Journal articles: 'Little boxes on the hillside'

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Hall, Kim. "Little Girls in Pretty Boxes." Physiotherapy 83, no. 7 (1997): 390. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0031-9406(05)65805-1.

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Ratz, Hiltrun. "Parameters influencing selection of nest boxes by little penguins (Eudyptula minor)." Notornis 66, no. 3 (2019): 129. https://doi.org/10.63172/568478fxptzh.

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Little penguins (Eudyptula minor) readily breed and moult in nest boxes. The selective placement of nest boxes can enhance their use, improve breeding success and increase recruitment. I examined nest parameters for 171 nest boxes at Pilots Beach, southern New Zealand, in relation to their use for breeding and for moulting in the 2016 breeding season. Linear models to assess the relative importance of nest box parameters produced definitive results where a higher likelihood of use was interpreted to indicate a preference. The only preference for breeding or moulting was for shaded boxes that w

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Pierce, Kerri. "Translator's Note: Translating Little Black Boxes." World Literature Today 90, no. 6 (2016): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2016.0194.

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Kerri Pierce. "Translator's Note: Translating Little Black Boxes." World Literature Today 90, no. 6 (2016): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.7588/worllitetoda.90.6.0009.

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Ropert-Coudert, Yan, Belinda Cannell, and Akiko Kato. "Temperature inside nest boxes of little penguins." Wildlife Society Bulletin 32, no. 1 (2004): 177–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[177:tinbol]2.0.co;2.

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Coppenbarger, Matthew. ""Little Boxes Made of Ticky-Tacky": 11060." American Mathematical Monthly 112, no. 8 (2005): 753. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/30037591.

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Pairman, Ann. "Little boxes, rambling houses and children’s agency." Early Childhood Folio 22, no. 1 (2018): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.18296/ecf.0049.

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Thomas, Sandra P. "Myriads of People Peering into Little Boxes." Issues in Mental Health Nursing 40, no. 7 (2019): 547. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2019.1600358.

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Flannery, Daniele. "Adult Education: Little Boxes all the Same?" Adult Learning 3, no. 3 (1991): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/104515959100300316.

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Griffiths, Stephen R., Linda F. Lumsden, Kylie A. Robert, and Pia E. Lentini. "Nest boxes do not cause a shift in bat community composition in an urbanised landscape." Scientific Reports 10, no. 1 (2020): 6210. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14818540.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Abstract Nest boxes are often used to provide supplementary roosts for cavity-dependent wildlife, but little is known about if they influence faunal community composition. Long-term monitoring of bat boxes in south-eastern Australia indicated that their use was dominated by one generalist species ( Chalinolobus gouldii ), causing concern that installing bat boxes could cause a shift toward less diverse bat communities. To test this, we conducted a large-scale before-after control-impact experiment at 18 sites, over five years. Sites were eithe

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Isaac, J. L., M. Parsons, and B. A. Goodman. "How hot do nest boxes get in the tropics? A study of nest boxes for the endangered mahogany glider." Wildlife Research 35, no. 5 (2008): 441. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr08016.

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As hollow-bearing trees become scarcer due to habitat loss, the use of nest boxes as a management tool for hollow-dependent species is likely to increase. However, nest-box use can be variable among species and habitats, and one possible reason may be that nest boxes offer little protection against extreme temperatures compared with natural hollows; this may be particularly important in the tropics. Here, we measured the microclimate of 16 nest boxes, installed as part of a recovery program for an endangered arboreal marsupial, the mahogany glider, during the summer in tropical north Queenslan

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McCarthy, Phillip. "LITTLE BOXES WHERE SUBURBAN DREAMS COULD TAKE FLIGHT." Fabrications 5, no. 1 (1994): 114–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10331867.1994.10525076.

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Preston, Teresa. "The Editor’s Note: Stepping outside the little boxes." Phi Delta Kappan 104, no. 5 (2023): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00317217231156222.

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Editor-in-Chief Teresa Preston discusses the highlights of the February 2023 issue of Kappan, which puts the spotlight on suburban schools. The growing diversity of the suburbs has sparked conflict as some community members speak out against change. And this conflict has implications for schools. Instead of taking sides against each other, communities need to look together for solutions to their shared problems.

