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Data for the article "Effective strain manipulation of the antiferromagnetic state of polycrystalline NiO"

Data for the article "Effective strain manipulation of the antiferromagnetic state of polycrystalline NiO" (<a href="https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/5.0046255">https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/5.0046255</a> and <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.13653">https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.13653</a>)   Barra, Andrew Ross, Olena Gomonay, Lorenzo Baldrati, A Chavez, Romain Lebrun, JD Schneider, Paymon Shirazi, Q Wang, Jairo Sinova, Gregory P Carman, Mathias Kläui

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Effects of a body manipulation of Japanese martial arts on interpersonal correlation of postural sway

This study aimed to investigate the nature of a specific body manipulation named Suichoku-Ririku (SR) in Japanese martial arts. SR is regarded as a method to change the way of stance and to distort the balance control of the opponent, but its nature and mechanism are unknown. In the present study, we attempted to determine the effect of SR in the cases where a person stood alone (Expt. 1) and where two persons stood in contact (Expt. 2). We compared several centers of pressure (COP) measures between the normal stance and SR stance conditions. When participants stood independently (Expt. 1), the COP path length, the standard deviation of COP velocity, and permutation entropy of the COP increased with the SR stance, which suggested that the SR maneuver destabilized a quiet stance. When two participants stood (with normal stance) in contact by wrist-holding or by light touch (Expt. 2), their COP motions were correlated with each other, as previously reported. When one of the participants took the SR maneuver, their correlation and mutual information were maintained, denying the view that SR would diminish the interpersonal correlation of body sway. On the other hand, a fluctuation in the COP increased only for the participant taking the SR maneuver, and not for the other participant. This asymmetric effect of the SR maneuver between two participants, irrespective of maintained mutual correlation, suggests that the relationship between the balance controls of two participants was partly disrupted. We discuss possible mechanisms for the present results.

opencc-zeroOct 2022View details →

Data from: Effects of manipulated food availability and seasonality on innate immune function in a passerine

1. The innate immune system is essential for survival, yet many immune traits are highly variable between and within individuals. In recent years, attention has shifted to the role of environmental factors in modulating this variation. A key environmental factor is food availability, which plays a major role in shaping life-histories, and may affect resource allocation to immune function through its effect on nutritional state. 2. We developed a technique to permanently increase foraging costs in seed-eating birds, and leveraged this technique to study the effects of food availability on the innate immune system over a three-year period in 230 zebra finches housed in outdoor aviaries. The immune components we studied were haptoglobin, ovotransferrin, nitric oxide, natural antibodies through agglutination, complement-mediated lysis, and killing capacity of Escherichia coli and Candida albicans, covering a broad spectrum of the innate immune system. We explored effects of food availability in conjunction with other potentially important variables: season, age, sex, and manipulated natal brood size. 3. Increased foraging costs affected multiple components of the immune system, albeit in a variable way. Nitric oxide and agglutination levels were lower under harsh foraging conditions, while Escherichia coli killing capacity was increased. Agglutination levels also varied seasonally, but only at low foraging costs. C. albicans' killing capacity was lower in winter, and even more so for animals in harsh foraging conditions that were raised in large broods. Effects of food availability on ovotransferrin were also seasonal, and only apparent in males. Haptoglobin levels were independent of foraging costs and season. 4. Males had higher levels of immune function than females for 3 of the measured immune traits. Innate immune function was independent of age and manipulated natal brood size. 5. Our finding that food availability affects innate immune function suggests that fitness effects of food availability may at least partially be mediated by effects on the immune system. However, food availability effects on innate immunity varied in direction between traits, illustrating the complexity of the immune system and precluding conclusions on the level of disease resistance.

opencc-by-4.0Dec 2021View details →

REMODEL. WP5. Cable Manipulation Planning, Execution and Interactive Perception. T5-3. Bimanual wire and cable manipulation. Data related to a paper for the conference SysInt 2022

The datasets contain data recorded during the experiment reported in the paper: G. Laudante, and S. Pirozzi, “An Intelligent System for Human Intent and Environment Detection Through Tactile Data,” 6th International Conference on System-Integrated Intelligence (SysInt 2022), Genova, Italy. (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-16281-7_47)

opencc-by-4.0Dec 2017View details →

Heterogeneous Collaborative Aerial Manipulation

The video shows the final experiments for heterogeneous collaborative aerial manipulation using two hexacopters with different manipulation capabilities and system properties. An exponentially stable controller is used on each vehicle such that the system consistently converges to the required setpoints, both on a free and locked manipulator scenarios.  Experiments show that the controller can effectively transport a load using two different agents, with two different manipulation capabilities, to perform the task and still be robust to external unmodeled disturbances.

