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Synesthesia: A Study on Immersive Features of Electronic Games

Immersion is a quality that turns user experiences more appealing, despite the definition of immersion itself still being a source of controversy. Modern electronic games became a well-established immersive media which already has a number of consumer-level virtual reality hardware and software available. Endowing a game with immersion requires not only theoretical background found in literature but more practical guidelines for assisting developers to glimpse possibilities and make design decisions. In this paper, we investigate specific features that bestow immersion to an electronic game. So, we first analyzed game titles the audience, the critics and developers themselves consider immersive in order to enumerate potentially immersive features found in these games. We then developed a potentially immersive game prototype based on these features. Results of a comparative evaluation of our prototype and the selected titles under different settings suggest that six features were able to provide an immersive experience.
Patterns of Seasonal Variation in Diet, Abundance, and Movement of the Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) in southern Belize

Patterns of Seasonal Variation in Diet, Abundance, and Movement of the Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) in southern Belize. This study was conducted in 2008 and 2009 to determine if Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao), in subtropical southern Belize, Central America, are seasonal and elevational migrants and if their movement is influenced by seasonally abundant food. Reports from southern Belize indicated strongly seasonal sightings of macaws (N ≈ 200) in two separate areas of considerable difference in elevation. I monitored plant phenology plots (2 m x 500 m) in low (N = 6) and high (N = 6) elevation areas for a year to compare fruit abundance with macaw sightings in point counts on the plots and nearby. My point count data and historical sightings indicate strongly seasonal patterns of macaw movement between the low eastern foothills of the Maya Mountains, notably at Red Bank Village, and the higher Chiquibul area to the west, over the Maya Mountains. Other researchers have recorded macaw flights over the Maya Mountains. In the Chiquibul, their high-elevation breeding grounds, my sightings of macaws occurred year-round, but dropped at the beginning of the breeding season in January. At that time, sightings of likely non-breeders rose in low-elevation areas, peaking in February and March with abundant Sloanea tuerckheimii, Pera arborea, and Xylopia frutescens. At that elevation, no macaws were sighted from April through November. At Red Bank, ripe X. frutescens was strongly correlated with Scarlet Macaws; the abundance of both dropped to zero by April. Fruit availability peaked in the Chiquibul in May, whereas macaw sightings peaked in June and dropped in July; low numbers of macaws were sighted in August, September, and October. I reviewed the natural history of Scarlet Macaws in Belize and determined that they have a generalist diet, numerous natural limiting factors, and limited populations and distribution due to habitat destruction and the pet trade. In response, I am advocating for anti-poaching efforts and new protected areas in Belize. The electronic version of this dissertation is freely available in the open access OhioLINK ETD Center (http://etd.ohiolink.edu). (Powell & Bjork 2004).
Application of Modified Imperialistic Competitive Algorithm for Economic emission dispatch

Economic emission dispatch problem (EED) has gained attention of power system researchers for many years. With the deregulation of electricity market and strict environmental norms and regulations, there exists a further scope to revisit the problem. Actually the Economic emission dispatch minimizes both the fuel cost as well as emission from fossil fuel fired power plants under several equality and inequality constraints. A Modified Imperialistic Competition Algorithm (MICA) technique is proposed for solving EED problem and a fuzzy set theory approach is implemented for selecting the best compromise solution out of a set of non-dominated Pareto solutions. Proposed approach is verified on the standard 30-bus 6-generator test system. Equality constraints on power balance and inequality constraints on generation capacity limit are taken into consideration. The quality of solution by proposed algorithm is found to be superior to many other multi-objective techniques.
Learning to Change and Changing Learning in Environmental Management: A case study of the Kaw Nature Reserve in French Guiana

Participation is a key component in socially just, successful nature conservation. Yet, participation can range from informing citizens to offering them decision-making power. Only participation that allows for an open, respectful negotiation of conservation planning and implementation opens the door to engaging, place-appropriate conservation, rather than conservation implemented by external agents with external agendas. However ecologically or socially correct these external agendas may be, collaboration by all stakeholders validates the appropriateness of conservation projects. One conservation tool is education, which typically assumes that the public lacks environmental knowledge and that information can create environmentally aware and active citizens. Often in environmental education programs, the leading organization defines the problem and goals prior to contact with the public. While education can enhance environmental literacy and open doors to environmental action, it is important to recognize the diverse knowledge and experiences of the audience so that they can contribute to successful conservation. My research was based on two connected ideas. First, collaboration among the broadest array of stakeholders requires an education model that is based on learning together, versus a one-way flow of information. Second, a useful way of beginning collaborative education is to recognize, respect and make the most of the diverse experiences, opinions and knowledge of all the stakeholders. I present a case study that focuses on the stakeholders of the Kaw Nature Reserve. This Reserve is eight years old and has been historically beset with conflict. I interviewed a diverse array of stakeholders involved with or affected by the Reserve to determine important themes regarding communication, conservation goals, and viewpoints on land use. The themes I identified can provide the groundwork to understanding the potential role of collaborative education and dialogue in this Reserve, and provide collaborative tools for participatory conservation in France and beyond. The analysis revealed four dominant themes: 1) historical, regulatory and communicative sources of conflict among the Kaw Reserve stakeholders, 2) the effect of external power relations on the Kaw village and Reserve, 3) the Atipa resource crisis, and 4) similarities among stakeholders and diversity within groups. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The most erroneous stories are those we think we know best – and therefore never scrutinize or question. I would like to thank the friends and professors that helped me to question some of my stories. At the end of two years, I have written a story that I both solidly believe in, but also receive …
A protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis