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Goldingay, Ross L. "Temperature variation in nest boxes in eastern Australia." Australian Mammalogy 37, no. 2 (2015): 225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am14040.

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Nest boxes are frequently installed in Australia to provide shelter sites for arboreal mammals. Little is known about the temperatures that may be experienced inside nest boxes or the factors that may influence those temperatures. I established paired nest boxes on the south-east and north-west sides of trees at two locations in south-east Queensland to investigate the influence of nest box aspect on nest box temperature. Squirrel gliders (Petaurus norfolcensis) occupied boxes at both locations. I recorded temperatures over a 1-month period in two summers. Temperature varied by up to 20°C with

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ZIMMERMANN, W. J., D. G. OLSON, A. SANDOVAL, and R. E. RUST. "Efficacy of Freezing in Eliminating Infectivity of Trichinella spiralis in Boxed Pork Products." Journal of Food Protection 48, no. 3 (1985): 196–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-48.3.196.

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The relationship of storage time and temperature to loss of infectivity for Trichinella spiralis was evaluated. Ground trichinous pork was stuffed into casings, packed in boxes, and frozen in tiers of five boxes at four selected temperatures. Trichinae became non-infective between 6 to 10 d when stored at −17.8°C and between 11 to 15 d when stored at −12.2°C. Infective trichinae were obtained in final samplings after 56 d of freezing at −9.4°C and 71 d at −6.7°C. Little or no effect on infectivity was evident in trichinae frozen at −6.7°C throughout the 71-d period. Position of the box in the

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Morais Mariano Rodrigues, Igor, Jaime Xamen Wai Wai, Roque Yaxikma Wai Wai, and Sarah De Barros Viana Hissa. "Abrindo camadas para o conhecimento." Vestígios - Revista Latino-Americana de Arqueologia Histórica 18, no. 2 (2024): 41–56. https://doi.org/10.31239/vtg.v18i2.49525.

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This photo essay opens up the woven cases, boxes and little boxes of the Wai Wai people, exploring different layers of meaning to highlight some of the ñokwa ("amulets") used by the yaskomo ("shamans"). In a collaborative study between Wai Wai indigenous and non-indigenous researchers, some meanings were observed and grasped for these pieces, which were photographed in such a way as to highlight part of their vitality.

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Griffiths, Stephen R., Robert Bender, Lisa N. Godinho, Pia E. Lentini, Linda F. Lumsden, and Kylie A. Robert. "Bat boxes are not a silver bullet conservation tool." Mammal Review 47, no. 4 (2017): 261–65. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14818552.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Nest boxes are often promoted as substitute structures for hollow-dependent fauna, but are they generally effective? In a long-term bat-box monitoring project in south-eastern Australia, box occupancy was dominated by one common and widespread urban-adapted species, Gould's wattled bat Chalinolobus gouldii. In contrast, the 13 other bat species in the area made little or no use of the boxes. Policymakers, land managers and conservation professionals working in the field of biodiversity offsets should be aware that bat boxes are unlikely t

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Hámori, Dániel, Dániel Winkler, and Csaba Vadász. "Demographic data on the Little Owl (Athene noctua) in Upper-Kiskunság (Hungary)." Ornis Hungarica 25, no. 2 (2017): 11–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/orhu-2017-0012.

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Abstract This study focused on the clutch size and age-specific apparent survival rate of the Little Owl (Athene noctua) population in Upper-Kiskunság, Hungary. Between May 2005 and April 2017, 640 individuals were captured and ringed in a total of 746 capture-recapture occasions. Artificial nest boxes were installed in the study area, breeding birds and pulli were captured for ringing/recaptured in these boxes (from March to May), or at the close neighbourhood of those (max. 168 m). Jolly-Seber’s open population method was applied to model the survival rate. The candidate model set included m

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Clark, Joseph F., Melinda Reilly, and Frank R. Sharp. "Oxidation of Bilirubin Produces Compounds that Cause Prolonged Vasospasm of Rat Cerebral Vessels: A Contributor to Subarachnoid Hemorrhage–Induced Vasospasm." Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 22, no. 4 (2002): 472–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004647-200204000-00011.

