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How do I save my search results in Discovery?
To save relevant search results in Discovery, you first need to create a MyEBSCO account (https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/How-to-Create-and-Manage-a-My-EBSCO…) . With your account created, you now have the option to save search results to your MyEBSCO folder (https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/How-to-Use-the-My-EBSCOhost-Folder?…) by clicking the small blue folder icon next to a relevant result. NOTE: If you save search results without logging into your MyEBSCO account, the saved results will disappear after you close your browser. eResources Staff Answered by: Electronic Resources
I work at an Ag Extension research station in Louisiana. Do I have remote access to the library's electronic resources?
Yes, you should be able to access our electronic resources. If you are authenticated via your MyLSU account and still unable to access our e-resources remotely, please report the issue to the library's Virtual Help Desk (https://askus.lib.lsu.edu/) by filling out the form on the left and selecting the Database or Full-Text PDF Access help topic. Provide a brief description of the issue, and someone from Digital Access & Discovery Services will follow up with you. eResources Staff Answered by: Electronic Resources
How do I access the Chronicle of Higher Education?
If youre on-campus and authenticated via LSU Wifi or wired network 1. Simply go to Chronicle.com (https://www.chronicle.com/) for complete access. If youre off-campus and authenticated via your MyLSU account: 1. Go to Chronicle.com (https://www.chronicle.com/) and click on the Log In link at top, right-hand side of the web page. 2. Choose the Create an account now option. 3. Enter and confirm your campus e-mail address, then follow the steps on the account setup pages. eResources Staff Answered by: Electronic Resources
I'm an LSU Online/remote learner. Am I able to borrow books and other physical materials from the library?
Yes. Submit your request through your Interlibrary Loan (https://www.lib.lsu.edu/services/ill) (ILL) account. When you create your account, choose the status "Undergraduate-LSU Online" or "Graduate-LSU Online." To change your status on an existing account, click "Change User Information" on the left menu. When you place an interlibrary loan request, we will contact you with options for obtaining physical items. ILL Tutorials: Creating (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx8FxBGRLok ) an ILL account Answered by:
Where do I search for electronic theses/dissertations published by other universties?
The best database for searching and locating electronic theses and dissertations not published by LSU is Proquest Dissertations and Theses: Global (https://libezp.lib.lsu.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/pqdtgl…) . As the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress and as the database of record for graduate research, PQDTGlobal includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day together with over a million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. You can find this database by going to the Databases tab on the library's homepage (https://www.lib.lsu.edu/) . Either search the name of the database or select the letter that its name begins with, and scroll down. The databases will be listed in alphabetical order. See the attached screenshot. In the event the title is not available digitally through this database, I would recommend placing an interlibrary loan (https://www.lib.lsu.edu/services/ill) request. They will try to borrow a hard copy from another library or explore purchase options for obtaining the title. eResources Staff Answered by: Electronic Resources
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I have a folder or articles in my EBSCOhost account. On the left of each article, there are words like "export", "cite", and "notes". What do they do?
Please see the answers to your questions below about features in EBSCO's MyEBSCO folder. On the left of each article, there are words like "export", "cite", and "notes".
- These features allow you to manage the contents of the folder. For example, if you want to export the citation to a citation management (https://guides.lib.lsu.edu/c.php?g=279388&p=1862193) tool like Endnote or Zotero, you can do that. Or if you want to make notes about the citation and come back to them at a later date, the note for that citation will still be there. If you are interested in learning more about citation management and how it can help you organize your research, refer to our Citation LibGuide (https://guides.lib.lsu.edu/citation) as well as our workshop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRcFIlrWpDg&list=PL5ZtZe36ynPlutYgX4_x0…) about Zotero where you will learn how to set up Zotero to save and store sources and generate citations. To view upcoming workshops, please use our events calendar (https://lsu.libcal.com/calendar/eventsandprogramming) . What do these features actually do? How long does content remain in my folder?
- As long as you are logged into the MyEBSCOhost platform, the citations will stay there until you remove them. Here are some FAQs (https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/EBSCOhost-Folder-Frequently-Asked-Q….) regarding how long content is kept in the folder. How do I delete an article from my folder if it is not relevant?
