and wetlands, the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) is one of the most distinctive mammals anywhere on Earth. Extensively distributed throughout eastern Canada and northeastern USA, star-nosed moles are reported to inhabit subarctic regions as far north as the fifty-fifth parallel (Peterson and Yates, 1980). Active year-round, C. cristata is chronically exposed to low ambient temperatures th...

The complexity of a general sparse Gaussian elimination algorithm based on the bordering algorithm is analyzed. It has been shown that this procedure requires less integer overhead storage than more traditional general sparse procedures, but the complexity of the nonnumerical overhead calculations was not clear. Here the nonnumerical complexity of the original procedure is shown to be comparabl...

fuzzy water quality index (fwqi) was applied in order to assess the degree of drinking water resources in yazd province, iran. thisstudy has also offered the creation of a new fuzzy water quality index (fwqi) to evaluate this tool’s applicability. 12 chemicalparameters including toxic and non-toxic heavy metals measured in 71 groundwater samples collected from drinking water resourcesin rural a...

One line of theorizing suggests considering death reminders—i.e., mortality salience (MS) inductions—unique in their effect on worldview defenses (e.g., Pyszczynski et al., 2006). Other theorizing suggests that meaning and certainty threats produce effects similar to MS and thus that these threats be considered theoretically equivalent (e.g., Proulx & Heine, 2006; McGregor, 2006). To help recon...

Taking London as the research context, this article aims to explore positioning of civil society actors in bordering differential inclusion/exclusion asylum seekers and refugees. To do this, understanding borders/bordering spaces social institutions, investigates ways which intervene against bordering, with a particular focus on labour market housing. The empirical analysis illustrates that see...

This research investigated how lay theories about resisting persuasion can affect attitude certainty. Specifically, people who believed that resistance was negative (i.e., implies close-mindedness) showed different levels of attitude certainty after resisting persuasive messages than people who believed resistance was positive (i.e., implies intelligence). When people held positive lay theories...