Examining interactions between dingoes (wild dogs) and mesopredators: the need for caution when interpreting summary data from previously published work

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew W. Claridge
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Feral Cats ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Wild Dogs ◽  
Summary Data

Australian Mammalogy has recently published papers by Fleming et al. (2012) and Johnson and Ritchie (2013). While not diametrically opposed, these papers variously question the notion that wild dogs can help suppress and/or regulate the activity and abundance of foxes and feral cats. They examine the evidence, or lack thereof, for support of the hypothesis. In doing so, it is clear from both papers that (1) hard experimental data to support or refute the hypothesis are mostly lacking, and (2) supporting or refuting the hypothesis is largely contingent on analyses and reanalyses of correlative evidence. Johnson and Ritchie (2013) inadvertently misinterpreted the results of a third study but they were not privy to additional information from that work that does not support their view. The main purpose of this paper is to, first, point out that information, and, second, to argue that until further experimental work is conducted, continuing to define the role and relative importance of wild dogs in Australian landscapes and applying that knowledge in a management setting will be difficult.

In Reply: Combinations of Antibiotics

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-499
Author(s):  
Robert J. Haggerty
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Clinical Data ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Antimicrobial Combinations

I am delighted to have Dr. Jawetz again bring to the attention of your readers his definitive work on the subject of antimicrobial combinations. We certainly have no quarrel with the points he reiterates. Our choice of words, "It is not clear why these results are at variance with the experimental data of Jawetz or the clinical data of Lepper and Dowling," was probably unfortunate, for Dr. Jawetz points out why the results did differ from his experimental work.

scholarly journals β-γ and isomeric decay spectroscopy of 168Dy

2018 ◽  
Vol 178 ◽  
pp. 02023
Author(s):  
G.X. Zhang ◽  
H. Watanabe ◽  
F.G. Kondev ◽  
G.J. Lane ◽  
P.H. Regan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Isomeric State ◽  
Level Structure ◽  
Primary Beam ◽  
Average Intensity ◽  
Experimental Procedure ◽  
Preliminary Results ◽  
Decay Spectroscopy

This contribution will report on the experimental work on the level structure of 168Dy. The experimental data have been taken as part of the EURICA decay spectroscopy campaign at RIBF, RIKEN in November 2014. In the experiment, a 238U primary beam is accelerated up to 345 MeV/u with an average intensity of 12 pnA. The nuclei of interest are produced by in-flight fission of 238U impinging on Be target with a thickness of 5 mm. The excited states of 168Dy have been populated through the decay from a newly identified isomeric state and via the β decay from 168Tb. In this contribution, scientific motivations, experimental procedure and some preliminary results for this study are presented.

Rapid assessment of average ratios: application to turnover studies

1989 ◽  
Vol 257 (1) ◽  
pp. E124-E125
Author(s):  
M. E. May ◽  
J. C. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Real Numbers ◽  
Summary Data

The calculation of a set of ratios from two sets of paired experimental data is a common practice. The ratio of the averages of two sets is in general not equal to the average of the ratios of individual pairs, and there is no predictable relation if both sets of data are unspecified real numbers. However, we prove here that the ratio of averages is the minimum bound for the average of ratios if the numerators of each ratio are identical. This is the practice for many steady-state turnover experiments, and thus summary data can be reliably utilized in this case.

Detailed Study of Front Module for Low-Emission Combustor

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Vasilyev ◽  
V. Zakharov ◽  
O. Chelebyan ◽  
O. Zubkova
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Flame Structure ◽  
Combustion Efficiency ◽  
Liquid Fuels ◽  
Pollutant Emission ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Low Emission ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
To Receive

Abstract At the ASME Turbo Expo 2018 conference held in Oslo (Norway) on the 11th-15th of June 2018, the paper GT2018-75419 «Experience of Low-Emission Combustion of Aviation and Bio Fuels in Individual Flames after Front Mini-Modules of a Combustion Chamber» was published. This paper continues the studies devoted to the low-emission combustion of liquid fuels in GTE combustors. The paper presents a description of more detailed studies of the front module with a staged pneumatic fuel spray. The aerodynamic computations of the front module were conducted, and the disperse characteristics of the fuel-air spray were measured. The experimental research was carried out in two directions: 1) probing of the 3-burner sector flame tube at the distance of one third of its length (temperature field and gas sampling); 2) numerical study of the model combustor with actual arrangement of the modules in the dome within a wide range of fuel-air ratio. The calculated and experimental data of velocity field behind the front module were compared. And new data about the flame structure inside the test sector were obtained. Experimental data confirm the results of preliminary studies of the 3-burner sector: combustion efficiency is higher than 99.8%, EiNOx is at the level of 2–3 g/fuel kg at the combustor inlet air temperature of 680K and fuel-air ratio of 0.0225. The conducted research allowed to receive additional information on the influence of some design units on the pollutant emission and to estimate the different elements of computational methods for simulation of a low-emission combustor with a multi-atomizer dome.

