Zoos struggling to access Covid‐19 support

Babies with microcephaly in Brazil are struggling to access care.

One year after the BrazilianMinistry of Health declared a public health emergency because of the large rise in the number of children bornwithmicrocephaly, those children are experiencing difficulties in accessing care. The first of these children are now a year old, but most cannot crawl, walk, sit unaided, or hold objects. Many have severe visual and hearing deficiencies and malformations in ...

Personalization & Asynchronicity to Support Mobile Web Access

The World Wide Web has become a global distributed information system with a rapidly increasing user community. The advent of mobile computing coupled with the recent developments in wireless communications and personal computer technology, has created a new challenging area: mobile information access. Accessing web based information sources is likely to be one of the most important application...

Changing Perceptions of Zoos

Zoos and Animal Welfare

Despite their popularity and place in our tourism history, in recent years zoos have undergone considerable change in both their structure and function. Whilst remaining attractive places to visit, zoos now seek a new image – one that emphasizes their role in conservation and public education. However, changes in public expectations and the zoo’s own objectives mean that today there is far more...

Introducing a Social Backbone to Support Access to Digital Resources

The objective of MACE (Metadata for Architectural