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In Book Reviews, we review an extensive and diverse range of books. They cover theory and applications in operations research, statistics, management science, econometrics, mathematics, computers, and information systems. In addition, we include books in other fields that emphasize technical applications. The editor will be pleased to receive an email from those willing to review a book, with an indication of specific areas of interest. If you are aware of a specific book that you would like to review, or that you think should be reviewed, please contact the editor. The following books are reviewed in this issue of Interfaces, 46(1), January–February 2016: Operations Planning: Mixed Integer Optimization Models, Joseph Geunes; Extension of Data Envelopment Analysis with Preference Information: Value Efficiency, Tarja Joro and Pekka J. Korhonen; and Rational Action: The Sciences of Policy in Britain and America, 1940–1960, William Thomas.

Historical ablation rates on south-east Greenland glaciers measured in the 1933 warm summer

Ice ablation rates measured on four glaciers in south-east Greenland in summer 1933 are recovered from an old field book of geologist K. Milthers. These unpublished ablation data are among the first measured in Greenland and were obtained during a warm period comparable to that of recent years. Ablation rates of up to 45 mm ice eq. d −1 were observed. Using the Tasiilaq meteorological record, we calculate degree-day factors of ca. 3–5 mm ice eq. d −1 °C −1 . Comparing these results with 1996–2012 observations at one of Milthers’ glaciers (Mittivakkat), we find that ablation rates and degree-day factors are significantly higher (61±50%) in recent years. We speculate this to be due to a reduction in surface albedo, and perhaps the retreat of the glaciers out of the cold maritime inversion layer. Our findings suggest that using a temperature-index method that assumes constant degree-day factors may produce inaccurate long-term ablation estimates for south-east Greenland glaciers, further emphasizing the value of the rare 1933 measurements for validation of ablation models. Keywords: Surface mass balance; positive degree-days; climate change; Mittivakkat Glacier; Milthers; 7th Thule Expedition. (Published: 12 July 2016) To access the supplementary material for this article, please see the supplementary file in the column to the right (under Article Tools). Citation: Polar Research 2016, 35 , 28858, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v35.28858

The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Field Book by Karl Kapp. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2013. 622 pages, $67.95 (Paperback).

The Gamification of Learning and Instruction Field Book by Karl Kapp. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2013. 622 pages, $67.95 (Paperback).

Book Reviews

In Book Reviews, we review an extensive and diverse range of books. They cover theory and applications in operations research, statistics, management science, econometrics, mathematics, computers, and information systems. In addition, we include books in other fields that emphasize technical applications. The editor will be pleased to receive an email from those willing to review a book, with an indication of specific areas of interest. If you are aware of a specific book that you would like to review, or that you think should be reviewed, please contact the editor. The following books are reviewed in this issue of Interfaces, 45(6), November–December 2015: Stochastic Optimization Methods: Applications in Engineering and Operations Research, Kurt Mardi; The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World, William D. Nordhaus.

Book Reviews

In Book Reviews, we review an extensive and diverse range of books. They cover theory and applications in operations research, statistics, management science, econometrics, mathematics, computers, and information systems. In addition, we include books in other fields that emphasize technical applications. The editor will be pleased to receive an email from those willing to review a book, with an indication of specific areas of interest. If you are aware of a specific book that you would like to review, or that you think should be reviewed, please contact the editor. The following books are reviewed in this issue of Interfaces, 45(5), September–October 2015: Integer Programming, Michele Conforti, Gérard Cornuéjols, and Giacomo Zambelli; and Mapping Urban Practices Through Mobile Phone Data, Paola Pucci, Fabio Manfredini, and Paola Tagliolato.

Lerp insect (Cardiaspina densitexta) outbreaks on pink gum (Eucalyptus fasciculosa) in the southeast of South Australia

Appendix S1. Photos of the lerp. Appendix S2. Map of the southeast of SA showing rainfall isohyets, location of sampling points, and major meteorological stations. Appendix S3. A description of each sampling site. Appendix S4. A summary of the information provided in the data sheets. Appendix S5. Counts of lerps at each sampling site during each survey. Appendix S6. Notes taken during collections and transcribed from field books. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.

