Terms Of Latitude Research Articles

THE (t–T) CORRECTION FOR THE LAMBERT No. 2 (CONICAL ORTHOMORPHIC) PROJECTION

AbstractI. The present writer has been trying for the past two years to get reasonably easy expressions for the (t – t) correction and the scale factor in the Lambert NO.2 Projection. He succeeded in obtaining a formula for (t – t) in terms of eastings and northings, but, like the author of the articles on “Grid Bearings and Distances on the Conical Orthomorphic Projection” which were published recently in this Review, he came to the conclusion that any such formula is too unwieldy for ordinary use. He then tried to get an expression for (t – t) in terms of latitude and longitude, and has now obtained one by purely empirical methods which seems to work in practice. No proof of this formula is offered, or is available at present, as this is a matter which the writer is content to leave to others with greater mathematical interests and attainments than he possesses.

Mollities Ossium in a “Shetland Pony”: Résumé of Diseases of Bone Nutrition

Although vitamin D is critical to calcium/phosphorus homeostasis, bone formation and remodeling, there is evolution-based variation between species in vitamin D metabolism and susceptibility to rickets and osteomalacia. Most herbivores produce vitamin D3 in response to sunlight, but dogs and cats have generally lost the ability as carnivore diets are rich in vitamin D. Nutritional deficiencies and/or poor exposure to sunlight can induce rickets in birds, swine, cattle and sheep, but horses are less susceptible as they have evolved a calcium homeostasis that is quite different than other animals. Adaptations to specific environments also affect disease incidence: llamas/alpacas out of their natural high altitude intense solar radiation environments are highly susceptible to vitamin D deficiency. The pathology of rickets/osteomalacia is similar across species, however fibrous osteodystrophy is more common and may also be present. Rickets/osteomalacia were likely more common in animals before the advent of commercial diets, but can be difficult to definitively diagnose especially in single archeological specimens. Consideration of species susceptibility, location – especially in terms of latitude, and any available information on diet, season of occurrence, husbandry practices or descriptions of affected animals can support the diagnosis of metabolic bone disease in animals.