Norman F. Johnson's Books

Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae)

By: Matthew J. Yoder,Alejandro A. Valerio,Andrew Polaszek,Simon van Noort,Lubomír Masner,Norman F. Johnson

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Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae)

By: Matthew J. Yoder,Alejandro A. Valerio,Andrew Polaszek,Simon van Noort,Lubomír Masner,Norman F. Johnson

Parasitic wasps of the genus Scelio (Hymenoptera: Platygastri-dae) attack and destroy the eggs of short-horned grasshoppers (Acrididae). Included among these hosts are some of the most destructive of all insects, the plague locusts. As a result, species of Scelio are potential allies in the biological control of these pests. This paper is the first comprehensive examination of the species of Scelio of the Afrotropical region in over 50 years. A total of 62 species were found, 77% of which are new to science. Descriptions and keys for identification are provided, and each species is extensively illustrated. This work is a product of the Platygastroidea Planetary Biodiversity Program and was conducted using biodiversity informatics tools and applications developed as part of that project.

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9546427179

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The Genus Macroteleia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae S.l., Scelioninae) from China

By: Hua-yan Chen,Norman F. Johnson,Lubom?r Masner,Zai-fu Xu

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The Genus Macroteleia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae S.l., Scelioninae) from China

By: Hua-yan Chen,Norman F. Johnson,Lubom?r Masner,Zai-fu Xu

Macroteleia Westwood, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae s. l.) is a cosmopolitan genus in the subfamily Scelioninae, comprising about 131 described species worldwide. Although Macroteleia are found on every continent except Antarctica, they are centred in the tropics and subtropics. In the past century since Kieffer?s comprehensive study of this genus, several regional revisions have done for the New World, Australia, Vietnam and the Palearctic region. In Asia, Macroteleia has been recorded from the Philippines, Borneo, Mongolia, India, Vietnam, Japan, Israel, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and China, but no species have been formally recorded from China. This monograph includes identification of seven new species and ten Chinese new record, and establishment of one new stat and five new synonyms. Key, descriptions and illustrations of all Chinese species are provided. The results of this monograph clarify some taxonomic confusion, richen the geographical distributions of Macroteleia in China, and provide facilities for further research of Macroteleia from China and Vietnam.

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9546426857

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The Lafayette Flying Corps - Volume 1 (WWI Centenary Series)

By: James Norman Hall,Charles Bernhard Nordhoff

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The Lafayette Flying Corps - Volume 1 (WWI Centenary Series)

By: James Norman Hall,Charles Bernhard Nordhoff

It seemed necessary that some record of the accomplishment of the Lafayette Corps be set down, not only for the pleasure of the men who were a part of it, but the others in later days might not forget these volunteers who were among the first Americans to go to the aid of France at a time of great need." This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the world's bloodiest wars, offering new perspectives on this tragic yet fascinating period of human history. Each publication also includes brand new introductory essays and a timeline to help the reader place the work in its historical context.

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1473359775

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Revision of the Malagasy Genus Trichoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)

By: Elijah J. Talamas,Lubomir Masner,Norman F. Johnson

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Revision of the Malagasy Genus Trichoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)

By: Elijah J. Talamas,Lubomir Masner,Norman F. Johnson

Conducted as part of the Platygastroidea Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (PBI), the revision of Trichoteleia reveals an astounding diversity of species within the Malagasy Islands. The 20-fold increase in species manifested in this monograph documents an exemplar of island radiation and emphasizes the amount of faunistic work to be done in parasitic Hymenoptera. The beautiful array of colors, patterns of surface sculpture and body shapes that embellish the species of Trichoteleia adds an aesthetic boon to this exceptional group. This work implements a number of technological advances in the distribution of taxonomic and specimen-level information. These include extensive use of high resolution images, automated generation of descriptions from a character-by-taxon matrix, XML markup based on the TaxPub extension of the National Library of Medicine standards, and simultaneous publication and distribution of taxonomic and occurence records through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

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954642580X

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Systematics of the parasitic wasp genus Oxyscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l.), Part I: Indo-Malayan and Palearctic fauna

By: Roger A. Burks,Lubomir Masner,Norman F. Johnson,Andrew D. Austin

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Systematics of the parasitic wasp genus Oxyscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l.), Part I: Indo-Malayan and Palearctic fauna

By: Roger A. Burks,Lubomir Masner,Norman F. Johnson,Andrew D. Austin

This issue contains the first of a planned set of three publications greatly expanding knowledge of the platygastroid genus Oxyscelio Kieffer. We recognize 90 species in the Indo-Malayan and Palearctic realms, 71 of which are described here as new species. We divided these species into 13 species groups in order to highlight unique or unusual morphological features shared by certain species. A total of 438 specimen photographs are provided to aid in specimen identification. Newly discovered species are described from Brunei, China, Christmas Island, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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9546426814

