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Special Issue with selected papers from the 30th International Conference on Applications and Theory of Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency
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iCAT: Diagnostic Assessment Tool for Immunological History using High-Throughput TCR Sequencing
No full textThe project focus was the development of a stream-lined application for the computational identification of pathogen-associated TCR sequences and the building of a diagnostic classifier capable of diagnosing prior pathogen exposure based on the present or absence of the pathogen-associated TCR sequences. This data is TCR sequencing data previously described in by Wolf et al (Wolf. Cell Reports. 2018, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30485806)
The costs and benefits of animal predation: An analysis of Scandinavian wolf re-colonization.
No full textAfter coming close to extinction, the grey wolf (Canis lupus) has re-colonized Scandinavia during the last two decades. The current population numbers some 100–120 individuals, and is distributed in small packs along the Swedish–Norwegian border. However, with wolf re-colonization, several conflicts have arisen. One conflict is due to wolf predation on livestock, especially sheep and reindeer. Another is predation on wild ungulates. As the wolves have shown a strong preference for moose (Alces alces) in this respect, a smaller moose population is available for game hunting. The cost of increased moose predation by wolves is examined using a two-step process. First, we analyse the costs to landowners, comprising the loss of animals potentially available for hunting less the reduction in browsing damage associated with a smaller moose population. Second, we examine the problem from a broader point of view, where costs external to landowners and local communities are included. By far the most important cost here is damage related to collisions between moose and motor vehicles.
Marco Di Branco, Kordula Wolf Terra di conquista? I musulmani in Italia meridionale nell’epoca aghlabita (184/800-269/909)
No full textThree planets orbiting Wolf 1061
No full textWe use archival HARPS spectra to detect three planets orbiting the M3 dwarf Wolf 1061 (GJ 628). We detect a 1.36M⊕ minimum-mass planet with an orbital period P = 4.888 days (Wolf 1061b), a 4.25M⊕ minimum-mass planet with orbital period P = 17.867 days (Wolf 1061c), and a likely 5.21M⊕ minimum-mass planet with orbital period P = 67.274 days (Wolf 1061d). All of the planets are of sufficiently low mass that they may be rocky in nature. The 17.867 day planet falls within the habitable zone for Wolf 1061 and the 67.274 day planet falls just outside the outer boundary of the habitable zone. There are no signs of activity observed in the bisector spans, cross-correlation FWHMs, calcium H & K indices, NaD indices, or Hα indices near the planetary periods. We use custom methods to generate a cross-correlation template tailored to the star. The resulting velocities do not suffer the strong annual variation observed in the HARPS DRS velocities. This differential technique should deliver better exploitation of the archival HARPS data for the detection of planets at extremely low amplitudes
Lone wolves in cyberspace
No full textLone-wolf terrorism has been regarded as a serious threat to public safety in recent years. Moreover, the phenomenon appears to be increasing at an alarming rate. However, the gap between the perceived threat of lone-wolf terrorism, on the one hand, and the almost exclusive scholarly focus on group-based terrorism, on the other hand, indicates the need for more conceptual and empirical examinations of the lone-wolf terrorism. One perspective highlighted in this article is the use of online communication platforms. Lone-wolf terrorism has been regarded as a serious threat to public safety in recent years. After reviewing the role of these platforms for lone-wolf terrorists in general and for the “new” al-Qaeda, in particular, the paper concludes with proposed potential counter-terrorism measures applicable to this new arena.Publisher PD
Writers Talk featuring authors Troy Hicks and Elaine Wolf
No full textElaine Wolf, author of Camp, talks to OSU students Erin Reilly-Sanders and Allison Fetzer. Author and teacher Troy Hicks talks to OSU employee Kevin Cordi about the impact of technology on the teaching of writing.The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/WritersTalk-Audio/WT_2013-3-18-Hicks_Wolf.mp3Ohio State University. Center for the Study and Teaching of Writin
The Akazehe of Burundi: Polyphonic Interlocking Greetings and the Female Ceremonial / by Serena Facci. ; translated by Alessandra Ciucci
No full textAkazehe is one of the names in Burundi for forms of sung greeting performed exclusively by women. Studies carried out during the colonial era (in particular Rodegem 1965, 1973) and in more recent times (Ndimurwanko 1985-6) have shown how the contents of these greetings among women are closely linked to the feminine world in which these greetings are used—in specific private and public spaces in accordance with rural tradition. Although these greetings were becoming less common at the time the research for this article was conducted, the author was able to record a number of akazehe after listening to examples of them in the sound archives of the Centre de civilisation burundaise.
A greeting is defined by linguists as a formalized parenthesis that defines, reiterates, and encloses the relation between two participants. The formulaic character of a greeting makes it different from ordinary speech. In the case of the akazehe, the greeting emphasizes gestural and sound qualities to such an extent that it creates a veritable musical texture.
This article presents transcriptions and analysis of some models of akazehe, focusing on one that features procedures of vocal interlocking. The two parts—gutera and kwakira—are organized according to musical rules that manifest a strong spirit of cooperation between the two women who sing the two parts in dialogue. Furthermore, well-defined rules of exchange for the two roles semantically remind us of the social equality between the two participants. The musical enrichment of the time reserved for the greeting is experienced as amusing by the performers. The greeting also represents an opportunity for artistic expression in a social reality that otherwise allows few performance spaces for women
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