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The sample included in this dataset represents five children who participated in a number line intervention study. Originally six children were included in the study, but one of them fulfilled the criterion for exclusion after missing several consecutive sessions. Thus, their data is not included in the dataset.
All participants were currently attending Year 1 of primary school at an independent school in New South Wales, Australia. For children to be able to eligible to participate they had to present with low mathematics achievement by performing at or below the 25th percentile in the Maths Problem Solving and/or Numerical Operations subtests from the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test III (WIAT III A & NZ, Wechsler, 2016). Participants were excluded from participating if, as reported by their parents, they have any other diagnosed disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, developmental language disorder, cerebral palsy or uncorrected sensory disorders.
The study followed a multiple baseline case series design, with a baseline phase, a treatment phase, and a post-treatment phase. The baseline phase varied between two and three measurement points, the treatment phase varied between four and seven measurement points, and all participants had 1 post-treatment measurement point.
The number of measurement points were distributed across participants as follows:
Participant 1 – 3 baseline, 6 treatment, 1 post-treatment
Participant 3 – 2 baseline, 7 treatment, 1 post-treatment
Participant 5 – 2 baseline, 5 treatment, 1 post-treatment
Participant 6 – 3 baseline, 4 treatment, 1 post-treatment
Participant 7 – 2 baseline, 5 treatment, 1 post-treatment
In each session across all three phases children were assessed in their performance on a number line estimation task, a single-digit computation task, a multi-digit computation task, a dot comparison task and a number comparison task. Furthermore, during the treatment phase, all children completed the intervention task after these assessments. The order of the assessment tasks varied randomly between sessions.
Number Line Estimation. Children completed a computerised bounded number line task (0-100). The number line is presented in the middle of the screen, and the target number is presented above the start point of the number line to avoid signalling the midpoint (Dackermann et al., 2018). Target numbers included two non-overlapping sets (trained and untrained) of 30 items each. Untrained items were assessed on all phases of the study. Trained items were assessed independent of the intervention during baseline and post-treatment phases, and performance on the intervention is used to index performance on the trained set during the treatment phase. Within each set, numbers were equally distributed throughout the number range, with three items within each ten (0-10, 11-20, 21-30, etc.). Target numbers were presented in random order. Participants did not receive performance-based feedback. Accuracy is indexed by percent absolute error (PAE) [(number estimated - target number)/ scale of number line] x100.
Single-Digit Computation. The task included ten additions with single-digit addends (1-9) and single-digit results (2-9). The order was counterbalanced so that half of the additions present the lowest addend first (e.g., 3 + 5) and half of the additions present the highest addend first (e.g., 6 + 3). This task also included ten subtractions with single-digit minuends (3-9), subtrahends (1-6) and differences (1-6). The items were presented horizontally on the screen accompanied by a sound and participants were required to give a verbal response. Participants did not receive performance-based feedback. Performance on this task was indexed by item-based accuracy.
Multi-digit computational estimation. The task included eight additions and eight subtractions presented with double-digit numbers and three response options. None of the response options represent the correct result. Participants were asked to select the option that was closest to the correct result. In half of the items the calculation involved two double-digit numbers, and in the other half one double and one single digit number. The distance between the correct response option and the exact result of the calculation was two for half of the trials and three for the other half. The calculation was presented vertically on the screen with the three options shown below. The calculations remained on the screen until participants responded by clicking on one of the options on the screen. Participants did not receive performance-based feedback. Performance on this task is measured by item-based accuracy.
Dot Comparison and Number Comparison. Both tasks included the same 20 items, which were presented twice, counterbalancing left and right presentation. Magnitudes to be compared were between 5 and 99, with four items for each of the following ratios: .91, .83, .77, .71, .67. Both quantities were presented horizontally side by side, and participants were instructed to press one of two keys (F or J), as quickly as possible, to indicate the largest one. Items were presented in random order and participants did not receive performance-based feedback. In the non-symbolic comparison task (dot comparison) the two sets of dots remained on the screen for a maximum of two seconds (to prevent counting). Overall area and convex hull for both sets of dots is kept constant following Guillaume et al. (2020). In the symbolic comparison task (Arabic numbers), the numbers remained on the screen until a response was given. Performance on both tasks was indexed by accuracy.
During the intervention sessions, participants estimated the position of 30 Arabic numbers in a 0-100 bounded number line. As a form of feedback, within each item, the participants’ estimate remained visible, and the correct position of the target number appeared on the number line. When the estimate’s PAE was lower than 2.5, a message appeared on the screen that read “Excellent job”, when PAE was between 2.5 and 5 the message read “Well done, so close! and when PAE was higher than 5 the message read “Good try!” Numbers were presented in random order.
Age = age in ‘years, months’ at the start of the study
Sex = female/male/non-binary or third gender/prefer not to say (as reported by parents)
Math_Problem_Solving_raw = Raw score on the Math Problem Solving subtest from the WIAT III (WIAT III A & NZ, Wechsler, 2016).
Math_Problem_Solving_Percentile = Percentile equivalent on the Math Problem Solving subtest from the WIAT III (WIAT III A & NZ, Wechsler, 2016).
