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Barlow, Jay, Megan C. Ferguson, William F. Perrin, Lisa Ballance, Tim Gerrodette, Gerald Joyce, Colin D. MacLeod, Keith Mullin, Debra L. Palka, and Gordon Waring. "Abundance and densities of beaked and bottlenose whales (family Ziphiidae)." J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 7, no. 3 (March 14, 2023): 263–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v7i3.736.

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Estimating the abundance and density of beaked whales is more difficult than for most other cetacean species. Consequently few estimates appear in the published literature. Field identification is problematic, especially for the smaller species, and visual detection rates decrease dramatically with Beaufort sea state; prior experience is very important to an observer’s ability to detect beaked whales. Passive acoustics may hold future promise for detecting beaked whales from their vocalisations, especially for the larger species. Most published estimates of abundance or density are based on visual line-transect studies that found narrower effective strip widths and lower trackline detection probabilities for beaked whales than for most other cetaceans. Published density estimates range from 0.4-44 whales per 1,000km2 for small beaked whales and up to 68 whales per 1,000km2 for large beaked whales. Mark-recapture methods based on photo-identification have been used to estimate abundance in a few cases in limited geographical areas. Focused research is needed to improve beaked whale abundance and density estimates worldwide.
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Burchfield, Amy. "The Legal Cetacean: A Select Bibliography on Whales and International Whaling." International Journal of Legal Information 36, no. 3 (2008): 490–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0731126500003267.

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Whales have captivated the human imagination for millennia. Indeed, evidence of the first whale hunting dates back to at least 6,000 B.C. These incredible cetaceans have been a source of human food, fuel and tools, and have inspired art, myth and literature around the globe. Legal issues affecting whales are varied and far reaching. Only since the mid 20th century, with the establishment of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) under the terms of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) have whales benefited from any type of conservation effort.
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Da Silva Martins, Marisa. "Sail away, save a whale: ocean awareness in children’s books and picture books." Child Studies, no. 3 (December 31, 2023): 63–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.21814/childstudies.5239.

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This article discusses two children's books, The Whale Watchers (2022), written by Dougie Poynter and illustrated by Amberin Huq, and Calling the Whales (2023), written by Jasbinder Bilan and illustrated by Skylar White, as well as one picture book, The Tale of the Whale (2022), written by Karen Swann and illustrated by Padmacandra. Highlighting the relationship between children and whales, the article draws upon ecocriticism and ecology in the context of children’s literature. Arguing that these narratives present both species as climate activists, the article also explores the significance of the text, not only for the purpose of exposing environmental issues, but by also contributing to environmental literacy and pedagogy. This article aims to conclude that whales’ representation throughout the narratives bestows ocean awareness, leading the children to experience and engage with the sea.
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Mishin, T. V. "Bycatch of marine mammals in the Northwest Atlantic during commercial fishery (based on literature materials and observations by the Polar branch of VNIRO in 2013-2020)." Vestnik MGTU 25, no. 2 (June 30, 2022): 110–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.21443/1560-9278-2022-25-2-110-119.

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This paper describes one of the most acute problem for both environmental companies and fisheries - bycatch of marine mammals caused by bioresource exploitation in the Northwest Atlantic (NWA). There is no doubt that fishing has some impact on marine mammals, but information on bycatch of marine mammals is needed to understand the extent of the impact of different fishing gears. The paper is based on data from reports of observers of the Polar branch of VNIRO from fishing vessels in the 3LMNO NAFO zone (Newfoundland Island), as well as literary materials. As a result of the analysis, it has been found that small species of marine mammals, such as gray, common, harp seals from the Phocidae family, common dolphin, short-finned pilot whale (Delphinidae family) as well as harbour porpoise from the Phocoenidae family are most often injured by various fishing gears. Toothed whales (sperm whale, bottlenose whale) are the least susceptible to bycatch. Among the baleen whales, humpback whale, northern right whale and minke whale are often the victims of fishing. Gillnets, trawl fishing, and longlines are the greatest threats to small marine mammal species, while baleen whales are most vulnerable to traps, usually to catch ten-legged crustaceans Decapoda. Analysis of the literature has shown that, in general, the stocks of most marine mammal species in the NWA, excluding the northern right whale, are in a stable condition. The manuscript considers measures aimed at reducing bycatch of marine mammals.
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Seco Pon, Juan Pablo, and Marco Favero. "South American sea lions (Otaria flavescens) and killer whales (Orcinus orca) attending chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) commercial trawl fisheries over the Patagonian Shelf: a first report." Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 10, no. 1 (August 24, 2015): 48–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5597/lajam00193.

