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Links between industrial livestock production, disease including zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance

open access: yesAnimal Research and One Health, 2023
A range of studies indicates that keeping farm animals in crowded, stressful conditions leads to an increased risk of the emergence, transmission, and amplification of pathogens including zoonoses. Some such zoonoses could lead to a pandemic. Biosecurity,
Peter Stevenson
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Found in Translation: Collaborative Contemplations of Tibetan Buddhism and Western Science

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2020
Development of an inclusive scientific community necessitates doing more than simply bringing science to diverse groups of people. Ideally, the sciences evolve through incorporation of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and worldviews.
Kelsey M. Gray   +8 more
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Fish welfare: an NGO’s point of view

open access: yesDerecho Animal, 2019
Fish are the most exploited, forgotten and misunderstood animals on the planet. They also are extraordinary creatures: complex, intelligent, sensitive, curious, and some of them have amazing abilities. For instance; some use tools, have a good memory, or
Elena Lara, Natasha Boyland
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Exploring compassion: a meta-analysis of the association between self-compassion and psychopathology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Compassion has emerged as an important construct in studies of mental health and psychological therapy. Although an increasing number of studies have explored relationships between compassion and different facets of psychopathology there has as yet been ...
Gumley, A., MacBeth, A.
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Practicing mindfulness in addressing the biodiversity crisis

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, 2023
In an era of climate change, biodiversity loss, and a global pandemic, many scientists have experienced grief, anxiety, and despair as they face ongoing ecological challenges.
Leah R. Gerber   +5 more
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Nurturing Compassion Development Among College Students: A Longitudinal Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Little research exists on the development of compassion among college undergraduates. This study tracks changes in compassion and identifies factors associated with these changes over the course of undergraduate students’ college careers, from the time ...
Halman, Katherine, Plante, Thomas G
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Compassion [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Medicine, 2015
The term 'compassion' has been much used and little discussed. I argue that compassion is a virtue in the Aristotelian sense, one of a family of other-regarding properties and belongs to the affective qualities of a moral agent. Its exercise is an essential component of good medical care in many situations and requires grounding in moral principles ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Do compassionate firms outperform? The role of organizational learning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Purpose – Based on a new management paradigm rooted on care and compassion, this study explores the consequences of compassion at work on organizational learning and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach – Structural equation modeling (SEM) was
Chiva, Ricardo   +3 more
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Covid-19: How Industrial Animal Agriculture Fuels Pandemics

open access: yesDerecho Animal, 2020
The battle against the Coronavirus pandemic is without doubt the biggest global crisis in a lifetime. Could it be that the way we now produce so much of our food worldwide is already brewing up the next one?
Philip Lymbery
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Development of an on-job mentorship programme to improve nursing experience for enhanced patient experience of compassionate care

open access: yesBMC Nursing, 2021
Background Evidence suggests improvement in nursing staff satisfaction, competence, and retention after implementation of evidence-based mentorship programmes.
Alma Arshad Hookmani   +6 more
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