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Developing response-ability in human-wasp encounters

2023

Learning to live with unloved others is crucial in the ecological crisis. Unloved wasps are feared and disliked for their sting. Understanding of their ecological importance is increasing, however. Human-wasp encounters are changing with environmental changes, and strategies for multispecies cohabitation are needed. This multispecies study highlights features of wasp biology affecting human-wasp encounters and analyzes how conflicted human-wasp relations could be mitigated. The geographical focus is Finland, in the Northern boreal region. Biological analysis specified spatiotemporal aspects affecting human-wasp encounters: human and wasp habitats and preferences overlap ubiquitously. From a…

Working the fields of big data : Using big-data-augmented online ethnography to study candidate–candidate interaction at election time

2017

The paper proposes big-data-augmented ethnography as a novel mixed-methods approach to studying political discussions in a hybrid media system. Using such empirical setup, the authors examined candidate–candidate online interaction during election campaigning. Candidate–candidate interaction crossing party boundaries is scarce and occurs in the form of negative campaigning via social media, with the shaming of rival candidates and engaging in battles with them. The authors posit that ethnographic observations can be used to contextualize the computational analysis of large data sets, while computational analysis can be applied to validate and generalize the findings made through ethnography…

Vielä kerran väkivallasta, sukupuolesta ja seksuaalisuudesta

2018

Relative importance of different coloration, smell and shape in the predation of wasps : field experiments on hunting dragonflies (Odonata: Aeshna gr…

2002

Rhythmic Memory Consolidation in the Hippocampus

2022

Functions of the brain and body are oscillatory in nature and organized according to a logarithmic scale. Brain oscillations and bodily functions such as respiration and heartbeat appear nested within each other and coupled together either based on phase or based on phase and amplitude. This facilitates communication in wide-spread neuronal networks and probably also between the body and the brain. It is a widely accepted view, that nested electrophysiological brain oscillations involving the neocortex, thalamus, and the hippocampus form the basis of memory consolidation. This applies especially to declarative memories, that is, memories of life events, for example. Here, we present our vie…

Mediju ietekme svārstīgajos štatos: ASV 2016. gada prezidentālo vēlēšanu gadījums

2019

Darba tēma ir mediju ietekme svārstīgajos štatos ASV 2016. gada prezidentālo vēlēšanu gadījuma izpētei. Pētījuma mērķis ir noskaidrot mediju lomu mūsdienu vēlēšanu procesā, kas tehnoloģiju attīstības rezultātā ir mainījusies tās tradicionālajā izpratnē. Izvēlētais gadījums ir īpašs ar jaunas prakses un tendenču ieviešanu pirmsvēlēšanu kampaņu procesā. Šī dinamika joprojām ir maz pētīta, īpaši attiecībā uz vēlētāju paradumiem un psiholoģiju. Izpētes procesa gaitā tiek atrastas korelācijas starp teorētisko bāzi vēlētāju biheiviorismā un jaunajiem instrumentiem mediju vidē, kas tika izmantoti politiskajās kampaņās 2016. gada vēlēšanās. Izmantojot veiktos pētījumus un teoriju par attiecīgo tēmu…

Hipofīzes adenomu šūnu raksturojums

2018

Hipofīzes adenoma ir populācijā bieži sastopams labdabīgs smadzeņu audzējs. Šobrīd trūkst informācijas par iespējamiem audzēja veidošanās mehānismiem un tā attīstību veicinošām mutācijām. Šajā pētījumā ir apkopoti 10 hipofīzes adenomu pacientu dati, kas iegūti ar molekulārām un šūnu bioloģijas metodēm. No hipofīzes adenomu operāciju materiāla tika iegūtas heterogēnas šūnu kultūras, kas tika raksturotas pēc audzēja un cilmes šūnu marķieriem, ka arī mutāciju spektra, izmantojot imūnfluorescentās krāsošanas, plūsmas citometrijas, vienas šūnas pilna genoma amplifikācijas un eksonu sekvenēšanas metodes. Rezultāti liecina, ka no hipofīzes adenomas paraugiem ir iespējams iegūt dzīvotspējīgas sfēra…

Statistical sampling of water uses for leakage assessment via water budget

2012

Development of an immunochromatographic assay based on carbon nanoparticles for the determination of the phytoregulator forchlorfenuron

2013

Rapid analytical methods enabling the determination of diverse targets are essential in a number of research areas, from clinical diagnostics to feed and food quality and safety. Herein, the development of a quantitative immunochromatographic assay for the detection of the synthetic phytoregulator forchlorfenuron (CPPU) is described. The competitive lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) was based on the immobilization onto a nitrocellulose membrane of an ovalbumin-CPPU conjugate (test line) and on the use of an immunodetection ligand consisting of carbon nanoparticles labeled with an anti-CPPU monoclonal antibody through interaction with a secondary antibody. The presence of CPPU in horticultural…

Levels and Potential Health Hazards of Chlorinated Pesticidesin Surface Water Samples of Charsadda Area of Pakistan Using SPME-GC-ECD Technique

2021

In the present study, we determined the levels of chlorinated pesticide residues in surface water samples collected from the Charsadda district (KPK, Pakistan). SPME-GC-ECD with COMBI PAL CTC autosampler was used for extraction and analysis of 20 organochlorine pesticides in the collected water samples. For maximum efficiency of the SPME procedure, several parameters were studied, including the extraction and desorption time of the fiber, solution pH, agitation of samples, and stirring speed, etc. This method showed good liner response, with R2 values in the range of 0.9887 to 0.9999 for all pesticides. This method also provided good percent recoveries at 1 µg L−1 (87.5 to 106.0%) and at 2 …