‘Intentional Genetic Manipulation’ as a conservation threat

Detecting Threat-Related Intentional Actions of Others

Three experiments examined the vigilance performance of participants watching videos depicting intentional actions of an individual’s hand reaching for and grasping an object—involving transporting or using either a gun or a hairdryer—in order to detect infrequent threat-related actions. Participants indicated detection of target actions either manually or by withholding response. They also rat...

Recommending under Threat of Manipulation

Collaborative filtering accomplishes automated personalized content recommendation but by relying on anonymous user feedback is vulnerable to manipulation. Taking measures to improve robustness to outliers seeks to increase resistance against such manipulation. However, this detrimentally impacts recommendation quality even in the absence of such attacks. By taking a competitive game perspectiv...

Lack of South Caspian Habitat Conservation Network, A Serious Threat on Biodiversity

Iran, a 4-season land in the world, is located in semi-arid part of Asia. There are several geographical climates in this country, which are the main causes for the existence of diverse ecological conditions. In the north, where the Caspian Sea meets the land, there are three provinces. One of these, Guilan province, (the studied area) is located in the southwest of the Caspian with different g...

Genetic monitoring as a promising tool for conservation and management.

In response to ever-increasing anthropogenic changes to natural ecosystems, regional, national and international organizations have established guidelines for monitoring biological diversity. Most monitoring programs, however, do not take full advantage of the potential afforded by molecular genetic markers, which can provide information relevant to both ecological and evolutionary time frames,...

Endophytic Fungi, Characteristics and Their Potential for Genetic Manipulation