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Marchant, P.R. |
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A Demonstration That the Claim That Brighter Lighting Reduces Crime Is Unfounded |
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2004 |
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British Journal of Criminology |
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British Journal of Criminology |
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44 |
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3 |
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441-447 |
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lighting; crime; street lighting |
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The major systematic review on street lighting and crime, Home Office Research Study 251, suggests that claims for the effectiveness of lighting against crime are justified. The review at first sight appears to be an appropriate statistical synthesis of all studies on street lighting and crime across the world. However on close examination, the statistical claims and methods are unfounded. In three cases examined there is a clear conflict between the evidence and the reviewers' interpretation of this. One of the principal problems is easily seen. The time-series of the original data from the Bristol study shows no good evidence for the crime reduction benefit of lighting. However the review gives the result for the same data as being extremely statistically significant. It is suggested that such a difference between the newly lit and the control areas occurring purely by chance is less than one in a billion, but this is manifestly wrong. Two other component studies, Birmingham and Dudley, are examined. |
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Takemura, A.; Ueda, S.; Hiyakawa, N.; Nikaido, Y. |
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A direct influence of moonlight intensity on changes in melatonin production by cultured pineal glands of the golden rabbitfish, Siganus guttatus |
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2006 |
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Journal of Pineal Research |
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J Pineal Res |
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40 |
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3 |
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236-241 |
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Animals; Circadian Rhythm; *Light; Melatonin/biosynthesis/*secretion; *Moon; Organ Culture Techniques; Perciformes/*physiology; Pineal Gland/physiology/*radiation effects |
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Rabbitfish are a restricted lunar-synchronized spawner that spawns around a species-specific lunar phase. It is not known how the fish perceive changes in cues from the moon. One possible explanation is that rabbitfish utilize changes in moonlight intensity to establish synchrony. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether or not the pineal gland of the golden rabbitfish can directly perceive changes in moonlight intensity. Isolated pineal glands were statically cultured under natural or artificial light conditions and melatonin secreted into the culture medium was measured using a time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay. Under an artificial light/dark cycle, melatonin secretion significantly increased during the dark phase. Under continuous light conditions, melatonin secretion was suppressed, while culture under continuous dark conditions seemed to duplicate melatonin secretion corresponding to the light/dark cycle in which the fish were acclimated. When cultured pineal glands were kept under natural light conditions on the dates of the full and the new moon, small amounts of melatonin were secreted at night. Moreover, exposure of cultured pineal glands to artificial and natural light conditions resulted in a significant decrease of melatonin secretion within 2 hr. These results suggest that the isolated pineal gland of golden rabbitfish responds to environmental light cycles and that 'brightness' of the night moon has an influence on melatonin secretion from the isolated pineal gland. |
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Sesoko Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center, University of the Ryukyus, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan. tilapia@lab.u-ryukyu.ac.jp |
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Song, G.; Yu, M.; Liu, S.; Zhang, S. |
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A dynamic model for population mapping: a methodology integrating a Monte Carlo simulation with vegetation-adjusted night-time light images |
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2015 |
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International Journal of Remote Sensing |
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International Journal of Remote Sensing |
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36 |
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15 |
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4054-4068 |
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Seaman, C.J.; Miller, S.D. |
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A dynamic scaling algorithm for the optimized digital display of VIIRS Day/Night Band imagery |
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2015 |
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International Journal of Remote Sensing |
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International Journal of Remote Sensing |
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36 |
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1839-1854 |
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Costin, K.J.; Boulton, A.M. |
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A Field Experiment on the Effect of Introduced Light Pollution on Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in the Piedmont Region of Maryland |
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2016 |
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The Coleopterists Bulletin |
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The Coleopterists Bulletin |
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70 |
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1 |
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84-86 |
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Animals; insects; fireflies; Coleoptera; Lampyridae; Coleoptera Lampyridae; artificial light at night; ecology; light pollution |
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Environmental Biology Hood College 401 Rosemont Avenue Frederick, MD 21701, U.S.A.; kjc(at)hood.edu |
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