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Modeling the Evolution of Collective Synchrony

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1557, Issue 1, March 2026.
We model synchronized mating displays as a Kuramoto‐style evolutionary game with honest cooperators and phase‐shifted cheaters. Cheaters exploit group advertisement while remaining distinctive, but excessive deviation triggers policing. Our analysis shows stable coexistence with an upper bound on the fraction cheating, and predicts that only symmetric ...
Guy Amichay, Ruoming Gong, Daniel M. Abrams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors associated with the evolution of digit health in Swiss dairy herds in a nationwide digit health program

Journal of Dairy Science
: The purpose of this study was to investigate the evolution of digit health (DH) on Swiss dairy farms participating in a nationwide DH program and to identify risk factors associated with poor DH.
Analena Sarbach, Jens Becker, Claudia Syring, Andreas Fürmann, Maria Welham Ruiters, Anke Regli, Jim Weber, Adrian Steiner   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Concrete floor - Bovine claw contact pressures related to floor roughness and deformation of the claw [PDF]

, 2006
De Belie, Nele, Franck, Arnold
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Old Games, Same Concerns: Examining First Generation Video Games Through Popular Press Coverage from 1972-1985 [PDF]

, 2013
This study explores early video game technology by examining video game fears in the popular press in the 1970s and 1980s. This textual analysis examines games during their formative years, assesses risks associated with new technology, and encourages ...
Rogers, Ryan
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Genetic analysis of health traits and their associations with longevity, fertility, production, and conformation traits in Holstein cattle

Animal
Health traits have high economic values in dairy cattle breeding, which can cause considerable financial loss through involuntary culling. In this study, fourteen health traits were analysed, including five composite health traits: reproductive disorders,
H.H. Hu, T. Mu, Z.B. Zhang, J.X. Zhang, X. Feng, L.Y. Han, F. Hao, Y.F. Ma, Y. Jiang, Y. Ma   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Life Sciences Innovation as a Catalyst for Economic Development: The Role of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center [PDF]

, 2013
This report provides an up-to-date, independent evaluation of the $1 billion, 10-year Massachusetts Life Sciences Initiative and the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) charged with the responsibility of carrying out its mission. The initiative was
Alan Clayton-Matthews, Barry Bluestone
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Prevalence of claw disorders in dairy farms with tie stalls

, 2019
In intensive rearing conditions, dairy cows are exposed to many factors that can cause health disorders and significant economic loses. Today, claw diseases are the main problem in high-milk cow's herd, along with metabolic diseases, mastitis and reproduction disorders. Claw diseases can have direct effects on reproductive parameters.
Bojkovski, Jovan, Hadžić, I., Prodanović, Radiša, Vujanac, Ivan, Nedić, Sreten, Arsić, Sveta, Pavlović, Ivan, Zdravković, Nemanja, Bojkovski, D., Becskei, Zsolt, Dobrosavljević, Ivan, Milanov, D., Relić, Renata   +12 more
openaire   +1 more source

Epidemiological investigations of digital dermatitis in dutch dairy cattle. [PDF]

, 1994
Brand, A., Cornelisse, J. L., Döpfer, D., Klee, Wolfgang, Koopmans, A., Meijer, F. A., Schukken, Y. H.   +6 more
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Digital dermatitis in cattle, part I : factors contributing to the development of digital dermatitis [PDF]

, 2019
Digital dermatitis or Mortellaro's disease is a highly prevalent bovine dermatological disorder situated in the foot region that causes lameness and impairs animal welfare.
Opsomer, Geert, Vermeersch, Anne-Sofie
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Effect of diet supplementation with chelated zinc, copper and manganese on hoof lesions of loose housed sows [PDF]

, 2016

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