The Value of Flexibility on Long-term Value of Grant Funded Projects

The Field Book Project is an initiative to increase accessibility to field book content that documents natural history — primary source documents that describe the events leading up to and including the collection of specimens or observations during field research. It is a partnership between Smithsonian Institution Archives, National Museum of Natural History, and Smithsonian Libraries. The Project began in 2010 with a grant from the Council for Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to identify, locate, and catalog field books across the Smithsonian Institution. Since then, the Project has cataloged more than 7,500 field books across 8 departments and divisions of the Institution. Field book catalog records were made available to the public for the first time in December 2012 on Smithsonian's Collection Search Center. The Project is now digitizing the cataloged field books which are available on Collections Search Center and Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Book Reviews

In Book Reviews, we review an extensive and diverse range of books. They cover theory and applications in operations research, statistics, management science, econometrics, mathematics, computers, and information systems. In addition, we include books in other fields that emphasize technical applications. The editor will be pleased to receive an email from those willing to review a book, with an indication of specific areas of interest. If you are aware of a specific book that you would like to review, or that you think should be reviewed, please contact the editor. The following books are reviewed in this issue of Interfaces, 45(4), July-August 2015: Multicriteria Decision Aid and Artificial Intelligence: Links, Theory and Applications, Michael Doumpos and Evangelos Grigoroudis; and Optimized Response-Adaptive Clinical Trials: Sequential Treatment Allocation Based on Markov Decision Problems, Thomas Ondra.

Book Reviews

In Book Reviews, we review an extensive and diverse range of books. They cover theory and applications in operations research, statistics, management science, econometrics, mathematics, computers, and information systems. In addition, we include books in other fields that emphasize technical applications. The editor will be pleased to receive an email from those willing to review a book, with an indication of specific areas of interest. If you are aware of a specific book that you would like to review, or that you think should be reviewed, please contact the editor. The following books are reviewed in this issue of Interfaces, 45(3), May–June 2015: Predictive Analytics, Data Mining and Big Data: Myths, Misconceptions and Methods, Steven Finlay; and Modeling Techniques in Predictive Analytics: Business Problems and Solutions with R, Thomas W. Miller.

Book Reviews

In Book Reviews, we review an extensive and diverse range of books. They cover theory and applications in operations research, statistics, management science, econometrics, mathematics, computers, and information systems. In addition, we include books in other fields that emphasize technical applications. The new book reviews editor, Wenjing Shen ( wenjings@drexel.edu ), will be pleased to receive an email from those willing to review a book, with an indication of specific areas of interest. If you are aware of a specific book that you would like to review, or you think should be reviewed, please contact Wenjing. The following books are reviewed in this issue of Interfaces, 45(2), March–April 2015: Nonlinear Optimization Applications Using the GAMS Technology, Neculai Andrei; Integrating Renewables in Electricity Markets, Juan M. Morales, Antonio J. Conejo, Henrik Madsen, Pierre Pinson, and Marco Zugno; Modelling and Managing Airport Performance, Konstantinos G. Zografos, Giovanni Andreatta, and Amedeo R. Odoni.

Pattern of reference types and impact factors of journals in the Korea Citation Index according to academic discipline

The Korea Citation Index (KCI) is a citation database for scholarly journals from Korea, the number of journals of which is 2,168 in January, 2015. This article aims to analyze the pattern of reference types and impact factors of journals in the KCI according to academic discipline. Journals of the KCI were classified according to academic discipline: humanities, arts and sports, social science, science, and multi-disciplinary science. Science journals were sub-classified as natural science, engineering, agriculture & fisheries, and medical health. The pattern of reference types was classified as journal article, book, report/thesis/internet, and others. Changing patterns of the two-year impact factor were described according to the publication year of journals in each discipline. The reference type of each discipline in 2010 showed different patterns. In humanities, the portion of books out of cited literatures was 51.1%, while the portion of books in natural science, engineering, medical health, and agriculture & fisheries fields were 11.0%, 10.0%, 7.0%, and 11.0%, respectively. In social science, the portion of journal articles was 53.1% and books 27.3%. In medical health, the portion of journal article was 87.6%. Journals’ average impact factors in 2011 were 0.9 for social science, 0.8 for arts and sports, 0.55 for interdisciplinary, 0.5 for agriculture and fisheries and humanities, 0.45 for natural science, 0.32 for engineering, and 0.3 for medical health. Researchers in humanities in Korea use books as a primary source of references, while those in other disciplines use journals as a major source of references. Higher impact factors in social science journals and lower ones in science journals mean that social scientists in Korea deal with mainly domestic topics, while scientist deal with global topics.

