scholarly journals AKTIVITAS KUAU RAJA (Argusianus argus Linnaeus, 1766) PADA MATING RING DI HUTAN KONSERVASI KALAWEIT SUPAYANG, SOLOK, SUMATERA BARAT

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Muhammad Rafi ◽  
Wilson Novarino ◽  
. Rizaldi ◽  
Asferi Ardiyanto
Keyword(s):  
Field Observation ◽  
Video Camera ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Behavioral Data ◽  
Continuous Recording ◽  
Behavioral Study ◽  
Recording Method ◽  
Walking Activity ◽  
West Sumatra ◽  
The Individual

A behavioral study of Great Argus Pheasants (Argusianus argus Linnaeus, 1766) at their mating ring has been done from October 2015 to January 2016 in The Kalaweit Supayang Conservasion Forest, Solok, West Sumatra. The purpose of this research is to know about activities of Great Argus Pheasant and how their activities done. Field observation in the mating ring was conducted using ten video camera traps for three months at their mating ring. Those cameras were activated for 60 seconds per session by 10 seconds intersession intervals. Behavioral data were tabulated from video records using continuous recording method. There were eight activities of Great Argus Pheasant at their mating ring which divided into individual and pairmate activities. The individual activities of male included clearing, walking, vigilance, feeding, grooming, resting, and calling. While  female activities included resting, grooming, and walking. Activity with pairmate was dancing where male performed dancing only in the present of  female. Male spent 26 times longer than females appeared at the mating ring. The peak activities at mating ring was in the morning between 7:00  and 8:00 am.

scholarly journals Development of a Remote Assessment and Dynamic Response Intervention for Dementia-Related Care Needs

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 626-626
Author(s):  
Lyndsey Miller ◽  
Christina Reynolds ◽  
Carol Whitlatch ◽  
Joel Steele ◽  
Jeffrey Kaye
Keyword(s):  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Behavioral Data ◽  
Sleep Habits ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Assessment Protocol ◽  
Age In Place ◽  
Individual Care ◽  
Remote Assessment ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Unmet dementia-related care needs are highly prevalent, and are detrimental to the care dyad’s health and well-being, safety, and ability to age in place. The goal of this study was to develop an ecologically-valid needs assessment and integrate it with aspects of the SHARE intervention to inform values-based care planning. Using digital behavioral data collected via an actigraphy watch and multimodal sensors installed in the homes of 76 older adult couples with and without dementia, we created a prototype of the objective measures informing READyR: time spent together or separate as a dyad, exits from the home, sleep habits, physical activity, daily weight, driving habits, and medication taking behavior. These digital behavioral data were then mapped onto care values (e.g. safety, avoiding burden & autonomy) to create a values-based needs assessment protocol that is tailored to the individual care dyad. Discussion will focus on future testing and applications of READyR.

Using complementary remote detection methods for retrofitted eco-passages: a case study for monitoring individual koalas in south-east Queensland

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 369 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. E. Dexter ◽  
R. G. Appleby ◽  
J. P. Edgar ◽  
J. Scott ◽  
D. N. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Road Construction ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Correlated Data ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Monitoring Methods ◽  
Monitoring Method ◽  
Phascolarctos Cinereus ◽  
The Individual

Context Vehicle-strike has been identified as a key threatening process for koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) survival and persistence in Australia. Roads and traffic act as barriers to koala movement and can impact dispersal and metapopulation dynamics. Given the high cost of wildlife mitigation structures such as purpose-built fauna-specific underpasses or overpasses (eco-passages), road construction and management agencies are constantly seeking cost-effective strategies that facilitate safe passage for fauna across roads. Here we report on an array of detection methods trialled to verify use of retrofitted road infrastructure (existing water culverts or bridge underpasses) by individual koalas in fragmented urban landscapes in south-east Queensland. Aims The study examined whether the retrofitting of existing road structures at six sites facilitated safe passage for koalas across roads. Our primary objective was to record utilisation of retrofitted infrastructure at the level of the individual. Methods We used a combination of existing monitoring methods such as GPS/VHF collars, camera traps, sand plots, and RFID tags, along with a newly developed animal-borne wireless identification (WID) tag and datalogging system, specifically designed for this project, to realise the study aims. Key results We were able to verify 130 crossings by koalas involving a retrofitted structure or a road surface over a 30-month period by using correlated data from complementary methods. We noted that crossings were generally uncommon and mostly undertaken by only a subset of our tagged individuals at each site (21% overall). Conclusions An important element of this study was that crossing events could be accurately determined at the level of the individual. This allowed for detailed assessment of eco-passage usage, rather than the more usual approach of simply recording species’ presence. Implications This study underscores the value of identifying the constraints of each individual monitoring method in relation to site conditions. It also highlights the benefits of contingency planning to limit data loss (i.e. using more than one method to collect data). We suggest an approach that uses complementary monitoring methods has significant advantages for researchers, particularly with reference to improving understanding of whether eco-passages are meeting their prescribed conservation goals.

