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Aerial vertical‐looking infrared imagery to evaluate bias of distance sampling techniques for white‐tailed deer
Authors: Beaver Jared T. , Harper Craig A. , Kissell Robert E. , Muller Lisa I. , Basinger Peyton S. , Goode Matthew J. , Van Manen Frank T. , Winton Wes , Kennedy Michael L. 
Published: February 2014

ABSTRACTPopulation monitoring requires techniques that produce estimates with low bias and adequate precision. Distance sampling using ground‐based thermal infrared imaging (ground imaging) and spotlight surveys is commonly used to estimate population densities of white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). These surveys are often conducted along roads, which may violate assumptions of distance sampling and result in density estimates that are biased high. Aerial vertical‐looking infrared imaging (aerial imaging) is not restricted to roads and therefore enables random sampling and detection. We compared estimates of population density and precision, and evaluated potential sources of bias for these 3 techniques for deer on Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee, USA, during January–February 2010. Using data from aerial imaging conducted along systematic strip transects, we found that deer were distributed close to roads and deer responded to the landscape along the road edge or to observers driving along roads. As a result of these distributional patterns, estimated deer density based on ground imaging and spotlighting from road‐based surveys was 3.0–7.6 times greater than density estimated from strip transects using aerial imaging. Ground imaging did not produce better estimates than spotlighting. Observers on the ground counting all deer seen at test plots with hand‐held thermal imagers saw fewer deer than were seen on aerial images, suggesting high detection of deer by aerial imaging. Despite its higher cost (US$10,000) over spotlight surveys, we recommend aerial imaging instead of road‐based ground surveys for monitoring populations of deer and discourage the continued use of non‐random road‐based surveys as a method for estimating white‐tailed deer populations. © 2014 The Wildlife Society.
Antioxidant Activity of Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) Cake Extract for the Stabilization of Olein Based Butter
Authors: Nadeem Muhammad , Situ Chen , Mahmud Athar , Khalique Anjum , Imran Muhammad , Rahman Fazal , Khan Sabir 
Published: February 2014

AbstractThis study investigated the effect of ethanolic sesame cake extract on oxidative stabilization of olein based butter. Fractionation of cream was performed by the dry fractionation technique at 10 °C, ethanolic sesame cake extract (SCE) was incorporated into olein butter at three different concentrations; 50, 100, 150 ppm (T1, T2, T3) and compared with a control. The total phenolic content of SCE was 1.72 (mg gallic acid equivalent g−1 dry weight). The HPLC characterization of ethanolic sesame cake revealed the presence of antioxidant substances viz. sesamol, sesamin and sesamolin in higher extents. The DPPH free radical scavenging activity of SCE was 83 % as compared to 64 and 75 % in BHA and BHT. Fractionation of milk fat at 10 °C significantly (p < 0.05) influenced the fatty acid profile of olein and stearin fractions from the parent milk fat. Concentration of oleic acid and linoleic acid in olein fraction was 29.62 and 33.46 % greater than the parent milk fat. The loss of C18:1 in 90 days stored control and T3 was 24.37 and 3.58 %, respectively, 58 % C18:2 was broken down into oxidation products over 8.55 % loss in T3. The peroxide value of control, T1, T2, BHT and T3 in the Schaal oven test was 8.59, 8.12, 5.34, 4.52 and 2.49 (mequiv O2/kg). The peroxide value and anisidine value of 3 months stored control and T3 were 1.21, 0.42 (mequiv O2/kg) and 27.25, 13.25, respectively. The concentration of conjugated dienes in T3 was substantially less than the control. The induction period of T3 was considerably higher than BHT with no difference in sensory characteristics (p > 0.05). Ethanolic SCE can be used for the long‐term preservation of olein butter, with acceptable sensory characteristics.
Palaeomagnetism of Metadolerite Dykes and Sills from Proterozoic Shillong Basin, NE India: Implications Related to the Age and Magmatism
Authors: Sarma K. P. , Venkateshwarlu M. , Patil S. K. , Laskar J.J. , Devi Niva Rani , Rao J. Mallikharjuna 
Published: February 2014

