Glass is a favored building material for modern architecture, yet it is also very dangerous for wild birds. Because they often cannot distinguish between glass and open air, millions of birds are harmed every year when they try to fly through glass windows. There are, however, several solutions that responsible businesses can use to prevent injuries to birds.
One-Way Glass
One solution is to replace the regular, clear glass with one-way glass that is transparent in only one direction. The occupants of the building can see out, but birds and others cannot see in. If birds cannot see through a window, they will understand that the glass forms a solid barrier and will not try to fly through it.
Colorful Designs
A second solution is to paint colorful lines or other designs on regular window glass. For example, a window could have a design of thin stripes painted over the glass. People would still be able to see through the openings in the design where there is no paint, while birds would see the stripes and thus avoid trying to fly through the glass. Architects can be encouraged to include colorful painted patterns on glass as part of the general design of buildings.
Magnetic Field
The third solution is to create an artificial magnetic field to guide birds away from buildings. Humans use an instrument called a magnetic compass to determine directions—either north, south, east, or west. Bird research has shown that birds have a natural ability to sense Earth’s magnetic fields; this ability works just like a compass, and it helps birds navigate in the right direction when they fly. A building in a bird flight path can be equipped with powerful electromagnets that emit magnetic signals that steer birds in a direction away from the building.
The reading and lecture are about the how to prevent birds hitting classes. In the reading, three possible solution associated with the problem were proposed. The lecturer is the opinion of these interpretations are faulty.
Firstly, the author states that one-way glass which is transparent from the inside can be utilized since people can see the outside, and birds will distinguish it from the open air. This specific argument is challenged by the lecturer. He mentions that the one-way glass will reflect the outside when it is looked from the outside, thus birds would see the reflection of heavens and other objects. Therefore, they will not recognize it class but consider as the air, which is the reason why they will continue to fly.
Secondly, in the passage, it is stated that stripes can be drawn on the classes because people will be still capable of seeing through it. Furthermore, the birds will realize the lines and change the direction. Nonetheless, the lecturer refutes this explanation by mentioning that the species will consider the class between the stripes as a hole, and attempt to enter the hole if the spaces between lines are large. Even though the spaces is designed small, it will make the room dark, which makes it unconvincing solution.
Finally, the author proposes that the birds exploit the aptitude of sensing magnetic field as human utilize compass. If magnetic field around the building is changed automatically, the creature will employ its sense and divert. The lecturer, nonetheless, claims that the birds exploits the sense of magnetism while traveling for the long distances such as traveling from cold area to the balmy environment. Conversely, the birds use their eyes and brightness of light when they travel for short spaces, thus they would be injured without feeling the modified magnetic field near to structure.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 35, Rule ID: THE_HOW[1]
Message: Did you mean 'how'?
Suggestion: how
The reading and lecture are about the how to prevent birds hitting classes. In th...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, conversely, finally, first, firstly, furthermore, if, look, nonetheless, second, secondly, so, still, therefore, thus, while, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.4613686534 153% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 5.04856512141 277% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1567.0 1373.03311258 114% => OK
No of words: 305.0 270.72406181 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.13770491803 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17902490978 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58815028596 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 172.0 145.348785872 118% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.56393442623 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 463.5 419.366225166 111% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.739571287 49.2860985944 97% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.466666667 110.228320801 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.3333333333 21.698381199 94% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.2 7.06452816374 130% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.183298357834 0.272083759551 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.052942252858 0.0996497079465 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0466066219068 0.0662205650399 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0934711541879 0.162205337803 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0544600243376 0.0443174109184 123% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.9 13.3589403974 97% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.53 12.2367328918 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.08 8.42419426049 108% => OK
difficult_words: 86.0 63.6247240618 135% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 76.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.0 Out of 30
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