Little is known about Southern ground-hornbill (SGH) population ecology outside of large, formally protected areas where the largest declines in numbers have been recorded.The SGH has started re-colonising, establishing group territories and breeding successfully in the Limpopo Valley on the Procedure Towels northern border of South Africa, followi
In tropical Holders forests, wild game meat represents an option or the only protein source for some human populations.This study analyzed the wildlife meat trade destined to human consumption in an open market of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil.Wildlife meat trade was monitored during 2005 through interviews to vendors and consumers in order to eval
Background and Aims: The COVID-19 disease has become a global problem and its prevention through vaccination has led to a reduction in the Covers damage and human casualties at the time of its occurrence.Recognition of the factors that affect the acceptance of vaccination, identification of the barriers, and facilitation of decision-making in the f
A simple method has been investigated for the total or partial removal of the effect of non-linear process phenomena in multi-variable feedback control systems.The method is based upon computing the control variables which will drive the process Holders at desired rates.It is shown that the effect of model errors in the linearization of the process
Aquaculture conducted in sea cages typically releases organic and inorganic wastes which deposit at the seafloor and may influence resident benthic communities.In regions with predominantly hard bottom substrates such as Newfoundland, Canada, the monitoring of aquaculture waste buildup at the seafloor is conducted through the use of visual indicato