Book Reviews

In Book Reviews, we review an extensive and diverse range of books. They cover theory and applications in operations research, statistics, management science, econometrics, mathematics, computers, and information systems. In addition, we include books in other fields that emphasize technical applications. The editor will be pleased to receive an email from those willing to review a book, with an indication of specific areas of interest. If you are aware of a specific book that you would like to review, or that you think should be reviewed, please contact the editor. This is the last collection of book reviews edited by Graham Rand. He thanks the editor-in-chief of Interfaces, Srinivas Bollapragada, for giving him the opportunity to make this contribution to the journal, the publications staff at INFORMS, particularly Alice Mack and Kelly Kophazi, who have been so helpful, and all those who wrote the 116 book reviews that he commissioned during the past four years. The following books are reviewed in this issue of Interfaces, 45(1), January–February 2015: An Introduction to Traffic Flow Theory, Lily Elefteriadou; Sustainability Appraisal: Quantitative Methods and Mathematical Techniques for Environmental Performance Evaluation, Marina G. Erechtchoukova, Peter A. Khaiter, and Paulina Golinska; and Essays in Production, Project Planning and Scheduling: A Festschrift in Honor of Salah Elmaghraby, P. Simin Pulat, Subhash C. Sarin, Reha Uzsoy.

New Tools for Pedologists: Digital Soil Morphometrics

New Tools for Pedologists: Digital Soil Morphometrics

Book Reviews

In Book Reviews, we review an extensive and diverse range of books. They cover theory and applications in operations research, statistics, management science, econometrics, mathematics, computers, and information systems. In addition, we include books in other fields that emphasize technical applications. The editor will be pleased to receive an email from those willing to review a book, with an indication of specific areas of interest. If you are aware of a specific book that you would like to review, or that you think should be reviewed, please contact the editor. The following books are reviewed in this issue of Interfaces, 44(6), November–December 2014: Improving Risk Analysis, Louis Anthony Cox, Jr.; Applying Analytics: A Practical Introduction, Evan S. Levine; Business Analytics: A Practioner’s Guide, Rahul Saxena and Anand Srinivasan; and Decision Aid Models for Disaster Management and Emergencies, Begoña Vitoriano, Javier Montero, and Da Ruan.

Book Reviews

In Book Reviews, we review an extensive and diverse range of books. They cover theory and applications in operations research, statistics, management science, econometrics, mathematics, computers, and information systems. In addition, we include books in other fields that emphasize technical applications. The editor will be pleased to receive an email from those willing to review a book, with an indication of specific areas of interest. If you are aware of a specific book that you would like to review, or that you think should be reviewed, please contact the editor. The following books are reviewed in this issue of Interfaces, 44(5), September–October 2014: Analytics for Managers With Excel, Peter C. Bell and Gregory S. Zaric; Fair Revenue Sharing Mechanisms for Strategic Passenger Airline Alliances, Demet Çetiner; Applied Stochastic Processes, Ming Liao; and Hybrid Metaheuristics, El-Ghazali Talbi.

The Gaia Hypothesis: Science on a Pagan Planet. Science. Culture Series. By Michael Ruse. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $26.00. xiv + 251 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-226-73170-4. 2013.