Num_Ops_Raw = Raw score on the Numerical Operations subtest from the WIAT III (WIAT III A & NZ, Wechsler, 2016).
Math_Problem_Solving_Percentile = Percentile equivalent on the Numerical Operations subtest from the WIAT III (WIAT III A & NZ, Wechsler, 2016).
The remaining variables refer to participants’ performance on the study tasks. Each variable name is composed by three sections. The first one refers to the phase and session. For example, Base1 refers to the first measurement point of the baseline phase, Treat1 to the first measurement point on the treatment phase, and post1 to the first measurement point on the post-treatment phase.
The second part of the variable name refers to the task, as follows:
DC = dot comparison
SDC = single-digit computation
NLE_UT = number line estimation (untrained set)
NLE_T= number line estimation (trained set)
CE = multidigit computational estimation
NC = number comparison
The final part of the variable name refers to the type of measure being used (i.e., acc = total correct responses and pae = percent absolute error).
Thus, variable Base2_NC_acc corresponds to accuracy on the number comparison task during the second measurement point of the baseline phase and Treat3_NLE_UT_pae refers to the percent absolute error on the untrained set of the number line task during the third session of the Treatment phase.
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## Example questions
Question: Solve -42*r + 27*c = -1167 and 130*r + 4*c = 372 for r.
Answer: 4
Question: Calculate -841880142.544 + 411127.
Answer: -841469015.544
Question: Let x(g) = 9*g + 1. Let q(c) = 2*c + 1. Let f(i) = 3*i - 39. Let w(j) = q(x(j)). Calculate f(w(a)).
Answer: 54*a - 30
It contains 2 million (question, answer) pairs per module, with questions limited to 160 characters in length, and answers to 30 characters in length. Note the training data for each question type is split into "train-easy", "train-medium", and "train-hard". This allows training models via a curriculum. The data can also be mixed together uniformly from these training datasets to obtain the results reported in the paper. Categories:
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Home-range estimation is an important application of animal tracking data that is frequently complicated by autocorrelation, sampling irregularity, and small effective sample sizes. We introduce a novel, optimal weighting method that accounts for temporal sampling bias in autocorrelated tracking data. This method corrects for irregular and missing data, such that oversampled times are downweighted and undersampled times are upweighted to minimize error in the home-range estimate. We also introduce computationally efficient algorithms that make this method feasible with large datasets. Generally speaking, there are three situations where weight optimization improves the accuracy of home-range estimates: with marine data, where the sampling schedule is highly irregular, with duty cycled data, where the sampling schedule changes during the observation period, and when a small number of home-range crossings are observed, making the beginning and end times more independent and informative than the intermediate times. Using both simulated data and empirical examples including reef manta ray, Mongolian gazelle, and African buffalo, optimal weighting is shown to reduce the error and increase the spatial resolution of home-range estimates. With a conveniently packaged and computationally efficient software implementation, this method broadens the array of datasets with which accurate space-use assessments can be made.
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With a total of six columns, including formula1, formula2, label (binary format), formula1, formula2, and label, the dataset provides all the necessary information for conducting comprehensive analysis and evaluation.
The train.csv file contains a subset of the dataset specifically curated for training purposes. It includes an extensive range of math formula pairs along with their corresponding labels and unique ID names. This allows researchers and data scientists to construct models that can predict whether two given formulas fall within the same category or not.
On the other hand, test.csv serves as an evaluation set. It consists of additional pairs of math formulas accompanied by their respective labels and unique IDs. By evaluating model performance on this test set after training it on train.csv data, researchers can assess how well their models generalize to unseen instances.
By leveraging this informative dataset, researchers can unlock new possibilities in mathematics-related fields such as pattern recognition algorithms development or enhancing educational tools that involve automatic identification and categorization tasks based on mathematical formulas
Introduction
Dataset Description
train.csv
The
train.csvfile contains a set of labeled math formula pairs along with their corresponding labels and formula name IDs. It consists of the following columns: - formula1: The first mathematical formula in the pair (text). - formula2: The second mathematical formula in the pair (text). - label: The classification label indicating whether the pair of formulas belong to the same category or not (binary). A label value of 1 indicates that both formulas belong to the same category, while a label value of 0 indicates different categories.test.csv
The purpose of the
test.csvfile is to provide a set of formula pairs along with their labels and formula name IDs for testing and evaluation purposes. It has an identical structure totrain.csv, containing columns like formula1, formula2, label, etc.Task
The main task using this dataset is binary classification, where your objective is to predict whether two mathematical formulas belong to the same category or not based on their textual representation. You can use various machine learning algorithms such as logistic regression, decision trees, random forests, or neural networks for training models on this dataset.
Exploring & Analyzing Data
Before building your model, it's crucial to explore and analyze your data. Here are some steps you can take:
- Load both CSV files (
train.csvandtest.csv) into your preferred data analysis framework or programming language (e.g., Python with libraries like pandas).- Examine the dataset's structure, including the number of rows, columns, and data types.
- Check for missing values in the dataset and handle them accordingly.
- Visualize the distribution of labels to understand whether it is balanced or imbalanced.
