Q Fever Presenting as Recurrent, Culture-Negative Endocarditis with Aortic Prosthetic Valve Failure: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Abeer N AlShukairi, Muhammad G Morshed, Neil E Reiner

“…On the occasion of his most recent presentation, a detailed history of animal exposure -- including hunting and skinning deer, moose and other large animals with his bare hands -- was the only clue to his diagnosis. …”
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Mass deaths of saiga antelopes by A. V. Mischenko, V. A. Mischenko, A. K. Karaulov, A. V. Potekhin, A. P. Mezhnev

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Optimal Pattern Synthesis of Linear Antenna Array Using Grey Wolf Optimization Algorithm by Prerna Saxena, Ashwin Kothari

“…GWO is a new nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm inspired by the social hierarchy and hunting behavior of grey wolves. It has potential to exhibit high performance in solving not only unconstrained but also constrained optimization problems. …”
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The safety net role of inland fishing in the subsistence strategy of multi-active forest dwellers in southern Cameroon by Edmond Dounias, Serge Cogels, Serges Mvé Mbida, Stéphanie Carrière

“…Like most forest dwellers in the Congo Basin, these two societies have implemented a multi-active type of subsistence economy: hunting, trapping, gathering and fishing are practiced in addition to a predominant slash-and-burn agriculture. …”
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Archaeological research of three caves in the Tatra Mountains in 2019-2023 by Paweł Valde-Nowak, Katarzyna Kerneder-Gubała, Magda Kowal, Julia Kościuk-Załupka, Anna Kraszewska, Kamil Makuła, Jakub Skłucki

“…This discovery leads to the conclusion that during the Bölling warming of the Pleistocene, hunters operated in this cave, hunting goats and processed carcasses of hunted animals on site. …”
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Leading the way – presence of brown bear Ursus arctos, lynx Lynx lynx and grey wolf Canis lupus underlines the integrity and corridor function of the upper Neretva Valley in Bosnia... by Manuela Habe

“…Based on information from local practitioners, the main threats to large carnivores are hunting pressure and a negative perception as competitors. …”
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2.5D Facial Personality Prediction Based on Deep Learning by Jia Xu, Weijian Tian, Guoyun Lv, Shiya Liu, Yangyu Fan

“…The assessment of personality traits is now a key part of many important social activities, such as job hunting, accident prevention in transportation, disease treatment, policing, and interpersonal interactions. …”
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Under the bridge: marking sites prove the presence of Eurasian otter Lutra lutra in the Poljanska Sora River valley, Slovenia by Rudi Kraševec, Aleksander Trajbarič, Urša Fležar

“… Knowledge on distribution of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in Slovenia in the past was very limited, due to the lack of studies of this species. Hunting and persecution reduced the species distribution area and densities. …”
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Distribution and population growth of Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758) in Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 years after reintroduction by Igor Trbojević, Tijana Trbojević

“…The reason that led to the complete extinction of Eurasian beaver in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the same as in Europe - excessive hunting. Thanks to the actions of the beaver reintroduction to former habitats across Europe at the beginning of the XXI century, the beaver is again spread over a wider area. …”
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“Wairon and Waimansusu”: War Boat and Trade Boat of The Biak People in Papua-Indonesia by Rumbekwan Albert, Sulistiyono Singgih Tri, Rochwulaningsih Yety, Susilowati Endang, Ali Ismail, Masruroh Noor Naelil

“…Using a historical and ethnographic approach, this article reconstructs the manufacturing technology, cruising ability and carrying capacity of both types of boats in the context of voyaging, trading and hunting. Today, the manufacture of Wairon and Waimansusu is increasingly rare, despite their high cultural value and great potential to support the development of marine tourism in Cenderawasih Bay, Papua-Indonesia.…”
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Problem ochrony gatunku popielicy (Glis glis L.) w Polsce by Magdalena Klaudia Terlecka

“…The man is just transforming the environment of Glis glis species depriving him of settlements, foods, hunting it, but simultaneously the man is passing attempts of the protection and programs of the reintroduction. …”
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Les rendez-vous manqués de l’ethnologie et de la primatologie de terrain (1960-2010) by Vincent Leblan

“…To the contrary, the ethnography of hunting practices in Guinea and Guinea-Bissau (Boké region, Tristao Islands) presented here is based on a conception of knowledge as inseparable from its mobilization and transformation through action. …”
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The “Sanitary” Role of the Necrophagous Birds in the Ecosystems by Karimov Tahir, Ahmadli Leyla, Rajabova Sevinj, Mammadov Ayaz

“…Among wild animals, mortality was predominantly observed in young individuals, attributed to their inexperience and underdeveloped adaptive responses, which led them to venture into populated areas for food, making them vulnerable to hunting, traps, and transportation hazards.…”
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An improved gray wolf optimization algorithm solving to functional optimization and engineering design problems by Yihui Qiu, Xiaoxiao Yang, Shuixuan Chen

“…Abstract As a newly proposed optimization algorithm based on the social hierarchy and hunting behavior of gray wolves, grey wolf algorithm (GWO) has gradually become a popular method for solving the optimization problems in various engineering fields. …”
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Illustrating Animals and Visualizing Natural History in Chambers’s Encyclopaedias by Rose Roberto

“…In the 19th century, there was wide-spread public interest in natural history, as reflected in the high attendance at zoos and travelling menageries, in the market for popular field guides, in fashions for orchid collecting, fossil hunting and aquarium building, and in well-attended popular science lectures. …”
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Records of birds in Quang Nam Chau proposed Species and Habitat conservation area, Quang Ninh province, northeastern Vietnam by Trung Thanh Hoang, Khac Quyen Le, Ngoc Tu Ly, Manh Truong Ha

“…The avifauna and general biodiversity of the region are threatened by illegal hunting and trapping, agriculture expansion, grazing, and non-timber resource exploitation. …”
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Social Network Analysis of Ancient Japanese Obsidian Artifacts Reflecting Sampling Bias Reduction by Sakahira, Fumihiro, Tsumura, Hiroomi

“…This study aims to investigate the dynamics of obsidian trade networks during the Jomon period (15,000–2,400 years cal BP), the hunting and gathering era in Japan. To improve regional representation and reduce the distortions caused by small sample sizes, we performed clustering based on a large-scale dataset and conducted social network analysis. …”
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Path Planning For A Mobile Robot Using The Chessboard Method And Gray Wolf Optimization Algorithm In Static And Dynamic Environments by Ali Hatami Zadeh, Javad Sharifi, Meysam Yadegar

“…Additionally, three main stages of hunting—searching for prey, encircling prey, and attacking prey—are implemented. …”
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Projet MAMIA (Manompana mikajy ny ala) : étude, gestion et conservation des forêts de Manompana. Actions, bilan et perspectives by Ségolène Beaucent, Marc Fayolle

“…A survey relating to the various uses of forest resources confirms that, apart from hunting and poaching, majority of forest harvestings performed by inhabitants are compatible with sustainability of this natural forest. …”
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Re-locative guided search optimized self-sparse attention enabled deep learning decoder for quantum error correction by Umesh Uttamrao Shinde, Ravikumar Bandaru

“…For model tuning, this research utilizes the RIGS nature-inspired algorithm that mimics the re-locative, foraging, and hunting strategies, which avoids local optima problems and improves the convergence speed of the RlGS2-DCNTM for Quantum error correction. …”
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