Background:Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS), are common inflammatory lesions of the oral mucous, usually round or ovoid, circumscribed by erythematous haloes with a yellow-grey floor and mostly painful. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of fire needle in the treatment of RAS. Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese VIP Information, Wanfang Database, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database were searched by 2 reviewers from the inception until December 2021. The original study that randomized control trials of fire needle for RAS will be selected and is not limited by country or language. In addition, researches in progress, the reference lists and the citation lists of identified publications will be retrieved similarly. Study selection, data extraction, and assessment of the quality will be performed independently by 2 reviewers who have been trained prior to data extraction. A meta-analysis will be conducted if the quantity and quality of the original studies included are satisfactory; otherwise, a descriptive analysis will be conducted. Review Manager V5.4 software will be using for data synthesis and assessment of the risk of bias according to Cochrane Handbook. Results: This study will provide a comprehensive review of current evidence for the treatment of fire needle on RAS. Conclusion:The conclusion of this study will provide a judging basis that whether the treatment of RAS with fire needle is effective. INPLASY registration number: INPLASY2021120118. Abbreviation: RAS = recurrent aphthous stomatitis.
Ranging behavior and territoriality in chimpanzees at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda

Obtaining accurate and reliable estimates of territory size is important to understand the behavior, ecology, and conservation of chimpanzees. Various methods have been used to estimate chimpanzee territory size, but the extent to which estimates from different studies can be productively compared has been an open question. In this study I estimated the territory and core area size of the chimpanzee community at Ngogo, Kibale National Park, Uganda using three frequently adopted techniques: the minimum convex polygon (MCP), grid cell, and fixed kernel. Estimates produced by different methods were similar and showed high overlap. Core areas defined by 75-80% of observations accounted for 33-39% of the total territory area. I suggest that an 80% core area is biologically relevant for the Ngogo chimpanzees. I discuss methodological problems related to estimating chimpanzee territories and core areas. Subsampling data to reduce autocorrelation substantially reduced estimates calculated using nonstatistical methods, while the kernel method was more robust to sample size changes. I compare my results to territory and core area estimates made for other chimpanzee communities, and conclude by making suggestions about how to improve comparability among studies.
The Labor Market in the Great Recession

From the perspective of a wide range of labor market outcomes, the recession that began in 2007 represents the deepest downturn in the postwar era. Early on, the nature of labor market adjustment displayed a notable resemblance to that observed in past severe downturns. During the latter half of 2009, however, the path of adjustment exhibited important departures from that seen during and after prior deep recessions. Recent data point to two warning signs going forward. First, the record rise in long-term unemployment may yield a persistent residue of long-term unemployed workers with weak search effectiveness. Second, conventional estimates suggest that the extension of Emergency Unemployment Compensation may have led to a modest increase in unemployment. Despite these forces, we conclude that the problems facing the U.S. labor market are unlikely to be as severe as the European unemployment problem of the 1980s.
Thermal surveillance of volcanoes

The author has identified the following significant results. A systematic aircraft program to monitor changes in the thermal emission from volcanoes of the Cascade Range has been initiated and is being carried out in conjunction with ERTS-1 thermal surveillance experiments. Night overflights by aircraft equipped with thermal infrared scanners sensitive to terrestrial emission in the 4-5.5 and 8-14 micron bands are currently being carried out at intervals of a few months. Preliminary results confirm that Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Mount Saint Helens, Mount Shasta, and the Lassen area continue to be thermally active, although with the exception of Lassen which erupted between 1914 and 1917, and Mount Saint Helens which had a series of eruptions between 1831 and 1834, there has been no recent eruptive activity. Excellent quality infrared images recorded over Mount Rainier, as recently as April, 1972, show similar thermal patterns to those reported in 1964-1966. Infrared images of Mount Baker recorded in November 1970 and again in April 1972 revealed a distinct array of anomalies 1000 feet below the crater rim and associated with fumaroles or structures permitting convective heat transfer to the surface.
Trench-Parallel Anisotropy Produced by Foundering of Arc Lower Crust

