Abstract In contrast to old-growth forests, early-successional stands remain understudied despite potentially harbouring species of conservation interest. With this work, focused on hazel grouse Tetrastes bonasia , a cryptic and indicator known select for close-to-natural we evaluated winter densities, home range, microhabitat selection diet, combining DNA-based mark-recapture metabarcoding fro...

The role of the adoption farming economies in transformation mid-Holocene landscapes Northeast Iberia is under discussion given that Neolithization coincides with cold climatic phase dated ca. 7500–7000 cal BP. main aim this paper to assess whether human activities or climate were driver vegetation changes during Middle Holocene through study archaeobotanical data from three case studies: Cova ...

Drought is a persistent hazard that impacts the environment, people's livelihoods, access to education and food security. Adaptation choices made by people can influence propagation of this drought hazard. However, few models incorporate adaptive behavior feedbacks between adaptations drought. In research, we present dynamic adaptation modeling framework, ADOPT-AP, which combines socio-hydrolog...

Reports of livestock depredation by large predators were systematically collected at three study sites in northwestern Zimbabwe from 2008-2013. We recorded 1,527 incidents (2,039 animals killed and 306 injured). Lions (Panthera leo) and spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) were mostly responsible, and cattle and donkeys most frequently attacked. Patterns of predation were variable among study site...

introduction: users of hospital information system know its problems better than others. studying their views are very important and can be especially effective in the development of the information system. the aim of this study was to investigate the users' views towards the quality of hospital information system in the training hospitals of mashhad university of medical sciences. methods: the...

introduction: diabetes mellitus is one of the most frequent causes of morbidities , mortalities and increasing cost of health care services all over the world. diabete’s clinical information system which is part of diabete’s information management system make it possible to manage this illness. this study aimed at comparing the diabetes clinical information systems in the u.s. , scotland and fi...

introduction: in a comprehensive health approach, emphasis has been more on education and self-care than care itself, and aims to increase patient’s knowledge to give decision making and independence ability to improve quality of lifestyle. these can develop with progress of information technology. the aim of this study was to evaluate hospital information system (his) in meeting the patient dr...

introduction: since users have a critical role in the success of a hospital information system, and also considering software companies as information system service providers-not only product sellers, this study was conducted to evaluate the hospital information system (his) software based on user requirements in iran. methods: through a descriptive study, 5 vendors, which had the best selling...

Pygmy hunter-gatherers from Central Africa have shared a network of socioeconomic interactions with non-Pygmy Bantu speakers since agropastoral lifestyle spread across sub-Saharan Africa. Ethnographic studies have reported that their diets differ in consumption of both animal proteins and starch grains. Hunted meat and gathered plant foods, especially underground storage organs (USOs), are diet...