Understanding attitudes towards native wildlife and biodiversity in the UK: the role of zoos

The present paper draws from a study of the role of zoos in forming attitudes towards biodiversity and native wild carnivores that are considered for reintroduction. The project is being developed by an interdisciplinary team (wildlife conservation, psychology, education) working towards the development of a questionnaire to investigate this topic in the UK. Research suggests that experiences with live animals in zoos may encourage empathy, through personal connection, which in turn facilitates greater concern towards biodiversity. Concomitantly, the reintroduction of wild carnivores to their native habitats may contribute to biodiversity by helping regulate ecosystem dynamics. Carnivores also carry a rich cultural and historical heritage. IUCN guidelines state the need for public support to establish a reintroduced population in the wild, therefore, carnivore restoration efforts benefit from the understanding of the human dimensions. A pilot study was carried out in Kent (spring 2015) using focus groups and interviews to investigate attitudes towards biodiversity, with particular focus on two species of carnivores native to the British Isles and currently considered for reintroduction (the European lynx Lynx lynx and the pine marten Martes martes) and the role of zoos in promoting support towards biodiversity conservation. Results suggest an association between seeing native wild carnivore species in the zoo and emotional responses such as ‘breaking down fears’, but also concerns about a disconnect between people and nature, and misunderstanding about the role of zoos in ‘protecting’ species. Below we offer a discussion of the themes that emerged from the analysis of focus groups and interviews in relation to biodiversity

Sub-milliradiant divergence soft-X-ray laser by active plasma waveguiding in

We report the observation of the sub-milliradiant divergence operation of a capillary discharge soft-X-ray laser, that indicates that X-ray radiation has been amplified in a refraction-guiding plasma active medium. The lasing is produced on the 46.9\un{nm} transition of the \chem{Ne}-like \chem{Ar}. The 0.7\un{mrad} divergence, axially peaked-profile beam is obtained in the single-pass amplification regime. The comparison of the recorded laser beam profiles with the results of our computer simulations shows that the capillary discharge z-pinch forms an active plasma wave guide, which has the electron density profile with depression on its axis. The waveguiding of X-ray radiation and its amplification is demonstrated over a 30\un{cm} long plasma column, where the laser operates in a saturated regime with energy of $\sim 50$\un{\mu J}

[Monitorio y Breve del Papa Clemente X sobre la resolución de que S. Pedro Pascual pertenece a la Orden de la Merced y nó a la de la Trinidad, y de que se borren las pinturas y esculturas en las que el santo aparezca portando el hábito de la Trinidad] / [presentado por Fray Juan Bautista de Rojas]

Lugar y fecha de imp. probables tomados del texto (fol. 4 r)Inic. grab.Enc. Perg.Sign.: A4Decreto de Clemente X, en que manda poner en el Martirologio romano a S. Pedro Pascual, 1675-05-11Carta de la Reina a D. Juan de Austria, fechada en Madrid a 12 de junio de 167

Projeto UNESCO no Brasil : textos críticos

Este livro é o resultado do Colóquio Internacional Projeto Unesco no Brasil 50 anos depois, realizado de 12 a 14 de janeiro de 2004, em Salvador-BAApresentação 7; Modernidade e racismo Costa Pinto e o projeto Unesco de relações raciais, Marcos Chor Maio 11; O Projeto UNESCO na Bahia, Antonio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães 25; Gilberto Freyre, René Ribeiro e o Projeto UNESCO, Roberto Motta 38; Thales de Azevedo e a etnologia indígena, Pedro Agostinho 63; Lembrança do Meu Pai, Charles Wagley, Isabel (Betty) Wagley Kottak 74; Recordações de um aprendizado antropológico, Josildeth Gomes Consorte 81; Grata lembrança de Marvin Harris, Waldir Freitas Oliveira 94; Tensões em um Projeto Civilizador Baiano, Edson Farias 105; Melville J. Herskovits e a institucionalização dos Estudos Afro-Americanos, Kevin A. Yelvington 149; Verger e o Projeto UNESCO, Angela Lühning 173; Carlo Castaldi: o reencontro de um naufragado com a Antroplogia, Carlos Caroso 185; O Primeiro Congresso do Negro Brasileiro e a UNESCO, Cláudio Luiz Pereira 207; A sociologia de Guerreiro Ramos, Lúcia Lippi Oliveira 228; Por um Centro de Documentação dos Estudos Afro-Baiano, Luis Nicolau Parés 243; UNESCO/ANHEMBI: um debate sobre a situação do negro no Brasil, Elide Rugai Bastos 251; Intelectuais em rede construindo as ciências sociais: o arquivo Arthur Ramos e o Projeto Unesco no Brasil, Luitgarde Oliveira Cavalcanti Barros 270; Entre o tronco e os atabaques, Myrian Sepúlveda dos Santos 321; O legado baiano da Universidade Columbia, Conrad Phillip Kottak 347; Bahia, terra de preto doutor? Mobilidade social dos negros em Salvador, Angela Figueiredo 360; A Chapada Diamantina em três registros ou três tempos, Maria Rosário G. de Carvalho 373; Modernidade e Agência Afrodescendente: o Negro no Rio de Janeiro cinquenta anos depois, Osmundo de Araujo Pinho e Rosana Heringer 393; Desigualdades duráveis, relações raciais e modernidades no Recôncavo: o caso de S. Francisco do Conde, Livio Sansone 407; Revisitando Os Sertões: breves apontamentos sobre 50 anos de história sertaneja, Edwin Reesink 436

Calibration of BC501A liquid scintillator cells with monochromatic neutron beams

The recoil proton energy response has been measured by exposing cylindrical cells, filled with BC501A BICRON liquid scintillator, to mono-energetic neutron reference fields. We determine the required calibration parameters and report the detailed procedures for the experimental data handling. A dedicated Monte Carlo simulation of the detector response and efficiency has been performed. It showed good agreement with the measured quantities. The results from this calibration are necessary for a detailed study of the neutron spectrum at the underground Gran Sasso Laboratory, with a neutron detector made of 32 liquid scintillator cells, like those used during the calibration

Correction to: Tocilizumab for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia. The single-arm TOCIVID-19 prospective trial (Journal of Translational Medicine, (2020), 18, 1, (405), 10.1186/s12967-020-02573-9)

Following publication of the original article [1] the authors identified that the collaborators of the TOCIVID-19 investigators, Italy were only available in the supplementary file. The original article has been updated so that the collaborators are correctly acknowledged. For clarity, all collaborators are listed in this correction article