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Morphometric Correlates of Age and Breeding Status in American Coots

--I studied morphometric variation in 13 linear measurements from 228 American Coots (Fulica americana) collected in southern Manitoba. Univariate and multivariate techniques revealed differences in size and shape among adult coots that were 1, 2, and >2 yr old. In addition to the obvious differences in size between males and females, the morphometry of older birds differed from that of younger...

Clinical features of avian vacuolar myelinopathy in American coots.

OBJECTIVE To characterize clinical features of avian vacuolar myelinopathy (AVM) in American coots. DESIGN Case-control study. ANIMALS 26 AVM-affected American coots and 12 unaffected coots. PROCEDURES Complete physical, neurologic, hematologic, and plasma biochemical evaluations were performed. Affected coots received supportive care. All coots died or were euthanatized, and AVM status w...

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In research areas such as decision support systems, one of the crucial features is the ability to automatically explain decisions. However, this ability does not typically play a large role in computer games. Here, I suggest that this situation will change: research on the automatic generation of explanations will have real import for many types of computer games. I discuss four possible ways t...

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Count(q) Does Not Imply Count(p)

I solve a conjecture originally studied by M. Ajtai. It states that for different primes q, p the matching principles Count(q) and Count(p) are logically independent. I prove that this indeed is the case. Actually I show that Count(q) implies Count(p) exactly when each prime factor in p also is a factor in q. 1 The logic of elementary counting “She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me,. . ....