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Research Status of Detection and Protection of Subway DC Stray Current of Buried Steel Pipelines [PDF]

open access: yesCailiao Baohu, 2021
The subway has become the main way of urban transportation, which is convenient for people to travel, but also causes the DC stray current interference of buried pipeline, which becomes the hidden danger of pipeline operation.
GUO Yong, DING Ji-feng, WANG Gang, LI Xiang-yang
doaj   +1 more source

Surrendered and Stray Dogs in Australia—Estimation of Numbers Entering Municipal Pounds, Shelters and Rescue Groups and Their Outcomes

open access: yesAnimals, 2017
There is no national system for monitoring numbers of dogs entering municipal council pounds and shelters in Australia, or their outcomes. This limits understanding of the surrendered and stray dog issue, and prevents the evaluation of management ...
Diana Chua, Jacquie Rand, John Morton
doaj   +1 more source

Population Characteristics of Cats Adopted from an Urban Cat Shelter and the Influence of Physical Traits and Reason for Surrender on Length of Stay

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
Measures aimed at reducing the length of stay (LOS) of cats in shelters can promote animal welfare and more efficient use of resources. The extent to which variables shown to impact LOS are broadly applicable is unclear.
Hannah Miller   +2 more
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The AI Learns to Lie to Please You: Preventing Biased Feedback Loops in Machine-Assisted Intelligence Analysis

open access: yesAnalytics, 2023
Researchers are starting to design AI-powered systems to automatically select and summarize the reports most relevant to each analyst, which raises the issue of bias in the information presented.
Jonathan Stray
doaj   +1 more source

The Effectiveness of Dog Population Management: A Systematic Review

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
The worldwide population of domestic dogs is estimated at approximately 700 million, with around 75% classified as “free-roaming”. Where free-roaming dogs exist in high densities, there are significant implications for public health, animal ...
Lauren M. Smith   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes Associated with Improved Outcomes for Cats Entering RSPCA Queensland Shelters from 2011 to 2016

open access: yesAnimals, 2018
This retrospective study of cat admissions to RSPCA Queensland shelters describes changes associated with improved outcomes ending in live release in 2016 compared to 2011.
Caroline Audrey Kerr   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Case of Letting the Cat out of The Bag—Why Trap-Neuter-Return Is Not an Ethical Solution for Stray Cat (Felis catus) Management

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs, in which stray cats are captured, neutered and returned to the environment are advocated as a humane, ethical alternative to euthanasia.
Heather M. Crawford   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Attitudes towards urban stray cats and managing their population in India: a pilot study

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023
Life in contemporary cities is often dangerous for stray cats, with strikingly low survival rates. In several countries, trap-neuter-return (TNR) programs have been employed to control urban stray cat populations.
Anamika Changrani-Rastogi   +1 more
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Conditioning a current source using OCCII-GIC for EIT systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Multi-Frequency EIT has been developed to evaluate the permittivity spectrum of a medium using an improved Howland source. Stray capacitance reduces the output impedance, bandwidth of the data collection leading to erroneous measurements. To address this,
Falkenberg, Christian   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Email Reminders Increase the Frequency That Pet Owners Update Their Microchip Information

open access: yesAnimals, 2018
Stray animals with incorrect microchip details are less likely to be reclaimed, and unclaimed strays are at increased risk of euthanasia. A retrospective cohort study was performed using 394,747 cats and 904,909 dogs registered with Australia’s largest ...
Katie Goodwin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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