Andrew Moss
Biographic Data
| ID | 5560386 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Moss |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Moss |
| SIGNATURE | MOSS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chester Zoo |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4488-3936 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Barriers and opportunities for further enhancing urban garden biodiversity
Urbanisation poses a major threat to biodiversity, yet residential gardens offer opportunities to provide key habitats for urban wildlife. Understanding both the perceived feasibility of implementing further improvements to gardens for biodiversity and the barriers that constrain engagement is essential for designing effective conservation interventions. This study uses a questionnaire survey of 231 householders in Great Britain to assess the lik…
Messaging with appeal to intrinsic or relational values shows potential to shift demand for wildlife as pets
Overharvesting of wildlife for trade is a key driver of biodiversity loss. Messaging that is aligned with people's values could play a significant role in reducing this impact through behaviour change. Using an online survey, we sought to gauge the willingness among bird hobbyists, breeders, and song contestants to change their bird‐keeping behaviours, and to identify barriers to such change. We then evaluated the persuasiveness of various messag…
Higginson and Dickinson
Evaluating the contribution of a wildlife health capacity building program on orangutan conservation
One Health is increasingly being used as a tool in ecosystem protection. The Orangutan Veterinary Advisory Group (OVAG) is working to address One Health concerns in Pongo spp . (orangutan) welfare and conservation. Orangutans are vital contributors to the ecosystem health of their range areas. Strengthening national capacity is crucial to make a lasting difference in the currently bleak outlook for orangutan species survival. OVAG is a capacity s…
Characterizing bird‐keeping user‐groups on Java reveals distinct behaviours, profiles and potential for change
Over 70 million cage‐birds are kept across 12 million households on the island of Java, Indonesia, fuelling serious concerns for the health of regional wild bird populations. Understanding the behaviours, preferences and demographic profiles of bird‐keepers will guide attempts to reduce demand for wild birds and hence the impact of trade on wild populations and their host ecosystems. We profile three songbird‐keeping user‐groups based on intervie…
Self-reported impacts of volunteering in UK zoos and aquariums
Zoos and aquariums are popular visitor destinations, with around 30 million visits made to them annually throughout the UK and Ireland. The role and mission of modern zoos have evolved, with the conservation of world’s remaining biodiversity now being their major purpose. They seek to aid biodiversity through a combination of public education, in situ and ex situ conservation programmes, and applied scientific research. Directly relevant to this …
Applied Research and Zoo Education
The provision of high-quality conservation education has become a priority for modern zoos. This can be delivered in a number of differing ways to account for differences in learning styles and prior knowledge of zoo visitors. At Chester Zoo (United Kingdom), a team of full-time and highly trained interpreters (known as presenters) deliver a diverse public talks program every day of the year. Although these talks attract a large audience, little …
The Relationship between Viewing Area Size and Visitor Behavior in an Immersive Asian Elephant Exhibit
Immersive exhibits are increasingly popular in zoos, being seen as benefiting both animals and visitors. Multiple, discreet viewing areas are one of the key features of immersive zoo exhibits. Small, discreet viewing areas afford the visitor a very personal and intimate experience and may promote an affiliative response between the visitor and the animals on display, thus enhancing the immersive experience. This investigation sought to determine …
The Everyday Violence of Hepatitis C among Young Women Who Inject Drugs in San Francisco
A theoretical understanding of the gendered contours of structural, everyday and symbolic violence suggests that young addicted women are particularly vulnerable to the infectious diseases caused by injection drug use-especially hepatitis C. Participant-observation fieldwork among heroin and speed addicts in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury neighborhood reveals that extreme levels of violence against women are normalized in the common sense of stre…
Lum Et Al. Respond
Diamond correctly points out the difficulty of making comparisons between the presence of hepatitis B surface antibodies (anti-HBs) among persons reporting prior immunizations (Seattle Young Men’s Survey [YMS]) and anti-HBs seroconversion measured after a documented immunization series (the UFO Study). Recall bias and waning anti-HBs could certainly have contributed to the lower proportion (70%) of subjects with isolated anti-HBs that YMS investi…
Put down that shield and war rattle
Non-adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy predicts progression to Aids
The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has produced a dramatic reduction in mortality among HIV-infected individuals [1–4]. Whereas the level of adherence to HAART is closely associated with suppression of the HIV viral load in plasma [5–14], a relationship between adherence and disease progression has not been established. Here we examine the relationship between pill-count adherence [10] and progression to AIDS, in a r…
Comparing Objective Measures of Adherence to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy
Adherence to protease inhibitors, HIV-1 viral load, and development of drug resistance in an indigent population
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between adherence, viral suppression and antiretroviral resistance in HIV-infected homeless and marginally housed people on protease inhibitor (PI) therapy. DESIGN AND SETTING: A cross-sectional analysis of subjects in an observational prospective cohort systematically sampled from free meal lines, homeless shelters and low-income, single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-four HIV-infected pe…
