Making scientific measurements can alter the subject of the measurement (Heisenberg 1927), limiting one’s ability to understand how systems operate when they are not being studied. The idea that such effects occur during ecological research is not new (e.g., Singer and Wedlake 1981, Major 1990, Duncan et al. 2002), but our recent studies have renewed awareness (Cahill et al. 2001, 2002, Hik et ...

Abstract Abandoned mines provide habitat for bats, but their importance to other wildlife is less understood. This descriptive study was designed answer the following questions with an emphasis on carnivores: are species than bats visiting abandoned mines, entering does visitation at differ seasonally, and individual mines? To address these questions, we monitored 50 using remote cameras in nor...

We consider the problem of active imitation learning. In passive imitation learning, the goal is to learn a target policy by observing full trajectories of it. Unfortunately, generating such trajectories requires substantial effort and can be impractical in some cases. Active imitation learning reduces this effort by querying the teacher about individual states. Given such a query, the teacher ...

In recent years, statutes granting grandparents legal standing to petition for legally enforcable visitation with their grandchildren--even over parental objections--have been passed in all 50 states. This psycholegal review critically examines the origins of and justifications for this important change in family law, some of the psychological assumptions underlying this policy (e.g., the role ...

The FP7 project cSpace unites the notion of augmented reality, micro-projection technology, near real-time 3D-video reconstruction and cultural tourism into a single experience that aims to unleash users’ inventiveness and creativity. The goal of “smart cultural routing” within cSpace is to enrich tourists’ experience by offering them very personalised travel route recommendations tailored to t...