opencc-by-4.0Dec 2017View details →

Compliant Aerial Manipulators: Developing the New Generation of Aerial Robotic Workers

This video demonstrates the results found in the research of a new topic in aerial manipulation. We attempt to successfully collide on the environment with the UAV without crashing. This can be useful to robustly establish contact with the environment in realistic outdoor scenarios, where precise knowledge on the position of the drone might not always available.   In the video three different experiments are shown. In all of these experiments, the manipulator arm (in  this case a rotating rod) is in front of the drones center of mass. The first experiment shows the collision of the drone with the environment when the manipulator is rigidly connected to the drone. This causes a severe impact, which destabilizes the drone. It is simply too much energy for the drone to handle. In the second experiment the manipulator arm is connected to the drone via a spring-damper system  to reduce the severeness of the impact. This shows significant improvement, but the drone is unable to maintain contact and bounces. The key to success in this work was to add a mechanical one-direction stop on the manipulator. This stop allows the arm to be pressed in during impact, but prevents the arm from releasing the energy afterwards. The third experiment shows how this works and demonstrates a beautiful smooth impact to achieve contact.

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Tracks for Egyptian fruit bats included in the field manipulation for testing the use of the communal roost as an information center hypothesis

According to the Information Centre Hypothesis (ICH), colonial species use social information in roosts to locate ephemeral resources. Validating the ICH necessitates showing that uninformed individuals follow informed ones to the new resource. However, the following behavior may not be essential when not all resources are ephemeral. For instance, Egyptian fruit bats forage on spatially predictable trees, but some bear fruit at unpredictable times. These circumstances suggest an alternative ICH pathway in which bats learn when fruits emerge from social cues in the roost but then use spatial memory to locate them without following conspecifics. Here, using a unique field manipulation and high-frequency tracking data, we test for this alternative pathway: We introduced bats smeared with the fruit odor of the unpredictably fruiting Ficus sycomorus trees to the roost, when they bore no fruits, and then tracked the movement of conspecifics exposed to the manipulated social cue. As predicted, bats visited the F. sycomorus trees with significantly higher probabilities than during routine foraging trips (of >200 bats). Our results show how the integration of spatial memory and social cues leads to efficient resource tracking and highlight the value of using large movement datasets and field experiments in behavioral ecology.

opencc-by-4.0Apr 2024View details →

IntelliMan_WP5_Grasping, Manipulation and Arm-Hand Coordination_T5.1_Data Fusion and Sensing Technology_sensing system design for grippers_v0

The dataset includes precisely made Computer-Aided Design (CAD) models in .step format, representing essential components such as metallic frame, silicone pad, plastic case, plastic grid, and tactile board with integrated proximity sensor. Additionally, the dataset provides a complete assembly of multi-modal sensor model in .f3z format. Furthermore, the dataset includes essential design files for the electronic infrastructure, including a precisely engineered circuit schematic design file in .sch format and a printed circuit board layout design file in .brd format. Additionally, the dataset offers visual aids in the form of digital images (.png) showcasing top view, PCB model, ToF module, and sensor assembly configuration. These resources enable researchers to leverage the dataset's comprehensive capabilities for advanced investigations and practical implementations in sensor technology and design.

opencc-by-sa-4.0Sep 2018View details →

Manipulating azobenzene photoisomerization through strong light-molecule coupling

Deposited data of the Non-adiabatic Dynamics of the cases presented in the paper. The formation of hybrid light-molecule states (polaritons) offers a new strategy to manipulate the photochemistry of molecules. To fully exploit its potential, one needs to build a toolbox of polaritonic phenomenologies that supplement those of standard photochemistry. By means of a state-of-the-art computational photochemistry approach extended to the strong-coupling regime, here we disclose various mechanisms peculiar of polaritonic chemistry: coherent population oscillations between polaritons, quenching by trapping in dead-end polaritonic states and the alteration of the photochemical reaction pathway and quantum yields. We focus on azobenzene photoisomerization, that encompasses the essential features of complex photochemical reactions such as the presence of conical intersections and reaction coordinates involving multiple internal modes. In the strong coupling regime, a polaritonic conical intersection arises and we characterize its role in the photochemical process. Our chemically detailed simulations provide a framework to rationalize how the strong coupling impacts the photochemistry of realistic molecules.

