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Temporal changes in the dietary niche of sympatric seals provides insight into the role of competition in population declines

open access: yesOikos, EarlyView.
Competition theory suggests that interspecific prey competition can result in changes to the dietary niche, but obtaining timeseries of data from sympatric species experiencing temporal variation in competition is challenging. Scotland is an important area for two species of seals, but over the past 20 years, populations of harbour seals Phoca vitulina
Izzy Langley   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Jouer dans un monde informatisé : l’imaginaire informatique dans les jeux de rôle cyberpunk

open access: yesReS Futurae, 2017
This paper aims to study how computer imaginary evolved from the end of the eighties until our days. To achieve this, we’ll scrutinize two famous cyberpunk pen and paper role playing game’s fictional worlds : Cyberpunk and Shadowrun.
Isabelle Périer
doaj   +1 more source

On the meridional asymmetry of the poleward‐displaced intertropical convergence zone

open access: yesQuarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.
We analyze the complex, asymmetrical dynamical structure of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) in the East Pacific and Atlantic basins, seen during boreal summer, using a global, coupled storm‐resolving simulation. The equatorial pressure gradients lead to the acceleration of southerlies, which decelerate when the zonal flow becomes westerly ...
Divya Sri Praturi, Bjorn Stevens
wiley   +1 more source

Formable Fluidity: The Key Consequence of Information Flow in Cyberpunk Fiction

open access: yesAmerican and British Studies Annual, 2019
Cyberpunk is one of the most recent subgenres to emerge in science fiction. In the represented world of this subgenre, information is the constituting element of all the flows, frameworks and interactions.
Hossein Mohseni, Kian Soheil
doaj  

Argentina 1982, primer ensayo para la construcción de un cuerpo cíborg. A propósito de “Primera línea” de Carlos Gardini

open access: yesLiteratura: Teoría, Historia, Crítica, 2017
El presente trabajo propone una reflexión en torno a la emergencia de la estética cyberpunk en Argentina durante la década del ochenta, a partir del análisis del cuento “Primera línea” de Carlos Gardini.
Luciana Martinez
doaj   +1 more source

Cyborgs from fiction to reality: marginalized other or privileged first? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In this paper I will offer an analysis of cyber technology, cyberspace and cyborg from its appearance in fiction to its contemporary realizations, in order to show symbolic place of cyborg has changed, in the light of contemporary power relations. I will
Stojnic, Aneta
core   +1 more source

Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not Ready Yet: A Multi‐Disciplinary Review of Problems, Attempted Solutions, and Future Directions

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recycled Dystopias: Cyberpunk and the End of History

open access: yesArts, 2018
While cyberpunk is often described as a dystopian genre, the paper argues that it should be seen rather as a post-utopian one. The crucial difference between the two resides in the nature of the historical imagination reflected in their respective ...
Elana Gomel
doaj   +1 more source

Extended Strahler Ordering to Distinguish Mapped River Channels From Overland Flow Pathways and Consistently Compare Digital Networks

open access: yesRiver Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital networks are virtual representations of freshwater systems that provide important inputs to, and mapping of, river classifications, simulation models, and quantitative data analyses for policy, planning, and management. Strahler order has often been used to characterize network configuration and as a proxy indicator of river channel ...
Doug Booker   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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