Turner‚ Bird‚ Eratosthenes: the eternal burning thread by Gibbons, J

“…He observed that most programs are already structurally recursive or corecursive, therefore guaranteed respectively terminating or productive; he conjectured that “with more practice we will find this is always true”. We explore Bird’s circular Sieve of Eratosthenes as a challenge problem for Turner’s Total Functional Programming.…”

Effectiveness of interpretive exhibits in influencing students’ intention in birdwatching activity at a Bird Interpretive Center, Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia by Mokhli, Nuraain Amalina

“…Questionnaire data were collected from 119 first-year students from the Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Universiti Putra Malaysia. The findings indicated significant differences between the mean scores of the control and intervention groups for the affective responses, intentions and design evaluation, except for the birds’ sound construct in the affective responses and the title and contents construct in the design evaluation. …”
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Effects of Edible bird's nest on quality of Arabian stallion semen and post-breeding induced endometritis in mares by Al-Khaldi, Khalid Obaid Salim

“…Despite the remarkable anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidative properties of Edible bird’s nest (EBN), the effects of hydrolysed EBN in stallion semen preservation, post-breeding induced endometritis (PBIE) and fertility of mares remains unknown. …”
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First records of diurnal and nocturnal predatory birds from artificial hunting perch trials in oil palm plantations by Tohiran, Kamil, Nasir, Dzulhelmi Muhammad, Burhanuddin, Maisarah, Nobilly, Frisco, Zulkifli, Raja, Moslim, Ramle, Yahya, Muhammad Syafiq, Norhisham, Ahmad Razi, Lechner, Alex M., Azhar, Badrul

“…Our findings suggest that artificial bird perches can facilitate the occurrence of diurnal and nocturnal predatory birds in oil palm plantations to control rodent infestation. …”

Unveiling the cytotoxic and apoptosis-inducing abilities of an edible bird’s nest extract in human hepatocellular carcinoma Huh-7 cells by Nguyen, Thi-Phuong, Duong, Tang Van, Do, Hoang Dang Khoa, Le, Van Minh, Ta, Kim Nhung, Nguyen, Khoa Thi

“…Edible bird’s nest (EBN) is renowned for diverse pharmacological properties; however, its ability to cause cancer cell death has not been found in recent studies. …”
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Childhood language development and alexithymia in adolescence: an eight-year longitudinal study by Lee, K-S, Catmur, C, Bird, G

Heightened interoception in adults with fibromyalgia by Todd, J, Plans, D, Lee, M, Bird, J, Morelli, D, Cunningham, A, ponzo, S, Murphy, J, Bird, G, Aspell, J

Information gathering: dissociable effects of autistic and alexithymic traits in youths aged 6–25 years by Lee, KS, Long, EL, Catmur, C, Hauser, TU, Bird, G

Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care lung ultrasound for community-acquired pneumonia in children in ambulatory settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Hughes-Davies, H, Ukwatte, U, Roberts, N, Turner, PJ, Hayward, GN, Fanshawe, TR, Bird, C

Marketing of iQue Nest : exploratory research in consumers' purchasing behaviour of health tonic products by Goh, Mei Ming, Tan, Yun Ping, Pang, Boon Seng

“…This research aims to find out the purchase preferences of consumers on health tonics and how they perceive iQue Nest, a soon-to-be launched bottled bird?…”
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Preliminary environmental risk consideration for small UAV ground risk mapping by Chung, Han Jie, Mohd Hasrizam Che Man, Sivakumar, Anush Kumar, Low, Kin Huat

“…Data of the three most invasive bird species in Singapore was examined. The site of Chinese Garden in West Singapore reported the highest bird population of 432 birds per site. …”
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Grass fields play a greater role in maintaining avian biodiversity in urban landscapes than roadsides by Bichi, H. M., Azhar, Badrul, Yahya, Muhammad Syafiq, Hadi, Muhamad Amir, Ogunjinmi, A. A., Kamarudin, Norizah, Norhisham, Ahmad R.

“…Omnivores were the most abundant guild, while carnivores were the least abundant. These findings contribute to our understanding of avian biodiversity dynamics in urban landscapes and emphasize the importance of managing habitats such as roadsides and grass fields to support thriving bird populations in urban environments.…”

Conformational changes involved in signal transduction in avian cryptochromes by Gehrckens, AS

“…<p>It is hypothesised that the putative magnetoreceptor protein cryptochrome enables night-migratory birds to navigate using the Earth’s magnetic field in a light-dependent way. …”

A study on social network in Singapore by Wang, Hao

“…Recent cases of human-to-human transmission of infectious diseases such as H1N1 and bird flu have taken the lives of many people. It is widely recognized that individuals’ social interactions and environments, their family, neighborhood, schools and workplaces, have a profound impact on their physical health in the time of pandemic. …”
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Animal social networks are robust to changing association definitions by Chan, AHH, Dunning, J, Beck, KB, Burke, T, Chik, HYJ, Dunleavy, D, Evans, T, Ferreira, A, Fourie, B, Griffith, SC, Hillemann, F, Schroeder, J

“…Here, we use automatically recorded feeder visit data from four bird systems to compare three methods to identify a social association: (1) strict time-window, (2) co-occurrence in a group, and (3) arrival-time. …”

Active mobility device parking characteristics at MRT stations by Ng, Yi Shien

“…In addition, the project findings contribute to the transport literature where knowledge about parking of AMDs is sparse.…”
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Digest: islands promote population differentiation in dispersive swallows by Estandía, A, Merino Recalde, N

“…This seemingly paradoxical pattern is common among insular birds, but not in those with continental distributions. …”

Continent-wide drivers of spatial synchrony in breeding demographic structure across wild great tit populations by Woodman, JP, Vriend, SJG, Adriaensen, F, Cole, E, Evans, Park, JS, Firth, JA, Sheldon, B

“…Despite covariation with demographic structure, we do not find evidence for environmental variables influencing the scale of synchrony, except for beech masting. …”

The anatomy of Westlothiana lizziae and a novel phylogenetic analysis of early amniotes by Igielman, B

“…<p>Amniotes (reptiles, birds and mammals) first evolved by the late Carboniferous, around 318 million years ago. …”

Adjustable wind selectivity in shearwaters implies knowledge of the foraging landscape by Harris, S, Bishop, C, Bond, S, Fernandes, P, Guilford, T, Lewin, P, Padget, O, Robins, P, Schneider, W, Waggitt, J, Wilmes, S, Cordes, L

“…Our findings reveal how an animal’s foraging strategy can dynamically optimize the complex trade-off between efficient travel and accessing known foraging areas, implying the incorporation of prior knowledge of the cost-benefit landscape well beyond the range of what can be detected directly. …”