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There are still many communities that are far behind from having the benefits of modern communication systems. The marine fisheries of developing countries corresponds to such a scenario which as it is suffering a lot due to lack of a flexible and reliable warning system which could make the fishermen ...
The aim of this study was to investigate differences in dietary intakes between 30 251 participants in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition–Oxford study, comprising 18 244 meat eaters, 4 531 fish eaters, 6 673 vegetarians, and 803 vegans aged 30 to 90 years who completed ...
Seafood safety is widely concerned. Traceability of seafood solves the people's concerns about food quality. Traceability needs to collect information operating on this seafood of every stage during processing. This article presents a traceability system from seafood breading, processing and sales logistics. ...
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique widely used in cancer diagnosis is based on displaying chromosomal regions as FISH signals by staining with specific dyes. In this study, a new multi-level thresholding based FISH signal segmentation method is proposed for images produced by FISH technique. ...
The paper covers problems of solving tasks of water ecology on multiprocessor computer system (MCS). We proposed a new model of biological rehabilitation of shallow waters in view the factors that have a significant influence on the water quality. Its discretization was performed with using the balance ...
A test bed was developed for Plum Island, NY experimental multi-sensor security surveillance. The system includes broadband radars, cameras, an Automatic Identification System receiver, geophones and underwater passive acoustic sensors. The sensors were grouped into nodes connected to a Command and ...
This study examines perceptions of climate change and sea level rise in New Jersey residents in 2012 and 2014. Different surveys have shown declines in interest and concern about climate change and sea level rise. Climate change and increasing temperatures have an anthropogenic cause, which relates ...
Quality of life is an indicator of how well one perceives that he/she is functioning physically and mentally. The aim of this paper is to determine the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of artisanal fisherwomen/shellfish gatherers from the Saubara municipality in Bahia, Brazil in comparison to ...
The current paper discusses how 3-dimensional Forward Looking Sonar (3D FLS) technology can be used to improve the safety of navigation around offshore wind farms (OWFs). The authors make the case that although the use of 3D FLS is not widespread at present, the rapid growth in the number, and sizes ...
Offshore fishing is a common occupation providing the livelihood for tens of millions worldwide. Since each fishing trip takes 5-7 days, it could be a depressing and sometimes dangerous activity especially since the fishermen have no easy way to communicate with the mainland. Currently, there is no ...
This paper addresses the modeling and measurement of a small boat. In some fishing tasks, anchorage is not applicable in order to capture shellfishes or fishes efficiently. Currently, many fishermen are manually stabilizing boats simultaneously with the capturing task. We propose a boat modeling method ...
In this paper we propose an automatic marine life monitoring system. First task in the monitoring process is to detect underwater moving objects as fishes. Second Task is to identify the species of the detected fish. Third task is to track the detected fish to avoid multiple counting and record their ...
MY FIRST experience of fishing was at a very young age and the equipment involved consisted of a stick, some string, a bent pin and an unfortunate worm. This was used in a muddy pool which at the age of six passed for a 'pond'. Needless to say the catch was negligible i.e. one dead worm. Real anglers ...
Abstract Despite progress in reducing hunger and malnutrition since the 1990s, many still suffer from undernutrition and food insecurity, particularly women and young children, resulting in preterm birth, low birthweight and stunting, among other conditions. Helen Keller International (HKI) has addressed ...
Non-native species have often been linked with introduction of novel pathogens that spill over into native communities, and the amplification of the prevalence of native parasites. In the case of introduced generalist pathogens, their disease epidemiology in the extant communities remains poorly understood. ...
Aquatic environments are especially susceptible to anthropogenic chemical pollution. Yet although knowledge on the biological effects of pollutants on aquatic organisms is increasing, far less is known about how ecologically-important interspecific interactions are affected by chemicals. In particular, ...
This paper presents the fabrication and analysis of dual opto-sol sensor for continuous monitoring of pH and dissolved Oxygen(DO) using hybrid sol matrix. Compared to the conventional inorganic matrix, the hybrid matrix reduces the leaching of the sensor. Hybrid sol matrix is used to entrap the fluorescence ...
Our paper deals with the design and implementation of a novel LASER based security system for inland aquaculture such as Shrimp/prawn farming perspective to Bangladesh. The system implements LASER as a mean of detecting intruders. A wireless sensor network based on nRF24L01 trans-receiver is used to ...
The Shuanglong Tribe, located at the source of the Zhoushui River, is a typical Bunun tribe in Nantou County. In the Bunun language ""Shuanglong"" means a place of quietness or a piece of land covered by stones. The tribe enjoys the advantage of living in a mountainous region, as well as the plentiful ...
This thesis aims to increase the level of food safety information. The combining of food safety information, Internet of Things, triple-play environment and cloud computing is not only can obtain the first-hand information and data of food safety regulatory from the Internet of Things, but also can ...