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Beyond Madness

The Art of Ralph Blakelock, 1847-1919

By: Norman A. Geske

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Beyond Madness

The Art of Ralph Blakelock, 1847-1919

By: Norman A. Geske

This book, featuring the life and works of Ralph Blakelock, situates him in the context of American art. Representing over twenty years of study and the examination of several thousand works attributed to him, Beyond Madness reveals the unusual nature of Blakelock’s life story as it offers clear parallels to his painting. Largely self-taught and supported by few patrons, Blakelock regularly struggled with the financial pressures of supporting his nine children and pursuing his art. Called both brilliant and doomed, and institutionalized on and off for the last decade of his life, he nonetheless created some of the most beloved—and some of the most frequently forged—paintings in the American canon. As in the author’s own time, modern assessments of his work are often colored by notions of Blakelock the man, leading to a paradoxical legacy of suffering and hope, obscurity and prominence. Taking Blakelock’s art on its merits, Beyond Madness stands as a testament to the indefatigable spirit of art scholarship as well as a tribute to the artist and his enduring passion for the creative process. It finally casts new light on the life and character of Blakelock and on the nature of the incomparable art he contributed to the American tradition.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803222076

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Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension

By: Norman M. Kaplan,Ronald G. Vitor

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Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension

By: Norman M. Kaplan,Ronald G. Vitor

The 11th Edition of Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension continues to integrate the latest basic science findings and clinical trial data to provide current, practical, evidence-based recommendations for treatment and prevention of all forms of hypertension. As in previous editions, abundant algorithms and flow charts are included to aid clinicians in decision-making.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1469894653

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Spring Flora of Wisconsin

A Manual of Plants Growing Without Cultivation and Flowering Before June 15

By: Norman Carter Fassett,Olive S. Thomson

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Spring Flora of Wisconsin

A Manual of Plants Growing Without Cultivation and Flowering Before June 15

By: Norman Carter Fassett,Olive S. Thomson

[For the] professional botanist and botanical buff alike. . . . More than one hundred new illustrations have been added; revisions in content take into account the changing distribution of species, the introduction of new species, and more complete descriptions for many families and genera. . . . Like the seed catalogs, Spring Flora will set you dreaming of the season ahead."--Wisconsin Academy Review

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0299067548

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Mormon Conflict

1850-1859

By: Norman F. Furniss

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Mormon Conflict

1850-1859

By: Norman F. Furniss

Here for the first time is the fascinating and unbiased account of the Latter-Day Saints' battle to live a life of their own choosing, politically and religiously, and the Government's retaliatory efforts to protect and enforce federal laws.

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Yale University Press

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0300113072

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9780300113075

Educational Research

A Guide To the Process

By: Norman E. Wallen,Jack R. Fraenkel

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Educational Research

A Guide To the Process

By: Norman E. Wallen,Jack R. Fraenkel

Educational Research: A Guide to the Process is a different kind of research text. It emphasizes the process of research, that is, what researchers actually do as they go about designing and carrying out their research activities. Rather than passively reading about research operations, it promotes content mastery by using a three-step pedagogical model that involves: a manageable chunk of text, a comprehension or application exercise, and author feedback on the exercise. The text contains approximately 150 of these exercise-feedback units. The second edition has been thoroughly updated, expanded from 15 to 20 chapters, and reorganized into two parts. Part I covers basic aspects of the research process, provides an example of a student research proposal, and shows how to evaluate a research report. Part II provides a separate chapter for each research methodology, including two chapters on qualitative research. Other noteworthy changes include more annotated studies and more visual illustrations of statistical and research methods.

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1135705895

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Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension

By: Norman M. Kaplan

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Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension

By: Norman M. Kaplan

Listed as the #1 reference book for hypertension by the American Society for Hypertension in 2006, this new edition presents up-to-date, practical, evidence-based recommendations for treatment and prevention of all forms of hypertension.

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1605475033

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Continuous Multivariate Distributions, Volume 1

Models and Applications

By: Samuel Kotz,N. Balakrishnan,Norman L. Johnson

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Continuous Multivariate Distributions, Volume 1

Models and Applications

By: Samuel Kotz,N. Balakrishnan,Norman L. Johnson

Continuous Multivariate Distributions, Volume 1, Second Edition provides a remarkably comprehensive, self-contained resource for this critical statistical area. It covers all significant advances that have occurred in the field over the past quarter century in the theory, methodology, inferential procedures, computational and simulational aspects, and applications of continuous multivariate distributions. In-depth coverage includes MV systems of distributions, MV normal, MV exponential, MV extreme value, MV beta, MV gamma, MV logistic, MV Liouville, and MV Pareto distributions, as well as MV natural exponential families, which have grown immensely since the 1970s. Each distribution is presented in its own chapter along with descriptions of real-world applications gleaned from the current literature on continuous multivariate distributions and their applications.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471654035

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9780471654032

The Grand Old Man of Baseball

Connie Mack in His Final Years, 1932-1956

By: Norman L. Macht

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The Grand Old Man of Baseball

