490 research outputs found
Bird movement data in response to playbacks, Fagan et al. 2016
No full textThis file contains the data for the experimental playback trials with four species of birds, as described in Fagan et al. 2016. See the readme for more details. If you want the control data for the subset of birds that responded to playbacks, please contact the author
I finally understand how applying the Fagan nomogram can change medical decision-making
No full textThe author reflects on the case that changed his opinion on the efficacy of the Fagan nomogram
R v Fagan [1969] 1 QB 439, Court of Appeal
No full textEssential Cases: Criminal Law provides a bridge between course textbooks and key case judgments. This case document summarizes the facts and decision in R v Fagan [1969] 1 QB 439, Court of Appeal. The document also included supporting commentary from author Jonathan Herring.</p
Real-time safety inspection and planning: A first application of the Fagan nomogram
No full textThe Fagan nomogram is a graphical tool used for clinical diagnosis/treatment. Considering the similarities between safety inspections and disease diagnosis, this study set out to apply the Fagan nomogram to construction sites with a goal of improving real-time safety inspection/planning. First, the basic principle of the Fagan nomogram was analyzed to determine its applicability. Then, the quantitative relationships between related risks were calculated using the Fagan nomogram. Subsequently, the results were compared with those obtained by Bayesian parameter estimation. A case study was then undertaken to enhance the understanding of its usage and the results were validated through a focus-group interview. As a result, the Fagan nomogram was proven to be an effective method for quantifying the causal relationships and risk probability for safety risks, making it a new, simple, and accurate graphical approach for future real-time safety inspections and planning on a construction site.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author
Evening Devotional
No full textThis poem appears in the music score 'Winnowing Light: for Clarinet and Marimba' published by the Australian Music Centre. The music follows Kate's poem, in dialogue with symbolism surrounding swifts and their evening flights above the clouds. Author Helen Macdonald refers to what are known as 'vesper flights,' and Kate Fagan has woven this idea into her poem with references to the Magnificat, from Evensong or evening prayers
Interview with Lawrence Raab
No full textLawrence Raab is Morris Professor of Rhetoric at Williams College and the author of seven books of poetry. He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Bess Hokin prize from Poetry magazine. What We Don\u27t Know about Each Other won the National Poetry Series and was a finalist for the National Book Award. His latest collection, The History of Forgetting, explores both intimate and universal subjects with a depth and beauty wrought from clear language.
In March 2010, he was Poet-in-Residence at Butler University where he sat down with Amanda Fagan, graduate student and Poetry Co-Editor of Booth to discuss verse, inspiration, and the writing process
Study Shows Natural Regrowth Of Tropical Forests Has Immense Potential To Address Environmental Concerns
No full textPhotographer: Marlayna Demond, Matthew Fagan, Robin ChazdonA new study in Nature finds that up to 215 million hectares of land (an area larger than Mexico) in humid tropical regions around the world has the potential to naturally regrow. That much forest could store 23.4 gigatons of carbon over 30 years and also significantly help enhance biodiversity and water quality. The study showed that more than half of the area with strong potential for regrowth was in five countries: Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, China, and Colombia. “Tree planting in degraded landscapes can be costly. By leveraging natural regeneration techniques, nations can meet their restoration goals cost effectively,” says the study’s co-lead author, Brooke Williams, a researcher at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and the Institute for Capacity Exchange in Environmental Decisions. “Our model can guide where these savings can best be taken advantage of,” she says.https://umbc.edu/stories/natural-forest-regrowth
Interdisciplinary Communication in Postacute Care: The Perspective of Rehabilitation Providers
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/30/2017
Care coordination is a national priority of health care reform. Effective communication is essential for coordinated care. This session will present the results of a qualitative study examining rehabilitation providers’ interdisciplinary communication practices in SNF for hip fracture patients.