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Killer whale-seal interactions have been reported for almost all pinniped species globally. However the literature on offshore interactions between killer whales and sea lions is rare for the South Atlantic, particularly in Argentine waters. Here we report for the first time the harassment of a South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) by killer whales (Ornicus orca) while attending commercial fishing vessels in offshore national waters and describe a novel sea lion antipredator behaviour. These observations were made during an ongoing survey to assess seabird-fisheries interactions in the commercial trawl fishery off Argentina.
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Hairr, John. "Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) Off the North Carolina Coast 1709–2011." Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science 128, no. 2 (July 1, 2012): 39–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.7572/2167-5880-128.2.39.

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Abstract Killer whales, Orcinus orca, were first reported off North Carolina by naturalist John Lawson in 1709, and during the 20th century were documented from North Carolina eight times in the scientific and popular literature. The most recent confirmed sighting of killer whales off North Carolina was in the spring of 2011. There have been no reports of killer whale deaths from North Carolina. There has been only one killer whale stranded along the North Carolina coast, with the animal being alive when it was returned to the sea. All sightings have been in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, none on the west side of the Outer Banks in the waters of Pamlico or Currituck sounds. Only three confirmed reports are from nearshore waters, while the rest were spotted more than 20 km offshore. Orcas are most frequently reported from the waters off the Outer Banks from Cape Lookout north to the Virginia border. A 200 yr gap exists in the historical record of killer whales from North Carolina.
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Reeves, Randall R., Jalaludin A. Khan, Randi R. Olsen, Steven L. Swartz, and Tim D. Smith. "History of whaling in Trinidad and Tobago." J. Cetacean Res. Manage. 3, no. 1 (May 25, 2023): 45–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.47536/jcrm.v3i1.899.

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Shore whaling for humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Trinidad represents a largely overlooked aspect of North Atlantic whaling history. Literature and archival sources were searched for information on the chronology, nature and extent of this whaling. The first shore station began operations in about 1826 on one of the islands in the Dragon’s Mouth, the strait connecting the southern Caribbean Sea with the Gulf of Paria. At least four stations were active in this area at one time or another and the maximum documented one-year catch was about 35 humpbacks. Whaling effort had begun to decline by the 1850s and was largely ended by the 1880s. Oil for domestic consumption as well as export was the main product. Removals by the shore whalers were in addition to those by American pelagic whalers who occasionally called at Port-of-Spain and whaled in the vicinity of Trinidad and along the Spanish Main. No evidence was found of organised shore whaling in Tobago.
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Aniceto, A. S., L. Tassara, A. Rikardsen, and P. Blévin. "Mass strandings of seven toothed and baleen whale species in Northern Norway in March 2020 call for further investigation." Polar Biology 44, no. 7 (May 6, 2021): 1457–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02869-6.

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AbstractMonitoring whale strandings are a key aspect of ecosystem management as stranded animals can provide indications on ecosystem health, pollution and adverse effects due to anthropogenic activities. Most mass mortality events are reported for toothed whales and rarely involve baleen whales. In the course of one month in spring 2020, 17 whales belonging to seven different species, stranded on the shores of Northern Norway, above the Arctic circle. This multi-species event included humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), fin (Balaenoptera physalus) and sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), that were accompanied by northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus), a white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris), a long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) and a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). We discuss some potential causes of death based on the previous literature and available information for the area, highlighting the need for further investigation on cetacean strandings at high latitudes. Ultimately, the reasons for the stranding could only be identified by a thorough examination of all the animals, which was unfortunately not conducted. As the threats to polar ecosystems and access to local shores are likely to increase, reports of cetacean mortality are also expected to surge, particularly in high latitude regions where climate variations and anthropogenic activities are increasing. This study makes recommendations for future steps and considerations for monitoring networks and standardized sampling methods for future marine mammal stranding events. Finally, we suggest that national and international efforts based on the collaborative relationships are implemented, considering the multiple facets of animal ecology and health as an achievable step in the near future.
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Gavrishev, A. A. "ON THE EVALUATION OF THE CREST FACTOR OF BIONIC SIGNALS USED IN HYDROACOUSTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS." NAUCHNOE PRIBOROSTROENIE 31, no. 3 (August 31, 2021): 37–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.18358/np-31-3-i3745.

