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Author, Geraldine Brooks at the National Library of Australia for the 2009 Ray Mathew Lecture, Canberra, 23 October 2009 [picture] /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author, Geraldine Brooks during her visit to the National Library of Australia for the 2009 Ray Mathew Lecture, Canberra, 23 October 2009.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Summer of Service: Greg Jao
No full textGreg Jao, Vice President of Campus Engagement for InterVarsity, speaks on Nehemiah and the importance of investing where God has placed you.
A second-generation Chinese American, Greg helped develop The Daniel Project, a leadership acceleration program for Asian American InterVarsity staff, and formerly served as National Field Director for InterVarsity in the Northeast. He has emceed several Urbana conferences, speaks often to student groups, and is a volunteer preacher at his church. Greg is the author of Your Mind’s Mission, The Kingdom of God, and Following Jesus Without Dishonoring Your Parents (all IVP)
Portrait of Robert Dessaix in the National Library of Australia bookshop, Canberra, 10 October 2008, 1 [picture] /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author Robert Dessaix in the National Library of Australia bookshop, Canberra, 10 October 2008.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Portrait of Robert Dessaix in the National Library of Australia bookshop, Canberra, 10 October 2008, 2 [picture] /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author Robert Dessaix in the National Library of Australia bookshop, Canberra, 10 October 2008.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
A spatially explicit capture-recapture estimator for single-catch traps
No full textThis work was part-funded by EPSRC grant EP/I000917/1.1. Single-catch traps are frequently used in live-trapping studies of small mammals. Thus far a likelihood for single-catch traps has proven elusive and usually the likelihood for multi-catch traps is used for spatially explicit capture-recapture (SECR) analyses of such data. Previous work found the multi-catch likelihood to provide a robust estimator of average density. 2. We build on a recently developed continuous-time model for SECR to derive a likelihood for single-catch traps. We use this to develop an estimator based on observed capture times and compare its performance by simulation to that of the multi-catch estimator for various scenarios with non-constant density surfaces. 3. While the multi-catch estimator is found to be a surprisingly robust estimator of average density, its performance deteriorates with high trap saturation and increasing density gradients. Moreover, it is found to be a poor estimator of the height (but not range) of the detection function. By contrast, the single catch estimators of density, distribution and detection function parameters are found to be unbiased or nearly unbiased in all scenarios considered. This gain comes at the cost of higher variance, so that despite the lower bias of the single-catch estimator of the density surface over space, its root mean squared error is similar to that of the multi-catch estimator. 4. If there is no interest in interpreting the detection function parameters themselves, and if density is expected to be fairly constantover the survey region, then the multi-catch estimator performs well with single-catch traps. However if accurate estimation of the detection function is of interest, or if density is expected to vary substantially in space, then there is merit in using the single-catch estimator when trap saturation is above about 60%. The estimator’s performance is improved if care is taken to place traps so as to span the range of variables that affect animal distribution. As a single-catch likelihood with unknown capture times remains intractable for now, researchers using single-catch traps should aim to incorporate timing devices with their traps.Peer reviewe
Greg Bottoms, 24th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textGreg Bottoms is the author of the memoir Angelhead, which was named one of the best five works of nonfiction of 2000 by Esquire magazine. His second book, Sentimental, Heartbroken Rednecks: Tales, was released in September 2001 by Context Books. His stories and essays have appeared in a number of magazines, literary journals, and anthologies, including The Beacon Best of 1999, Creative Nonfiction, and Esquire. He is currently the Teaching and Writing Fellow at Sweet Briar College
Greg Larson, 44th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textGreg Larson is an author, editor, and stand-up comedian in Austin, Texas. His memoir, Clubbie (University of Nebraska Press, 2021), was his graduate thesis for Old Dominion University’s Master of Fine Arts in creative writing. Library Journal called it “[A] necessary addition to current baseball literature.” He has since been featured by NPR, CBS Sports Radio, ESPN, and the MLB Network. He has edited clients’ work that has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, the Wall Street Journal Bestseller List, the USA Today Bestseller List, and more
The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
No full textAlphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers, which is the convention in the economics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose last name initials are placed early in the alphabet. As it turns out, Professor A, who has been a first author more often than Professor Z, will have published more articles and experienced afaster growth rate over the course of her career as a result of reputation and visibility. Moreover, authors know that name ordering matters and indeed take ordering seriously: Several characteristics of an author group composition determine the decision to deviate from the default alphabetic name order to a significant extent.performance measurement, incentives, economists, name ordering
Peter Macinnis conducting a teachers' workshop at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 22 October 2009 [picture] /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Teachers' workshop for the book Australian backyard explorer by author Peter Macinnis at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 22 October 2009.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
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