Connecting the NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries Through Telepresence

Using Seabird Habitat Modeling to Inform Marine Spatial Planning in Central California’s National Marine Sanctuaries

Understanding seabird habitat preferences is critical to future wildlife conservation and threat mitigation in California. The objective of this study was to investigate drivers of seabird habitat selection within the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries to identify areas for targeted conservation planning. We used seabird abundance data collected by the Applied C...

Decadal Changes in the Abundance and Length of Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) in Subtropical Marine Sanctuaries

Abundance and length of the highly-targeted snapper Chysophrys auratus were compared between sites in 'no take' areas (Sanctuary Zones: SZ), partial protected areas which are fished (Habitat Protection Zones: HPZ), and areas outside (Outside) the Solitary Islands Marine Park (SIMP), Australia. Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV) sampling on shallow rocky reef (15 - 25 m) was conducted annuall...

Connecting the person with dementia and family: a feasibility study of a telepresence robot

BACKGROUND Maintenance of communication is important for people with dementia living in long-term care. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of using "Giraff", a telepresence robot to enhance engagement between family and a person with dementia living in long-term care. METHODS A mixed-methods approach involving semi-structured interviews, call records and video observation...

Loosely-Coupled Telepresence Through the Panoramic Image Server

While computer vision systems can clearly assist in surveillance tasks, taking the human out of the loop entirely proves to be di cult or undesirable in many applications. Human operators are needed to detect events missed by automatic methods, to identify false alarms, and to interpret and react appropriately to complex situations. A key challenge in partially-automated systems is how best to ...

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