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Behavior Of Individuals And Social Interactions Of The Red-Fronted Macaw Ara Rubrogenys In The Wild During The Midday Rest, Elin Pitter, Mette Bohn Christiansen

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.

Systematics And Geographic Variation In Long-Tailed Hermit Hummingbirds, The Phaethornis Superciliosus-Malaris-Longirostris Species Group (Trochilidae), With Notes On Their Biogeography, Christoph Hinkelmann

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.

When Black Plus White Equals Gray: The Nature Of Variation In The Variable Seedeater Complex (Emberizinae: Sporophila), F. Gary Stiles

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.

Avian Abundance In Sun And Shade Coffee Plantations And Remnant Pine Forest In The Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic, Joseph M. Wunderle Jr., Steven C. Latta

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.

The Diet Of The Oilbird In Venezuela, Carlos Bosque, Rudyard Ramirez, Domingo Rodriguez

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.

The Descending Whistle Display And Female Visitation Rates In The Yellow-Knobbed Curassow, Crax Daubentoni, In Venezuela, Richard Buchholz

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.

Spatial And Temporal Variation In The Detectability And Density Of Columbids In Puerto Rico And On Vieques Island, Frank E. Rivera-Milan

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.

Inequities In Parental Effort And Costs Of Communal Breeding In The Guira Cuckoo, Regina H. Macedo

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.

Geographic Variation In The Andean Siskin (Carduelis Spinescens), With Comments On Its Status In Ecuador, Mark B. Robbins, Niels Krabbe, Gary H. Rosenberg, Francisco Sornoza Molina

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.

Habitat And Foraging Substrateuse Of Three Basileuterus Warblers From Central Brazil, Miguel A. Marini, Roberto B. C.

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.

New Distributional Records For Ecuadorian Birds, Manuel Marin A., Juan Manuel Carrion B., Fred C. Sibley

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.

Tropical Bird Species Numbers In Second-Growth Vs Primary Forest Habitats At Large Scales, David A. Wiedenfeld

Ornitología Neotropical

No abstract provided.

Fintech Lending In India: Taking Stock Of Implications For Privacy And Autonomy, Vidushi Marda, Amber Sinha

Indian Journal of Law and Technology

In the last five years, the Fintech sector has thrived in India, with Machine Learning (ML) driven credit scoring based on alternative data, emerging as a growing segment. The credit scoring industry in India needs to be viewed in light of a careful examination of rights, inclusion, appropriate safeguards and discrimination, currently missing from the discourse and practices. In this paper, we explain how ML-based credit scoring works, and the regulatory and commercial factors that have enabled and impeded its growth in India. Through legal and technological analysis, richened by insights from qualitative interviews with entrepreneurs and practitioners, we provide …

The Present And Future Of Ai Usage In The Banking And Financial Decision-Making Processes Within The Developing Indian Economy, Dr. Shouvik Kumar Guha, Bash Savage-Mansary, Dr. Navyajyoti Samanta

Indian Journal of Law and Technology

In course of this paper, the authors have soght to examine the extent to which technology based on artificial intelligence (AI) have made inroads into the banking and financial sectors of a developing economy like India. The paper begins with providing a contextual background to the adoption of such technology in the global financial arena. It then proceeds to identify and categorise the forms of AI currently being used in the Indian financial sector and also considers the different channels of operation where such technology is in vogue. The advantages of using such technology and the future goals for integrating …

Bringing Shadow Libraries Out Of Legal Shadows: An Opportunity For The Delhi High Court, Rahul Bajaj, Anchal Bhateja

Indian Journal of Law and Technology

At the heart of the copyright bargain is the need to strike a balance between fostering creativity, by incentivizing producers of intellectual property and promoting the interests of the public at large. These two are often in tension with each other. Some cases bring this tension into sharp focus. The ongoing litigation in the Delhi high Court, on the legality of shadow libraries - Libgen and Sci Hub - is one such case. The case has seminal importance for ensuring that the right to education is duly respected and fulfilled.

