Inventory of published and unpublished sediment-load data, United States and Puerto Rico, 1950-60

On 2 April 1917, President Woodrow Wilson urged Congress to enter the European war, and Congress voted to do so on Friday, 6 April. On the 15th of that month, Victor released the Original Dixieland Jazz Band’s record of “Livery Stable Blues” and “Dixieland Jass Band One-Step”; it caused an immediate nationwide sensation. James Reese Europe travelled to Puerto Rico in search of woodwind players for the Fifteenth New York Regiment Band, and the Creole Band ended its vaudeville career when it missed the train to Portland, Maine. German musicians in the United States came under increased scrutiny in the weeks after the declaration of war, as the country prepared to adopt new laws and regulations for wartime.

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The Myth of the Latin American Race Monolith: Notes for Future Comparative Research on Racial Inequality in the Americas

The Review of Black Political Economy ◽

10.1177/0034644621996008 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 003464462199600

Author(s):

Diego Ayala-McCormick

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Puerto Rico ◽

Latin American ◽

Comparative Research ◽

Racial Inequality ◽

Census Data ◽

The United States ◽

Unemployment Rates ◽

Racial Ideologies ◽

Racial Lines

It has become common to compare racial inequality in the United States with a “Latin American” pattern of racial inequality in which egalitarian racial ideologies mask stark socioeconomic inequalities along racial lines. However, relatively few comparative studies exist attempting to analyze variations in degrees of racial inequality in the Americas. To stimulate further research in this area, the following study analyzes census data on racial inequality in unemployment rates, educational attainment, homeownership rates, and income in Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States. The results suggest that while Brazil is similar to the United States in displaying large levels of racial inequality in the areas measured, Cuba and Puerto Rico display significantly lower levels of racial inequality and Colombia falls in between, undermining conceptions of a monolithic Latin American racial system.

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A BIOSYSTEMATIC REVISION OF THE GENUS MUSCIDIFURAX (HYMENOPTERA: PTEROMALIDAE) WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SPECIES

The Canadian Entomologist ◽

10.4039/ent1021268-10 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 102 (10) ◽

pp. 1268-1290 ◽

Cited By ~ 51

Author(s):

Marcos Kogan ◽

E. F. Legner

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Puerto Rico ◽

Central America ◽

New World ◽

The United States ◽

Additional Species ◽

Local Populations ◽

Morphological Studies ◽

Scanning Electronmicroscopy ◽

United States Mexico

AbstractExtensive collections of synanthropic fly parasitoids in animal excrement accumulations in the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Chile, Denmark, Israel, and South Africa yielded seven forms of a Muscidifurax complex which were totally or partially reproductively isolated. Morphological studies of female and male parasitoids coupled with biological and zoogeographical information permitted the identification of five sibling species. Muscidifurax raptor Girault and Sanders 1910 is redescribed and four additional species are described as new: M. zaraptor, from the southwestern United States; M. raptoroides from Central America and Mexico; M. uniraptor from Puerto Rico, and M. raptorellus from Uruguay and Chile. Biological notes are added to the descriptions, and it was postulated that the genus is undergoing a process of speciation with local populations slowly becoming reproductively isolated and eventually giving rise to morphologically distinguishable entities. Most evidence suggests the establishment of Muscidifurax in the New World, concomitant with or shortly following the establishment of muscoid flies in accumulated excrement. Scanning electronmicroscopy was used in the analysis of some morphological structures.

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Spatial and vertical distribution of metals in sediment cores from Río Espíritu Santo estuary, Puerto Rico, United States

Marine Pollution Bulletin ◽

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.08.007 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 100 (1) ◽

pp. 445-452 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Nekesha Williams ◽

Karin A. Block

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Puerto Rico ◽

Vertical Distribution ◽

Sediment Cores ◽

Spatial And Vertical Distribution

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Pseudocercospora purpurea. [Distribution map].

Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases ◽

10.1079/dmpd/20083091293 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

South Africa ◽

Puerto Rico ◽

Trinidad And Tobago ◽

Central America ◽

Democratic Republic ◽

Virgin Islands ◽

Persea Americana ◽

Distribution Map ◽

New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Pseudocercospora purpurea (Cooke) Deighton. Fungi: Ascomycota: Capnodiales. Hosts: avocado (Persea americana). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Asia (India, Sikkim, Japan, Philippines), Africa (Cameroon, Congo Democratic Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Kenya, South Africa), North America (Mexico, USA, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi), Central America and Caribbean (Bermuda, Dominica, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States Virgin Islands), South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Chile, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela), Oceania (Palau [Belau]).

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A Lethal Pacifier

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.58.6.853 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 58 (6) ◽

pp. 853-855

Author(s):

Richard E. Kravath

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

New York ◽

Puerto Rico ◽

New Jersey ◽

Airway Obstruction ◽

Similar Case ◽

The United States ◽

Brand Names ◽

Consumer Product Safety Commission ◽

Union City

A 5-month-old boy died of asphyxia from airway obstruction caused by his pacifier. It had been imported from Spain by La Cibeles Inc. of Union City, New Jersey, and had been marketed in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Florida, and Puerto Rico under the brand names Fauna, Flower, Navy, and Texas. It sold for about 50 cents. It is attractive in design, but has characteristics that make it dangerous. Following our report to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission,* the pacifier was recalled. We have been able to find only one similar case in the literature.1 The unnecessary tragedy was due to a preventable hazard and both individual and governmental action should avoid its recurrence.

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A View from Inside: Understanding Puerto Rico Cockfighting

Society and Animals ◽

10.1163/15685306-bja10060 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-37

Author(s):

Úrsula A. Aragunde-Kohl ◽

Yahaira Segarra-González ◽

Liza M. Meléndez-Samó ◽

Ivemarie Hernández-Rivera ◽

Carolina Quiles-Peña

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Puerto Rico ◽

Local Government ◽

Federal Government ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

The United States ◽

Second Phase ◽

Beliefs And Practices ◽

The Third ◽

The People

Abstract The purpose of this research was to better understand the beliefs and practices that the residents of Puerto Rico have regarding cockfighting, including their perception of the recently passed prohibition against nonhuman animal fighting on the island. It had an exploratory descriptive design consisting of three phases, where the qualitative data obtained from phase one would guide the process of identifying variables that could be measured. In the second phase, an instrument was developed, and in the third, it was administered. Most of the participants agreed with the prohibition of cockfighting in Puerto Rico and that it was necessary. The data showed that there is a disconnect between what the federal government of the United States legislated, what the local government and agencies that were supposed to enforce the prohibition did with the legislation, and what the people directly affected by the legislation received for education and guidance.

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