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In this article, the authors evaluated the crest factor of bionic signals used in hydroacoustic communication systems, using the example of the study of signals based on the use of recordings of sounds of various whale species. The calculations and literature analysis show that the sound recordings of the following whale species have an acceptable crest factor value (p ≤ 4): Blue whale, Alaska humpback whale, Atlantic blue whale and Northeast Pacific blue whale. Recordings of the sounds of these types of whales should be used in the appropriate hydroacoustic communication systems. In contrast, recordings of the sounds of such whale species as Atlantic fin whale, Atlantic minke whale, South Pacific blue whale, and Western Pacific blue whale have an increased crest factor value (p > 4) and without adaptation, it is impractical to use them in appropriate hydroacousticcommunication systems. It is established that bionic signals used in hydroacoustic communication systems, based on the example of the study of signals based on the use of recordings of sounds of various species of whales, can have both an acceptable value of the crest factor or an increased one. It is advisable to pay attention of the de-velopers and manufacturers of the corresponding hydroacoustic communication systems to this conclusion during designing, testing and implementation of such systems.
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Strand, Mark. "Shooting Whales." Antioch Review 50, no. 1/2 (1992): 285. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4612518.

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Pritchard, Gregory R., and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Econstruction: The nature/culture opposition in texts about whales and whaling." Deakin University. School of Communication and Creative Arts, 2004. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050826.111722.

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A perceived opposition between 'culture' and 'nature', presented as a dominant, biased and antagonistic relationship, is engrained in the language of Western culture. This opposition is reflected in, and adversely influences, our treatment of the ecosphere. I argue that through the study of literature, we can deconstruct this opposition and that such an ‘ecocritical’ operation is imperative if we are to avoid environmental catastrophe. I examine the way language influences our relationship with the world and trace the historical conception of ‘nature’ and its influence on the English language. The whale is, for many people, an important symbol of the natural world, and human interaction with these animals is an indication of our attitudes to the natural world in general. By focusing on whale texts (including older narratives, whaling books, novels and other whale-related texts), I explore the portrayal of whales and the natural world. Lastly, I suggest that Schopenhaurean thought, which has affinities in Moby-Dick, offers a cogent approach to ecocritically reading literature.
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Dionne, Lee Elton. "Situating the cetacean: Science and storytelling in Witi Ihimaera's The whale rider." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2883.

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Paddock, Alexandra Angharad. "Beastly spaces : geomorphism in the literary depiction of animals." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:117bf706-74c4-4682-8ecb-36bc1af34562.

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In 2010, Simon Estok observed that, "the most immediate question ecocriticism can ask is about how our assumptions about animals affect the natural environment". In this thesis, I respond to this challenge by generating a sustained conversation between the hitherto surprisingly distinct fields of animal studies and ecocriticism. I do this by formulating a new critical concept, that of the geomorphic animal, which I use to show how literary representations of animals often expose the many complex ways in which they constitute space rather than simply inhabiting it. This, in turn, should make them central to future ecocritical readings. I focus on two periods, medieval and modern; the broad historical and generic scope of this thesis is intended to demonstrate the conceptual validity and robustness of geomorphic readings. Chapter One shows how concerns with death and symbiosis are expressed through the earth-bound activities of the geomorphic animals of the Exeter Book riddles. Chapter Two examines geomorphic whales in texts deriving from two related traditions: the Book of Jonah and the Physiologus. Chapters Three and Four focus on modern theatre, which affords distinctive ways of articulating the spatial implications of geomorphism. Chapter Three discusses the literary representation of museums and zoos in terms of the interpretative complexities generated by staging and spectacle. Chapter Four, focusing on mediation, discusses the interplay between animals, viewpoints and place in theatre, also taking into account particular issues arising from the adaptation of plays into films. This argument paves the way to addressing the geomorphic depiction of marginalised humans and human groups, suggesting the critical potential of geomorphism as a means of furthering feminist and post-colonialist aims.
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Shaffer, Erin Louise. "WHAT'S MISSED: POEMS." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1058649471.

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Silberblatt, Renata Perri. "What's Really in Alaska?" Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1411390276.

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Levitsky, Zhana. "The Rocket and the Whale: A Critical Study of Pynchon’s Use of Melville." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:24078356.