In this paper, we argue that this litigation offers the …

Blended Hdr-Sdr Operation, Chien-Hui Wen, Hsin-Hsueh Li

Defensive Publications Series

It is common in smartphone applications to have a window of HDR (high dynamic range) content against an SDR (standard dynamic range) background. Due to differences in supply voltages and refresh rates between HDR and SDR, luminance can be discontinuous at the HDR-SDR boundary, resulting in visual anomalies, flicker, and perceptual difficulties. This disclosure describes techniques to provide a smooth HDR-SDR transition during blended HDR-SDR operation. A raw gamma curve, e.g., as set by the display manufacturer, is recomputed such that a target luminance is met at a different refresh rate. A smooth SDR-HDR transition is obtained by applying the …

Fusing Voice And Gesture Input To Improve Text Transcription Accuracy, D Shin

Defensive Publications Series

While speech input, detected by on-device microphones, enables users to provide voice commands or other text at a higher speed than typing, the accuracy of transcription can suffer in certain environments, e.g., in the presence of background noise. Gesture input via a virtual keyboard is convenient but slower and also prone to errors, e.g., when a gesture resolves to multiple words. Per techniques of this disclosure, a user can provide spoken and gesture input at the same time to a user device. Each input is converted to text separately. The stereo text stream is time aligned using word-to-word distance to …

Dealing With The Trauma Of Undiagnosed Dyslexia, Aisling Dolan

Journal of Franco-Irish Studies

The theme of my Master’s by research is an investigation into the condition and effects of dyslexia on one’s personality, academic experience and professional growth. I wish to examine and acknowledge the effects dyslexia has on an individual’s ability to learn and grow in a “typical” twenty-first-century society. I intend also to highlight the emotional impact this disability can have on a person’s sense of self and how they develop through childhood. I hope to demonstrate the link dyslexia has in fostering a visual form of thinking and expression. I also hope to evaluate how one’s dyslexia reveals itself in …

Treating Traum(A): Examples In The Tanakh That Mirror Events During The Life Of Bonhoeffer And Crimes Of The Ian Rankin Novel Knots And Crosses, Geraldine Mitchell

Journal of Franco-Irish Studies

The Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) contains a wealth of stories reflecting life in the ancient world including struggles and wars that prove(d) traumatic. It is shown time and again that history repeats itself, and the stories of the Bible reappear in the modern world, both real and (crime) fictional. In this paper, traumatic experiences associated with the German pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer as well as the fictional character DI John Rebus created by the crime writer Ian Rankin, are linked with similar incidents recorded in the Tanakh. The first novel in the Rebus series, Knots and Crosses, also forms the basis …

Testimony In Support Of Sb 394/Ab 407 Advertising Without Agency Agreement Or Written Consent, Roger P. Alford

Congressional Testimony

Before the Wisconsin State Senate Committee on Government Operations

From the Conclusion:

In light of the established price fixing behavior of NAR and major real estate brokerage companies with respect to real estate commissions, it is essential to promote alternatives such as FSBO home sales that facilitate price competition. I encourage this Committee to weigh the arguments of both sides and vote in favor of the position that actually protects Wisconsin consumers. I encourage you to vote in favor of SB 394.

Usa V. Keithley Parris

2023 Decisions

USDC for the District Court of the Virgin Islands

Presidents And Student Success: Repositioning To A Student-Centered Institution, Charles P. Ruch, Kenneth M. Coll, Cathleen B. Ruch

Journal of Research on the College President

Now reopened following the pandemic, each institution is in the process of assessing its impact and adjusting its institutional model to assure sustainability in the future. Returning totally to the ‘status quo ante’ is not a viable option as some repositioning is required. This study highlights three critical elements that inform this process from the perspective of the presidency. First, significant environmental trends and their impact are presented. Upon analysis, improved student success emerges as a critical driving force in repositioning. Second, an overview of successful institutional programs and initiatives that foster a student-centered institution are examined concluding with a …

Online Source Evaluation Through “Lateral Reading”: A Workshop For Educators, Andrea Baer, Daniel G. Kipnis

Libraries Scholarship

Learning Outcomes:

• Become familiar with and apply lateral reading strategies to evaluating online sources.
• Explore ways to teach lateral reading to students in your educational context.

