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Pilot chart of the North Atlantic Ocean
No full textDivision of Marine Meteorology, E. W. Sturdy ; Marine meteorologist, Everett Hayden1 Nebenkarte: The Bermuda hurricane of september 20-22, 189
University of Southampton: bridging the gap between research and conservation
No full textThe University of Southampton is home to the Ocean and Earth Science (OES) Research Aquarium, based at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS). The aquarium’s main purpose is to provide technical support to the Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems research group and teaching support to the students within OES. It also offers research space to academics across the University and external researchers. In addition to this, the aquarium is involved with animal welfare research and has a number of on-going collaborations with zoos, aquariums and welfare organisations. Naturally, through our research, we devise improvements in experimental design which often leads to improvements in husbandry methods. The aim of this poster is to demonstrate how the research we conduct can improve husbandry methods and assist with conservation projects. It also aims to demonstrate current collaborations and inspire future research collaborations
Welfare and behaviour of aquarium animals
No full textAnimal welfare is the concern for the mental and physical well-being of the animals in our care. It is multidisciplinary involving science, ethics, economics and politics.UK animal welfare law is based on the five freedoms:1) Freedom from hunger and thirst2) Freedom from discomfort3) Freedom from pain, injury and disease4) Freedom to express normal behaviour5) Freedom from fear and distressThe behaviour an animal expresses in captivity is linked to its welfare. In order to avoid suffering it is necessary over a period of time for the animal to perform all the behaviours in its repertoire because it is all functional. This poster discusses the work we are doing to improve the welfare of aquatic animals in a captive environment.<br/
Categories, concepts, and calls : auditory perceptual mechanisms and cognitive abilities across different types of birds.
No full textAlthough involving different animals, preparations, and objectives, our laboratories (Sturdy's and Cook's) are mutually interested in category perception and concept formation. The Sturdy laboratory has a history of studying perceptual categories in songbirds, while Cook laboratory has a history of studying abstract concept formation in pigeons. Recently, we undertook a suite of collaborative projects to combine our investigations to examine abstract concept formation in songbirds, and perception of songbird vocalizations in pigeons. This talk will include our recent findings of songbird category perception, songbird abstract concept formation (same/different task), and early results from pigeons' processing of songbird vocalizations in a same/different task. Our findings indicate that (1) categorization in birds seems to be most heavily influenced by acoustic, rather than genetic or experiential factors (2) songbirds treat their vocalizations as perceptual categories, both at the level of the note and species/whole call, (3) chickadees, like pigeons, can perceive abstract, same-different relations, and (4) pigeons are not as good at discriminating chickadee vocalizations as songbirds (chickadees and finches). Our findings suggest that although there are commonalities in complex auditory processing among birds, there are potentially important comparative differences between songbirds and non-songbirds in their treatment of certain types of auditory objects
VCO-based sturdy MASH ADC architecture
No full textA new multistage 1-1 ΔΣ analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) architecture implemented only with voltage-controlled oscillators (VCOs) is introduced. A sturdy multistage noise-shaping (SMASH) configuration is used to avoid the need of either calibration circuitry or noise-cancellation filters. The digital nature of the VCO's output simplifies the implementation of the interconnection paths between stages, making unnecessary neither the use of multibit digital-to-analogue converters nor analogue subtraction elements. The basic operation of the architecture is shown at system level and the sensitivity to VCO's frequency mismatch is analysed. The proposed architecture has been validated through behavioural simulations.This work was supported by the CICYT project TEC2014-56879-R, Spain
Demonstrating TrussFab's editor: Designing sturdy large-scale structures
No full textCopyright © 2017 is held by the owner/author(s). We demonstrate TrussFab's editor for creating large-scale structures that are sturdy enough to carry human weight. TrussFab achieves the large scale by using plastic bottles as beams that form structurally sound node-link structures, also known as trusses, allowing it to handle the forces resulting from scale and load. During this hands-on demo at UIST, attendees will use the TrussFab software to design their own structures, validate their design using integrated structural analysis, and export their designs for 3D printing
Torsional anharmonicity in the conformational analysis of beta-D-galactose
No full textSchemes to include a treatment of torsional anharmonicity in the conformational analysis of biological molecules are introduced. The approaches combine ab initio electronic energies and harmonic frequencies with anharmonic torsional partition functions calculated using the torsional path integral Monte Carlo method on affordable potential energy surfaces. The schemes are applied to the conformational study of the monosaccharide -D-galactose in the gas phase. The global minimum structure is almost exclusively populated at 100 K, but a large number of conformers are present at ambient and higher temperatures. Both quantum mechanical and anharmonic effects in the torsional modes have little effect on the populations at all temperatures considered, and it is, therefore, expected that standard harmonic treatments are satisfactory for the conformational study of monosaccharides
Guess who's coming to dinner? Structures and uses of liminality in strategic management consultancy
No full textOrganizational studies have recently drawn our attention to the importance of liminality in our working lives. This transitional time-space is characteristic of precarious or mobile employment such as temporary, project and consulting work especially It is understood as a fluid and largely unstructured space where normal order is suspended and which is experienced as both unsettling and creative. This article critically explores liminality through a detailed study of the neglected activities of business dinners and back-stage management consultancy. We argue that liminality can in fact be a highly and multi-structured, comfortable and strategic or tactical space. We find that the use of wider norms and routines of eating and socializing as well as of hierarchical patterns of working and of exclusion and inclusion shape the experience and outcomes of liminality. Moreover, we highlight how the context of liminality is sustained by highly structured organizational activities in the production of domestic and public meals. We conclude that business meals mark a traditional, rather than modern, practice where 'official secrets' continue to grease the wheels of commerce. At the most senior levels especially, the liminality between work and private spheres can be far from unsettling and fluid
Representing And Exhibiting Archaeological Findings Through Artistic Practice
No full textIn this chapter we examine two recent projects focused on Holocaust sites on which we have collaborated—Finding Treblinka and Accessing Campscapes: Inclusive Strategies for Using European Conflicted Heritage (IC-ACCESS). Through these examples, we demonstrate how artworks made in conjunction with archaeological investigations can generate new knowledge, rehumanize the victims and confront contentious issues. In doing so, we argue that transdisciplinary methodologies provide new opportunities for challenging prevailing paradigms and diversifying engagement with the material culture of difficult histories
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