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Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick and Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow are two American novels that intersect stylistically and thematically. This thesis argues that Pynchon’s novel mirrors and reinvents Melville’s novel. Gravity’s Rainbow is not simply engaging with Moby-Dick, but actively reprising it for the late 20th century through the power of Pynchon’s imagination. Pynchon responds to and reimagines Melville’s book by mirroring major themes and frameworks from Melville, by adopting some of his central images, and by mirroring his profuse use of technical language to express coded spiritual beliefs and deepening character analysis. The sublime white whale is reinvented as the Schwarzgerät, a German V2 rocket loaded with the mysterious polymer Imipolex G; this profound object stands symbolically at the center of the novel much as the whale, Moby Dick, does in Melville’s opus. The monstrous “grand hooded phantom, like a snow hill in the air” (Melville 7) is re-forged as the “white finality” looming “up in the zero sky” (Pynchon 85, 87). Beyond the functions of the novels’ sublime central images, both novels are here recognized as relying on coded technical, specialist language to express metaphysical beliefs. Throughout each novel, the technical language codes the ineffable and the transcendent, allowing for an entry point to understand the functions of symbolic material. Gravity’s Rainbow echoes Moby Dick’s stylistic structure, which is vast and loose. Very few novels are identified from the world’s literary canon as “encyclopedic,” and the two here discussed are the only examples from American literature, according to Edward Mendelson’s “Encyclopedic Narrative” hypothesis, which is supported by literary critic Andrzej Kopcewicz. It is the similarities in the unconventional, encyclopedic literary style of Moby-Dick and Gravity’s Rainbow that offers one of the strongest arguments for their resonant kinship. I use the work of Lawrence Buell to deepen and critically engage the material; I also engage with the critical work of several other prominent scholars. The metaphors from science extend to the color theory at work in the main symbols present, which are white or suffused with light, such as the whale, rocket, doubloon and light bulb. This thesis argues that light and whiteness as characteristics of the symbolic objects represent evil, malignity or another dark force. I show that the color theory that ties the books together has its main genesis, for both Melville and Pynchon, in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Theory of Colors.
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Jones, Susanne Lenné. "What’s in a Frame?: Photography, Memory, and History in Contemporary German Literature." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1132239561.

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Jones, Susanne Lenné. "What's in a frame? photography, memory, and history in contemporary german literature /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc_num=ucin1132239561.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Cincinnati, 2005.
Advisor: Katharina Gerstenberger. Title from electronic thesis title page (viewed April 22, 2009). Keywords: Photography; Memory; History; Holocaust; German literature; Jewish; fact; fiction; Sebald; Maron; Liebmann. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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ANDRADE, NATALIA FRANCIS DE. "WRITING A WHALE, DRAWING A BLANK SPACE: THE REINVENTED DIALOGUE BETWEEN LITERATURE, COMICS AND EDITORIAL MARKET." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2015. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=29519@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
Enquanto muitas histórias em quadrinhos foram e são produzidas em escala industrial ou sem grandes pretensões de se perpetuarem, estas convivem, hoje,com outros tipos de iniciativa. Na contramão do que tem acontecido com aquilo que tradicionalmente se convencionou como literário, é no deslocamento cada vez mais frequente para o formato livro que as práticas dos quadrinhos têm se reinventado, especialmente em narrativas mais longas e voltadas ao público adulto. Esta dissertação toma como objeto as HQs Cachalote e Campo em Branco. Frutos de parcerias entre escritores e quadrinistas, elas foram produzidas pela RT Features e editadas pelo selo Quadrinhos na Cia., da Companhia das Letras. Partindo da análise das especificidades de produção e criação dessas obras, busca-se compreender o surgimento de novas nuances tanto nas relações entre o verbal e o visual quanto nas relações entre o literário, o editorial e o midiático. Problematiza-se, também, quais terminologias são mais adequadas a esses objetos e de que forma elas podem ou não aludir a antigas questões de hierarquias entre produtos culturais. Questiona-se que sentidos ganha, em plena era digital, marcada pela onipresença de imagens, o gesto de optar por contar histórias que recorrem ao manual e ao traço estilizado. Investiga-se a dinâmica horizontal de criação a quatro mãos e o empenho conjunto dos autores para evitar a mera repetição do sucesso das gerações anteriores, seja no campo da literatura, seja no campo dos gêneros gráficos. E, enfim, para expandirem os limites do diálogo natural entre estas duas linguagens.
While many comics were and still are produced, either on an industrial scale, or without great pretension to perpetuate, they coexist today with other types of initiative. In opposition to the current arrangements that involve what is usually called literary, comics, in their own way, have been reinvented by their increased displacement to book format, especially on longer narratives aiming adult audience. This dissertation takes as an object of discussion two graphic novels: Cachalote e Campo em Branco. As a result of partnerships between writer and cartoonist, they were produced by RT Features and edited by the label Quadrinhos na Cia. from Companhia das Letras. Starting from the analysis of specificity in production as well as in creation of these works, it is sought to understand the emergence of new shadings in the relations between the verbal and the visual, so much for in the links between the literary, editorial and media. In addition, we discuss of which terminologies are more suitable to these objects and in which way they may or may not allude to long-established issues of hierarchy among cultural products. In the midst of the digital era, marked by the omnipresence of images, we also wonder about what sense it grasps within the gesture of opting for narratives, that call upon manual and authorship trace. Furthermore, we investigate the horizontal dynamics of shared creation and the authors combined effort to avoid the simply-repeated success of previous generations, either in the field of literature, or in the field of graphic genres. Finally, there is an effort in the way the authors bring to new limits the natural dialogue between these two languages.
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Readman, Mark. "What's in a word? : the discursive construction of 'creativity'." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2010. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/17755/.

