Focusing on the government-led health service in UK, this paper explores experiences of family caregivers, responsible for co-ordinating healthcare older adults experiencing vulnerability during pandemic. Data were collected through a 6-month covert netnography, culminating 322 relevant forum topics and 2607 posts. The findings reveal that both ageing consumers their carers experience captivity...

On August 2017, I observed a Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) wearing an anklet at Mizumoto Park, Tokyo. Thereafter, such goshawk eleven times until early April 2018. In all records, the individual was juvenile. Characteristics of plumage and presence suggested that observation records were derived from one or few individuals, which had escaped captivity. If last same as first one, it surv...

Increased housing of wild nonhuman animals in captivity for conservation, research, and rehabilitation has revealed the importance of systematically analyzing effects of the captive environment on behavior. This study focused on the effects of complexity and time held in captivity on foraging behaviors of wild-caught, adult meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus). Forty-six individuals captured ...

In order to study the regulation of the growth differentiation factor-9 (gdf9) gene in a primitive teleost with semelparous life history, we cloned a cDNA encoding shortfinned eel Gdf9, expressed a partial peptide in Escherichia coli, and raised an antiserum to evaluate changes in Gdf9 expression during its pituitary homogenate-induced reproductive cycle. The effects of in vivo and in vitro exp...

In this study, we investigated travel captivity from the perspective of satisfaction. Using survey data 565 commuters in Portland, Oregon, compared satisfaction with most recent commute trip (using chosen mode) and hypothetical if using an alternative mode. The difference between mode – referred to as gap was used a fine-grained proxy measure captivity. Results indicate that active (walk/bicycl...

The objectives of this study were to determine the roles of adipocyte hypertrophy and hyperplasia in the prehibernatory weight gain of adult woodchucks and in the increased body weight of woodchucks born in captivity. The seasonal increase in weight in wild adult woodchucks was associated with an increase approaching tenfold in both body fat and in subcutaneous and retroperitoneal adipocyte siz...

Although highly researched among veterans, the underlying mechanisms of suicidal ideation (SI) among former prisoners of war (ex-POWs), especially in the long-term, have rarely been investigated. Furthermore, while posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) and loneliness have been individually associated with veteran SI, and both may be differentially implicated by captivity versus war traumas, the ...

This study investigates the relationships between plasma corticosterone concentrations and white cell counts in captive females of the viviparous lizard Egernia whitii during two phases of the reproductive cycle. Gestating and postpartum females were captured in the field and held in the laboratory for 4 weeks. Plasma corticosterone and progesterone concentrations and white blood cell counts we...

A wealth of research has examined psychological responses to trauma among male military service members, but few studies have examined sex differences in response to trauma, such as coping strategies. This study assessed coping strategies used by male and female U.S. service members completing an intensely stressful mock-captivity exercise, compared strategies by sex, and assessed the relations...

Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are highly specialised large felids, currently listed as vulnerable on the IUCN red data list. In captivity, they are known to suffer from a range of chronic non-infectious diseases. Although low heterozygosity and the stress of captivity have been suggested as possible causal factors, recent studies have started to focus on the contribution of potential dietary fact...