Connie Mack in His Final Years, 1932-1956

By: Norman L. Macht

In The Grand Old Man of Baseball, Norman L. Macht chronicles Connie Mack’s tumultuous final two decades in baseball. After Mack had built one of baseball’s greatest teams, the 1929–31 Philadelphia Athletics, the Depression that followed the stock market crash fundamentally reshaped Mack’s legacy as his team struggled on the field and at the gate. Among the challenges Mack faced: a sharp drop in attendance that forced him to sell his star players; the rise of the farm system, which he was slow to adopt; the opposition of other owners to night games, which he favored; the postwar integration of baseball, which he initially opposed; a split between the team’s heirs (Mack’s sons Roy and Earle on one side, their half brother Connie Jr. on the other) that tore apart the family and forced Mack to choose—unwisely—between them; and, finally, the disastrous 1951–54 seasons in which Roy and Earle ran the club to the brink of bankruptcy. By now aged and mentally infirm, Mack watched in bewilderment as the business he had built fell apart. Broke and in debt, Roy and Earle feuded over the sale of the team. In a never-before-revealed series of maneuvers, Roy double-crossed his father and brother and the team was sold and moved to Kansas City in 1954. In Macht’s third volume of his trilogy on Mack, he describes the physical, mental, and financial decline of Mack’s final years, which unfortunately became a classic American tragedy.

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0803237650

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Continuous Univariate Distributions, Volume 2

By: Norman L. Johnson,Samuel Kotz,Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan

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Continuous Univariate Distributions, Volume 2

By: Norman L. Johnson,Samuel Kotz,Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan

Comprehensive reference for statistical distributions Continuous Univariate Distributions, Volume 2 provides in-depth reference for anyone who applies statistical distributions in fields including engineering, business, economics, and the sciences. Covering a range of distributions, both common and uncommon, this book includes guidance toward extreme value, logistics, Laplace, beta, rectangular, noncentral distributions and more. Each distribution is presented individually for ease of reference, with clear explanations of methods of inference, tolerance limits, applications, characterizations, and other important aspects, including reference to other related distributions.

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0471584940

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Revision of world species of the genus Oreiscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)

By: Elijah Talamas,Norman Johnson,Simon van Noort,Lubomir Masner,Andrew Polaszek

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Revision of world species of the genus Oreiscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)

By: Elijah Talamas,Norman Johnson,Simon van Noort,Lubomir Masner,Andrew Polaszek

The world species of the genus Oreiscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) are revised. Nineteen species are recognized, of which four were previously named and are redescribed: O. sechellensis Kieffer (Seychelles), O. turneri Nixon (Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe), O. alluaudi (Risbec) (Madagascar) and O. rugosus Sundholm (South Africa). The following species are described as new: O. aequalis Talamas, n.sp. (Central African Republic); O. badius Talamas & Johnson, n.sp. (Botswana); O. coracinus Talamas & Johnson, n.sp. (Botswana, Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe); O. cultrarius Talamas, n.sp. (Tanzania); O. gryphus Talamas & Johnson, n.sp. (Cameroon, Central African Republic); O. iommii Talamas, n.sp. (South Africa); O. magnipennis Talamas, n.sp. (Kenya, Uganda); O. majikununuensis van Noort, n.sp. (Tanzania); O. megadontus Talamas, n.sp. (Tanzania); O. naevus Talamas & Johnson, n.sp. (Madagascar); O. paradoxus Talamas, n.sp. (Uganda, Zimbabwe); O. rostratus Talamas & Masner, n.sp. (Madagascar); O. scapularis Talamas, n.sp. (Madagascar); O. zulu Talamas & Polaszek, n.sp. (South Africa); O. zuzkae Talamas & Johnson, n.sp. (Benin, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe).

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954642482X

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Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae)

Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae)

The Genus Macroteleia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae S.l., Scelioninae) from China

The Genus Macroteleia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae S.l., Scelioninae) from China

The Lafayette Flying Corps - Volume 1 (WWI Centenary Series)

The Lafayette Flying Corps - Volume 1 (WWI Centenary Series)

Revision of the Malagasy Genus Trichoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)

Revision of the Malagasy Genus Trichoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)

Systematics of the parasitic wasp genus Oxyscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l.), Part I: Indo-Malayan and Palearctic fauna

Systematics of the parasitic wasp genus Oxyscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l.), Part I: Indo-Malayan and Palearctic fauna

Beyond Madness

Beyond Madness

Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension

Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension

Spring Flora of Wisconsin

Spring Flora of Wisconsin

Mormon Conflict

Mormon Conflict

Educational Research

Educational Research

Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension

Kaplan's Clinical Hypertension

Continuous Multivariate Distributions, Volume 1

Continuous Multivariate Distributions, Volume 1

The Grand Old Man of Baseball

The Grand Old Man of Baseball

Continuous Univariate Distributions, Volume 2

Continuous Univariate Distributions, Volume 2

Revision of world species of the genus Oreiscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)

Revision of world species of the genus Oreiscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)

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