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This work begins with the idea that creativity is a problematic concept generally and in education particularly. I argue that it is necessary to shed a belief in an ʻessenceʼ of creativity in order to understand how knowledge about creativity is produced. In a review of different approaches to creativity I identify the ways in which ʻtruth effectsʼ are produced in scientific and popular texts. Of particular interest here are approaches and assumptions (expressed through language and operations) in the domains of psychology, education and the arts. A post structuralist analytical methodology, drawing particularly on Foucaultʼs work, is justified in relation to the significance of concepts such as discourse, ideology, rhetoric and myth which, I argue, are crucial in understanding how creativity is made meaningful. The primary analysis is of key documents from the last decade which have sought to inform education policy on creativity: All our futures (NACCCE 1999); Creativity: Find it, promote it (QCA 2004); Nurturing creativity in young people (Roberts 2006); Learning: Creative approaches that raise standards (Ofsted 2010a). Attention is given to the discursive processes of authorising particular models of creativity in these documents, the ways in which tensions and contradictions are dealt with and the implications for ʻcreativityʼ in education. An explicitly reflective mode is adopted where appropriate, in order to highlight my epistemological development during the course of the research. This takes the form of ʻinterruptionsʼ between chapters. I argue, ultimately, that there is a case for only operating with the term ʻcreativityʼ in a reflexive, meta-discursive way and that this is a particular necessity in education.
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Books on the topic "Whales in literature"

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Society, Cousteau, ed. Whales. New York: Little Simon, 1993.

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Simon, Seymour. Killer whales. New York: SeaStar Books, 2002.

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ill, Palmer David, ed. Blue whales. Vero Beach, Fla: Rourke Enterprises, 1989.

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Landau, Elaine. Beluga whales. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2011.

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Squire, Ann. Beluga whales. New York: Children's Press, 2006.

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Riggs, Kate. Killer whales. Mankato, MN: Creative Education, 2012.

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Ford, John K. B., ill., ed. Killer whales. New York: Holiday House, 1993.

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Owen, Ruth. Blue whales. New York: Windmill Books, 2014.

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Malam, John. Killer whales. Brighton: Book House, 2008.

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Palmer, Sarah. Fin whales. Vero Beach, Fla: Rourke Enterprises, 1989.

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Book chapters on the topic "Whales in literature"

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Brayton, Dan. "Royal Fish: Shakespeare’s Princely Whales." In The Indistinct Human in Renaissance Literature, 47–65. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137015693_4.

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Betty, Emma L., Elizabeth M. J. Zwamborn, Mieke Weyn, Emma Luck, and Filipe Alves. "Life History Parameters, Sociobiology, and Reproductive Strategies of Pilot Whales." In Sex in Cetaceans, 327–51. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35651-3_15.

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AbstractTwo species of pilot whales are globally distributed, the long-finned (Globicephala melas) in cold-temperate waters and the short-finned (G. macrorhynchus) in tropical and warm-temperate latitudes. Two subspecies of the long-finned pilot whale are recognized, G. m. melas in the North Atlantic and G. m. edwardii in the Southern Hemisphere. In addition, three types have been proposed in short-finned pilot whales. In general, it is assumed that pilot whales live in matrilineal societies composed of stable units/pods displaying bisexual natal philopatry, but inter- and intraspecific variabilities in the sociality of these units have been described worldwide. Moreover, there is inter- and intraspecific heterogeneity in life history and reproductive parameters, which supports geographic variation. To investigate life history parameters, sociobiology, and reproductive strategies within different populations of pilot whales, we reviewed the current literature and compiled novel data. We cover populations from both hemispheres and combine life history characteristics from strandings with field-/behavioral-based information such as long-term photographic-identification, social analysis with molecular sexing, and drone technology. This chapter contributes to improving our knowledge of the life history parameters between sexes and populations, interactions between animals of different sexes within units, social structures, and reproductive strategies in pilot whales. We explore pilot whales’ sexual group dynamics and social system and discuss whether they are strictly matrilineal in comparison with other “matrilineal” species.
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Ham, Jackson R., Malin K. Lilley, and Heather M. Manitzas Hill. "Non-conceptive Sexual Behavior in Cetaceans: Comparison of Form and Function." In Sex in Cetaceans, 129–51. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35651-3_7.

