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Teaching Categories to Human Learners with Visual Explanations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
We study the problem of computer-assisted teaching with explanations. Conventional approaches for machine teaching typically only provide feedback at the instance level e.g., the category or label of the instance.
Chen, Yuxin   +4 more
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Neither source nor trap: Urban gardens as habitat for nonmigratory monarch butterflies in Northern California

open access: yesEcosphere
Urban ecosystems can act as hotspots for diverse taxa, especially pollinators. However, it is not clear whether urban environments function as high‐quality habitat as opposed to demographic sinks or ecological traps.
E. Erickson, C. B. Schultz, E. E. Crone
doaj   +1 more source

Mitigations to Reduce the Law of Unintended Consequences for Autonomy and Other Technological Advances [PDF]

open access: yes
The United Nations states that Earths population is expected to reach just under 10 billion people (9.7) by the year 2050. To meet the demands of 10 billion people, governments, multinational corporations and global leaders are relying on autonomy and ...
Morris, A. Terry   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Female Behaviour Drives Expression and Evolution of Gustatory Receptors in Butterflies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Secondary plant compounds are strong deterrents of insect oviposition and feeding, but may also be attractants for specialist herbivores. These insect-plant interactions are mediated by insect gustatory receptors (Grs) and olfactory receptors (Ors).
A Abyzov   +103 more
core   +8 more sources

Monarchs and Bt corn: A research update [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
During the past 2 years, considerable controversy and debate have surrounded the impact of Bt corn pollen on monarch butterfly survival. A series of scientific studies that address this issue were recently published in the Proceedings of the National ...
Rice, Marlin E.
core   +2 more sources

Flora of the core zones of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico: composition, geographical affinities and beta diversity

open access: yesBotan‪ical Sciences, 2017
Background: Knowing the floristic composition of the Monarch Butterfly Reserve is a critical piece of information necessary for its conservation. Question/Hypothesis: i) How many plant species (total and endemic to Mexico) are found in the core zones
Guadalupe Cornejo-Tenorio   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fluttering Beauty [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article chronicles the efforts of Lillian Iona (Tyne) Pace (1925-2010) in getting the Viceroy butterfly designated as the Kentucky state ...
Jeffrey, Jonathan
core   +1 more source

Monarch Butterfly Distribution and Breeding Ecology in Idaho and Washington

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Studies of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and their milkweed (Asclepias spp.) host plants in North America have focused primarily on monarch populations ranging east of the Rocky Mountains.
Beth Waterbury   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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