Many volcanic arcs display fast seismic shear-wave velocities parallel to the strike of the trench. This pattern of anisotropy is inconsistent with simple models of corner flow in the mantle wedge. Although several models, including slab rollback, oblique subduction, and deformation of water-rich olivine, have been proposed to explain trench-parallel anisotropy, none of these mechanisms are consistent with all observations. Instead, small-scale convection driven by the foundering of dense arc lower crust provides an explanation for the trench-parallel anisotropy, even in settings with orthogonal convergence and no slab rollback.
El sistema CASI-ICC: un sensor multiespectral aerotransportado con capacidades cartográficas

En este trabajo presentamos la integracion llevada a cabo en ellnstitut Cartografic de Catalunya para conseguir que las imagenes multiespectrales del sensor aerotransportado CASI puedan ser convertidas en ortoimagenes, con su consecuente valor cartografico. Dicha integracion se consigue sincronizando el sensor con un Sistema de Navegacion Inercial (en ingles INS: Inertial Navigation System) y un Sistema de Posicionarniento Global Diferencial (en ingles DGPS: Differential Global Navigation System). Presentamos los primeros resultados de multitemporalidad sobre zonas agricolas y su potencial para el analisis fenologico de cultivos.
Simulation Of Landfill Leachate And Gas: Application To Leachate Recirculation And Landfill Gas-to-energy Projects

A one-dimensional coupled landfill leachate and gas model (LLGM) is developed for the continuous and simultaneous simulation of post-closure leachate accretion, gas generation, and to study the effects of leachate recirculation. A fully implicit finite difference scheme of the Fokker Planck equation is used to simulate moisture transport and distribution in the temporal and spatial domains, and then is coupled to a two - stage landfill gas fust order rate equation to simulate landfill gas. This latter equation is uniquely correlated to moisture transport and distribution with a substrate utilization equation. The effects of the variation of key hydrologic parameters on leachate simulation are examined. A Ieachate treatment cost sub-model is also developed by non-linear Simplex regression analysis for the prediction of average long-term secondary leachate treatment costs. The economic viability of leachate recirculation in horizontal and vertical wells is evaluated for a hypothetical landfill gas-toelectrical energy project, Disproportionate volumes of Ieachate are simulated for concurrent increases in moisture content and gas. The use of vertical wells for leachate recirculation yielded a higher net economic benefit than horizontal wells for the tested hypothetical energy project. Moisture transport and retention are demonstrated to be dependent on the antecedent moisture content, refuse saturated moisture content and saturated hydraulic conductivity.
Organic spintronics : an investigation on spin-crossover complexes from isolated molecules to the device

Nous avons etudie par STM, SQUID, Reflectivite X, Diffraction des rayons X, absorption optique et XAS des echantillons de Fe(phen)2(NCS)2 et Fe{[3,5-dimethylpyrazolyl]3BH}2 depose par evaporation thermique sur des substrats de Cu(100), Co(100) et SiO2, et compare avec des echantillons en poudre. Nous avons confirme l'existence de l'effet de piegeage d'etat de spin induit par les rayons X (SOXIESST), et etudie ses proprietes, en particulier dynamiques. Celui-ci depend de l'intensite et de la structure du faisceau X applique, et est non-resonant. Nous suggerons que son efficacite est influencee egalement par les etats de transfert de charge metal-ligand (MLCT). L'etude des molecules isolees a montre que l'on pouvait les faire transiter par une impulsion electrique, et construire ainsi des dispositifs memresistifs, mais seulement si l'influence du substrat est suffisamment reduite. A l'aide d'un modele thermodynamique simple, nous avons alors etudie les couches minces et montre que la cooperativite est reduite et que la temperature de transition est modifiee (plus grande pour la Fe-phen, plus faible pour la Fe-pyrz). Enfin, nous utilisons ces resultats pour construire des dispositifs multicouche verticaux Au/Fe-phen/Au dont les proprietes electriques, d'apres nos resultats preliminaires, sont dependantes des stimuli exterieurs (temperature, champ magnetique). Notamment, ils presentent un effet « diode » a la transition de spin.
ON BREEDING AND MOULTING OF THE GREY-EYED BULBUL , IOLE PROPINQUA , IN THAILAND

