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A conservation criminology-based desk assessment of vulture poisoning in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2020
Vulture declines are uniquely problematic for socio-ecological systems because they are nature’s most important scavengers. Intentional and unintentional poisoning, human-wildlife conflict, energy infrastructure, belief-based use, and illegal hunting ...
Meredith L. Gore   +14 more
doaj  

An Urologic Face of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia:Sequential Prostatic and Penis Localization

open access: yesMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2013
We report a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in whom a leukemic involvement of prostate and penis occurred in the advanced phase of his disease.
Giovanni D'Arena   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Birds observed at Ghubrah Bowl, Saiq Plateau and Jabal Shams, Northern Oman; 19 March-26 April 2005 with comments on their status and population [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The current study was part of a series of environment related studies of the Jabal Akhdar sponsored by the Sultan Qaboos University, Al Khoud, Sultanate of Oman.
Jennings, Michael C.
core  

A Wearable AI‐Driven Mask with Humidity‐Sensing Respiratory Microphone for Non‐Vocal Communication

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A wearable, plug‐and‐play respiratory microphone—featuring a gold nanoparticle‐based humidity sensor—facilitates voice‐free verbal communication for patients with impaired vocal fold function. Abstract Hoarseness and dysphonia caused by vocal cord conditions or laryngeal surgeries significantly hinder communication and quality of life.
Jianfei Wang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Population, nesting characteristics, and breeding ecology of the critically endangered Gyps indicus in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, South India

open access: yesNature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука
The species extinction rate has recently accelerated worldwide and is a thousand times higher than through natural processes alone. Small, isolated populations are especially vulnerable to extinction due to deterministic and stochastic threats.
Arockianathan Samson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting residents' intention to conserve the hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) in the Birem North District, Ghana

open access: yesHeliyon, 2020
The vulture as an important and specialized scavenger in human societies, helps clean the environment and prevents diseases. However, plummeting populations across the globe in the last three decades has led to the classification of some species as ...
Bright O. Kankam, Haruna Abukari
doaj  

A Systematic Computational Framework for Practical Identifiability Analysis in Mathematical Models Arising from Biology

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
A systematic computational framework is developed for practical identifiability analysis in biological models. The framework establishes a rigorous definition, introduces efficient coordinate‐based identifiability metrics, and proposes novel regularization strategies.
Shun Wang, Wenrui Hao
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Sector Reform: Institutional and Technological Imperatives [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper takes the view that financial sector reform is not only a matter of jettisoning old regulations nor even merely a matter of prudential regulation accompanying structural deregulation; it is intimately bound up with institutional and ...
Barua, Samir K., Varma, Jayanth R.
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Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Pad Avian Abatement Efforts Including Related KSC Road Kill Reduction Effort [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
While birds might seem harmless, there's a good reason for the concern. During the July 2005 launch of Discovery on mission STS-1 14, a vulture soaring around the launch pad impacted the shuttle's external tank just after liftoff.
Hight, Ron   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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