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The authors have previously shown that bilirubin-oxidation products (BOXes) are present in CSF of subarachnoid hemorrhage patients with vasospasm, and that BOXes cause vasoconstriction in vitro. This study determined whether BOXes cause vasospasm in vivo. Identical volumes of either lysed blood or standardized amounts of BOXes were injected into the cisterna magna of adult rats. BOX injections caused 6 of 10 rats to die within 10 minutes, whereas 12 of 12 rats survived for 24 hours after blood injections. The mechanism for this significant ( P ⩽ 0.01) increase in mortality was unclear. To dire

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Goldingay, Ross L. "Does temperature variation influence nest box use by the eastern pygmy-possum?" Australian Mammalogy 42, no. 1 (2020): 77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am19023.

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Cavity-using birds and mammals reliant on nest boxes may be negatively affected by the poor thermal buffering of nest boxes. I investigated whether nest box use by the eastern pygmy-possum (Cercartetus nanus) over a 4-year period was influenced by maximum ambient temperature, which ranged from 15.6 to 34.9°C during survey occasions. Occupancy modelling of 144 site detections over 30 survey occasions suggested that a model that included maximum temperature had little support whereas a model involving time-varying detection (i.e. detection differed across sample occasions) was the most plausible

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CARECHE, MERCEDES, RAUL GARCÍA, and JAVIER BORDERÍAS. "Anchovy Shelf Life as Affected by Different Chilling Methods during Distribution." Journal of Food Protection 65, no. 2 (2002): 353–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-028x-65.2.353.

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Anchovies are a very labile fish and deteriorate fast under chilling conditions. In the South of Spain, fishing boats land their catches in wooden boxes with ice (12 to 14 kg). For some years now, fish processors have prepared this species for market distribution by placing about 7 kg fish in expanded polystyrene (EPS) boxes containing water and ice. Then, in the distribution market, boxes are dewatered and re-iced. Transportation of the fish in EPS boxes containing water and ice was recently forbidden on the grounds that boxes for transportation of fish in ice must have holes to let melted ic

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Fehér, Lajos, Damian Mrówczyński, Renáta Pidl, and Péter Böröcz. "Compressive Strength of Corrugated Paperboard Packages with Low and High Cutout Rates: Numerical Modelling and Experimental Validation." Materials 16, no. 6 (2023): 2360. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma16062360.

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The finite element method is a widely used numerical method to analyze structures in virtual space. This method can be used in the packaging industry to determine the mechanical properties of corrugated boxes. This study aims to create and validate a numerical model to predict the compression force of corrugated cardboard boxes by considering the influence of different cutout configurations of sidewalls. The types of investigated boxes are the following: the width and height of the boxes are 300 mm in each case and the length dimension of the boxes varied from 200 mm to 600 mm with a 100 mm in

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Griffiths, Stephen R., Linda F. Lumsden, Robert Bender, et al. "Long-term monitoring suggests bat boxes may alter local bat community structure." Australian Mammalogy 41, no. 2 (2019): 273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/am18026.

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Bat boxes are often used to provide supplementary roosting habitats; however, little is known of their impacts on community composition. Data collected from a 25-year box-monitoring and 31-year harp trapping case study provides preliminary evidence that the installation of boxes may have contributed to one species, Gould’s wattled bat (Chalinolobus gouldii), dominating the bat community of a periurban park in Melbourne. This highlights the need for systematic monitoring and empirical assessment of conservation-focused bat box programs.

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Mueller, Stefanie. "“No more little boxes” – Poetic Positionings in the Literary Field." Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik 69, no. 1 (2021): 91–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/zaa-2020-2031.

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Abstract My article’s title borrows a line from Thomas Sayers Ellis’s poem “Skin, Inc.” (2010), a poem which uses the metaphor of incorporation in terms of its economic and formal affordances: formally as signifying upon a container, a box, in which the poet/lyric persona finds himself trapped as he is trying to create and to write; and economically, as signifying upon the poet as entrepreneur, who has to sell a brand and a product in the literary marketplace. Based on Pierre Bourdieu’s work on the theory of the literary field, I think of the poem as a form of poetic position-taking in the lit

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Eskew, Abigail. "Little Boxes: 12 Writers on Television ed. by Caroline Casey." Pleiades: Literature in Context 38, no. 2S (2018): 26–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/plc.2018.0165.