– I describe for the fi rst time observations on the nest, breeding and moult of the Grey-eyed Bulbul, Iola propinqua, a common species in evergreen forests of central Thailand. In 2007, two active nests were found and monitored at Khao Yai National Park. Only females built the nest and incubated eggs while the male assisted the female to provision nestlings and defend the nest. The overall nesting season lasted from mid-January to at least early May. Adults underwent a typical complete post-breeding moult with primary moult taking ca. 126 days from the end of May until early October. Juveniles underwent a complete moult of similar duration shortly after leaving the nest following which they were indistinguishable in the fi eld from adults. There was little or no overlap in the breeding and moulting cycles.
Serpent, Suppressor of Hairless and U-shaped are crucial regulators of hedgehog niche expression and prohemocyte maintenance during Drosophila larval hematopoiesis

The lymph gland is a specialized organ for hematopoiesis, utilized during larval development in Drosophila. This tissue is composed of distinct cellular domains populated by blood cell progenitors (the medullary zone), niche cells that regulate the choice between progenitor quiescence and hemocyte differentiation [the posterior signaling center (PSC)], and mature blood cells of distinct lineages (the cortical zone). Cells of the PSC express the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling molecule, which instructs cells within the neighboring medullary zone to maintain a hematopoietic precursor state while preventing hemocyte differentiation. As a means to understand the regulatory mechanisms controlling Hh production, we characterized a PSC-active transcriptional enhancer that drives hh expression in supportive niche cells. Our findings indicate that a combination of positive and negative transcriptional inputs program the precise PSC expression of the instructive Hh signal. The GATA factor Serpent (Srp) is essential for hh activation in niche cells, whereas the Suppressor of Hairless [Su(H)] and U-shaped (Ush) transcriptional regulators prevent hh expression in blood cell progenitors and differentiated hemocytes. Furthermore, Srp function is required for the proper differentiation of niche cells. Phenotypic analyses also indicated that the normal activity of all three transcriptional regulators is essential for maintaining the progenitor population and preventing premature hemocyte differentiation. Together, these studies provide mechanistic insights into hh transcriptional regulation in hematopoietic progenitor niche cells, and demonstrate the requirement of the Srp, Su(H) and Ush proteins in the control of niche cell differentiation and blood cell precursor maintenance.
An experimental study of exit position on escape efficiency using mice under competition

Studying the competitive behavior of a crowd moving through an exit under extreme conditions has become an area of high interest for scientists in recent years. Conventional wisdom is that the flow rate of a crowd passing through an exit is dependent on exit width alone. This study investigated the impact of exit position on the flow rate using test mice under competition while driven by smoke produced from burning incense sticks. Prior to the test, the mice were trained to be familiar with the location of the exit. Exits with identical dimensions were placed at five different exit locations: at the center, the corner, 2 cm away from the sidewall, 10 cm away from the sidewall, and 20 cm away from the sidewall. Tests were subsequently repeated for each exit location. The time interval between the passage of two consecutive mice was 4.7 ± 0.3 s while the exit was located at the center position, and was reduced to 3.3 ± 0.1 s when the exit was moved to the corner position. Further study was again conducted by moving the exit to distances of 2 cm, 10 cm, and 20 cm away from the corner position. The minimal time interval was 2.9 ± 0.3 s when the exit was set to 2 cm away from the sidewall, which is a reduction of around 38% in comparison to scenarios which placed the exit in a central position. This study shows that the flow rate of mice passing through an exit under competition is in fact significantly affected by the location of exit.
Importance of stream temperature to climate change impact on water quality

Papers published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions are under open-access review for the journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Abstract The sensitivity of water quality to climate change was assessed in the Seine River (France) with the biogeochemical model RIVERSTRAHLER, which describes the transformations and fluxes of C, N, P and Si between the main microbiological populations, the water column and the sediment, along the entire river network. Point and dif-5 fuse sources are prescribed, stream temperature undergoes a sinusoidal annual cycle constrained by observations, and runoff is calculated by a physically-based land surface model. The reference simulation, using meteorological forcing of 1986–1990 and point sources of 1991, compares very well with observations. The climate change simulated by a general circulation model under the SRES emission scenario A2 was 10 used to simulate the related changes in runoff and stream temperature. To this end, a statistical analysis was undertaken of the relationships between the water and air temperatures in the Seine watershed over 1993–1999, using 88 points that correctly sampled the variability of the tributaries. Most of stream temperature variance was explained by the lagged moving average of air temperature, with parameters that de-15 pended on Strahler stream order. As an interesting simplification, stream temperature changes could be approximated by air temperature changes. This modelling framework was used to analyse of the relative influence of the water warming and discharge reduction induced by climate change on water quality in Paris and downstream. Discharge reduction increased phytoplankton growth and oxygen deficits. Water warming 20 decreased dissolved oxygen, increased phytoplankton biomass during the growth period , and reduced it afterwards, when loss factors dominate. It was also shown that these impacts were enhanced when point source inputs of nutrient and organic matter increased.