Velocity Profiles of Turbulent Boundary Layers

1969 ◽  
Vol 73 (698) ◽  
pp. 143-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Bull
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layer ◽  
Velocity Profile ◽  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Constant Pressure ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Turbulent Boundary Layers ◽  
Boundary Layer Equations

Although a numerical solution of the turbulent boundary-layer equations has been achieved by Mellor and Gibson for equilibrium layers, there are many occasions on which it is desirable to have closed-form expressions representing the velocity profile. Probably the best known and most widely used representation of both equilibrium and non-equilibrium layers is that of Coles. However, when velocity profiles are examined in detail it becomes apparent that considerable care is necessary in applying Coles's formulation, and it seems to be worthwhile to draw attention to some of the errors and inconsistencies which may arise if care is not exercised. This will be done mainly by the consideration of experimental data. In the work on constant pressure layers, emphasis tends to fall heavily on the author's own data previously reported in ref. 1, because the details of the measurements are readily available; other experimental work is introduced where the required values can be obtained easily from the published papers.

Electrical Conduction in Granular Metal Films

1990 ◽  
Vol 195 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.E. Morris ◽  
A. Mello ◽  
C.J. Adkins
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Particle Size ◽  
Recent Work ◽  
Electrical Conduction ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Field Effect ◽  
Metal Particle ◽  
Metal Films ◽  
Metal Particle Size ◽  
Gap Width

ABSTRACTIn the early 1970's, Abeles et al developed a widely accepted model for electrical conduction in granular metal films based upon an assumed correlation between metal particle size and inter-particle tunneling gap width. The paper critically examines this assumption and other aspects of the theory. No observation of any such correlation has been reported, nor should it be expected, particularly in discontinuous films. The latter point requires separate considerations of the very different structures of discontinuous metal films, granular metals and cermets, using the “granular” term here in a more limited sense than usual.Other aspects of the theory considered include its implied percolation topology and the field effect. Experimental data are also re-evaluated in terms of other common models. The paper concludes with a brief review of recent work in discontinuous metal films with suggestions for future theoretical and experimental work.

Analysis of Screw-Expander Performance

1989 ◽  
Vol 203 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
K C Ng ◽  
T B Lim ◽  
T Y Bong
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Empirical Model ◽  
Saturated Steam ◽  
Polytropic Index ◽  
Work Output ◽  
Predicted Values ◽  
Good Agreement ◽  
Thermodynamic Processes

The paper examines the thermodynamic processes of a helical screw-expander that operates with dry saturated steam at its inlet. The work output of the screw-expander is analysed using a simple ‘pseudo-polytropic’ index. Using the available experimental data from the literature, an empirical model for the prediction of work using the ‘pseudo-polytropic’ indices is formulated. The expansion indices are expressed in terms of built-in volumetric and pressure ratios; how they are formulated is usually given in an expander specification. Based on the empirical model, there is a good agreement between the experimental work and the predicted values.

Air Flow in Yarn Texturing Nozzles

1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Acar ◽  
R. K. Turton ◽  
G. R. Wray
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Experimental Work ◽  
Air Flow ◽  
Air Jet ◽  
Continuous Filament ◽  
The Mathematical Model ◽  
Experimental Nozzle ◽  
Good Agreement

The air-jet texturing process, a purely mechanical means of texturing continuous filament yarns, is described. Industrial texturing nozzles are reviewed and categorized in two groups, either as converging-diverging or cylindrical type nozzles. A mathematical model is developed for the complex airflow in cylindrical type texturing nozzles, and experimental data obtained from various nozzles verify the flow predicted by this model. The mathematical model is also shown to be in good agreement with the data obtained from a modified experimental nozzle, which has a trumpet shaped diverging exit. Further experimental work with a scaled-up model of a typical industrial texturing nozzle is also reported.

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