ICO-Mark App Users Guide - version 1.3

This is the user\u27s guide for the ICO Mark app. ICO Mark is a tablet- and phone-based application (app) developed for forest managers and forestry field crews to spatially monitor and map forest structure. ICO Mark relies on the Individuals-Clumps-Openings approach to characterizing dry forest spatial patterning, where forests are composed of varying proportions and sizes of individual trees, clumps of trees, and treeless openings. ICO Mark allows users to track individual trees and clumps for both marking pre-harvest, and for monitoring conditions post-harvest.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ico/1001/thumbnail.jp

Enhanced ordering reduces electric susceptibility of liquids confined to graphene slit pores.

The behaviours of a range of polar and non-polar organic liquids (acetone, ethanol, methanol, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), carbon tetrachloride and water) confined to 2D graphene nanochannels with thicknesses in the range of 4.5 Å to 40 Å were studied using classical molecular dynamics and hybrid density functional theory. All liquids were found to organise spontaneously into ordered layers parallel to the confining surfaces, with those containing polar molecules having their electric dipoles aligned parallel to such surfaces. In particular, monolayers of NMP showed remarkable in-plane ordering and low molecular mobility, suggesting the existence of a previously unknown 2D solid-like phase. Calculations for polar liquids showed dramatically reduced static permittivities normal to the confining surfaces; these changes are expected to improve electron tunnelling across the liquid films, modifying the DC electrical properties of immersed assemblies of carbon nanomaterials.Mexican Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT)This is the final version of the article. It first appeared from Nature Publishing Group via http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep2740

Los viejos «nuevos valores» de una cinematografía en auge. Lo hispano marcha en Hollywood

El XLIII Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián, celebrado el mes de septiembre de 1995, sirvió para comprobar el auge en Estados Unidos de películas escritas y dirigidas por hispanos, sobre todo por chicanos, es decir, por norteamericanos de origen mexicano. En la capital guipuzcoana se presentaron cuatro films muy representativos de esta tendencia: Un paseo por las nubes (A Walk in the Clouds), de Alfonsa Arau; La pequeña princesa (The Little Princess), de Alfonsa Cuarón; Mi familia (My Family), de Gregory Nava; y Desperado, de Robert Rodriguez. Todas ellas son grandes producciones que beben en unas fuentes artísticas y culturales distintas a las del cine norteamericano convencional, inspirado más bien en la tradición anglosajona, y que ofrecen, por tanto, una visión original de grandes temas que está afrontando desde hace unos años el cine made in USA, como la familia, el valor de la religión o la necesidad de recuperar ciertos valores morales que se habían perdido en las últimas décadas

The [Ne III]/[Ne II] line ratio in NGC 253

We present results of the mapping of the nucleus of the starburst galaxy NGC 253 and its immediate surroundings using the Infrared Spectrograph on board the Spitzer Space Telescope. The map is centered on the nucleus of the galaxy and spans the inner 800 × 688 pc^2. We perform a brief investigation of the implications of these measurement on the properties of the star formation in this region using theories developed to explain the deficiency of massive stars in starbursts

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Direct Comparisons

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The ICO Approach to Quantifying and Restoring Forest Spatial Pattern: Implementation Guide

This document is intended as a “How To” guide for managers and stakeholders wishing to implement the Individual, Clumps, and Openings (ICO) method for silvicultural prescriptions and/or monitoring. This guide is organized into stand-alone chapters. Managers should read and use chapters as they find useful to their own needs.https://scholarworks.umt.edu/ico/1002/thumbnail.jp