369 research outputs found
2010 population status of the Peregrine Falcon in the Yukon Territory
No full textThis survey is the Yukon section of the Canada-wide periodic monitoring of the status of the Peregrine Falcon, a requirement of the Canadian Recovery Plan for the species. Historically, this effort began in the 1960’s when a population of the interior race of peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum) was first described breeding on the riparian cliffs of the rivers draining the central Yukon (Cade and Fyfe 1970). The birds’ numbers subsequently crashed and more recently have been recovering
Interactive Learning of a FALCON for a Card Game
No full textAbstractAmong many reinforcement learning methods, FALCON is a machine learning method which is an extend fuzzy ART(Adaptive Resonance Theory), and can appropriately discretize a state space. FALCON is an on-line method proposed by Ah-Hwee Tan. It can discretize a state space and learn action rules simultaneously by learning relations among percepts, actions, and rewards. In this study, a learning agent using FALCON is interactively trained, and the learning effect is measured through experiments. In experiments, the learning agent learns by playing 50,000 card games of “Hearts” against three rule-based agents. Then, the interface that agents can interactively play the game with human cooperators is made so that human cooperators can play the game against the learning agent to strengthen it. It continues learning during games. The effectiveness of interactive learning is ascertained through the experiments
Peregrine Falcon Research and Management Program in New Jersey, 2010
No full textIn 2010 the New Jersey peregrine falcon population remained nearly steady at 25 known pairs, with generally good nesting success. One new pair was reported in 2010 at a site where they may have nested undetected since 2007. There were five occupied territories in cliff habitats, but none was successful
Liste et définitions des indicateurs de risque de corruption
No full textThis document contains material, which is copyright of certain FALCON consortium parties and may not be reproduced or copied without permission. The information contained in this document is the proprietary confidential information of certain FALCON consortium parties and may not be disclosed except in accordance with the consortium agreement.The commercial use of any information in this document may require a license from the proprietor of that information.Neither the FALCON consortium as a whole, nor any certain party of the FALCON consortium warrants that the information contained in this document is capable of use, or that use of the information is free from risk, and accepts no liability for loss or damage suffered by any person using the information.The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of the FALCON consortium and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.This deliverable provides an in-depth review of corruption risk indicators for the four use cases of FALCON: a) public procurement, b) sanctions against kleptocrats and oligarchs, c) border corruption and d) conflicts of interest involving politically exposed persons. The chapters also provide an overview of the main data sources required to calculate the risk indicators and outline methods for validating use case specific indicators while providing examples of country-specific validation of quantitative or qualitative indicators where data allows. FALCON is funded under the Horizon Europe Framework Program.Ce livrable propose une analyse approfondie des indicateurs de risque de corruption pour les quatre cas d’usage du projet FALCON : a) les marchés publics, b) les sanctions contre les kleptocrates et les oligarques, c) la corruption aux frontières, d) les conflits d’intérêts impliquant des personnes politiquement exposées.Les chapitres offrent également un aperçu des principales sources de données nécessaires au calcul des indicateurs de risque et présentent des méthodes pour valider les indicateurs propres à chaque cas d’usage. Des exemples de validation, selon les pays, d’indicateurs quantitatifs ou qualitatifs sont fournis lorsque les données le permettent.FALCON est financé dans le cadre du programme Horizon Europe
Molecular evidence predicts aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligand insensitivity in the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrines)
No full textSome wild populations of fish-eating birds and raptors are exposed to high concentrations of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and related compounds such as other 2,3,7,8-substituted polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls, resulting in accumulation in their tissues. It has been demonstrated that TCDD-like chemicals cause toxic effects via aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)-mediated signaling pathways. The aim of this study was to characterize the AHR from the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrines) to predict its sensitivity to TCDD-like chemicals. The AHR1, AHR2, and AHR nuclear translocator (ARNT) 1 of the peregrine falcon are more similar in amino acid sequence to avian species less sensitive to TCDD-like chemicals such as the cormorant (95%) than to more sensitive species such as the chicken (90%). From the amino acid sequence, it is likely that the ligand-binding affinity of peregrine falcon AHR1 and AHR2 would be very low compared with the chicken or other sensitive species, and it was actually proved by an in vitro reporter gene assay. We concluded that the peregrine falcon, one of raptor species, may be relatively resistant to TCDD-like chemicals
2005 population status of the Peregrine Falcon in the Yukon Territory