Model Building
Once you have analyzed and preprocessed your dataset, you can start building your classification model using various machine learning algorithms:
- Split your
train.csvdata into training and validation sets for model evaluation during training.- Choose a suitable
- Math Formula Similarity: This dataset can be used to develop a model that classifies whether two mathematical formulas are similar or not. This can be useful in various applications such as plagiarism detection, identifying duplicate formulas in databases, or suggesting similar formulas based on user input.
- Formula Categorization: The dataset can be used to train a model that categorizes mathematical formulas into different classes or categories. For example, the model can classify formulas into algebraic expressions, trigonometric equations, calculus problems, or geometric theorems. This categorization can help organize and search through large collections of mathematical formulas.
- Formula Recommendation: Using this dataset, one could build a recommendation system that suggests related math formulas based on user input. By analyzing the similarities between different formula pairs and their corresponding labels, the system could provide recommendations for relevant mathematical concepts that users may need while solving problems or studying specific topics in mathematics
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This book is written for statisticians, data analysts, programmers, researchers, teachers, students, professionals, and general consumers on how to perform different types of statistical data analysis for research purposes using the R programming language. R is an open-source software and object-oriented programming language with a development environment (IDE) called RStudio for computing statistics and graphical displays through data manipulation, modelling, and calculation. R packages and supported libraries provides a wide range of functions for programming and analyzing of data. Unlike many of the existing statistical softwares, R has the added benefit of allowing the users to write more efficient codes by using command-line scripting and vectors. It has several built-in functions and libraries that are extensible and allows the users to define their own (customized) functions on how they expect the program to behave while handling the data, which can also be stored in the simple object system.For all intents and purposes, this book serves as both textbook and manual for R statistics particularly in academic research, data analytics, and computer programming targeted to help inform and guide the work of the R users or statisticians. It provides information about different types of statistical data analysis and methods, and the best scenarios for use of each case in R. It gives a hands-on step-by-step practical guide on how to identify and conduct the different parametric and non-parametric procedures. This includes a description of the different conditions or assumptions that are necessary for performing the various statistical methods or tests, and how to understand the results of the methods. The book also covers the different data formats and sources, and how to test for reliability and validity of the available datasets. Different research experiments, case scenarios and examples are explained in this book. It is the first book to provide a comprehensive description and step-by-step practical hands-on guide to carrying out the different types of statistical analysis in R particularly for research purposes with examples. Ranging from how to import and store datasets in R as Objects, how to code and call the methods or functions for manipulating the datasets or objects, factorization, and vectorization, to better reasoning, interpretation, and storage of the results for future use, and graphical visualizations and representations. Thus, congruence of Statistics and Computer programming for Research.
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How many houses have a waterfront? a. 21000 b. 21450 c. 163 d. 173
How many houses have 2 floors? a. 2692 b. 8241 c. 10680 d. 161
How many houses built before 1960 have a waterfront? a. 80 b. 7309 c. 90 d. 92
What is the price of the most expensive house having more than 4 bathrooms? a. 7700000 b. 187000 c. 290000 d. 399000
For instance, if the ‘price’ column consists of outliers, how can you make the data clean and remove the redundancies? a. Calculate the IQR range and drop the values outside the range. b. Calculate the p-value and remove the values less than 0.05. c. Calculate the correlation coefficient of the price column and remove the values less than the correlation coefficient. d. Calculate the Z-score of the price column and remove the values less than the z-score.
What are the various parameters that can be used to determine the dependent variables in the housing data to determine the price of the house? a. Correlation coefficients b. Z-score c. IQR Range d. Range of the Features
If we get the r2 score as 0.38, what inferences can we make about the model and its efficiency? a. The model is 38% accurate, and shows poor efficiency. b. The model is showing 0.38% discrepancies in the outcomes. c. Low difference between observed and fitted values. d. High difference between observed and fitted values.
If the metrics show that the p-value for the grade column is 0.092, what all inferences can we make about the grade column? a. Significant in presence of other variables. b. Highly significant in presence of other variables c. insignificance in presence of other variables d. None of the above
If the Variance Inflation Factor value for a feature is considerably higher than the other features, what can we say about that column/feature? a. High multicollinearity b. Low multicollinearity c. Both A and B d. None of the above
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A key characteristic of free-range chicken farming is to enable chickens to spend time outdoors. However, each chicken may use the available areas for roaming in variable ways. To check if, and how, broilers use their outdoor range at an individual level, we need to reliably characterise range use behaviour. Traditional methods relying on visual scans require significant time investment and only provide discontinuous information. Passive RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) systems enable tracking individually tagged chickens’ when they go through pop-holes; hence they only provide partial information on the movements of individual chickens. Here, we describe a new method to measure chickens’ range use and test its reliability on three ranges each containing a different breed. We used an active RFID system to localise chickens in their barn, or in one of nine zones of their range, every 30 seconds and assessed range-use behaviour in 600 chickens belonging to three breeds of slow- or medium-growing broilers used for outdoor production (all < 40g daily weight gain). From those real-time locations, we determined five measures to describe daily range use: time spent in the barn, number of outdoor accesses, number of zones visited in a day, gregariousness (an index that increases when birds spend time in zones where other birds are), and numbers of zone changes. Principal Component Analyses (PCAs) were performed on those measures, in each production system, to create two synthetic indicators of chickens’ range use behaviour. Our dataset includes the files needed to calibrate the system (supplementary materials), the data files used in the publication and the associated codes.
