128 research outputs found
R Code and Output Supporting: Breeding behaviors of an endangered prairie butterfly in relation to environmental factors in an ex situ conservation setting
No full textPlease see the attached readme file for details regarding the data. Code file was updated on 2026-01-23 to reflect reviewer feedback.This repository contains the data, supplementary material, and R code and associated output supporting the results reported in:
Thomas, A., Fieberg, J., Runquist, E., Nordmeyer, C. & Stapleton, S. In Review. Breeding behaviors of an endangered prairie butterfly in relation to environmental factors in an ex situ conservation setting.Funding for this project was provided by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Threatened and Endangered Species Template, and the Minnesota Zoo and Minnesota Zoo foundation.Thomas, Amaya; Fieberg, John; Runquist, Erik; Nordmeyer, Cale; Stapleton, Seth. (2025). R Code and Output Supporting: Breeding behaviors of an endangered prairie butterfly in relation to environmental factors in an ex situ conservation setting. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM), https://doi.org/10.13020/hrvr-qv93
Introduction:'infrastructural compendia' and the licensing of empiricism in Mesopotamian technical literature
No full textThis paper focuses initially on just two ideas that have already developed a recognised place in the theoretical literature and that are also of special relevance to Mesopotamian technical literature: the infrastructural character of Mesopotamian compendia and the role of citation in the formation and elaboration of infrastructural compendia. The infrastructural character of Mesopotamian compendia is most visible, however, in the total absence of controversy or even polite disagreement within the boundaries of the written text. This feature of Mesopotamian compendia stands in contrast to many types of Graeco-Roman technical compendia, which are often explicitly framed as the point of view of a named author and include direct challenges to other practitioners. This contrast, though by no means absolute, does suggest that the oral-written divide was definitive, at least in the earlier phases of the cuneiform textual record. The infrastructural text was written, memorised by all card-carrying members of a given profession, and could only be modified by reconfiguration or addition, never deletion or replacement
Structural comparison of Cnidea present on Three Structures of Metridium senile
No full textExploratory 1: Adaptations of Marine Animals. 6p
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Prosecutorial discretion in international criminal justice /
No full text"For many years, hidden from view in the secure corridors of The Hague, Arusha, and Freetown, international prosecutors have worked to bring those accused of international crimes to justice. Drawing on first-hand interviews with prosecutors, this book reveals what motivated their decisions-from opening investigations and selecting charges, right through to deciding whether to appeal. The book explores the motivations and assumptions that underpin prosecutorial decision-making using in-depth analysis of interviews with current and former senior prosecutors from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), and the International Criminal Court (ICC). The author examines the diverse factors that have informed discretion by treating it as a practice. Cale Davis advances our understanding of discretion and exposes the importance of different roles in decision-making. This book is an intriguing and beneficial read for both academics and practitioners of international criminal justice that directly challenges the contemporary perception of discretion. Featuring qualitative and empirical data, it is also useful for scholars interested in historical, sociological, and cultural anthropological perspectives on international criminal law"-
Memorias de la cale: la propuesta transnacional de Fabienne Kanor
No full textThis article examines Fabienne Kanor’s proposal, in La poétique de la cale, relating to the ways of representing the horror of the transatlantic voyage of enslavement. Starting from the hold of the slave ship, the author weaves a poetics of black memory in a transnational perspective that not only recovers the narratives of the Holocaust but also includes the representations of the dictatorial horror in Chile to confront the past of enslavement. We will analyze how Kanor questions the politics of memory in the Franco-metropolitan territory by discussing the concept of place of memory, formulated by Pierre Nora. Furthermore, the memories of the Southern Cone are part of the ways that will allow Kanor to reconceptualize the ship as a place of memory, in spite of considering it a “disappeared space”, a place that “is and is not”. Finally, the concept of postmemory, developed by Marianne Hirsch, constitutes a starting point not only to describe the traumatic wound that Kanor calls blès but also to “invoke” the disappeared of the hold to recover