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Household Conflicts with Snow Leopard Conservation and Impacts from Snow Leopards in the Everest and Annapurna Regions of Nepal.
Jonathan H Hanson
Jun 07, 2022
Impacts on households from large carnivores are frequently reported in the conservation literature, but conflicts between households and large carnivore conservation are not. Employing a human-wildlife coexistence framework that...
What factors best explain attitudes to snow leopards in the Nepal Himalayas?
The snow leopard Panthera uncia is a vulnerable wild felid native to mountainous regions of 12 Asian countries. It faces numerous overlapping threats, including killings by herders retaliating against livestock losses, the...
Remote Sensing Phenology of Antarctic Green and Red Snow Algae Using WorldView Satellites
Andrew Gray, Monika Krolikowski, Peter Fretwell, Peter Convey, Lloyd S. Peck, Monika Mendelova, Alison G. Smith, Matthew P. Davey
Jul 05, 2021
Snow algae are an important group of terrestrial photosynthetic organisms in Antarctica, where they mostly grow in low lying coastal snow fields. Reliable observations of Antarctic snow algae are difficult owing to the transient...
Remote sensing reveals Antarctic green snow algae as important terrestrial carbon sink
Andrew Gray, Monika Krolikowski, Peter Fretwell, Peter Convey, Lloyd S. Peck, Monika Mendelova, Alison G. Smith, Matthew P. Davey
May 20, 2021
Abstract: We present the first estimate of green snow algae community biomass and distribution along the Antarctic Peninsula. Sentinel 2 imagery supported by two field campaigns revealed 1679 snow algae blooms, seasonally...
Author and Illustrator Matthew Cordell '97 Wins Caldecott Award for "Wolf in the Snow"
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Quick Facts
Since 1937, the Caldecott Medal has recognized the year's most distinguished American picture book for children "Wolf in the Snow," which also won a 2017 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, is a wordless picture book about...
Published by: Winthrop University
Implementing Social Media
Social media is an important avenue for information dissemination and public communication in emergency management. Through social media content analysis and in-depth interviews, this study explores how county level emergency...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Elastic properties of porous silicon studied by acoustic transmission spectroscopy
The porosity dependence of the elastic properties of porous silicon in different crystallographic directions is studied. The velocity of longitudinal acoustic waves in porous silicon layers electrochemically etched in (100)...
Pandemic-Driven Technology Adoption
During the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, around the world, evidence is mounting as to the unenveness of impacts across communities. There are disproportionately more impacts on people who are elderly, economically...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Hypersonic rugate filters based on porous silicon
Periodic solid state structures exhibit transmission stopbands for waves of certain frequencies. We demonstrate porous silicon based rugate filters with 40 dB rejection first-order stopbands for longitudinal acoustic waves at...
Ilisaijinngulauqtut (They became teachers)
Initial teacher education in Canada involves both education and certification. While teaching is designed by post-secondary institutions, certification falls under the jurisdiction of provinces and territories. Within Inuit...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Richardsonian Fiction, Women's Raillery, and Heteropessimist Humour
The fiction of Samuel Richardson is not fundamentally humourless. This article analyzes the rich vein of humour found in Pamela in her Exalted Condition (1745) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753–54) to show...
Rebecca Anne Barr
May 27, 2021
Hypersonic rugate filters based on porous silicon
Periodic solid state structures exhibit transmission stopbands for waves of certain frequencies. We demonstrate porous silicon based rugate filters with 40 dB rejection first-order stopbands for longitudinal acoustic waves at...
Leaving Snow White
Rachel Burns
Jan 01, 0001
A prose story
Magazine Literary Magazine Arts Magazine art poetry prose Creative Nonfiction Photography Creative Writing Creative Writing fiction
Published by: Winthrop University
Shaken Snow Globes
M. Gaspari, M. McDonald, S. L. Hamer, F. Brighenti, P. Temi, M. Gendron-Marsolais, J. Hlavacek-Larrondo, Alastair C. Edge, N. Werner, P. Tozzi, M. Sun, J. M. Stone, G. R. Tremblay, M. T. Hogan, D. Eckert, S. Ettori, H. Yu, V. Biffi, S. Planelles
Feb 23, 2018
We propose a novel method to constrain turbulence and bulk motions in massive galaxies, galaxy groups, and clusters, exploring both simulations and observations. As emerged in the recent picture of top-down multiphase...
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in Educator Leadership Training in Nunavut
Kathy Snow, Darlene Nuqinagaq, Nunia Anoee, Erin Morozoff, Alexander McAuley, Ron MacDonald
Apr 09, 2021
The history of formal K-12 education in Nunavut has been characterized by a gradual shift from "southern" assimilationist models to those more reflective of the language, culture, and aspirations of Nunavummiut (Arnaquq, 2008;...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Neurobiology of Well-Being
This chapter is designed to review much of the research on the neurobiology of well-being. A distinction between hedonic well-being and eudaimonic well-being is made. The brain reward center was discussed in relation to...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
The Ursinus Weekly, February 8, 1907
Harold Dean Steward
Jan 01, 0001
The musicale Mrs. Strickland entertains The snow Alumni notes Do you like fun Society notes The open book Board of Directors Girl's meeting Personals
Ursinus College Collegeville Pennsylvania newspaper YMCA Schaff literary society Zwinglian literary society cultural history Higher Education Liberal Studies Social History United States History
Published by: Ursinus College
Speculative Geology
Dale E. Snow
Dec 20, 2020
We are not at peace with nature now. Whether it is the record-setting rain on the east coast or the raging wildfires in the west, distant news of melting permafrost or bleaching coral reefs, or the unexpected eruption of Mount...
Published by: Memorial University Libraries
Speculative Geology
Dale E. Snow
Dec 20, 2020
We are not at peace with nature now. Whether it is the record-setting rain on the east coast or the raging wildfires in the west, distant news of melting permafrost or bleaching coral reefs, or the unexpected eruption of Mount...
Published by: Memorial University Libraries
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