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Presents an abstract of the study `Biological evidence for selective Cuban immigration to Florida,' by Curtis W. Wienker. Demographic, anthropometric and skin color data from adult Cuban-Americans living in Tampa, Florida.

This paper analyses texts from the Australian print media that invoke nationalist discourse in the so-called ‘Tampa crisis’ of 2001, which involved the boarding by Australian military troops of a civilian Norwegian shipping vessel (the Tampa) that had rescued a group of asylum seekers. In particular, we are interested in how military action was justified in public discourse against a group of civilians through the use of arguments relying in some form or another on the notion of nationhood and national identity. We employ a critical discursive methodology to investigate how some of these descriptions worked to legitimate the Australian government's role in these events and demonstrate some of the mechanisms by which discourses of nation can operate in the marginalization of asylum seekers. We conclude that presenting issues relating to asylum seekers and the Tampa at a level of national identity was critical in justifying the Australian government's stance and actions. We also raise some concerns about the consequences that may follow from the Australian government's actions and reliance on nationalist rhetoric. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This chapter examines Hillsborough Community College's approach to imparting to its faculty members an understanding of the community college as an educational institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduced hosts are capable of introducing parasite species and altering the abundance of parasites that are already present in native hosts, but few studies have compared the tolerances of native and invasive hosts to introduced parasites or identified the traits of introduced hosts that make them supershedders of non‐native parasites.Here, we compare the effects of a nematode Aplectana hamatospicula that is native to Cuba but appears to be introduced to Florida on the native Floridian treefrog, Hyla femoralis, and on the Cuban treefrog (CTF), Osteopilus septentrionalis. We were particularly interested in CTFs because their introduction to Florida has led to reported declines of native treefrogs.In the laboratory, infection with A. hamatospicula caused a greater loss in body mass of H. femoralis than CTFs despite H. femoralis shedding fewer total worms in their faeces than CTFs. Field collections of CTFs, H. femoralis, and another native Floridian treefrog, H. squirella (Squirrel treefrog) from Tampa, FL also showed that CTFs shed more larval worms in their faeces than both native frogs when controlling for body size. Hence, the non‐native CTF is a supershedder of this non‐native parasite that is spilling over to less tolerant native treefrogs.Any conservation intervention to reduce the effects of CTFs on native treefrogs would benefit from knowing the traits that contribute to the invasive host being a supershedder of this parasite. Hence, we conducted necropsies on 330 CTFs to determine how host sex and body size affect the abundance of A. hamatospicula, and two other common parasites in this species (acuariid nematodes and trematode metacercariae).There was a significant linear increase in A. hamatospicula and encysted acuariids with CTF body size, but there was no detectable relationship between host body size and the intensity of metacercariae. Female CTFs were bigger, lived longer and, on average, had more A. hamatospicula than male CTFs.Synthesis and applications. These results of the study suggest that there is parasite spillover from the invasive Cuban treefrog (CTF) to native treefrogs in Florida. Additionally, at least some of the adverse effects of CTFs on native treefrogs could be caused by the introduction and amplification of this introduced parasite, and female and larger CTFs seem to be amplifying these infections more than males and smaller CTFs, respectively, suggesting that management could benefit from targeting these individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the 2010 American Board of Dermatopathology (ABD) examinations including the Certifying Examination which will be held at the testing Centers of the American Board of Pathology in Tampa, Florida, the subspeciality certification examination and the examination for certification in Pediatric Dermatology.

A calendar of events related to dermatopathology for 2010 is presented including the In-Training Examination for dermatology residents on March 25, 2010, the examination for subspecialty certification in dermatopathology at the American Board of Pathology in Tampa, Florida on September 16, 2009 and September 1, 2010 and the examination for subspecialty certification in Pediatric Dermatology at Prometric testing centers around the U.S. on October 18.

The article presents highlights from the 2011 International Melanoma Congress held in Tampa, Florida. Jon Masague of Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center on breast cancer metastasis. David Fisher of Dana-Faber Cancer Center discussed the role of the microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) in melanocyte biology and melanoma development. Daniel Peeper of the Netherlands Cancer Institute tackled on the role of oncogene-induced senescence in melanoma development.

AbstractI describe a 1.5-ha riverine headwater forest (Hall Branch) that was created 11 years earlier on phosphate-mined and reclaimed land near Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. Favorable hydrologic and edaphic conditions were realized, owing to the proper positioning of the project site in an effectively reclaimed landscape. The soil had developed a distinct A horizon and an incipient B horizon. Planted trees, mainly species of Acer, Fraxinus, Ilex, Liquidambar, Magnolia, Persea, Quercus, Taxodium, and Ulmus, shared dominance with short-lived volunteer willows (Salix caroliniana) that had already begun to senesce. The tree canopy exhibited 85% cover, and some trees had grown to 12.5 m tall. Basal area reached 8.31 m2/ha for trees 10 cm or more in diameter at breast height. Ten planted tree species produced seeds and yielded seedlings. The floristic composition over the decade consisted of 22 species of trees and 208 shrubs, vines, epiphytes, ferns, graminoids, and forbs. Thirty-eight non-arboreal species were directly transplanted, others arose from a seed bank in muck that was amended on wetter sites, and the rest volunteered via natural dissemination. The frequency of non-arboreal plants was collectively 98%. Seventy-three species at the restoration site were characteristic of the mature, undisturbed reference ecosystem. A corresponding area within the reference ecosystem contained essentially the same number of species and the same array of life forms. Copious plant reproduction has transformed the planted forest into an intact ecosystem that no longer needs restoration assistance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the commencement address of bridge engineer David B. Steinman at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Florida. Steinman has emphasized that man must breed and nurture a robust vigor to resist the vicious assertion that a state is an autocratic entity with supreme rights. People must cling to honor, to moral courage and humanitarian ideas, and defend them, for these are the things that Godless adversary would destroy. The outstanding lesson of the present crisis of human race is that man must learn humility, reverence and spiritual faith.

The article presents the minutes of the annual meeting of the American Risk and Insurance Association Inc. in Tampa, Florida on February 2-3, 1990. Executive director David Klock has presented the membership and financial reports. Scott Harrington provided a report of the 1990 Annual Meeting Program Committee. Possible changes in the pedagogical seminar in 1991 is reported by Sandra Gustavson. The job of Harold Skipper is to write to former academic members who have dropped membership within the past few years.

The article focuses on the efforts of four panels of the Wound Healing Society based in Tampa, Florida, to formulate guidelines for best wound prevention measures. To formulate these evidence based guidelines, a common methodology was agreed upon by all four panels and previous guidelines, meta-analyses, and articles of treatment of the ulcer under consideration were all reviewed for evidence. After that guidelines were formulated and evidence references listed and coded.