scholarly journals Evidence of a further emerging threat to lion conservation; targeted poaching for body parts

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (14) ◽  
pp. 4099-4114 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. T. Everatt ◽  
R. Kokes ◽  
C. Lopez Pereira
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Wildlife Trade ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Current Conservation ◽  
Trophy Hunting ◽  
African Lion ◽  
By Catch ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The African lion, Panthera leo, has, like many of the world’s megafauna, become threatened with extinction over the past century. Loss of habitat and prey, persecution in retaliation of livestock depredation, by-catch by bushmeat poachers and unsustainable trophy hunting are all documented anthropogenic caused threats to lion conservation. Here we present data that indicate the emergence of a further threat to lion conservation: the targeted poaching of lions for body parts. We present lion abundance and mortality data from field surveys in southern Africa between 2011 and 2018 of a resident lion population. The targeted poaching of lions for body parts accounted for 35% of known human caused mortalities across the landscape and 61% of mortalities within Limpopo National Park with a clear increase in this pressure in 2014. Retaliatory killing for livestock conflict accounted for 51% of total mortalities, however in 48% of conflict cases body parts were also removed, suggesting that a demand for body parts may incentivize conflict related killing of lions. The use of poison was the most common means of killing lions and was recorded in 61% of mortalities. Teeth and claws were the body parts harvested most often from illegally killed animals in the study area, with an increase from 2014 onwards. This pressure threatens the viability of the species in our study area and the success of current conservation initiatives. We suggest that the results of this study be viewed as a warning to the global conservation community to be vigilant of the impact that illegal wildlife trade can have on the conservation of lions, just as a similar pressure has already had on other big cat populations.

Maximizing Recall of Gruesome Images for Health Effects Advertising: An Experimental Investigation

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 112-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brennen W. Mills ◽  
Owen B. J. Carter ◽  
Robert J. Donovan
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Body Part ◽  
The Body ◽  
Advertising Effectiveness ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Video Clips ◽  
Video Images ◽  
The Impact

The objective of this case study was to experimentally manipulate the impact on arousal and recall of two characteristics frequently occurring in gruesome depictions of body parts in smoking cessation advertisements: the presence or absence of an external physical insult to the body part depicted; whether or not the image contains a clear figure/ground demarcation. Three hundred participants (46% male, 54% female; mean age 27.3 years, SD = 11.4) participated in a two-stage online study wherein they viewed and responded to a series of gruesome 4-s video images. Seventy-two video clips were created to provide a sample of images across the two conditions: physical insult versus no insult and clear figure/ground demarcation versus merged or no clear figure/ground demarcation. In stage one, participants viewed a randomly ordered series of 36 video clips and rated how “confronting” they considered each to be. Seven days later (stage two), to test recall of each video image, participants viewed all 72 clips and were asked to identify those they had seen previously. Images containing a physical insult were consistently rated more confronting and were remembered more accurately than images with no physical insult. Images with a clear figure/ground demarcation were rated as no more confronting but were consistently recalled with greater accuracy than those with unclear figure/ground demarcation. Makers of gruesome health warning television advertisements should incorporate some form of physical insult and use a clear figure/ground demarcation to maximize image recall and subsequent potential advertising effectiveness.

scholarly journals The first report of massive infestation with Lipoptena Cervi ( Diptera: Hippoboscidae ) in Roe Deer ( Capreolus Capreolus ) in Iasi county, N-E of Romania

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lazăr ◽  
O.C. Iacob ◽  
C. Solcan ◽  
S.A. Pașca ◽  
R. Lazăr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Roe Deer ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Capreolus Capreolus ◽  
Alcoholic Solution ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Hunting Season ◽  
Inflammatory Reactions ◽  
Trophy Hunting ◽  
The Face

ABSTRACT Investigations of four roe deer corpses were carried out from May until October 2014, in the Veterinary Forensic Laboratory and in the Parasitic Diseases Clinic, in the Iasi Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. The roe deer were harvested by shooting during the trophy hunting season. The clinical examination of the shot specimens revealed the presence of a highly consistent number of extremely mobile apterous insects, spread on the face, head, neck, lateral body parts, abdominal regions, inguinal, perianal and, finally, all over the body. The corpses presented weakening, anemia and cutaneous modification conditions. Several dozen insects were prelevated in a glass recipient and preserved in 70º alcoholic solution in order to identify the ectoparasite species. The morphological characteristics included insects in the Diptera order, Hippoboscidae family, Lipoptena cervi species. These are highly hematophagous insects that by severe weakening are affecting the game health and trophy quality. Histological investigations of the skin revealed some inflammatory reactions caused by ectoparasite Lipoptena cervi. Lipoptena cervi was identified for the first time in Iasi County, Romania.

scholarly journals Optical Wireless Network Design for Off-Body-Sensor Based Monitoring

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. B. Hoang ◽  
S. Sahuguede ◽  
A. Julien-Vergonjanne
Keyword(s):  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Visible Light Communication ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Optical Technology ◽  
Wireless Network Design ◽  
Response Sets ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
The Impact

