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Minimum capture-recapture rates and years of banding station operations to obtain reliable adult annual survival estimates

open access: yesJournal of Field Ornithology, 2022
We examined variability in adult annual survival rate estimates for 33 breeding bird species, using 2011–2019 data from a 38-station Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program in Alberta, Canada.
Danielle R. Kaschube   +5 more
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Simulating the Phases of the Moon Shortly After Its Formation

open access: yes, 2014
The leading theory for the origin of the Moon is the giant impact hypothesis, in which the Moon was formed out of the debris left over from the collision of a Mars-sized body with the Earth.
Cuk, Matija   +2 more
core   +1 more source

THE PREVALENCE OF SELF-MEDICATION PRACTICE AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT LIRA UNIVERSITY, LIRA DISTRICT. A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY.

open access: yesStudent's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Background: The study aims to determine the prevalence of self-medication practice among undergraduate students, at Lira University, Lira district. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate students, at Lira University.
Joan Onyum
doaj   +1 more source

Building Open Educational Resources from the Ground Up: South Africa's Free High School Science Texts

open access: yesJournal of Interactive Media in Education, 2008
The relatively new field of open educational resources (OER) is just now receiving more widespread attention and study. As such, there have been few opportunities thus far to share knowledge across program, organizational and national boundaries.
Lisa Petrides, Cynthia Jimes
doaj   +1 more source

Human habitats: prospects for infrastructure supporting astronomy from the Moon

open access: yesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2020
There is strong interest in lunar exploration from governmental space agencies, private companies and the public. NASA is about to send humans to the lunar surface again within the next few years, and ESA has proposed the concept of the Moon Village ...
C. Heinicke, B. Foing
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Moon Shadow by Cosmic Rays under the Influence of Geomagnetic Field and Search for Antiprotons at Multi-TeV Energies

open access: yes, 2007
We have observed the shadowing of galactic cosmic ray flux in the direction of the moon, the so-called moon shadow, using the Tibet-III air shower array operating at Yangbajing (4300 m a.s.l.) in Tibet since 1999.
A. Nagai   +111 more
core   +1 more source

An e-Learning Model for Teaching Mathematics on an Open Source Learning Platform

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2018
Throughout the world, mathematics plays a vital role for the educational and developmental aspirations of any country. The quest to teach mathematical knowledge in a viable and effective way so as to induce creativity and applicability among learners is ...
Jeong Yong Ahn, Akugizibwe Edwin
doaj   +1 more source

Catching a planet: A tidal capture origin for the exomoon candidate Kepler 1625b I [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The (yet-to-be confirmed) discovery of a Neptune-sized moon around the ~3.2 Jupiter-mass planet in Kepler 1625 puts interesting constraints on the formation of the system.
Hamers, Adrian S.   +1 more
core   +3 more sources

Developmental implications of prenatal opioid exposure among school-aged children: a mixed methods and community-initiated analysis

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2023
Background Growing research points to potential long-term developmental implications of prenatal opioid exposure for children. Yet, polysubstance use and adverse childhood experiences are raised as potential confounders.
Andra Wilkinson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaporation from the Lunar Magma Ocean Was Not the Mechanism for Fractionation of the Moon’s Moderately Volatile Elements

open access: yesThe Planetary Science Journal, 2020
The cause of chemical depletion and isotopic fractionation of moderately volatile elements (MVEs) in the Moon is a long-standing problem. Here we examine MVE isotopic fractionation during Moon formation using potassium as a primary example.
H. Tang, E. Young
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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