Pub Date : 2020-07-17DOI: 10.24966/azs-7779/100015
J. Doležalová
The present study’s objectives were to determine basic reproductive parameters in the population of Przewalski’s horse and to identify and assess factors of potential relevance to these parameters. Input data were obtained from the worldwide online Przewalski’s Horse Studbook and comprised information from 1899 until 2016.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-30DOI: 10.24966/azs-7779/100013
A. A. Rija
The of in and Its in Enhancing in Tanzania: An Analysis 013. Abstract Review on the coverage of biodiversity issues in local newspapers was conducted between 2004 and 2013 to understand the importance given to the conservation news by two local newspapers. Twelve biodiversity issues were covered at varying scales, both from rural and urban areas. Reports on biodiversity issues showed a fluc tuating but with increasing trend. The reporting of biodiversity issues was overall higher than the coverage of socio-political issues during the studied period. However, both newspapers reported very few re-search-based news (<5% of all reports) and some news were incor-rectly presented, suggesting inadequate knowledge on conservation issues among the journalists and a limited interaction between the media and scientists. Conservation education to journalists and im-proved interaction and information sharing between scientists and journalists are critical factors in improving the quality of biodiversity conservation news flowing to the general public and policy makers.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-30DOI: 10.24966/azs-7779/100014
Bin Zhao
Background: Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in early December 2019, the Chinese government has formed a mode of information disclosure. More than 400 cities have announced specific location information for newly diagnosed cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia, including residential areas or places of stay. We have established a conditional random field model and a rule-dependent model based on Chinese geographical name elements. Taking Guangdong province as an example, the identification of named entities and the automatic extraction of epidemic-related sites are carried out. This method will help locate the spread of the epidemic, prevent and control the spread of the epidemic and gain more time for vaccine clinical trials. Methods: Based on the presentation form of the habitual place or place of stay of the diagnosed cases in the text of the web page, a conditional random field model is established, and a rule-dependent model is established according to the combination rule of the elements of the Conghua district has fewer epidemic sites. Government officials in Guangzhou City should pay attention to Futian District. Interpretation: Governments at all levels in Guangzhou Province have intervened to control the epidemic through various means in mid-February. According to the results of the model analysis, we believe that the administrative regions with more diagnosed locations should focus on and take measures such as blockades and control of personnel flow to control the disease in those administrative regions to avoid affecting other adjacent administrative regions.
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Pub Date : 2020-06-30DOI: 10.24966/azs-7779/100012
T. Schwerte
The main drive for users to participate in citizen science projects is the motivation to learn something new and to be part of the creation process to establish new knowledge. Location-based gamification is a modern strategy, which applies game-design elements and game principles in non-game contexts. It utilizes a human’s natural tendency to participate in games and competitions. This brought us to the idea that scientist guided structured data acquisition for citizen science projects can be designed using an easy-to-use content management system (CMS). We evaluated existing products for the design of GPS (global positioning system) location-based adventure-like paths and evaluated the usability to teach life science, sports, health knowledge by generating appealing smartphone apps. We tested different web-based application design tools for structured data acquisition and user education and decided on Locandy.com, because of its main strengths over others: the possibility to use variables and the ability to encode more complex algorithms to support scientific projects. It was shown that even complex teaching matters were successfully presented using this CMS and location-based gamification in an outdoor environment proved to be an efficient teaching strategy. Furthermore, it was shown that the integration of nature has the capability to teach complex interdisciplinary knowledge connections and helps to design data acquisition apps even for non-coding scientists.