scholarly journals Persuasion Principles Index: ready for pretesting advertisements

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 317-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kesten C. Green ◽  
J. Scott Armstrong ◽  
Rui Du ◽  
Andreas Graefe
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Weighting Scheme ◽  
Simple Theory ◽  
Behavioral Data ◽  
Advertising Effectiveness ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Index Model ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Individual

Purpose – This paper aims to respond to issues posed in the four commentaries on Armstrong, Du, Green and Graefe (2016, this issue) regarding the immediate usefulness of that paper’s test of advertisements’ compliance with persuasion principles, and regarding the need for further research. Design/methodology/approach – This paper addresses commentators’ concerns using logic, prior research findings and further analyses of the data. Findings – The superiority of the index method remains when a simple, theory-based, alternative weighting-scheme is used in the index model. Combinations of three unaided experts’ forecasts were more accurate than the individual forecasts, but the gain was only one-third of the gain achieved by using the Persuasion Principles Index (PPI). Research limitations/implications – Replications and extensions using behavioral data and alternative implementations of the index method would help to better assess the effects of judging conformity with principles as a means of predicting relative advertising effectiveness. Advertisers can expect more accurate pretest results if they combine the predictions of three experts or, even better, if they use tests of compliance with persuasion principles, such as the PPI. The PPI software is copyrighted, but is available now and is free to use. Originality/value – New analysis and findings provide further support for the claim that advertisers who use the PPI approach proposed by Armstrong, Du, Green and Graefe (2016, this issue) to choose among alternative advertisements will be more profitable than those who do not.

scholarly journals Measurement of the Early Disappearance of Iodinated (I 131 ) Serum Albumin from Circulating Blood by a Continuous Recording Method

1955 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
WALTER H. PRITCHARD ◽  
THOMAS W. MOIR ◽  
WILLIAM J. MAcINTYRE ◽  
SCOTT R. INKLEY
Keyword(s):  
Serum Albumin ◽  
Continuous Recording ◽  
Recording Method

A video camera recording method for measuring terminal velocity of seed dispersal by wind

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-90
Author(s):  
Minghu Liu ◽  
Zhiming Xin ◽  
Zhi Su ◽  
Yingming Zhao ◽  
Xinle Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Video Camera ◽  
Terminal Velocity ◽  
Recording Method

OXYTOCIN AND THE ONSET OF LABOUR IN RABBITS

1964 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNA-RIITTA FUCHS
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Recording ◽  
Rapid Succession ◽  
Prolonged Labour ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Spontaneous Motility ◽  
Additional Release ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Synthetic Oxytocin ◽  
Spontaneous Delivery

SUMMARY The course of spontaneous delivery has been followed by continuous recording of uterine motility in conscious unrestrained rabbits from the 27th or 28th day post coitum until day 1 after delivery, which occurred on the 30th–31st day. The recordings were taken by means of an intra-uterine balloon. The results were similar whether the horn containing the balloon was non-pregnant, pregnant but with all the foetuses removed, or pregnant with only one foetus replaced by the balloon. Although the spontaneous motility increased somewhat within the last 48 hr. before delivery it remained irregular and of low intensity. The typical strong oestrogen-dominated activity of the 'parturient' rabbit uterus did not start until 4–6 hr. after delivery. The sensitivity to oxytocin of the uterus increased very markedly within the last 48 hr. before parturition and the delivery of a living litter was preceded by an extremely strong, oxytocin-like response in nine out of ten rabbits. This response could not be distinguished from that produced by a single i.v. injection of 250–300 m-u. of synthetic oxytocin. The young were born in rapid succession a few minutes after the beginning of this oxytocin-like response, and the delivery of the whole litter was completed in 11 min. on the average. No additional release of an oxytocin-like substance could be observed concomitantly with the delivery of the individual foetuses in these nine rabbits. One of the ten rabbits used had a prolonged labour and the foetuses were delivered dead several hours apart. In this instance the strong oxytocin-like response of the uterus was not observed.

