared to be alive in the wild. The effort is low-cost, requires relatively little manpower, is carried out with minimal disturbance to the owls, and goes hand in hand with other conservation programmes.

Experimental Analysis of Sexual Behavior of the Deermouse Peromyscus Maniculatus Gambeli

Behaviour ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynwood G. Clemens
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Peromyscus Maniculatus ◽  
Test Area ◽  
Sexual Performance ◽  
Mating Partner ◽  
Refractory Periods ◽  
Short Bout ◽  
Intromission Frequency ◽  
Mating Performance ◽  
Original Female

AbstractEjaculation in the deermouse Peromyscus maniculatus gambeli was preceded by a sequence of brief penile penetrations (intromissions). In the sexually rested male the number of intromissions preceding the first ejaculation averaged 7 to 8. Each intromission was preceded by a short "bout" of running in which the male pursued the female. Following ejaculation the male failed to mount or investigate the female for the next 6 or 7 minutes. This "refractory period" was terminated when the male achieved another sequence of intromissions and ejaculated again. Males were considered sexually satiated after 30 minutes elapsed without any more ejaculations. Using this criterion it was found that from 3 to 6 ejaculations precede sexual satiation. The refractory periods became progressively longer following each successive ejaculation. If, following satiation, the female was removed and a different female was placed in the test area, all the males achieved additional intromissions and 8 out of 10 ejaculated. When the original mating partner was removed and then returned none of the males achieved ejaculation. This failure to achieve ejaculation with the original female was not due to changes in the condition of the female as a result of copulatory stimulation. Satiated males achieved additional ejaculations with females that had copulated with a different male just prior to the test just as frequently as they did with fresh females that had not copulated for 14 days. The condition of the female as affected by copulatory stimulation did influence other measures of the male's mating performance. These effects were seen most clearly in sexually rested males. The number of intromissions achieved prior to the first and the second ejaculation was greater with females that had received copulatory stimulation just prior to the test than it was with fresh females that had not copulated for 14 days. The time delay between intromissions was longer with fresh females. When males were allowed to achieve their first ejaculation with a fresh female and their second with the same female, there was no change in the number of intromissions from the first to the second ejaculation. This is in contrast to findings with the rat and hamster, in which species a decrease in intromission frequency occurs after the first ejaculation. The current study of the deermouse indicated that if the condition of the female was held constant by testing a male with a fresh female for the first ejaculation and another fresh female for the second ejaculation, a decrease in intromission frequency occurred. On the basis of these results it was concluded that: (i) sexual satiation in the male deermouse is, in part at least, specific to the particular female mating partner, and (2) changes in the condition of the female as a result of copulatory stimulation can have major effects on the "measure of male sexual performance".

scholarly journals THE FEMINISTIC COMPONENT IN THEFEMALE DETECTIVE NOVEL: THE COMPARATIVE ASPECT (ON THE BASIS OF WORKS BY IRENE ROZDOBUDKO “THE DOUBLE GAME IN FOUR HANDS” AND “GAUDY NIGHT”BY DOROTHY SAYERS)

2019 ◽  
pp. 470-476
Author(s):  
T. M. Huliak
Keyword(s):  
Detective Novel ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
Comparative Aspect ◽  
Detective Novels ◽  
Dorothy Sayers ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Female Detective ◽  
Similarity And Difference ◽  
Original Female

The article deals with the feminist component in the detective novels «The Double Game in Four Hands» by I. Rozdobudko and «Gaudy Night» by D. Sayers. Its dominant features are distinguished: original female images and women's writing which is manifested through the detailing and usage of parenthetical constructions. The common and distinctive features of the use of the feminist component in the Ukrainian and English female detective discourse are described. The similarity and difference in the images of Musya Gurchyk and Harriet Vane who are the expressions of the creative method of detective writers are analyzed. The emotional and detailing functions of the parenthetical constructions are described. It is emphasized that the feminist component plays an important role in the creation of the genre of the female detective novel.