opencc-by-4.0Jul 2024View details →

From Redirected Navigation to Forced Attention: Uncovering Manipulative and Deceptive Designs in Augmented Reality through Retail Shopping

In the dataset, there are two types of files: one (1) Excel file and ten (10) PDF files. The Excel file contains data analysis and coding. The PDF files are organized by session.  Each PDF file contains screenshots of various scenarios and their corresponding discussions.  Each PDF has 12 pages, except for Session 8, which was not completed due to technical problems.  The files are organized as follows: Page 01 - Scenario 1: Navigation & Attention phase, Grocery Shopper Page 02 - Scenario 2: Navigation & Attention phase, AR User Page 03 - Scenario 3: Interest & Desire phase, Grocery Shopper Page 04 - Scenario 4: Interest & Desire phase, AR User Page 05 - Scenario 5: Action phase, Grocery Shopper Page 06 - Scenario 6: Action phase, AR User Page 07 - Discussion of Scenario 1 Page 08 - Discussion of Scenario 2 Page 09 - Discussion of Scenario 3 Page 10 - Discussion of Scenario 4 Page 11 - Discussion of Scenario 5 Page 12 - Discussion of Scenario 6 The MIRO Board can be found at the following link: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVM23rRP8=/?share_link_id=82923580188

Test data for Galaxy IUC Seurat Inspect & Manipulate Tool (Merge)

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A Proportional Control Strategy for Stiffness Tuning of Parallel Manipulators

MBDyn models for the paper "A Proportional Control Strategy for Stiffness Tuning of Parallel Manipulators"

Yolo object detector raw results for example manipulations

There is one example of the direct object detection outputs from YOLO for each manipulation type. Should you sish for more datasets, please contact the authors

IntelliMan_WP5_Grasping, Manipulation and Arm-Hand Coordination_T5.1_Data Fusion and Sensing Technology_characterization of sensing system for grippers_v0

The dataset contain the data acquired from the multi-sensorized fingers developed in T5.1 and integrated into grippers used in IntelliMan UC3 and UC4. The data contain tactile data, proximity data and endoscopic camera data for the evaluation of sensor performance with respect to IntelliMan use cases requirements.

opencc-zeroFeb 2020View details →

Experimental manipulation of perceived predation risk and cortisol generates contrasting trait trajectories in plastic crucian carp

Most animals constitute potential prey and must respond appropriately to predator-mediated stress in order to survive. Numerous prey also adaptively tailor their response to the prevailing level of risk and stress imposed by their natural enemies, i.e. they adopt an inducible defence strategy. Predator exposure may activate the stress axis, and drive the expression of anti-predator traits that facilitate survival in a high-risk environment (the predation–stress hypothesis). Here, we quantified two key morphological anti-predator traits, body morphology and coloration in crucian carp following exposure (or not) to a predator (pike) as well as to experimental manipulation of physiological stress via implants containing either cortisol or a cortisol inhibitor. We found that predator-exposed fish expressed a deeper-bodied phenotype and darker body coloration as compared with non-exposed individuals. Skin analyses revealed that an increase in the amount of melanophores caused the dramatic colour change in predatorexposed fish. Increased melanization is costly, and the darker body coloration may act as an inducible defence against predation, via a conspicuous signal of the morphological defence or by crypsis towards dark environments and a nocturnal lifestyle. By contrast, the phenotype of individuals carrying cortisol implants did not mirror the phenotype of predator-exposed fish but instead exhibited opposite trajectories of trait change: a shallow-bodied morphology with a lighter body coloration as compared with sham-treated fish. The cortisol inhibitor did not influence the phenotype of fish i.e. neither body depth nor body coloration differed between this group and predator-exposed fish having a sham implant. However, our results illuminate a potential link between stress physiology and morphological defence expression.

opencc-by-4.0Mar 2021View details →

Coherent Electric Field Manipulation of Fe3+-spins in PbTiO3. Open data set

Data supporting figures 3 and 4 of the related publication.

opencc-zeroMay 2022View details →

Precipitation manipulation and terrestrial carbon cycle: the roles of treatment magnitude, experimental duration, and background climate

