We examined the possibility that parameters of bottlenose dolphin signature whistles may serve as indicators of stress. Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Sarasota Bay, Florida, were recorded during brief capture– release events, which are potentially a source of short-term stress to these dolphins, although no effects of chronic or long-term stress have been observed over the 37+-year...

The responses of individual neurons to 4 typical guinea pig vocalization calls (purr, chutter, chirp, and whistle) were recorded in the inferior colliculus (IC) of anesthetized guinea pigs. All calls elicited a response in about 80% of units. Unit selectivity for individual calls was low, given that a majority of neurons (55% of 124 units) responded to all vocalizations and only a small portion...

Proper beef handling contributes to achieving sustainable development goals 3 (good health and well-being) 12 (sustainable consumption production patterns). This is because it ensures the safety of meat consumers’ health. However, sector still underdeveloped in most African countries. In addition, there limited research addressing challenges. Uganda particularly, recent past, was whistle-blowin...

With a rising older person population with increasing life expectancies, the demand for care homes will increase in the future. Older people in care homes are particularly vulnerable due to their dependencies related to cognitive and/or functional self-care challenges. Although many care homes provide good care, maltreatment and abuse of older people can and does occur. One major step in preven...

In order to understand the role of vocalization in dolphin social interactions, we need to know which animals are engaged with which other animals, what activity they are engaged in, and which animals are vocalizing. In this poster we describe our efforts to address the linked problems of identifying individual animals and identifying which animal produced which sounds. Solving these problems i...

Issues pertaining to euthanasia, assisted suicide, and cessation of life support continue to be a subject of worldwide interest. Euthanasia- particularly "active" euthanasia- is not considered legally or socially acceptable in most countries. In Japan, the first judgment of a case involving euthanasia took place in 1949. Since then there have been another five cases that reached the point of se...

The aim of this article is to conceptually delineate moral anger from other related constructs. Drawing upon social functional accounts of anger, we contend that distilling the finer nuances of morally motivated anger and its expression can increase the precision with which we examine prosocial forms of anger (e.g., redressing injustice), in general, and moral anger, in particular. Without this...

Funding for arts and culture in South Africa has become a partnership between government, the corporate and private sectors. The aims are to transform South African society, to heal the divisions between white and black culture in a nation building thrust, to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor, to develop skills and create jobs so that there is a radical and catalytic change for the b...

We present a 1-out-of-n group signature scheme that satisfies three major properties. (1) Anonymity, or signer-indistinguishability. (2) Linkability: That two signatures by the same signer can be linked. (3) Spontaneity: No group manager or TTP, no setup stage such as in secret sharing. The scheme has many applications where maximum privacy is protected, copycatting is prevented, and impromptu ...