an identity for them, even though—given the absence of remains— it is only spectral.El presente artículo analiza la propuesta de Fabienne Kanor, en La poétique de la cale, sobre las formas de representar el horror de la travesía transatlántica de la esclavización. A partir de la bodega del barco negrero, hilvana una poética de la memoria negra en clave transnacional que no solo recupera la matriz del Holocausto, sino que también incluye las representaciones del horror dictatorial en Chile para confrontar el pasado de la esclavización. Veremos cómo Kanor cuestiona la política de la memoria en el territorio francometropolitano, discutiendo la categoría de lugar de memoria propuesta por Pierre Nora. Además, las memorias del Cono Sur forman parte de los caminos que le permitirán recuperar el barco como lugar de memoria a pesar de considerarlo un “espacio desaparecido”, un lugar que “está y no está”. Por último, el concepto de posmemoria desarrollado por Marianne Hirsch constituye un punto de partida para describir la herida traumática que Kanor denomina blès e “invocar” a los desaparecidos de la bodega para devolverles una identidad, aunque –dada la ausencia de restos– solo sea espectral
Cutaneous sensitivity in unilateral trans-tibial amputees
No full textAim: To examine tactile sensitivity in the leg and foot sole of below-knee amputees (diabetic n = 3, traumatic n = 1), and healthy control subjects (n = 4), and examine the association between sensation and balance. Method: Vibration perception threshold (VPT; 3, 40, 250Hz) and monofilaments (MF) were used to examine vibration and light touch sensitivity on the intact limb, residual limb, and homologous locations on controls. A functional reach test was performed to assess functional balance. Results: Tactile sensitivity was lower for diabetic amputee subjects compared to age matched controls for both VPT and MF; which was expected due to presence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. In contrast, the traumatic amputee participant showed increased sensitivity for VPT at 40Hz and 250Hz vibration in both the intact and residual limbs compared to controls. Amputees with lower tactile sensitivity had shorter reach distances compared to those with higher sensitivity. Conclusion: Changes in tactile sensitivity in the residual limb of trans-tibial amputees may have implications for the interaction between the amputee and the prosthetic device. The decreased skin sensitivity observed in the residual limb of subjects with diabetes is of concern as changes in skin sensitivity may be important in 1) identification/prevention of excessive pressure and 2) for functional stability. Interestingly, we saw increased residual limb skin sensitivity in the individual with the traumatic amputation. Although not measured directly in the present study, this increase in tactile sensitivity may be related to cortical reorganisation, which is known to occur following amputation, and would support similar findings observed in upper limb amputees
FROM HELL TO PARADISE OR OTHER WAY ROUND? SALVADOR DALI''S DIVINA COMMEDIA
No full textThe essay consider the complex hermeneutic questions concerning the illustrations that Salvador Dalí accomplished for Dante Alighieri’s Divina Commedia (Paris,1959-63 and Firenze,1963-64). Valuating the different interpretations from international critical studies, the author proposes a new reading of some plates, relying on the imaginative potential of the poetic word derived from the surrealist paranoycal-critical method of Dalí
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No full textHaricombe Takes Over
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Improving Standards for At-Risk Butterfly Translocations
No full textThe use of human mediated translocations has been an increasing component of many species recovery initiatives, including for numerous imperiled Lepidopteran species. Despite the identified need for this ex situ strategy, few such programs are conducted in a scientifically repeatable way, are executed with a structured decision-making process, are well documented throughout, or are documented only in gray literature. The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Guidelines for Reintroductions and Other Conservation Translocations are an important tool for conservation practitioners to help implement comprehensive translocation planning. These generalized guidelines are intended to be applicable to all taxa. Though there is a growing body of literature and supplementary guidelines for many vertebrate classes, other proposed standards fail to capture the specific biology of many invertebrate groups, like Lepidoptera. Here, we present a targeted list of detailed recommendations that are appropriate for Lepidopteran translocation programs to expand on the broad and tested guidelines developed by the IUCN. We assert that the increased standardization and repeatability among Lepidopteran translocations will improve the conservation outcomes
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