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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Spatial bias"”.
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The Use of Hemifield Eye-Patching for Modifying the Perceptual-Attentional Bias in Healthy Individuals
… right sides of space equally, showing a leftward spatial bias on visuospatial tasks. This bias may be more attributed to a perceptual-attentional (PA) component than a motor-intentional (MI) component. While monocular eye patching alters this spatial bias via modification of PA but not MI, …
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Avian Distribution Patterns and Conservation in Amazonia
… scales. In Chapter 1, I looked at how the spatial bias in ornithological collections affects our understanding of the patterns of diversity in Amazonia. I showed that Amazonia is massively under-collected, that biological collection sites cluster around points of access, and that the …
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Comparing A Simple Stochastic Weather Generator With Two Common Statistical Techniques For Gap-filling Daily Rainfall In Hawaiʻi
… than others, and all are challenged by the spatially variable, complex terrain in Hawaiʻi. A stochastic weather generator (SWG) attempts to model the randomness and temporal persistence of rainfall and can be used as a gap-filling method. This study compares a simple two-state, first order …
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Development of Deep Shear Wave Velocity Profiles and an Approach to Generate Site Signature Consistent Pseudo Shear Wave Velocity Profiles in the Mississippi Embayment
… to the measured SWM VS profiles, indicating a spatial bias across the embayment. A parametric study varying the depth and velocity of the Memphis sand is conducted to observe the impact of the layer on site response. While the velocity of the Memphis sand has an impact on amplification, the …
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Effects of action video game training on spatial attention
… number line top-down template, which results in spatial biases. Participants were trained for ten hours on either Tetris or Medal of Honor. Mean reaction time across all conditions was significantly improved in both groups. However, there was no evidence for enhanced top-down control due to video …
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Simulation-Based Spatially Explicit Close-Kin Mark-Recapture for Genetic Monitoring of Wildlife Populations
… methods is that they do not model the complex spatial and social dynamics that are important in many species of conservation concern. In my dissertation, I develop a novel spatially explicit CKMR method that models limited dispersal, spatial bias in sampling, complex social structure, and …
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The value of Mopane worms: quantifying ecosystem services in terms of nutrient cycling in semi-arid regions of Limpopo
… was a steady increase from 1991 onwards. The spatial distribution of publications closely followed the mopane caterpillars distribution in southern Africa. Two main themes emerged from the papers: resource use and ecology. Most papers (79 papers; 76%) focused on resource use, while only 25 …