The proclivity of free-ranging indigenous village chickens for night-time roosting in trees by Takele Taye Desta

“…However, in the absence of protective structures such as fences, it exposes IVCs to nocturnal predators and theft. …”
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Design of a Novel Superwideband Dual Port Antenna with Second-Order Hilbert Branches and a Modified T-Decoupling Structure by Jingchang Nan, Junru Pan, Xinxin Han, Yifei Wang

“…The antenna decoupling is mainly achieved by loading a fence-like “T” decoupling structure on the ground plane. …”
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Treated swine water as amendment for coffee ground composting system by Ng Camelia Choi Lam, Koh Kar Weng, Wong Lai Peng, Guo Xinxin, Wong Ling Yong

“…Using the Berkeley Method, composting was conducted in a 1-meter-high and 0.6- meter-diameter cylindrical pile with a PVC net fence. After the mesophilic phase, the compost was mixed with organic soil and used to grow Bok Choy (Brassica rapa Chinensis) to assess its effects. …”
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Bidirectional Brush Seals – Post-Test Analysis by Robert C. Hendricks, Jack Wilson, Tom Y. Wu, Ralph Flower, Robert L. Mullen

“…Those bands may have resulted from bristle stiffening at the fence and gap plates during alternate portions of the rotor cycle. …”
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Digital enhancement and photogrammetric recording of La Joquera Levantine rock art (Borriol, Castelló) by Inés Domingo, Peyman Javadi, Dídac Roman

“…This paper reports the technologies and methods used, the challenges faced (in terms of space available, lighting restrictions and the visual interference caused by the protective fence), and the results obtained at La Joquera rock art site as part of the 2D and 3D digital recording of the rock surface, the colour and the motifs depicted. …”
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COVID-19’s Impact on Food Security among Urban Refugee Youth in Kenya: A Postcolonial Feminist Perspective by Cherie Enns, Samuel Owuor, Abbey Lin, Kristin Swardh, William Kolong

“…However, their agency was hindered by movement restrictions, invisible fences, or barriers exacerbated by unequal support and aid distribution. …”
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Betula pendula Roth. survival and growth in treeline is affected by genotype and environment by Kari Saikkonen, Otto Saikkonen, Marjo Helander, Irma Saloniemi

“…The arboreta were located 9 km from each other and approximately 60 km north from the species’ most northern natural growth site at that time. They were fenced to prevent vertebrate grazing, which is known to be among the most important factors limiting the expansion and regeneration of forests in European treeline ecotones. …”
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Clinico¬pathological features and phylogenetic analysis of rabies infection in local Iraqi breed cattle by M. H. Hussain, Kh. A. Mansour, S. A. A. Al-Redah, A. J. Abid

“…Eighty-one cattle were suspected to have rabies after a history of being attacked and having signs of rabies: rest-lessness, aggression, drooling saliva, hitting head to fences, inappetence, recurrent failed trials of defecation with an opened anus, and fever. …”

Grazing regime rather than grazing intensity affect the foraging behavior of cattle by You Wang, Rui Yu, Xin Li, Ronghao Chen, Jiahui Liu

“…In this study, we used a fenced grazing experiment to test the hypothesis that grazing pressure influences the grass patches by altering the foraging behavior of cattle. …”
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Threats and the active protection of birds in a riverbed: postulates for the strategy of the preservation of the middle Vistula River avifauna by Dariusz Bukaciński, Monika Bukacińska, Arkadiusz Buczyński

“…This effort included (a) reducing the number of American minks and red foxes, (b) neutralising the presence of predators and livestock at the nesting sites with electric fences and the use of incubators and dummy eggs and (c) restoration of the nesting habitat, as well as, in the case of mew gulls, (d) increasing the genetic diversity within colonies. …”
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A descriptive study of fatal drownings among children and adolescents in the United States, with a focus on retention pond deaths, 2004-2020. by Saroj Bista, Nichole L Michaels

“…Retention pond drownings are not infrequent, and most locations lack ordinances regulating water access or requiring barriers, such as fences. Greater efforts are needed to address this common hazard and environmental and policy strategies should be implemented to prevent future deaths.…”
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UNDERSTANDING THE DRIVERS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PREVENTION OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER SPREAD: A CASE STUDY OF KASAWO AND KATOSI SUB COUNTIES, MUKONO DISTRICT, UGANDA by Savino Biryomumaisho, Geofrey Otuba, John Okongo, Frank Mwiine

“…Of the 292 households sampled, 70% kept their pigs indoors, while only 0.7% had fenced enclosures, and 4% had functional foot baths. …”
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Use of healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic in urban Ethiopia: evidence from retrospective health facility survey data by Getnet Alemu, Arjun S Bedi, Zemzem Shuka, Anagaw Mebratie, Matthias Rieger

“…Proactive measures taken by the government and healthcare facilities to ring-fence the use of essential healthcare services have mitigated service disruptions. …”
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Assessment of Physicochemical Parameters of Harvested Rainwater in Hamuhambo Town Council Rubanda District. by Atuheire, Israel

“…There were no significant variations in the variables accessed apart from an abnormally high turbidity value at ST 05 where the sample was picked from the minimal water remaining on the floor that contained a lot of total dissolved solids suggesting regular cleaning of the RWHS at the beginning of each rain season, a first flush of 15 minutes at the beginning of the rain and installation of proper pre-filtration mechanisms. It is important to fence the underground RWHS to keep away children who may contaminate the water. …”
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A suite of wildlife crossing structures facilitates mammal movement across tropical forest fragments in a city by Li Si Tay, Ruisheng Choo, Max D. Y. Khoo, Eunice Kong, Yi Xiang Chan, Wivian H. Y. Neo, Sebastian Ow, Yuet Hsin Toh, Han Ling, Malcolm C. K. Soh, Benjamin P. Y.‐H. Lee, Adrian H. B. Loo, Kenneth B. H. Er

“…Between culverts and roads, factors that influenced crossing preferences included group size for wild boars and time of day and presence of fences for other mammals. Even though such culverts were intended for drainage, they were still widely used by mammals. …”
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Assessment of Biosecurity Status in Commercial Chicken Farms Found in Bishoftu Town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia by Abdulbari Ismael, Adem Abdella, Shihun Shimelis, Asamenew Tesfaye, Yimer Muktar

“…From the assessed chicken farms, 30 (68.18%) had fences, 40 (90.91%) had footbaths at their gates, 31 (70.45%) prohibited visitors entrance, and 39 (88.64%) did not exchange equipment with other farms. …”
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Challenges and opportunities for assessing trends of amphibians with heterogeneous data – a call for better metadata reporting by Klaus Henle, Reinhard A. Klenke, M. Benjamin Barth, Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth, Diana E. Bowler

“…Separate models for drift fence data reduced the uncertainty in the annual occurrence probability estimates of the GLMM models, but uncertainty remained high for occupancy-detection models. …”
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