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Sites at which parma wallabies, Macropus parma, were present were compared with apparently similar
sites in nearby areas from which M. parma were absent. The structure of the habitat and the availability
of different grasses as potential diet items at each site were compared using both univariate and multivariate
statistical techniques, including analysis of variance and factor analysis. Sites with M. parma
appeared to have more Blady grass and Tussock grass and fewer Herbs and Other grass than sites
without M. parma. However, it was difficult to unequivocally allocate structural parameters that
determined the presence or absence of M. parma. Several reasons for this were considered, and it
appears most likely that some of the sites from which M. parma were absent did indeed meet the
habitat requirements of this species but remained unoccupied. This situation may result from the low
population densities and relatively sparse, disjunct distribution of this rare species. However, it will not
be possible to answer these questions, and to adequately determine details of the habitat requirements
of M. parma, without the results from studies using radiotelemetry to assess habitat use, and microscopic
techniques to assess the relative importance of items in the diet.

Recensione del volume che raccoglie una serie di saggi sulle trasformazioni del cattolicesimo a Parma negli anni Sessanta e Settanta del Novecento, con una particolare attenzione agli aspetti culturali, politici e sociali.

M. pauma, which was formerly thought to be extinct in Australia, has been found in the Great Dividing Range of coastal New South Wales between 29D 28' and 32D 23's. The optimum habitat appears to be areas of wet sclerophyll forest with a thick shrubby understorey in association with
grassy areas. Although the species may be locally common, its present status is best defined as rare; it has a limited distribution and normally occurs at a low density throughout its range.

Limited data indicate that most young are born between February and June. Two of six females examined were probably in embryonic diapause. Females may mature sexually as early as 12 months old, and at a weight of 2.6-2.8 kg.

Adult females in Australia were significantly heavier than those in New Zealand (Kawau I.), and larger in seven external body measurements. In contrast, adult males were significantly larger in Australia than Kawau I. in ear length only.

The species is mainly nocturnal and the mean group size is 1.34 animals, i.e. it is usually single individuals that are encountered.

Spotted online. The BusinessInsider story is real, though it (and the original Wall Street Journal article) notes that the chips are being put into the outside labels that are unlikely to actually be eaten, though apparently they have to be food-safe just in case.

Los principales cambios que acontecieron en la monarquía española después del final de la guerra de Sucesión tienen que ver con la figura de Isabel Farnesio, que gracias a los buenos oficios de Giulio Alberoni se convirtió en la segunda esposa de Felipe V. Isabel se inició en las prácticas de gobierno por el abad Alberoni, su hombre de confianza que llegó a ser ministro de España, y llevó a cabo importantes reformas para convertirla en un país fuerte y poderoso que pudiese desarrollar una política ambiciosa. Con la llegada de Isabel Farnesio la mirada de España volvió a Italia: Felipe V deseaba recuperar algún territorio después de las pérdidas de Utrecht, Isabel quería un reino para sus hijos, y el duque Farnesio esperaba la intervención en Italia de un aliado que pudiera hacer frente a los Habsburgo. Alberoni se convirtió en el ejecutor de los planes de las dos cortes, la de Madrid y la de Parma y Plasencia, y organizó las intervenciones de España en Cerdeña y Sicilia. Isabel Farnesio, aunque sacrificándole, logró su objetivo consiguiendo para sus hijos los derechos dinásticos sobre su tierra de origen, a la que siempre se mantuvo unida ; The main changes that took place in the Spanish monarchy after the end of the Succession war have much to do with the figure of Elizabeth Farnese who, thanks to the good services of Giulio Alberoni, became the second wife of Philip V of Spain. Elizabeth was initiated to the practice of government by the abbée Alberoni, his right-hand man, who turned into minister of Spain, and carried out important reforms to make her a strong and powerful country, able to develop an ambitious politics. With the arrival of Elizabeth Farnese the look of Spain turned back to Italy: Philip V wanted to recover some territories after the losses of Utrecht, Elizabeth wished a kingdom for her sons, and the Duke Farnese waited for the intervention in Italy of an ally that could face the Habsburgs. Alberoni became the executor of the plans of the two courts, the one of Madrid and that of Parma and Piacenza, and organized the Spanish intervention in Sardinia and Sicily. Elizabeth, although sacrificing him, got her aims, achieving for her sons the dynastic rights over her homeland, to which she remained always linked

Maria Luigia (Marie Louise) of Habsburg, daughter of the Austrian Emperor and, as Napoleon Bonaparte's second wife, Empress of the French, after the defeat of the husband in 1814 was relegated to role of Duchesse of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla. She arrived in Parma in 1816 accompanied by several Austrian army and administrative officials, which were instructing and controlling her, and, willingly, she left to them most of the political and administrative decisions. On the contrary, since the first years she was interested and wanted to take decisions in the field of public health and charity. She opened new specialized hospitals and hospices for poor people, orphans and abandoned children, and, in February of 1820, promulgated the new «Regulations of the vaccinations», an exhaustive and specific code, that was taking into consideration the times, the places, and the people who had to vaccinate or to be vaccinated. Moreover, she fixed the modalities, the incentives, the sanctions, and she also nominated a series of people who had to publicize vaccinations and to help the general population inovercoming fears, prejudices and other causes of distrust. The new dispositions increased the number of vaccinated people in the Duchy, saving it from several epidemics that appeared in the following decades in the neighboring regions (Tuscany, Lombardy). In 1831 and 1832 she issued other two ordinances in which she urged the populations and the doctors to increase the vaccinations, probably after a decrease in interest of both, and introduced new practical arrangements to simplify and to facilitate the practice, ensuring and verifying the outcome. The effectiveness of the provisions of Maria Luigia has been shown by the marked decrease in smallpox epidemics throughout her whole reign, until 1847. Meanwhile after the end of the reign, in the second part of the nineteenth century, there was an increase of epidemics, because the following governments of the Bourbons Duchy (1847-1860) and of the united Italy after 1860 were ...

This volume is devoted to one of the major aristocratic lineages of northern Italy in the later middle ages. The Rossi, whose political and social eminence dates back to the communal age, built in the Parmense a powerful lordship, based both on their estates and fortresses and on a vast patronage network spread over the territory and in the town: and the power of the family, though diminished after the crisis in the relations with the Sforza in 1482, was restored on partially different foundations during the Italian Wars. The essays collected in this book explore the complexity of the Rossi "little seignorial state", focusing on its internal constitution, on its exterior relations and on its artistic and cultural features between the mid-fourteenth and the early sixteenth century. - Il volume è dedicato ad uno dei maggiori lignaggi aristocratici dell'Italia settentrionale bassomedievale. I Rossi, la cui eminenza sociale e politica risale all'età comunale, costruirono nel Parmense un dominio di notevoli proporzioni, basato sul possesso territoriale e castrense ma anche su una vasta clientela rurale e urbana: e il potere del casato, benché ridimensionato in seguito alla crisi delle relazioni con gli Sforza nel 1482, trovò gli spazi per ricostituirsi su basi parzialmente diverse durante le guerre d'Italia. Le ricerche qui riunite esplorano la complessità del "piccolo stato signorile" rossiano, indagato nella sua costituzione interna, nei suoi rapporti con l'esterno e nei suoi aspetti artistici e culturali fra la metà del Trecento e l'inizio del Cinquecento.