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Reducing Data Requirements In Polymer Science: Deep Neural Networks For Predicting Surface Tension Of Copolymer Compatibilizers, Md Mushfiqul Islam Nov 2025

Reducing Data Requirements In Polymer Science: Deep Neural Networks For Predicting Surface Tension Of Copolymer Compatibilizers, Md Mushfiqul Islam

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In polymer chemistry, compatibilization involves adding a substance often a block or graft copolymerto stabilize polymer blends that would otherwise not mix well, leading to rough structures and weak me- chanical properties. Compatibilizers improve miscibility and reduce interfacial tension, which is critical for applications such as mixed-waste polymer recycling. Sequence-controlled polymers offer unique potential by combining the tunable chemistry of synthetic polymers with the precise, function-driven design of biological macromolecules, but unlike proteins, they lack large, evolution-shaped datasets to guide discovery. This research develops a deep learning framework to predict the surface tension of sequence-controlled copolymer compatibilizers across varying concentrations. …


Distinguished Ornithologist 2024: Mark Peck, Jean Iron, Gerard Binsfeld, John Carley Nov 2025

Distinguished Ornithologist 2024: Mark Peck, Jean Iron, Gerard Binsfeld, John Carley

Ontario Birds

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An Unusual Northern Mockingbird Nest In York Region, Ontario, Roy B.H. Smith Nov 2025

An Unusual Northern Mockingbird Nest In York Region, Ontario, Roy B.H. Smith

Ontario Birds

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An Unusual Case Of Common Terns Nesting On A Rooftop In Ontario And An Attempt To Relocate The Colony, David J. Moore, Jeffrey N. Costa, Alexis L. Stupich Nov 2025

An Unusual Case Of Common Terns Nesting On A Rooftop In Ontario And An Attempt To Relocate The Colony, David J. Moore, Jeffrey N. Costa, Alexis L. Stupich

Ontario Birds

A variety of gull and tern species have adapted to urban environments by nesting on rooftops and other human-made structures. Previous reports of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) breeding on rooftops have generally involved small numbers of nests (≤25). Here, we report an occurrence of an unusually large number of Common Terns nesting on a rooftop in Port Credit, Ontario, in 2013. A complete survey of the roof was conducted on 31 May, when 1,011 Common Tern nests were counted. A similar number of breeding pairs used this roof in 2014, but the site was largely abandoned by 2015, due to …


Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists Nov 2025

Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists

Ontario Birds

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A Review: Tree Swallows As Indicators Of Environmental Contaminants, Kailee Hopkins, Melissa Mckinney, Kim Fernie Nov 2025

A Review: Tree Swallows As Indicators Of Environmental Contaminants, Kailee Hopkins, Melissa Mckinney, Kim Fernie

Ontario Birds

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Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists Nov 2025

Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists

Ontario Birds

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Ronald J. Pittaway 1947–2023 Extraordinary Birder And Naturalist, Ron Tozer, Daniel Brunton, Rory Mackay Nov 2025

Ronald J. Pittaway 1947–2023 Extraordinary Birder And Naturalist, Ron Tozer, Daniel Brunton, Rory Mackay

Ontario Birds

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Changes In Agricultural Land Use And The Effectiveness Of Protected Areas: Impacts On The Occurrence Of Three Grassland Bird Species In The Carden Plain Of Ontario, Alice L. Merondun, Ginny Moore, Ron Reid, Erica Nol Nov 2025

Changes In Agricultural Land Use And The Effectiveness Of Protected Areas: Impacts On The Occurrence Of Three Grassland Bird Species In The Carden Plain Of Ontario, Alice L. Merondun, Ginny Moore, Ron Reid, Erica Nol

Ontario Birds

We measure changes in occurrence (i.e., presence/absence) of three grassland bird species in the Carden Plain, between 2001 to 2005 and 2015 to 2016, by comparing point count results of the 2001–2005 Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (OBBA) to repeated point counts at the same sites in the more recent period. We examine associations between changes of occurrence and habitat change and protection status of the survey locations for the three most commonly occurring species of Ontario grassland birds (Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus; Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna; and Savannah Sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis), all of which have experienced population declines in Ontario of …


Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists Nov 2025

Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists

Ontario Birds

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Ontario Piping Plovers: A Declining Population, Andrea Gress Nov 2025

Ontario Piping Plovers: A Declining Population, Andrea Gress

Ontario Birds

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Predator Exclusion Grids Protect Common Terns From Avian Nest Predators At Presqu’Ile Provincial Park, Lake Ontario, Jennifer M. Arnold, Stephen A. Oswald, Donald J. Tyerman, Michael J. Barker Nov 2025