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The basement gneiss of the Shillong plateau and the overlying rocks of the Shillong basin have been dissected by a number of mafic dyke swarms represented by older Proterozoic dolerite dykes and sills named as Khasi greenstone and the younger set of Cretaceous dykes. The older dolerites dykes of Shillong basin are partly metamorphosed and have undergone low-grade metamorphism compared to the fresh unmetamorphosed Cretaceous dykes dominantly exposed in the BGC of West Garo hills region. The Khasi greenstones are tholeiitic in composition and range from basalt to basaltic andesite. Most of the metamorphosed mafic dykes indicate continental nature with some amount of overlapping oceanic tectonic setting. Palaeomagnetic study of the metadolerite dykes show a direction of magnetization of Dm=29, Im=38 (α95 = 28.84; k = 48.33; N = 2) with a palaeolatitude of 21.3° N to the Indian sub-continent that clearly support the Proterozoic dyke/dyke swarm emplacement in the region. The magnetic carrier as inferred from IRM studies is magnetite in the range of psuedosingle to multi domain (MD) states with minor contribution from hematite.
Neogene-Quaternary Calcareous Algae from Saurashtra Basin, Western India: Implications on Paleoenvironments and Hydrocarbon Exploration
Authors: Kundal P. , Kundal Milind P. , Mude S. N. 
Published: February 2014

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The Cenozoic and Quaternary sediments of Saurashtra basin encompass signatures of sea level fluctuations, environments of deposition and presence of hydrocarbons. These sediments are divided into seven formations that in order of superposition are: Deccan Trap (late Cretaceous to Eocene), Gaj (early Miocene), Dwarka (middle Miocene to early Pliocene), Miliolite (middle Pleistocene), Chaya (late Pleistocene to late Holocene), Katpur (middle Holocene) and Mahuva Formation (late Holocene). The fossil calcareous algae are significant constituents of these sediments and in all 88 species so far have been recorded by different workers from three prominent areas: Dwarka-Okha area (38 coralline algal species:28 nongeniculate and 10 geniculate ), Porbandar area (37 coralline algal species:25 nongeniculate and 12 geniculate species) and Diu area (13 calcareous algal species:6 nongeniculate coralline algal species, 5 geniculate coralline algal species; 1 dasycladalean algal species and 1 halimedacean algal species) of the Saurashtra basin. The present paper provides a checklist of these 88 calcareous algal species documented from the different formations of this basin and their implications for paleoenvironments and petroleum exploration.
Effect of Diagenesis on Clay Mineralogy and Organic Matter in the Tunisian Southern Subsurface
Authors: Mefteh Samir , Medhioub Mounir , Essefi Elhoucine , Jamoussi Fakher 
Published: February 2014

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This study aims to follow the effect of the diagenetic transformations on the clayey fraction and the organic matter of the Tunisian southern sub-surface. 61 samples from oil well named NWA-1 were recuperated for series of analyses. This study follows a comparative approach between the mineralogical, geochemical and petrographic studies. To discuss results from a statistical viewpoint, the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was applied in order to find out any correlation between different components. The associated minerals quartz, feldspar, calcite, pyrite, anhydrite, gypsum, dolomite and olivine are also detected. These associated minerals remove by-products by the illitization reaction. The Index of Crystallinity (IC) of illite shows that, except some anomalies, the studied samples are between the epizone and the anchizone. Downward, samples show the effect of diagenetic processes and weak signs of low-grade metamorphism. As regards to the organic matter, values of Tmax range between 333°C and 463°C. On the other hand, potential hydrocarbon compounds (S2) show low values compared to those of (S1); but they maintain a similar variability from 0.63 to 21.12. SEM observations and X-ray microanalyses supported the formation of authigenic micro-quartz. The PCA of clay minerals, chemical components, and the depth shows three different populations. Feldspar, chlorite and quartz make up a population positively correlated with the depth. The second population seems to be indifferent to depth variation; it is made up of two sub-populations: the population of illite, gypsum and anhydrite, which is obtained by a counter clock rotation of depth population; and the population of pyrite, kaolinite, olivine phyllosilicate, which is obtained by an anti-clockwise rotation of depth population. Third, the population of smectite, calcite and dolomite is inversely proportional to the depth variation. On the other hand, the PCA of TOC, Tmax, HI, S1, S2 and the depth make up a homogenous statistical population following the depth evolution.
3D Geological Modeling of Punjab Platform, Middle Indus Basin Pakistan through Integration of Wireline Logs and Seismic Data
Authors: Aadil Naseem , Sohail Ghulam Mohyuddin 
Published: February 2014