- To remove result(s) from your personalized folder, select the result by clicking on the appropriate check box, then click the Delete Items link. You may find this page (https://connect.ebsco.com/s/article/How-to-Use-the-My-EBSCOhost-Folder?…) useful in learning how to use the folder as well. Feel free to reach out to your subject librarian (https://www.lib.lsu.edu/staff?field_staff_type=2&search_api_staff=&fiel…) for more assistance. eResources Staff Answered by: Electronic Resources
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Confidential Print: Africa, 1834-1966
The Confidential Print series, issued by the British Government between c. 1820 and 1970, is a fundamental building block for political, social and economic research. The documents in Confidential Print: Africa begin with coastal trading in the early nineteenth century and the Conference of Berlin of 1884 and the subsequent Scramble for Africa. They then follow the abuses of the Congo Free State, fights against tropical disease, Italy’s defeat by the Abyssinians, World War II, apartheid in South Africa and colonial moves towards independence. Together they cover the whole of the modern period of European colonisation of the continent from the British Government’s perspective.
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Ice angling for northern pike (Esox lucius) with tip ups: Hook style affects angler catch and fish welfare
Catch and release ice angling exposes fish to environments and techniques that differ markedly from those in the open-water season. Accordingly, we studied the influence of quick-strike treble hooks and 0º offset circle hooks on aspects of northern pike (Esox lucius) capture and behaviour using tip-ups during the winter. Based on 221 northern pike captured over three winters, quick strike rigs with multiple hooks had higher catch success, but extended dehooking time and caused more foul hooking. Deep hooking events were infrequent but were most likely to occur when pike were captured on the single treble quick strike rig and circle hook. Camera footage revealed that pike were tentative and appeared to require considerable time to strike. Hook style had no influence on fish behaviour when striking. Our findings suggest that the use of triple treble quick strike rigs may provide benefits to anglers because they hook more and slightly larger fish and do not result in deep-hooking events. Circle hooks caught in the jaw most frequently and were the easiest to remove most of the time; however, they periodically deep-hooked fish, which was unexpected. Ultimately, angler tackle choice will affect their enjoyment of ice angling, and the potential for stress and injury to fish when using tip ups.
Using species-specific behavior to improve catch efficiency of target species in mixed trawl fisheries
Demersal trawl fisheries are increasingly challenged by new and more ambitious gear regulations alongside rising fuel costs. However, knowledge of behavioral differences between species are yet poorly integrated and exploited in commercially operated trawl designs. In the demersal mixed species trawl fishery for Nephrops (Nephrops norvegicus), many fish species are herded by the netting and actively avoid contact with the meshes as opposed to Nephrops, for which most individuals are tumbling along the bottom panel of the gear towards the codend. By reducing the mesh size of the entire lower half of the trawl we reduced the loss of marketable sized Nephrops through the bottom panels significantly by 47.2 % (CI: 33.6–60.2 %) in the North Sea. The unchanged catches of the round fish, cod (Gadus morhua) and hake (Merluccius merluccius) confirm that these species do not come in physical contact with the bottom panel. In contrast, witch flounder (Glyptocephalus cynoglossus) escapes through the bottom panel of the baseline trawl as the treatment gear caught 65.1 % (CI: 39.5–104.9 %) more marketable-sized individuals and 259.7 % (CI: 144.4–459.5 %) more undersized individuals. Our results confirm known species-specific behavior in the forward part of the trawl and demonstrate how this can be exploited with simple design changes to increase the catch efficiency for Nephrops and likely other species without affecting the catches of roundfish. The undersized individuals captured will largely escape through the meshes used in commercial codends.