Generality of the Memory Advantage for Vocal Melodies

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Weiss ◽  
E. Glenn Schellenberg ◽  
Sandra E. Trehub
Keyword(s):  
Exposure Phase ◽  
Music Training ◽  
Melody Recognition ◽  
Pitch Level ◽  
Memory Advantage ◽  
Vocal Attractiveness ◽  
Original Female

Children and adults, with or without music training, exhibit better memory for vocal melodies (without lyrics) than for instrumental melodies (Weiss, Schellenberg, Trehub, & Dawber, 2015; Weiss, Trehub, & Schellenberg, 2012; Weiss, Trehub, Schellenberg, & Habashi, 2016; Weiss, Vanzella, Schellenberg, & Trehub, 2015). In the present study, we compared adults’ memory for vocal and instrumental melodies, as before, but with two additional singers, one female (same pitch level as the original female) and one male (7 semitones lower). In an exposure phase, 90 participants (M = 4.1 years training, SD = 3.9) rated their liking of 24 melodies—6 each in voice, piano, banjo, and marimba. After a short break, they heard the same melodies plus 24 timbre-matched foils (6 per timbre) and rated their recognition of each melody. Recognition was better for vocal melodies than for melodies in every other timbre, replicating previous findings. Importantly, the memory advantage was comparable across voices, despite the fact that liking ratings for vocal melodies differed by singer. Our results provide support for the notion that the vocal advantage in memory for melodies is independent of the idiosyncrasies of specific singers or of vocal attractiveness, arising instead from enhanced processing of a biologically significant timbre.

Four-year height growth variation among and within S0, S1 × S1, S1 open-pollinated, and S2 inbred jack pine families

1981 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 654-661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas D. Rudolph
Keyword(s):  
Inbreeding Depression ◽  
Genetic Variance ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
Jack Pine ◽  
Height Growth ◽  
Degree Of Dominance ◽  
Growth Variation ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Original Female

After 4 years, inbreeding depression in tree height of jack pine (Pinusbanksiana Lamb.) was from 18 to 24% in S2 (second selfed generation) progenies compared with S0 (original female parents) open-pollinated progenies. This indicates a high degree of dominance for height growth. Crosses between S1 (first selfed generation) lines and open-pollinated progenies from S1 trees showed heterosis and relief from inbreeding depression so that vigor was restored to at least the level of the ancestral S0 parents. Genetic variance among S2 progenies was greatly increased indicating that inbreeding increased heritability of height growth.

scholarly journals Fertilization Following Pollination Predominantly Decreases Phytocannabinoids Accumulation and Alters the Accumulation of Terpenoids in Cannabis Inflorescences

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carni Lipson Feder ◽  
Oded Cohen ◽  
Anna Shapira ◽  
Itay Katzir ◽  
Reut Peer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Secondary Metabolites ◽  
Glandular Trichomes ◽  
Regulation System ◽  
Dioecious Plant ◽  
Functional Roles ◽  
Pollen Sacs ◽  
Analytical Standards ◽  
Main Factor ◽  
Original Female

In the last decades, growing evidence showed the therapeutic capabilities of Cannabis plants. These capabilities were attributed to the specialized secondary metabolites stored in the glandular trichomes of female inflorescences, mainly phytocannabinoids and terpenoids. The accumulation of the metabolites in the flower is versatile and influenced by a largely unknown regulation system, attributed to genetic, developmental and environmental factors. As Cannabis is a dioecious plant, one main factor is fertilization after successful pollination. Fertilized flowers are considerably less potent, likely due to changes in the contents of phytocannabinoids and terpenoids; therefore, this study examined the effect of fertilization on metabolite composition by crossbreeding (-)-Δ9-trans-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)- or cannabidiol (CBD)-rich female plants with different male plants: THC-rich, CBD-rich, or the original female plant induced to develop male pollen sacs. We used advanced analytical methods to assess the phytocannabinoids and terpenoids content, including a newly developed semi-quantitative analysis for terpenoids without analytical standards. We found that fertilization significantly decreased phytocannabinoids content. For terpenoids, the subgroup of monoterpenoids had similar trends to the phytocannabinoids, proposing both are commonly regulated in the plant. The sesquiterpenoids remained unchanged in the THC-rich female and had a trend of decrease in the CBD-rich female. Additionally, specific phytocannabinoids and terpenoids showed an uncommon increase in concentration followed by fertilization with particular male plants. Our results demonstrate that although the profile of phytocannabinoids and their relative ratios were kept, fertilization substantially decreased the concentration of nearly all phytocannabinoids in the plant regardless of the type of fertilizing male. Our findings may point to the functional roles of secondary metabolites in Cannabis.