Primary Author and Speaker: Brenda Fagan
Contributing Authors: Natalie Leland, Jenny Martinez, Carin Wong</jats:p
Dolichogenidea kelleri Fagan-Jeffries & Cooper & Austin 2019, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Dolichogenidea kelleri</i> Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov. <p>(Fig. 13)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 9E4C3CF1-EF91-423B-B8EA-2690BE5BB069</p> <p> <b>Material examined (including Genbank numbers of DNA barcodes). Holotype: South Australia:</b> ♀ Bon Bon Stn, 30°37'34"S 135°24'11"E, 25–28/x/2010, S. Mantel, F.C., R. Kittel, G. Taylor, Bush Blitz Svy Malaise 9 amongst <i>Senna artemisioides</i>, <i>Acacia tetragonophila</i>, <i>A. aneura</i>, & <i>A. victoriae</i> (SAMA: 32-036130; Genbank <i>COI</i>: MH138911 <i>WG</i>: MH139346). <b>Paratypes: South Australia:</b> ♂ Great Victoria Desert, Cook Road, - 28.9684°S 130.0772°E to - 29.0449°S 129.9475°E, 29/viii/2015, J.A. Forrest, R. Leijs, vehicle net (SAMA: 32- 036131; Genbank <i>COI</i>: MK073915). ♀ Great Victoria Desert Bush Blitz, 29°6'49"S 129°32'29"E, 23/ix/2017, E. Fagan-Jeffries, sweeping general vegetation, 250 m (SAMA: 32-035459; Genbank <i>COI</i>: MH138909 <i>WG</i>: MH139344). 2♂ Great Victoria Desert, 29.453611°S 129.534722°E, 24/ix/2017, E. Fagan-Jeffries, sweeping <i>Senna artemisioides</i> (one in ethanol) (SAMA: 32-036132 pinned, SAMA: 32-036133 in ethanol; Genbank <i>COI</i>: MK073913, MK073912, respectively). ♂ Great Victoria Desert, 29.176111°S 129.949722°E, 26/ix/2017, E. Fagan-Jeffries, sweeping <i>Dodonaea</i> sp. (SAMA: 32-036134; Genbank <i>COI</i>: MK073914).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Dolichogenidea kelleri</i> can be separated from <i>D. bonbonensis</i> by having a longer ovipositor (ovipositor sheaths equal in length to metatibia rather than shorter than metatibia), a narrower T1, and a less clearly defined propodeal areola. <i>Dolichogenidea kelleri</i> can be separated from <i>D. biroi</i>, <i>D. lipsis, D. ilione</i> and <i>D. tasmanica</i> by the absence of a white gena blotch. <i>Dolichogenidea acratos,</i> <i>D</i>. <i>brabyi</i>, <i>D. hyposidrae</i>, <i>D. eucalypti</i>, <i>D. expulsa</i>, <i>D. garytaylori</i> and <i>D. orelia</i> all have ovipositor sheaths shorter than <i>D. kelleri</i>, less than half the length of the metatibia. <i>Dolichogenidea carposinae, D. coequata, D. cyamon, D. finchi, D. ilione, D. iulis, D. labaris, D. lobesiae</i>, <i>D. mediocaudata,</i> <i>D</i>. <i>miris</i>, <i>D. platyedrae, D. stantoni,</i> and <i>D. xenomorph</i> all have ovipositor sheaths longer than the metatibia, and clearly longer than that of <i>D. kelleri</i>. <i>Dolichogenidea hyblaeae</i> has ovipositor slightly longer than the metatibia, and a completely smooth propodeum with only a slight depression indicating the areola, whilst <i>D. kelleri</i> has the areola clearly defined in the posterior half. <i>Dolichogenidea inquisitor</i> also has ovipositor sheaths only slightly longer than the metatibia (ovipositor sheaths measured as 1.25 x metatibia on holotype, description states 1.5 x) but can be separated by having a complete propodeal areola which is strongly carinate anteriorly, as opposed to the more indistinct anterior half of the areola in <i>D. kelleri</i>. <i>Dolichogenidea gentilis</i> and <i>D. heterusiae</i> both have strong carinae along the lateral margins of T1 which are absent in <i>D. kelleri</i>. <i>Dolichogenidea agonoxenae</i> is described as having a strongly formed propodeal areola and costulae, distinguishing this species from <i>D. kelleri</i>, which has a more indistinct areola with formed by small diverging carinae rather than a single strong carina. The description of <i>D. upoluensis</i> was not clear enough to confirm any diagnostic differences, but we consider it almost certainly a distinct species based on the geographic location; <i>D. upoluensis</i> was bred from a leaf-roller on <i>Ficus</i> sp. in Samoa, whilst <i>D. kelleri</i> is from arid South Australia (Table 1).