0001 The recent discovery of a Hobbit-like hominid on the Indonesian island of Flores was startling in some respects—its rather modern existence, for one—but it represents a classic case of Darwinian evolution. For reasons that are not entirely clear, when animals make their way to isolated islands, they tend to evolve relatively quickly toward an outsized or pint-sized version of their mainlan...

0001 The recent discovery of a Hobbit-like hominid on the Indonesian island of Flores was startling in some respects—its rather modern existence, for one—but it represents a classic case of Darwinian evolution. For reasons that are not entirely clear, when animals make their way to isolated islands, they tend to evolve relatively quickly toward an outsized or pint-sized version of their mainlan...

0001 The recent discovery of a Hobbit-like hominid on the Indonesian island of Flores was startling in some respects—its rather modern existence, for one—but it represents a classic case of Darwinian evolution. For reasons that are not entirely clear, when animals make their way to isolated islands, they tend to evolve relatively quickly toward an outsized or pint-sized version of their mainlan...

We present the architecture of an Open Data and Linked Data platform for "EnhAnced Government LEarning” (EAGLE), which aim is to help local governments to keep up with fast-changing trends in public administration (PA) by adopting technology-enhanced learning (TEL) methods. EAGLE uses Linked Open Data tools: Apache Marmotta and Apache Stanbol.

Large birds regularly use updrafts to subsidize flight. Although most research on soaring bird flight has focused on use of thermal updrafts, there is evidence suggesting that many species are likely to use multiple modes of subsidy. We tested the degree to which a large soaring species uses multiple modes of subsidy to provide insights into the decision-making that underlies flight behaviour. ...

The post-fledging dependence period (PFDP), which extends from a fledgling's first flight out of the nest to its departure parents' territory, is crucial in lifecycle birds. During this period, juveniles develop their and foraging skills become fully independent. Despite importance life stage basic bird ecology conservation, it remains largely overlooked – notably link with acquisition skills. ...

The accurate estimation of reference crop evapotranspiration (ETO) plays an important role in guiding regional water resource management and content research. In order to improve the accuracy ETO prediction regions with missing data, this study used partial correlation analysis method select factors that have a large impact on as input combinations construct models for typical stations semi-ari...