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[Letter from C. D. Monteith to Alex Bradford - February 27, 1935]
No full textLetter from C. D. Monteith to Alex Bradford acknowledging the receipt of a letter sent on February 20, that states that Mr. Bradford has severed relations with the National Park Service. The rest of the letter states that Mr. Bradford has done an excellent job and will be sorely missed
Evapotranspiração de referência entre métodos de pennan-monteith e thorthwaite no estado de Santa Catarina
No full textTCC (graduação em Agronomia) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, 2010O estudo da evapotranspiração é de grande importância na avaliação da severidade, distribuição e freqüência dos déficits hídricos, na elaboração de projetos e no manejo de sistemas de irrigação e drenagem. O trabalho teve como objetivo principal correlacionar a evapotranspiração de referência (ETo) entre os métodos de Penman-Monteith (PM) e Thornthwaite (TH) de 22 estações meteorológicas localizadas em Santa Catarina. O método da Regressão Linear foi utilizado para analisar a correlação existente entre a ETo estimada pelos dois métodos na escala decendial e mensal, e na análise de sensibilidade. Para analisar quais médias decendiais da ETo (PM) são consideradas diferentes de outras localizadas numa mesma região climática, foi utilizado o método de Tukey. Os resultados mostram que a média decendial de todas as estações da mesma região não diferiram estatisticamente entre si, indicando que a ETo (PM) obtida em um ponto, pode ser aplicado em qualquer outro ponto, desde que estejam na mesma região climática. A comparação da ETo estimada pelos dois métodos indicam altas e significativas correlações, tanto na escala mensal quanto na decendial, possibilitando, assim, estimar a ETo (PM) apenas com dados da temperatura do ar
Land-use experiments in the Loch Laidon catchment: fourth report on stream water quality to the Rannoch Trust and Scottish Natural Heritage
No full textSupplemental_Materials_Affect_Results.mjm – Supplemental material for Confronting stereotypic biases: Does internal versus external motivational framing matter?
No full textSupplemental material, Supplemental_Materials_Affect_Results.mjm for Confronting stereotypic biases: Does internal versus external motivational framing matter? by Mason D. Burns and Margo J. Monteith in Group Processes & Intergroup Relations</p
Austrovelia caledonica MALIPATIL & MONTEITH 1983
No full textAustrovelia caledonica MALIPATIL & MONTEITH, 1983 NCLN e u k a l e d o n i e n: Südprovinz,Yate,Touaourou, 1Ex., 16.XI.1986, leg. Kiener S.Published as part of Heiss, Ernst, Eckelt, Andreas, Lederwasch, Manfred & Unterasinger, Romed, 2022, Die Heteropterensammlung Ernst Heiss im Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. Teil IX: Gerromorpha II: Familien Mesoveliidae, Hebridae, Hydrometridae, Hermatobatidae, Veliidae, pp. 149-173 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 54 (1) on page 151, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.750725
Chemical trends at lakes and streams in the UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network, 1988-2000: evidence for recent recovery at a national scale
No full textA detailed trend analysis of 12 years of data (1988-2000) for 22 surface waters in acid-sensitive regions of the United Kingdom, in which individual site data have been combined to identify national-scale trends, has shown strong common patterns of temporal variation. Results suggest a widespread reduction in sulphate concentrations, hydrogen ion and inorganic aluminium species, and increases in acid neutralising capacity. Many chemical changes have not been linear. However, the first five years were characterised by high concentrations of marine ions and relatively stable pollutant sulphate concentrations and the remaining period by lower concentrations of marine ions and declining sulphate. Genuine "recovery", in terms of declining acidity in response to reduced anthropogenic sulphur deposition is only apparent, therefore, for the latter part of the monitoring period. Reductions in calcium concentrations appear to have partially offset the influence of sulphate reductions on acidity, as have increases in organic acidity associated with strong and widespread rising trends in dissolved organic carbon. Fluctuations in a number of climatic factors over the monitoring period have led to significant inter-annual variability in nitrate, which exhibits little long-term trend, marine ions and acidity, emphasising the need for long monitoring periods if underlying trends are to be correctly identified
MeSH term explosion and author rank improve expert recommendations
No full textInformation overload is an often-cited phenomenon that reduces the productivity, efficiency and efficacy of scientists. One challenge for scientists is to find appropriate collaborators in their research. The literature describes various solutions to the problem of expertise location, but most current approaches do not appear to be very suitable for expert recommendations in biomedical research. In this study, we present the development and initial evaluation of a vector space model-based algorithm to calculate researcher similarity using four inputs: 1) MeSH terms of publications; 2) MeSH terms and author rank; 3) exploded MeSH terms; and 4) exploded MeSH terms and author rank. We developed and evaluated the algorithm using a data set of 17,525 authors and their 22,542 papers. On average, our algorithms correctly predicted 2.5 of the top 5/10 coauthors of individual scientists. Exploded MeSH and author rank outperformed all other algorithms in accuracy, followed closely by MeSH and author rank. Our results show that the accuracy of MeSH term-based matching can be enhanced with other metadata such as author rank
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Lepanus storeyi Weir & Monteith 2010