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AbstractNon-conceptive sexual behavior (NCSB) is phylogenetically widespread, having been documented in 35 of the 87 extant cetacean species, but function and form of NCSB have not been studied in comparative manner. Many cetacean species engage in NCSB across a wide variety of settings and contexts (e.g., play, sexual, affiliative). NCSB includes both social and non-social sexual behaviors, such as non-social masturbation on the environment or social same-sex thrusting toward a conspecific, but importantly, none of the behavior described as NCSB affords reproduction. While these two general categories encompass all sexual actions, the behaviors are diverse depending on species, social structure, and sex of the individual being observed. Social sexual behavior presumably has individual or social benefits. This chapter organizes what is known about NCSB in cetaceans by summarizing NCSB repertoires from peer-reviewed literature and discussing proposed functions (e.g., practice for reproduction, attracting opposite-sex mates, reducing the reproductive opportunities of same-sex conspecifics, reinforcing dominance relationships, alliance formation, reconciliation, and social tension reduction). Further, the form or behavioral repertoire, the sex of the individuals engaging in NCSB, the environment observed in, and whether NCSB was present or absent in general are noted from each of the articles reviewed. Overall, NCSB behavior observed across species shares similar elements (e.g., thrusting, lateral presentations) in both Mysticeti and Odontoceti. NCSB tends to be more prevalent among sexually immature compared to sexually mature individuals. Additionally, NCSB is more prevalent between male conspecifics compared to females when animals engage in same-sex NCSB. Interspecific NCSB has also been reported for a number of species. While most reports come from toothed whales, the limited observations of baleen whales have also found that many species engage in NCSB, making it likely that NCSB is included in the behavioral repertoire of most cetacean species. NCSB likely aids in forming and maintaining social relations and/or in the development of sexual repertoires in cetaceans, not unlike what has been proposed for primates. We hope this chapter sparks interest in comparative studies of NCSB and sheds light on the similarities of NCSB across species.
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Fleming, Bruce. "What's Literature Good For?" In What Does ‘Art’ Mean Now?, 131–51. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003373377-14.

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Pechter, Edward. "Introduction: What’s Wrong with Literature?" In Shakespeare Studies Today, 87–89. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230119369_5.

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Weller, Shane. "Introduction: What’s in a Name?" In Literature, Philosophy, Nihilism, 1–10. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230583528_1.

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Eckstein, Lars. "Ihimaera, Witi: The Whale Rider." In Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 1–2. Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-05728-0_8797-1.

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Gabriel, Sharmani Patricia. "Introduction: East/West—What’s at Stake?" In Literature, Memory, Hegemony, 1–19. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-9001-1_1.

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Teng, Emma J. "What’s “Chinese” in Chinese Diasporic Literature?" In Contested Modernities in Chinese Literature, 61–79. New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781403981332_5.

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Harcup, Tony. "Contextualising News Values: A Review of the Literature." In What's the Point of News?, 15–47. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39947-4_2.

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Conference papers on the topic "Whales in literature"

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Barreto, Cephas A. S., Victor V. Targino, Tales V. de M. Alves, Lucas V. Bazante, Rafael V. R. de Oliveira, Ricardo A. R. do A. Junior, João C. Xavier-Júnior, and Anne Magály de P. Canuto. "Applying Feature Selection Combination in Audios of Whale for Improving Classification." In Encontro Nacional de Inteligência Artificial e Computacional. Sociedade Brasileira de Computação - SBC, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5753/eniac.2022.227616.

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Audio signal processing has been under investigation for the last decades. The majority of the works found in literature focus on signal analysis and classification. Most of them integrate Machine Learning (ML) algorithms with the audio signal processing techniques. As the performance of any ML algorithm depends on the features of a dataset used for training and testing purposes, using a dataset derived from the extraction of features from an audio is not trivial due to the fact that the correct combination of extraction techniques with the selection of the most relevant attributes needs to take place. In this sense, this paper proposes an empirical analysis on different audio extraction techniques combined with feature selection for improving Whale audio classification. Usually, the application of audio extraction techniques results in poor classification performance. However, the combination of feature selection can achieve better results. The experimental results have been promising, indicating that the idea of combining different audio extraction techniques with feature selection can improve the performance of ML classification algorithms over whales’ audios by 22 percentage points.
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Hayashi, Hiroaki, Wojciech Kryscinski, Bryan McCann, Nazneen Rajani, and Caiming Xiong. "What’s New? Summarizing Contributions in Scientific Literature." In Proceedings of the 17th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics. Stroudsburg, PA, USA: Association for Computational Linguistics, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.18653/v1/2023.eacl-main.72.

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Widyastuti, M. R. Nababan, Riyadi Santosa, Agus H. Wibowo, and Slamet Setiawan. "What’s in a Name? Literary Anthroponymy in Children’s Literature." In International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities (IJCAH 2020). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201201.143.

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Michaels-Johnson, Robert. "What's a Teacher Leader? A Metasynthesis of Contemporary Literature." In 2020 AERA Annual Meeting. Washington DC: AERA, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/1576955.

