The nest is a key element of avian reproductive fitness. It provides the developmental environment for the embryo and nestling thereby affecting their quality and survival. Nests are often constructed by the male and nest quality, elaboration, and ornamentation vary among males in a species. Therefore, male nest-building behaviour is likely under sexual selection and females may use male nest-b...

We studied 62 greater sandhill crane (Grus canadensis tabida) nests in northwestern Minnesota during 1989-1991 to document nest habitat use and selection, nest success, and factors associated with nest success. We recorded 15 habitat variables at each nest and at a randomly selected site in the same wetland. Nests were in basins 0.01-601 ha (Median = 2.2 ha) and at water depths 0-35.7 cm (Media...

Predation, the most important source of nest mortality in altricial birds, has been a subject of numerous studies during past decades. However, the temporal dynamics between changing predation pressures and parental responses remain poorly understood. We analysed characteristics of 524 nests of European reed warblers monitored during six consecutive breeding seasons in the same area, and found ...

The notion of $f$-derivations of UP-algebras is introduced, some useful examples are discussed, and related properties are investigated. Moreover, we show that the fixed set and the kernel of $f$-derivations are UP-subalgebras of UP-algebras,and also give examples to show that the two sets are not UP-ideals of UP-algebras in general.

 We study the notion of bounded approximate Connes-amenability for‎ ‎dual Banach algebras and characterize this type of algebras in terms‎ ‎of approximate diagonals‎. ‎We show that bounded approximate‎ ‎Connes-amenability of dual Banach algebras forces them to be unital‎. ‎For a separable dual Banach algebra‎, ‎we prove that bounded‎ ‎approximate Connes-amenability implies sequential approximat...

In this paper, we propose a novel technique for post-layout delay optimization. This technique identi es the Boolean space corresponding to late arriving transitions at the outputs of delay-critical subcircuits within the given circuit. There transitions are eliminated from the outputs by implementing the corresponding logic separately and merging them with the original circuit through some con...

In this paper we shall give a topological duality for Boolean algebras endowed with an n-ary monotonic operator (BAMOs). The dual spaces of BAMOs are structures of the form ⟨X,R, τ⟩, such that ⟨X, τ⟩ is a Boolean space, and R is a relation between X and finite sequences of non-empty closed subsets of X. By means of this duality we shall characterize the equivalence relations of the dual space o...

Using the Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability method, weinvestigate isomorphisms in Banach algebras and derivations onBanach algebras associated with the following generalized additivefunctional inequalitybegin{eqnarray}|af(x)+bf(y)+cf(z)|  le  |f(alpha x+ beta y+gamma z)| .end{eqnarray}Moreover, we prove the Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability of homomorphismsin Banach algebras and of derivations on Banach ...

In this paper, we prove that every Pre A∗-algebra A with 1 is isomorphic to the Pre A∗-algebra of all global sections of a sheaf of indecomposable Pre A∗-algebra over Boolean space and that sheaf of indecomposable Pre A∗-algebra with 1 over Boolean space is isomorphic to the sheaf obtained from the Pre A∗-algebra of all sections of the sheaf. Copyright c © 2011 Yang’s Scientific Research Instit...

We introduce Banach algebras arising from tensor norms. By these Banach algebras we make Arensregular Banach algebras such that tensor product becomes irregular, where is tensor norm. Weillustrate injective tensor product, does not preserve bounded approximate identity and it is notalgebra norm.