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The Virtual Fence Dynamic: a Breakthrough for Low-Cost and Sustainable Mitigation of Human-Elephant Conflict in Subsistence Agriculture?

Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
Attempts to deter elephants from entering crop fields and human settlements in Africa have used various barriers (e.g. electric fences, chilli fences, beehive fences or plant barriers), situated on or very near the boundaries of fields or villages, with ...
Michael La Grange, Collen Matema, Bella Nyamukure, Richard Hoare   +3 more
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An Economic and Environmental Analysis of Virtual Fencing for Precision Grazing

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The UK grazing livestock sector is challenged by declining farm profitability and stringent environmental policy. Innovative technologies such as virtual fencing could enable a balanced economic and environmental performance of beef production. Virtual fencing is a livestock management tool relying on invisible boundaries perceived as auditory,
Elias Maritan, Karl Behrendt, Sarah Morgan, Steven Mark Rutter, James Lowenberg‐DeBoer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Affordances, dread, and online fraud: Exploring and advancing social learning theory in online contexts

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigate how the affordances of an online context shape the processes of social learning. Using a dataset of more than 11,000 posts from the fraud subdread on the dark web forum Dread, we examine how affordances of platform governance, connectivity, anonymity, invisibility, asynchronicity, and limited oversight influence the components ...
Fangzhou Wang, Timothy Dickinson
wiley   +1 more source

Cost-Benefit for Virtual Fence

Cost/Benefit Analysis of the Virtual Fence using NoFence Technology. It is suitable for Dairy and Meat Sheep/Goat and the study was carried out in Norway. This study was part of the H2020 EU funded project “Small Ruminant Technologies”.
de BOER, Anna, GROVA, Lise
openaire   +3 more sources

Harnessing edge computing and citizen science: A new prototype design for continental‐scale acoustic monitoring in Australia and beyond

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Inadequate monitoring of biodiversity is a characteristic of conservation the world over. The potential of acoustic monitoring is compelling, although the challenges remain substantial. Effective solutions require transdisciplinary collaboration among stakeholders, a focus on open‐source development, and flexible, multipronged technical ...
Andrea S. Griffin, Oliver Kelly, Eric Johns, Stephan Chalup, Alex Callen, Darren Southwell, Matt W. Hayward, Ysobel Sims   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Construction of virtual dynamic electronic fence and monitoring and early warning method of mine personnel intrusion in fully mechanized coal mining face

Meitan kexue jishu
In fully mechanized underground coal mining faces, the presence of dense dust, suspended fog, and fluctuating illumination severely impairs image perception quality, posing challenges to the reliable operation of intelligent monitoring systems ...
Wenjuan YANG, Siyuan LIU, Guangqian OUYANG, Xuhui ZHANG, Yanqun WANG, Wen ZHAO, Chao WANG, Chenzhe WANG, Zhao WANG, Hanbing ZHANG   +9 more
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The Late Agricultural Development of Central Arabian Oases—Archaeobotanical and Archaeozoological Studies of the al‐Kharj Oasis

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Elora Chambraud, Hervé Monchot, Vladimir Dabrowski, Charlène Bouchaud, Jérémie Schiettecatte   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visual Cues for Logical Reasoning about Text Enhance Metacognitive Sensitivity

Computer Graphics Forum, EarlyView.
Abstract An important part of critical thinking is analyzing the logical structure of inferences made in text, such as checking whether if–then rules appearing in legal regulations or scientific arguments are applied correctly. Metacognitive sensitivity, defined as feeling confident about one's correct answers and uncertain about incorrect ones, is an ...
A. Schlieder, J. Rummel, F. Sadlo
wiley   +1 more source

An experience of technology transfer success of software for children with disabilities

CLEI Electronic Journal, 2014
This article describes an experience of technology transfer success of software for visually impaired children in Ecuador. The starting point was the personal experience of the author with his daughter with special needs.
Janio Jadán-Guerrero
doaj   +1 more source

Bone Grafts: Everything You Need to Know

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This review classifies bone grafts (autograft, allograft, xenograft, synthetic) by source and osteogenic/inductive/conductive potential, linking material properties and mechanisms to clinical indications in periodontal and dental regeneration. Key challenges—limited osteoinduction, poor vascularisation, unbalanced resorption, handling difficulties, and
Håvard Jostein Haugen, Javier Sanz, Giuseppe Perale, Augustine Mark Saiz, Mario Romandini, Maryam Rahmati   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source