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Nepomuceno, Lucas Santiago, Gabriel Schreider Silva, Edimar Jose Oliveira, Arthur Neves Paula, and Edmarcio Antonio Belati. "The Nomadic People Optimizer applied to the economic dispatch problem with prohibited operating zones." In Congresso Brasileiro de Inteligência Computacional. SBIC, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.21528/cbic2021-112.

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This work proposes the application of the Nomadic People Optimizer (NPO) to solve the economic dispatch problem considering Prohibitive Operating Zones (POZ). The NPO is a swarm-based metaheuristic recently introduced in the literature and still under-explored. In addition, the POZ increase the difficulties to find the optimal solution of the economic dispatch problem. The performance of the proposed methodology is compared with others metaheuristics present in the literature. Also, a sensibility analysis was performed. The NPO performed better than Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) and Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) metaheuristics in solving the problem.
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Fedorets, O. V., K. O. Malinina, B. V. Krutikov, and A. V. Shapkin. "ELECTRONIC CATALOG OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL LITERATURE OF VINITI: WHAT'S NEW IN 10 YEARS." In НТИ-2022. Научная информация в современном мире: глобальные вызовы и национальные приоритеты. Москва: Всероссийский институт научной и технической информации РАН, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.36535/2022-9785945770829-27.

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Davey, Bill, and Chris Cope. "Requirements Elicitation - What's Missing?" In InSITE 2008: Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3261.

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In this paper we show that interviews between IT consultants and clients are considered best practice in terms of methods for eliciting IS requirements as part of IS development projects. The process of conducting successful conversations with clients as part of requirements elicitation interviews is not well understood. The paper reports a literature survey which established current understanding. To date this understanding has been achieved through research which: considered conversations as black boxes; proposed and implemented treatments to be applied by consultants; and then measured the quality and quantity of the requirements elicited. The treatments have not been successful as poor requirements elicitation continues to be a major problem in IS development. Our analysis of current understanding indicated that consultants’ experiences of the nature of conversations with clients and approach to conducting conversations have not been studied. It would seem imperative to look inside the black box of consultants’ experiences of conducting conversations with clients if improvements to the outcomes of requirements elicitation are to be made. A study is proposed which aims to examine variation in how consultants experience requirements elicitation conversations. Through analyzing the variation in the light of current best practice it is aimed to identify the critical aspects of successfully conceived and conducted conversations. These critical aspects can then be used in IS education and practitioner training programs.
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Bergamini, Miriã Lima, and Ana Kuiau Suya Trumai. "COMPORTAMENTO ALIMENTAR E DE CAÇA DAS BALEIAS ASSASSINAS (ORCINUS ORCA) – REVISÃO DE LITERATURA." In I Congresso On-line Brasileiro de Biologia Marinha e Oceanografia. Revista Multidisciplinar de Educação e Meio Ambiente, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.51189/rema/2271.

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Introdução: As baleias assassinas habitam todos os oceanos e têm uma enorme variedade de alimentação (mais de 140 espécies de animais). Devido a essa vasta amplitude de habitat existem 10 ecótipos diferentes de orcas. As mais estudadas são as do oceano pacífico norte, no qual populações simpátricas desenvolveram dois tipos de alimentação, tendo ficado conhecidas como residentes e transitórias. Objetivos: Exemplificar os diferentes tipos de caça que são utilizados pelas orcas residentes e transitórias. Material e Métodos: No mês de Agosto de 2021 foi realizada uma pesquisa bibliográfica nas plataformas Google Scholar e ResearchGate, utilizando as palavras-chave em inglês: Behavior; Hunt e Killer Whale; foram considerados 15 trabalhos para a realização deste estudo. Resultados: As orcas residentes se alimentam de peixes, a espécie mais observada foi o salmão chinook. Apresentam duas técnicas diferentes, no qual utilizam de cliques de ecolocalização para procurar os peixes. A primeira é chamada de alimentação em carrossel e consiste em perseguir os cardumes em direção a áreas de superfície de alto relevo, assim as presas ficam concentradas e as orcas se alimentam dos peixes que ficam atordoados por seus movimentos de cauda. A segunda se chama alimentação subterrânea e consiste nas baleias se movendo de forma isolada em áreas limitadas. Os relatos de caça das transientes tiveram desde pequenas durações (tubarão - 30 min) até longas durações (cachalotes - 4 horas). Ao caçar grandes cetáceos geralmente escolhem os indivíduos mais jovens e utilizam de uma estratégia de “ferir e retirar”, no qual pequenos grupos revezam entre ataques curtos e movimentação para impedir a fuga, também fazem tentativas de afogamento ao nadar sobre as costas da presa, buscando fatigar sua presa para tornar mais fácil a morte por asfixia. Durante a predação participam dos ataques fêmeas e jovens. A última estratégia especializada de caça consiste no encalhe intencional tendo como presas os pinípedes. Conclusão: A grande diferença entre as orcas transitórias e residentes são baseadas nos tipos de alimentação e diferenças aprendidas, as estratégias especializadas das transitórias são passadas por gerações representando mecanismos culturais. O ponto em comum entre os dois tipos é o uso da cooperação.
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Tikkanen, Ruut, and Netta Iivari. "Nature and Natural Rhythm in the Digital World - What's in It for Child–Computer Interaction?: A narrative literature review and an initial design framework." In Mindtrek '23: 26th International Academic Mindtrek Conference. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3616961.3616989.