No full text<i>Lepanus storeyi</i> Weir & Monteith, 2010 <p>(Figs. 9B; 10 C–D; 11B, 12A)</p> <p> <i>Lepanus storeyi</i> Weir & Monteith, 2010: 235.</p> <p> <b>Type material examined.</b> <b>Holotype: ♂ “</b> QLD 28.260° S x 153.167 ° E, Lamington NP, Plot # IQ-1100-C, 1106m, 16–26.i.2007, rainforest, flight intercept trap, G.B. Monteith 22177.” (28°15’36”S, 153°10’01”E) (T145443 specimen in QM). <b>Paratypes (4 ♂, 4 ♀):</b> Lamington National Park, Plot # IQ-1100-C (28°15’36”S, 153°10’01”E), 1106 m, 16–26.i.2007, G.B. Monteith (T145444 1 specimen ♂ in QM); Lamington National Park, Plot # IQ1100-C (28°15’36”S, 153°10’01”E), 1106 m, 22–27.x.2006, R. Menendez & G.B. Monteith (T145441 1 specimen ♂ in QM); Springbrook Repeater [28°14’00”S, 153°16’00”E], 1000 m, 31.x–31.xii.1997, G.B. Monteith (25-058041 1 specimen ♂, 1 specimen ♀ in ANIC also as T83548–49); Springbrook Repeater [28°14’00”S, 153°16’00”E], 1000 m, 9.i–19.ii.1995, G.B. Monteith (T65324, T83546 2 specimens ♀); Lamington National Park, IBISCA, Queensland plot #IQ–1100–B 28°15’32”S, 153°09’43”E, 1142 m, 17.x.2006 – 27.x.2006, G.B. Monteith (25-058042 1 specimen ♂ in ANIC also as T145442); Lamington National Park, IBISCA, Queensland plot #IQ–1100–B 28°15’32”S, 153°09’43”E, 1142 m, 27.i.2008, A. Nakamura, (T155875 1 specimen ♀ in QM).</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Head black, pronotum reddish brown, elytra black with a metallic sheen, humeri and apical edges orange-yellow. Pygidium orange-yellow. Antennal clubs white.</p> <p>Total length: 2.4–2.7 mm. Paratype measurement (25-058042 ♂): Total length 2.6 mm elytral width 1.8 mm.</p> <p> <i>Male</i>. Head: Width to length ratio 41: 30. Surface smooth and nitid, with fine punctation, becoming very fine anteriorly. Dorsal part of eyes narrow, separated by an interocular space approximately 16–17 times eye width (33: 2).</p> <p>Prothorax: Pronotum anterior angles sharp. Surface smooth, nitid, finely punctate. A row of slightly elongate punctures present along middle two thirds of hind margin. Hypomeral surface smooth. Hypomeral stria less than half the length of the hypomeron and very close to lateral margin, which almost appears double at that point. Pronotum width to length ratio 61: 34.</p> <p>Elytra: Surface smooth, nitid, with obsolete striae. Stria 6 not extending to the elytral base. Epipleura smooth not reticulate. Ratio of length of the elytra along suture to maximum elytral width 80: 85.</p> <p>Legs: Protibia with 2 teeth on outer edge, front edge deeply angulate between outer tooth and apical digit. Apical digit parallel sided, truncate and slightly notched at the apex. Mesotibia with a brush of setae apically on inner side.</p> <p>Abdomen: Pygidium smooth and nitid, without medial depression, with a fine transverse sinuate fold that runs parallel to the base and extends to the lateral angles. Abdominal ventrites only reticulate at the sides. Ventrite 6 very finely punctate.</p> <p>Pterothorax: Medial lobe of metaventrite virtually impunctate, broadly margined between mesocoxae. Lateral lobe of metaventrite punctate and setose. Surface of mesoventrite and mesepimeron smooth. Metanepisternum reticulate.</p> <p> <i>Female.</i> Pygidium with distinct large ovoid depression with sharp edges and inner surface reticulate; depression larger than half the size of pygidial disc. A fine transverse fold on each side runs from lateral angles close to and parallel to the base to meet the edges of the depression. Apical digit shorter than in males, giving rise to a long apical spur. Mesotibia without a brush of setae apically on inner edge.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Only known from high elevation temperate rainforests in Lamington and Springbrook National Parks in the South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) IBRA bioregion (Fig. 12A). All specimens have been collected above 1000 m. This species represents a short-range endemic and is only known from four sites within a circle of 10 km diameter.</p> <p> <b>Comments.</b> <i>Lepanus storeyi</i> is the most sexually dimorphic species of the genus, particularly in respect to the pygidium. All type material in QM and ANIC was examined by author T.W. at time of its description (Weir & Monteith 2010). The holotype was not examined for this study but paratypes of both sexes were available in ANIC.</p> <p> This species is rare in collections despite intensive surveys within the area and there is no evidence to suggest this species feeds on mammal dung (Weir & Monteith 2010, Ebert <i>et al</i>. 2019). It has been collected in flight intercept and pitfall traps (two unbaited and one baited with mushroom (Weir & Monteith 2010)). Two specimens were collected in the food preference study of Ebert <i>et al.</i> (2019), both of which came to traps baited with invertebrate carrion (earthworm). Weir & Monteith (2010) discuss the conservation status of <i>L. storeyi</i> concluding it is vulnerable to climate change due to its restricted geographic range at high elevation and its rarity in its habitat.</p>Published as part of <i>Gunter, Nicole L. & Weir, Thomas A., 2021, Revision of Australian species of the dung beetle genus Lepanus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): review of the L. ustulatus, L. storeyi, and L. nitidus species groups and description of eight new species, pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 4923 (1)</i> on page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4923.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4496757">http://zenodo.org/record/4496757</a>
"Closing the R&D Gap, Evaluating the Sources of R&D Spending"
No full textBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. He also explores possible changes to our current R&D policy to make it more effective.
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