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Opening up new niche dimensions: The stoichiometry of soil microarthropods in European beech and Norway spruce forests
No full textNiche theory fundamentally contributed to the understanding of animal diversity. However, in soil, the diversity of animals seems enigmatic since the soil is a rather homogeneous habitat, and soil animals are often generalist feeders. A new approach to understand soil animal diversity is the use of ecological stoichiometry. The elemental composition of animals may explain their occurrence, distribution, and density. This approach has been used before in soil macrofauna, but this study is the first to investigate soil mesofauna. Using inductively coupled plasma optic emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), we analyzed the concentration of a wide range of elements (Al, Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, P, S, Zn) in 15 soil mite taxa (Oribatida, Mesostigmata) from the litter of two different forest types (beech, spruce) in Central Europe (Germany). Additionally, the concentration of carbon and nitrogen, and their stable isotope ratios (15N/14N, 13C/12C), reflecting their trophic niche, were measured. We hypothesized that (1) stoichiometry differs between mite taxa, (2) stoichiometry of mite taxa occurring in both forest types is not different, and (3) element composition is correlated to trophic level as indicated by 15N/14N ratios. The results showed that stoichiometric niches of soil mite taxa differed considerably indicating that elemental composition is an important niche dimension of soil animal taxa. Further, stoichiometric niches of the studied taxa did not differ significantly between the two forest types. Calcium was negatively correlated with trophic level indicating that taxa incorporating calcium carbonate in their cuticle for defense occupy lower trophic positions in the food web. Furthermore, a positive correlation of phosphorus with trophic level indicated that taxa higher in the food web have higher energetic demand. Overall, the results indicate that ecological stoichiometry of soil animals is a promising tool for understanding their diversity and functioning.Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001659Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 202
ChatGPT-Based Learning And Reading Assistant (C-LARA): Second Report
No full textChatGPT-based Learning And Reading Assistant (C-LARA – pronounced “Clara”) is an AIbasedplatform which allows users to create multimodal texts designed to improve reading skillsin second languages. GPT-4/ChatGPT-4 is central to the project: as well as being the corelanguage processing component, it has in collaboration with a human partner developed thegreater part of the codebase.Following on from the initial progress report, released in July 2023, we focus on new workcarried out during the period August 2023 – March 2024. The platform is far more usable. CLARAis now packaged with a wizard-style interface (“Simple C-LARA”) that allows the nonexpertuser to create a complete illustrated multimodal text by entering a prompt and approvingdefault choices a few times, and the software is deployed on a fast dedicated server maintained bythe University of South Australia. Other substantial new pieces of functionality are support for“phonetic texts”, where words are automatically divided up into units associated with phoneticvalues; “reading histories”, which support the combination of several texts into a single virtualdocument; and the social network, rudimentary in the first version, which now includes supportfor friending, an update feed, and email alerts.To investigate the AI’s abilities as a language processor, we present an experiment where wecreated six texts for each of five languages, using the same prompts for each language, andevaluated the accuracy of the language processing. We also give the results when some of theexperiments were repeated five months later with a newer version of GPT-4, in the case ofEnglish revealing a dramatic reduction in error rates. A small questionnaire-based study probesusers’ subjective views of C-LARA projects they have created: in general, people are pleasedwith the results, to the extent that they are often sharing them.With regard to GPT-4/ChatGPT-4’s software engineer role, we present a breakdown of thevarious modules and functionalities, indicating the AI’s contribution. It is capable of writing thesimpler modules on its own or with minimal human assistance, and only had serious problemswith a small number of top-level functionalities, in particular “Simple C-LARA”, which directlyor indirectly involved most of the codebase.We describe initial use cases, including trialling of C-LARA in a school classroom, integratingit into the experimental CALL platform Basm, and creating multimodal texts in the Oceaniclanguages Drehu and Iaai. A short section summarises our policy on ethical issues concerningthe crediting of the AI as an author. The appendices present examples illustrating use of theSimple C-LARA and Advanced C-LARA versions of the platform, list functionalities and codefiles, and reproduce conversations with the AI about various aspects of the project