Predator Exclusion Grids Protect Common Terns From Avian Nest Predators At Presqu’Ile Provincial Park, Lake Ontario, Jennifer M. Arnold, Stephen A. Oswald, Donald J. Tyerman, Michael J. Barker

Ontario Birds

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) breeding populations in inland areas of North America have experienced significant declines, particularly in the Canadian waters of the lower Great Lakes. Once home to two-thirds of the Great Lakes population, Presqu’ile Provincial Park maintained only a small breeding colony of Common Terns from the 1970s to the early 2010s. In 2008, a research program was started to understand the population status of this colony. This involved close collaboration between faculty at Penn State University and Ontario Parks staff, and identified poor reproductive success at this site. Although many factors contributed to this poor reproductive success …


Spring Migration Phenology, Abundance And Behaviour Of Little And Bonaparte’S Gulls At Oshawa Second Marsh, Lake Ontario, Ontario, 1992–2022, Tyler Hoar, D.V. Chip Weseloh, David J. Moore Nov 2025

Spring Migration Phenology, Abundance And Behaviour Of Little And Bonaparte’S Gulls At Oshawa Second Marsh, Lake Ontario, Ontario, 1992–2022, Tyler Hoar, D.V. Chip Weseloh, David J. Moore

Ontario Birds

The Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) is a rare gull in most of North America; however, in spring it is relatively numerous at several sites in Ontario, as it migrates with its much more numerous relative, the Bonaparte’s Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia). The primary objective of this study was to document the spring migration phenology, abundance and behaviour of the Little Gull and the Bonaparte’s Gull at Oshawa Second Marsh (OSM), Ontario. Pursuit flights, roosting flights and migration departures by Little Gulls are also reported. The study took place from late March to late May, 1992–2022, at OSM. This site consistently hosted …


Extralimital Records Of The Canada Jay In The Greater Toronto Area 1825–2022, Glenn Coady Nov 2025

Extralimital Records Of The Canada Jay In The Greater Toronto Area 1825–2022, Glenn Coady

Ontario Birds

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists Nov 2025

Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists

Ontario Birds

No abstract provided.


Is The Double-Crested Cormorant A Likely Disperser Of The Japanese Chaff-Flower To The Lake Erie Islands, Ontario?, Ronald I. Orenstein Nov 2025

Is The Double-Crested Cormorant A Likely Disperser Of The Japanese Chaff-Flower To The Lake Erie Islands, Ontario?, Ronald I. Orenstein

Ontario Birds

No abstract provided.


Distinguished Ornithologist 2022: Erica Nol, Douglas C. Tozer Nov 2025

Distinguished Ornithologist 2022: Erica Nol, Douglas C. Tozer

Ontario Birds

No abstract provided.


The Northward Expansion Of The Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck And First Records For Regional Municipality Of Niagara, Kayo J. Roy Nov 2025

The Northward Expansion Of The Black-Bellied Whistling-Duck And First Records For Regional Municipality Of Niagara, Kayo J. Roy

Ontario Birds

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists Nov 2025

Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists

Ontario Birds

No abstract provided.


In Memoriam: Harry G. Lumsden, Kenneth F. Abraham Nov 2025

In Memoriam: Harry G. Lumsden, Kenneth F. Abraham

Ontario Birds

No abstract provided.


The Bird Specimen Collection Of George And Edward White Of Ottawa, Ontario (1874-1949), Daniel F. Brunton Nov 2025

The Bird Specimen Collection Of George And Edward White Of Ottawa, Ontario (1874-1949), Daniel F. Brunton

Ontario Birds

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists Nov 2025

Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists

Ontario Birds

No abstract provided.


The University Of Guelph’S Arboretum Winter Bird Count, 1980-2022, Brandon P.M. Edwards, Alan P. Watson, Chris G. Earley Nov 2025

The University Of Guelph’S Arboretum Winter Bird Count, 1980-2022, Brandon P.M. Edwards, Alan P. Watson, Chris G. Earley

Ontario Birds

No abstract provided.


A Possible Canvasback X Ruddy Duck Hybrid, Brandon P.M. Edwards, Mike Bouman Nov 2025

A Possible Canvasback X Ruddy Duck Hybrid, Brandon P.M. Edwards, Mike Bouman

Ontario Birds

No abstract provided.