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This mmWave Datasets are used for fitness activity identification. This dataset (FA Dataset) contains 14 common fitness daily activities. The data are captured by the mmWave radar TI-AWR1642. The dataset can be used by fellow researchers to reproduce the original work or to further explore other machine-learning problems in the domain of mmWave signals.
Format: .png format
Section 1: Device Configuration
Section 2: Data Format
We provide our mmWave data in heatmaps for this dataset. The data file is in the png format. The details are shown in the following:
Section 3: Experimental Setup
Section 4: Data Description
14 common daily activities and their corresponding files
File Name Activity Type File Name Activity Type
FA1 Crunches FA8 Squats
FA2 Elbow plank and reach FA9 Burpees
FA3 Leg raise FA10 Chest squeezes
FA4 Lunges FA11 High knees
FA5 Mountain climber FA12 Side leg raise
FA6 Punches FA13 Side to side chops
FA7 Push ups FA14 Turning kicks
Section 5: Raw Data and Data Processing Algorithms
Section 6: Citations
If your paper is related to our works, please cite our papers as follows.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9868878/
Xie, Yucheng, Ruizhe Jiang, Xiaonan Guo, Yan Wang, Jerry Cheng, and Yingying Chen. "mmFit: Low-Effort Personalized Fitness Monitoring Using Millimeter Wave." In 2022 International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), pp. 1-10. IEEE, 2022.
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@inproceedings{xie2022mmfit,
title={mmFit: Low-Effort Personalized Fitness Monitoring Using Millimeter Wave},
author={Xie, Yucheng and Jiang, Ruizhe and Guo, Xiaonan and Wang, Yan and Cheng, Jerry and Chen, Yingying},
booktitle={2022 International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN)},
pages={1--10},
year={2022},
organization={IEEE}
}
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Dataset and codes for "Observation of Acceleration and Deceleration Periods at Pine Island Ice Shelf from 1997–2023 "
The MATLAB codes and related datasets are used for generating the figures for the paper "Observation of Acceleration and Deceleration Periods at Pine Island Ice Shelf from 1997–2023".
Files and variables
File 1: Data_and_Code.zip
Directory: Main_function
**Description:****Include MATLAB scripts and functions. Each script include discriptions that guide the user how to used it and how to find the dataset that used for processing.
MATLAB Main Scripts: Include the whole steps to process the data, output figures, and output videos.
Script_1_Ice_velocity_process_flow.m
Script_2_strain_rate_process_flow.m
Script_3_DROT_grounding_line_extraction.m
Script_4_Read_ICESat2_h5_files.m
Script_5_Extraction_results.m
MATLAB functions: Five Files that includes MATLAB functions that support the main script:
1_Ice_velocity_code: Include MATLAB functions related to ice velocity post-processing, includes remove outliers, filter, correct for atmospheric and tidal effect, inverse weited averaged, and error estimate.
2_strain_rate: Include MATLAB functions related to strain rate calculation.
3_DROT_extract_grounding_line_code: Include MATLAB functions related to convert range offset results output from GAMMA to differential vertical displacement and used the result extract grounding line.
4_Extract_data_from_2D_result: Include MATLAB functions that used for extract profiles from 2D data.
5_NeRD_Damage_detection: Modified code fom Izeboud et al. 2023. When apply this code please also cite Izeboud et al. 2023 (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425722004655).
6_Figure_plotting_code:Include MATLAB functions related to Figures in the paper and support information.
Director: data_and_result
Description:**Include directories that store the results output from MATLAB. user only neeed to modify the path in MATLAB script to their own path.
1_origin : Sample data ("PS-20180323-20180329", “PS-20180329-20180404”, “PS-20180404-20180410”) output from GAMMA software in Geotiff format that can be used to calculate DROT and velocity. Includes displacment, theta, phi, and ccp.
2_maskccpN: Remove outliers by ccp < 0.05 and change displacement to velocity (m/day).
3_rockpoint: Extract velocities at non-moving region
4_constant_detrend: removed orbit error
5_Tidal_correction: remove atmospheric and tidal induced error
6_rockpoint: Extract non-aggregated velocities at non-moving region
6_vx_vy_v: trasform velocities from va/vr to vx/vy
7_rockpoint: Extract aggregated velocities at non-moving region
7_vx_vy_v_aggregate_and_error_estimate: inverse weighted average of three ice velocity maps and calculate the error maps
8_strain_rate: calculated strain rate from aggregate ice velocity
9_compare: store the results before and after tidal correction and aggregation.
10_Block_result: times series results that extrac from 2D data.