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Bargagliotti, Anna, and Robert Gould. "Secondary Data in the Secondary Data Science and Statistics Classroom." In Bridging the Gap: Empowering and Educating Today’s Learners in Statistics. International Association for Statistical Education, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.52041/iase.icots11.t2h2.

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The complexity of modern data raises the stakes of what it means to be data literate, challenging statistics educators who wish to engage students with real data. Two authors of the revised Guidelines for Assessment in Instruction and Statistics Education Pre-K–12 report discuss the use of secondary data, illustrating these challenges with an exploration originating from a What's Going On in This Graph exercise. In particular, the authors discuss two important issues when using secondary data for Pre-K–12 students (ages 5–18): the importance of using interrogative questions to determine the provenance of data in order to assess its suitability to the task at hand as well as to consider ethical concerns, and the need to "tame" the data if the data collection scheme is advanced.
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Reports on the topic "Whales in literature"

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Küsters, Ralf, and Alex Borgida. What's in an Attribute? Consequences for the Least Common Subsumer. Aachen University of Technology, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.25368/2022.102.

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Functional relationships between objects, called 'attributes', are of considerable importance in knowledge representation languages, including Description Logics (DLs). A study of the literature indicates that papers have made, often implicity, different assumptions about the nature of attributes: whether they are always required to have a value, or whether they can be partial functions. The work presented here is the first explicit study of this difference for (sub-)classes of the CLASSIC DL, involving the same-as concept constructor. It is shown that although determining subsumption between concept descriptions has the same complexity (though requiring different algorithms), the story is different in the case of determining the least common subsumer (lcs). For attributes interpreted as partial functions, the lcs exists and can be computed relatively easily; even in this case our results correct and extend three previous papers about the lcs of DLs. In the case where attributes must have a value, the lcs may not exist, and even if it exists it may be of exponential size. Interestingly, it is possible to decide in polynomial time if the lcs exists.
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Hilgert, Marianne, and Miguel Székely. What's Behind the Inequality We Measure: An Investigation Using Latin American Data. Inter-American Development Bank, December 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0010769.

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The use of income distribution indicators in the economics literature has increased considerably in recent years. This work relies on household surveys from 18 LAC countries to take a step back from the use of these indicators, and explore what's behind the numbers, and what information they convey. We find: a) that the way countries rank according to inequality measured in a conventional way is to a large extent an illusion created by differences in characteristics of the data and on the particular ways in which the data is treated; b) Our ideas about the effect of inequality on economic growth are also driven by quality and coverage differences in household surveys and by the way in which the data is treated; c) Standard household surveys in LAC are unable to capture the incomes of the richest sectors of society; so, the inequality we are able to measure is most likely a gross underestimation. Our main conclusion is that there is an important story behind each number. This story influences our judgement about how unequal countries are and about the relation between inequality and other development indicators, but it is seldom told or known. Perhaps other statistics commonly used in economics also have their own interesting story, and it might be worth trying to find out what it is.
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Bonde, Ane, Tom Østergard-Dahl, David Moore, Mark D. Wenner, and Vanessa Ramirez. Community-Driven Rural Development: What Have We Learned? Inter-American Development Bank, October 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008921.

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The purpose of this paper is to identify best practices in the design and implementation of community-driven rural development (CDRD) projects in Central America with special emphasis on Nicaragua. The methodology used in this study is two-fold. First, a literature review of the academic literature (chapter 2) and donor agency project documents and consultant reports (chapter 3) for Central America was conducted to understand key advances in the field and to derive a set of common findings. Second, field inter-views with key stakeholders and focus group interviews (about 30) were held in Nicaragua, covering four different rural community development projects. The selection of communities to be interviewed (chapter 4) was done in a manner that permitted obtaining a nonrandom, but stratified sample in terms of geography (Pacific coastal plain, Central highlands, and Atlantic humid tropical forest) and type of sectoral intervention (a project that emphasized building productive agricultural activities; a project that emphasized improved on-farm natural resource management; and a project that emphasized construction of road and wharves). Findings from the review informed the fieldwork. Chapter 5 presents summary lessons learned from the field, while chapter 6 offers recommendations to improve new project design and implementation.
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