User needs for interactive identification tools to organisms employed in the EU-Project KeyToNature

The EU-funded project KeyToNature is developing and optimising interactive tools for identifying organisms, making them suitable for being usable in the field of formal education across Europe. To define the requirements of the target audience, research was conducted in 11 partner countries during an initial project phase. Teachers and lecturers from primary schools to university level were asked to express their views about selected existing identification tools in a qualitative survey. The target audience was asked about perception, strengths and optimisation options, output channels and pedagogical application fields. The results showed that the adaption of the tools to the range of local organisms and the native language of the audience represents a fundamental step

An Approach for Secure Data Transmission in a Distributed Production Environment

The exchange of data along the supply chain can be viewed as one of the key characteristics of advanced manufacturing concepts, frequently labeled as industry 4.0 . Intelligent products produced in shorter life cycles, increasing cost and quality pressures from global supply chains, increasingly complex regulatory requirements, as well as decreasing costs of advanced sensors are major drivers for this trend. Large amounts of data generated as a by-product of this trend represents an opportunity for advanced data analytics. However, the exchange of data across organizational boundaries bears also the risks of being in the focus of cyber-attacks. In this paper, we tackle the challenge of securing the data transfer in an Industry 4.0 environment. We first identify the security requirements within our use case. Based on these requirements, we present an approach for secure data transmission and discuss how our solution meets the identified requirements

A Basic Business Model for Commercial Application of Identification Tools

Within the three-year EU project KeyToNature various identification tools and applications in formal education for teaching biodiversity have been researched and developed. Building on the competencies of the involved partner organisations and the expertise gained in this domain, the paper outlines a business model which aims at commercially exploiting the project results on a broader scale by describing the value proposition, products & services, value architecture, revenue model and the intended market

Clostridium perfringens-Associated Necrotic Enteritis-Like Disease in Coconut Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus).

Several outbreaks of necrotic enteritis-like disease in lorikeets, from which Clostridium perfringens was consistently isolated, are described. All lorikeets had acute, segmental, or multifocal fibrinonecrotizing inflammatory lesions in the small and/or the large intestine, with intralesional gram-positive rods. The gene encoding C. perfringens alpha toxin was detected by PCR (polymerase chain reaction) on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues in 20 out of 24 affected lorikeets (83%), but it was not amplified from samples of any of 10 control lorikeets (P < .0001). The second most prevalent C. perfringens toxin gene detected was the beta toxin gene, which was found in FFPE from 7 out of 24 affected lorikeets (29%). The other toxin genes were detected inconsistently and in a relatively low number of samples. These cases seem to be associated with C. perfringens, although the specific type involved could not be determined

Fatal gastritis and enterocolitis due to concurrent Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni infection in a captive cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

A 3.5-year-old female cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) died after a 10-day history of anorexia, regurgitation and diarrhoea despite symptomatic therapy. At gross post-mortem examination, the stomach was blood-filled with mucosal thickening and multifocal ulcerations. The intestinal mucosa was thickened and reddened, and the intestinal lumen was filled with dark red to black pasty content. Gastric histological lesions were compatible with gastritis due to Helicobacter infection, which was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. Histology of the intestines revealed a severe necrotizing neutrophilic enterocolitis with abundant intralesional curved to spiral bacteria, corresponding to Campylobacter jejuni, which were subsequently isolated from both small and large intestinal contents. No other intestinal pathogens were detected despite thorough investigations. These findings suggest that C. jejuni may have played an aetiological role in the enterocolitis. Such an association has not been previously reported in non-domestic felids

Fatal gastritis and enterocolitis due to concurrent Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni infection in a captive cheetah (Acinonyxjubatus).

A 3.5-year-old female cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) died after a 10-day history of anorexia, regurgitation and diarrhoea despite symptomatic therapy. At gross post-mortem examination, the stomach was blood-filled with mucosal thickening and multifocal ulcerations. The intestinal mucosa was thickened and reddened, and the intestinal lumen was filled with dark red to black pasty content. Gastric histological lesions were compatible with gastritis due to Helicobacter infection, which was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. Histology of the intestines revealed a severe necrotizing neutrophilic enterocolitis with abundant intralesional curved to spiral bacteria, corresponding to Campylobacter jejuni, which were subsequently isolated from both small and large intestinal contents. No other intestinal pathogens were detected despite thorough investigations. These findings suggest that C. jejuni may have played an aetiological role in the enterocolitis. Such an association has not been previously reported in non-domestic felids

Security Engineering and Intelligence Informatics: CD-ARES 2013Workshops: MoCrySEn and SeCIHD, Regensburg, Germany, September 2-6, 2013

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