{"title":"App Design Made Easy: Locandy.Com Content Management System Is An Appropriate Programming System For Location-Based Gamification Apps To Design Citizen Science Projects In Zoology","authors":"T. Schwerte","doi":"10.24966/azs-7779/100012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24966/azs-7779/100012","url":null,"abstract":"The main drive for users to participate in citizen science projects is the motivation to learn something new and to be part of the creation process to establish new knowledge. Location-based gamification is a modern strategy, which applies game-design elements and game principles in non-game contexts. It utilizes a human’s natural tendency to participate in games and competitions. This brought us to the idea that scientist guided structured data acquisition for citizen science projects can be designed using an easy-to-use content management system (CMS). We evaluated existing products for the design of GPS (global positioning system) location-based adventure-like paths and evaluated the usability to teach life science, sports, health knowledge by generating appealing smartphone apps. We tested different web-based application design tools for structured data acquisition and user education and decided on Locandy.com, because of its main strengths over others: the possibility to use variables and the ability to encode more complex algorithms to support scientific projects. It was shown that even complex teaching matters were successfully presented using this CMS and location-based gamification in an outdoor environment proved to be an efficient teaching strategy. Furthermore, it was shown that the integration of nature has the capability to teach complex interdisciplinary knowledge connections and helps to design data acquisition apps even for non-coding scientists.","PeriodicalId":104062,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Zoological Studies","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124543561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.24966/azs-7779/100010
S. Tennyson
Study of aquatic insect population has assumed importance in the context of pollution to water bodies and the potentialities of many aquatic bugs in controlling vector population especially Culex mosquitoes. The population dynamics of Diplonychus indicus was studied in a perennial pond in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India for a period of eleven months from February 2018 to December 2018. The study yielded eleven aquatic species, viz ., Agriocnemis species, Anisops bouvieri , Culex species, Diplonychus indicus , Dytiscus marginalis , Gerris spinolae , Laccotrephes griseus , Lethocerus indicus , Limnogonus nitidus , Mesogomphus lineatus and Ranatra filiformis . Abiotic factors like dissolved oxygen, pH, air and water temperature, relative humidity and rainfall were recorded. Cor- relation between the abiotic factors and Diplonychus indicus nymphs and adults showed positive correlation except for temperature. Cor- relation between the nymphal population and adults of Diplonychus indicus and all the coexisting insects exhibited a perfect positive cor- relation and between Culex larvae and Diplonychus indicus it was +0.6797. Further, field value ratios of Diplonychus indicus and biotic factors especially with Culex during the south west monsoon indicated the fact that Culex larval population was under control.
{"title":"Influence Of Abiotic And Biotic Factors On The Population Dynamics Of Diplonychus Indicus Venk.&Rao (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) A Potent Biocontrol Agent For Mosquito Larva","authors":"S. Tennyson","doi":"10.24966/azs-7779/100010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24966/azs-7779/100010","url":null,"abstract":"Study of aquatic insect population has assumed importance in the context of pollution to water bodies and the potentialities of many aquatic bugs in controlling vector population especially Culex mosquitoes. The population dynamics of Diplonychus indicus was studied in a perennial pond in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India for a period of eleven months from February 2018 to December 2018. The study yielded eleven aquatic species, viz ., Agriocnemis species, Anisops bouvieri , Culex species, Diplonychus indicus , Dytiscus marginalis , Gerris spinolae , Laccotrephes griseus , Lethocerus indicus , Limnogonus nitidus , Mesogomphus lineatus and Ranatra filiformis . Abiotic factors like dissolved oxygen, pH, air and water temperature, relative humidity and rainfall were recorded. Cor- relation between the abiotic factors and Diplonychus indicus nymphs and adults showed positive correlation except for temperature. Cor- relation between the nymphal population and adults of Diplonychus indicus and all the coexisting insects exhibited a perfect positive cor- relation and between Culex larvae and Diplonychus indicus it was +0.6797. Further, field value ratios of Diplonychus indicus and biotic factors especially with Culex during the south west monsoon indicated the fact that Culex larval population was under control.","PeriodicalId":104062,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Zoological Studies","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129890229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2019-12-31DOI: 10.24966/azs-7779/100011
