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The Role of Evidence in Establishing Trust in Repositories
No full textThis article arises from work by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) Working Group examining mechanisms to roll out audit and certification services for digital repositories in the United Kingdom. Our attempt to develop a program for applying audit and certification processes and tools took as its starting point the RLG-NARA Audit Checklist for Certifying Digital Repositories. Our intention was to appraise critically the checklist and conceive a means of applying its mechanics within a diverse range of repository environments. We were struck by the realization that while a great deal of effort has been invested in determining the characteristics of a 'trusted digital repository', far less effort has concentrated on the ways in which the presence of the attributes can be demonstrated and their qualities measured. With this in mind we sought to explore the role of evidence within the certification process, and to identify examples of the types of evidence (e.g., documentary, observational, and testimonial) that might be desirable during the course of a repository audit.
The relative contribution of climate to changes in lesser prairie-chicken abundance
No full textCitation: Ross, B. E., Haukos, D., Hagen, C., & Pitman, J. (2016). The relative contribution of climate to changes in lesser prairie-chicken abundance. Ecosphere, 7(6), 11. doi:10.1002/ecs2.1323Managing for species using current weather patterns fails to incorporate the uncertainty associated with future climatic conditions; without incorporating potential changes in climate into conservation strategies, management and conservation efforts may fall short or waste valuable resources. Understanding the effects of climate change on species in the Great Plains of North America is especially important, as this region is projected to experience an increased magnitude of climate change. Of particular ecological and conservation interest is the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), which was listed as "threatened" under the U.S. Endangered Species Act in May 2014. We used Bayesian hierarchical models to quantify the effects of extreme climatic events (extreme values of the Palmer Drought Severity Index [PDSI]) relative to intermediate (changes in El Nino Southern Oscillation) and long-term climate variability (changes in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation) on trends in lesser prairie-chicken abundance from 1981 to 2014. Our results indicate that lesser prairie-chicken abundance on leks responded to environmental conditions of the year previous by positively responding to wet springs (high PDSI) and negatively to years with hot, dry summers (low PDSI), but had little response to variation in the El Nino Southern Oscillation and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Additionally, greater variation in abundance on leks was explained by variation in site relative to broad-scale climatic indices. Consequently, lesser prairie-chicken abundance on leks in Kansas is more strongly influenced by extreme drought events during summer than other climatic conditions, which may have negative consequences for the population as drought conditions intensify throughout the Great Plains
, Ross Laird
No full textRoss Laird, PhD RCC is a clinical consultant focused on trauma, addictions, and social vulnerability. He is also a best-selling author, award-winning scholar and educator, and clinical supervisor for BC’s largest licensed non-profit program in addictions, trauma, and mental health. Dr. Laird focuses particularly on traumatized and marginalized client populations — those navigating homelessness, mental illness, and complex trauma — and provides professional development training for organizations that serve them: social service agencies, first responders, cultural groups, nonprofits, and educational institutions. He also works extensively with organizations in arts and culture and Indigenous communities to develop trauma-informed practices for cultural programming, museum exhibitions, and community initiatives
Gay, Ross : poetry reading; September 13th, 2019
No full textContents:
All tracks Poetry reading [complete]
Track 01 Introduction
Track 02 The Mark of Lights
Track 03 To My Best Friend’s Big Sister
Track 04 An Ode To Buttoning And Unbuttoning My Shirt
Track 05 The High-Five From Strangers Eccetera
Track 06 To the Fig Tree On 9th and Christian
Track 07 Cup Liking
Track 08 An Abundance of Public Toilets
Track 09 Opera Singer
Track 10 Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
Track 11  Q&A
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Ross Gay, 36th Annual ODU Literary Festival
No full textRoss Gay is the author of Against Which and Bringing the Shovel Down. His work has appeared in several literary journals, including American Poetry Review, The Sun, and Ploughshares. He is an orchardist and kettlebell instructor. He teaches at Indiana University and in the Drew University low-residency MFA program
Author interview: Q and A with Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross, authors of Parenting for a Digital Future
No full textIn this author interview, we speak to Sonia Livingstone and Alicia Blum-Ross about their new book, Parenting for a Digital Future, which draws on interviews and a national survey with UK parents to explore how hopes and fears about digital technologies are shaping parenting today
Software, Data & Models used in "Identifying Animal Species in Camera Trap Images using Deep Learning and Citizen Science"
No full textThis dataset provides the software, the models, and other data used in "Identifying Animal Species in Camera Trap Images using Deep
Learning and Citizen Science". This dataset contains the software to train convolutional neural networks, as well as all models trained for the study and code to apply them on new images. Additionally, data defining the conducted experiments are provided to ensure reproducibility.This study was partially supported by the NSF under award IIS 1619177The development of the Zooniverse platform was partially supported by a Global Impact Award from Google.We also acknowledge support from STFC under grant ST/N003179/1.EE was funded by the University of Oxford’s Hertford College Mortimer May fund.Willi, Marco; Pitman, Ross T; Cardoso, Anabelle W; Locke, Christina; Swanson, Alexandra; Boyer, Amy; Veldthuis, Marten; Fortson, Lucy. (2018). Software, Data & Models used in "Identifying Animal Species in Camera Trap Images using Deep Learning and Citizen Science". Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://doi.org/10.13020/D6P67B
Richard Ross: Juvenile-in-Justice
No full textBoston College Law School hosted Richard Ross, Distinguished Professor of Art, University of California at Santa Barbara, award-winning photographer and author of Juvenile-In-Justice. The event took place on March 24th in the Law School\u27s East Wing building.