In this article, we propose an all-optical bidirectional wireless communication system for off-body sensor communication. Optical technology uses infrared (IR) for uplinks and visible light communication (VLC) for downlinks. From numerical simulations, we discuss the impact of body sensor positions on IR and VLC channels. Our goal is to evaluate the possibilities of using optical technology to transmit sensor data for extreme positions such as the ankle, for which the presence of the body creates blockages. In addition, we also consider the variations in orientation of transceivers due to random mobility of body parts during normal movement. Based on a statistical approach, we evaluate performance in terms of outage probability using channel impulse response sets corresponding to the studied scenario, which is health monitoring. Considering a given quality of service, we address trade-offs related to emitting power and data rate. We discuss the results regarding sensor node position and body reflectivity specifically for ankle sensors, corresponding to an extreme but realistic position in the health-monitoring context.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI PERTANGGUNGJAWABAN PELAKU TINDAK PIDANA MEMPERNIAGAKAN BAGIAN-BAGIAN TUBUH SATWA YANG DILINDUNGI (Studi Putusan Nomor: 1027/Pid.Sus/LH/2018/PN.Tjk.)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parama Nawa Yoga ◽  
Hutomo Wahyu Adi Santoso ◽  
Ujang Tommy
Keyword(s):  
Field Studies ◽  
The Body ◽  
Wildlife Trade ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Library Studies ◽  
Empirical Research Methods ◽  
Resources Conservation ◽  
Endangered Species Protection ◽  
Protected Animal

Ilegal wildlife trade is a serious threat to the conservation of wildlife in Indonesia. Wildlife illegally traded based on the facts found in the wield are mostly caught from the wild, instead of breeding. Natural Resources Conservation Center as an institution that has an important role in rescue efforts are strategic and Endangered species protection of law number 5 of 1990 on Conservation of Biological Resources and Ecosystem. The problem in this study is whether the factors causing the perpetrators to commit criminal acts trade the body parts of the protected animals, and how they are accountable and what efforts to overcome them. Juridical normative and empirical research methods, using secondary and primary data, obtained from library studies and field studies. Based on the results of research and discussion, it is known that the factors causing the perpetrators to commit criminal acts trade the body parts of protected animals, namely economic factors, environmental factors, and factors of public knowledge of the prohibition. The responsibility of the perpetrator of the crime of trading the body parts of the protected animal has been decided by the defendant proven guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for: 3 (three) years and a fine of Rp. 50,000,000 (fifty million rupiah). One of the factors that caused the criminal act to trade the body parts of the protected animals was due to the lack of socialization or knowledge of the community against the prohibition on killing / selling wild animals.

scholarly journals Bringing Objectification into Social Relationships Research: Is Self-Objectification Harmful for Authenticity?

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Rollero
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Past Research ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Appearance Anxiety ◽  
Step Model ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Self Objectification ◽  
The Impact

AbstractSelf-objectification is a pervasive process in contemporary Western societies and psychological literature has largely shown its negative consequences in terms of body shame, appearance anxiety, mental health and performance. Mass media play a key role in promoting such process through the extensive sexualization of individuals’ body and the separation of sexualized body parts from the rest of the body. The purpose of the present study was to extend past research by examining the effects of self-objectification in the context of social relationships among young adults. Participants were 235 undergraduates (55.7% females). A three-step model was successfully tested: results showed that internalization of media standards is related to increased self-objectification (β = .33, SE = .08, p = .01), which in turn is associated with authenticity, being high self-objectifiers less devoted to authentic living (β = –.21, SE = .09, p = .01) and more self-alienated (β = .14, SE = .08, p = .04) and dependent on others’ influence (β = .50, SE = .01, p = .01). The pattern of these relationships did not significantly vary across gender (χ2 = 6.29; p = .18). Implications concerning the impact of self-objectification in the domain of social relationships are discussed.

Design of a Compliant Jumping Robot With Passive Stabilizer

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Hooper ◽  
Martin Garcia ◽  
Paul Pena ◽  
Ayse Tekes
Keyword(s):  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Vertical Plane ◽  
Rigid Body Dynamics ◽  
The Body ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Flexure Hinges ◽  
Jumping Robot ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This study presents the design and development of a compliant multi-link hopping mechanism actuated by a single DC motor. Two main design goals are to have a single piece designed main body for the jumping robot and a passive stabilizer to allow consecutive jumps. Mechanism consists of monolithically designed large deflecting main body incorporating the gears and initially curved flexure hinge. Due to the limitations of the design goal, revolute motion between top and bottom legs on the main body are realized by a compliant link which replaces the need of ball bearings. Also, continuous energy store and release during jumping is ensured by the same flexure hinges. Passive self-righting cage is attached to the bottom of the main body to maintain upright position both in landing and takeoff. The cage allows the center of mass to stay in the vertical plane to prevent tilting. During landing, cage absorbs the impact and allows the main body to roll to its initial configuration so that the robot can complete jumping. Mechanism parts including the cage are 3D printed using PETG. Design optimization of the body parts including the rigid legs and flexure hinges are analyzed both experimentally and analytically. Finite element analysis is performed to calculate the equivalent stiffness and natural frequency of the jumping robot and simplified mathematical model is derived using rigid body dynamics.