Angler catch data as a monitoring tool for European barbel Barbus barbus in a data limited recreational fishery
Large bodied freshwater fishes can be important target species for recreational anglers, with some species introduced intentionally to diversify angling experiences. European barbel Barbus barbus is an important target species in many riverine fisheries, including the River Severn and its River Teme tributary, western England, where it has supported a catch-and-release recreational fishery for approximately 50 years. The River Teme was renowned for the quality of its barbel angling from the 1980s. Since 2007, angler dissatisfaction has increased substantially in this fishery, being associated with alleged declines in the number of barbel being captured and in their population abundances. As there were few data available at that time to investigate these declines, data from periodic electric fishing surveys and some angler catch data were sourced. Analyses revealed temporal declines in the number of sampled barbel during electric fishing surveys, although the number of surveys was low, varied between years and did not target barbel specifically. Analyses of four angler catch data sets (1995–2022) involving more than 1000 captured barbel of 0.5–5.3 kg also revealed significant temporal declines in barbel catches (by number and catch-per-unit-effort). These catch declines were generally coincident with reductions in angler presence and effort on the river, suggesting low catches were a driver of angler dissatisfaction. These results provide empirical support for angler claims of substantial declines in barbel catches and abundances, and emphasise that even limited volumes of angler catch data are useful for understanding temporal changes in exploited but data limited fish populations.
Swimming against the stream in Argentina: ’Contrarian’ paths to latecomer catch-up under adversity
This article examines two unexpectedly successful latecomer firms which emerged from Argentina, a crisis ridden developing economy where the vast majority of firms have languished behind the technology frontier set by global leaders. By comparing the experience of these two unusual firms with that of general trends among successful, mainly Asian latecomers, we hope to throw light on the opportunities facing other firms struggling under adverse economic and policy conditions. Through appreciative theorising we aim to incorporate some ideas from evolutionary economic theory to hopefully extend ‘normal’ (mainly Asian based) latecomer catch-up conceptualisation. The empirical findings, based on a unique and original dataset, suggest that in order to catch-up with global competitors the two latecomer firms were forced to develop strong entrepreneurial capabilities to follow a ‘contrarian path’ in terms of corporate strategy, organizational structures and technological and management capabilities, when policy incentives and macroeconomic conditions pointed them in the opposite direction. The article introduces a new framework to analyse latecomers within the macroeconomic and policy context and raises questions for future latecomer theory, policy and research on latecomer firms’ strategies under adversity.
China's technological catch-up through foreign IP acquisitions: Disaggregating the effects of cross-national distance
While the effects of proximity on the technological catch-up of emerging economy firms are well documented, little is known about how the sub-dimensions of cross-national distance impact such firms' acquisition of foreign IP. Cross-national distance is a complex, multi-dimensional construct that has the potential to influence catch-up in different ways, especially for Chinese firms. We use the established Wharton indicators of cross-national distance (Berry et al., 2010) to understand foreign IP acquisition by Chinese firms over a 10-year period. Results show: (1) different sub-dimensions of distance have different direct effects on foreign IP acquisition, (2) a positive effect of knowledge distance on IP acquisition interacts with three other forms of distance, (3) the most aggressive foreign IP acquisition strategies are linked to only three forms of distance, and (4) the impact of disaggregated distance depends on IP asset type and whether the acquirer is in manufacturing or services. Results provide new insight into China's technological catch-up and the complex, multi-dimensional nature of international proximity influencing technological catch-up through acquisitions.
Weak reflection enhancement and picking from ultrasonic pitch-catch measurements in a cased-hole
Ultrasonic logging is a widely used technology to assess the cement bond condition in a cased-hole. Advanced ultrasonic pitch-catch measurements can capture reflections at the cement-formation interface (in short, the third interface echo [TIE]), which enables the evaluation of the bond condition, casing eccentering, and the velocity of the material in the cement annulus. However, the usage is limited by the TIE arrival picking due to the low amplitude that results from the eccentered tool and casing, overlapping with the tool-casing multiple reflections, as well as interference from the primary zero-order antisymmetric Lamb wave (A0). We develop a two-step method to enhance and accurately pick the TIE arrivals. We first use mathematical morphological filtering with a neural network framework to mitigate the influence of A0. Then, we use the local window multichannel singular-spectrum analysis to suppress the effect of tool-casing multiples on the TIE. In the second step, we develop a sinusoidal search method with a path postcorrection algorithm to track the TIE arrivals from the enhanced TIE waveforms automatically. Synthetic and field data results show that our TIE processing can effectively eliminate the A0 mode and suppress tool-casing multiples. In addition, the picked TIE arrivals are consistent with actual TIE curves.
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