Correlates of Females' Sexual Fantasies

1977 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 819-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerri J. Brown ◽  
Darrell H. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Short Form ◽  
Sexual Experience ◽  
Attitudes Toward Women ◽  
Sexual Fantasy ◽  
Sexual Fantasies ◽  
University Women ◽  
Attitudinal Factors ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Original Female

The intent of the study was to obtain data on the incidence of female sexual fantasy and on the relationship of background, personality, and attitudinal factors to the quantity of sexual fantasies. The participants were 102 university women students between the ages of 19 and 45 yr. An original Female Sexual Fantasy Questionnaire, a short form of the Attitude Toward Women Scale, the 16 PF, and the background variables of age, sexual experience, marital status, and religion provided data for the analysis. Conclusions were that 99% of the women engaged in sexual fantasy at least occasionally and that age, sexual experience, anxiety, independence, and liberal attitudes toward women are all related to frequency of sexual fantasy.

Evidence of polygyny from spatial patterns of hooded seals (Cystophora cristata)

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 703-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daryl J. Boness ◽  
W. Don Bowen ◽  
Olav T. Oftedal
Keyword(s):  
Body Length ◽  
Cluster Size ◽  
Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Spatial Dispersion ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Hooded Seal ◽  
Cystophora Cristata ◽  
Ice Floes ◽  
Nearest Neighbor Distances ◽  
Original Female

Based on scant empirical data, the mating system of the hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) has been variously characterized as monogamous or polygynous. To evaluate the hypothesis that female hooded seals are clustered to a degree that would facilitate polygyny, we collected data on the spatial dispersion of female and male seals on the ice floes off the Labrador coast. While flying from a ship at the edge of the seal herd to a study site within the herd, we recorded each sighting of female seals as a "solitary female" or a "cluster of females" (using an approximate 10 body length radius to differentiate these conditions). The numbers of males near females were also recorded. Nearest-neighbor distances were obtained during on-ice transects. The frequency of nearest-female-neighbor distance classes peaked at 6–10 seal body lengths (one body length = 1.9–2.6 m) and then declined to distances of greater than 25 body lengths. About 40% of 357 females with pups (or 22% of 279 sightings of seals) were in clusters consisting of two or more mother–pup pairs; the maximal cluster size observed was five. The majority of females or clusters of females had a single male in attendance (54% of 245 sightings). Females in the central part of the herd were both clustered and attended by males more often than were females at the periphery. Observations of a few marked males suggested that some took up positions near additional females when their original female companions departed. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the spatial pattern of hooded seals should facilitate polygyny.

A NEW SPECIES OF SCIARA (DIPTERA)

1934 ◽  
Vol 66 (10) ◽  
pp. 233-233
Author(s):  
F. R. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
New Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Original Female

In a culture of flies sent to Dr. O. A. Johannsen by Dr. C. W. Metz of Johns Hopkins, there proves to be a new species of Sciara. This insect is being used in research in genetics and it was thought best to have the insect described as soon as possible. According to Doctor Metz, “The original female under No. 6986, was collected by Mr. J. P. Reynolds from Sykes' greenhouse at Guilford, North Carolina, December 5, 1933.”

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