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Doty, Anna C., Clare Stawski, Shannon E. Currie, and Fritz Geiser. "Black or white? Physiological implications of roost colour and choice in a microbat." Journal of Thermal Biology 60 (June 12, 2016): 162–70. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13477140.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Although roost choice in bats has been studied previously, little is known about how opposing roost colours affect the expression of torpor quantitatively. We quantified roost selection and thermoregulation in a captive Australian insectivorous bat, Nyctophilus gouldi (n ¼12) in winter when roosting in black and white coloured boxes using temperature-telemetry. We quantified how roost choice influences torpor expression when food was provided ad libitum or restricted in bats housed together in an outdoor aviary exposed to natural fluctuations

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Doty, Anna C., Clare Stawski, Shannon E. Currie, and Fritz Geiser. "Black or white? Physiological implications of roost colour and choice in a microbat." Journal of Thermal Biology 60 (June 7, 2016): 162–70. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13477140.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Although roost choice in bats has been studied previously, little is known about how opposing roost colours affect the expression of torpor quantitatively. We quantified roost selection and thermoregulation in a captive Australian insectivorous bat, Nyctophilus gouldi (n ¼12) in winter when roosting in black and white coloured boxes using temperature-telemetry. We quantified how roost choice influences torpor expression when food was provided ad libitum or restricted in bats housed together in an outdoor aviary exposed to natural fluctuations

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Doty, Anna C., Clare Stawski, Shannon E. Currie, and Fritz Geiser. "Black or white? Physiological implications of roost colour and choice in a microbat." Journal of Thermal Biology 60 (July 3, 2016): 162–70. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13477140.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Although roost choice in bats has been studied previously, little is known about how opposing roost colours affect the expression of torpor quantitatively. We quantified roost selection and thermoregulation in a captive Australian insectivorous bat, Nyctophilus gouldi (n ¼12) in winter when roosting in black and white coloured boxes using temperature-telemetry. We quantified how roost choice influences torpor expression when food was provided ad libitum or restricted in bats housed together in an outdoor aviary exposed to natural fluctuations

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Doty, Anna C., Clare Stawski, Shannon E. Currie, and Fritz Geiser. "Black or white? Physiological implications of roost colour and choice in a microbat." Journal of Thermal Biology 60 (July 10, 2016): 162–70. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13477140.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Although roost choice in bats has been studied previously, little is known about how opposing roost colours affect the expression of torpor quantitatively. We quantified roost selection and thermoregulation in a captive Australian insectivorous bat, Nyctophilus gouldi (n ¼12) in winter when roosting in black and white coloured boxes using temperature-telemetry. We quantified how roost choice influences torpor expression when food was provided ad libitum or restricted in bats housed together in an outdoor aviary exposed to natural fluctuations

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Doty, Anna C., Clare Stawski, Shannon E. Currie, and Fritz Geiser. "Black or white? Physiological implications of roost colour and choice in a microbat." Journal of Thermal Biology 60 (July 17, 2016): 162–70. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13477140.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) Although roost choice in bats has been studied previously, little is known about how opposing roost colours affect the expression of torpor quantitatively. We quantified roost selection and thermoregulation in a captive Australian insectivorous bat, Nyctophilus gouldi (n ¼12) in winter when roosting in black and white coloured boxes using temperature-telemetry. We quantified how roost choice influences torpor expression when food was provided ad libitum or restricted in bats housed together in an outdoor aviary exposed to natural fluctuations

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Benson, Craig C., Qian Zhou, Xiaochun Long, and Joseph M. Miano. "Identifying functional single nucleotide polymorphisms in the human CArGome." Physiological Genomics 43, no. 18 (2011): 1038–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/physiolgenomics.00098.2011.

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Regulatory SNPs (rSNPs) reside primarily within the nonprotein coding genome and are thought to disturb normal patterns of gene expression by altering DNA binding of transcription factors. Nevertheless, despite the explosive rise in SNP association studies, there is little information as to the function of rSNPs in human disease. Serum response factor (SRF) is a widely expressed DNA-binding transcription factor that has variable affinity to at least 1,216 permutations of a 10 bp transcription factor binding site (TFBS) known as the CArG box. We developed a robust in silico bioinformatics scree

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Bennett, Cary. "Assessment rubrics: thinking inside the boxes." Learning and Teaching 9, no. 1 (2016): 50–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/latiss.2016.090104.

