This paper considers the transfer of expertise in the diagnosis, treatment and management of trypanosomiasis in cattle using current information technology. The combination of different software systems in one integrated hybrid system is described which could allow the delivery of high quality, well...

Despite novel medicines for the control of sea lice on farmed Atlantic salmon, infections remain a threat to the health of fish and the commercial viability of farms throughout European, North American and South American waters. In Scotland, the dynamics of sea lice populations, and in particular th...

Approaches to sea lice control vary considerably fr om one country to another; however all rely on monitoring schemes. To ensure the futur e sustainability of both wild salmonid stocks and the Scottish aquaculture sector, it is e ssential that the monitoring schemes in place operate at their most ef...

This report was commissioned by the Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue. The Salmon Dialogue is a multi ‐ stakeholder, multi ‐ national group which was initiated by the World Wildlife Fund in 2004. Participants include salmon producers and ...

Examines the business re-engineering of managerial and executive information systems in organisations to promote competitive and strategic advantage.

Study of how user-centred design can be applied in the development of a web-based Library.

A hypertext-based thesaurus provides structural cues to a subject domain, improving user browsing experiences. This is more powerful when combined with an expert system technology and applied to the domain of animal trypanosomiasis.

During the last 30 years, modelling has increasingly played an important role in improving the efficiency of agricultural production systems. In the case of vector-borne diseases, most of the approaches have focused around calculus methods to describe the dynamics of the interactions of host and...

This paper examines two large national data sets collected over several years and contrasts the patterns of sea lice, Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer, 1837), infections, the use of treatments and the occurrence of chalimus peaks between Norwegian and Scottish farms. Infection levels in Scotland ...

Most discussions of sampling protocols within the literature on monitoring aquatic parasites are based on the assumptions of simple random sampling. There has been a growing recognition within the fields of human and terrestrial veterinary epidemiology that data are often collected from individ...

Approaches to search interface design in information retrieval are discussed emphasising the importance of user choice in search navigation.

A major contribution of this cluster of projects has been in the diagnosis of trypanosomiasis and other endemic diseases of livestock, improving the value of field data for research and, more importantly, improving the ability of field veterinarians in making appropriate diagnoses.

Eqwise is the one stop source for the horse rider, trainer, owner and veterinarian. It provides a range of material and modules that are of a general nature and are designed to improve knowledge and awareness of equine health and welfare issues.

On the Internet, there is an uneasy tension between the security and usability of authentication mechanisms. An easy three-part classification is: 'something you know' (e.g. password); 'something you hold' (e.g. device holding digital certificate), and 'who you are' ...

The Web was first envisaged as an Information Management tool that helped researcher organise and find interesting documents. However with the popularity of the Internet and the its image as a Publication tool for the masses, we now have a Information Mis-Management Tool. Increasingly people are ...

Focuses on the application of open systems in promoting information flow and access

Examines the construction and use of faceted classification schema in technical domains.

This article provides an overview of recent developments relating to the application of thesauri in information organisation and retrieval on the World Wide Web. It describes some recent thesaurus projects undertaken to facilitate resource description and discovery and access to wide-ranging inf...