Planning for the Pandemic by Joanne Embree

“…Is the current H5N1 strain of bird flu going to be 'the' one? How closely will the pandemic resemble that of 1918? …”
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Rarefied Nozzle Flow Computation Using the Viscosity-Based Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method by Deepa Raj Mopuru, Nishanth Dongari, Srihari Payyavula

“…The Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method, developed by Bird, is widely used for modeling rarefied flows; however, it has been primarily implemented on platforms like OpenFOAM and FORTRAN, with limited exploration in MATLAB. …”
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FI-NL2PY2SQL: Financial Industry NL2SQL Innovation Model Based on Python and Large Language Model by Xiaozheng Du, Shijing Hu, Feng Zhou, Cheng Wang, Binh Minh Nguyen

“…At the same time, considering the traceability characteristics of financial industry regulatory requirements, this paper uses the open-source big model DeepSeek. After testing on the BIRD dataset, compared with most NL2SQL models based on large language models, EX is at least 2.73% higher than the original method, F1 is at least 3.72 higher than the original method, and VES is 6.34% higher than the original method. …”
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Surrogate Safety Analysis of Pedestrian-Vehicle Conflict at Intersections Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Videos by Peng Chen, Weiliang Zeng, Guizhen Yu, Yunpeng Wang

“…By taking full advantage of the bird’s eye view offered by UAV, this study, as a pioneer work, applied UAV videos for surrogate safety analysis of pedestrian-vehicle conflicts at one urban intersection in Beijing, China. …”
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Relatedness Among Three Native Geese in Erbil Governorate Using Hematological and Molecular Methods by Mohsen A. Ahmed, Yousif M.S. Al-Barzinji, Lanja Assad Ismail

“…The high genetic distance (64.122%) and variation in phenotypic value such as live weight (2.375 to 3.600 kg/bird) for three native geese indicate that these native geese have a good amount of genetic resources to made genetically improvement in further and it means the three goose samples are independent breeds.  …”
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The prevalence and immune response to coinfection by avian haemosporidians in wild Eurasian blackbirds Turdus merula by Ellie Lebeau, Jenny C. Dunn

“…To first quantify coinfection in a common bird species, and then to test for immune-related impacts of coinfection, we investigated the prevalence and immune response to avian haemosporidian (genera: Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon) coinfection in wild blackbirds. …”
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Sperm Cryopreservation in Canaries to Protect Endangered Songbird Species: Comparison of Different Cryoprotectants by Arda Onur Özkök, Burcu Esin, Eser Akal

“…ABSTRACT Sperm cryopreservation is a rather complex process that needs to be adapted to wild and domestic bird species to ensure adequate efficiency. This study aimed to determine the usability of different cryoprotectants in the cryopreservation of Gloster canary sperm. …”
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Dose and strain dependent lethality of Usutu virus in an Ifnar−/− mouse model by Johanna M. Duyvestyn, Eleanor M. Marshall, Peter J. Bredenbeek, Barry Rockx, Martijn J. van Hemert, Marjolein Kikkert

“…Maintained in a transmission cycle between mosquito vectors and avian reservoirs the virus can cause large seasonal outbreaks in bird populations, but spillover into mammalian hosts has also been reported. …”
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Social demonstration of colour preference improves the learning of associated demonstrated actions by Noam Zurek, Na’ama Aljadeff, Donya Khoury, Lucy M. Aplin, Arnon Lotem

“…We provided learners with either paired demonstration (of both cover opening and colour preference), action-only demonstration (of opening white covers only), or no demonstration (a companion bird eating without covers). We found that sparrows failed to learn the two tasks with no demonstration, and learned them best with a paired demonstration. …”
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The Eurasian Magpie Preys on the Nests of Vinous‐throated Parrotbills in Invasive Smooth Cordgrass by Yanhong Chen, Youle Xu, Junjie Wang, Taiyu Chen, Bin Liu, Pan Chen, Changhu Lu