11_MALAB_output_png_result: Store .png files and time serties result
12_DROT: Differential Range Offset Tracking results
13_ICESat_2: ICESat_2 .h5 files and .mat files can put here (in this file only include the samples from tracks 0965 and 1094)
14_MODIS_images: you can store MODIS images here
shp: grounding line, rock region, ice front, and other shape files.
File 2 : PIG_front_1947_2023.zip
Includes Ice front positions shape files from 1947 to 2023, which used for plotting figure.1 in the paper.
File 3 : PIG_DROT_GL_2016_2021.zip
Includes grounding line positions shape files from 1947 to 2023, which used for plotting figure.1 in the paper.
Data was derived from the following sources:
Those links can be found in MATLAB scripts or in the paper "**Open Research" **section.
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Aim: Despite the wide distribution of many parasites around the globe, the range of individual species varies significantly even among phylogenetically related taxa. Since parasites need suitable hosts to complete their development, parasite geographical and environmental ranges should be limited to communities where their hosts are found. Parasites may also suffer from a trade-off between being locally abundant or widely dispersed. We hypothesize that the geographical and environmental ranges of parasites are negatively associated to their host specificity and their local abundance. Location: Worldwide Time period: 2009 to 2021 Major taxa studied: Avian haemosporidian parasites Methods: We tested these hypotheses using a global database which comprises data on avian haemosporidian parasites from across the world. For each parasite lineage, we computed five metrics: phylogenetic host-range, environmental range, geographical range, and their mean local and total number of observations in the database. Phylogenetic generalized least squares models were ran to evaluate the influence of phylogenetic host-range and total and local abundances on geographical and environmental range. In addition, we analysed separately the two regions with the largest amount of available data: Europe and South America. Results: We evaluated 401 lineages from 757 localities and observed that generalism (i.e. phylogenetic host range) associates positively to both the parasites’ geographical and environmental ranges at global and Europe scales. For South America, generalism only associates with geographical range. Finally, mean local abundance (mean local number of parasite occurrences) was negatively related to geographical and environmental range. This pattern was detected worldwide and in South America, but not in Europe. Main Conclusions: We demonstrate that parasite specificity is linked to both their geographical and environmental ranges. The fact that locally abundant parasites present restricted ranges, indicates a trade-off between these two traits. This trade-off, however, only becomes evident when sufficient heterogeneous host communities are considered. Methods We compiled data on haemosporidian lineages from the MalAvi database (http://130.235.244.92/Malavi/ , Bensch et al. 2009) including all the data available from the “Grand Lineage Summary” representing Plasmodium and Haemoproteus genera from wild birds and that contained information regarding location. After checking for duplicated sequences, this dataset comprised a total of ~6200 sequenced parasites representing 1602 distinct lineages (775 Plasmodium and 827 Haemoproteus) collected from 1139 different host species and 757 localities from all continents except Antarctica (Supplementary figure 1, Supplementary Table 1). The parasite lineages deposited in MalAvi are based on a cyt b fragment of 478 bp. This dataset was used to calculate the parasites’ geographical, environmental and phylogenetic ranges. Geographical range All analyses in this study were performed using R version 4.02. In order to estimate the geographical range of each parasite lineage, we applied the R package “GeoRange” (Boyle, 2017) and chose the variable minimum spanning tree distance (i.e., shortest total distance of all lines connecting each locality where a particular lineage has been found). Using the function “create.matrix” from the “fossil” package, we created a matrix of lineages and coordinates and employed the function “GeoRange_MultiTaxa” to calculate the minimum spanning tree distance for each parasite lineage distance (i.e. shortest total distance in kilometers of all lines connecting each locality). Therefore, as at least two distinct sites are necessary to calculate this distance, parasites observed in a single locality could not have their geographical range estimated. For this reason, only parasites observed in two or more localities were considered in our phylogenetically controlled least squares (PGLS) models. Host and Environmental diversity Traditionally, ecologists use Shannon entropy to measure diversity in ecological assemblages (Pielou, 1966). The Shannon entropy of a set of elements is related to the degree of uncertainty someone would have about the identity of a random selected element of that set (Jost, 2006). Thus, Shannon entropy matches our intuitive notion of biodiversity, as the more diverse an assemblage is, the more uncertainty regarding to which species a randomly selected individual belongs. Shannon diversity increases with both the assemblage richness (e.g., the number of species) and evenness (e.g., uniformity in abundance among species). To compare the diversity of assemblages that vary in richness and evenness in a more intuitive manner, we can normalize diversities by Hill numbers (Chao et al., 2014b). The Hill number of an assemblage represents the effective number of species in the assemblage, i.e., the number of equally abundant species that are needed to give the same value of the diversity metric in that assemblage. Hill numbers can be extended to incorporate phylogenetic information. In such case, instead of species, we are measuring the effective number of phylogenetic entities in the assemblage. Here, we computed phylogenetic host-range as the phylogenetic