Between Legal Indigeneity and Indigenous Sovereignty in Taiwan: Insights From Critical Race Theory by Scott E. Simon, Awi Mona

“…In 2021, the Constitutional Court upheld restrictive laws against hunting, seeking to balance wildlife conservation and cultural rights for Indigenous hunters, but ignoring Indigenous demands to create autonomous hunting regimes. …”
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Recent studies on optimisation method of Grey Wolf Optimiser (GWO): a review (2014–2017) by Hatta, N. M., Mohd. Zain, Azlan, Sallehuddin, Roselina, Shayfull, Z., Yusoff, Yusliza

“…Additionally, its hunting technique of tracking, encircling and attacking are also modeled mathematically to find the best optimised solution. …”

Testing the effects of perimeter fencing and elephant exclosures on lion predation patterns in a Kenyan wildlife conservancy by Marc Dupuis-Desormeaux, Zeke Davidson, Laura Pratt, Mary Mwololo, Suzanne E. MacDonald

“…Although some exclosures provide good hunting grounds for lions, we concluded that exclosures did not necessarily create prey-traps per se and that managers could continue to use this type of exclusionary fencing to protect stands of dense vegetation.…”
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Kookaburra Optimization Algorithm: A New Bio-Inspired Metaheuristic Algorithm for Solving Optimization Problems by Mohammad Dehghani, Zeinab Montazeri, Gulnara Bektemyssova, Om Parkash Malik, Gaurav Dhiman, Ayman E. M. Ahmed

“…The fundamental inspiration of KOA is the strategy of kookaburras when hunting and killing prey. The KOA theory is stated, and its mathematical modeling is presented in the following two phases: (i) exploration based on the simulation of prey hunting and (ii) exploitation based on the simulation of kookaburras’ behavior in ensuring that their prey is killed. …”
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Harris Hawks Optimization with Multi-Strategy Search and Application by Shangbin Jiao, Chen Wang, Rui Gao, Yuxing Li, Qing Zhang

“…Simultaneously, the adaptive weight and variable spiral search strategy are designed to simulate the prey hunting behavior of Harris hawk to improve the convergence speed of the improved algorithm and enhance the global search ability of the improved algorithm. …”
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Diet of Bottlenose Dolphin, <i>Tursiops truncatus</i> (Montagu, 1821), in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea by Alessandra Neri, Paolo Sartor, Alessandro Voliani, Cecilia Mancusi, Letizia Marsili

“…Cetaceans can be considered good natural samplers of biodiversity due to the different hunting strategies they adopt. …”
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The state of the population of European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus, Linnaeus) in the Belgorod region by Zheltukhina V., Kulikova M., Melentiev A., Kotlyarova E., Manokhina L.

“…The population of European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus, Linnaeus), in comparison with other ungulate populations, has a fairly high ecological alent and has a good reproductive potential. Currently, an increase in the number and density of individuals of this species is observed on the territory of the Belgorod region. …”
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Reptile Search Algorithm Considering Different Flight Heights to Solve Engineering Optimization Design Problems by Liguo Yao, Guanghui Li, Panliang Yuan, Jun Yang, Dongbin Tian, Taihua Zhang

“…By restoring and simulating the hunting process of reptiles, good optimization results can be achieved. …”
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Study Regarding the Quantitative Evolution of the Game Animals Populations from 29 Surduc, Forest Domain - Faget, in 2010-2014 Period by Dorel Dronca, Nicolae Păcala, Ioan Bencsik, Gabi Dumitrescu, Mirela Ahmadi, Adela Marcu, Liliana Ciochină-Petculescu, Razvan Popa, Marius Maftei, Dan Țigănele, Alexandru Dronca

“…The study shows that from the 6 species monitored, one was not identified on this hunting terrain, Fallow Deer (Dama dama L). For the other species identified numerical evolution of the population demonstrated that there is a good correlation between the number of individuals and their biogenic capacity. …”
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“(The king) Arrived to the Ditch from Kabul” A Note on Compound of Kabul/Zirang and China/Chinestan According to Kush-nama by sahar yousefi, Mmohammad Irani, Khalil Baygzadeh, Amir Abbas Azizifar

“…The battle of the dragon and the hero is rooted in the myth of the battle of good and evil. In these stories, the hero, like the epic narratives, represents Simorgh in the battle of good and evil. …”
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Lithic raw material procurement for projectiles points in the prehistory of Uruguay by José María López Mazz, Óscar Marozzi, Diego Aguirrezábal

“…The occupation of new spaces and new forms of exploitation of resources changes the organisation of lithic technology. The distance to good quality rocks were critical for the opportunities and economic organisation of hunting groups. …”
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Polare maskuliniteter by Marit Anne Hauan

“…And not least help us to create good questions of the change in the ideas of masculinities which is said to follow the change in understanding of the wilderness.…”
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Syndebukke i Gammel Testamente by Kirsten Nielsen

“…This article gives a short introduction to Girard and discusses whether the Deuteronomistic History should be read as a hunting of scapegoats. The answer is yes, but it is shown that a great number of Old Testament texts react strongly against this cruel and arbitrary treatment of the innocent: The Book of Jonah, Gen 22, Ps 22, The Book of Job and Isa 53. …”
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THE ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL FOR THE ECONOMIC RELAUNCH OF CĂLĂRAŞI COUNTY by Andrei Radu IOVA

“…The big number of islands with a unique picturesque, the ramification of the main waters through unique braches, create both a natural scenery which involves relaxation but also good conditions for the sportive hunting and fishing. …”
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Magnetically suspended reaction sphere with one-axis hysteresis drive by Zhou, Lei., Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Anthropogenic and natural factors influencing African World Heritage sites by Dulias Renata

“…Results of a review show that, of all natural and mixed World Heritage sites in Africa for three areas, the conservation outlook is assessed as good, 15 – good with some concerns, 14 – significant concerns, and 12 – critical. …”
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Monster Duels in Byzantine Polemological Tradition of X-XIV Centuries by K. R. Kapsalykova, A. G. Nesterov

“…According to the authors, the reworking of stories about hunting large predators from ancient mythology is characteristic of the Byzantine and partially Western European military traditions from the 10th to 14th centuries. …”
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Cultivated Manatee Meat Aiding Amazon Biodiversity Conservation: Discussing a Proposed Model by Ana Flavia S. Abrahao, Joao Paulo F. Rufino, Germano Glufke Reis, Alexandre Cabral

“…Although it is illegal to hunt this large mammal, its meat continues to be consumed, causing several threats to its natural habitat. …”
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The drivers of wild meat consumption in rural Cameroon: Insights for wild meat alternative project design by Brittain, S, Kamogne-Tagne, CT, Roe, D, Booker, F, Mouamfon, M, Ngomna Tsabong, S, Mteroupe, S, Milner-Gulland, EJ

“…Projects providing alternative foods to wild meat in rural areas are commonplace across West and Central Africa to try and curb unsustainable hunting, regarded as a major concern for conservation and local food security. …”

Optimised sliding mode control of a hexacopter: Simulation and experiments by Sun, Chaoran, Agha, Stephen A., Mohamed, Zaharuddin, Shaheed, M. Hasan

“…Flight control based on sliding mode control theory, which generally shows good performance on nonlinear systems, is developed and implemented. …”
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