Vector-borne diseases pose a growing global health threat, exacerbated by factors such as habitat modification and climate change. Lyme borreliosis, the most common arthropod-borne disease in Europe, is primarily transmitted by the tick Ixodes ricinus. With rising human exposure and no available vaccine, understanding the ecology and epidemiology o...
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ABSTRACT GPS Accuracy of Smartphones for Crowdsourcing Research Derron Dike Utilizing crowdsourcing with smartphones as a method for field data collection can contribute an array of data for scientific studies and land management applications. This study used crowdsourcing to examine smartphone built-in GPS performance for providing location-specif...
We present two case studies involving multispecies entanglements in urban gardens. Through these case studies, we illustrate our positions, and how we engage with observations and speculation that involve thinking with other-than-humans and the data they share. Our research orients to relational webs of humans and other-than-humans, and we approach...
A citizen science, no profit research project to understand how humans modify AI generated text, in an effort to convey their humanity.
Large-scale and long-term biodiversity monitoring can be improved by the use of Essential Biodiversity Variables, among which species population sizes provide key data for conservation programs. Relevant estimations and assessment of actual population sizes are critical for species conservation, especially in the current context of global biodivers...
The major concern of applying citizen science in water resources is the quality of the data. However, there are limited scientific studies addressing this concern and showing the data value. In this study, we established a citizen science program in the Akaki catchment which hosts Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Citizen scientists monitored river stage at m...
Many municipalities around Sweden use public access spatial data from Artportalen to track and fight invasive species, but anyone can upload data to Artportalen and not all of it becomes verified. They could potentially enhance their efforts by incorporating street view technology for more reliable data. One municipality that uses Artportalen data ...
COVID-19 increased the prevalence of clinically significant anxiety in the United States. To investigate contributing factors we analyzed anxiety, reported online via monthly Generalized Anxiety Disorders-7 (GAD-7) surveys between April 2020 and May 2022, in association with self-reported worry about the health effects of COVID-19, economic difficu...
Sub-Saharan Africa is often presented as the continent most vulnerable to climatic change with major repercussions for food systems. Coupled with high rates of population growth, continued food insecurity and malnutrition, thus the need to enhance food production across the continent is seen as a major global imperative. We argue here, however, tha...