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Assessment rubrics are being promoted and introduced into tertiary teaching practices on the grounds that they are an efficient and reliable tool to evaluate student performance effectively and promote student learning. However, there has been little discussion on the value of using assessment rubrics in higher education. Rather, they are being gradually and (seemingly) uncritically mainstreamed into tertiary teaching expectations and practices, often through professional development workshops. This article investigates the pedagogic value and validity of criteria-based assessment rubrics and

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Shanahan, Maggie, Michael Simone-Finstrom, Philip Tokarz, Frank Rinkevich, Quentin D. Read, and Marla Spivak. "Thinking inside the box: Restoring the propolis envelope facilitates honey bee social immunity." PLOS ONE 19, no. 1 (2024): e0291744. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291744.

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When wild honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera) nest in hollow tree cavities, they coat the rough cavity walls with a continuous layer of propolis, a substance comprised primarily of plant resins. Studies have shown that the resulting “propolis envelope” leads to both individual- and colony-level health benefits. Unfortunately, the smooth wooden boxes most commonly used in beekeeping do little to stimulate propolis collection. As a result, most managed bees live in hives that are propolis-poor. In this study, we assessed different surface texture treatments (rough wood boxes, boxes outfitted wit

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Bourgoin, Alaric, Samer Faraj, and Paolo Vincenzo Leone. "Putting People in Little Boxes: How Scripting Processes Perform New Organizations." Academy of Management Proceedings 2021, no. 1 (2021): 13715. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2021.13715abstract.

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Gottschalk, Thomas K., Klemens Ekschmitt, and Volkmar Wolters. "Efficient Placement of Nest Boxes for the Little Owl (Athene noctua)." Journal of Raptor Research 45, no. 1 (2011): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3356/jrr-09-11.1.

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McAfee, Alison, David R. Tarpy, and Leonard J. Foster. "Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) beehives have no impact on honey bee (Apis mellifera) overwintering colony survival or detoxification enzyme expression." PLOS ONE 20, no. 4 (2025): e0318764. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318764.

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In North America, wooden honey bee hives are most often constructed from pine, but some companies also produce and sell boxes made of western red cedar (Thuja plicata) as a result of its local availability and desirable properties. However, there is debate within the beekeeping community about whether cedar is a safe hive material for bees, since resins within the wood are known to be insecticidal or insect deterrents. There is very little empirical evidence to support or refute these arguments. Here, we recorded health metrics of honey bee nucleus colonies hived in western red cedar and pine

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Durant, Rebecca, Gary W. Luck, and Alison Matthews. "Nest-box use by arboreal mammals in a peri-urban landscape." Wildlife Research 36, no. 7 (2009): 565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr09058.

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Context. Nest boxes provide important nesting, denning and shelter sites for many fauna species worldwide, but we know little about the factors that influence the suitability of nest boxes for particular species. Such information is crucial in urban landscapes where natural hollows are scarce. Aims. The aim of this study was to record the use of nest boxes by sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps), squirrel gliders (P. norfolcensis) and other fauna in a peri-urban landscape in northern Victoria and examine factors at multiple spatial scales that may influence nest-box use. Methods. We monitored th

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Zendle, David, Lukasz Walasek, Paul Cairns, Rachel Meyer, and Aaron Drummond. "Links between problem gambling and spending on booster packs in collectible card games: A conceptual replication of research on loot boxes." PLOS ONE 16, no. 4 (2021): e0247855. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247855.

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Loot boxes are digital containers of randomised rewards present in some video games which are often purchasable for real world money. Recently, concerns have been raised that loot boxes might approximate traditional gambling activities, and that people with gambling problems have been shown to spend more on loot boxes than peers without gambling problems. Some argue that the regulation of loot boxes as gambling-like mechanics is inappropriate because similar activities which also bear striking similarities to traditional forms of gambling, such as collectable card games, are not subject to suc

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Klein, Ákos, Tibor Nagy, Tibor Csörgő, and Róbert Mátics. "Exterior nest-boxes may negatively affect Barn Owl Tyto alba survival: an ecological trap." Bird Conservation International 17, no. 3 (2007): 273–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0959270907000792.

