Insect (Arthropoda: Insecta) Composition in the Diet of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata) in Two Western Illinois Sand Prairies, with a New State Record for Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

A study of fecal samples collected over a two-year period from juvenile ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz) revealed diets consisting of six orders of insects representing 19 families. Turtles were reared in captivity from eggs harvested from local, wild populations, and released at two remnant prairies. Identifiable insect fragments were found in 94% of samples in 2013 (n=33) and 96% in 2014 (n=25). Frequency of occurrence of insects in turtle feces is similar to results reported in previous studies of midwestern Terrapene species. A comparison of insect composition presented no significant difference between release sites. There is no significant difference in consumed insect species between turtles released into or outside of a fenced enclosure at the same site. Specimens of Cyclocephala longula LeConte collected during this study represent a new state record for Illinois

Dilution effects in Ho2−x_{2-x}Yx_xSn2_2O7_7: from the Spin Ice to the single-ion magnet

A study of the modifications of the magnetic properties of Ho$_{2-x}$Y$_x$Sn$_2$O$_7$ upon varying the concentration of diamagnetic Y$^{3+}$ ions is presented. Magnetization and specific heat measurements show that the Spin Ice ground-state is only weakly affected by doping for $x\leq 0.3$, even if non-negligible changes in the crystal field at Ho$^{3+}$ occur. In this low doping range $\mu$SR relaxation measurements evidence a modification in the low-temperature dynamics with respect to the one observed in the pure Spin Ice. For $x\to 2$, or at high temperature, the dynamics involve fluctuations among Ho$^{3+}$ crystal field levels which give rise to a characteristic peak in $^{119}$Sn nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate. In this doping limit also the changes in Ho$^{3+}$ magnetic moment suggest a variation of the crystal field parameters.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figures, proceedings of HFM2008 Conferenc

Insect (Arthropoda: Insecta) Composition in the Diet of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata) in Two Western Illinois Sand Prairies, with a New State Record for Cyclocephala (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

A study of fecal samples collected over a two-year period from juvenile ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz) revealed diets consisting of six orders of insects representing 19 families. Turtles were reared in captivity from eggs harvested from local, wild populations, and released at two remnant prairies. Identifiable insect fragments were found in 94% of samples in 2013 (n=33) and 96% in 2014 (n=25). Frequency of occurrence of insects in turtle feces is similar to results reported in previous studies of midwestern Terrapene species. A comparison of insect composition presented no significant difference between release sites. There is no significant difference in consumed insect species between turtles released into or outside of a fenced enclosure at the same site. Specimens of Cyclocephala longula LeConte collected during this study represent a new state record for Illinois

A Preliminary Annotated Checklist of Mississippi Mecoptera (Insecta)

We summarize distribution records for 22 Mecoptera species known to occur in Mississippi. These include the fi rst specimens of Bittacus occidentis Walker, B. strigosus Hagen, Hylobittacus apicalis (Hagen) and Panorpa insolens Carpenter to be recorded from the state

A Preliminary Annotated Checklist of Mississippi Mecoptera (Insecta)

We summarize distribution records for 22 Mecoptera species known to occur in Mississippi. These include the fi rst specimens of Bittacus occidentis Walker, B. strigosus Hagen, Hylobittacus apicalis (Hagen) and Panorpa insolens Carpenter to be recorded from the state

A Preliminary Annotated Checklist of Mississippi Mecoptera (Insecta)

We summarize distribution records for 22 Mecoptera species known to occur in Mississippi. These include the fi rst specimens of Bittacus occidentis Walker, B. strigosus Hagen, Hylobittacus apicalis (Hagen) and Panorpa insolens Carpenter to be recorded from the state

Summary of the Sussex-Huawei Locomotion-Transportation Recognition Challenge 2019

In this paper we summarize the contributions of participants to the third Sussex-Huawei Locomotion-Transportation (SHL) Recognition Challenge organized at the HASCAWorkshop of UbiComp/ISWC 2020. The goal of this machine learning/data science challenge is to recognize eight locomotion and transportation activities (Still, Walk, Run, Bike, Bus, Car, Train, Subway) from the inertial sensor data of a smartphone in a user-independent manner with an unknown target phone position. The training data of a “train” user is available from smartphones placed at four body positions (Hand, Torso, Bag and Hips). The testing data originates from “test” users with a smartphone placed at one, but unknown, body position. We introduce the dataset used in the challenge and the protocol of the competition. We present a meta-analysis of the contributions from 15 submissions, their approaches, the software tools used, computational cost and the achieved results. Overall, one submission achieved F1 scores above 80%, three with F1 scores between 70% and 80%, seven between 50% and 70%, and four below 50%, with a latency of maximum of 5 seconds