Effective range of auditory frightening devices based on hearing capabilities and antipredator responses of nuisance blackbirds
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DOI: 10.1002/wsb.1549
Abstract: A variety of acoustic strategies have been implemented to disperse wildlife from areas of human‐wildlife conflict. Propane cannons are a popular tool; however, their efficacy based on avian behavior has yet to be fully explored.… read more here.
Keywords: greater vigilance; cannon; effective range; hearing capabilities ... See more keywords
Reverse Engineering a Bronze Cannon from the La Belle Shipwreck
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DOI: 10.1007/s41636-020-00280-2
Abstract: The goal of this project was to scan and reverse engineer one of three bronze cannons (41MG86 - 11900-1) recovered from the La Belle excavation, which is currently on exhibit at the Bullock Texas State… read more here.
Keywords: cannon; reverse; bronze; reverse engineering ... See more keywords
The Cannon-Marañón Correspondence and the Autonomic Physiology of Emotion (1919-1936).
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DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000213952
Abstract: Between 1919 and 1936, American physiologist Walter B. Cannon and Spanish physician Gregorio Marañón engaged in a sustained transatlantic correspondence that shed light on emerging ideas about the physiologic basis of emotion. Drawing on letters… read more here.
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"The Tennis Ball of Fortune": Print, Manuscript, and Provincial Literacies in The Chronicles of John Cannon
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DOI: 10.1215/00982601-10951290
Abstract: Abstract:This paper will focus on the Chronicles of John Cannon, a ploughboy turned exciseman and writing master living in the Somerset levels who described himself as a "Tennis Ball of Fortune." Cannon's story of self-education… read more here.
Keywords: manuscript book; chronicles john; culture; cannon ... See more keywords