</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> FEMALE. <i>Colour</i>: all dark, antenna dark; coxae (pro-, meso-, metacoxa) dark, dark, dark; femora (pro-, meso-, metafemur) dark to paler at posterior end, dark to paler at posterior end, dark; tibiae (pro-, meso-, metatibia) pale, pale, pale in anterior half, dark in posterior half; tegula and humeral complex dark; pterostigma dark; fore wing veins pale proximally, dark distally. <i>Head</i>: antenna slightly shorter than body length; body length (head to apex of metasoma) 2.2–2.6 mm; ocular–ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter 1.7–2.0; interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter 1.8–2.1. <i>Mesosoma</i>: anteromesoscutum evenly and densely punctate; mesoscutellar disc with a few fine punctures associated with setae; number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus 12–14; maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum 0.5–0.6. <i>Wings</i>: fore wing length 2.3–2.5 mm; length of veins r/2RS 1.3–1.7; length of veins 2RS/2M 1.0–1.3; length of veins 2M/(RS+M)b 0.8–1.1; pterostigma length/width 2.5–2.8. <i>Legs</i>: metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length 0.5. <i>Propodeum:</i> areola clearly defined in posterior half, anterior half less well defined, carinae forming anterior half of areola and lateral carinae formed of small diverging carinae rather than a single clear carina, areola open at anterior end, propodeum otherwise mostly smooth. <i>Metasoma</i>: T1 length/width at posterior margin 1.2– 1.3; T1 shape broad, rectangular, almost parallel-sided; T1 sculpture rugose with irregularly shaped punctures, longitudinal strigosity or rugosity in posterior half, smoother area centrally; T2 width at posterior margin/length 3.5–4.0; T2 sculpture almost smooth, some sparse punctures associated with setae; T3 sculpture smooth and shiny; hypopygium with central membranous area mid-ventrally; ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length 1.0.</p> <p>MALE. As female, but with antenna longer than body, T1 and T2 slightly longer relative to width.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> This species is named for Professor Mike Keller, who hosted author EPF-J as part of the ‘CSIRO Student Research Project’ many years ago, and helped inspire a high school student to a career in entomology. The species name is an invariable genitive.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> This species is currently only known from the arid zone of central South Australia.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> The measurement of the ovipositor sheaths length was made difficult by the highly curved sheaths of the holotype, and the missing sheaths in the paratype. This species is closely related to <i>D. bonbonensis</i> based on both morphological and molecular evidence. The <i>WG</i> sequences of these two species differ by only 1–3 bp, however, the <i>COI</i> sequences are at least 10% different, far above the 2% divergence often used for species delimitation in microgastrines. Morphologically there are also clear differences that can be used to separate the two species (see diagnosis). No information is known about possible host species. The BOLD BIN for <i>D. kelleri</i> is BOLD:ADL2799.</p>Published as part of <i>Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P., Cooper, Steven J. B. & Austin, Andrew D., 2019, New species of Australian microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) documented through the ' Bush Blitz' surveys of national reserves, pp. 401-440 in Zootaxa 4560 (3)</i> on pages 423-425, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/2627733">http://zenodo.org/record/2627733</a>