Letter from The Dominguez Estate Company to Mr. B. Lara, November 24, 1943
No full textInforming Mr. Lara of the change in acreage on his lease with an attached statement
Does Lara Croft Ware Fake Polygons
Full text linkAn analysis of the role of gender in the 1996 video game, Tomb Raider , using multiple theoretical approaches to discuss issues of gender roles and gender identity. The author argues that prior to Tomb Raider, popular games revolved around a male protagonist, but with the introduction of Lara Croft, the gaming world has changed. The article explores the implications of the female protagonist in Tomb Raider, characterizing Lara Croft as a techno-puppet to the male-gaze, a drag queen, a dominatrix, and a powerful feminist role model. Artistic and creative game patches provide an “opportunity for feminists to influence the formation of new computer game gender configurations”
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No full textLa importancia del tema de la Epifanía en México, se manifiesta no solo en las festividades, sino en los programas pictóricos conventuales e incluso en la dedicatoria de los mismos, tal es el caso de los conventos agustinos del Meztitlán, en Hidalgo, y el de Huatlatlahuca, en Puebla. Retablos y una producción prolífica de cuadros representan la escena desde la segunda mitad del siglo XVI, siguiendo los modelos fijados en Europa a través de los grabados, con adaptaciones que se integran el contexto del Nuevo Mundo.- Epifanía la adoración de los Reyes Magos por Noel Serrano Aguirre y Mitzi de Lara Duarte.Mónica Morales, Pintura de los Reyes, Morelos. "Memoria Restauración", 2019.De Benavente, T. de (Motolinía), Historia de los Indios de la Nueva España, Sánchez García. D. (ed.),Barcelona, Herederos de Juan Gil, 1914, Trat. I, cap. 13.
El Auto de los Reyes Magos, también conocido como Representación de los Reyes Magos, es una primitiva pieza dramática toledana que conmemora la visita de unos magos en la Epifanía; esta fue escrita probablemente en el siglo XII según se deduce de la letra. Obtenido de https://emad.defensa.gob.es/
Museo Nacional del Virreinato. Anónimo. S.XVII Óleo sobre tela. Mediateca INAH.
Página 21. Epifanía de la Virgen /Catedral de Morelia
Pitacua , S. XVIII – renovado en el S. XIX
Is Lara the Answer to Implicit Divestiture?: A Critical Analysis of the Congressional Delegation Exception
Full text linkThis work concerns the Supreme Court’s 2004 Indian law decision United States v. Lara, in which the Court held that Congress could enlarge tribal sovereign authority through federal legislation. Proponents of tribal sovereignty generally consider the decision a victory; however, Lara also contains a large amount of dicta in which the Court hints that external limits may circumscribe Congress’ ability to restore tribal sovereignty. The author attempts to explain this discontinuity, and warns that Lara may not represent an unqualified victory for Indian Country. Specifically, the author argues that Lara’s comments could indicate the Court considers tribes divested of the authority to act in certain sovereign capacities by virtue of their “discovery” by European colonialists
Antonio de Lara Gavilán “Tono”: Genius and Ingeniousness in the Plastic Arts
No full textAntonio de Lara Gavilán, integrante
de la denominada “Otra Generación
del 27”, condensa dentro de su amplio legado
profesional un gran número de obras como
artista plástico. En las siguientes líneas se revisan
y analizan las diferentes etapas del autor en
dicho ámbito, aportando datos inéditos sobre
su biografía y brillantes creacionesAntonio de Lara Gavilán, member
of the so-called the “Other Generation of ’27”,
condenses within its ample professional legacy
a great number of works as a plastic artist. In
the following lines the different stages of the
author’ s work under this scope are reviewed
and analyzed unraveling new data on the author
himself as well as on his remarkable creation
Correction:Teacher–child interactions during shared book reading in the domain of early mathematics(Mathematics Education Research Journal, 10.1007/s13394-024-00503-2)
Full text linkThe original version of this article unfortunately contained an incorrect format presentation for the second author. Currently, author name Mayra Lara Mascareño, Mara Lara was captured as Given name when it should be "Mayra" as the only Given name and "Lara Mascareño" should be captured as Family name. This is author's belated corrections.</p
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