Mechanistic forecasts of species responses to climate change: the promise of biophysical ecology

NJ Briscoe, SD Morris, PD Mathewson… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A core challenge in global change biology is to predict how species will respond to future
environmental change and to manage these responses. To make such predictions and …

Implementation of machine vision for detecting behaviour of cattle and pigs

A Nasirahmadi, SA Edwards, B Sturm - Livestock Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Livestock production to provide food for a growing world population, with increasing demand
for meat and milk products, has led to a rapid growth in the scale of cattle and pig …

Emperor Penguins Colony: a new metaheuristic algorithm for optimization

S Harifi, M Khalilian, J Mohammadzadeh… - Evolutionary …, 2019 - Springer
A metaheuristic is a high-level problem independent algorithmic framework that provides a
set of guidelines or strategies to develop heuristic optimization algorithms. Metaheuristic …

Bioinspired engineering of thermal materials

P Tao, W Shang, C Song, Q Shen, F Zhang… - Advanced …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the development of next‐generation materials with enhanced thermal properties,
biological systems in nature provide many examples that have exceptional structural …

The Christian spirituality of the love of God: Conceptual and experiential perspectives emanating from the Gospel of John

DG Van der Merwe - Verbum et Ecclesia, 2020 - journals.co.za
Christians will never be able to fully grasp the identity and character of God. The Bible,
despite acknowledging its divine inspiration, cannot fully communicate and explain the …

Veterinary applications of infrared thermography

SI Rekant, MA Lyons, JM Pacheco, J Arzt… - American journal of …, 2016 - Am Vet Med Assoc
Abnormal body temperature is a major indicator of disease; infrared thermography (IRT) can
assess changes in body surface temperature quickly and remotely. This technology can be …

Application and research progress of infrared thermography in temperature measurement of livestock and poultry animals: A review

Z Cai, J Cui, H Yuan, M Cheng - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2023 - Elsevier
Animal body temperature is closely related to its metabolism and life activities, which can
reflect the physiological and health status of animals. The body temperature of animals …

Applications of thermal imaging in avian science

DJ McCafferty - Ibis, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal imaging, or infrared thermography, has been used in avian science since the
1960s. More than 30 species of birds, ranging in size from passerines to ratites, have been …

A fire evacuation and control system in smart buildings based on the internet of things and a hybrid intelligent algorithm

A Mohammadiounotikandi, HF Fakhruldeen… - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
Concerns about fire risk reduction and rescue tactics have been raised in light of recent
incidents involving flammable cladding systems and fast fire spread in high-rise buildings …

Seeking temporal refugia to heat stress: increasing nocturnal activity despite predation risk

F Brivio, M Apollonio, P Anderwald… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Flexibility in activity timing may enable organisms to quickly adapt to environmental
changes. Under global warming, diurnally adapted endotherms may achieve a better energy …