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3D Geological control in an area is a key to success for exploration of hydrocarbon. Any discrepancy in geological control leads towards dry wells and ultimately high economic loss. The aim of this study is to build a 3D sub-surface geologic model of Punjab platform, Pakistan by integrating mud logs, wire line logs and seismic data for interpreting the structural trends of pre-tertiary geological formations. For this purpose, wire line and mud logs of eighteen wells and about 1500LKm 2D seismic data of Punjab platform was collected from Directorate General of Petroleum Concession (DGPC) Islamabad, Pakistan. A well correlation profile is developed using Petrel and CorelDraw software to assess the distribution of subsurface geological sequences.
Synthetic seismograms were developed and then correlated with seismic stacks to pick the horizons of different formations. Time Contour, velocity contour, depth contour and isopach maps are constructed. These maps were then loaded in Structural Modeling window of Petrel software for final construction of 3D geological model. The proposed model indicates that there is a sub-surface monoclinal trend dipping towards a western side of the study area. Further, an anticline at Cambrian level near Fortabbas-Bijnot area is extending to the East in the neighbouring India. In addition, horst and graben structures are also identified at Cambrian level by seismic data. The proposed model is confirmed by results of earlier data, and it is, therefore, recommended that 3D seismic data should further be acquired to explore the structural and stratigraphic traps of Punjab platform, Pakistan.
Analysis of the spatial and transmural dispersion of repolarization and late potentials derived using signal‐averaged vector‐projected 187‐channel high‐resolution electrocardiogram in patients with early repolarization pattern
Authors: Ohkubo Kimie , Watanabe Ichiro , Okumura Yasuo , Sonoda Kazumasa , Sasaki Naoko , Kogawa Rikitake , Takahashi Keiko , Nakai Toshiko , Kunimoto Satoshi , Kasamaki Yuji , Hirayama Atsushi 
Published: February 2014

AbstractBackgroundElectrophysiological characteristics of early repolarization syndrome (ERS), i.e., the spatial and transmural dispersion of ventricular repolarization and ventricular late potentials can be evaluated using a signal‐averaged vector‐projected 187‐channel high‐resolution electrocardiogram (187‐ch SAVP‐ECG). We investigated these characteristics as markers of ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac arrest in patients presenting with an ER pattern.MethodsThe 187‐ch SAVP‐ECGs were recorded for 8 patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation associated with ERS (ERS patients), and 5 patients with an ER pattern without arrhythmic events (ER pattern patients).ResultsThe ER pattern was located in the inferior leads (n=7), lateral leads (n=1), or both inferior and lateral leads (n=5). The corrected RT(RTc) (peak point of the R wave − positive maximum peak of the first derivative of the T wave interval corrected using the Bazett formula) interval and T(peak‐end)‐c interval from the 187 channels were calculated. Late potentials were positive in 7 of 8 ERS patients and in 3 of 5ER pattern patients (P=0.25). The average RTc was shorter in patients with ERS (192.6±29.8 ms vs. 234.0±25.5 ms, P=0.04). However, average T(peak‐end)‐c interval did not differ between the 2 groups.ConclusionLate ventricular potentials were common in ERS and ER pattern patients. Lethal arrhythmia in ERS patients appeared to be related to the relatively short average repolarization time rather than the spatial and transmural dispersion of repolarization.
UNASSERTABILITY AND THE APPEARANCE OF IGNORANCE
Authors: Pynn Geoff 
Published: February 2014

AbstractWhether it seems that you know something depends in part upon practical factors. When the stakes are low, it can seem to you that you know that p, but when the stakes go up it'll seem to you that you don't. The apparent sensitivity of knowledge to stakes presents a serious challenge to epistemologists who endorse a stable semantics for knowledge attributions and reject the idea that whether you know something depends on how much is at stake. After arguing that previous attempts to meet this challenge fall short, I offer a new solution: theunassertability account. The account starts with the observation that high stakes subjects aren't in an epistemic position to assert. We generally presuppose that knowing is sufficient for epistemically proper assertion, but this presupposition only stands up to scrutiny if we draw a distinction between two notions of epistemic propriety, and we shouldn't expect ordinary speakers to draw it. A subject in a high stakes situation who fails to draw the distinction will be led by the sufficiency claim to treat anything she isn't in a position to assert as something she isn't in a position to know. The sensitivity of epistemically proper assertion to practical factors explains the merely apparent sensitivity of knowledge to stakes.
Rapid growth of a large-scale (600 mm aperture) KDP crystal and its optical quality
Authors: Li Guohui , Zheng Guozong , Qi Yingkun , Yin Peixiu , Tang En , Li Fei , Xu Jing , Lei Taiming , Lin Xiuqin , Zhang Min , Lu Junye , Ma Jinbo , He Youping , Yao Yuangen 
Published: February 2014

AbstractPotassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP) single crystals are the only nonlinear crystals currently used for electro-optic switches and frequency converters in inertial confinement fusion research, due to their large dimension and exclusive physical properties. Based on the traditional solution-growth process, large bulk KDP crystals, usually with sizes up to 600 $\times $ 600 mm$^{{2}}$ so as to make a frequency doubler for the facility requirement loading highly flux of power laser, can be grown in standard Holden-type crystallizers, without spontaneous nucleation and visible defects, one to two orders of magnitude faster than by conventional methods. Pure water and KDP raw material with a few ion impurities such as Fe, Cr, and Al (less than 0.1 ppm) were used. The rapid-growth method includes extreme conditions such as temperature range from 60 to 35$^{\circ }$C, overcooling up to 5$^{\circ }$C, growth rates exceeding 10 mm/day, and crystal size up to 600 mm. The optical parameters of KDP crystals were determined. The optical properties of crystals determined indicate that they are of favorable quality for application in the facility.
Equivariant K-theory of compact Lie groups with involution
Authors: Hu Po , Kriz Igor , Somberg Petr 
Published: February 2014

AbstractFor a compact simply connected simple Lie group G with an involution α, we compute the G ⋊ ℤ/2-equivariant K-theory of G where G acts by conjugation and ℤ/2 acts either by α or by g ↦ α(g)−1. We also give a representation-theoretic interpretation of those groups, as well as of KG(G).
Microstructural, compositional and petrophysical properties of mylonitic granodiorites from an extensional shear zone (Rhodope Core complex, Greece)
Authors: PUNTURO ROSALDA , CIRRINCIONE ROSOLINO , FAZIO EUGENIO , FIANNACCA PATRIZIA , KERN HARTMUT , MENGEL KURT , ORTOLANO GAETANO , PEZZINO ANTONINO 
Published: February 2014

AbstractAt the southern boundary of the Rhodope Massif, NE Greece, the Kavala Shear Zone (KSZ) represents an example of the Eastern Mediterranean deep-seated extensional tectonic setting. During Miocene time, extensional deformation favoured syntectonic emplacement and subsequent exhumation of plutonic bodies. This paper deals with the strain-related changes in macroscopic, geochemical and microstructural properties of the lithotypes collected along the KSZ, comprising granitoids from the pluton, aplitic dykes and host rock gneisses. Moreover, we investigated the evolution of seismic anisotropy on a suite of granitoid mylonites as a result of progressive strain. Isotropic compressional and shear wave velocities (Vp,Vs) and densities calculated from modal proportions and single-crystal elastic properties at given pressure–temperature (P–T) conditions are compared to respective experimental data including the directional dependence (anisotropy) of wave velocities. Compared to the calculated isotropic velocities, which are similar for all of the investigated mylonites (average values:Vp~ 5.87 km s−1,Vs~ 3.4 km s−1,Vp/Vs= 1.73 and density = 2.65 g cm−3), the seismic measurements give evidence for marked P-wave velocity anisotropy up to 6.92% (at 400 MPa) in the most deformed rock due to marked microstructural changes with progressive strain, as highlighted by the alignment of mica, chlorite minerals and quartz ribbons. The highest P- and S-wave velocities are parallel to the foliation plane and lowest normal to the foliation plane. Importantly,Vpremains constant within the foliation with progressive strain, but decreases normal to foliation. The potential of the observed seismic anisotropy of the KSZ mylonites with respect to detectable seismic reflections is briefly discussed.
Influence of different systems for feeding supplements to grazing dairy cows on milk fatty acid composition
Authors: Akbaridoust Ghazal , Plozza Tim , Trenerry Victor C , Wales William J , Auldist Martin J , Dunshea Frank R , Ajlouni Said 
Published: February 2014

