An adult common mynah ( Acridotheres tristis ) was presented with severe signs of progressive depression , anorexia , debilitation , and also a history of moderate pododermatitis for the last two months . Hepatomegally was diagnosed clinically and radio-logically . The bird died a couple of hours after referral . Postmortem examination revealed typical liver enlargement with yello...

Fruit loss to birds is a long-standing and costly problem for many producers. We conducted a survey of Honeycrisp apple, blueberry, cherry, and wine grape growers in California, Michigan, New York, Oregon, and Washington to estimate costs of bird damage and benefits of bird damage management. We also assessed grower perceptions of impacts on profits and effectiveness of bird management techniqu...

A finite automaton can be either deterministic (DFA) or nondeterministic (NFA). An automaton-based task is in general more efficient when performed with a DFA rather than an NFA. For any NFA there equivalent that generated by the classical Subset Construction algorithm. When, however, large may transformed into series of actions operating directly on NFA, unnecessarily expensive computation, as...