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Wheeler et al_Associative learning of alarm signals
No full textMany vertebrate taxa respond to heterospecific alarm calls with appropriate anti¬predator behaviours, although it is unclear how apparent recognition is achieved. Such responses are widely thought to be based on learned associations between the occurrence of the call and the presence of a predator. Conclusive evidence that this behaviour is indeed underpinned by learning, however, is scarce. This study tested whether wild black capuchin monkeys (Sapajus nigritus) learn to associate novel sounds with the presence of predators through a two¬-phase field experiment. During an initial training phase, three study groups were each presented with a playback of one of three novel sounds together with a simulated felid predator on four occasions over a period of 8 to 12 weeks. This was followed by a test phase, wherein each of the three sounds was played back to individuals in all three groups, allowing each sound to serve as both a test stimulus for individuals trained with that sound, and a control stimulus for individuals trained with another sound. Antipredator responses were significantly stronger in response to test sounds than to controls. Antipredator responses continued to be strong for at least two to three years without reinforcement of predator-presence, although noisier novel sounds were more effective at eliciting responses than were more tonal sounds. This study provides the strongest evidence to date that the responses of primates to sounds such as heterospecific alarm calls can be shaped by associative learning, and supports the contention that signals provide receivers with information
Survey of copyright officers in the UK 2017-2018
No full textSurvey data providing information about copyright officers or similar specialists in UK libraries, educational and cultural institutions and also details of the training they provide. The responses have been anonymised to allow sharing for research purposes. Questions about this survey should be addressed to [email protected]
Analog Vs Next Generation Digital FH dataset
No full textIn this paper we investigate two promising approaches to reduce the optical bandwidth utilization in the mobile fronthaul of next-generation cloud radio access networks. We analyze and compare the performance of an analog radio-over-fiber and a new digital fronthaul in a chromatic dispersion-limited scenario. The former uses several analog channels, generated by up- and down-converting of baseband signals, and the latter utilizes simple OOK NRZ for the transmission to the remote radio head. Both principles are applied to a custom millimeter-wave system, consisting of several analog channels with baseband bandwidths as expected for 5G. The performance of both concepts at transmission rates of up to 100 Gb/s and 100 km of fiber is evaluated. We will show that both approaches are suitable for transmission distances typical for fronthaul and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. Furthermore, an optimized bandwidth concept for the analog radio-over-fiber system is presented, which enables transmission distances on the scale of metro networks
Novel segmentation strategies for fully-automated analysis of yeast images
No full textImage data and ground truths associated with O'Brien et al
Data supporting the thesis Conducting creative agency: the aesthetics and ethics of participatory performance
No full textThesis abstract: The current vogue for experiential performance in contemporary theatre has led to a rise in interactive, immersive and participatory approaches that focus on creating work that attempts to involve and respond to the audience as individuals. This development has in turn led to an interrogation and redefinition of aesthetics, for instance in Claire Bishop's Artificial Hells (2012), which examines spectatorship in participatory art. This thesis examines the aesthetics and ethics of participatory performance and argues that agency is fundamental to both. The research builds on Gareth White's Audience Participation in Theatre: Aesthetics of the Invitation (2013) and develops the discourse on participation by proposing a contextual understanding of agency that differentiates between the act and the experience of it.
The main research question of this thesis is: How does participatory performance operate as an aesthetic form? The thesis also examines how participation implicates ethics and the way that agency becomes both an aesthetic and ethical concern. In answering the main research question, the thesis also considers ways to analyse and evaluate participatory performance that take into consideration the different contexts of the participant's (inside) experience and (outside) observation of their decisions and contributions.
This research has taken a mixed-methods approach to enable a comprehensive response to the research question and employs audience research (implemented on three case studies) and practice-based research. Alongside these, the thesis draws on enactive and embodied cognition (Johnson, 2007; Gallagher and Zahavi, 2008; Fuchs and De Jaegher, 2009) to provide a nuanced perspective on agency, intersubjectivity and experience. The aesthetics of participation, and model for the analysis of participatory performance, I propose in this thesis focus on four key aesthetic elements: the intersubjective relationships between performer and participant (as well as between participants); the participant's embodied experience of doing within the performance; the creative contribution they make; and the demand characteristics of being a participant
Rotaru et al dataset
No full textThis dataset is deposited by the authors of manuscript “Learning Abstract Words and Concepts: Insights from Real and Simulated Developmental Language Disorder” submitted to Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. This dataset includes the data reported in ‘Part I: Are Abstract Words More Impaired than Concrete Words in Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)’ of the manuscript, and in Supplementary materials
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