Hill number associated with the assemblage of hosts found infected by a given parasite. Analyses were performed using the function “hill_phylo” from the “hillr” package (Chao et al., 2014a). Hill numbers are parameterized by a parameter “q” that determines the sensitivity of the metric to relative species abundance. Different “q” values produce Hill numbers associated with different diversity metrics. We set q = 1 to compute the Hill number associated with Shannon diversity. Here, low Hill numbers indicate specialization on a narrow phylogenetic range of hosts, whereas a higher Hill number indicates generalism across a broader phylogenetic spectrum of hosts. We also used Hill numbers to compute the environmental range of sites occupied by each parasite lineage. Firstly, we collected the 19 bioclimatic variables from WorldClim version 2 (http://www.worldclim.com/version2) for all sites used in this study (N = 713). Then, we standardized the 19 variables by centering and scaling them by their respective mean and standard deviation. Thereafter, we computed the pairwise Euclidian environmental distance among all sites and used this distance to compute a dissimilarity cluster. Finally, as for the phylogenetic Hill number, we used this dissimilarity cluster to compute the environmental Hill number of the assemblage of sites occupied by each parasite lineage. The environmental Hill number for each parasite can be interpreted as the effective number of environmental conditions in which a parasite lineage occurs. Thus, the higher the environmental Hill number, the more generalist the parasite is regarding the environmental conditions in which it can occur. Parasite phylogenetic tree A Bayesian phylogenetic reconstruction was performed. We built a tree for all parasite sequences for which we were able to estimate the parasite’s geographical, environmental and phylogenetic ranges (see above); this represented 401 distinct parasite lineages. This inference was produced using MrBayes 3.2.2 (Ronquist & Huelsenbeck, 2003) with the GTR + I + G model of nucleotide evolution, as recommended by ModelTest (Posada & Crandall, 1998), which selects the best-fit nucleotide substitution model for a set of genetic sequences. We ran four Markov chains simultaneously for a total of 7.5 million generations that were sampled every 1000 generations. The first 1250 million trees (25%) were discarded as a burn-in step and the remaining trees were used to calculate the posterior probabilities of each estimated node in the final consensus tree. Our final tree obtained a cumulative posterior probability of 0.999. Leucocytozoon caulleryi was used as the outgroup to root the phylogenetic tree as Leucocytozoon spp. represents a basal group within avian haemosporidians (Pacheco et al., 2020).
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The files with simulation results for ECOC 20223 submission "Analysis of the Scalar and Vector Random Coupling Models For a Four Coupled-Core Fiber". "4CCF_eigenvectorsPol" file is the Mathematica code which enables to calculate supermodes (eigenvectors of M(w)) and their propagation constants of 4-coupled-core fiber (4CCF). These results are uploaded to the python notebook "4CCF_modelingECOC" in order to plot them to get Fig. 2 in the paper. "TransferMatrix" is the python file with functions used for modeling, simulation and plotting. It is also uploaded in the python notebook "4CCF_modelingECOC", where all the calculations for figures in the paper are presented.
! UPD 25.09.2023: There is an error in the formula of birefringence calculation. It is in the function "CouplingCoefficients" in "TransferMatrix" file. There the variable "birefringence" has to be calculated according to the formula (19) [A. Ankiewicz, A. Snyder, and X.-H. Zheng, "Coupling between parallel optical fiber cores–critical examination", Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 4, no. 9,pp. 1317–1323, 1986]: (4*U**2*W*spec.k0(W)*spec.kn(2, W_)/(spec.k1(W)*V**4))*((spec.iv(1, W)/spec.k1(W))-(spec.iv(2, W)/spec.k0(W))) The correct formula gives almost the same result (the difference is 10^-5), but one has to use a correct formula anyway. ! UPD 9.12.2023: I have noticed that in the published version of the code I forgot to change the wavelength range for impulse response calculation. So instead of seeing the nice shape as in the paper you will see resolution limited shape. To solve that just change the range of wavelengths, you can add "wl = [1545e-9, 1548e-9]" in the first cell after "Total power impulse response". P.s. In case of any questions or suggestions you are welcome to write me an email ekader@chalmers.se
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Twitter[Updated 28/01/25 to fix an issue in the ‘Lower’ values, which were not fully representing the range of uncertainty. ‘Median’ and ‘Higher’ values remain unchanged. The size of the change varies by grid cell and fixed period/global warming levels but the average difference between the 'lower' values before and after this update is 0.13°C.]What does the data show? This dataset shows the change in annual temperature for a range of global warming levels, including the recent past (2001-2020), compared to the 1981-2000 baseline period. Note, as the values in this dataset are averaged over a year they do not represent possible extreme conditions.The dataset uses projections of daily average air temperature from UKCP18 which are averaged to give values for the 1981-2000 baseline, the recent past (2001-2020) and global warming levels. The warming levels available are 1.5°C, 2.0°C, 2.5°C, 3.0°C and 4.0°C above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) period. The recent past value and global warming level values are stated as a change (in °C) relative to the 1981-2000 value. This enables users to compare annual average temperature trends for the different periods. In addition to the change values, values for the 1981-2000 baseline (corresponding to 0.51°C warming) and recent past (2001-2020, corresponding to 0.87°C warming) are also provided. This is summarised in the table below.