Placement of Composed LED Light Sources for an Inverse Triangulation Motion Capture System with Reflexive Spherical Markers

2016 ◽  
Vol 841 ◽  
pp. 139-144
Author(s):  
Constantin Radu Mirescu ◽  
Gabriela Roșca
Keyword(s):  
Gait Analysis ◽  
Motion Capture ◽  
Video Camera ◽  
Light Sources ◽  
Iterative Approach ◽  
Motion Capture System ◽  
Led Light ◽  
Pixel Array ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

This paper investigates the problem of composed LED light sources placement for a particular case of motion capture with reflexive spherical markers in Gait Analysis in a controlled lighted environment. After the addressed problem is introduced the way the rays are propagated from the individual LEDs to the pixel array of video camera is computed. Based on this calculus the number of ray hits on distinct pixels is computed for a marker placed in the workspace. Next by varying some scene parameters we obtain the total number of hits on the overall set of makers placed in the scene and based on this number we obtain finally the best placement for the composed LED light sources using an iterative approach.

scholarly journals Associations of changes in neighbourhood walkability with changes in walking activity in older adults: a fixed effects analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik J. Timmermans ◽  
Marjolein Visser ◽  
Alfred J. Wagtendonk ◽  
J. Mark Noordzij ◽  
Jeroen Lakerveld
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Traffic Noise ◽  
Road Traffic Noise ◽  
Buffer Zones ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Neighbourhood Walkability ◽  
Walking Activity ◽  
The Individual

Abstract Background Supporting older adults to engage in physically active lifestyles requires supporting environments. Walkable environments may increase walking activity in older adults, but evidence for this subgroup is scarce, and longitudinal studies are lacking. This study therefore examined whether changes in neighbourhood walkability were associated with changes in walking activity in older adults, and whether this association differed by individual-level characteristics and by contextual conditions beyond the built environment. Methods Data from 668 participants (57.8–93.4 years at baseline) across three waves (2005/06, 2008/09 and 2011/12) of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) were used. These individuals did not relocate during follow-up. Self-reported outdoor walking activity in minutes per week was assessed using the LASA Physical Activity Questionnaire. Composite exposure measures of neighbourhood walkability (range: 0 (low)-100 (high)) within 500-m Euclidean buffer zones around each participant’s residential address were constructed by combining objectively measured high-resolution Geographic Information System data on population density, retail and service destination density, land use mix, street connectivity, green space density, and sidewalk density. Fixed effects linear regression analyses were applied, adjusted for relevant time-varying confounders. Results Changes in neighbourhood walkability were not statistically significantly associated with changes in walking activity in older adults (β500m = − 0.99, 95% CI = -6.17–4.20). The association of changes in neighbourhood walkability with changes in walking activity did not differ by any of the individual-level characteristics (i.e., age, sex, educational level, cognitive impairment, mobility disability, and season) and area-level characteristics (i.e., road traffic noise, air pollution, and socioeconomic status). Conclusions This study did not show evidence for an association between changes in neighbourhood walkability and changes in walking activity in older adults. If neighbourhood walkability and walking activity are causally linked, then changes in neighbourhood walkability between 2005/06 and 2011/12 might have been not substantial enough to produce meaningful changes in walking activity in older adults.

scholarly journals General practitioners’ views on the role of pedometers in health promotion

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asmita Patel ◽  
Gregory Kolt ◽  
Grant Schofield ◽  
Justin Keogh
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Step Counts ◽  
Walking Activity ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Primary Care Practices ◽  
Active Patients

INTRODUCTION: Regular pedometer use can help initiate and maintain regular walking activity that can lead to a number of health-related benefits. The primary health care setting has been found to be an ideal venue in which to counsel low-active individuals for physical activity. AIM: To examine general practitioners’ (GPs) views on the role of pedometers in health promotion. METHODS: Fifteen GPs working in urban, primary care practices in Auckland, New Zealand were individually interviewed. The interview schedule focused on physical activity counselling and the Green Prescription programme. For this sub-study, the focus was on questions relating to pedometer use. An inductive thematic approach was used to analyse the data. FINDINGS: Four main themes were identified. Pedometers were viewed as motivational devices that could be used to encourage low-active patients to become more active, as they provided feedback on step counts. A pedometer was also viewed as a self-management tool, whereby the individual could set daily step count goals, which in turn could help increase their physical activity engagement. GPs who currently wore a pedometer discussed the practicalities of being able to show a patient how to use a pedometer. Also discussed was how cost could restrict pedometer access for some patients. CONCLUSIONS: Pedometers were viewed by GPs as being helpful devices that could help motivate and support low-active patients in becoming more active. Information regarding step counts was seen as important because it could make people aware how little physical activity they were engaging in. KEYWORDS: General practitioners; health promotion; sedentary lifestyle; walking

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