This study investigated the effects of different strategies for feeding supplements to grazing dairy cows on the proportions of fatty acids in milk. Two hundred and sixteen cows were fed supplementary grain and forage according to one of 3 different strategies; (1) Control: cows grazed perennial ryegrass pasture (14 kg dry matter/d) supplemented with milled barley grain fed in the milking parlour and pasture silage offered in the paddock; (2) Partial mixed ration 1 (PMR1): same pasture allotment and supplement as Control strategy, but the supplements presented as a mixed ration after each milking in feedpad, and; (3) Partial mixed ration 2 (PMR2): same pasture allotment, supplemented with a mixed ration of milled barley grain, alfalfa hay, corn silage and crushed corn grain fed in a feedpad. Within each strategy, cows were assigned to receive either 6, 8, 10 or 12 kg dry matter supplement/cow per d. Milk fatty acid proportions from cows fed Control and PMR1 strategies were similar and different from those fed PMR2, particularly at 10 to 12 kg dry matter supplement/cow per d. The reduction in milk fat yield and concentration in cows fed high amounts of supplement as Control and PMR1 was coincident with 4 × increase in 10t-18:1 proportion. The composition of the partial mixed ration (PMR) and the amount offered affected milk fatty acid proportions and milk fat content, however, the method of supplementation did not.
“You're in the Army Now:” The Impact of World War II on Women's Education, Work, and Family
Authors: Jaworski Taylor 
Published: February 2014

World War II temporarily halted the rise in high school and college graduation rates. This article shows that manpower mobilization for World War II decreased educational attainment among high school-age females during the early 1940s, reduced employment and earnings, and altered decisions regarding family formation. I then provide evidence that women in this cohort returned to school in later life and relate these findings to the “quiet revolution” taking place as women learned about the benefits of school and work over the second half of the twentieth century.“Education has been ever in the nation's service. But in these days of total war that service has a new significance. ‘You're in the Army now’ is no cliché–it is an expression of national necessity.”1
The Äiwoo verb phrase: Syntactic ergativity without pivots
Authors: NÆSS ÅSHILD 
Published: February 2014

Formal models of syntax typically accord the structural position external to the verb's domain a privileged status in the overall syntactic makeup of a language, either by assuming that external arguments are always S or A, or by linking external argument position to syntactic pivothood. This paper demonstrates that the Oceanic language Äiwoo has an ergative verb phrase – i.e. A as the VP-internal argument and S/O as external arguments – but no corresponding S/O pivot. That is, the ergative structure of the verb phrase in Äiwoo does not entail any syntactically privileged status of the VP-external arguments; rather, it is simply a by-product of various diachronic developments. This situation shows that what has traditionally been perceived as fundamental differences in grammatical organisation – the difference between an accusative and an ergative pattern of VP structure – need not in fact be associated with any broader differences in syntactic or pragmatic structure. More importantly, it goes against the assumption that it is possible to assign universal functions to syntactic configurations. Instead, it can be seen as providing support for the view argued for by Evans & Levinson (2009: 444) that ‘most linguistic diversity is the product of historical cultural evolution operating on relatively independent traits’.
Estimating pumaPuma concolorpopulation size in a human-disturbed landscape in Brazil, using DNA mark–recapture data
Authors: Miotto Renata A. , Cervini Marcelo , Kajin Maja , Begotti Rodrigo A. , Galetti Pedro M. 
Published: February 2014

AbstractThe genetics and ecology of pumas are well documented in North America but there is a lack of studies in South America, especially in Brazil. By means of a noninvasive method, faecal DNA analysis, we estimated puma abundance in two protected areas embedded in a human-disturbed landscape in the north-east of São Paulo state, in south-east Brazil. In 8 months of mark–recapture faeces sampling, 15 individual pumas were identified using seven microsatellite loci. The estimated abundance of pumas with the Jolly–Seber open population model was 23.81 ± SE 6.22. This is the first estimate of the abundance of pumas in a human-dominated landscape in São Paulo state, the most populous, developed and industrialized state of Brazil. The absence of high-quality habitats in the north-east of the state, the absence of direct competitors and the high availability of prey in protected areas are probably contributing to the high number of pumas concentrated in a relatively small area (c. 260 km2). Our results will contribute to the long-term monitoring of this puma population and, combined with other ecological, behavioural and genetic data, will help guide conservation action to maintain a viable population of the puma in this region.