The event, cosponsored by the Boston College Center for Human Rights and International Justice, the Boston College Arts and Social Responsibility Project, and the Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CFJJ) was closely connected to the release of two important reports on detention reform in Massachusetts that same week by CFJJ (www.cfjj.org). CFJJ advocates for a fair and effective Juvenile justice system in Massachusetts and is playing a significant role in raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction and in the Supreme Judicial Court decisions on finding life without parole unconstitutional for juveniles in MA.
Winner of the 2012 Best News and Documentary Photography Award from the American Society of Magazine Editors for a selection published in Harper\u27s Magazine, the photographs in Juvenile in Justice open our eyes to the world of the incarceration of American youth. The nearly 150 images in this book were made over 5 years of visiting more than 1,000 youth confined in more than 200 juvenile detention institutions in 31 states. These riveting photographs, accompanied by the life stories that these young people in custody shared with Ross, give voice to imprisoned children from families that have no resources in communities that have no power
Tumbled smooth by the rapids: Rediscovering and reconnecting in the wake of turbulence
No full textRoss Laird, PhD RCC is a clinical consultant focused on trauma, addictions, and social vulnerability. He is also a best-selling author, award-winning scholar and educator, and clinical supervisor for BC’s largest licensed non-profit program in addictions, trauma, and mental health. Dr. Laird focuses particularly on traumatized and marginalized client populations — those navigating homelessness, mental illness, and complex trauma — and provides professional development training for organizations that serve them: social service agencies, first responders, cultural groups, nonprofits, and educational institutions. He also works extensively with organizations in arts and culture and Indigenous communities to develop trauma-informed practices for cultural programming, museum exhibitions, and community initiatives.presentationBetter Together Conferenc
) in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
No full textThe fish‐eating, type‐C ecotype, killer whale is a top predator in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Increasing knowledge of this animal's foraging habitats, diet and movement patterns is listed amongst the research priorities adopted under the framework of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). To contribute to this goal, satellite transmitters were deployed on 10 type‐C killer whales and skin biopsies were obtained from seven individuals in Terra Nova Bay (Ross Sea) during austral summer (January-February) 2015. Hierarchical switching state-space models (hSSSM) were applied to Argos satellite tracking data to describe the movements of tagged whales, which were then paired with available diving data. Stable isotopes analyses were performed on the biopsy samples to describe the diet. A total of 8,803 Argos locations were available to fit the hSSSM. All whales engaged in potential foraging activity in localized areas along the Ross Sea coastline, followed by uninterrupted travel (i.e. migration) outside Antarctic waters, with no evidence of foraging activity. The pattern of deeper dives matched the occurrence of encamped behaviour indicated by the hSSSM results. The stable isotopes analysis indicated that Antarctic toothfish comprised the largest component (35%) of the prey biomass, raising concerns since this species is targeted by commercial fishery in the Ross Sea Region. These results provide new insights into the ecology of type‐C killer whales in the Ross Sea Region, underlining a potential threat from commercial fishing in the area. Considering the recent establishment of the Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area, these findings will contribute to the required Research and Monitoring Programme of the Marine Protected Area and provide new empirical evidence to inform conservation measures in the existing Terra Nova Bay Antarctic Special Protected Are
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