VOCALIZATION OF THE CROCODILE SKINK, TRIBOLONOTUS GRACILIS (DE ROOY, 1909), AND EVIDENCE OF PARENTAL CARE.

The crocodile or spiny skinks, Tribolonotus, comprise eight secretive semi-fossorial lizards, which are generally found under vegetation in the immediate vicinity of water (Greer and Parker, 1968; O'Shea, 1991, 1994; Rogner, 1997). Tribolonotus gracilis (Figure 1) and Tribolonotus novaeguineae are restricted to New Guinea, while the remaining six species range throughout Indonesia, Manus, New Britain, Bougainville, and the Solomon Islands (McCoy, 1980; O'Shea, 1991, 1994). Because scant life history information is available for the genus Tribolonotus, the purpose of the present contribution is to document the vocalization and parental care of T. gracilis

The medical dangers of literary genius

This essay examines three key texts, by William Buchan, Isaac D’Israeli, and Richard Robert Madden, which demonstrate the emergence of the newly conceived idea of literary genius in the Romantic period. It considers the role of a new genre, the “medical biography”, in the development of this phenomenon. While the mental precariousness of the Romantic genius has been much commented upon, this essay concentrates instead on the bodily or physical aspects of genius, which is itself figured as a disease. The study and writing involved in publication are viewed as stimulants that can be addictive, ruining the health and wellbeing of authors and even leading to their early deaths

Building Efl Students' Self-confidence, Motivation, And Ability In Listening English 2.0

The study investigates the relationship among  self-confidence, motivation, and  the ability of listening skill by using using 2.0. It occured when some students getting difficulty to respond listening record,  they did not get any motivation while listening section is was tested to them, and practically they got less confidence to share their answer. I used mobile phone as a tool to transfer listening material, process  to maintain listening class more attractive to the students. It could  build up students' self confidence, motivation, and ability in listening class. Based on the implementation of listening English 2.0, the major findings were; the students felt motivated, confidence, and built up their ability where they are correlated. They feel confidence to answer questions regarding to listening material. The students felt self confidence. These findings provide a valuable framework for lecturer/instructor in English as a Foreign Language to build up those aspects by using technology 2.0

Quantifying the Direct Radiative Effect of Absorbing Aerosols for Numerical Weather Prediction: A Case Study

We conceptualize aerosol radiative transfer processes arising from the hypothetical coupling of a global aerosol transport model and a global numerical weather prediction model by applying the US Naval Research Laboratory Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System (NAAPS) and the Navy Global Environmental Model (NAVGEM) meteorological and surface reflectance fields. A unique experimental design during the 2013 NASA Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys (SEAC4RS) field mission allowed for collocated airborne sampling by the high spectral resolution Lidar (HSRL), the Airborne Multi-angle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (AirMSPI), up/down shortwave (SW) and infrared (IR) broadband radiometers, as well as NASA A-Train support from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), to attempt direct aerosol forcing closure. The results demonstrate the sensitivity of modeled fields to aerosol radiative fluxes and heating rates, specifically in the SW, as induced in this event from transported smoke and regional urban aerosols. Limitations are identified with respect to aerosol attribution, vertical distribution, and the choice of optical and surface polarimetric properties, which are discussed within the context of their influence on numerical weather prediction output that is particularly important as the community propels forward towards inline aerosol modeling within global forecast systems

ETIKA TERHADAP HARTA DALAM PERSPEKTIF AL-QUR’AN

The title of this research is distributed by some of the statements in the Qur'an about ethics against the property. On the one hand the Qur'an looked positively treasure, on the other hand the Quran as if not condone. This research would like to find a concept of how the Qur'an against ethics against property by emphasizing the ethical discussion of acquiring property, possession and utilization of ethics of property. The type and pattern of this research is a library that is descriptive qualitative analysis. The main object of his research is the Qur'an. Therefore, the method used is the science of tafseer. Because this research is to find a concept, the approach used was thematic tafseer. The texts relating to the subject matter of discussion. As for to analyze the problem, the authors use think inductively, that is, seeks to provide answers to various issues of life with departure from nas Qur'an towards reality (min al-Qur'an ila al-wâqi '). With this approach the authors limit themselves to things that are described by the Qur'an, including in the selection of the theme, and only use the vocabulary or term used Al Qur'an. The discussion in this paper are not directed to the type, quality or quantity of property. Instead it focused on the ethical attitude of man against the property, in which case the problem of acquiring property, possession and utilization of property. Of exposure data in this discussion, several conclusions, among them. The mention of the Qur'an on wealth seems less condone, not aimed at the material, melain aimed at human attitude towards wealth that made the property into a negative. The advice of the Qur'an against the wealth not only technical problems, but rather ethical issues as moral values built in Islam. Judul penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh beberapa pernyataan Al-Qur’an tentang etika terhadap harta. Di satu sisi Al-Qur’an memandang harta secara positif, di sisi lain Al-Qur’an seolah-olah tidak merestui. Penelitian ini ingin mencari konsep bagaimana pandangan Al-Qur’an terhadap etika terhadap harta dengan menekankan pembahasan etika memperoleh harta, memiliki harta dan etika pendayagunaan harta. Jenis dan corak penelitian ini adalah library yang bersifat deskriptif analisis kualitatif. Objek utama penelitiannya adalah Al-Qur’an. Oleh karena itu, metode yang digunakan adalah ilmu tafsir. Karena penelitian ini untuk menemukan konsep, pendekatan yang digunakan adalah tafsir tematik. Ayat-ayat yang berkaitan dengan pokok pembahasan. Adapun untuk menganalisa masalah, penulis menggunakan pikir induktif, yakni berupaya memberikan jawaban terhadap berbagai persoalan kehidupan dengan berangkat dari nas Al-Qur’an menuju realita ( min al-Qur’an ila al-wâqi’). Dengan pendekatan ini penulis membatasi diri pada hal-hal yang dijelaskan oleh Al-Qur’an, termasuk dalam pemilihan tema, dan hanya menggunakan kosa kata atau term yang digunakan Al-Qur’an. Pembahasan dalam tulisan ini tidak diarahkan pada jenis, kualitas atau kuantitas harta. Melainkan difokuskan pada sikap etis manusia terhadap harta, dalam hal masalah memperoleh harta, memiliki harta dan pendayagunaan harta. Dari pemaparan data dalam pembahasan ini, menghasilkan beberapa kesimpulan, di antaranya. Penyebutan Al-Qur’an terhadap kekayaan seolah-olah kurang merestui, bukan ditujukan pada materinya, melain ditujukan pada sikap manusia terhadap kekayaan yang menjadikan harta menjadi negatif. Nasihat Al-Qur’an terhadap harta kekayaan bukan hanya masalah teknis, melainkan masalah etika sebagai nilai-nilai moral yang dibangun dalam Islam

Optimal Location of Facilities

This text is written for undergraduate students. It is derived from class notes developed for a senior-level course in the Department of Geography at The University of Iowa called The Location of Services. It uses several of the computer programs listed and documented in the companion monograph, Computer Programs for Location-Allocation Problems. The purpose of the course, and much of this book, is to show that the location pattern of any activity influences the quality and quantity of services received and that methodologies exist to evaluate the locational effectiveness of any location pattern, to determine improvements that can be made and to compute location patterns that are optimum with respect to defined criteria.https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/rri-web-book/1027/thumbnail.jp

The Long Road to Nowhere: Population, Transportation and Home Working in Bergen

Master's Thesis in System DynamicsGEO-SD351INTL-SVINTL-HFINTL-PSYKINTL-JUSINTL-MEDINTL-KMDMASV-SYSDYINTL-M