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Evidence for Facilitation of Horizontal Social Learning Among Social Subgroups of Juvenile Atlantic Spotted Dolphins (Stenella frontalis).
Although vertical (mother-to-offspring) information transfer has been reported in dolphins, it is unclear whether horizontal information transfer takes place between peers of non-parental individuals. We hypothesized that horizontal information transmission takes place within juvenile social play-forage subgroups and within pairs of juveniles in the form of social learning, as a way for older juveniles to contribute to the further development of younger juveniles’ foraging skills. Since 1985, a long-term study in the Bahamas has involved the collection of underwater videos and sound recordings on the social structure of a resident community of free-ranging Atlantic spotted dolphins Stenella frontalis. Foraging behaviors of juvenile dolphins were analyzed in 24 independent foraging events recorded on video from 1994 to 2013. Forty-nine juveniles in total were observed, including eight individually identified juveniles foraging alone, eight individually identified juveniles foraging in pairs, and 33 juveniles foraging in eight subgroups of three or more dolphins. The comparison of older juveniles' behavior against younger juveniles' behavior in juvenile play-forage subgroups suggested the potential for horizontal transmission of information about prey location. However, we found no direct evidence for social learning or of teaching in pairs. This new information about wild Atlantic spotted dolphin social structure is a starting point in horizontal information transmission research and is important in terms of cognitive processes and welfare implications
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Fortification and health: challenges and opportunities.
Fortification is the process of adding nutrients or non-nutrient bioactive components to edible products (e.g., food, food constituents, or supplements). Fortification can be used to correct or prevent widespread nutrient intake shortfalls and associated deficiencies, to balance the total nutrient profile of a diet, to restore nutrients lost in processing, or to appeal to consumers looking to supplement their diet. Food fortification could be considered as a public health strategy to enhance nutrient intakes of a population. Over the past century, fortification has been effective at reducing the risk of nutrient deficiency diseases such as beriberi, goiter, pellagra, and rickets. However, the world today is very different from when fortification emerged in the 1920s. Although early fortification programs were designed to eliminate deficiency diseases, current fortification programs are based on low dietary intakes rather than a diagnosable condition. Moving forward, we must be diligent in our approach to achieving effective and responsible fortification practices and policies, including responsible marketing of fortified products. Fortification must be applied prudently, its effects monitored diligently, and the public informed effectively about its benefits through consumer education efforts. Clear lines of authority for establishing fortification guidelines should be developed and should take into account changing population demographics, changes in the food supply, and advances in technology. This article is a summary of a symposium presented at the ASN Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology 2014 on current issues involving fortification focusing primarily on the United States and Canada and recommendations for the development of responsible fortification practices to ensure their safety and effectiveness
Modeling the effects of p-modulation doping in InAs quantum dot devices
a modeling routine has been developed to quantify the effects of p-modulation doping in the waveguide core region of InAs quantum dot (QD) devices. Utilizing one dimensional approximations, simulated outputs of reverse and forward devices are simulated providing insight into absorption and gain properties
Weak gravitational lensing with the Square Kilometre Array
We investigate the capabilities of various stages of the SKA to perform
world-leading weak gravitational lensing surveys. We outline a way forward to
develop the tools needed for pursuing weak lensing in the radio band. We
identify the key analysis challenges and the key pathfinder experiments that
will allow us to address them in the run up to the SKA. We identify and
summarize the unique and potentially very powerful aspects of radio weak
lensing surveys, facilitated by the SKA, that can solve major challenges in the
field of weak lensing. These include the use of polarization and rotational
velocity information to control intrinsic alignments, and the new area of weak
lensing using intensity mapping experiments. We show how the SKA lensing
surveys will both complement and enhance corresponding efforts in the optical
wavebands through cross-correlation techniques and by way of extending the
reach of weak lensing to high redshift.Comment: 19 pages, 6 figures. Cosmology Chapter, Advancing Astrophysics with
the SKA (AASKA14) Conference, Giardini Naxos (Italy), June 9th-13th 201
Seed systems and crop genetic diversity in agroecosystems
Poster presented at the First Diversitas Open Science Conference. Oaxaca (Mexico), 9-12 Nov 200
The Quantum Super Yangian and Casimir Operators of
The quantum super Yangian associated with the Perk - Schultz
solution of the Yang - Baxter equation is introduced. Its structural properties
are investigated, in particular, an extensive study of its central algebra is
carried out. A graded associative algebra epimorphism is established and constructed explicitly. Images of the central
elements of the quantum super Yangian under this epimorphism yield the Casimir
operators of the quantum supergroup constructed in an earlier
publication.Comment: 10 pages in plain LaTe
Stringy K-theory and the Chern character
For a finite group G acting on a smooth projective variety X, we construct
two new G-equivariant rings: first the stringy K-theory of X, and second the
stringy cohomology of X. For a smooth Deligne-Mumford stack Y we also construct
a new ring called the full orbifold K-theory of Y. For a global quotient
Y=[X/G], the ring of G-invariants of the stringy K-theory of X is a subalgebra
of the full orbifold K-theory of the the stack Y and is linearly isomorphic to
the ``orbifold K-theory'' of Adem-Ruan (and hence Atiyah-Segal), but carries a
different, ``quantum,'' product, which respects the natural group grading. We
prove there is a ring isomorphism, the stringy Chern character, from stringy
K-theory to stringy cohomology, and a ring homomorphism from full orbifold
K-theory to Chen-Ruan orbifold cohomology. These Chern characters satisfy
Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch for etale maps.
We prove that stringy cohomology is isomorphic to Fantechi and Goettsche's
construction. Since our constructions do not use complex curves, stable maps,
admissible covers, or moduli spaces, our results simplify the definitions of
Fantechi-Goettsche's ring, of Chen-Ruan's orbifold cohomology, and of
Abramovich-Graber-Vistoli's orbifold Chow.
We conclude by showing that a K-theoretic version of Ruan's Hyper-Kaehler
Resolution Conjecture holds for symmetric products.
Our results hold both in the algebro-geometric category and in the
topological category for equivariant almost complex manifolds.Comment: Exposition improved and additional details provided. To appear in
Inventiones Mathematica
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