The development of commercial real-time location system (RTLS) enables new ICT solutions. This paper presents an intelligent surveillance system for indoor high-security environments based on RTLS and artificial intelligence methods. The system consists of several software modules each specialized for detection of specific security risks. The validation shows that the system is capable of detec...

1. Summary Many countries, whether rich or poor, developed or developing, suffer from problems with homelessness. In Japan, which is one of the richest countries in the world, these problems have also grown since 1990s. These days, research on homelessness in Japan is gradually increasing, but there are virtually no studies on homeless women. The objectives of this study are (1) to reveal the c...

Complex sensory systems often underlie critical behaviors, including avoiding predators and locating prey, mates and shelter. Multisensory systems that control motor behavior even appear in unicellular eukaryotes, such as Chlamydomonas, which are important laboratory models for sensory biology. However, we know of no unicellular opisthokonts that control motor behavior using a multimodal sensor...

OBJECTIVE Approximately 140,000 unwanted dogs and cats are culled in Australia annually. There is a paucity of information linking sources of pet acquisition with subsequent euthanasia, which may inform evidence-based strategies to reduce euthanasia rates. This pilot study aimed to determine whether there is a higher risk of euthanasia related to the source of acquisition for pets surrendered t...

Shelter staff and veterinarians routinely make subjective dog breed identification based on appearance, but their accuracy regarding pit bull-type breeds is unknown. The purpose of this study was to measure agreement among shelter staff in assigning pit bull-type breed designations to shelter dogs and to compare breed assignments with DNA breed signatures. In this prospective cross-sectional st...