PeriodDescription 1981-2000 baselineAverage temperature (°C) for the period 2001-2020 (recent past)Average temperature (°C) for the period 2001-2020 (recent past) changeTemperature change (°C) relative to 1981-2000 1.5°C global warming level changeTemperature change (°C) relative to 1981-2000 2°C global warming level changeTemperature change (°C) relative to 1981-20002.5°C global warming level changeTemperature change (°C) relative to 1981-2000 3°C global warming level changeTemperature change (°C) relative to 1981-2000 4°C global warming level changeTemperature change (°C) relative to 1981-2000What is a global warming level?The Annual Average Temperature Change is calculated from the UKCP18 regional climate projections using the high emissions scenario (RCP 8.5) where greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow. Instead of considering future climate change during specific time periods (e.g. decades) for this scenario, the dataset is calculated at various levels of global warming relative to the pre-industrial (1850-1900) period. The world has already warmed by around 1.1°C (between 1850–1900 and 2011–2020), whilst this dataset allows for the exploration of greater levels of warming. The global warming levels available in this dataset are 1.5°C, 2°C, 2.5°C, 3°C and 4°C. The data at each warming level was calculated using a 21 year period. These 21 year periods are calculated by taking 10 years either side of the first year at which the global warming level is reached. This time will be different for different model ensemble members. To calculate the value for the Annual Average Temperature Change, an average is taken across the 21 year period.We cannot provide a precise likelihood for particular emission scenarios being followed in the real world future. However, we do note that RCP8.5 corresponds to emissions considerably above those expected with current international policy agreements. The results are also expressed for several global warming levels because we do not yet know which level will be reached in the real climate as it will depend on future greenhouse emission choices and the sensitivity of the climate system, which is uncertain. Estimates based on the assumption of current international agreements on greenhouse gas emissions suggest a median warming level in the region of 2.4-2.8°C, but it could either be higher or lower than this level.What are the naming conventions and how do I explore the data?This data contains a field for the 1981-2000 baseline, 2001-2020 period and each warming level. They are named 'tas annual change' (change in air 'temperature at surface'), the warming level or historic time period, and 'upper' 'median' or 'lower' as per the description below. e.g. 'tas annual change 2.0 median' is the median value for the 2.0°C warming level. Decimal points are included in field aliases but not in field names, e.g. 'tas annual change 2.0 median' is named 'tas_annual_change_20_median'. To understand how to explore the data, refer to the New Users ESRI Storymap. Please note, if viewing in ArcGIS Map Viewer, the map will default to ‘tas annual change 2.0°C median’ values.What do the 'median', 'upper', and 'lower' values mean?Climate models are numerical representations of the climate system. To capture uncertainty in projections for the future, an ensemble, or group, of climate models are run. Each ensemble member has slightly different starting conditions or model set-ups. Considering all of the model outcomes gives users a range of plausible conditions which could occur in the future.For this dataset, the model projections consist of 12 separate ensemble members. To select which ensemble members to use, the Annual Average Temperature Change was calculated for each ensemble member and they were then ranked in order from lowest to highest for each location.The ‘lower’ fields are the second lowest ranked ensemble member. The ‘higher’ fields are the second highest ranked ensemble member. The ‘median’ field is the central value of the ensemble.This gives a median value, and a spread of the ensemble members indicating the range of possible outcomes in the projections. This spread of outputs can be used to infer the uncertainty in the projections. The larger the difference between the lower and higher fields, the greater the uncertainty.‘Lower’, ‘median’ and ‘upper’ are also given for the baseline period as these values also come from the model that was used to produce the projections. This allows a fair comparison between the model projections and recent past. Useful linksFor further information on the UK Climate Projections (UKCP).Further information on understanding climate data within the Met Office Climate Data Portal.
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TwitterRaw data to calculate rate of adaptationRaw dataset for rate of adaptation calculations (Figure 1) and related statistics.dataall.csvR code to analyze raw data for rate of adaptationCompetition Analysis.RRaw data to calculate effective population sizesdatacount.csvR code to analayze effective population sizesR code used to analyze effective population sizes; Figure 2Cell Count Ne.RR code to determine our best estimate of the dominance coefficient in each environmentR code to produce figures 3, S4, S5 -- what is the best estimate of dominance? Note, competition and effective population size R code must be run first in the same session.what is h.R
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TwitterStudies utilizing Global Positioning System (GPS) telemetry rarely result in 100% fix success rates (FSR). Many assessments of wildlife resource use do not account for missing data, either assuming data loss is random or because a lack of practical treatment for systematic data loss. Several studies have explored how the environment, technological features, and animal behavior influence rates of missing data in GPS telemetry, but previous spatially explicit models developed to correct for sampling bias have been specified to small study areas, on a small range of data loss, or to be species-specific, limiting their general utility. Here we explore environmental effects on GPS fix acquisition rates across a wide range of environmental conditions and detection rates for bias correction of terrestrial GPS-derived, large mammal habitat use. We also evaluate patterns in missing data that relate to potential animal activities that change the orientation of the antennae and characterize home-range probability of GPS detection for 4 focal species; cougars (Puma concolor), desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni), Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus ssp. nelsoni) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus). Part 1, Positive Openness Raster (raster dataset): Openness is an angular measure of the relationship between surface relief and horizontal distance. For angles less than 90 degrees it is equivalent to the internal angle of a cone with its apex at a DEM _location, and is constrained by neighboring elevations within a specified radial distance. 