Peculiarities In The Appearance And Moult Of Long-Tailed Duck, Peter S. Burke, Tim Lucas, Kevin A. Mclaughlin Nov 2025

Peculiarities In The Appearance And Moult Of Long-Tailed Duck, Peter S. Burke, Tim Lucas, Kevin A. Mclaughlin

Ontario Birds

This paper reviews the literature on moults and resulting appearances of the Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis; LTDU), focusing on the high degree of plumage variation observed in this species, which is unique among ducks. In addition to exhibiting three visibly different plumages in its first year of life, and two visibly different plumages every year thereafter, the LTDU also shows a high variation among individuals, due, at least in part, to individual variation in the prolongation of each moult. This has led to confusion for those describing LTDU plumage and moult patterns in the past. Previous (and some erroneous) hypotheses …


Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists Nov 2025

Full Issue, Ontario Field Ornithologists

Ontario Birds

No abstract provided.


Loafing And Sleeping Behaviour Of Trumpeter Swans, Harry G. Lumsden, Gerry Markhoff, Gary Lane, Allan Scott Nov 2025

Loafing And Sleeping Behaviour Of Trumpeter Swans, Harry G. Lumsden, Gerry Markhoff, Gary Lane, Allan Scott

Ontario Birds

An observational study of loafing and sleeping behaviour of Trumpeter Swans was conducted in southern Ontario throughout the year in 2018 and 2019. Like other birds, these swans have the ability to close down one brain hemisphere at a time during rest, which is indicated by eye closure. We quantified rates of closure of eyes during sleeping bouts for both breeding and non-breeding swans. Single eye closure varied in frequency, duration and in terms of which hemisphere was shut down. Increasing duration of eye closure over time indicated an increased sense of security with surrounding in one mated pair. Proportion …


Changes In Abundance Of Least Bitterns In Ontario,1995-2019, Michael J. Kirchin, Giuseppe E. Fiorino, Greg P. Grabas, Douglas C. Tozer Nov 2025

Changes In Abundance Of Least Bitterns In Ontario,1995-2019, Michael J. Kirchin, Giuseppe E. Fiorino, Greg P. Grabas, Douglas C. Tozer

Ontario Birds

Populations of many breeding marsh bird species continue to decline in the southern Great Lakes basin, although this is not the case for the threatened Least Bittern. Recent analysis based on data from the Great Lakes Marsh Monitoring Program of Birds Canada shows that its abundance has increased consistently since the mid-2000s throughout the lower Great Lakes in the U.S. and Canada, with the highest abundance occurring in recent years. In this study, we expanded on these findings by assessing patterns in abundance of Least Bitterns among different geographical locations in Ontario and across years from 1995 to 2019. We …


Reviews: The Gull Guide: North America (Ayyash, A); Flight Of The Godwit: Tracking Epic Shorebird Migrations (Beehler, Bm); Blue-Footed Boobies: Sibling Conflict And Sexual Infidelity On A Tropical Island (Drummond, H); We Loved It All: A Memory Of Life (Millet, L), Marine Ornithology Nov 2025

Reviews: The Gull Guide: North America (Ayyash, A); Flight Of The Godwit: Tracking Epic Shorebird Migrations (Beehler, Bm); Blue-Footed Boobies: Sibling Conflict And Sexual Infidelity On A Tropical Island (Drummond, H); We Loved It All: A Memory Of Life (Millet, L), Marine Ornithology

Marine Ornithology

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Assessment Of The Conservation Status Of The Fuegian Steamer Duck Tachyeres Pteneres In Chile, Gonzalo Medina-Vogel, Gabriela Molina-Maldonado, Carlos Calvo-Mac, Nicole Delgado-Parada, Valeria Gómez-Silva, Elke Schüttler, Benjamín Santibáñez-Bórquez, Jaime R. Rau, Jaime A. Cursach Nov 2025

Assessment Of The Conservation Status Of The Fuegian Steamer Duck Tachyeres Pteneres In Chile, Gonzalo Medina-Vogel, Gabriela Molina-Maldonado, Carlos Calvo-Mac, Nicole Delgado-Parada, Valeria Gómez-Silva, Elke Schüttler, Benjamín Santibáñez-Bórquez, Jaime R. Rau, Jaime A. Cursach

Marine Ornithology

The Fuegian Steamer Duck Tachyeres pteneres is endemic to the southern cone of South America. Though classified as Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, it is categorized as Near Threatened by the Chilean Ministry of Environment. However, few studies have been conducted on this species, and large portions of its distribution remain unsurveyed. This lack of information hinders a full appreciation of the species' conservation status under the IUCN criteria. We therefore conducted extensive surveys along the southern coast of Chile. Between March 2021 and April 2023, we carried out visual censuses at …