“…Our previous research found that in the Yellow Sea wetlands of China, the native bird species, the vinous‐throated parrotbill (Sinosuthora webbiana), has adapted to breeding in the invasive smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) by increasing its nesting height. …”
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Influence of <i>Eimeria</i> spp. and <i>Clostridium perfringens</i> Infection on Growth Performance and Toltrazuril Residues in Chickens by Konrad Pietruk, Jacek Karamon, Piotr Jedziniak, Stanisław Tokarzewski, Małgorzata Olejnik

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Advancing Coherent Power Grid Partitioning: A Review Embracing Machine and Deep Learning by Mohamed Massaoudi, Maymouna Ez Eddin, Ali Ghrayeb, Haitham Abu-Rub, Shady S. Refaat

“…This paper provides PS researchers with a bird&#x2019;s eye view of the current state of mainstream PGP implementations. …”
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The problems of genetic support of dividing the black kite (Milvus migrans) into subspecies by N. G. Andreyenkova, I. J. Starikov, M. Wink, I. V. Karyakin, O. V. Andreyenkov, I. F. Zhimulev

“…The black kite Milvus migrans is a common bird of prey demonstrating remarkable ecological plasticity. …”
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PreZon: Prediction by Zone and Its Application to Egg Productivity in Chickens by Yen-Jen Lin, Ming Li Liou, Wen Chuan Lee, Chuan Yi Tang

“…Total egg numbers were recorded for each individual bird during the egg production period. PreZone analysis was performed using the four serum protein levels as selection parameters, and the results were compared to those obtained using a first-order multiple linear regression method with the same parameters. …”
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Knowledge and remaining gaps on the role of animal and human movements in the poultry production and trade networks in the global spread of avian influenza viruses - A scoping revi... by Claire Hautefeuille, Gwenaëlle Dauphin, Marisa Peyre

“…Poultry production has significantly increased worldwide, along with the number of avian influenza (AI) outbreaks and the potential threat for human pandemic emergence. The role of wild bird movements in this global spread has been extensively studied while the role of animal, human and fomite movement within commercial poultry production and trade networks remains poorly understood. …”
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Passive acoustic monitoring of an elusive rail, the corncrake (Crex crex): Calling patterns, detectability and monitoring recommendations by Andrea Parisi, Marie Greaney, John Carey, James Moran, Joanne O’Brien

“…We acoustically monitored the corncrake (Crex crex), a nationally endangered ground-nesting bird in Ireland. Little is known about the calling pattern of this species, and consequently, survey efforts may not be efficiently allocated. …”
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Mechanical problem solving by plush-crested jays: are tools special after all? by Jimena Lois-Milevicich, Lauriane Rat-Fischer, María Alicia de la Colina, Raúl Orencio Gómez, Juan Carlos Reboreda, Alex Kacelnik

“…Abstract Tool use is taxonomically associated with high behavioural flexibility and innovativeness, and its prevalence is greater in primates and some bird species. This association, however, is not known to be causally determinant of tool-related competence since flexibility and innovativeness are often observed in the absence of tool use and vice versa. …”
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Hierarchical Feature Attention Learning Network for Detecting Object and Discriminative Parts in Fine-Grained Visual Classification by A. Yeong Han, Kwang Moo Yi, Kyeong Tae Kim, Jae Young Choi

“…For instance, the size of a bird may vary across images, and the color of its beak might only be significant for species identification when its wing and tail colors are specific. …”
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Antimicrobial Usage in Smallholder Poultry Production in Nigeria by Oladeji Bamidele, Tunde A. Amole, Oluwafikayo A. Oyewale, Olayinka O. Bamidele, Abdulmojeed Yakubu, Uduak E. Ogundu, Folasade O. Ajayi, Waheed A. Hassan

“…Gender (χ2 = 9.30, p = 0.01), and location (χ2 = 216.86, p ≤ 0.001), influenced farmers’ choice of methods for bird treatment. Education (odds ratio [OR] odds ratio [OR] 3.06, 95% CI 2.10–4.44), income (OR 1.99, 95% CI 1.10–3.59) and management system (OR 1.97, CI% 1.1–3.45) were most associated with antimicrobial use. …”
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