Siltation Threatens Historic North Indian Dam

Declining survival probability threatens the North Atlantic right whale.

The North Atlantic northern right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is considered the most endangered large whale species. Its population has recovered only slowly since the cessation of commercial whaling and numbers about 300 individuals. We applied mark-recapture statistics to a catalog of photographically identified individuals to obtain the first statistically rigorous estimates of survival prob...

Digitizing North Indian Performance

This paper discusses an evolution in North Indian instruments in the designing of technology to capture gestures from a performing artist. Modified traditional instruments use sensor technology and microcontrollers to digitize gestures, enabling a computer to analyze performance to synthesize sound and visual meaning. Specifically, systems were built to capture data from three traditional North...

THE INDIAN LUNACY ACT, 1912: The Historic Background

This historic city has already extended its cultured hospitality twice to the members of the Society in 1960 and 1977. Now, once again after a decade, we are indebted to our hosts of Calcutta for their spontaneous generosity. It is needless to point out the rich heritage and culture which Bengal has contributed to our national life. The tunes of Vande Matharam and Jana Gana Mana flowed from her...

Tribal water rights: exploring dam construction in Indian country.

North American osprey populations and contaminants: historic and contemporary perspectives.

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) populations were adversely affected by DDT and perhaps other contaminants in the United States and elsewhere. Reduced productivity, eggshell thinning, and high DDE concentrations in eggs were the signs associated with declining osprey populations in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The species was one of the first studied on a large scale to bring contaminant issues into ...