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The Elephant Trunk Skin Inspires a Highly Sensitive and Deformable, Yet Robust, Armor Skin

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The study presents the elephant trunk‐inspired armor skin with tactile sensing (ETATS). The ETATS architecture stretches and compresses while resisting puncture and tear, and it enables optical detection of pressure and lateral strain. Morphology‐based decoupling of strain and pressure paves the way to sensitive and deformable, yet robust, soft‐robotic
Jun Chang Yang, Petr Trunin, Behnam Kamare, Lucia Beccai   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Accessibility challenges and opportunities at Brasília Zoo: Achieving a balance between visitor experience and animal welfare [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
This paper investigates the multifaceted aspects of accessibility within zoo environments, focusing on the case of Brasilia Zoo. Recognizing the importance of adopting a comprehensiv e approach to accessibility, the study aims to achieve a balance ...
Albala Paula, Pantoja Mafalda, Teixeira Ederson, Romero Marta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a Futureproof Zoo

Animals, 2023
To develop an adequate ethical framework for a futureproof zoo, we have to employ what I would call a ‘bifocal’ view, in which zoo animals are seen simultaneously as individuals in need of specific care and as members of a species in need of protection ...
Jozef Keulartz
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Advancing Energy Materials by In Situ Atomic Scale Methods

Advanced Energy Materials, Volume 15, Issue 11, March 18, 2025.
Progress in in situ atomic scale methods leads to an improved understanding of new and advanced energy materials, where a local understanding of complex, inhomogeneous systems or interfaces down to the atomic scale and quantum level is required. Topics from photovoltaics, dissipation losses, phase transitions, and chemical energy conversion are ...
Christian Jooss, Michael Seibt, Martin Wenderoth, Oliver Bünermann, Ole Bunjes, Till Domröse, Christian Eckel, Francesca Falorsi, Christoph Flathmann, Monica Kolek Martinez de Azagra, Matthias Krüger, Jonas Lindner, Tobias Meyer, Claus Ropers, Ulrich Ross, Kai Rossnagel, Sreeju Sreekantan Nair Lalithambika, Simone Techert, Georg A. Traeger, Cynthia Volkert, R. Thomas Weitz, Alec M. Wodtke   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Individual differences in zoo-housed squirrel monkeys’ (Saimiri sciureus) reactions to visitors, research participation, and personality ratings [PDF]

, 2017
Understanding individual differences in captive squirrel monkeys is a topic of importance both for improving welfare by catering to individual needs, and for better understanding the results and implications of behavioral research.
Anderson, Birke, Brosnan, Carder, Chamove, Choo, Cook, Davis, Fernandez, Holm, Hosey, Hosey, Hosey, Izzo, Keane, Leonardi, Macdonald, Mallapur, Margulis, Mitchell, Mitchell, Mitchell, Mitchell, Mitchell, Morton, Morton, Pritchard, Quadros, Reamer, Ridgway, Shrout, Smith, Stoinski, Todd, Watters, Weiss, Weiss, Weiss, Wells   +38 more
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The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Access to Multiple Habitats Improves Welfare: A Case Study of Two Zoo-Housed Black Bears (Ursus americanus)

Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2023
Using various forms of enrichment, animal care specialists encourage species-specific behaviors and discourage stereotypic behaviors. Within the zoo community, bears (Ursids spp.) are commonly housed, yet are prone to exhibiting stress-related behaviors.
Kelly Bruno, Cassidy Hubbard, Emily Lynch   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interpreting Enhancement of Survival in Granting Section 10 Endangered Species Act Exemptions to Animal Exhibitors [PDF]

, 2015
Managing endangered species in captivity presents a unique set of problems. Despite their enormous potential to preserve species in the wild - through captive breeding programs, conservation initiatives, and environmental advocacy - many facilities are ...
Haas, Anne
core   +2 more sources

The Cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme: Australia's Print‐Media Discourse

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the way that Australian newspapers have framed the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Introduced in 2013, the NDIS represented a major change in Australia's disability support policy, moving for the first time to a nationwide universal insurance model.
Meera Chinnappa, Jennifer Smith‐Merry, Kuo‐yi Jade Chang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Age and Social History Impact Social Interactions between Bull Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) at Denver Zoo

Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 2023
Wild bull Asian elephants spend time in all-male groups. Therefore, managers of ex situ populations increasingly house bulls together. We examined the social interactions of five bull Asian elephants at Denver Zoo, using instantaneous sampling to compare
Taylor S. Readyhough, Maura Davis, Sharon Joseph, Anneke Moresco, Amy L. Schreier   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source