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.
recently there has been a plethora of debate on using glass materials in architecture, because there are thoughts that glass could be harmful for wild birds. More specifically, in regard to the passage, the writer puts forth the idea that there is a lot of solutions to prevent birds getting harmed when they are flying. In the lintening passage, the lecturer is quick to point out that there are some flaws in the writer's claims. In fact, the professor believes the solutions in which mentioned in the reading are not useful and addresses, in detail, the trouble with each point made in the regarding text.
First and foremost, the author of the article states using One-Way glasses is a helpful solution because if birds can not see through the window, they will understand that there is a solid obstacle and will avoid to fly through it. Some professionals in the same field, however, stand in firm opposition to this claim. In the listening for instance, the professor states One-Way glass can also reflect the environment like a mirror. He goes on to say that as birds can not understand the concept of the mirror they might try to fly through.
One group of scholars represented by the writer, thinks of Colorful Designs on the glass as another solution. Of course, though, not all the experts in the field believe this is accurate. Again, the speaker specifically addresses this point when he points out that birds think the strip lines are oppenings and they try to get passed through them although the strips will be very small and in that case, it is hard for residents to see outside.
Finally, the author brings his argument to a close by suggestion that Magnetic Fields are helpful to guide birds away form the buildings because of their magnetic compass to determine directions. Not surprisingly, the lecturer takes issue with this claim by contending that birds use magnet for long distances such as migration. So, this solution is not helpful in the cities and for their short distances as they use their eyes for such trips.
To sum up, both the essayist and the professor hlod conflicting views about using glass as a favored building material. It is clear that they will have trouble finding common ground on this issue.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 1, Rule ID: UPPERCASE_SENTENCE_START
Message: This sentence does not start with an uppercase letter
Suggestion: Recently
recently there has been a plethora of debate on ...
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Line 3, column 208, Rule ID: ADMIT_ENJOY_VB[1]
Message: This verb is used with the gerund form: 'avoid flying'.
Suggestion: avoid flying
...that there is a solid obstacle and will avoid to fly through it. Some professionals in the s...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, however, if, regarding, so, for instance, in fact, of course, such as, in regard to, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 10.4613686534 163% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 32.0 22.412803532 143% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 55.0 30.3222958057 181% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.01324503311 180% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1866.0 1373.03311258 136% => OK
No of words: 386.0 270.72406181 143% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.83419689119 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.43248042346 4.04702891845 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.49736632732 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 204.0 145.348785872 140% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.528497409326 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 546.3 419.366225166 130% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 2.5761589404 272% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 13.0662251656 122% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.6339277995 49.2860985944 105% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.625 110.228320801 106% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.125 21.698381199 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.25 7.06452816374 103% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => 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: 0.319168069735 0.272083759551 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.09413575308 0.0996497079465 94% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0735337123856 0.0662205650399 111% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.165490221273 0.162205337803 102% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0446588998245 0.0443174109184 101% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.4 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 64.04 53.8541721854 119% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.03 12.2367328918 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.1 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 63.6247240618 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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