Validation of a biotelemetric technique, using ambulatory miniature black globe thermometers, to quantify thermoregulatory behaviour in ungulates.

Coping with heat: behavioural and physiological responses of savanna elephants in their natural habitat

Most of southern Africa's elephants inhabit environments where environmental temperatures exceed body temperature, but we do not know how elephants respond to such environments. We evaluated the relationships between apparent thermoregulatory behaviour and environmental, skin and core temperatures for tame savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) that were free-ranging in the hot parts of the day...

Inside the Black Box: Organisational Buying Behaviour and Strategic Purchasing in Healthcare: A Response to Recent Commentary

Validation of Self-Directed Learning Scale in Students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: As a method of instruction in adult education, Self-directed Learning has been widely used in universities across the globe. This study aimed to validate Self-directed Learning Scale (SRSSDL) in Students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: In this cross-sectional survey study, 400 students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences completed a self-directed learn...

PREDICTION OF LOAD DEFLECTION BEHAVIOUR OF TWO WAY RC SLAB USING NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH

Reinforced concrete (RC) slabs exhibit complexities in their structural behavior under load due to the composite nature of the material and the multitude and variety of factors that affect such behavior. Current methods for determining the load-deflection behavior of reinforced concrete slabs are limited in scope and are mostly dependable on the results of experimental tests. In this study, an ...

Evaluation and Statistical Validation of Black-Spots Identification Methods

Despite the identification of crash hotspots as a first step of the roads safety management process, with various effective black spots identification (HSID) methods, only a few researchers have compared the performance of these methods; also it is not clear which test is the most consistent in the black-spots identification. In this research, seven commonly applied HSID methods (accident frequ...