Audience: All educators, including K-12 teachers, public librarians, academic librarians, educational administrators and community organizers)

Both everyday life experience and a growing body of research show just how hard it is to determine the credibility of online sources. Traditional checklist approaches to evaluating websites (e.g., the CRAAP test) are ineffective, despite their continued prevalence. A more effective approach to quickly assessing the credibility of an online source is lateral reading. “Lateral reading” essentially involves …

Traumatic Brain Injury Severity In Older Adults: Impact On Anxiety And Depression Symptoms And Community Engagement, Ashley Tomford

Theses and Graduate Projects

Background: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of physical and cognitive disability worldwide. TBI can negatively impact cognitive, physical, social, and psychological functioning.

Objective: This study investigated interactions between TBI severity, mental health symptom severity, and community engagement among older adults. Specific aims included investigating 1) the relationship between TBI severity at the time of injury and psychiatric symptom severity at one-year post-TBI; 2) the relationship between TBI severity and community engagement at one-year post-TBI; and 3) whether mental health symptom severity moderated the relationship between TBI and post-injury community engagement.

Methods: Archival data was analyzed …

Alienation In Life And Film, Chase A. Hawkins

Masters Theses

The thesis begins by detailing the philosophy motivating the plot of the screenplay, which is the majority of the work. A short critical paper explores the way Wes Anderson uses dialogue to create or avoid emotional moments in some of his more complicated works.

Usage Of The Chinese Notation System Versus The Western Notation System Among Elementary Students, Yohei Sparks

Masters Theses

This research project uses the Chinese music notation system, Jianpu, in a modern elementary classroom setting in the United States to see if it is a usable asset. As Reilly Elementary School is already a bilingual school within a multicultural community with various talents, this idea could bring benefits to the students at this school. This paper examines what the Chinese notation system includes and how it could be used both as a classroom tool and as a suggestion for future researchers. The methodology used here was a lecture and an assessment of understanding followed by a survey to determine …

The Return Of A Voice: Implementing Smart Technology To Provide An Outlet That Aids In Communication For Non-Verbal Children With Autism, Timothy Kirk Arquitt

Masters Theses

The Current state of communication based software designed to aid those with non-verbal autism is extremely limited or overly complex. The purpose of this research is to look into the world of communication based software aids that provide accessibility options for those with non-verbal autism. This paper looks to assess what is currently availability draw conclusions regarding gaps within the research and technology in order to derive a solution in the form of a mobile phone application that can serve to fill in the aforementioned gaps. The major focus of this study is to pinpoint exactly what elements of design …

A Comparative Analysis Of The Doctrine Of Bodily Resurrection In Jehovah's Witnesses Versus Traditional Christianity, Carey A. Murphy

Masters Theses

The present thesis aims to provide a critical analysis of the immaterial resurrection proposed by the Governing Body of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society and, in doing so, demonstrates the superiority of the orthodox Christian position on the bodily resurrection because of its consideration of key aspects such as Christology, the resurrection, gospel, and eschatology. The first chapter explains how the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society became a global religious organization. In chapter two, Jehovah's Witness documentation on the immaterial resurrection of Christ is presented, with occasional commentary on issues. Chapter three delves into the historical perspective of the …

American Nationalistic Music: Dvorak's Influence, Matthew D. Shinsky

Masters Theses

This study is conducted to determine the influence Antonin Dvořák had on the creation of American musical nationalism. Prior literature on the topic coupled with analysis of the musical scores are used to gain understanding of the musical elements that can be seen as a precursor to a uniquely American sound. To illustrate this further, Czech nationalistic pieces by Dvořák and Smetana are used to show a distinct difference in style utilized by Dvořák in his pieces written during his time in America. Dvořák’s use of American folk music, African American spirituals, and Native American music are fused together in …

Not Me Getting With The Times: A New Kind Of Not-Fragment In English, Guilherme M. C. Pereira

Yale Working Papers in Grammatical Diversity

In this paper, I describe a relatively new construction in colloquial use by many English speakers: a discourse-initial not-fragment that draws attention to a factual event and conveys some attitude towards it, typically that it is embarrassing, surprising, ironic, ridiculous, or simply bad. A prototypical example of this construction, which I call “spotlight not,” is an utterance like Not me going to Starbucks for the second time today, which is taken to indicate that the speaker is indeed going to Starbucks for the second time that day, and that they find this fact embarrassing or surprising, ironic, …