Aim: <a name="_Hlk62140683">Precipitation manipulation experiments have shown diverse terrestrial carbon (C) cycling responses when the ecosystem is subjected to different magnitudes of altered precipitation, various experimental durations, or heterogeneity in local climates. However, how these factors combine to affect C cycle responses to changes in precipitation remains unclear.</a> Location: Global. Time period: 1990–2019. Major taxa studied: Terrestrial ecosystems. Methods: Using observations from 230 published studies in which precipitation was manipulated and terrestrial C cycling variables were measured, we conducted a global meta-analysis to investigate responses of diverse C cycle processes to altered precipitation, including gross ecosystem productivity, ecosystem respiration, net ecosystem productivity, ecosystem carbon use efficiency, net primary productivity, aboveground and belowground net primary productivity, aboveground and belowground biomass, shoot:root ratio, soil respiration, and soil microbial biomass C. Results: <a name="_Hlk50913646"></a><a name="_Hlk62140761">We found that C cycling responses correlated linearly and positively with the magnitude of precipitation treatments, in that C cycling variables increased under increased precipitation, and decreased under decreased precipitation. </a>We also detected that the responses of net primary productivity (NPP) and its aboveground component (ANPP) to altered precipitation weakened with experimental duration. Furthermore, gross ecosystem productivity, ecosystem respiration, and net ecosystem productivity had larger responses to precipitation treatments of greater magnitude over shorter time periods. The response of soil respiration, a key component of the C budget in most terrestrial ecosystems, particularly depended on the background climate. Local temperature and precipitation not only influenced the magnitude of the response of soil respiration to altered precipitation but also affected its sensitivity to the magnitude of the precipitation treatments, with higher sensitivities in the response of soil respiration to treatment magnitude at drier and colder sites. Main conclusions: <a name="_Hlk62140806">Our findings highlight the importance of the interactions between the magnitude of precipitation treatments, their duration, and local climate in the response of ecosystem C cycling to precipitation, which is critical to better understanding and projecting ecosystem C processes and functioning under changing precipitation regimes.</a>