Writing as Problem Solving
Writing as Problem Solving
Adherence to protease inhibitors, HIV-1 viral load, and development of drug resistance in an indigent population
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between adherence, viral suppression and antiretroviral resistance in HIV-infected homeless and marginally housed people on protease inhibitor (PI) therapy. DESIGN AND SETTING: A cross-sectional analysis of subjects in an observational prospective cohort systematically sampled from free meal lines, homeless shelters and low-income, single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels. PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-four HIV-infected pe…
Non-adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy predicts progression to Aids
The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has produced a dramatic reduction in mortality among HIV-infected individuals [1–4]. Whereas the level of adherence to HAART is closely associated with suppression of the HIV viral load in plasma [5–14], a relationship between adherence and disease progression has not been established. Here we examine the relationship between pill-count adherence [10] and progression to AIDS, in a r…
Comparing Objective Measures of Adherence to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy
Put down that shield and war rattle
The Everyday Violence of Hepatitis C among Young Women Who Inject Drugs in San Francisco
A theoretical understanding of the gendered contours of structural, everyday and symbolic violence suggests that young addicted women are particularly vulnerable to the infectious diseases caused by injection drug use-especially hepatitis C. Participant-observation fieldwork among heroin and speed addicts in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury neighborhood reveals that extreme levels of violence against women are normalized in the common sense of stre…
Lum Et Al. Respond
Diamond correctly points out the difficulty of making comparisons between the presence of hepatitis B surface antibodies (anti-HBs) among persons reporting prior immunizations (Seattle Young Men’s Survey [YMS]) and anti-HBs seroconversion measured after a documented immunization series (the UFO Study). Recall bias and waning anti-HBs could certainly have contributed to the lower proportion (70%) of subjects with isolated anti-HBs that YMS investi…
The Relationship between Viewing Area Size and Visitor Behavior in an Immersive Asian Elephant Exhibit
Immersive exhibits are increasingly popular in zoos, being seen as benefiting both animals and visitors. Multiple, discreet viewing areas are one of the key features of immersive zoo exhibits. Small, discreet viewing areas afford the visitor a very personal and intimate experience and may promote an affiliative response between the visitor and the animals on display, thus enhancing the immersive experience. This investigation sought to determine …
Applied Research and Zoo Education
The provision of high-quality conservation education has become a priority for modern zoos. This can be delivered in a number of differing ways to account for differences in learning styles and prior knowledge of zoo visitors. At Chester Zoo (United Kingdom), a team of full-time and highly trained interpreters (known as presenters) deliver a diverse public talks program every day of the year. Although these talks attract a large audience, little …
Self-reported impacts of volunteering in UK zoos and aquariums
Zoos and aquariums are popular visitor destinations, with around 30 million visits made to them annually throughout the UK and Ireland. The role and mission of modern zoos have evolved, with the conservation of world’s remaining biodiversity now being their major purpose. They seek to aid biodiversity through a combination of public education, in situ and ex situ conservation programmes, and applied scientific research. Directly relevant to this …
Characterizing bird‐keeping user‐groups on Java reveals distinct behaviours, profiles and potential for change
Over 70 million cage‐birds are kept across 12 million households on the island of Java, Indonesia, fuelling serious concerns for the health of regional wild bird populations. Understanding the behaviours, preferences and demographic profiles of bird‐keepers will guide attempts to reduce demand for wild birds and hence the impact of trade on wild populations and their host ecosystems. We profile three songbird‐keeping user‐groups based on intervie…
Evaluating the contribution of a wildlife health capacity building program on orangutan conservation
One Health is increasingly being used as a tool in ecosystem protection. The Orangutan Veterinary Advisory Group (OVAG) is working to address One Health concerns in Pongo spp . (orangutan) welfare and conservation. Orangutans are vital contributors to the ecosystem health of their range areas. Strengthening national capacity is crucial to make a lasting difference in the currently bleak outlook for orangutan species survival. OVAG is a capacity s…
Messaging with appeal to intrinsic or relational values shows potential to shift demand for wildlife as pets
Overharvesting of wildlife for trade is a key driver of biodiversity loss. Messaging that is aligned with people's values could play a significant role in reducing this impact through behaviour change. Using an online survey, we sought to gauge the willingness among bird hobbyists, breeders, and song contestants to change their bird‐keeping behaviours, and to identify barriers to such change. We then evaluated the persuasiveness of various messag…
Higginson and Dickinson
Barriers and opportunities for further enhancing urban garden biodiversity
Urbanisation poses a major threat to biodiversity, yet residential gardens offer opportunities to provide key habitats for urban wildlife. Understanding both the perceived feasibility of implementing further improvements to gardens for biodiversity and the barriers that constrain engagement is essential for designing effective conservation interventions. This study uses a questionnaire survey of 231 householders in Great Britain to assess the lik…
Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Biology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Human-Animal Interaction Studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Animal and Plant Science Education (3 works)