Hi everyone!
It is time for another instalment of the monthly paper round-up for readers of the open source solutions feed.
I usually share these within the first week or two of the following month to allow search engines to index all the relevant papers. The short summaries are written by me without the use of any LLM. Please let me know if you spot any mistakes.
This is not necessarily an endorsement of any of the presented work and this list is not intended to be comprehensive. I collect these papers from multiple indexing sources. If you think I missed something good, please share below.
Now, enjoy the picks for September 2024!
September 2024 paper round-up
BioSense: An automated sensing node for organismal and environmental biology
BioSense is an open-source sensing node for on-board analysis of bird vocalisations and collection of other environmental data, including temperature, humidity and soil moisture. The system is based on a Raspberry Pi and supports wireless data transfer for local remote monitoring. One unit costs $500 to build.
Project: https://github.com/keittlab/BioSense
Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2024.e00584
An ultraviolet light data logger for studies of organismal ecology and physiology
This paper presents a UV data logger based on an Arduino Pro Mini. The total component cost is under $55, including a 3D printed enclosure.
Project: https://github.com/LattanzioLab/uv
Paper: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14425
KRILLSCAN: An automated open-source software for processing and analysis of echosounder data from the Antarctic krill fishery
This project lets you estimate krill biomass using echosounder data. KRILLSCAN is provided as a Python package and provides a graphical user interface for a user-friendly experience.
Project: https://github.com/sebastianmenze/Krillscan
Paper: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18254
TREvoSim v3: An individual based simulation for generating trees and character data
This paper presents version 3.0.0 of TREvoSim, a simulation program written in C++ that models digital organisms evolving, creating phylogenetic trees.
Project: https://github.com/palaeoware/trevosim
Paper: https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.06722
Comparative analysis of tardigrade locomotion across life stage, species, and disulfiram treatment
This paper is about a set of open-source Python scripts for tracking tardigrade locomotion in two dimensions, including estimating individual leg movements.
Project: http://www.github.com/enwudz/gait
Paper: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310738
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