REASSORTANTS OF THE HIGHLY PATHOGENIC INFLUENZA VIRUS A/H5N1 CAUSING MASS SWAN MORTALITY IN KAZAKHSTAN FROM 2023 TO 2024

Reassortants of the Highly Pathogenic Influenza Virus A/H5N1 Causing Mass Swan Mortality in Kazakhstan from 2023 to 2024

In the winter of 2023/2024, the mass death of swans was observed on Lake Karakol on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea.From barley tea 21 December 2023 to 25 January 2024, 1132 swan corpses (Cygnus olor, Cygnus cygnus) were collected and disposed of on the coast by veterinary services and ecologists.Biological samples were collected from 18 birds

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Islandness and Appreciating the Importance of the Rule of Law in a 21st Century Island Context: The Case of the Isle of Man

Despite the vibrant and growing island studies scholarship exploring the unique characteristics of Islands and Islandness, which is both multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary, there has been little research into the unique characteristics associated with the appreciation of the Rule of Law and island identity in an island context.Similarly, altho

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Ontology Fixing by Using Software Engineering Technology

This paper presents OntologyFixer, a web-based tool that supports a methodology to build, assess, and improve the quality of ontology web SLEEP RELAX EXTRACT language (OWL) ontologies.Using our software, knowledge engineers are able to fix low-quality OWL ontologies (such as those created from natural language documents using ontology learning proc

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