Against Trophy Hunting: A Marxian-Leopoldian Critique

2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Simon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Common People ◽  
North Americans ◽  
Trophy Hunting ◽  
History Of

Contemporary North Americans hunt wildlife for a variety of reasons, whether to attain game meat, spend time with family and friends, or take part in a form of outdoor recreation. My focus here will be on…trophy hunting…[—]killing wildlife to enhance one's status by appropriating the body parts of dead animals for display as trophies, ostensible evidence of hunting skills.… In the United States, trophy hunting organizations, such as Safari Club International and Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, claim to promote and defend two allegedly deeply rooted Western traditions: The popular practice of "common people" hunting, and the role that hunters and hunting organizations have played in protecting wilderness and wildlife.… These claims perpetuate a mythologized version of the history of Euro-American hunting. Contrary to their image as "true conservationists," many trophy hunting organizations have promoted policies and activities with adverse social consequences, contributing to the environmental degradation they claim to oppose.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

scholarly journals A Method of Body Parts Force Displacements Calculation of Metal-Cutting Machine Tools Using CAD and CAE Technologies

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taras Chetverzhuk ◽  
Oleg Zabolotnyi ◽  
Viktor Sychuk ◽  
Roman Polinkevych ◽  
Anatolii Tkachuk
Keyword(s):  
Machine Tools ◽  
Metal Cutting ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Metal Cutting Machine ◽  
Element Analysis ◽  
Method Of Calculation ◽  
Cutting Machine ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

This paper describes a developed new method of body parts force displacements calculation of metal-cutting machine tools using combination of CAD and CAE technologies. It was carried out the analysis of analytical methods and the method of finite elements of body parts force displacements calculation of metal-cutting machine tools. On the basis of it the requirements to the method of calculation of compound errors of processing and deviations of the form of the processed surfaces due to deformations of the body parts of metal-cutting machines are established. The method of designing metal-cutting machines is grounded, which is based on mathematical modeling of different processes. It gives an opportunity to evaluate the accuracy of the machine and the impact on it of the individual assembly already in the initial stages of designing. The calculation methodology was implemented using ANSYS finite element analysis. This technique was used in the calculations on the example of high-precision lathes.

Transposing bodies of knowledge and technique: Animal models at work in reproductive sciences

2012 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Friese ◽  
Adele E. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Animal Models ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
The Body ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Changing Practices ◽  
Dynamic Relationships ◽  
Endangered Animals

A prominent feature of biological and biomedical research and therapeutics over the past century is the entanglement of human and other animal bodies in the making and remaking of knowledge, techniques and products. In this paper, we explore how animal models work in two different but interrelated situations: early/mid 20th-century reproductive sciences focused on human biomedicine; and early 21st-century assisted reproduction of endangered animals in zoos. We use the concept of ‘transposition’ to describe and compare how findings about different species, the infrastructures supporting different species and the body parts of different animal species have been mobilized at these sites. We show how such mobilizations create dynamic relationships in organizational, discursive and embodied ways. The two case studies illuminate the changing practices of modelling within the reproductive sciences, and the changing kinds of work animal models have done in those fields.

scholarly journals Running Form Analysis Based on Impact Dynamics: A Minimally Complex Mechanical Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
László Bencsik ◽  
Ambrus Zelei
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Biomechanical Model ◽  
Total Body Weight ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Form Analysis ◽  
Biomechanical Models ◽  
Foot Strike ◽  
Low Degrees ◽  
The Impact

Biomechanical models of different complexity are used to understand the dynamics of human running. Low degrees-of-freedom models are appropriate for the prediction of the effect of certain parameter changes. We present a minimally complex biomechanical model which characterizes the effects of foot strike pattern and shank angle on the ground-foot impact intensity, which influences the risk of injuries and energy efficiency.A three segment leg model (thigh, shank and foot) is proposed combined with the mass of the rest of the body parts concentrated in the hip. The ground-foot impact intensity and the absorbed kinetic energy are analyzed using multibody dynamics tools. The impact intensity was discovered in the parameter space of the angle of the thigh, the angle of the shank, the foot strike pattern and the running speed.The results regarding the effect of strike pattern are in coincidence with the literature: forefoot strike implies lower impact intensity and energy absorption than rearfoot strike. However, in contrast of the previous result of a two segment foot model from the related literature, the calculations indicated that the shank angle highly affects the impact intensity: the impact intensity can be reduced by foot touchdown under the hip. We showed that foot and shank cannot be analyzed in itself without considering the thigh and the total body weight, and we also confirmed that the horizontal velocity cannot be neglected when foot impact is analyzed.

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