Writing NFC tags

In this example we want to write NPCs for Animal Crossing to an NFC tag which will be read by Animal Crossing in-game on the Nintendo Switch console.

Requirements:
Android device + file system viewer for Android
1x blank NTag215 card
1x NFC writer software
1x NFC dump zip file, unzipped on Android device

Procedure:
Use the NFC writer software to prep NTag215 card
Unzip the NFC dump zip file to a folder on the Android device
Use the NFC writer software to open selected files
Use the NFC writer software to copy to blank NTag215 card
Scan/read NTag215 card in Animal Crossing in-game on the Nintendo Switch console.

Thesis Template using Word + Zotero

Requirements:

Cover page for all written work

The Thesis must have a cover page that includes the following clearly displayed information:
Title
Name of Student
Student Number
Degree programme
Supervisor

Date of submission (see deadline in Key Dates table) All pages (except the cover page) should be numbered.

Sections of the paper to be

Summary
Introduction
Materials and Methods
Results
Discussion
References

In-text Citations and the Bibliography (i.e. References section)

Paper to use referencing and citation style consistent with OIKOS Journal standard

Zotero group and shared library

Q: How to move from Google doc to Word while preserving zotero references?
A: https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/moving_documents_between_word_processors
Q: How to insert page numbers into the citation with zotero?
A: Click on the citation entry (blue) in-tool to activate the options panel for that citation (illustration below). Enter key on keyboard to process the entry.

Zotero citation options in action

Q: Can zotero automatically apply `ibid' to successive references to the same citation?
A: No, but you can replace the text to suit. However this disconnects the entry from zotero and it will not have successive updates applied (e.g. switching to another reference style).  See the help page for more detail https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_usage

Satellite surveys for sustainable ecosystems

detecting puffin poo from space in order to track bird colonies, nest site occupation and extent, occupation use, population viability growth or collapse. Also see mapping guano from space.

An article that discusses the background to the need for this kind of research - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/8/140827-seabird-puffin-tern-iceland-ocean-climate-change-science-winged-warning/



Is it possible to use satellite imaging for detecting and surveying bat habitats and flyways from space?

How is satellite imaging used for mapping bird migration routes and correlation with en-route recovery habitats, forest and wetlands?

Correlating areal photography, satellite imaging, with ground survey to measure bog extents, health and regeneration.

Mapping connected terrestrial ground cover, wetlands, wilderness and forest habitats from space.
Identifying disconnected habitats, mapping micro to macro fragmentation of biosphere due to human barrier interventions from paths to roads, walls, through to cities and mega engineering projects.

Detecting greenhouse gas emission sources. Remote detection of environmental methane outgassing events and satellite observations of ground based methane sources from industrial sites.

Articles discussing this topic:
https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/88245/imaging-a-methane-leak-from-space
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottcarpenter/2019/11/27/detection-of-methane-leak-from-space-could-herald-a-revolution/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/16/climate/methane-leak-satellite.html

New to MATLAB

Notes from a MATLAB newbie:

Notes on the CORE Project

The website: https://www.core-econ.org/
Text books:

• The Economy - Free, open access, introductory text targeting undergraduate learning ...more
• Economy, Society, and Public Policy - Free, open access text that uses policy problems to motivate learning the concepts and methods of economics ...more
• Doing Economics: Empirical Projects - Exercises with real source data for working through policy problems ...more

Part 1.1 The behaviour of average surface temperature over time
R Studio orientation (youtube link)
DataCamp's R tutorial series (youtube link)
Q 1. Why measure temperature as 'anomalies' rather than as absolute values? The use of 'anomaly' measure focuses attention on 'difference' rather than the amount. Absolute values will vary from place to place. Calculations can be swamped by intrinsically large constant component of absolute values (analogous to mantissa and exponent of floating point numbers). Anomalies will tend to agree in time and extent if a global change occurs (both the hot and the cold will get a little hotter, or a little colder in tandem).

Import the data file into R.
A csv file is a 'flat file' and is easily imported in R as a 'data frame'.
The utils package is loaded by default.
Use read.csv() - this function handles typical default values corresponding the usual way that csv files are laid out (i.e. with header = TRUE etc)

> tempdata <- read.csv("NH.Ts+dSST.csv", skip=1, na.strings = "***")

models for managing - tools

• Belbin's team roles model for group work.
• Brainstorming (vocal)
• Brain writing (silent) - aka Crawford slip idea capture.
• Bubble sort (manual) - pairwise swap, most valuable bubble up.
• CAR : Causal Analysis and Resolution - an area from the CMMI; a document for planning and capturing audit of a 'practice area'
• CMMI - in fact a framework, an entire philosophy, structure and suite of tools
• Entity relationship diagram (ERD)
• Facts (blue), opinions (yellow), assumptions (pink)
• Fishbone diagram (linear, cause-effect, event-consequence-response)
• Five Forces: threat of new entrants, threat of substitutes, bargaining power of customers, bargaining power of suppliers, industry rivalry
• How how diagram (action tree)
• Mindmap
• Nominal group method (anonymous voting)
• PESTLE analysis : political, economic, social and technological influences on business.
• Relations diagram (free-form nodes, connections, directions)
• Relations (chain, cycle/circle, source/origin, stock/sink, network).
• Six Thinking Hats method : Edward de Bono's approach for lateral, creative, brainstorming. 
• SWOT : strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
• Technological, Organizational, and Environmental (TOE) framework
• Tree diagram (top-down, bottom-up, star, comb, left-right, right-left)
• Value chain mapping of top-line (primary) and bottom-line (support) activities/processes. Examples of primary value adding processes might include: sourcing, receiving storing and processing raw materials; making the product/service; marketing, selling, delivering, maintaining. Examples of value supporting processes might include: general management; accounting; human resources management, finance capability; building and facilities; purchasing; R&D functions.
• VER : Verification - an area from the CMMI; a document for capturing verification of an audit area
• VRIO : Value, Rarity, Imitability, Organization.
• Why why diagram (problem tree)

Writing Exercise (I & II)

(an exercise working from 'writing prompts')

The purpose of my paper is...

The audience for my paper is...

I ask...

What does it mean when...?

I use...

...is an interesting problem!

The major contribution of my paper is...

The main argument in my paper is...

My key contribution is...

My <one, two, three...> key arguments are...

There is a gap in the literature on...

This paper will be particularly useful for...

This is important because...

I want to...

Analysis discussion questions...

That's odd

What we didn't expect to find was...

The situation/claim/data is puzzling.

I was puzzled by...

I didn't expect to find...

It is interesting because we can now...

It is impactful because we will be able to...

Counter-intuitively we found that...

Contrary to what we expected we found that...