480 meter search radius was used for this calculation of positive openness. Openness incorporates the terrain line-of-sight or viewshed concept and is calculated from multiple zenith and nadir angles-here along eight azimuths. Positive openness measures openness above the surface, with high values for convex forms and low values for concave forms (Yokoyama et al. 2002). We calculated positive openness using a custom python script, following the methods of Yokoyama et. al (2002) using a USGS National Elevation Dataset as input. Part 2, Northern Arizona GPS Test Collar (csv): Bias correction in GPS telemetry data-sets requires a strong understanding of the mechanisms that result in missing data. We tested wildlife GPS collars in a variety of environmental conditions to derive a predictive model of fix acquisition. We found terrain exposure and tall over-story vegetation are the primary environmental features that affect GPS performance. Model evaluation showed a strong correlation (0.924) between observed and predicted fix success rates (FSR) and showed little bias in predictions. The model's predictive ability was evaluated using two independent data-sets from stationary test collars of different make/model, fix interval programming, and placed at different study sites. No statistically significant differences (95% CI) between predicted and observed FSRs, suggest changes in technological factors have minor influence on the models ability to predict FSR in new study areas in the southwestern US. The model training data are provided here for fix attempts by hour. This table can be linked with the site _location shapefile using the site field. Part 3, Probability Raster (raster dataset): Bias correction in GPS telemetry datasets requires a strong understanding of the mechanisms that result in missing data. We tested wildlife GPS collars in a variety of environmental conditions to derive a predictive model of fix aquistion. We found terrain exposure and tall overstory vegetation are the primary environmental features that affect GPS performance. Model evaluation showed a strong correlation (0.924) between observed and predicted fix success rates (FSR) and showed little bias in predictions. The models predictive ability was evaluated using two independent datasets from stationary test collars of different make/model, fix interval programing, and placed at different study sites. No statistically significant differences (95% CI) between predicted and observed FSRs, suggest changes in technological factors have minor influence on the models ability to predict FSR in new study areas in the southwestern US. We evaluated GPS telemetry datasets by comparing the mean probability of a successful GPS fix across study animals home-ranges, to the actual observed FSR of GPS downloaded deployed collars on cougars (Puma concolor), desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni), Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus ssp. nelsoni) and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus). Comparing the mean probability of acquisition within study animals home-ranges and observed FSRs of GPS downloaded collars resulted in a approximatly 1:1 linear relationship with an r-sq= 0.68. Part 4, GPS Test Collar Sites (shapefile): Bias correction in GPS telemetry data-sets requires a strong understanding of the mechanisms that result in missing data. We tested wildlife GPS collars in a variety of environmental conditions to derive a predictive model of fix acquisition. We found terrain exposure and tall over-story vegetation are the primary environmental features that affect GPS performance. Model evaluation showed a strong correlation (0.924) between observed and predicted fix success rates (FSR) and showed little bias in predictions. The model's predictive ability was evaluated using two independent data-sets from stationary test collars of different make/model, fix interval programming, and placed at different study sites. No statistically significant differences (95% CI) between predicted and observed FSRs, suggest changes in technological factors have minor influence on the models ability to predict FSR in new study areas in the southwestern US. Part 5, Cougar Home Ranges (shapefile): Cougar home-ranges were calculated to compare the mean probability of a GPS fix acquisition across the home-range to the actual fix success rate (FSR) of the collar as a means for evaluating if characteristics of an animal’s home-range have an effect on observed FSR. We estimated home-ranges using the Local Convex Hull (LoCoH) method using the 90th isopleth. Data obtained from GPS download of retrieved units were only used. Satellite delivered data was omitted from the analysis for animals where the collar was lost or damaged because satellite delivery tends to lose as additional 10% of data. Comparisons with home-range mean probability of fix were also used as a reference for assessing if the frequency animals use areas of low GPS acquisition rates may play a role in observed FSRs. Part 6, Cougar Fix Success Rate by Hour (csv): Cougar GPS collar fix success varied by hour-of-day suggesting circadian rhythms with bouts of rest during daylight hours may change the orientation of the GPS receiver affecting the ability to acquire fixes. Raw data of overall fix success rates (FSR) and FSR by hour were used to predict relative reductions in FSR. Data only includes direct GPS download datasets. Satellite delivered data was omitted from the analysis for animals where the collar was lost or damaged because satellite delivery tends to lose approximately an additional 10% of data. Part 7, Openness Python Script version 2.0: This python script was used to calculate positive openness using a 30 meter digital elevation model for a large geographic area in Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah. A scientific research project used the script to explore environmental effects on GPS fix acquisition rates across a wide range of environmental conditions and detection rates for bias correction of terrestrial GPS-derived, large mammal habitat use.
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TwitterThe EPA Control Measure Dataset is a collection of documents describing air pollution control available to regulated facilities for the control and abatement of air pollution emissions from a range of regulated source types, whether directly through the use of technical measures, or indirectly through economic or other measures.