No full textThis survey was the Yukon section of the Canada-wide periodic monitoring of the status of the Peregrine Falcon, a requirement of the Canadian Recovery Plan for the species. The Yukon, through the Northern Research Institute at Yukon College maintains a database spanning three decades tracking the fortunes of Yukon’s peregrines. Historically, this effort began in the 1960’s when a population of the interior race of peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum) was first described breeding on the riparian cliffs of the rivers draining the central Yukon (Cade and Fyfe 1970). The birds’ numbers subsequently crashed and more recently have been recovering. The Yukon Government has funded this effort in large part over the years; most recently as part of a biodiversity assessment partnership with Yukon College.Peer reviewe
Peregrine Falcon Research and Management Program in New Jersey, 2009
No full textIn 2009 the New Jersey peregrine falcon population increased to 24 known pairs. The increase was driven by bridges that were newly occupied or newly discovered. The peregrines on the Walt Whitman Bridge moved back into NJ from PA, and peregrines at two north Jersey sites (Rt. 3/Hackensack and the Newark Bay Bridge) were found mid-season with young. One site on the coast (Margate) was not occupied this year, but one new building site was discovered in Woodbridge. Four occupied territories were documented in cliff habitats
Mesures législatives anticorruption et paysage politique international
No full textThis document contains material, which is copyright of certain FALCON consortium parties and may not be reproduced or copied without permission. The information contained in this document is the proprietary confidential information of certain FALCON consortium parties and may not be disclosed except in accordance with the consortium agreement.The commercial use of any information in this document may require a license from the proprietor of that information.Neither the FALCON consortium as a whole, nor any certain party of the FALCON consortium warrants that the information contained in this document is capable of use, or that use of the information is free from risk, and accepts no liability for loss or damage suffered by any person using the information.The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of the FALCON consortium and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.Deliverable D2.5 examines the legislative measures and policy landscape that characterize the four typologies of corruption at the core of the FALCON project. These four typologies are I) corruption in public procurement; II) sanction circumvention; III) border corruption; and IV) conflict of interest of politically exposed persons. The four sections are organized around an introduction, with the definition of key terms and concepts; an examination of the baseline on the different issues; an examination of the strengths and weaknesses of the legislative measures and policy landscapes; and a presentation of key legislative macro-trends for the four areas under analysis. The final section of Deliverable D2.5 elaborates some suggestions and recommendations with the goal of helping policy makers and bureaucrats at EU and member state level to design and implement better anti-corruption legislation and policy frameworks. FALCON is funded under the Horizon Europe Framework Program.Le livrable D2.5 examine les mesures législatives et le paysage politique qui caractérisent les quatre typologies de corruption au cœur du projet FALCON. Ces quatre typologies sont : I) la corruption dans les marchés publics ; II) le contournement des sanctions ; III) la corruption aux frontières ; IV) les conflits d’intérêts impliquant des personnes politiquement exposées.Les quatre sections sont organisées autour d’une introduction, comprenant la définition des principaux termes et concepts ; un état des lieux des différentes problématiques ;une analyse des forces et faiblesses des mesures législatives et des cadres politiques existants ; et une présentation des grandes tendances législatives à l’échelle macro pour chacun des quatre domaines analysés. La dernière section du livrable D2.5 formule des suggestions et recommandations destinées à aider les décideurs politiques et les agents publics, tant au niveau de l’Union européenne que des États membres, à concevoir et mettre en œuvre des législations et cadres politiques anticorruption plus efficaces.Le projet FALCON est financé par le programme Horizon Europe
Constructing the Other in Rebecca West's "Black Lamb, Gray Falcon"
No full textU radu se izlaže kratka povijest putopisnog žanra, posebice promjene
u njegovoj strukturi uvjetovane povijesnim okolnostima. Putopis Black
Lamb and Grey Falcon smješta se u širi kontekst britanskog putopisa
izmedu dva svjetska rata te iznose faktografski podaci o njemu.
Pomoću pojmova anti-osvajanje (Mary Louise Pratt) i Montesquieov
efekt (Pierre Bourdieu) pokušava se prikazati na koji način ovaj putopis
konstruira Balkan kao europsko Drugo.The author outlines a short history of the travel writing genre, especially with regards to the changes in its structure caused by historical circumstances. The travel text Black Lamb and Gray Falcon is placed into a wider context of British travel writing between two world wars. Utilizing the terms of anti-conquest (Mary Louise Pratt) and "Montesquieu effect" (Pierre Bourdieu), the ways in which this travel text constructs the Balkans as the European Other are outlined
2015 population status of the peregrine falcon in the Yukon Territory
No full textThe 2015 survey was an attempt to visit a representative sample from all sub-populations of peregrine falcon known in the territory. The peregrine in the Yukon is thought of as a classic ‘metapopulation’ (McCullough, 1996). The groups, in part based on geographic separation Figure 1), are mostly identified by demographic performance differences. (The subgroup nesting on the ‘North Slope’ is considered to be of the tundrius race.) Past findings have been detailed in a series of reports and published papers dating from the early 1970’s (Cade & Fyfe 1970, Hayes & Mossop 1982, Mossop & Baird, 1985, Mossop 1986, Mossop & Hayes 1980, Mossop & Mowat 1990, Mossop, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2014).Peer reviewe
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