Warp-speed adaptation to novel hosts after 300 generations of enforced dietary specialisation in the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae)

Thank you to Paul Eady for providing C. maculatus to initiate our laboratory population and advice on rearing them. The study was funded by the University of Aberdeen core teaching funds (honours project budget to TP), and by a doctoral training grant to AL from the BBSRC-EastBio doctoral training partnershipPeer reviewedPublisher PD

A Cauldron of Chaos and Cultivation: Rediscovering Disney Animation of the 1980s

This thesis examines the four transitional Disney animated features of the 1980s The Fox and the Hound (1981), The Black Cauldron (1985), The Great Mouse Detective (1986), and Oliver and Company (1988)— in order to reassess the significance of this period in Disney history. The Walt Disney Studio is internationally hailed for its animated features produced over the last eight decades, however, the animated films released in the 1980s have been ignored and neglected due to the negative evaluations of scholars and historians who favor Walt’s era and the 1990s renaissance period. A closer examination of the films reveals that Disney was not in a dark age but one of experimentation, excisement, and exploration in contrast to the perceived notions. Each film contributed to Disney animation’s return including a generational shift in creativity, application of computer animation, casting a celebrity as a voice-artist, and the use of theme songs and popular singers. These contributions were technically, thematically, and aesthetically important in reframing Disney’s animated products for future audiences leading to the 1990s successes beginning with The Little Mermaid

Letter from Thomas Price to John Muir, 1910 Jan 28.

[2]very much. The boys have all been reading and enjoying it also.I am glad to know that the autobiography is progressing. It will be a fine thing when finished. The animal stories would as you suggest, make a good volume themselves, and I think it a good plan. But, if that is your decision, leave them until after the auto is published! We are[1][letterhead]January 28/10My dear Mr. Muir:-I was very, very glad to hear from you again, and want to thank you, both for writing me, as well as for Stickeen . I have had the pleasure of reading that little story more than once. It is a beautifully told tale - but not as good as when you tell it with your own lips! Thank you04692 [3]wanting your own story while there is time! So many people speak of it, and wonder when it will come! It seems strange without Mr. Harriman. He was so full of life and energy, and his life and [illegible]quent activities seemed to be so threaded in and through everything, that we cannot but miss him. The world goes on - but that is because[4]it cannot help itself! The lives of such men go on too!I hope I may someday, have a chance to spend some hours (& possibly, days) with you again. You helped me see things about and around me to which I had been blind before - and so blessed my life!Accept, I beg you, my hearts\u27 warmest greetings and Believe me,Ever, Sincerely yours,Thomas Pric

Letter from Thomas Price to John Muir, 1913 Apr 7.

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,EXECUTIVE OFFICES,ALEX. MILLAR, SECRETARY. 165BROADWAY.THOMAS PRICE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY. NEW YORK, April 7, 1915.Mr. John Muir,Martinez,California.My dear Mr. Muir:-I received on Saturday a copy of the first part of what I hope will eventually prove your completed auto-biography • I had, of course, read the various sections of it as they appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. I notice that all the criticisms appearing in the various magazines and newspapers around here are decidedly favorable, and an amateur like myself feels that he has nothing to say after reading all that the experts think about such a work. Because I liked it in sections, I am busy reading it again as a book, and I am enjoying it even more than I did the first time. It must be fine to write books that sell well, but it is infinitely finer to write books that sell well because they are good, and because they have a tendency to take people back to nature.I am very grateful to you for sending me a copy.Sincerely yours,PC

Machine Learning to Identify Vehicle Maintenance Needs

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to identifying maintenance needs for a vehicle. In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to predict vehicle maintenance needs for a vehicle based on vehicle data from the vehicle

Predicting Computing Prices Dynamically Using Machine Learning

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to determining the cheapest datacenter for a computing task to be computed in. In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to predict the cost of computing at a datacenter over a time interval based on time data, weather data, and/or grid statistics

Machine Learning to Determine Type of Vehicle

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to determining the vehicle type of a vehicle (e.g. for use in vehicle navigation). In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to predict a vehicle type of a vehicle based on vehicle data relating to the operation and/or capacity of a vehicle

Predictive Cryptocurrency Mining and Staking

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to determining the validity of a chain within a blockchain system. In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to predict the likelihood that a block within a blockchain system will be verified based on characteristics of the block