opencc-by-4.0Jul 2021View details →

Online Tone Manipulation in Violin Performance: An ERP and ERSP study

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Data and Software used in  Online Tone Manipulation in Violin Performance: An ERP and ERSP Study. Ángel David Blanco, Jordi Costa-Faidella, Alfonso Pérez, David Dalmazzo, Rafael Ramirez, Iria SanMiguel (not published at this moment) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% FILES: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1. Online_Tone_Manipulation_Violin_DATA.rar In this compressed file we found 3 folders: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1.1 Raw_data: raw data of the participants of the experiment. Inside we find 16 folders. Each one contains the raw data of each participant: SXX (where XX is the code assigned to each subject). Data from participants S01 and S11 are missing due to technical problems. Each folder contains: audio: This folder contains the audio recorded during each block of the session. sXX: This folder contains the EEG files recorded during each block of the session. tony: This folder contains the tony and excel files with the information about the audio onsets and the onsets of corrective movements. We also find 2 matlab scripts: main_final.m: This script creates one *.set file per block with the EEG data and the audio markers for each event.  main_EEG.m This script creates the Merged_Datasets.set file with the data from all the blocks. It also cleans the data from noise artifacts that were previously visual inspected. It also computes the average reference, filters the Data, computes ICA and removes those components related with ocular activity.  It also creates te SXX_MergedDatasets_filt25_ICprun.set and the SXX_MergedDatasets_filt50_ICprun_TF.set Those files can already be found inside each folder.  SXX_MergedDatasets_filt25_ICprun.set: This file contains the data for the ERPs already processed (pass band filter 1-25Hz).  SXX_MergedDatasets_filt25_ICprun_TF.set: This file contains the data for the ERSPs already processed (pass band filter 1-50Hz). RECODED TRIGGERS  (Based on audio onsets and logfiles) Hundreds: TASK Tens: FEEDBACK Units: ORDER 0: Reference 100: Active 200: Replayed 300: Manipulated Active 400: Post-error manipulation Active 500: Non-manipulated active 600: Manipulated Replayed 700: Post-error manipulated Replayed 800: Non-manipulated Replayed 900: Onset End Correction Active 1000: Onset End Correction Passive 10: Open-String Note 20:In Tune ONSET 30: Mistuned ONSET  40: In Tune STABLE 50: Mistuned STABLE 60: Notes with correction ONSET (All) 70: Mistuned notes with correction ONSET 80: Mistuned notes without correction ONSET 1: Low (15-30c) 2: LowHigh(30-50c) 3: Middle (50-70c) 4: MiddleHigh(70-100) 5: High (>100) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% In Raw_data we can also found two scripts load_participants.m: This script executes the main_final.m script for each participant. load_participants_EEG.m: This script executes the main_EEG.m script for each participant %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 1.2 ERPs: Inside this folder we find 3 more folders: Active: Contains the *.set files with the ERPs for each event of interest inside the Active condition. Replayed (Passive): Contains the *.set files with the ERPs for each event of interest inside the Replayed condition. Reference Melody: Contains the *.set files with the ERPs of the reference melody. Events of interest in the names of each Folder: XXXX_Tuned: tuned notes XXXX_Mistuned: notes with an error higher than 30 cents. XXXX_nonman: nonmanipulated XXXX_man: manipulated XXXX_postman: postmanipulated XXXX_Corr_Low: Trials with slow corrective movements (>350 ms)  XXXX_Corr_Medium: Trials with medium corrective movements (250-350ms) XXXX_Corr_High: Trials with fast corrective movements (<250ms) XXXX_Low: low error (15-30 cents) XXXX_Medium: Medium error (30-50 cents) XXXX_Medium_High: Medium High error (50-70 cents) XXXX_High_High: High errors (>70 cents) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%   1.3 ERSPs: ERSPs of Active Tuned and Mistuned and Replayed Tuned and Mistuned in MATLAB Data files. Inside each file we can find the ERSPs and the ITC for different electrodes: ersp_XX: where XX is the name of the electrode (C3,C4,CP3,CP4).. itc_XX: where XX is the name of the electrode (C3,C4,CP3,CP4).. both the ersp_XX and the itc_XX are three-dimensional matrices: frequencies (30 points) X time (200 points) X participants (15 subjects). The frequencies and times variables contain an array with the information of the frequency value (Hz) and time value (ms) for each point. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 2. Online_Tone_Manipulation_Violin_STIMULI_and_MAX_software.rar In this compressed file we found two folders: 2.1 Online_Tone_Manipulation_System_in_Max folder This folder contains the system in Max that allows us to manipulate the pitch of the played note in the melody. recording_session.maxpat: open this file to access the system. random_file.csv: file which contains the order of the melodies reproduced to the participants, the note which has to receive the manipulation, and the direction of the manipulation (1 up, 0 down). We can also find two folders: audio: the audio of the participant for each block is recorded and saved inside this folder New_generated_melodies: This folder needs to contain the melodies reproduced to the participant during the experiment %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 2.2 Stimuli folder This folder contains three folders: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 2.2.1 Generated_Scores folder This folder contains the code and which generates the score images used during the experiment. Inside the folder we can find: generate_scores.m: Script used to generate the score images New_generated_scores folder: This folder contains the XML code and the *.jpg file for each score. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 2.2.2 Screen This folder contains the code used to deliver the visual information to the participant during the session and also the clicks sent to the DSP computer and the markers to the EEG computer via parallel port. The random_file.csv inside this folder has to be the same that the one contained inside the Online_Tone_Manipulation_System_in_Max. Inside this folder we can find: Violin_screen_Brainlab.m: script with the code which has to be executed to start delivering the visual instructions to the participants %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 2.2.3 Violin_Sample_sounds Inside this folder we can find two folders: New_generated_melodies: contains the final generated melodies of the experiment Original_Sounds: contains the original sounds used to generate the rest of the melodies of the experiment We can also find two important scripts: Generate_audios: this script generates the different melodies of the experiment from the original sounds. Randomize_audios_new: this script generates the random_file.csv with the random order of the melodies together

opencc-zeroDec 2020View details →

Adapting a propane turkey fryer to manipulate temperature in aquatic environments - Thermal manipulation datasets

There is a growing need to better understand the potential impacts of altered thermal regimes on biodiversity and ecosystem function as mean temperatures, and the likelihood of extreme temperatures, continue to increase. One valuable approach to identify mechanisms and pathways of thermally-driven change at the community level is through the manipulation of temperature in the field. However, where methods exist, they are often costly or unable to produce ecologically relevant changes in temperature. Here, we present a low cost, easily assembled, and readily customizable thermal manipulation system for tide pools or other small bodies of water – the Seaside Array for Understanding Thermal Effects (SAUTE) – and demonstrate its ability to effectively alter the temperature in tide pools. During our three-hour heating manipulation, heated pools reached temperatures 4°C warmer than unmanipulated pools. During the cooling manipulation, cooled pools remained on average 1.8°C cooler than control pools. The novel SAUTE system can be used to alter the temperature of tide pools in situ. Further, it could be modified to heat other environments such as freshwater vernal pools and settlement tiles in a realistic and meaningful manner, serving as a useful tool to test questions surrounding the relationship between climate warming, thermal variability, and ecological processes in natural aquatic communities.