Cord Brundage
motor issue, due to a Abstract A central component of the poultry Aspergillosis vaccine research conducted at Cal Poly Pomona is the successful incubation and hatching of specific pathogen free (SPF) eggs. In an attempt to im prove the percentage of SPF poultry eggs that hatched during incu - bation (hatchability), a simulated natural nesting cooling period was implemented once daily in two of four incubation groups. 159 SPF chicken eggs were acquired by a commercial supplier. Two incuba tion groups (n = 80) were maintained at a constant temperature of 37.5 C. Two other incubation groups (n = 79) experienced a once daily 60 minute decrease in temperature (21.1°C), simulating the cooling an egg may experience when a hen leaves their nest. Eggs were incubated in a cabinet incubator within the BSL-2 facility and all other incubation parameters were controlled (humidity, temperature, turning interval, etc.). Candling to evaluate egg development oc curred after the 1st and before the 3rd week of incubation. Heart rate was evaluated non-invasively before the 3rd week of incubation. The incubation groups without a cooling period had a hatchability rate of 82.5% and 90%, while the hatchability of the two groups with the cooling period was 94.9% and 100% respectively. In the absence of other unknown factors, this evidence suggests that including a daily 60 minute cooling period during incubation increases SPF poultry egg hatchability rates.
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Pub Date : 2019-06-28DOI: 10.24966/AZS-7779/1000009
B. Meshram
Gross, Histomorphological, Histochemi- cal and Ultrastructural Studies of Pecten Oculi in Guinea Fowl ( Numida Meleagris ). Archiv Zool Stud 2: 009. Abstract Pecten Oculi of Guinea fowl ( Numida meleagris ) was studied on their 18 eyes for gross, histological, histochemical and ultrastructural observations. The pecten oculi has 13 to 17 number of accordion (pectineal) folds. These accordion folds were initiated from cauda of optic nerve and travelled via fundus distally into the vitreous hu- mour as an undulated pathway as snake. The shape of pecten oculi was not different than the water floating sail board. The maximum average length and height of pecten oculi was found on the tune of 3.378±0.061 mm and 5.913±0.074 mm respectively. Microscopically the pecten oculi showed an organization as the festoon of blood capillaries with their elastic, collagen and reticular fibers that were corresponding with the structure of spring diving board, which works after the Hook’s law. Melanocytes, melanosomes and melanin granules were observed in and around blood capillaries of pecten oculi. It has divided into three parts apex, middle one third and base. The highest concentration of melanin was observed in the apex. Histo chemically the pecten oculi was shown very weak activity of acid and alkaline phosphatase. It had shown a strong activity of glycogen at optic nerve and collagen fibers of pectineal capillaries. Ultrastructur - ally, the nucleated erythrocytes were witnessed at luminal area of pectineal blood capillary with the tight intercellular endothelial junc- tion. The primary and secondary lamellae were observed in the luminal region of pectineal capillary with pigment depositing globules. Pecten oculi of Guinea fowl has shown various anatomical features thereby it performs various functions as the organ of haemostatic utility, phagocytosis, providing source of energy to vitreous after the diffusion, protecting eye from ultraviolet sunlight radiation, supple- mentation of nutrition and provide oxygen to the retina to have visual acuity.
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Pub Date : 2018-12-14DOI: 10.24966/azs-7779/100006
E. L. Simpson
{"title":"Diagnostic Approach and Surgical Management of a Maxillary Molar Tooth Root Infection in a Red-Necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) Carrying a Joey","authors":"E. L. Simpson","doi":"10.24966/azs-7779/100006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24966/azs-7779/100006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":104062,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Zoological Studies","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130890208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-12-14DOI: 10.24966/AZS-7779/100005
Meiwen Zhang
{"title":"The Effect of Three Gorge Project on the Small Mammals in Yangtze River of China","authors":"Meiwen Zhang","doi":"10.24966/AZS-7779/100005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24966/AZS-7779/100005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":104062,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Zoological Studies","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127209767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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