Dolichogenidea kelleri Fagan-Jeffries & Cooper & Austin 2019, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Dolichogenidea kelleri</i> Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov. <p>(Fig. 13)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 9E4C3CF1-EF91-423B-B8EA-2690BE5BB069</p> <p> <b>Material examined (including Genbank numbers of DNA barcodes). Holotype: South Australia:</b> ♀ Bon Bon Stn, 30°37'34"S 135°24'11"E, 25–28/x/2010, S. Mantel, F.C., R. Kittel, G. Taylor, Bush Blitz Svy Malaise 9 amongst <i>Senna artemisioides</i>, <i>Acacia tetragonophila</i>, <i>A. aneura</i>, & <i>A. victoriae</i> (SAMA: 32-036130; Genbank <i>COI</i>: MH138911 <i>WG</i>: MH139346). <b>Paratypes: South Australia:</b> ♂ Great Victoria Desert, Cook Road, - 28.9684°S 130.0772°E to - 29.0449°S 129.9475°E, 29/viii/2015, J.A. Forrest, R. Leijs, vehicle net (SAMA: 32- 036131; Genbank <i>COI</i>: MK073915). ♀ Great Victoria Desert Bush Blitz, 29°6'49"S 129°32'29"E, 23/ix/2017, E. Fagan-Jeffries, sweeping general vegetation, 250 m (SAMA: 32-035459; Genbank <i>COI</i>: MH138909 <i>WG</i>: MH139344). 2♂ Great Victoria Desert, 29.453611°S 129.534722°E, 24/ix/2017, E. Fagan-Jeffries, sweeping <i>Senna artemisioides</i> (one in ethanol) (SAMA: 32-036132 pinned, SAMA: 32-036133 in ethanol; Genbank <i>COI</i>: MK073913, MK073912, respectively). ♂ Great Victoria Desert, 29.176111°S 129.949722°E, 26/ix/2017, E. Fagan-Jeffries, sweeping <i>Dodonaea</i> sp. (SAMA: 32-036134; Genbank <i>COI</i>: MK073914).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Dolichogenidea kelleri</i> can be separated from <i>D. bonbonensis</i> by having a longer ovipositor (ovipositor sheaths equal in length to metatibia rather than shorter than metatibia), a narrower T1, and a less clearly defined propodeal areola. <i>Dolichogenidea kelleri</i> can be separated from <i>D. biroi</i>, <i>D. lipsis, D. ilione</i> and <i>D. tasmanica</i> by the absence of a white gena blotch. <i>Dolichogenidea acratos,</i> <i>D</i>. <i>brabyi</i>, <i>D. hyposidrae</i>, <i>D. eucalypti</i>, <i>D. expulsa</i>, <i>D. garytaylori</i> and <i>D. orelia</i> all have ovipositor sheaths shorter than <i>D. kelleri</i>, less than half the length of the metatibia. <i>Dolichogenidea carposinae, D. coequata, D. cyamon, D. finchi, D. ilione, D. iulis, D. labaris, D. lobesiae</i>, <i>D. mediocaudata,</i> <i>D</i>. <i>miris</i>, <i>D. platyedrae, D. stantoni,</i> and <i>D. xenomorph</i> all have ovipositor sheaths longer than the metatibia, and clearly longer than that of <i>D. kelleri</i>. <i>Dolichogenidea hyblaeae</i> has ovipositor slightly longer than the metatibia, and a completely smooth propodeum with only a slight depression indicating the areola, whilst <i>D. kelleri</i> has the areola clearly defined in the posterior half. <i>Dolichogenidea inquisitor</i> also has ovipositor sheaths only slightly longer than the metatibia (ovipositor sheaths measured as 1.25 x metatibia on holotype, description states 1.5 x) but can be separated by having a complete propodeal areola which is strongly carinate anteriorly, as opposed to the more indistinct anterior half of the areola in <i>D. kelleri</i>. <i>Dolichogenidea gentilis</i> and <i>D. heterusiae</i> both have strong carinae along the lateral margins of T1 which are absent in <i>D. kelleri</i>. <i>Dolichogenidea agonoxenae</i> is described as having a strongly formed propodeal areola and costulae, distinguishing this species from <i>D. kelleri</i>, which has a more indistinct areola with formed by small diverging carinae rather than a single strong carina. The description of <i>D. upoluensis</i> was not clear enough to confirm any diagnostic differences, but we consider it almost certainly a distinct species based on the geographic location; <i>D. upoluensis</i> was bred from a leaf-roller on <i>Ficus</i> sp. in Samoa, whilst <i>D. kelleri</i> is from arid South Australia (Table 1).