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Infectious Disease Prevalence and Factors Associated with Upper Respiratory Infection in Cats Following Relocation

open access: yesAnimals, 2018
Feline relocation is used increasingly in animal welfare to decrease shelter euthanasia rates and increase positive outcomes. Concerns about infectious disease introduction and transmission are often expressed; however, little research has been conducted
Mehnaz Aziz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Too Sick to Be Executed: Shocking Punishment and the Brain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Capital punishment, to be lawfully delivered, must occur without needless cruelty. Cruelty, defined in the setting of punishment, will naturally evolve with the maturation of civil society.
Zivot, Joel
core   +1 more source

A novel mouse model simulating C5 palsy after cervical surgery

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This study establishes a reliable mouse model of permanent C5 palsy (post‐laminectomy complication) via dorsal approach, selectively severing the C5 anterior nerve root while preserving the posterior root through partial C4 and C5 laminectomy. The model successfully replicates clinical C5P features—flaccid shoulder paralysis, electrophysiological ...
Chenpei Xu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Practical Physical and Behavioral Measures to Assess the Socialization Spectrum of Cats in a Shelter-Like Setting during a Three Day Period

open access: yesAnimals, 2013
Animal welfare organizations routinely accept large numbers of cats with unknown histories, and whose backgrounds vary from well-socialized pets to cats that have had little or no contact with humans. Agencies are challenged with making the determination
Margaret Slater   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Analyzes survey findings about how teenagers navigate the world of "digital citizenship," including experiences of, reactions to, and sources of advice about online cruelty; privacy controls and practices; and levels of parental ...
Aaron Smith   +5 more
core  

Liberalism, Torture, and the Ticking Bomb [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Torture used to be incompatible with American values. Our Bill of Rights forbids cruel and unusual punishment, and that has come to include all forms of corporal punishment except prison and death by methods purported to be painless.
Luban, David
core   +2 more sources

Think Global, Act Local? Fortune 500 Business Strategies for Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11)

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of business towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been well established. However, SDG contextualization continues to pose a conundrum, particularly for firms operating in multiple contexts. This becomes even more problematic in the case of SDG 11, the only goal in the sustainable development agenda directly
Andreas Georgiou
wiley   +1 more source

AI‐Enabled Circular Business Model Transition for Mitigating Climate Change: A Natural Resource‐Based View Perspective on Business Strategies

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of artificial intelligence (AI) in achieving sustainability goals has garnered attention in academic literature. While AI has been argued to be crucial in addressing circularity challenges, organizations face challenges in configuring a business model.
Jian Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Don\u27t Be Cruel (Anymore): A Look at the Animal Cruelty Regimes of the United States and Brazil with A Call for A New Animal Welfare Agency [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In the United States and around the world, animals exploited for human use suffer cruel and needless harm. The group bearing the brunt of this exploitation--agricultural animals--is routinely exempted from the largely ineffective and rarely enforced ...
Cassuto, David N
core   +1 more source

Sudan at War With Itself: Civilian Devastation in the Civil War

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A civil war is raging in Sudan between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) along with militia groups. Beginning on April 15, 2023, and continuing at least to this writing (October 15, 2025), civilian noncombatants have been subjected to bombings, beatings, torture, shootings, rape, and murder on a large scale. Since
Daniel Rothbart   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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