Notes on New England Acrididae—III: Oedipodinae. —II

Taxonomic notes on Pternoscirtapulchripes Uvarov, 1925 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) with proposal of new synonyms in the genera Flatovertex and Mioscirtus.

Based on the examination of types and additional materials, the morphology of Pternoscirtapulchripes Uvarov, 1925 and Flatovertex species were reviewed. As a result of our study, the genus Flatovertex Zheng, 1981 was synonymized with the genus Pternoscirta Saussure, 1884, the species Flatovertex cyaneitibialis Zhang & Han, 2010 was synonymized with Pternoscirta caliginosa (Haan, 1842), Flatover...

Notes on Sandflies. Part II

Lecture Notes on Acoustics II

Cumulative spectral decay of a loudspeaker showing the transient behavior.

Notes on Galois Theory II

Lemma 2.1. Let F be a field, let E = F (α) be a simple extension of F , where α is algebraic over F and f = irr(α, F, x), let ψ : F → K be a homomorphism from F to a field K, and let L be an extension of K. If β ∈ L is a root of ψ(f), then there is a unique extension of ψ to a homomorphism φ : E → L such that φ(α) = β. Hence there is a bijection from the set of homomorphisms φ : E → L such that...

Challenges Facing Healthwatch, a New Consumer Champion in England

This article engages with debates about the conceptualisation and practical challenges of patient and public involvement (PPI) in health and social care services. Policy in this area in England has shifted numerous times but increasingly a consumerist discourse seems to override more democratic ideas concerning the relationship between citizens and public services. Recent policy change in Engla...