</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> FEMALE. <i>Colour</i>: all dark, antenna dark; coxae (pro-, meso-, metacoxa) dark, dark, dark; femora (pro-, meso-, metafemur) dark to paler at posterior end, dark to paler at posterior end, dark; tibiae (pro-, meso-, metatibia) pale, pale, pale in anterior half, dark in posterior half; tegula and humeral complex dark; pterostigma dark; fore wing veins pale proximally, dark distally. <i>Head</i>: antenna slightly shorter than body length; body length (head to apex of metasoma) 2.2–2.6 mm; ocular–ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter 1.7–2.0; interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter 1.8–2.1. <i>Mesosoma</i>: anteromesoscutum evenly and densely punctate; mesoscutellar disc with a few fine punctures associated with setae; number of pits in scutoscutellar sulcus 12–14; maximum height of mesoscutellum lunules/maximum height of lateral face of mesoscutellum 0.5–0.6. <i>Wings</i>: fore wing length 2.3–2.5 mm; length of veins r/2RS 1.3–1.7; length of veins 2RS/2M 1.0–1.3; length of veins 2M/(RS+M)b 0.8–1.1; pterostigma length/width 2.5–2.8. <i>Legs</i>: metatibia inner spur length/metabasitarsus length 0.5. <i>Propodeum:</i> areola clearly defined in posterior half, anterior half less well defined, carinae forming anterior half of areola and lateral carinae formed of small diverging carinae rather than a single clear carina, areola open at anterior end, propodeum otherwise mostly smooth. <i>Metasoma</i>: T1 length/width at posterior margin 1.2– 1.3; T1 shape broad, rectangular, almost parallel-sided; T1 sculpture rugose with irregularly shaped punctures, longitudinal strigosity or rugosity in posterior half, smoother area centrally; T2 width at posterior margin/length 3.5–4.0; T2 sculpture almost smooth, some sparse punctures associated with setae; T3 sculpture smooth and shiny; hypopygium with central membranous area mid-ventrally; ovipositor sheaths length/metatibial length 1.0.</p> <p>MALE. As female, but with antenna longer than body, T1 and T2 slightly longer relative to width.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> This species is named for Professor Mike Keller, who hosted author EPF-J as part of the ‘CSIRO Student Research Project’ many years ago, and helped inspire a high school student to a career in entomology. The species name is an invariable genitive.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> This species is currently only known from the arid zone of central South Australia.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> The measurement of the ovipositor sheaths length was made difficult by the highly curved sheaths of the holotype, and the missing sheaths in the paratype. This species is closely related to <i>D. bonbonensis</i> based on both morphological and molecular evidence. The <i>WG</i> sequences of these two species differ by only 1–3 bp, however, the <i>COI</i> sequences are at least 10% different, far above the 2% divergence often used for species delimitation in microgastrines. Morphologically there are also clear differences that can be used to separate the two species (see diagnosis). No information is known about possible host species. The BOLD BIN for <i>D. kelleri</i> is BOLD:ADL2799.</p>Published as part of <i>Fagan-Jeffries, Erinn P., Cooper, Steven J. B. & Austin, Andrew D., 2019, New species of Australian microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) documented through the ' Bush Blitz' surveys of national reserves, pp. 401-440 in Zootaxa 4560 (3)</i> on pages 423-425, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/2627733">http://zenodo.org/record/2627733</a>
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