Radio transmitters did not affect daily nest and chick survival of Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus)

Biologists interested in using radio telemetry to track the movements of birds should concurrently conduct studies to assess potential impacts on study organisms, particularly when monitoring threatened or endangered species. We investigated the effects of traditional and digital very high frequency (VHF) radio transmitters on daily nest survival and chick survival rates of Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) along the Atlantic Coast in 2012, 2013, and 2015. We attached 1.0-1.2 g transmitters to 110 plovers and monitored their 160 nest attempts. We also monitored 221 nest attempts by 161 control pairs with no transmitters. There was no evidence that nest or chick survival differed between tagged and control pairs. Transmitters did not seem to adversely impact Piping Plover daily nest and chick survival and are a valuable tool to monitor movements of this threatened species

How to become a bioscope model: transition, mediation and the language of film performance

The bioscope or film ‘model’ was an early term used to designate the fiction film performer. Making its relatively brief appearance in film discourse around 1910, before the theatrical terminology of ‘actors’ and ‘acting’ had fully taken hold, the film ‘model’ hints at an alternative understanding of fiction film performance on the part of early audiences. This article traces the possible genealogy of the film ‘model’, relating it to the activities of models in adjacent cultural fields, including painting, photography and magic lantern practice. It also seeks to situate the film ‘model’ in the context of the discursive and formal changes that attended the cinema’s media ‘constitution’ as a platform for narrative