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AbstractNest-site reduction has played a significant role in the decline of Barn Owl Tyto alba populations throughout Europe and North America. Techniques of nest-site augmentation, involving the provision of nest-boxes, have been widely used in a range of species of conservation concern, including falcons, eagles, parrots, owls and cavity-nesting ducks. A common method of Barn Owl conservation is the placement of nest-boxes on church towers. Despite the usefulness of nest-boxes, several studies have shown that there may be associated disadvantages and that nest-boxes may even act as ‘ecologic

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DeCamp, Whitney, and Kevin Daly. "Loot box consumption by adolescents pre- and post- pandemic lockdown." PeerJ 11 (May 1, 2023): e15287. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15287.

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Loot boxes are virtual items that can be redeemed to receive randomly selected other virtual items, and have been criticized for being similar to gambling. The presence of loot boxes in video games has dramatically increased since 2010, with little evidence available for the current prevalence rate of loot box purchasing in the general population, particularly during and following the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. This study uses data from representative samples of American youth to estimate prevalence rates for video game play and loot box consumption before the pandemic (2019) and after the p

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Knight, John. "Monkeys on the Move: The Natural Symbolism of People-Macaque Conflict in Japan." Journal of Asian Studies 58, no. 3 (1999): 622–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2659114.

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In the village of ukegawa there stood, until recently, a large chestnut tree up on the hillside in the garden of the village doctor's family. In the 1960s macaques started to descend from the mountains to feed on the tree every autumn. The old doctor, a kindly man with a well-known fondness for animals, at first indulged the little monkeys. The visitors from the forest also appealed to his curiosity in matters of science, and he even took the opportunity to observe them from the house as they fed. But as their numbers grew and their boldness increased, the doctor's attitude towards the monkeys

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Spennemann, Dirk. "A note on seed dispersal by Little Corellas Cacatua sanguinea." Australian Field Ornithology 40 (2023): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.20938/afo40001005.

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A flock of Little Corellas Cacatua sanguinea deposited six large American Sweetgum (Liquidambar) Liquidambar styraciflua fruit and three Mediterranean Cypress Cupressus sempervirens cones under the canopy of a Yellow Box Eucalyptus melliodora in a suburban backyard in Albury, New South Wales. Subsequent searches encountered American Sweetgum fruit under four further Yellow Boxes with evidence of pruning by Little Corellas. This is the first record of actual seed dispersal by the species, as well as of the use of American Sweetgum as food. These observations underline the importance of psittaci

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McDowell, Michelle, Gerd Gigerenzer, Odette Wegwarth, and Felix G. Rebitschek. "Effect of Tabular and Icon Fact Box Formats on Comprehension of Benefits and Harms of Prostate Cancer Screening: A Randomized Trial." Medical Decision Making 39, no. 1 (2018): 41–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0272989x18818166.

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Background. Fact boxes employ evidence-based guidelines on risk communication to present benefits and harms of health interventions in a balanced and transparent format. However, little is known about their short- and long-term efficacy and whether designing fact boxes to present multiple outcomes with icon arrays would increase their efficacy. Method. In study 1, 120 men (30–75 y) completed a lab study. Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 fact box formats on prostate cancer screening: a tabular fact box with numbers, a fact box with numbers and icon array, and a fact box with number

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Knowle, Dieter, Robert E. Lintner, Yara M. Touma, and Robert M. Blumenthal. "Nature of the Promoter Activated by C.PvuII, an Unusual Regulatory Protein Conserved among Restriction-Modification Systems." Journal of Bacteriology 187, no. 2 (2005): 488–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.187.2.488-497.2005.

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ABSTRACT A widely distributed family of small regulators, called C proteins, controls a subset of restriction-modification systems. The C proteins studied to date activate transcription of their own genes and that of downstream endonuclease genes; this arrangement appears to delay endonuclease expression relative to that of the protective methyltransferase when the genes enter a new cell. C proteins bind to conserved sequences called C boxes. In the PvuII system, the C boxes have been reported to extend from −23 to +3 relative to the transcription start for the gene for the C protein, an unexp

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