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Consensus‐Based Recommendations to Embrace Sustainable Luxury: A Delphi Study

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Integrating sustainability into luxury practices presents unique challenges. Using a two‐phase Delphi method, this study develops consensus‐based recommendations for sustainable luxury. Findings identify key priorities including traceability, fair labour, circular design, and sustainable materials as essential for aligning luxury with ethical ...
Alexia Del Greco   +52 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physical and Behavioral Measures that Predict Cats’ Socialization in an Animal Shelter Environment during a Three Day Period

open access: yesAnimals, 2013
Animal welfare organizations typically take in cats with unknown levels of socialization towards humans, ranging from unsocialized cats well-socialized but lost pets.
Margaret Slater   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extending Structured Dialogic Design With Multi‐Criteria Evaluation: Toward Sustainable Multi‐Species Governance

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an innovative integration of structured democratic dialogue with a multi‐criteria evaluation step designed to strengthen participatory decision‐making for complex socio‐ecological challenges. Conducted virtually with Communities of Practice focused on multi‐species governance, the process combined systemic mapping of ...
Yiannis Laouris   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Professionalising the Cybersystemic Practitioner: Five Decades of STiP Education at the Open University (1971–2025)

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper draws on over five decades of experience in educating and developing systems thinking practitioners at the Open University (OU) UK to explore the opportunities and challenges in the professionalisation of systems thinking in practice (STiP).
Ray Ison
wiley   +1 more source

Large Dog Relinquishment to Two Municipal Facilities in New York City and Washington, D.C.: Identifying Targets for Intervention

open access: yesAnimals, 2014
While the overall trend in euthanasia has been decreasing nationally, large dogs are at a higher risk of euthanasia than other sized dogs in most animal shelters in the United States.
Emily Weiss   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Goffman's Tempting the Devil in Stigma: A Close Rereading of Goffman's “Subversive” Construct of “the Normals” Versus “the Stigmatized”

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This article engages in a close rereading of Stigma, relating it to Goffman's biography as a person who faced stigma. Exploring his biography helps us to recognize the ways Goffman applies stigma strategies in how he represents himself as the author in Stigma.
Thaddeus Müller
wiley   +1 more source

Distribution, health and welfare of donkeys working in licensed commercial operations throughout Great Britain

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background In Great Britain, donkey work has shifted from beach donkey rides towards a greater diversity of economic activities, such as wellness industries, films and exhibits. This research investigates the distribution, health and welfare of donkeys in licensed activities in Great Britain.
Tamlin Watson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors affecting the removal of grass seed foreign bodies in canine patients

open access: yesVeterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Migrating grass seed foreign bodies (GSFBs) commonly cause pathology in canine patients. Anecdotally, antibiotic treatment eliminates the fluid pockets that usually form around GSFBs, complicating identification and retrieval. Methods Radiology reports tagged with ‘soft tissue foreign body’ were retrospectively analysed to identify ...
Charli M. Twyford, Conor Rowan
wiley   +1 more source

How extensive creativity is related to the escalation of violence in art?

open access: yesCreativity Studies, 2019
Film, dramaturgy and literature exhibit increasingly more episodes of cruelty in the interactions between the characters. With its focus on the core ideas about escalation of violence, this paper examines the fundamental reasons for the upsurge in ...
Anatoliy Igorevich Stoletov   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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