The aim of this section is to give brief indications of the character, content, and cost of new books in the various fields of biology. More books are received by The Quarterly than can be reviewed critically. All submitted books, however, are carefully considered for originality, timeliness, and reader interest, and we make every effort to find a competent and conscientious reviewer for each book selected for review.Of those books that are selected for consideration, some are merely listed, others are given brief notice, most receive critical reviews, and a few are featured in lead reviews. Listings, without comments, are mainly to inform the reader that the books have appeared; examples are books whose titles are self-explanatory, such as dictionaries and taxonomic revisions, or that are reprints of earlier publications, or are new editions of well-established works. Unsigned brief notices, written by one of the editors, may be given to such works as anthologies or symposium volumes that are organized in a fashion that makes it possible to comment meaningfully on them. Regular reviews are more extensive evaluations and are signed by the reviewers. The longer lead reviews consider books of special significance. Each volume reviewed becomes the property of the reviewer. Most books not reviewed are donated to libraries at Stony Brook University or other appropriate recipients.The price in each case represents the publisher’s suggested list price at the time the book is received for review, and is for purchase directly from the publisher.Authors and publishers of biological books should bear in mind that The Quarterly can consider for notice only those books that are sent to The Editors, The Quarterly Review of Biology, E-5340 Frank Melville, Jr. Memorial Library, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3349 USA. We welcome prepublication copies as an aid to early preparation of reviews.

Book Reviews

In Book Reviews, we review an extensive and diverse range of books. They cover theory and applications in operations research, statistics, management science, econometrics, mathematics, computers, and information systems. In addition, we include books in other fields that emphasize technical applications. The editor will be pleased to receive an email from those willing to review a book, with an indication of specific areas of interest. If you are aware of a specific book that you would like to review, or that you think should be reviewed, please contact the editor. The following books are reviewed in this issue of Interfaces, 44(4), July–August 2014: Keeping Up With the Quants: Your Guide to Understanding + Using Analytics, Thomas H. Davenport and Jinho Kim; Analyzing Evolutionary Algorithms, Thomas Jansen; Systems Analysis Tools for Better Health Care Delivery, Panos M. Pardalos, Pando G. Georgiev, Petraq Papajorgji, and Britta Neugaard, eds.; Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die, Eric Siegel; and Unrelenting Innovation: How to Build a Culture for Market Dominance, Gerald J. Tellis.

Forging Continuing Bonds from the Dead to the Living: Gothic Commemorative Practices along Australia’s Leichhardt Highway

Forging Continuing Bonds from the Dead to the Living: Gothic Commemorative Practices along Australia’s Leichhardt Highway

Field Book: An Open‐Source Application for Field Data Collection on Android

ABSTRACTPlant breeding and genetics research is an inherently data‐driven enterprise. Typical experiments and breeding nurseries can contain thousands of unique entries and programs will often evaluate tens of thousands of plots each year. To function efficiently on this scale, electronic data management becomes essential. Many research programs, however, continue to operate by scribing and transcribing massive amounts of data on paper field books. While effective, this form of data management places heavy burdens on human resources, decreases data integrity, and greatly limits future utilization of data and the ability to expand the breeding program. To help address these constraints, we have developed an open‐source application for electronic data capture that runs on consumer‐grade Android tablets. By focusing on a simple, stand‐alone application with an intuitive and customized interface, we attempt to decrease both the technological and cost barriers that hinder adoption of electronic data management in breeding programs. The simplicity of Field Book allows adoption of the technology without a steep learning curve. With low‐cost, accessible solutions, the vision of one handheld per breeder can become a reality for breeding programs around the world. Transformational capacity in electronic data collection and management will be essential to realizing a contemporary green revolution.

Book Reviews

In Book Reviews, we review an extensive and diverse range of books. They cover theory and applications in operations research, statistics, management science, econometrics, mathematics, computers, and information systems. In addition, we include books in other fields that emphasize technical applications. The editor will be pleased to receive an email from those willing to review a book, with an indication of specific areas of interest. If you are aware of a specific book that you would like to review, or that you think should be reviewed, please contact the editor. The following books are reviewed in this issue of Interfaces, 44(3), May–June 2014: Handbook of Global Logistics: Transportation in International Supply Chains, James H. Bookbinder; Decision Making in Service Industries: A Practical Approach, Javier Faulin, Angel A. Juan, Scott E. Grasman, and Michael J. Fry, eds.; Handbook of Operations Research for Homeland Security, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, ed.; Data Mining for Biomarker Discovery, Panos M. Pardalos, Petros Xanthopoulos, and Michalis Zervakis, eds.; Supply Chain Transformation, Practical Roadmap to Best Practice Results, Richard J. Sherman; Supply Chain Network Design: Applying Optimization and Analytics to the Global Supply Chain, Michael Watson, Sara Lewis, Peter Cacioppi, and Jay Jayaraman.