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New Packages

  • The first version (v0.1.4) of baRcodeR after going through rOpenSci software review is on CRAN - the package deals with label creation for tracking and collecting data from biological samples. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the docs to get started.

New Versions

  • A new version (v2.0.1) of EML is on CRAN - read and write ecological metadata language files. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the docs to get started.

    improve error messages; pandoc fixes; improve docs

  • A new version (v0.2.21) of rglobi is on CRAN - R Interface to Global Biotic Interactions. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the vignette to get started.

    tests fixes

  • A new version (v0.5.0) of webmockr is on CRAN - stubbing and setting expectations on HTTP requests. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the HTTP testing book to get started.

    now supports writing to disk mocking & mocking simple auth with httr works now

  • A new version (v0.4.0) of vcr is on CRAN - record HTTP calls to disk for test caching. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the HTTP testing book to get started.

    now handles writing to disk; can now turn vcr completely off with a fxn call or env var; igoring specific requests now works; many httr fixes; much better docs for R6 classes

  • A new version (v0.2.7) of tradestatistics is on CRAN - open trade statistics api wrapper and utility program. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the docs to get started.
  • A new version (v0.4.0) of nlrx is on CRAN - setup, run and analyze NetLogo model simulations. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the vignettes to get started.

    new vignette; new crayon and EasyABC pkg deps; pandoc added to sys reqs

  • A new version (v2.1.1) of beastier is on CRAN - Provides a way to call BEAST2 from R. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the docs to get started.

    gains a vignette

  • A new version (v2.0.5) of mauricer is on CRAN - install BEAST2 packages. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the docs to get started.

    gains a vignette

  • A new version (v2.0.2) of tracerer is on CRAN - parse and analyze BEAST2 input files programmatically. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the vignettes to get started.

    gains a vignette; better error checking

  • A new version (v2.3.2) of beautier is on CRAN - create BEAST2 input files programmatically. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the vignettes to get started.
  • A new version (v7.8.0) of drake is on CRAN - a pipeline toolkit for reproducible computation at scale. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the docs to get started.

    dynamic branching implemented; new fxns subtargets, get_trace/read_trace, id_chr; bug fixes and many improvements

  • A new version (v0.5.0) of tidyhydat is on CRAN - Water Survey of Canada hydrometric data. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the vignettes to get started.

    bug fixes; allow downloading HYDAT to altnerative location; better docs

  • A new version (v0.6.1) of epubr is on CRAN - read EPUB File Metadata and Text. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the docs to get started.

    fix warnings from a package dependency

  • A new version (v0.3.4) of eia is on CRAN - API wrapper for US Energy Information Administration open data. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the docs to get started.
  • A new version (v1.2) of writexl is on CRAN - a portable, light-weight data frame to xlsx exporter. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the README to get started.

    update bundled libxlswriter to v0.8.8; xl_formula and xl_hyperlink now correctly support NA

  • A new version (v2.0.2) of skimr is on CRAN - compact and flexible summaries of data. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the vignettes to get started.
  • A new version (v0.2.4) of tiler is on CRAN - generate geographic and non-geographic map tiles from R. See the release notes for changes. Checkout the docs to get started.

    now precompiling vignettes; update gdal2tiles to v2.4; updated docs



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Footnotes

  1. Paudyal, N., Pan, H., Elbediwi, M., Zhou, X., Peng, X., Li, X., … Yue, M. (2019). Characterization of Salmonella Dublin isolated from bovine and human hosts. BMC Microbiology, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1598-0 

  2. Bohner, T., & Diez, J. (2019). Extensive mismatches between species distributions and performance and their relationship to functional traits. Ecology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13396 

  3. Defolie, C., Merkling, T., & Fichtel, C. (2019). Patterns and variation in the mammal parasite–glucorticoid relationship. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12555 

  4. Blischak, J. D., Carbonetto, P., & Stephens, M. (2019). Creating and sharing reproducible research code the workflowr way. F1000Research, 8, 1749. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20843.1 

  5. Millard, J. W., Freeman, R., & Newbold, T. (2019). Text‐analysis reveals taxonomic and geographic disparities in animal pollination literature. Ecography. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04532 

  6. Hung, T., Rosales, M., Kurobe, T., Stevenson, T., Ellison, L., Tigan, G., … Teh, S. (2019). A pilot study of the performance of captive‐reared delta smelt Hypomesus transpacificus in a semi‐natural environment. Journal of Fish Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14162 

  7. Chalmandrier, L., Pansu, J., Zinger, L., Boyer, F., Coissac, E., Génin, A., … Thuiller, W. (2019). Environmental and biotic drivers of soil microbial β‐diversity across spatial and phylogenetic scales. Ecography. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04492 

  8. Mishra, P., & Narayan Tripathi, L. (2019). Characterization of two‐dimensional materials from Raman spectral data. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.5744 

  9. Christensen, A. P., & Kenett, Y. (2019, October 22). Semantic Network Analysis (SemNA): A Tutorial on Preprocessing, Estimating, and Analyzing Semantic Networks. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/eht87 

  10. Zhong, B. H. W., Wiersma, J. J., Sheaffer, C. C., Steffenson, B. J., & Smith, K. P. (2019). Assessment of Winter Barley in Minnesota: Relationships among Cultivar, Fall Seeding Date, Winter Survival, and Grain Yield. Cftm, 5(1), 0. https://doi.org/10.2134/cftm2019.07.0055 

  11. Tada, I., Tsugawa, H., Meister, I., Zhang, P., Shu, R., Katsumi, R., … Chaleckis, R. (2019). Creating a Reliable Mass Spectral–Retention Time Library for All Ion Fragmentation-Based Metabolomics. Metabolites, 9(11), 251. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo9110251